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I call to order the August 27th, 2026
Bainbridge Town Council regular meeting.

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Item one.
Item two is approval of electronic

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participation. I don't have anybody, I
believe, that wants to participate

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electronically, so we'll move it on.
Item three.

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Roll call.
Marjorie Austin.

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She's going to be absent. Barry Tuning.
>> Here.

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» Marty Courtney. Here.

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» Miss Love. Martha Love.
>> Here.

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» Bruce Murray.
>> Here.

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» Thank you all.

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All right. Pledge of Allegiance.
>> I pledge allegiance

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to the flag
of the United

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States of America. And to the republic
for which it stands, one nation

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under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.

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» Thank you all.
All right. Next is review and adoption

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of the meeting agenda, which you will
find on page one.

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Do I have a motion to adopt the agenda
as presented?

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» Second.

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» All those in favor, say "Aye."
>> Aye.

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» All right.
Motion, I'm sorry.

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Then item six.
Approval of the minutes.

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You will see that it's a double set of
two weeks through the last work session

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that we had.
And then, in addition, we also have this

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special called meeting of the August
16th meeting.

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Do I have a motion to approve the
minutes as presented or discussing them?

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» Make the motion.
>> I approve.

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» I approve the minutes.
>> Second.

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» Second.
>> All those moved?

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» I I I
>> Rock out loud to adopt.

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» I can hear you.
>> I can hear you. [laughter]

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» You say something before you finish.
>> All right. Moving on, agenda item number

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seven, we have public comment number
one.

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All right.
Up first is Mr. Kahn.

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» I'm Roy Kahn.

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270B
Howard Street. I'm also the treasurer of

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the Ben and Jerry's store which is
a non-profit organization run by

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volunteers for
economic and community development here

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in the town.
On April 9th, 2026

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Turf Pack
of a consulting firm

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design and plan capital.
After signing of we believe

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design concepts except while I had some
reservations said she would go along

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with anybody if they like it. Larry

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Wait.
Mr. Chairman Um

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like this design because it evokes some
history and Beth even commented that she

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had seen one of her
students bring in one of the scotched

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shells when she saw that for the first
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So,
as I said,

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we had that discussion,
and at the end of it, a resolution was

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passed for the town staff to develop a
memorandum of understanding for the way

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Perry sign project developed by
UMass and endorsed by town council.

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The U memorandum of understanding would
outline that the sign is given to the

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town.
But the

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UMass would be responsible
for the

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installation
and maintenance of the sign.

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At the time

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The The federal election
was the

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um
After 5 months, we have no MOU.

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One of these signs is to be a directory
of all businesses in our town.

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And at the request of
UBA,

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a list of all businesses in our town was
originally requested orally 2 months

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ago, but that was has not been produced.
I have an official

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uh foyer request that I'm going to
submit

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to get the signs.
We request that

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United Main
United Brewer Main Street be on the

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next town council agenda for discussion
of the items.

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If you review the tape
on April 9th,

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at the 25-minute mark, we start the
whole discussion.

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We have received a $50,000
grant from

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Virginia Main Street for this project.
The call for completion of the project

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by the end of
July 2026.

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We received an extension through
December 31st, 2026.

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Uh that was granted because of some of
the turmoil that we've had in town. The

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time is in the
paper.

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Please note the
payment that has been

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uh the town request
by the end of

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the 2020
tourist action plan.

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We have also
located and helped the town apply for a

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$75,000 grant for the town of Stuart
so

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Virginia to create a master plan for
redesign.

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If you want to kill this project, you
can do. Don't let the volunteers waste

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any more time and efforts on projects
that go nowhere and are a Christian

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nightmare.
And you and the town will probably have

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to return the grant money with over half
of it already being spent.

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Grant is not successfully completed, it
will negatively impact you and the

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town's and town's ability to secure
additional funding going forward. It

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certainly will
affect the $75,000

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grant and perhaps the $1.25
million that we really need.

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Uh we will be sending a letter to all
members of council and the mayor

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outlining the steps that we have taken
so that we can

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move this forward as necessary.
Thank you.

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» Thank you, Mr. Guy.

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I miss Mr. Hall.
>> I can use the microphone, please.

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Okay. Hi, everybody.
Uh my name is Megan Holl and I'm here on

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behalf of Urbana Main Street. And to
sort of piggyback on some things that

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Lloyd has said,
I just wanted to uh clear the air

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and talk about how important this
funding is for us.

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But anytime on you know, social media or
you make your tour around town,

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uh people are raving about Warsaw and
Gloucester and Onancock and Tappahannock

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and how wonderful these towns have
become and how they've transformed over

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the years and how many great things
they've been able to do.

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There's something we're doing about all
of those towns.

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Uh Warsaw, Gloucester, Onancock,
Tappahannock, they all have Main Street

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programs.
Uh that is not a coincidence.

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These towns have accomplished great
things because their local governments

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and their Main Street organizations have
chosen to work together. The

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municipalities and private nonprofits,
side by side, leverage millions of

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dollars in grant funding for their
community.

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Grants that would not have been
available to them in any other way.

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Virginia Main Street funding expanded
considerably last year and it could even

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double next year. Um and we want Urbana
to be positioned to have access to all

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of those grant funds.
This spring, we can apply for a $25,000

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Main Street funding grant in addition to
the $75,000 grant that we've already

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applied for that is currently pending.
We're waiting to hear back from that.

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That is over $100,000 in potential
funding for a tiny town who doesn't have

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any other outside funding access.
And that's not including the 1.25

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million dollar grant that we will be
eligible for if we receive this $75,000

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grant.
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taxes alone just cannot fund enough of
the progress that so many people are

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recognizing in these other towns.
Uh so, we just wanted to come up here

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and say we are ready to do the work and
we're asking for your support.

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Thank you.
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» [clears throat]

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» Thank you, Mr. Mayo.

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I think it's William Mayo of 321
Route 17, Georgia.

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I got a little bit of a problem with the
Airbnb.

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They had advertised a balance golf cart
town.

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Last weekend, a couple weekends ago,
the old Pitts John John Pitts talking

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about it today.
They took golf carts coming in.

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They didn't have the stickers. They
didn't have the safety lights on.

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I saw many signs on our back. We do the
state law if you drive on the highway.

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And
as far as I'm concerned, these Airbnb

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officials should say
"You come in, you can ride your golf

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carts." They should have golf carts
ready and approved for them to ride.

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I just don't think it's right for all of
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to have to pay.
I didn't say anything to those people

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cuz cuz they didn't know.
But the people who own the Airbnb and

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about should know.
Thank you, Mr. Mayo.

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» Mr. Kelly, was this at Pitts Hill Town
the old Pitts Hill Town 10th Street?

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» Yeah. John Pitts is talking. That's
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» The Chase Inn. That's right. I Okay.
>> I know what you mean. I was thinking you

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meant Jack Pitts's.
>> Yes. Yes, the Chase Inn.

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» Yeah, that's right.

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» All right, thank you, Mr. Mayo. Next up
is Mr. Wyman.

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» Good day everybody and welcome today to
all of you guys. Thanks for serving.

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It's hard and hard to find people who
are willing to do it, so it's great

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great to have people willing to step up.
I'm here to talk about the

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crossing down at the marina
stream crossing

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that I heard for a minute has been
thrown around.

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I put in a proposal to create a
temporary structure to go across there.

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I just want to let everybody know kind
of what the process we went through. I I

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gathered a group of people who are
Urbanna supporters, Oyster Festival

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supporters, and
you know, all of us came together,

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collaborated
we were able without you know, pulling

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the time to actually put together the
numbers that would take to do what needs

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to be done down
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what I'm trying to do is
Well, so I talked to Robbie when he

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first got here and said
I had talked to him way back

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he wasn't interested in trying to help
me out. When I served on town council in

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the
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town creek the crossing was a problem. I
actually worked on it very intensively

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including looking at the culverts and
everything else that you would need. So,

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I'm very familiar with it.
So, I said that earlier and there was no

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interest. When Robbie came on I
re-mentioned it and he said yeah, I'd

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love to have any help. So, anyway we put
together a proposal

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to do something temporary. Um if we
don't do this, my plan is for Oyster

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Festival to put something temporary
which of course will be engineered and

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all that stuff that will just go down
for Oyster Festival and come right back

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up and it's it will only be there for
pedestrians and probably golf carts.

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Um so, we will do that on our own
to make sure that we can get you know,

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the what happened at Oyster Festival
have full access down there at least for

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golf carts and you know, emergency and
all that. So, I think the important

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thing that I'd I to say is you know, I
think all of us like recognize most

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everybody here.
Um you know, remember just 10 years ago

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what a what a boat fire looks like. And
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you know, it's it's not a good thing and
the idea that there's actually concrete

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barriers down there and I've heard well,
the fire department will just get

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through there.
Um they're not going to just get through

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there unless they hook a truck to a
concrete barrier and drag it out of the

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way, which is going to be time and all
that stuff. I think the town is, you

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know, subject to a great risk um because
of the lack of access down there from

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fire equipment. And you know, you're
releasing slips to people and renters

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and everything else and you just don't
have adequate um access. So, uh

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we we put together this proposal and
said if we're going to do it for the

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town, it needs to be capable of holding
fire trucks. And we've got it rated to

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hold any fire truck as to a VDOT
standard. It's not just the weight of or

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this fire truck, it's the weight of any
fire truck that has come across it. So,

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it's it's fully engineered, it's fully
designed and ready to go. So, I just

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wanted to say that um that's
the only reason I'm involved with this

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is because it's the town of Urbanna and
it's always your best interest. I

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wouldn't put a proposal like this to
VDOT, especially for these dollars,

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anywhere else. It would have a panic
reaction or not stand or kind of panic

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in those places.
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you know, that's that's why I did what I
did. The people that have supported it

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and the people that have have supported
us already, Brian Fletcher with Delta

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Marine, the floating dock sign Marina is
for the Oyster Festivals that, you know,

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we leave there all year round for you
guys to use. He built that thing for us.

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We paid very little for it. You know, he
donated the rest. So, just a good team

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of supporters. The engineer is up in um
Wicomico Church. He's got a major

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engineering firm down in in Richmond.
He's got a side office here. I've worked

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with him for years on churches,
projects that are important. And uh so,

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anyway, just a good group of people and
that's how we got the proposal. And I

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just wanted to let everybody know and if
anybody has any questions about how we

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put this together
or what it is, you know, we'd be happy

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to answer. So that's that's what I got.
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comment. I know for a couple of years
I've been really concerned with what

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you're talking about.
My own engine can't even get down there

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because of the barriers. I totally
agree. But also, we've had an issue with

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the Electric Bicycle Foundation and
we were glad

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they blocked off our road. There's no
way no way our own engine can't get down

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there because Erby's got 104th Road
completely shut off and then you all

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have it covered
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» with Community Road and so there's no
way for them to get down there anyway.

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» Yeah. So that completely changed Yeah,
that's completely changed the last year

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but it all changed. I don't know if you
ever tried to get down

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» It has not changed.
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» Not much.
>> Okay. So usually there's 30 vendors on

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that road and we always had an access
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trucks. We always met with them and then
did it at the beginning before the

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festival and agreed that we could do
that. Erby allowed us to do it one or

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two years and then they just ended up
shutting off. When they did that, we

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went from 30
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And we spread them out.
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or four of them at the very bottom and
then two or three in the middle. That's

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all there is. It's no problem to get a
fire truck down that road

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with what we have set up. And believe
me, we we meet with the fire department,

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we meet with the sheriff's office. We
are very aware and very conscientious of

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all of that. We used to run all of our
EMTs through the Erby line, you know, to

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get out. We had to change all that. That
changes the way we position EMTs and

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everything else. But I will tell you
that if you walked down there last year,

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sure there might be a lot of people on
the road, but people can move in order

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to get a fire truck down there.
>> The tents can't.

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» Yeah. So we have the tents
strategically located, but they don't

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block a fire truck.
>> I noticed just were fewer, but they were

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still there.
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again this year. But, if we meet our
pardon, they'll say we can get a fire

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truck in there.
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sure that's the case. When we had
Herbie, the old man, we could come

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through there and it was
we didn't have to worry about it. But

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now we do. So, we do. So, last year was
the first year that that came up and

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last year was the first year we did it.
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just so you know, is we basically told
about 10 or 12 nonprofits that they were

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no longer getting any space when we were
doing the annual festival.

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So, where we had 30, those people all
nonprofits or local small businesses

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that
that was created to not have to pay the

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fees, the real small businesses that
want to sell a few things. So, there's

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at least
10 or 12 or maybe 15 of those that can't

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come in the festival anymore, probably
close to our operation. We had no

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choice. We had to be able to keep that
little opening yet trust going there.

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» Okay.
>> So, how do you feel about that comment?

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Anybody else?
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» Thank you, Joe.

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All right, moving on
to the item eight.

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» Couple reports here. The bill is down
tonight. It's a family event.

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Good work.
Treasurer's report.

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As you see, the updated numbers that
Michelle puts out every every month.

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The
biggest one off here was the metro

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contractors check. That was to open the
street up

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to get access to the water valve.
Looking better isolate the system in the

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event of a break.
That's an ongoing project to try to get

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more isolation in the system so that
when we do have a break, we have to shut

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something down and it's not
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Admin has
and that'll be something that'll be

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ongoing for quite a while. It's a pretty
big project.

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Let's see.
The next page will be the meals and

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lodging tax.
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I asked about the meals and lodging tax
jumps quite a bit.

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Um I I mean, summer time is obviously
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other thing she told me is that
sometimes the way the collections fall,

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it tends to oscillate a little bit.
Is it all that often? I got to tell you

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that when I saw that, she was like,
"Calm down. It's kind of a normal FY."

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We had a meeting here in town.
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And then next up is my report that I put
together for you all in case I had to

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have them in the works.
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A couple of big items here.
The big one is is that we have been

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working really hard to try to get some
close in this temporary crossing. So,

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it was one of those. I appreciate Joe's
help on this. Um

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I wrote to Nat that I'll have a couple
of good options. Tonight we'll go into

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close session to discuss those.
Due to the contractual matter.

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» [clears throat]
>> Um I in the last couple of weeks have

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done a bunch of golf cart trips.
Um I received a visit from Congressman

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Wittman. I'm sure you all saw it in the
papers. Um came to update us that uh we

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were had been submitted in 4.4 million
dollars of CPS funding for the Marina

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Bridge project. That was done by Ted and
Ted is mayor. Um I appreciate their

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their effort. That may pay off.
This money though is not a done deal in

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any way.
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It's any appropriations bill which has
It's been passed yet.

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Just decent chance and I'm not an
expert, so you might want to Google and

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make sure I'm right.
If they do a containment resolution, it

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may go away. It could be killed in the
house or the Senate.

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In addition, when I was talking to him,
um the money may come with some

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prerequisites things to it as to when we
get it, how fast we have to use it. I

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actually mentioned the timeline, but you
know, to get environmental law or

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permitting on a current bridge that's
through a number of 18 months, which I

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don't find that unrealistic.
And it sounds like we wouldn't even be

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able to keep it that long, but
those are my concerns. I don't have

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anything in writing yet, so take it with
a grain of salt.

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Um I met with Mr. Goodnight, uh our VDOT
residency administrator. We went over a

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couple of things that the Main Street
sign positioning. I showed him a bunch

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of couple of drainage issues.
Sidewalk repairs that need to be done.

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Um
I'll tell you that I'm trying to get the

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sidewalks
straight in the next couple months.

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Trying to get that stuff done. A long
lingering issue. Basically got the green

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light fix them.
Nobody's going to fuss at us to take

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care of it, so work on that.
Um and this is one to me I thought was

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humorous here, but not really. I drove
him up to the I drove him up to the

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the end of the note the golf cart zone
and I said, "Lee,

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I don't know if he took me seriously. I
hope he really didn't. I said, "Lee, I

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can throw a burrito from here and hit
the Mexican sign."

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What can we do to open up? And Mr.
Edwards was he's unfortunately had to be

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on all of my car trips and he thinks
that he's going to get talked about on

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our little golf cart, but
I drag him along. The answer to that is

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is that a speed study has to be done.
And basically that VDOT has to examine

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the driving public see if they're
comfortable with

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the speed limit on that section of road
and to determine if we can lower the

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speed limit. So, we have to get the
speed limit down to 25 to be able to

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change it.
So, honestly, I'm pretty bummed out. I

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don't think we're going to get to free
the tacos and

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I will continue to try, um,
but [clears throat] that's a side burner

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for
Um, Mr. Edward came on in mid-July to

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help with the town administration
um, search and also he's been a huge

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asset to me. His experience is really
valuable. I mean, I

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lets me sleep better at night. You can
ask me.

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Um,
the draft purchasing policy we went over

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in that worksheet. I got that together.
I bumped that off of tonight's agenda.

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I'll put that on the agenda sometime
though.

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We get that finished up.
Founders Day was a success. They set me

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up though. They gave me a a script to
read which mentioned Martha Washington's

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age and she did not take very kindly to
that.

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She berated me the whole time. It was
kind of fun.

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Um, we also got insurance for that if
somebody got burned in a fire or stabbed

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by them or something. They can do that
or whatever.

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Um, but it was a big turnout. I
completely packed the the Baptist Church

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and I honestly think that that shows how
much people dig the history of this

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town. I mean, it and I said it just off
the cuff, "Welcome to one of our newer

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buildings." And the Baptist Church was
built in the 1880s. I mean, that's true

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and we have a real asset here.
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we'll move on.
Uh, the Main Street group did bring to

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me this called the Squan to Sea Port
Foundation about a loan. I called and

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talked to them.
We signed that letter so they are free

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to use that slip. Um, I'm hoping they
they come.

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It's kind of open to them. All they have
to do is let us know when they want the

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slip and it's theirs. Except for doing
the horse festival. I think they're

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going to be good this year anyway.
Um, pool season

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was successful. Um, they're here to talk
and I hope they'll back me up on that.

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Um, we did and I had some people accuse
probably had a um,

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water main break but we didn't. We now
have a 3/4 horsepower pool pump down

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there and they were pumped that is
spraying on these two flat nozzles our

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water up turn that pool over to try to
cool it down.

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I haven't heard any feedback yet from
the pool company and unfortunately it

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came in too late to help the pool
swim season now.

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But hopefully that'll pay dividends help
reduce our fresh water use cuz our

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previous policy has been to
they've been turning over the pool with

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fresh water. And the water usage down
there can be significant. And most of

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that's done built, but it's wasteful and
it isn't honestly doing the job. So I'm

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hoping this will help make good.
Um there's a vacancy vacancy on the BCA

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that's on tonight's agenda. I managed to
get someone that could apply and we have

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got a nominee.
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working on zoning enforcement. We had
several grass and issues and we've had

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several STP applicants at this point up
in as

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uh and so that has been a great help to
me and that.

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I've been working with a lot of
volunteer groups around town.

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There's a lot of repair projects going
underway and the town has been trying to

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support them as best they can
financially.

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Um without our volunteers a lot of this
stuff would not get done.

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Um also I'm going to update the website.
It's relatively affordable. I think we

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can
get volunteer

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um
liability insurance. So previously

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volunteers were supposed to sign a form
saying if you got hurt on the job

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you know, you're on your own kind of
Yeah, I don't think that's cool. And it

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wasn't honestly getting done all the
time. So now we have insurance. So if

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you volunteer here in town
um you're covered. I'm going to update

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the website. Our attorney suggested that
we still get them sign form, but

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basically saying you do have
some coverage. [clears throat] This is

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where you go if you need
um

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I'm working on the town council
meetings, working on the way

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we handle the minutes. Um I said a new
audio system would be due soon, but as

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you can tell it's here tonight. Should
really improve the audio on our YouTube

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videos and really want to
um

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And here in the crowd, just let us know
what you think.

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Um
And also, we have updated um job

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descriptions for the docent and marina
dock hand. I've got two openings and

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we'll run those in sequence.
Anybody that wants a part-time job right

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now, please
give me a call.

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Um bad news department, we had a nurse
it from Wednesday night all the way

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through Sunday. Well six, the new well
pump has gone offline.

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It started to fail. Um
First, it wouldn't run in auto. You

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should run it manually, though.
Go up here, turn it on, let the tower

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fill up, turn it back off. Now, on
Sunday, it wouldn't run at all. So,

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we're on the the the other well, well
five, which was our main well until well

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six came online.
>> [clears throat]

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» I'm working with um
Sidner to get a quote on getting that

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repaired as soon as possible.
Um and one last item, it's not here on

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the
quarterly report, is that our audit

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scheduled today. The audit is complete.
We'll have a copy of it next week.

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So, that's very good news. We've been on
that quite a while.

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All right, next page. The town marina,
I've asked um if you have any questions

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about the marina finances of the marina.
So, I've asked Joyce to start producing

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the I report for us monthly.
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It mostly speaks for itself there. You
see $4,000 a month in slip rental.

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Um
$450 extra amenities.

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So, the ice, I will say
ice is being hauled down there across

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that bridge by hands. It's a lot of
work.

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Thank you, Eric.
The snack machine, drink machine

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we we managed to purchase. Um
that's a surprising amount from that. Um

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Michelle was able to find a used one in
Gloucester Lodge in Gloucester and we

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got it from there, so
I got it

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up
the ramp at the uh office there, green

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office, and it's in the breezeway.
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So, that's first floor entrance. That's
it. We just had made six of that number

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earlier.
>> Thank you, Mr.

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» Sure.
>> You can thank Eric.

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» I don't know if he wants to be waiting
[clears throat] it out, but he may be in

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the crowd.
>> Thank you, Eric.

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» Um
The docks down there did an amazing job.

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I know somebody named Well, I don't know
if he can point it out, but he does.

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[clears throat]
They're down there um

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We
Again, town's providing lumber.

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Volunteers are doing the hard hot work.
117 boards replaced, and that is looking

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a lot better. We also ordered new um
boxes for the fire extinguishers in

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there. Those are all cracked up in the
front seats.

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Uh that's what I have for those reports.
Next up is the Amanda and April swimming

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report. You want to come?

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» And I can't help but believe how
wonderful

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» He can't be
standing here.

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» I don't know if they better
>> Good evening, everyone. My name is

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Shannon Sears, and I am privileged to be
the coach of the Middlesex Makos swim

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00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:06,080
team that um swims during the summer
here in Urbanna. I am joined by Bill

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00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:10,680
Sears, who is um my right hand, left
hand, someday brain,

432
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:15,120
um depending on um what we're doing. We
also are lucky enough to coach the high

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00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:19,960
school swim team um during the cold
winter months at 4:30 in the morning. Um

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and I am joined by four of our swimmers.
Um the first young man right here is

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C.J. Sears. He is my oldest son, and he
just competed for his last

436
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:33,640
um
season for summertime. He graduated last

437
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:36,640
year and is joining the Coast Guard to
be a rescue swimmer.

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00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:46,080
Then we have my middle or my youngest
child, Alan. He is a junior at Little

439
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:50,000
Bet High School um and he is still
swimming for both summer time and high

440
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:55,440
school. And then we have two of our
newer swimmers. This is Sawyer Edwards

441
00:30:53,000 --> 00:31:00,880
and her big sister Lacy Page Edwards and
they are quite a duo and quite a force.

442
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:05,440
They um
are rising stars in the pool and I can't

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00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:08,920
wait and hopefully we'll be around when
they hit high school so that they can

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00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,560
swim for us right now.
Good.

445
00:31:10,046 --> 00:31:14,040
» [clears throat]
>> Um we just wanted to say thank you and

446
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:17,600
give you kind of an update on our
season.

447
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:21,160
Um we this was the second full season
here in Urbana

448
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:25,600
um since COVID and the new pool was
built.

449
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:29,880
Um we had 105 swimmers.
And they range from ages 4

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00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:35,600
to 18.
Um they participate in four swim meets

451
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:40,560
throughout the season.
Um unfortunately Mother Nature was not

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00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:46,920
kind this year um so I think we got two
and a half in um and then we had champs

453
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:52,360
and Urbana does host champs. Um we I
will explain the trophies first. Um we

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00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:57,480
did bring the trophies back to Urbana
that had not been here since 2016

455
00:31:55,280 --> 00:32:02,840
um where we received the regular season
champs for going undefeated as well as

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00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:06,480
winning at the actual championship meet
um which again was here in Urbana. So

457
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:09,240
they brought those. We're happy to have
them back. Um

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00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:20,320
Um among other things I just want to say
thank you so much for giving us the

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00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:24,440
opportunity in an amazing pool.
Um

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00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:28,560
Mr. Wilson is correct. The water had was
an issue for for several years. The

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00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:34,760
temperatures were such that it made it
unsafe for us to compete in that pool

462
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:39,720
due to um just safety. Um we we go by
the VHSL um high school guidelines and

463
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:44,800
the temperature um in some instances
just was too um high in the pool. Um

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00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:49,000
they worked really hard at the pool to
try and help us, but I am um I did a

465
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:52,880
little Googling and Google is always
right. Um but I think that the pump that

466
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:57,560
has been installed is going to be
amazing for us to turn it over. Um there

467
00:32:55,600 --> 00:33:01,320
are several other two other teams in the
league that cannot host me. So that

468
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:06,120
means that we're hosting extra meets
throughout the year um and this will

469
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:09,520
really give us an opportunity to um keep
that pool open and and just have to deal

470
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:14,000
with thunder and lightning, which is
hard enough in Virginia in the summer,

471
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:18,720
as everybody knows. Um but I just wanted
to say thank you. I did ask um Alan to

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00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:23,160
say a few words as to how this impacts
because the program that is provided

473
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:28,400
here in this county gives kids an
opportunity to not only learn

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00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:32,960
fundamental skills, um but to also get
their confidence in the pool, um which

475
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:36,600
transfers into confidence in the river.
Um and I as I always told my children

476
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:40,240
when they started swimming at 4, you
know, we may never own a boat, but you

477
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:43,680
may have a friend that owns a boat. So I
want you to be able to go out there and

478
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:48,040
know, you know, if something were to
happen that you have the skills to

479
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:51,880
survive. Um and that's very important.
So Alan, do you want to speak?

480
00:33:54,160 --> 00:34:01,040
» Hello. I just want to um
I just want to extend my sincere

481
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:07,040
gratitude towards this pool and as a
tri- tri-sport athlete, I can really say

482
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:13,399
that this pool has both helped me with
my swimming and my community that it has

483
00:34:10,240 --> 00:34:13,399
built in Urbana.

484
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:22,280
» And then one other thing that I think
sometimes gets lost is this group of

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00:34:19,919 --> 00:34:26,440
kids, um they all come from different
walks of life. We are Middlesex Makos

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00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:30,360
and not the Urbana Makos or or
Barracudas as we were. So we're drawing

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00:34:28,639 --> 00:34:34,760
kids that don't have the opportunity to
swim during the summer from Mathews,

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00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:39,399
Gloucester, the other end of the county,
both ends really. And these kids, they

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00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:43,800
have a safe,
fun environment to come through the

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00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:46,960
summer where they're bonding
friendships, they're learning

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00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:52,840
sportsmanship, they're learning to help
others. I know that um Sawyer and and

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00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:57,160
Lacy Page, they get help from the bigger
kids and they join in. Sometimes I have

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00:34:54,480 --> 00:35:01,840
to have them watch my boys. So, I mean,
they they are all growing together and

494
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:06,440
it's the bond that I know will carry
them through in other aspects of life.

495
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:09,640
Um and and I just want to give you you
guys my gratitude because that is an

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00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:14,240
amazing pool
um and what it does for the community

497
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:20,240
and the kids in the community is huge.
Um and and sometimes kids get overlooked

498
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:24,280
as we all know, but the ability to to
bring my kids and know

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00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,960
going up to the pool and know you'll be
safe, I know you'll be cared for, you'll

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00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:31,880
get a little something to eat is
something really nice. Um and not every

501
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:36,080
community has that, especially one
that's centrally located where so many

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00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:39,600
can walk in and provide that safe
environment.

503
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,600
» Did you want to say

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00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:53,880
» So, thank you. Um
a little bit about that machine. So, um

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00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:59,720
we are unable to swim um you can play in
water no matter what the temperature is,

506
00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:05,680
but as far as exerting physical
exercise or competing at the level that

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00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:10,520
they do and practice, they swim a couple
thousand yards a night,

508
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:13,960
that's not conducive and it is at a
dangerous level, especially for little

509
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:20,320
people for heatstroke.
Um also, the chemicals in the pools um

510
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:26,400
dissipate quickly when um the sun shines
on it all day long and the water

511
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:31,640
evaporation, that combination is just um
super unhealthy for swimming, not for

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00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:35,320
your average cannonballers. That's fine.
If they're getting out and getting back

513
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:39,160
in, all that's fine, but they're not.
They are

514
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:45,280
repeatedly swimming, you know, lap after
lap. So, thank you for doing that. That

515
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:50,880
is That's going to be huge. Um also,
just my personal um

516
00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:54,635
the reason I do this,
um

517
00:36:52,615 --> 00:36:54,635
» [clears throat]

518
00:36:56,160 --> 00:37:03,240
» my daughter started swimming in the
Urbana pool. The aquatic center when she

519
00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:06,880
was five. And she um they didn't have a
high school team,

520
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:09,680
and she went all the way to to Division
1

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00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:15,040
swimming. Um
um she ended with um Olympic trial cut,

522
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:17,840
but it all started in that Urbana pool.
So,

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00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,200
it's a big deal. So, thank you for
everything.

524
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,680
» So, what about the press?
>> Yeah, I'll go over that.

525
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:34,680
» And you're all awesome.
>> Thank you very much.

526
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,920
» Thank you so much.
>> Thank

527
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:38,480
» All right.
>> Thank you.

528
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:54,000
» All right, moving on. Finance.
>> Thank you, Eric.

529
00:37:54,186 --> 00:37:56,206
» [laughter]

530
00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:01,480
» Bad administrator recruitment
discussion. Mr. Edwards.

531
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,600
» Nowhere near as exciting.

532
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:17,000
Evening, folks.

533
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:23,280
I want to talk about a couple of
documents that I've put in your package.

534
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:28,240
As you know, we've advertised for
the open position. Um Today, I think we

535
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,240
have seven applicants.

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00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:36,680
I'm still working through those. As
those applications come in,

537
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:39,920
on page 25 of your package,
we have in here

538
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:43,960
sort of a screening sheet that I've put
together that I'm reviewing each of the

539
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:47,440
applications by that screening sheet.
And once we get all together,

540
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:51,040
and we
get together to review those, we'll have

541
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:54,120
that screening sheet to kind of go by
then.

542
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:59,280
Quick reference of what everybody's got
for qualifications compared to

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00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:02,640
the application. As you recall,
discussion of all the applications will

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00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:06,320
come to town council.
The mayor and I will review the

545
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:09,880
screening sheets, make sure I got them
right, didn't miss anything, and we'll

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00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:13,440
provide those along with all the
applications to the mayor and to the

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00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:20,640
town council members.
Also in your package, beginning on page

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00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:20,640
23, is a proposed schedule.

549
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:29,000
What we've got here is a proposal that
probably going to take about 6 weeks

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00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:33,280
to
review the applications, schedule the

551
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:36,680
first round of interviews, get those
folks to come in, and have you all hold

552
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:40,880
those interviews,
and then

553
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:44,320
make a decision about who you think
should come back for a second round of

554
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:47,880
interviews, and hopefully by the middle
of late October,

555
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,440
we'll be in a position to offer somebody
a job.

556
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:56,440
I want you to take this draft home with
you. I want you to look through it. If

557
00:39:54,080 --> 00:40:00,120
you got any thoughts or questions about
changes to that, you approach the mayor,

558
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:03,800
and I will put it in.
Our hope is

559
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:07,800
the application deadline is September
the 8th. You have a town council meeting

560
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:13,000
on the 10th.
We hope to have them all reviewed

561
00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:16,560
all the packages put together, and
distributed to you to start that

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00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:19,520
discussion that day.
After you all interview,

563
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,840
Any questions?

564
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:33,200
» Have you basically
reviewed

565
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:35,720
any of the
what you call some of the applications?

566
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:38,040
» I have.
>> Uh-huh.

567
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:41,268
» Some are qualified.
Some are not.

568
00:40:39,248 --> 00:40:41,268
» [laughter]

569
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:48,680
» Hopefully more than not they are but
Well,

570
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:52,080
that's to be expected.
That's to be expected.

571
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:54,200
» Uh-huh.
Thank you.

572
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,600
» John.
>> All right, moving on to Eric.

573
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,600
» Okay.

574
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,440
» I got to grab this email too, though.

575
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:12,360
» All right, moving on.
There you go.

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00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:16,440
All right, item 9B new business. Um,
this is pretty straightforward. We had a

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00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:21,120
vacancy there on the Board of Zoning
Appeals as you all know.

578
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:26,840
Uh, with Ms. Clark, Ms. Lowe.
Who was appointed to Town Council.

579
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:31,160
Leaving a vacancy. That That term
expired August 31st, so it's about to

580
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:36,000
expire. Uh, we advertised like we have
been publicly.

581
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:39,040
And we had Ms. Pierce register.
Um,

582
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:43,200
she was the only applicant. I appreciate
her stepping forward.

583
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:48,880
So, you'll see here on the next pages
her copy of her application.

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00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:52,400
And then a resolution
of

585
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:56,120
to appoint her
recommend her to the Circuit Court cuz

586
00:41:54,280 --> 00:42:01,280
the way this works is that we
have to send a recommendation up to the

587
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:06,600
court and then they approve it.
So, with her that

588
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:10,440
there's going to be a motion to
>> Who is it again?

589
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:14,280
» It's Ms. Um, Lucy K. Pierce.
>> Is she here?

590
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,360
» I can about this for a little while if
you

591
00:42:14,879 --> 00:42:18,800
» [laughter]
>> Is that your wife?

592
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,800
I didn't hear a word he said for a
minute.

593
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:25,080
» I'll be out in just a minute.
>> Yeah, I'm going to talk to you.

594
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:28,360
Thank you, Lauren.
>> I know I'm a little off topic, but yes,

595
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:30,280
she still got some. I'll hold me against
her or anything.

596
00:42:29,289 --> 00:42:33,480
» [laughter]
>> Well, I'll make the motion.

597
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:39,640
» 400 ft
Yes, I schedule to do the church for

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00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:39,640
children.

599
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:46,319
So, is that motion sufficient?
>> A second.

600
00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:47,840
» All right. You want that?
>> [clears throat]

601
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,320
» I was going to say I just want to say
yes.

602
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,960
» All in favor say yes.
>> I didn't hear a thing.

603
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,720
» All in favor.
>> All in favor of the motion.

604
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,400
» You need a roll call.
>> I'm sorry. You got to read them all out

605
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,360
now.
>> All right.

606
00:42:56,520 --> 00:43:00,560
» I'll put this in the correct
>> Yes.

607
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:06,840
» I'll call everyone's name out and mark
them present.

608
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:09,680
» Mr. Tunney.
>> Yes.

609
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,600
» Mr. Courtney.
>> Yes.

610
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:12,880
» Mr. Wilson.
>> Yes.

611
00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:14,560
» Mr. Johnson.
>> Yes.

612
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:17,360
» Mr. Lowe.
>> Yes.

613
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:18,760
» Mr. Manalo present.
>> Yes.

614
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:22,160
» Mr. Murray.
>> Mr. Murray.

615
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,160
» Yes.

616
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:28,240
» Does she carry a seat?
>> Hey, Maribel's the best. She's going to

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00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:31,480
win. She did a fantastic job.
>> Yeah, thank you, Maribel.

618
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:34,840
» I appreciate all the time.
>> She can do it.

619
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:38,320
Thank you, Maribel.
>> All right. Next up, we will say

620
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:42,720
business. I have a resolution I have to
sign to see your resolution for Cherry

621
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:46,960
Reyes.
Town employee. You all know her from the

622
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:51,880
PD department for 10 years.
This resolution

623
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:56,080
recognizes her contributions and also
her passing. And the plan here is if we

624
00:43:54,400 --> 00:44:00,120
approve this,
we plan on having a little ceremony at

625
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:03,080
the town museum coming up soon to
present to the family.

626
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:07,600
With that, you'll see a copy of the
resolution.

627
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:10,840
Any questions?
Okay. With that, you see a copy of the

628
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:15,880
resolution.
2020-15.

629
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:18,720
And um
I have a motion.

630
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,640
Second.
>> Second.

631
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:25,160
» Mr. Upton.
>> Yes.

632
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:28,240
» Mr. Cole.
>> Mr. Cole, that's correct.

633
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:29,440
» Mr. Cole.
>> Yes.

634
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,360
» Mr. Harrington.
>> Yes.

635
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,040
» And Mr. Courtney.
>> Yes.

636
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,760
» Mr. Jackson.
>> Yes.

637
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,200
» Mr. Logan.
>> Yes.

638
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,680
» Mr. Murray.
>> Yes.

639
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:40,345
» Mr. Logan.
>> Yes.

640
00:44:38,325 --> 00:44:40,345
» [clears throat]

641
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:47,280
» All right. I am 10.
So, this

642
00:44:44,720 --> 00:44:51,040
are I'm requesting that we go give
motion to go into closed meeting. You

643
00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:54,520
are welcome to stay here. We'll go the
other way

644
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:58,880
to discuss the contracts that we have
available to us proposals on a temporary

645
00:44:56,680 --> 00:45:01,600
bridge for the town community.
Okay.

646
00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:05,440
» That's a motion to go into closed
meeting pursuant to Virginia Code

647
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:11,160
Section 2.2
-3711A29

648
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for discussion of contracts related to
the bridge because the discussion in the

649
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open meeting would be adverse um to the
council

650
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bargaining position or negotiating
strategy.

651
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» I second the motion.
>> Second.

652
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» All in favor?
>> Aye.

653
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» [laughter]
>> Ah, I can't get it right.

654
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» [clears throat]
>> How you learn by doing?

655
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» Mr. Harrington.
>> Yes.

656
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» Mr. Courtney.
>> Yes.

657
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» Mr. Jackson.
>> Yes.

658
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» Yes.
>> Mr. Murray.

659
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» Yes.
Yes.

660
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» We'll be right back.

661
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» In the motion to go into executive
session, I certify that only the matters

662
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identified in the motion to go into
closed meeting were heard, discussed, or

663
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considered.
So moved.

664
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» Okay.
>> And if I may have you call the roll and

665
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council members if you would
individually respond.

666
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» Mr. Tuning?
>> Yes.

667
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» I certify.
>> I certify.

668
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» Ms. Johnson? I also certify.
>> Ms. Lowe?

669
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» I certify.
>> Mr. Murray?

670
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» I certify.
>> And Mr. Wilson?

671
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» I certify.

672
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» All right.
>> Mr. Chairman, can we go?

673
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» All right, with that we have gone into
closed session to discuss the contract

674
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before us for temporary bridge.

675
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With that, we have decided to accept
proposal from

676
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Falconer Construction last minute
engineer.

677
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Um they are proposing a
wooden cream at bridge. It's um

678
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24 ft long
and

679
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15 ft wide. It'll have 4 ft walking
lanes on each side of the bridge.

680
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Um
it's wooden with a steel plate on it

681
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which
we'll be able to install relatively

682
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quickly. They're saying that they have a
installation date of September 8th

683
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through the 11th. So we should get it
which is perfect. Um it'll have ramping

684
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up to it. Uh
it'll be gravel and they'll put they'll

685
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take those um
concrete blocks in it as a barrier and

686
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put those to protect the ends of this
bridge in case some crazy person decides

687
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to run across that thing at night
at high speed.

688
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Um
I would like to

689
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thank everybody that helped me with this
project. I have a really long list that

690
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I won't
mention. But is one of those. Joe, I

691
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appreciate it.
Um

692
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and with that, we hope that we get this
marina up and