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[Call to Order / Moment of Silence / Pledge of Allegiance/ Agenda Adoption]
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL COMMENCE OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER FOR THE COUNTY OF SIR.AND WE ARE ELATED TONIGHT TO HAVE WITH US REVEREND GLORIA HOWELL MASON, WHO WILL COME TO THE DANCE STAND, LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION OF PRAYER, RIGHT? WE PRAY WITH HER.
AND GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
FATHER, WE ARE INDEED GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TONIGHT AS WE HELP TO LIFT UP THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND AS THEY GET KNOWLEDGE FROM YOU HOW TO DEAL IN OUR COUNTY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR SUCH A HISTORICAL, PROUD COUNTY, AND WE WANT THOSE WHO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, THE WELFARE, THE LOVE FOR EACH CITIZEN TO BE AT THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
WE ASK YOU FOR BLESSING UPON THEM, AND THEY TRAVEL AND AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS FOR US, AND MAY WE AS CITIZENS CONTINUE TO RALLY AROUND THEM, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO PRAY FOR THEM AND LOVE THEM.
GIVE US WHERE WE STAND IN NEED OF AS A COUNTY THAT WE MIGHT BRANCH OUT IN, EVEN INTO OTHER COUNTIES AND INTO THE STATE AND WHEREVER YOU SHOULD SEND THOSE OF US WHO GO FOR YOU, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS US, GRANT US WHATEVER WE STAND IN NEED OF FOR YOUR GLORY.
WE NOW CALL OUR MEETING OFFICIAL OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD ASK THAT WE WOULD ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH CHANGE, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, GOD WITH LIBERTY, LIBERTY, JUSTICE.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CALL FOR A MOAN OF SILENCE.
BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE BEFORE US TONIGHT OUR AGENDA.
AND AFTER HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER OUR AGENDA, WE ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AND PRESENT IT.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
[Consent Items]
ON OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT IS OUR CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD MINUTES FROM 7 31 25, APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES 8 14 25, HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR EIGHT MANUFACTURERS, COMBINE OPIOID SETTLEMENT.AND WE HAVE, UH, A-P-S-A-P GRANT APPLICATION THAT'S PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR CONSENT ITEMS? THERE'D BE NO QUESTIONS ON CONSENT.
WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT ITEMS. SO MOVED.
ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
OPPOSED? CONSENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
[Public Comments]
AGENDA, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD COME TO THE DEUS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON MATTERS PRUDENT TO THE BUSINESS OF SURY COUNTY.AND, UH, ONCE YOU COME TO THE DEUS, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT, AND THEN YOU WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
UH, WE HAVE FIRST MR. ERNEST WILBORN.
HOW YOU DOING, SIR? I'M, I'M DOING WONDERFUL.
DON'T PUT ME ON THE CLOCK YET.
I HAVE A GENERAL COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE.
UH, THERE'S NOTHING ADVERSARY OR ADVERSARIAL ABOUT WHAT I'M GONNA SAY TONIGHT AND NOTHING HOSTILE.
AND I THINK ANYBODY ON THE BOARD, I'D BE GLAD TO GO OUT TO LUNCH WITH YOU, UH, PLAY GOLF WITH YOU, UH, GO TO CHURCH WITH YOU.
SO IT'S NOT NOTHING PERSONAL, IT'S, UH, WHERE MY TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
BUT IT IS A BUSINESS AND THE BUSINESS IS I'M PAYING FOR A PRODUCT AND THE PRODUCT THAT I'M GETTING EXPECT TO GET FROM YOU, I'M REALLY NOT HAPPY WITH IT.
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I'M BUYING A PRODUCT THAT I'M PAYING FOR YOU TO ACCOMPLISH FOR ME.AND I AM NOT HAPPY AT ALL WITH THE PRODUCT YOU'RE, YOU'RE PRODUCING.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS AND HAS GIVEN THE TAXPAYERS IN SURY COUNTY ME MANY REASONS TO ASK AND SEARCH FOR OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN ANSWERS FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS THAT HAVE AND, AND NOT BEEN ANSWERED OR NOT COMPLETELY, FULLY ANSWERED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THE TOTAL ACCOUNTING AUDIT WITH THE APPROXIMATE $300,000 OF TAXPAYER'S MONEY THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE SURY MARKET GROCERY STORE CONCERN RELATIVE TO THE OVERDUE AND RESCHEDULE SURY COUNTY AUDIT, WHICH WAS RESCHEDULED AND FIN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED 31 AUGUST, 2025.
AND WHEN WILL IT BE READY? ANSWERS NEED TO BE PROVIDED CONCERNING WHY THE TWO PEOPLE WITHIN THE SIX P LAST SIX MONTHS DEPARTED SURREY COUNTY.
THE SURREY COUNTY FINANCE DEPARTMENT, I SHOULD SAY YMCA AS PROPOSED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DRAWS GREAT CONCERN.
WHY? THE REASON FOR THE 5 MILLION FULL REASONS AND THEN ANOTHER APPROXIMATE 20 MILLION LATER, THE ENTIRE EXISTING RECREATIONAL CENTER EXISTING COULD BE CONVERTED FOR A FRACTION OF THIS AMOUNT.
IF YOU CONTINUE TO DIRECTION YOU HAVE PROPOSED IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE TAXPAYERS TO SEEK STATE ASSISTANCE FOR WEEKLY FINANCE AUDITS IN ORDER TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERY PAYMENT.
PARDON? YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING.
UH, WHY THE IMPOSITION OF SEMI, UH, ANNUAL TAX RATHER THAN CONTINUING WITH ANNUAL OR AS PROVEN, MOST TAXPAYERS PREFERRED TO STAY WITH THE ANNUAL RATHER THAN THE TWICE A YEAR.
AND A LOT OF EVIDENCE WAS SHOWN THAT NIGHT, THE APPROXIMATE $23 MILLION THAT SURREY COUNTY IS PRESENTLY IN DEBT.
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR GETTING THE COUNTY OUT OF DEBT WITHOUT RAISING TAXES? AS MENTIONED ABOVE, THESE ARE ONLY EXAMPLES.
THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS NOT ANSWERED.
MOST, IF NOT ALL THE ABOVE HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND DOCUMENTED IN NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.
AND, AND LIKE I SAID, SERIOUSLY, THIS IS NOTHING PERSONAL, BUT IT'S MY MONEY AND I WANNA KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING AND I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY BEING SPENT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
AND I WILL HAVE LUNCH WITH YOU.
IF YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, UH, I BELIEVE THIS IS JOSEPH OSBORNE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR CHAIRMAN REMINDS US THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST BE A GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS OF SURREY COUNTY PER COUNTY BYLAWS, AND THAT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE.
UM, BUT OUR CHAIRMAN MADE THIS STATEMENT RIGHT AFTER LAST MONTH WHEN I'D PRAISE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS WHO EMBODY OUR COMMUNITY'S CHARACTER AND IMPLIED THEM.
AND VERY RESPECTFULLY, MAY I ADD, IMPLIED THAT MY COMMENTS WERE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE BYLAWS.
THE BOARD REGULARLY INCLUDES NON-ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS AGAINST AGENDA.
SIR, HOW IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JERMAINE TO THE BUSINESS OF SUR COUNTY? EXACTLY.
THE BOARD REGULARLY INCLUDES NON-AD ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ON ITS AGENDA.
MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS, CELEBRATING THE COUNTY'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE BOARD MEMBER HONORING A LOCAL POET, MR. DR.
THAT IS IRRELEVANT TO WHAT YOU'RE STATING NOW.
WHAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS BEING GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
SO WHAT IS THE BUSINESS OF SURREY COUNTY? THAT'S THE QUESTION AT HAND.
I ALSO ASK THE TIME BE ADDED FOR THE CHAIRMAN'S, UH, COMMENTS AND INTERRUPTIONS.
NOW YOU'RE TALKING BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY CREATED WITH INPUT FROM CITIZENS BUSINESSES, AND THE BOARD IS BUILT AROUND THREE CORE GOALS, PRESERVING SERIES, CHARACTER, GROWING SERIES, ECONOMY, ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE.
IF A CITIZEN SPEAKS TO ANY OF THOSE, THEY'RE CLEARLY ADDRESSING COUNTY BUSINESS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT JUST A CEREMONIAL DOCUMENT, IT'S A LEGAL DOCUMENT AND GUIDE FOR HOW OUR COMMUNITY GROWS.
IF HONORING A POET IS, IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AGENDA AND COUNTY BUSINESS.
SO TOO IS CELEBRATING THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT
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THAT DEFINES US AS IS CONTAINED IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.I ASK THAT WE CITIZENS KEEP SPEAKING, ESPECIALLY ON ISSUES TIED TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IF WE STAY SILENT, LEADERS MAY DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY CHARACTER.
WITHOUT US, THE BOARD MUST ENSURE CITIZENS ENJOY THE SAME SPEECH FREEDOMS THEY GRANT THEMSELVES.
LET'S KEEP THE GATE OF CIVIC DIALOGUE WIDE OPEN.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE CLOSED AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE BUSINESS BEING GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
IT IS IN THE PREAMBLE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION E.
PLEASE READ THAT TO COME UP TO THE BOARD AND MAKE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF CITIZENS ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IS NOT GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS AFFAIRS OF SURRY COUNTY.
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IS FOR YOU TO ADDRESS THE BUSINESS AFFAIRS OF SURRY COUNTY.
[Public Hearing]
A PUBLIC HEARING DEALING WITH THE CONDITION USE PERMIT 20 25 0 1.WE WILL REFER TO STAFF AT THIS TIME ON OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN ELLIOT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MS. ROLLINS, MR. HARRISON, MS. PERKINS.
OKAY, THIS MOR, THIS, UH, THIS EVENING WE DO HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, FOR BEAR ALLEN BATTERY STORAGE, LLC, THEY'RE SEEKING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND UTILITY SERVICE MAJOR FOR AN ASSOCIATED SWITCHYARD AND SUBSTATION AS PERMITTED BY ARTICLE THREE.
SECTION 3 3 0 2 PERMITTED USES SUBSECTION C OF THE SURREY COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE SUBJECT PARCEL TAX MAP NUMBER 54 DASH ONE IS A 416 ACRE PARCEL ZONED AR LOCATED IN THE BACON'S CASTLE DISTRICT ON WHITE MARSH ROAD SOUTH OF COLONIAL TRAIL EAST.
THE PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT'S ABILITY 89 MEGAWATT BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND UTILITY SWITCHYARD ON 32.5 ACRES IN THE INTERIOR OF THIS SITE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INDICATES THAT THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS SUITABLE FOR ROOF PRESERVATION.
UM, AND THIS, THIS FACILITY WILL SPAN APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES.
THIS PARCEL, AGAIN, LOCATED IN THE BACON'S CASTLE DISTRICT, UH, IS LOCATED OFF OF WHITE MARSH ROAD.
THIS, THIS MAP SHOWS A VICINITY OF THAT PROJECT TO THE, TO THE, UH, REST OF THE COUNTY.
UM, THESE ARE THE ADJACENT PARCELS IN THAT AREA.
THE GREEN PARCEL IS THE SUBJECT PARCEL.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE ZONING OF THE, OF THE, UH, PARCEL.
YOU NOTICE THAT ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CLEAR OR, OR AREAS THAT ARE, UH, AERIALS, THOSE ARE AR ZONE PROPERTY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE, UM, THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS M1, WHICH IS, UH, THE PROPERTY THAT'S FOR, UH, CAVALIER SOLAR.
UM, THIS IS THE, UH, PROPERTY HERE, UH, WHICH YOU SEE.
BEAR ISLAND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF, I GUESS TO THE, UH, TO THE EAST OF, UM, THE, THE PROPERTY, THE, THE LARGE, UH, 400 ACRE PROPERTY, UH, TAKEN UP A SPACE ABOUT 32.5 ACRES.
IT IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE TRANSMISSION LINES.
UM, HRC LINES, UM, ON THAT PARCEL AGAIN, UH, YOU, THERE ARE, UH, THE ACCESS TO THAT SITE, UH, WILL BE LOCATED, UH, OFF OF WHITE MARSH IN THAT, I BELIEVE THE WHAT, WHAT, UH, RESIDENCE AROUND HERE CALLED THE CHARITY PATH.
I BELIEVE THIS AREA IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION AREA.
UM, THERE IS RA AS WELL AS RP ON THE PROPERTY PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, THE SITE DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY RPA FEATURES.
UM, ANY SITE CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE WORKED OUT THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS WITH THE
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APPLICANT.THERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS THAT, UH, THAT ARE, THAT THE BOARD MUST CONSIDER WHEN IT COMES TO CON, UH, CONDITION USE PERMITS.
UM, AND THESE ARE A LIST LIST OF THEM, UH, TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
UM, THEY HAVE ADDRESSED THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED TO 150 VEHICLES, UH, DURING CONSTRUCTION, GENERATING TWO TO THREE HEAVY VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY FOR A ONE TO TWO MONTH PERIOD.
UM, THE A THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO COORDINATE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN WITH THE COUNTY AND VDOT PRIOR TO THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PER THE NEW ORDINANCE THAT WAS, THAT WAS DRAFTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN APRIL.
AFTER CONSTRUCTION, THIS SITE WILL BE OPERATED REMOTELY AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC NOISE.
THE SITE IS OVER 2000 FEET AWAY FROM THE NEAREST HOME, AND THE AREA IS HEAVILY WOODED.
PRIOR TO SITE PLAN APPROVAL, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A NOISE STUDY TO ENSURE THE NOISE STANDARDS AND THE ORDINANCE ARE MET.
LIGHTING WILL BE LIMITED TO THAT AS, WHICH IS MINIMALLY REQUIRED, AND ALL LIGHTING WILL BE MOTION SENSOR ACTIVATED DUST.
THE TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN SUBMITTED DURING THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS WILL ADDRESS DUST CONTROL AND MITIGATION USING WATER TRUCKS, MULCH, OR OTHER SEMI METHODS PER OUR, OUR NEW, SO OUR NEW, UH, ORDINANCE AMENDMENT THAT WAS JUST MADE IN AGAIN IN APRIL REGARDING DRAINAGE, UH, THEY MAY REQUIRE DRAINAGE, WATER QUALITY, UM, AIR QUALITY.
WE, WE, WE LOOK BACK AT DUST, UM, TIMING OF THE OPERATION.
UH, THE CORRECTION WILL, WILL BEGIN IN THE, IN THE, UH, FOURTH QUARTER OF 26, ENDING IN THE, THE, THE THIRD QUARTER OF 20 OF 2027, AFTER WHICH OPERATION WILL BEGIN.
THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT REFLECTS THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY, WHICH COULD EVOLVE BEFORE THE, BEFORE THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
AND THE APPLICANT'S DRAFT CONDITIONS REFLECT THIS POTENTIAL AGAIN FOR ACCESS.
THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSED BY WHITE MARSH ROAD AND THE FURTHER DRAFT THE APPLICANT'S CONDITIONS.
THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE A ROAD THAT IS 20 FEET WIDE MINIMUM.
UM, PENDING SURY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES APPROVAL, THE SITE WILL RETAIN THE EXISTING VEGETATION TO FORM A HUNDRED FOOT BUFFER AROUND THE 32 ACRE PROJECT SITE.
WHERE VEGETATION DOES NOT RETAIN THE APPLICANT HAS TO PROVIDE A LANDSCAPING PLAN REGARDING HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
THERE ARE NO REGISTERED HISTORICAL PROPERTIES WITHIN OR NEAR THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROJECT, ACCORDING TO THE, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HISTORIC RESOURCES.
AND THE PROJECT WILL NOT BE WITHIN ANY VIEWSHED OF ANY SORT OF PROPERTY.
AND REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL, ALL ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED, UM, AND, AND, UH, I'M SORRY, WAS CONDUCTED AND IT FOUND FEW SPECIES AFFECTED BY THE PROJECT.
THERE WAS A PUBLIC OUTREACH AS PART OF THE, THE NEW ORDINANCE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS ARE REQUIRED.
THE APPLICANT HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING AT APRIL 30TH, UM, AT THE, AT THE, UH, SURREY, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION CENTER.
SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING WERE TRAFFICKED ON CONSTRUCTION NOISE GENERATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES.
AGAIN, THIS PARTICULAR CEP, THIS CONDITION USE PERMIT IS, IS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ZONING WARRANTS PER OUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THE AR ZONING DISTRICT, AND ALSO, AGAIN, OUR NEW SECTION THAT WE, WE WE DID AMENDMENT ON IN APRIL WAS THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, UM, NEW USE CATEGORY FOR STAFF.
WE FOUND THAT THE PROJECT MITIGATES ITS IMPACTS AND BENEFITS.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SURY COUNTY CREATES LIMITED IMPACT ON TRAFFIC AND ROAD MAINTENANCE.
CONSTRUCTION PERIODS FASTER THAN SOLAR DEVELOPMENTS AFTER CONSTRUCTION, THE SITE WILL BE OPERATED REMOTELY AND STAFF WILL NOT BE PRESENT ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
AND ALSO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SITE IS RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED WITH OTHER ENERGY USES.
WEAKNESSES, DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY THAT REQUIRES UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY.
THE POINT OF COMMISSION AT ITS JUNE 23RD, UH, MEETING HELD A CONDITION USE PERMIT PUBLIC HEARING, THEY VOTED 10 TO ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE CONDITION OF THE CONDITION USE PERMIT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THAT SAME MEETING, NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
AT THAT SAME MEETING, THEY DID FIND, UH, THE 10 ZERO VOTE THAT THE PROJECT IS INTA INSUBSTANTIAL COURT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO GO MORE IN DEPTH OF WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THEY REVIEWED.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LOOKED AT, USED THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THE PLAY RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE THESE THAT, THAT THE,
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THE PROJECTS SHOULD GENERALLY NOT CONTAIN RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES OF GREATER THAN ONE DWELLING UNIT WILL.BEAR ISLAND IS NOT RESIDENTIAL, WILL NOT INCREASE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY.
IT SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
PUBLIC UTILITIES SHOULD NOT BE EXTENDED.
IT WILL NOT USE PUBLIC UTILITIES RECOMMENDS WOODED OR VEGETATED BUFFERING TO REDUCE IMPACTS OF SURROUNDING LAND, ESPECIALLY AGRICULTURAL LAND.
THEIR PROJECT INCORPORATES RETAIN VEGETATIVE BUFFER SHOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS.
AND THEN WE SWITCH OVER TO OUR AMENDMENT THAT WE DID IN 2023 FOR ENERGY PROJECTS.
THE POINT RECOMMENDATION WAS TO AVOID DEVELOPING ENERGY PROJECTS WITHIN A HALF MILE OF REGISTERED HISTORICAL SITES AND HISTORIC V SHEDS OR WITHIN 200 750 FEET OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP.
SO ALTHOUGH THE PARCEL PROPERTY LINE IS WITHIN SEVEN FEET OF A HISTORIC CEMETERY AND A SITE LAND OWNED BY THE TRUSTEES OF OF LIFE CHURCH, THE ACTUAL PROJECT SITE IS OVER 5,900 FEET FROM THE FORMER AND 3,500 FEET FROM THE LADDER.
SO THE ACTUAL PROJECT DISTANCE, THE PROJECT ITSELF DOES HAVE THE ACTUAL DISTANCE AWAY.
UM, IT AVOIDS AVOID DEVELOPING ENERGY PROJECT IN A RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT AREAS AND, AND CORRIDORS.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN A RE IN A RURAL PRESERVATION AREA.
THOSE CORRIDORS ARE LOCATED OFF OF ROUTE 31.
SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY FAR AWAY FROM THOSE LOCATE WHERE THE CENTER OF THE SITE IS WITHIN A MILE.
THE TRANSMISSION LINES, THE SITE OID IS 888 FEET FROM THE TRANSMISSION LINES.
AND OF COURSE, OF THE PREVIOUS MAPS YOU SAW THE TRANSMISSION LINES GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THE, THE ACTUAL PARCEL ITSELF, UM, MAINTAINED BIODIVERSITY AND WILDLIFE THROUGH UNDISTURBED VEGETATION AND BUFFERING.
THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BYS CULTURE AND FORESTS, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT SPANS MULTIPLE PARCELS.
THE ZONING RIGHTS REQUIRES A VEGETATIVE BUFFER OF AT LEAST A HUNDRED FEET.
UM, THE REQUIREMENT ALSO WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS TO LOCATE AT LEAST 750 FEET FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENCE.
THEIR PROJECT SITE IS 2300 FEET FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENCE.
UM, IT'S LOCATED AT LEAST A HALF MILE FROM ANY EXISTING UTILITY SCALE ENERGY PROJECT SITES.
IT IS 2,700 FEET FROM THE NEAREST SOLAR FACILITY.
UM, THIS IS, THIS CONCLUDES A STAFF STAFF REPORT.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN APP, THE APPLICANT HERE, MR. RUMBERS, HERE WITH, WITH THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL OF THE, THE TIME AND PATIENCE YOU'VE, UH, YOU'VE ALLOTTED TO US DURING THIS, THIS PROCESS.
IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO US TO GET IT RIGHT.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF THIS WILL WILL BE REVIEW, UH, OR REHASHING SOME INFORMATION, BUT I'D, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER SOME OF IT, UH, AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE COVERED SOME OF IT IN THE PAST FOR THE, THE BENEFIT OF, OF THE PUBLIC.
AND, UM, IF AT ANY POINT IT SEEMS LIKE I'M BELABORING SOMETHING THAT, UH, EVERYBODY KNOWS, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO PUSH ME ALONG.
UH, SO I, I BRIEFLY WANNA MENTION TWO THINGS ABOUT CLEAN AIR, UH, THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT WHEN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
ONE IS THAT WE ARE A, AN IPP, AN INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER, WHICH MEANS OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS TO, TO BUILD THESE PROJECTS, TO OWN THEM AND, AND TO OPERATE THEM.
SO WE HAVE, WE'VE DEVELOPED THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
OUR INTENTION IS TO, TO BUILD IT AND TO OPERATE IT AS WELL.
SO WHEN I SAY THAT THIS IS REALLY KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS FOR, FOR WHAT MAKES A PRO A PROJECT, IT'S, IT'S ALSO THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR COMPANY'S INTERACTION WITH, WITH THE BOARD AND WITH THE COUNTY.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS IN THE, THE ORDINANCE AND WITHIN THE, UH, CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THE PERMIT THAT REQUIRE THIS KIND OF BE THE STARTING POINT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MAKING THE FINAL PROJECT COMPLY WITH, WITH THE ORDINANCE AND, AND WITH EVERYTHING THAT, THAT WORKS FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, THE OTHER ASPECT IS WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE, SO THIS ISN'T, UH, CLEAN AIR'S FIRST PROJECT.
WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 12 YEARS, WHICH IS A LONG TIME IN THE, THE SOLAR AND ENERGY STORAGE INDUSTRY.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT A HISTORY OF, UH, OF BUILDING GOOD PROJECTS AND, AND BEING A PART OF, OF COMMUNITIES.
AND, UH, WE, WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE THAT VERY BRIEFLY ON WHAT, WHAT A BATTERY STORAGE PROJECT IS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT ITS SMALLEST LEVEL.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO A A CELL PHONE BATTERY.
UH, THOSE ARE THEN PACKAGED UP TOGETHER AND, AND COMBINED INTO WHAT LOOKED LIKE SHIPPING CONTAINERS.
THE SHIPPING CONTAINERS ARE THEN LINED UP IN ROWS, AND THE ROWS ARE CONNECTED TO THE, THE, UH, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.
AND THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THEM REALLY IS
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TO STORE ENERGY FOR LATER USE.SO THEY WILL CHARGE FROM THE GRID WHEN DEMAND IS LOW, THEY WILL DISCHARGE THE GRID WHEN, WHEN DEMAND IS, IS HIGHER.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME, UH, CALL IT ANCILLARY USES THAT, UH, THAT THE BATTERY CAN PARTICIPATE IN AND, AND PROVIDE BENEFITS TO THE GRID THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF JUST SHIFTING THE CONSUMPTION OF, OF ENERGY.
UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST THAT IT'S TOO TECHNICAL AND I SHOULD MOVE ON, BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HAVE A LONGER DISCUSSION, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS.
SO, UM, THERE IS, ON THIS SLIDE IS THE SITE PLAN, THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, UH, ON, ON THE SCREEN IS, UH, THIS IS SKEWED A LITTLE BIT ON, ON MINE, BUT IT, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF WHERE THE BATTERY WOULD GO IS DIRECTLY SOUTH OF, OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE.
UM, IT'S ALL OF THE CONTAINERS LINED UP NEXT TO, UH, A SUBSTATION THAT WOULD BE BUILT, UH, AND AND INTERCONNECTED WITH, WITH THE GRID.
SO THE LOCATION ON THE PARCEL IS TOWARDS THE CENTER OF, UH, WELL, OR TOWARDS THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PARCEL, WHICH IS, IS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF THE WOODS.
UH, IT'S ABOUT OVER A MILE FROM THE NEAREST ROADWAY, UM, OVER 2000 FEET LIKE HORACE MENTIONED, UH, FOR, FROM THE NEAREST HOME.
SO IT'S, IT'S LOCATED IN A SPOT THAT'S ISOLATED FROM SURROUNDING TRAFFIC AND, AND HOMES, UM, AND SHOULD BE OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND, UH, OUT OF EARSHOT AS WELL.
THIS IS A ZOOMED IN VERSION OF WHAT THE, THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE THE, THE LOCATION, UM, AND SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY CHOSEN TO CITE THE, THE BATTERY.
SO 2300 FEET FROM THE, THE NEAREST HOME.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT SURROUNDING AREA IS MOSTLY WOODED.
UM, AND THE INTENTION WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN THAT, THAT WOODLANDS AND IN, AT LEAST IN THE IMMEDIATE PERIMETER OF THE PROJECT FOR TO PROTECT VIEW, SHED SHOULD SOMETHING ELSE BE DEVELOPED THERE.
BUT, UH, AS OF NOW, IT'S, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF THE WOODS.
SO THIS IS BRIEFLY MEANT TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF, OF BATTERY STORAGE.
UM, FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A, A VERY DENSE DEVELOPMENT THAT PROVIDES A LOT OF TAX REVENUE FOR, FOR THE FOOTPRINT THAT IT OCCUPIES.
SO OVER A THOUSAND TIMES, THE EXISTING REVENUE FOR, FOR THE AG ZONING, UM, IS WHAT THE PROJECT WILL GENERATE OVER ITS LIFE.
SO, UM, SMALL OUT OF THE WAY, BUT ALSO, UH, A LARGE TAX PAYER.
IT ALSO CREATES CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND, AND OPPORTUNITIES LOCALLY DURING CONSTRUCTION.
UM, IT BENEFITS THE GRID BROADLY.
UH, DOMINION EXPECTS THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS.
A LOT OF THAT IS RELATED TO DATA CENTERS.
UM, IN ORDER TO, TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THAT, IT WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF THESE, THESE BATTERIES OR IT'LL REQUIRE MILES AND MILES OF LARGE TRANSMISSION LINES.
SO SOME, SOME MIXTURE OF BOTH IS LIKELY, BUT THIS, THIS HAS A, A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE OVERALL FUNCTIONING OF, OF THE GRID THROUGHOUT THE, THE STATE TO, TO ACCOMMODATE LOAD GROWTH.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, LOCALLY, UH, A LOT OF, UH, COMPANIES THAT ARE, ARE BUILDING THINGS LIKE DATA CENTERS OR JUST COMPANIES IN IN GENERAL HAVE RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARDS AND, AND GOALS THAT INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS TO PROCURE BATTERIES AS WELL, UH, OR AT LEAST THE POWER FROM BATTERIES.
SO IT CREATES KIND OF THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS CIRCULAR ECONOMY WHERE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS ARE INTERESTED IN, IN CONTRACTING THESE, THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
UM, IT BENEFITS THE, THE STATE BROADLY AND THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM BROADLY, UH, BUT ALSO LOCALLY IS A, A DENSE, UH, SOURCE OF, OF TAX REVENUE THAT IN THIS CASE IS, IS OUT OF SIGHT OUTTA MIND AND, AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE WAY AFTER CONSTRUCTION.
THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE, MANY OF YOU HAVE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FIRE AND RISK ALLIANCE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THIS RIGHT.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
BUT WE HAVE INCLUDED A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS, UH, THAT ARE MEANT TO DESIGN, MEANT TO RESTRICT THE DESIGN OF, OF THE SYSTEM SO THAT IT WORKS ON THESE, THESE PARAMETERS.
BUT THE ACTUAL SYSTEM ITSELF IS DESIGNED TO BE, TO BE VERY SAFE ON A, A NUMBER OF, OF COMPONENTS.
SO THE FIRST THREE, THE ACTUAL COMPONENT DESIGN ITSELF, THE CELLS, THE MODULES AND THE UNITS ARE ALL, ALL TESTED TO, TO PREVENT ANY KIND OF, UH, EMERGENCY EVENT.
THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED AS WELL IN A WAY THAT IS, IS, UH, MEANT TO PREVENT ANY KIND OF PROPAGATIONS, SHOULD SOMETHING GO LONG WRONG AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE CELLULAR OR THE MODULAR LEVEL.
AND THEN IT'S ALSO MONITORED REMOTELY TO WHERE IF BOTH OF THOSE FIRST STEPS OF, OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SAFETY LADDER
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FALL THROUGH, THEN THE SYSTEM CAN BE SHUT DOWN REMOTELY.IT'S, IT'S CONSTANTLY DETECTED AND, AND, UH, AND BEING MONITORED.
IF ALL ELSE FAILS, THEN WE TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE PROTECTIONS FROM THE KICK IN.
UM, SO WE, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE IS, IS DESIGNED APPROPRIATELY AND, AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ADEQUATELY TRAINED TO RESPOND TO ANY EVENT SHOULD IT OCCUR.
BUT BASED ON THESE COLUMNS, ONE, TWO, AND THREE HERE, IT SHOULD BE EXTREMELY RARE FOR THAT TYPE OF EVENT TO EVEN OCCUR.
I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE, THE DETAILS OF THIS, BUT IT'S, IT'S MEANT TO ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF, OF DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, THE TYPES OF, OF EVENTS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE MEANT TO ADDRESS HERE.
BUT IT'S, IT'S EXPANSIVE AND, AND VERY THOROUGH WHEN IT COMES TO, TO MAKING SURE THEY'RE THE SYSTEM'S DESIGNED TO PREVENT THESE TYPES OF, UH, OF OCCURRENCES.
YOU ALSO HAVE SOME STRONG ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, UM, WHICH WAS ADOPTED, I BELIEVE HORSE SAID IN, IN APRIL.
UH, THAT PROVIDES FURTHER PROTECTIONS HERE ON, ON THIS FRONT SPECIFICALLY.
SO AGAIN, APPROVING THIS PROJECT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT'S GONNA BE BUILT TOMORROW.
IT JUST BEGINS THE PROCESS OF, OF MORE ADVANCED DESIGN AND INTERACTION WITH, WITH COUNTY, UH, AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THIS IS, UH, WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE ORDINANCE AND WITH THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE, THE PERMIT.
THERE WERE SOME PROPOSED PERMIT CONDITIONS HERE, UM, RELATED TO ACCESS EMERGENCY SERVICES, TRAINING, TESTING AND REMEDIATION WATER ACCESS.
UH, SOME OF THIS WAS DESIGNED, UH, BASED ON RESPONSE OR BASED ON, UH, INTERACTION WITH, WITH FIRST RESPONDERS.
SOME OF IT IS, IS IN OUR OPINION, BEST PRACTICES.
SO, UM, AGAIN, LAYERING ON THE REQUIREMENTS FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, THIS SYSTEM IS DESIGNED APPROPRIATELY AND IT'S SAFE.
SO TRAFFIC IS, IS A, IS AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP FREQUENTLY, UM, DURING OUR, OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
SO HORACE MENTIONED A HUNDRED TO 150 HEAVY VEHICLE TRIPS THAT, THAT ESSENTIALLY THE, THE CONTAINERS COME IN PRE-FABRICATED.
SO THEY'RE, THEY, UH, ESSENTIALLY SHOW UP AS A A CONTAINER.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLACED IN THEIR LOCATION ON THE SITE.
THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC IS, IS THE SHIPPING OF, OF THOSE CONTAINERS.
SO ONE TO TWO OR TWO TO THREE HEAVY VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY OVER A ONE TO TWO MONTH PERIOD.
SO, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH TRAFFIC DURING SOLAR PROJECTS.
UH, THIS IS A, A VERY SMALL FRACTION OF, OF THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, ON SOME OF THE SOLAR PROJECTS WE'VE WORKED ON, YOU GET 20 HEAVY VEHICLE TRIPS A DAY, IT CAN BE FAIRLY DISRUPTIVE IT HERE BECAUSE THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC VOLUME IS LOWER.
IT'S, IT'S BOTH LESS LIKELY TO, UH, TO IMPACT NEIGHBORS, BUT ALSO IT'S EASIER TO CONTROL.
UM, WHICH MEANS WHEN WE DESIGN THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, WE CAN DO SO, UH, WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AS, AS MINIMALLY DISRUPTIVE AS IF POSSIBLE.
AGAIN, ORDINANCE WAS, WAS VERY WELL DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THESE SPECIFIC ISSUES AND, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT IS, IS CONFORMING WITH, WITH WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
WE ALSO DID A, A TRAFFIC, UH, ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE APPLICATION.
UM, THERE IS A STRETCH OF ROAD, UM, NORTH OF, OF THE PROJECT ON WHITE MARSH, WHICH IS THE, HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC VOLUME.
UM, THE GOOD THING IN, IN, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH VDOT ON PRIOR PROJECTS, UM, THEY'VE SAID ANYTHING LESS THAN 18 FEET IS PROBLEMATIC.
UH, 18 FEET IS NORMALLY SUFFICIENT.
UM, THERE'S ABOUT 260 VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY ON, ON THIS STRETCH OF ROAD, UM, WHICH WOULD MEAN THE, THE HEAVY VEHICLE TRAFFIC IS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF PERCENT OF THAT.
SO NOT A HUGE PORTION OF, OF THE TRAFFIC.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S NOT MEANT TO SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
UH, I I SAY THAT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WITH THIS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, THAT THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IS LIGHT ENOUGH THAT WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS RIGHT AND, AND AVOIDING DISRUPTION.
UM, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO MANAGE THE FLOW OF TWO TO THREE VEHICLES PER DAY THAN IT IS 20 TO 30.
UM, THE LAST THING THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IS NOISE.
UM, AND THE, THE SYSTEMS DO HAVE, UH, AND PRODUCE NOISE FROM, FROM WHAT AMOUNTS TO AN AIR CONDITIONER, UM, FOR COOLING.
UH, SO BASED ON COMMON NOISE VOLUMES FOR, FOR THIS EQUIPMENT, I'VE PULLED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE, THE NOISE THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED PURELY BASED ON DISTANCE FROM, FROM THE SYSTEM.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE NEAREST HOME JUST BASED ON DISTANCE, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 38 DECIBELS, UH, BASED ON THE, THE NOISE VOLUME OF, OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF,
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WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE, THE AMBIENT NOISE LEVEL IN, IN A LIBRARY.UM, IT'S ALSO LOW FREQUENCY AND, AND AMBIENT NOISE.
SO IT'S NOT, UH, DISRUPTIVE OR, OR, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS, IS, UH, SHARP TO THE EAR OR, OR, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE SENSITIVE TO.
IT SOUNDS, UH, A LOT LIKE AN AIR CONDITIONER THAT WOULD, UH, THAT WOULD OPERATE ON A, A NEIGHBORING HOME.
UH, BUT YOU'RE FAR LESS LIKELY TO HEAR ANY KIND OF NOISE OR OR DISRUPTION FROM THIS SYSTEM THAN YOU WOULD BE FROM A, A, A NEIGHBOR'S AIR CONDITIONING UNIT THAT IS PURELY BASED ON DISTANCE.
SO IF SOMEONE WERE TO LEVEL ALL OF THE TREES AND, UH, AND, AND ONLY SETBACK WAS DISTANCED, THAT'S WHAT THE VOLUME WOULD BE.
BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE, THERE ARE A TON OF TREES OUT THERE AS WELL, SO THAT, THAT FURTHER HAS A, UH, A MITIGATE MITIGATING EFFECT ON THE, UH, THE PROPAGATION OF, OF NOISE.
AND THEN THIS IS, UH, THIS IS SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT JUST MAKING THIS UP.
THERE'S A, A BUNCH OF RESOURCES HERE ABOUT SOUND AND, UH, AND SOUND PROPAGATION THAT, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OR, OR GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL.
UM, BUT PURELY BASED ON WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND ITS SETBACK FROM THE ROAD AND, AND FROM NEIGHBORING HOMES, IT, IT REALLY SHOULD BE OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND, OUT OF YOUR SHOT.
AND THAT, THAT'S IT FOR, FOR ME.
I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO, UH, TO STAFF AND, AND MS. PERKINS AND, AND TO THE BOARD FOR, FOR THE CONSIDERATION.
QUESTIONS ON YOUR LAST, UM, SLIDE.
YOU INDICATED THAT THE NOISE LEVEL, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU IN GAVE THE NOISE LEVELS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT'S JUST YOUR NORMAL OPERATION NOISE LEVEL, IS THAT RIGHT? WITH THE COOLING FANS AND CORRECT.
HOW ABOUT YOUR LARGE GENERATORS THAT IF THEY NEEDED TO BE KICKED ON, WHAT DO YOU HAVE DECIBELS FOR THOSE? UH, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, 2300 FEET IS A LONG WAY SURE.
AT 38 DECIBELS, BUT WHAT WOULD IT BE WITH THE LARGE GENERATORS? SO, SO THIS, THE, THE SOUND DATA HERE WAS PROVIDED BASED ON THE, THE LOUDEST COMPONENT.
SO THIS WOULD BE WHAT, WHAT IS MOST LIKELY TO BE HEARD? EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS, IS ON THE SITE OR, OR NEARBY WOULD CREATE SMALL AMOUNTS OF NOISE, BUT IT WOULD BE QUIETER THAN WE WENT TO CHESTERFIELD AND, AND I DON'T THINK THE COOLING FANS WERE ON THEN.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE, YES, I SAW THOSE BIG GENERATORS AND I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE USED FOR BACKUP, BUT IF THEY WERE TO CUT ON, I, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, THAT'S THE, UH, YOU KNOW, 55 50, UM, I'M SORRY, LIKE THE 38 DECIBELS TO THAT HOME, 3,200 FEET, 2300 FEET AWAY.
THE LOES COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM.
YEAH, SO, SO THERE ARE, UM, THERE TECHNICALLY AREN'T GENERATORS ON THE SYSTEM.
THERE WOULD BE A, A SUBSTATION THAT, UH, IS USED TO ACCESS THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND THEN THE, THE MONITOR UNITS THEMSELVES GETTING, GETTING TOO EXPRESSIVE HERE.
UM, BUT IT, YEAH, SO, SO THE LOUDEST COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM IS THE AIR CONDITIONERS, UH, OR WHAT AMOUNT TO, TO COOLING SYSTEM.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WOULD GENERATE POTENTIALLY THE NOISE HERE.
THAT'S WHAT CREATED THE, BUT THE GENERATORS ARE NOT LOUDER.
UH, WELL, THERE, THERE IS NO, THERE'S, YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S NO TURBINE TURNING OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THE, UH, BACKUP GENERATORS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOST POWER AT THE SITE, THE BACKUP GENERATORS WERE CUT ON TO MAINTAIN THE, THE BATTERIES.
THAT'S WHAT WE SAW AT THE OTHER, THAT WOULD NOT BE A COMPONENT OF THIS.
I'M WAS IT TRANSFORMERS? I'M SORRY.
HOW ABOUT THE, YEAH, SO, SO THE TRANSFORMERS WOULD A AGAIN, WOULD OPERATE AT A QUIETER VOLUME THAN, THAN THE, UM, YEAH, BUT THE, THE TRANSFORMERS JUST TAKE THE POWER AND, AND ESSENTIALLY ALTER IT SO THAT IT'S READY FOR THE GRID.
THOSE, THOSE WOULD ESSENTIALLY OPERATE, UH, ON THE SAME TIME LENGTH AS THE, THE ACTUAL BATTERY.
I, I THOUGHT IT WAS GENERATED.
SO I THOUGHT, THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME.
AND THEN MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT TO ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, IF THERE WAS A FIRE OR, UM, AN EVENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THE, UM, UM, THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, WHETHER IT BE WATER OR CHEMICALS, UH, WENT OFF.
AND WHAT'S YOUR WAY OF CLEANING THAT UP SO IT WON'T GET INTO THE GROUND AND POTENTIAL WATERWAYS OR AIR AS WELL.
WHAT'S YOUR PROCESS ON THAT? I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY TO CAPTURE THAT? YOU DON'T HAVE A SELLING, I DON'T KNOW,
SO THE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT IT DEPENDS ON THE TECHNOLOGY.
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ANSWER IS THAT ANY KIND OF, OF CONTAMINANT TO SURROUNDING WATERWAYS IS, IS UNLIKELY, BUT IT'S ALSO REQUIRED IN, IN THE CONDITIONS AND, UH, IT'S GOT ELECTRIC, CORRECT ME IF THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE, BUT THE, THE CONDITIONS REQUIRE THAT IF THERE IS AN EVENT THAT WE DO TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CONTAMINATION OF THE SURROUNDING TO THE GROUND AND WATER.AND IF, IF THERE IS, UH, AND THE SYSTEM'S REQUIRED TO BE DESIGNED TO PREVENT THAT, IF THERE IS, THEN I BELIEVE WE'RE REQUIRED TO, TO REMAIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YES, MR. CHAIR IF I'M HERE? MR. PIERCE? YES.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SIT ON THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION FOR SOME OF THIS, BUT MUCH OF THIS, RIGHT.
UH, BUT I DO WANT TO, UH, JUST TO REITERATE SOME OF YOUR, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, LIKE HOW LONG WOULD CONSTRUCTION TAKE IF WE WERE TO START, JUST SAY HYPOTHETICALLY TOMORROW, IF EVERYTHING WENT WELL, HOW LONG DO YOU PROJECT THIS, UH, PROJECT TO TAKE UNTIL IT STARTS TO BE FULL OPERATE? UH, SO THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION TIME SPAN IS ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
BUT THE ACTUAL PERIOD OF TIME THAT, THAT WILL, WILL SEEM LIKE A, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS MORE LIKE THREE.
SO IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY, UH, FAIRLY QUICK IN TERMS OF, UH, AGAIN, WE WE'RE COMPARED WITH SOLAR OFTEN, I, IT'S NOT ALWAYS, UH, A, A RELEVANT COMPARISON, BUT IN, IN THIS CASE, THE, THE WINDOW IS MUCH, MUCH SHORTER FOR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT MEANS LIKE WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALL CLEAR AS FAR AS THE TRANSPORTATION, THOSE, UH, ONE OR TWO LARGE TRUCKS COMING IN IN THAT WILL ONLY TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS, AS YOU SAY, THREE MONTHS WOULD BE THE LONGEST? YEAH, ONE, ONE TO TWO MONTHS, UM, IS THE KIND OF THE DELIVERY WINDOW.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S TWO TO THREE TRUCKS ON, ON AVERAGE.
SO ON SOME DAYS THERE MAY BE MORE.
ON SOME DAYS THERE MAY BE ZERO.
SO IT, IT, UM, IT DEPENDS, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S SPREAD OUT SO THAT THEY CAN BE DELIVERED AND THEN INSTALLED.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, THE SITE CAN'T TAKE TOO MANY AND AT ONE TIME, UM, AND, AND LIKEWISE, IF THEY'RE NOT BEING DELIVERED PRETTY CONSISTENTLY, THEN EVERYBODY'S STANDING AROUND WAITING FOR, FOR ROOM TO BE DELIVERED.
SO IT'S, THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF A STEADY FLOW OF, YOU KNOW, ONE TO TWO TO THREE TRUCKS PER DAY.
UM, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION AS WELL AS FAR AS, UH, I'VE SEEN, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, BETWEEN 50 TO ABOUT 75 JOBS.
UM, AS FAR AS THOSE JOBS, THIS BEING CON CONSTRUCTION, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU GUYS BE, UM, LOOKING FOR HIGHER CONTRACTORS.
UM, WHAT IS YOUR WAY OF GUESS, UH, LOOKING AT LOCAL CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE, UM, I GUESS WE LOOK AT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES FIRST BEFORE WE REACH OUT TO OTHER LOCALITIES FOR OTHER, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE OUR INTERESTS ARE COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH, WITH THE COUNTY.
'CAUSE THE CLOSER WE CAN HIRE TO THE PROJECT, THE BETTER.
UM, IT MEANS WE'RE NOT PAYING PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, STAY IN HOTELS.
WE'RE NOT PAYING PEOPLE TO TRAVEL INTO THE SITE.
SO I MEAN, THE, THE CLOSER, UH, TO THE FOOTPRINT WE CAN BE, THE BETTER.
SO NORMALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS, UH, ONE TO TWO JOB FAIRS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCTIONS OF THE PROJECT TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S FOR, THAT'S FOR SUBCONTRACTORS, THAT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, ACTUAL LABORERS THAT WOULD, WOULD WORK ON THE, THE JOB AS WELL, ELECTRICIANS, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE, WHAT KIND OF, UH, OF HELP WE NEED AND, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL WINDOW THAT WE WOULD, WOULD NEED THE HELP.
UM, AND THAT'S HOW WE TRY TO SOURCE AS MUCH OF IT IN, IN THE COUNTY AND LOCALLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND LAST QUESTION FOR RIGHT NOW IS AS FAR AS, UM, I SAW IN ONE OF THE SLIDES, I JUST WANT TO, UH, IF YOU COULD BRING IT BACK AS FAR AS THE, UM, TRAINING FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THE, ONCE WE, UH, ONCE THE PROJECT WERE APPROVED, THERE WOULD BE AN, AN INITIAL TRAINING WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
UH, AND HOWEVER, THERE WOULD BE, I GUESS NEED TO, UM, NEED TO BASE, UH, UH, I GUESS, UH, PERIODIC TRAINING IF NEED BE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
AND THAT'S, THAT IS AN ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT, AND I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE CONDITIONS OF AS WELL, UM, THAT THE, THERE WILL BE TRAINING FOR, FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT, WELL, SO NOT ONLY WILL THEY BE INVOLVED WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT RESPONSE IS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO, UH, WE WILL HOST TRAINING BEFORE THE START OF CONSTRUCTION, I BELIEVE BEFORE THE START OF OPERATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS AN EVENT THAT, THAT THEIR RESPONSE IS APPROPRIATE.
THAT, UH, WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE DONE FAIRLY FREQUENTLY DEPENDING ON HOW, YOU KNOW, HIGH, THE TURNOVER IS OF THE ACTUAL RESPONSE TEAMS. UM, I, I WOULD EXPECT THAT NO LESS THAN EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS, WE PROBABLY DO THE, THE TRAINING AGAIN, THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
WHAT'S THE, I GUESS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR THIS PROJECT? UH, 2 25 YEARS GENERALLY IS, IS THE, UH, THE LIFESPAN OF THE, THE BATTERIES THEMSELVES, OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WARRANTED FOR.
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UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL PLANNING COMMAND.I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS.
AS FAR AS IF A BATTERY WERE TO GO OUT, UH, WHAT'S THE PROCESS AS FAR AS, UM, I GUESS REPLACING IT OR GETTING A NEW ONE? SIMILAR TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, THEY BRING IN A, A NEW TRUCK WITH A, A CONTAINER ON IT, REMOVE THE OLD CONTAINER, PUT THE, THE NEW ONE IN ITS PLACE, AND, UH, IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE, THE, THE PRIOR, PRIOR VERSION.
THANK YOU MR. PIERCE FOR VERY INFORMATIVE QUESTIONS.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, UH, I'VE BEEN IN INSTRUCTED BY LEGAL THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN, UH, DO BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS AND HAVE ONE SESSION ON DEALING WITH THE SITE AGREEMENT ALONG WITH THE, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
I JUST WANT TO GET THE, UH, GO AHEAD FROM THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, TO INCLUDE BOTH 'EM AT THE SAME TIME.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL, UH, HEAR FROM STAFF ON THE SITE AGREEMENT.
SO THIS, UH, THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, UH, IS FALLS UNDER AN, AN ENERGY PROJECT, UH, WHICH PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE ALLOWS FOR THE COUNTY TO NEGOTIATE A CITING AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE APPLICANT.
AND IN THIS CASE, UM, WE HAVE HAD A SERIES OF NEGOTIATION MEETINGS, UM, WITH THE APPLICANT.
AND THE DRAFT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, UM, IS THE, IS THE CURRENT VERSION.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A, A DONE DEAL.
THIS OF COURSE REQUIRES YOUR, YOUR INPUT AND YOUR FEEDBACK.
UM, BUT IT IS THE VERSION THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU AT THIS TIME.
SO, UM, I WILL RUN THROUGH THE PAYMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITING AGREEMENT AND, UM, THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY IS ALSO HERE, SO IF HE WOULD A, LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO HAVE HIM COME UP AND ADD TO MY DESCRIPTION.
SO UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CITING AGREEMENT, UM, THERE IS THE, WHAT WE CALL THE M AND T TAX PAYMENTS, AND THAT'S FOR MACHINERY AND TOOLS.
AND THAT IS DICTATED BY VIRGINIA CODE.
AND BECAUSE IT IS AN ENERGY PROJECT, THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EXEMPTION THAT IS PROVIDED BY, BY VIRGINIA CODE.
SO IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME FOR ONE MOMENT, I CAN GET YOU THOSE, UH, THOSE SPECIFIC, UM, THOSE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS.
IT STARTS IN THE FIRST YEAR AS AN 80% TAX EXEMPTION, AND THEN IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, I BELIEVE IT GOES TO 70% AND THEN IT GOES DOWN TO 60%.
UH, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS DICTATED BY VIRGINIA CODE AND IT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THE ASSESSED VALUE FOR THE, THE, AGAIN, THE MACHINERY AND TOOLS.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE.
AGAIN, IT'S DICTATED BY FIVE VIRGINIA CODE.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE AGREEMENT, UM, ON THERE IS A PAGE WHERE THERE IS, UM, A CHART, IT'S UNDER EXHIBIT B OF THE AGREEMENT, AND THERE'S A LISTING OF ESTIMATED PAYMENTS, UH, FOR THE M AND T TAX.
UM, IT GOES TO, IF THE PROJECT WERE TO GO TO 35 YEARS, AND, UM, MR. RUMER JUST JUST TALKED ABOUT 25 YEARS BEING THE ESTIMATED LIFESPAN, IF IT WERE TO GO FOR, UH, A COUPLE MORE YEARS, UH, THAT WOULD BE AROUND $6 MILLION OF M AND T TAX.
AND THAT IS AN ANNUAL TAX THAT IS PAID.
SO THE ESTIMATE FOR THE FIRST YEAR WOULD BE $153,360.
AND AGAIN, UM, THAT WOULD BE STATIC FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THEN IT WOULD INCREASE AS THE, UM, AS THE PERCENT OF THE EXEMPTION THAT'S SPELLED OUT IN VIRGINIA CODE, UM, LESSONS.
AGAIN, NOT MUCH FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO THAT BECAUSE IT IS DICTATED BY VIRGINIA CODE.
THE OTHER CATEGORY OF PAYMENTS THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER A CITING AGREEMENT ARE VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS.
AND THOSE VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS, UM, PROPOSED THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT, UM, WOULD BE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS AN INITIAL PAYMENT OF $300,000.
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WOULD BE A ONE-TIME PAYMENT, AND THAT WOULD BE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL.SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 12 MONTHS OR SO, UM, IS A GOOD ESTIMATE FOR, FROM WHEN A PROJECT IS APPROVED.
IF THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED TO WHEN THE SITE PLAN WOULD BE APPROVED, THEN UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING, UH, WHAT THEY'RE CALLING AN ANNUAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PAYMENT, AND THAT WOULD BE $15,000 TIMES THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT.
SO IF THE PROJECT IS 25 YEARS, IF IT LASTS LONGER, IT WOULD BE $15,000, UM, PER EACH YEAR OF THE PROJECT WITH A 3% ANNUAL INCREASE.
AND THIS PAYMENT WOULD BE RECURRING, AS I INDICATED IT WOULD BE ANNUAL, AND THE FIRST PAYMENT WOULD, WOULD BE WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE COMMERCIAL OPERATION DATE.
AND THEN THE ANNUAL PAYMENT WOULD BE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMERCIAL OPERATION DATE.
AND I'M PROBABLY OVERSIMPLIFYING IT, BUT AS IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED TO MY NON-SCIENTIFIC BRAIN COMMERCIAL OPERATION DATE IS WHEN THE ENERGY IS COMING IN AND GOING OUT.
UM, OKAY,
SO, UH, MY SCIENCE TEACHER WOULD BE PROUD FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, SO THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE SECOND BUCKET OF PAYMENTS THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING.
THE THIRD BUCKET OF PAYMENTS, UH, WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $250,000.
AND THAT WOULD BE FRONT LOADED OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS.
SO IN THE FIRST YEAR, AND, AND THIS IS ALSO A RECURRING PAYMENT AND IT'S ON WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE COMMERCIAL OPERATION DATE, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST PAYMENT.
AND IN YEAR ONE IT WOULD BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN YEAR TWO $75,000 IN YEAR THREE $50,000, AND IN YEAR FOUR $25,000.
NOW, THE INTENDED USE OF THESE PAYMENTS AS, AS PUT FORTH IN THE CITING AGREEMENT, IS REALLY TO PROVIDE THE COUNTY WITH, UH, FUNDS TO, TO INCREASE EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
AND THAT'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE, NOT JUST FOR ANY POTENTIAL SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR ON THE PROJECT SITE, BUT THAT WOULD BE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SO TWO THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND AND HAVE COME UP OFTENTIMES IN CONVERSATIONS, EVEN, UM, CONVERSATIONS NOT RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC PROJECT ARE THE NEED IN THE COUNTY FOR A BRUSH TRUCK AND FOR AN A-T-V-U-T-V VEHICLE.
UM, AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY HELPFUL FOR SOLAR SITES AND BATTERY ENERGY SITES AND, AND GETTING, UM, ESPECIALLY THE A TV GETTING BACK IN THERE, UH, INTO PLACES WHERE A, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL FIRE RESPONSE VEHICLE WOULD, WOULD MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFICULTY GETTING BACK TO.
AND MR. PHELPS IS IN THE AUDIENCE AND, AND CAN I'M SURE, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE ABOUT, ABOUT THOSE CHALLENGES.
UM, SO THAT IS THE INTENDED PURPOSE, UM, AGAIN, FOR THE $300,000, UH, THAT NUMBER WAS BASED ON, UM, SOME QUOTES THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT AT THEIR REQUEST WHEN THE COUNTY HAD PREVIOUSLY LOOKED INTO WHAT IT WOULD COST TO PURCHASE A BRUSH TRUCK OR A UTV VEHICLE.
UM, FOR THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS, AGAIN, THE INTENTION IS FOR EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT REPAIRS, UH, FOR TURNOUT GEAR, ANY, ANYTHING THAT OUR, OUR, OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, UM, MAY NEED.
AGAIN, NOT JUST FOR THIS PROJECT BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AGAIN, THE INTENTION WAS TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND ENSURING THAT THE COUNTY IS IN A GOOD POSITION TO RESPOND TO ANY SITUATION ON THIS PROJECT AND, AND AGAIN, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UM, BUT THE AGREEMENT HAS SUFFICIENT FLEXIBILITY WHERE THESE PAYMENTS CAN BE USED FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE.
SO IF THERE WERE A SITUATION WHERE AN UNEXPECTED ISSUE AROSE AND THAT MONEY NEEDED TO BE USED FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE, THEN IF THE BOARD DIRECTED THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS THAT CAME IN UNDER THE CITING AGREEMENT FOR A A DIFFERENT PURPOSE, THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED THROUGH THE CITING AGREEMENT.
THE CITING AGREEMENT DOES NOT TIE OUR HANDS IN THAT RESPECT.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
AGAIN, THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY IS HERE AND, UM, AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. PERKINS OR THE APPLICANT IN REGARDS TO THE CITING AGREEMENT? IF THERE BE NONE, WE WILL NOW OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE UNCONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THE CITING AGREEMENT WITH BEARER ALLEN.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, YOU CAN COME TO THE DESK, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND ADDRESS THE BOARD.
I'M A NEW RESIDENT IN THE SURY DISTRICT, AND I WANT TO SPEAK JUST VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THE BATTERY, UH, STORAGE FACILITY.
TWO, JUST TWO THINGS I WANNA POINT OUT.
ONE IS ABOUT NOISE IN GENERAL.
UM, YOU HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT DB LEVELS AND THIS SORT OF THING, AND THE NUMBERS ARE TOSSED OUT.
THEY ARE RELATIVELY LOW AND THEY'RE EVEN MITIGATED FURTHER BY THE TREES.
BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY BE AWARE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN A SOUND THAT NEVER STOPS.
SO THE AMBIENT SOUND IN MUCH OF THIS WONDERFUL COUNTY IS VIRTUALLY ZERO.
YOU'VE GOT BIRDS AND CRICKETS AND ALL THE REST OF IT.
THIS IS A SOUND THAT MAY BE LOW AND IT MAY BE SMALL AND IT MAY BE AMBIENT, BUT IT WILL NEVER STOP.
AND SO IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, IMAGINE THAT NOISE IN YOUR HOME, NEVER YOUR AIR CONDITIONER NEVER TURNING OFF.
SO I, I WOULD BE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHEN THEY LOOK AT NUMBERS.
IT ISN'T A NUMBER THAT'S, THAT GOES FOR A HALF AN HOUR AND THEN TURNS OFF IT'S 24 7 OR 65 DAYS.
UM, SO AS YOU LOOK AT SPECIAL USE PERMITS AND, AND APPROVE THESE THINGS WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE BUILT, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THE OTHER IS THE, UH, FIRST RESPONDER, UM, TRAINING.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR A FACILITY THAT COUNTY HAS, HAS NO PRECEDENT FOR? UM, A LITHIUM FIRE WILL GENERATE HIGHLY TOXIC FUMES, UH, HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, HYDROGEN CYANIDE, AND IN ADDITION TO HEAVY METALS, DOES THE, DOES THE, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, FACILITIES HERE NEED SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO CONTAIN THOSE FUMES? AND ALSO, UM, WHEN YOU PUT OUT A FIRE LIKE THAT, YOU JUST DON'T THROW WATER ON IT.
THE WATER KEEPS THE BATTERIES COOLED TO MINIMIZE THE THERMAL RUNAWAY, BUT IT TAKES MORE THAN WATER TO PUT OUT THOSE FIRES.
DOES THE COUNTY HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR SUCH A THING? AND IN SOME CASES, UM, IT IS DECIDED TO ACTUALLY LET THE FIRE BURN OUT ONE MINUTE REMAINING.
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE PRUDENT THING TO DO, BUT THAT JUST MEANS THOSE FUMES AND OTHER THINGS ARE GONNA BE GENERATED FOR THAT MUCH LONGER.
SO IT'S, IT'S A CAUTIONARY STATEMENT.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE THAT IT ISN'T JUST A TRAINING, BUT IT MAY REQUIRE EQUIPMENT AND, AND DO WE HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT? AND IF WE DON'T, WHO'S PAYING FOR IT? THANK YOU.
PLUS REVENUE, ALBEIT TAX REVENUE, SOMEWHAT LIMITED BY VIRGINIA CODE AND A BRUSH TRUCK AND A TV FOR EMS, WHICH I FULLY SUPPORT AS A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL.
SOUNDS OKAY, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? SURY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS BUILT AROUND THREE CORE GOALS, PRESERVE OUR CHARACTER, GROW OUR ECONOMY, AND ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE.
TO BE CLEAR, THIS PROPOSAL CREATES NOTHING IN TERMS OF LONG-TERM JOBS FOR CITIZENS.
THREE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE JOBS ARE GONE.
OUR BOARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED A MASSIVE AND NOISY DATA CENTER ON HOG ISLAND, ADDING AN EMERGENCY EMERGING TECHNOLOGY ZONE.
WE HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER THAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE SUITABLE PLACE FOR INDUSTRIAL USES, PERHAPS EVEN BATTERY STORAGE.
WE ALSO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
YES, THE COMP PLAN IS A GUIDELINE DOCUMENT, BUT WHEN ARE WE GONNA TAKE IT SERIOUSLY? PRIORITY.
ONE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS PRESERVING SIRI'S CHARACTER.
BIG TECH DOESN'T FIT AND SEE TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WHICH NOTES QUOTE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP INDICATES THAT THE PROJECT PARCEL IS SUITABLE FOR RURAL PRESERVATION.
AND QUOTE, WHEN WILL WE CHOOSE TO VALUE OUR COMMUNITY CHARACTER? SURY COUNTY IS GORGEOUS.
SO MY PHONE DOESN'T GET TO ME, IS GORGEOUS.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE MOVED HERE.
THAT'S THE REASON OUR RURAL CHARACTER IS
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A MAJOR ATTRACTION FOR THOSE WHO MOVE HERE.BOB, A NEW RESIDENT, I'M SURE APPRECIATES IT.
AND FOR MANY WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR LIVES HERE, EVEN MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILIES WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR LIVES HERE, WHEN WILL WE AND NOT APPLICANTS WHO CHOOSE US, DECIDE WHAT WE WANT, FIND THOSE INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES AND CHOOSE TO INVITE THEM INTO EDEN.
CHARLON PIERCE, BACONS CASTLE DISTRICT.
ACTUALLY AN OWNER OF PROPERTY WITH MY DAUGHTER ON THE ROAD WHERE THIS IS BEING BUILT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY TO THE ENERGY PEOPLE AND UM, Y'ALL KNOW, I HAVE A HEART FOR ENERGY.
OR WHOEVER NEGOTIATED THOSE THINGS WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO LIMIT THE KIND OF FUNDING THAT COULD COME OUT OF THIS PROJECT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS YOU ALL OR SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT SOMEBODY DID A GOOD JOB MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THEY PROTECT THEMSELVES.
AND, UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, THE THINGS THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN TERMS OF NOISE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ADDRESSED THAT.
AND THE FIRE SITUATION, I BELIEVE THAT WAS ADDRESSED.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE, THOUGH, I DON'T, I DON'T PERSONALLY THINK AS SOMEONE WHO TRAINS FOR A LIVING THAT EVERY THREE YEARS IS A GOOD THING.
I THINK THEY NEED TO HAVE ANNUAL TRAINING, AND I DO THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE COACHED WHEN THOSE THINGS START HAPPENING.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY NEED SOMEBODY OUT THERE WHO DOES IT TO COME AND HELP 'EM.
'CAUSE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, IS ABOUT TRAINING AND ABOUT COACHING.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE COACH THESE PEOPLE ALONG TO PROTECT US, NOT EVERY THREE YEARS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLAN FOR THAT.
UM, I, I ALSO KNOW THAT THE STATE REGULATION COMMISSIONS, THEY PRETTY TOUGH PEOPLE UP THERE IN RICHMOND OR WHEREVER THEY ARE.
AND SOME OF YOU KNOW WHY I KNOW THAT.
SO, UM, YES, I THINK THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY IF THEY GET BY THEM, THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB FOR THAT.
ANYWAY, UM, I WILL GO ON RECORD TO SAY I DO SUPPORT THIS.
UM, AND I HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT THAT RELATES TO A COMMENT THAT SOMEONE MADE.
WHEN YOU MOVE INTO A PLACE, THERE IS NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT THE PLACE WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
I GREW UP IN PRINCESS ANN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WHICH IS NOW THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, WHERE MY PARENTS MOVED THERE AND BOUGHT PROPERTY ON A FARM.
LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT THE CORRIDOR OF BUR NECK ROAD WOULD BE PRIME PROPERTY FOR THEM, WHICH HAS AFFORDED ME SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHEN I, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY EXPIRED.
I AM A LITTLE TIRED OF PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT THEY CAME HERE FOR ONE THING AND GET UPSET WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE.
GO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT CHANGE WILL NOT HAPPEN AND GO LIVE THERE.
YOU TALKING ABOUT, WE, I, I MOVED HERE 40 SOME YEARS AGO.
THIS PLACE HAS STAYED PRETTY, PRETTY DECENT, PRETTY THE SAME.
AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THIS FACILITY OR OTHER THINGS WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT PEOPLE.
THESE PEOPLE UP HERE LIVE HERE, THEY HAVE NO REASON TO DO SOMETHING TO HURT THEMSELVES OR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THAT VOTED FOR THEM.
THREE MINUTES AND I'M GONNA LET YOU, AND I'M, THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY.
ANYONE ELSE? SUSAN VELO, UH, CLAREMONT DISTRICT.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, AFTER LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION AND EVERYTHING, AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAD STATED ABOUT THE JOBS, UM, DURING CONSTRUCTION, UM, ARE THERE ANY JOBS AFTER CONSTRUCTION AND IN REFERENCE TO THE JOB FAIRS, WILL THE JOB FAIRS BE A LOCAL JOB FAIR WHEN THEY PUT 'EM OUT THERE? OR IS THIS JOB FAIR SOMEWHERE ELSE? ARE THEY GONNA USE OUR RESOURCES FOR THE JOB FAIR? UM, AND THEN I GUESS MY, MY MAIN CONCERN ALSO WOULD BE THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION.
UM, AS BAD AS EVERYBODY WENT THROUGH ON WHITE MARSH DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOLAR, UM, I DID NOT SEE THE ROUTE OR ANYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS GOING FROM.
UM, I'M CURIOUS AS TO IF THE COUNTY PLANNING THE DE THE, UM, COMPANY IS GOING TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE FIRST COMPLAINT THAT COMES IN
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IF THOSE VEHICLES ARE NOT ON THAT TRAFFIC ROUTE OR IF THEY'RE, UM, TRAVELING TOO FAST OR WHAT THE CONCERN IS, BECAUSE IT TOOK TOWARDS THE END OF THE A ES PROJECT BEFORE THIS COUNTY DID ANYTHING ON THE TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC MITIGATION.AND THERE WERE COMPLAINTS DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTY THAT WE WILL, WHEN THESE COMPLAINTS COME IN, TAKE EACH COMPLAINT AS THEY COME IN AND HANDLE THEM AND NOT JUST SAY, WE'LL GET TO THEM AND THE END OF THE PROJECT COMES AND THE ROADS ARE DAMAGED AND THE VEHICLES THAT PEOPLE DRIVE, YOU KNOW, TO WORK IN ARE COATED IN DIRT OR THEY'VE RUN OFF THE ROAD, THEY'VE RUN INTO THE FARM FIELDS.
UM, I JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTY THAT WE WILL LOOK AT THIS A LOT BETTER THAN WE HAVE IN THE OTHER PROJECTS.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA NOTE A COUPLE OF THINGS BRIEFLY THAT, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER WORKED IN A COUNTY THAT HAS, HAS ASKED ME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
SO I, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT, THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE DEFINITELY TRIED TO, TO ADDRESS THAT HERE.
AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THE CONDITIONS THAT I DIDN'T MENTION WERE PENALTIES FOR THE PROJECT IF WE DON'T ABIDE BY THE, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, I I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT WAS, WAS KNOWN THAT AS, AS PART OF THIS, WE'RE FORCED TO COMPLY, OTHERWISE WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE FINED.
YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A PART OF THE NEGOTIATION.
ANY, ANYONE ELSE THERE BE NO OTHER, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME FOR THE CUP AND THE CITING AGREEMENT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, MR. CHAIR? MR. PIERCE, IF I MAY, UH, COULD WE ASK THE APPLICANT, UH, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN IF THERE WERE A FIRE, HOW THE, UM, HOW THE STATION WOULD DEPRESS THAT AND CONTAIN FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC? THANK YOU, MR. PE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE THE EXPERTS IN THE, THE ROOM HERE.
SO THIS IS, UH, ERICA FROM FIRE AND RISK ALLIANCE.
I WILL, UH, WE'LL LET HER PROVIDE SOME COMMENTARY AND IF THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, FIRE AND SAFETY.
UM, I WORK FOR FIRE AND RISK ALLIANCE.
WE'RE AN IN INDEPENDENT FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY FIRM.
THIS IS MY FOURTH TIME IN SURREY, SO I APPRECIATE THE HOSPITALITY AS FAR AS IF THERE WERE A BATTERY FIRE, UM, INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE IS THE LET IT BURN APPROACH.
SO ESSENTIALLY FIRST RESPONDERS WOULD RECEIVE WORD FROM THE CONSTANT MONITORING THAT'S OCCURRING AT THE SITE.
THEY'D SHOW UP, THEY'D MONITOR, UM, THEY'D STAGE APPROPRIATELY BACK FROM THE BATTERY, WHICH IS PART OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.
UH, THE DISTANCE THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO MAINTAIN IN ORDER TO BE SAFE.
AND ESSENTIALLY, LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE LET IT BURN APPROACH.
UM, THE FUEL WILL BURN OFF AND, AND THEY'LL MONITOR UNTIL IT DOES SO.
UM, REASON BEING, YOU WOULDN'T APPLY WATER OR SOME OTHER SUPPRESSANT, UH, CHEMICAL OR OTHERWISE, UM, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SUPPRESS THERMAL RUNAWAY OR BATTERY FIRES.
AND ACTUALLY IT COULD INCITE A MORE DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT IF YOU WERE TO ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS THAT FIRE.
SO THE SAFEST THING FOR EVERYONE IS TO ALLOW IT TO BURN THE FUEL OFF.
REGARDING TOXIC COMPONENTS, 'CAUSE I HEARD SOME CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
UM, WHAT WE SEE AS COMPONENTS OF A BATTERY FIRE ARE NO MORE TOXIC THAN WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN PRETTY MUCH ANY OTHER FIRE.
LIKE A HOUSE FIRE, FOR EXAMPLE.
THERE'S NOTHING OF WHAT WE CALL EXOTIC COMPONENTS.
UM, ALL OF THE COMPONENTS THAT MAY COME FROM A BATTERY FIRE IN THAT VERY UNLIKELY EVENT WOULD BE EXTREMELY COMPARABLE TO A HOUSE FIRE.
THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BEING A BATTERY ACTUALLY HAS WAY LESS FUEL LOAD THAN A HOUSE FIRE.
SO ARGUABLY A HOUSE FIRE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE THAN A BATTERY FIRE.
UM, I ALSO HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT HEAVY METALS INDUSTRY IS TRENDING TOWARDS LITHIUM, IRON PHOSPHATE, UH, BATTERIES, LITHIUM, IRON PHOSPHORUS, ANY OF THOSE, THOSE ARE NOT HEAVY METALS.
UM, SO GENERALLY THERE'S NOT CONCERN ABOUT THOSE CONTAMINANTS.
UM, BUT YES, TO SUMMARIZE IN RESPONDING TO A FIRE, IT'S MOSTLY MONITORING THE SITUATION.
UM, AS PART OF THE INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE BATTERY CODES, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY PART OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO SUPPLY HAZARD RESPONSE PERSONNEL.
SO THEY WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN THE RESPONSE AND MONITORING OF A FIRE IN THAT VERY
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UNLIKELY EVENT.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, JUST REITERATE, THANK YOU FOR THAT, BY THE WAY.
BUT, UH, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION.
IF ONE, UH, I GUESS ONE CELL WERE TO CATCH ON FIRE, WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT CAUSING ANOTHER CELL TO CATCH ON FIRE BESIDE IT? SO, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
UM, THESE BATTERIES HAVE TO GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE TESTING, UM, TO MITIGATE THIS HAZARD OF THERMAL RUNAWAY OR FLAMING PROPAGATION.
SO THE TESTING STANDARD IS CALLED UL 95 40 A.
IT LAYS OUT EXACTLY HOW THE BATTERIES NEED TO BE TESTED.
IT'S A MULTI-LEVEL TEST, BEGINNING AT THE CELL LEVEL, INCREASING TO THE MODULE LEVEL, WHICH IS AN ARRAY OF BATTERY CELLS, AND THEN INCREASING TO THE UNIT LEVEL, WHICH, UM, IS KIND OF UP FOR DEBATE IN THE JARGON OF HOW YOU WANNA DEFINE A UNIT.
BUT IT COULD EITHER BE A RACK OF MODULES OR A FULL, UH, A FULL CONTAINER.
UM, ESSENTIALLY THE CELL LEVEL, WELL, AT EVERY LEVEL THEY INTENTIONALLY, UM, INITIATE THERMAL RUNAWAY.
AND SO THE CELL LEVEL, OF COURSE, THEY'RE JUST INITIATING IT, WE'RE YOU'RE NOT ASSESSING IF IT'S PROPAGATING TO ANYTHING.
SO THE POINT OF THE CELL LEVEL TEST IS TO COLLECT THE GAS AND ANALYZE WHAT COMES OUT OF THE BATTERY.
BUT THEN IN THE MODULE AND UNIT LEVEL TESTS, THAT'S WHEN THEY ASSESS PROPAGATION.
UM, AS PART OF THE MOST APPLIC OR MOST BEST PRACTICE BATTERY CODES, UM, THESE BATTERIES HAVE TO PASS THIS TEST.
AND ESSENTIALLY THE CRITERIA FOR PASSING IS THAT, UH, THERMAL RUNWAY DOES NOT PROPAGATE BEYOND WHATEVER LEVEL OF ANATOMY AND, UM, FLAMING DOES NOT PROPAGATE.
SO IF WE STOP AT THE MODULE LEVEL, UM, THAT MEANS THAT THERMAL RUNWAY DID NOT PROPAGATE BEYOND THE SINGLE INITIATING CELL.
AND IF IT DOES PROPAGATE, WE GO TO THE UNIT LEVEL.
AND IF WE STOP THERE, IT MEANS THERMAL RUNWAY DID NOT PROPAGATE BEYOND ONE SINGULAR MODULE.
UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT LIKELIHOOD OF IT PROPAGATING, BUT I CAN SAY THAT THEY GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE TESTING, UH, TO ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'T PROPAGATE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROTECTIONS TO PREVENT PROPAGATION OF THERMAL RUNAWAY, UH, IN THE BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH CONSTANTLY IS REPORTING TEMPERATURE DATA, VOLTAGE DATA, UM, AND THEN ALSO IN PASSIVE FEATURES SUCH AS FUSES THAT MELT IF THERE'S AN OVER CURRENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT LIKELIHOOD, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF MEASURES THAT OCCUR TO PREVENT THIS, UM, PROPAGATION.
UM, SO JUST, I DON'T HAVE MY GOOGLE TRANSLATOR WITH ME, BUT, UH,
BUT JUST TO, UH, PUT IN LAYMAN'S TERM, PRETTY MUCH, GOD FORBID, IF THERE WERE A FIRE, UM, THERE WOULD BE SOME TESTING DONE TO THE OTHER CELLS NEARBY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN LINE WITH THE, UM, BATTERY, WHATEVER THE UL 95.
YEAH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ONLINE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE TO ENSURE THAT NOTHING ELSE MAY COME OF EFFECT.
SO THE UL 95 4 D TESTING HAPPENS BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.
SO THAT IS NOT IN RESPONSE, THAT IS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE.
MORE SO, UM, THAT TESTING HAS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE, UM, A BATTERY RECEIVES THE UL 95 40 STAMP OF YES, I WENT THROUGH THIS TESTING.
UM, SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FACT.
UM, BUT IF THERE WERE TO BE A FIRE, THEN OF COURSE AFTER THE EVENT HAS RESOLVED, UM, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WOULD COME INSPECT THE BATTERY, AND LIKELY THE FULL THING WOULD BE REMOVED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY, THE CONTINUED SAFETY OF THE SITE.
SORRY I GET A LITTLE IN THE WEEDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS FROM STAFF CHAIR? I DO WANNA ADD, UH, ONE THING.
UH, I DO WANNA ADD THAT, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT HERE IS, UH, I CAN SAY THAT THE COUNTY DID ITS DUE DILIGENCE.
UM, I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT, A LOT OF THIS IS FROM THE, UH, I WOULD SAY THE SOLAR FIASCOS OUT THERE.
UM, FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK IT WAS MR. COGAN WHO, UM, REQUESTED ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION SETBACKS TO HELP WITH ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, YOU KNOW, FIRE, YOU KNOW, UH, SPREADING, UH, THERMAL RUNOFF, I GUESS IS THE PROPER TERM.
LEARNED SOME NEW TONIGHT, UH, TO SITE VISITS FOR MYSELF, MR. CALHOUN, A FEW MEMBERS OF THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, AND SO WHAT I DID LEARN, I CALL YOU MR. JI DON'T, I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU IN YOUR NAME BACK THERE, BUT, UM,
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UM, THERE, THERE IS NO, UH, AMBIENT NOISE, MEANING WE WENT, I THINK ABOUT A 76 DEGREE DAY.AND THE FIRST AC UNIT DIDN'T KICK ON UNTIL WE WERE ABOUT TO GET READY TO LEAVE.
NOW, I'M SURE MAYBE A HUNDRED DEGREE DAY, THEY MAY RUN CONSTANTLY A LITTLE MORE CONSTANTLY.
BUT, UH, THANKING YOUR COOLER DAYS, COOLER MONTHS, IT, IT WON'T BE A CONSTANT SOUND EVEN FROM THE TRANSFORMER.
IT DIDN'T KICK ON, UM, UNTIL, UM, I DON'T THINK IT EVEN KICKED ON OVER THERE THAT DAY.
BUT, UM, THERE, SO THERE'S NOT A CONSTANT NOISE, AT LEAST ON A, A FAIR DAY ANYHOW.
NOW, AGAIN, YOUR HOTTER DAYS, IT MAY BE, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UM, EVEN TO THE SITE PLAN.
KUDOS TO THE, UM, UH, PLAN DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, I THINK WE WOULD'VE LEARNED OUR LESSON.
AND I, AND, UH, UH, MR. CAB, I DID REITERATE THAT, UH, THE TRAFFIC PLAN HAS TO BE AIRTIGHT BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE LEARNED A HORRIBLE LESSON FROM, UM, NOT HAVING THAT IN PLACE DURING THE SOLAR.
SO, UM, I WILL, I, I BELIEVE EVERYTHING WAS TOUCHED THAT, UH, I THINK WAS POP THAT WE COULD PHYSICALLY THINK OF.
UM, NOW OBVIOUSLY EXECUTION, YOU KNOW, UH, IS THE KEY.
UM, SO, UM, I'M NOT PATTING THE BOARD IN THE BACK 'CAUSE ALL WE DO IS SAY YES OR NO.
BUT TO THOSE FOLKS ON THE GROUND AND, AND THOSE FOLKS INVOLVED FROM THE COMPANY, UM, UH, I THINK EVERYTHING WAS KIND OF LOOKED AT AND TOUCHED BECAUSE WE DID LEARN SOME, UM, VALUABLE LESSONS FROM THAT.
SO, UM, I DID WANNA INCLUDE THAT.
AND ADDITIONALLY, UM, WHAT THIS DOES, THESE ARE COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO GET AT NO COST TO THE TAXPAYER, UH, EQUIPMENT, BARELY NEED THE EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO HELP SERVICE ALL CITIZENS.
NOW, UH, USUALLY WHAT WE DO, WE KIND OF YIELD TO THE PERSON WHO'S, UH, DISTRICT THE, UH, PROJECT IS IN.
SO, BIGGEST CASTLE, WE DON'T HAVE A TOWN OR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, USE PHONES OR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO THE WAY I VIEW IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT IN THE COUNTY, UH, HELPS EVERY CITIZEN IN THE COUNTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE A HIT ON THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN EVERYONE, WHEN EVERYONE BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO LOSERS.
UM, I GET IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IS INDUSTRIAL IN A, IN A RURAL AREA, BUT, UH, WE ARE A RURAL AREA, SO IT'S, IT'S GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE.
AND, UM, AGAIN, I THINK THE DUE DILIGENCE WAS DONE FROM EVEN FROM SITE SELECTION TO, UM, OUR SETBACKS AND EVERYTHING.
SO AGAIN, HATS OFF TO EVERYBODY, UM, INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
AND, UH, THANKS FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK MR. HARDY.
AND, AND MR. PIERCE FOR THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ON, ON THE DUE DILIGENCE.
UH, THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AND THINGS WERE EXPLAINED WERE FOR THE CONSTITUENTS.
THESE THINGS WERE THOROUGHLY VETTED BY THE BOARD WHEN WE DID ALL OF OUR NEGOTIATING WITH THE COMPANY.
SO I THINK THEM FROM PULLING THESE, UH, TOPICS OUT, SO THE COMMUNITY WOULD KNOW THAT WE DID ACTUALLY ADDRESSED ALL THESE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN A CONCERN FOR YOU ON TONIGHT.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM BOARD? IF THERE BE NONE, WE WILL HAVE CLOSING COMMENTS BY STAFF.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS A, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT I HEARD.
UM, FROM, FROM BOARD MEMBERS OR, OR FROM THE PUBLIC? UM, I THINK THERE WAS THREE AREAS.
UM, I THINK I HEARD ALSO ABOUT THE, UM, THE TRAINING.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, WHO, WHO THEY, WHO PEOPLE CONTACT IF THEY HAD AN ISSUE.
UM, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED IN THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UM, JOBS EVEN BY, UM, AND I THINK THAT IT WAS, UH, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK YOU GAVE YOUR YOURSELVES CREDIT ENOUGH, BUT YOU PART OF THE CONDITIONS, UM, ACTUALLY HAVE IT AS A REQUIREMENT FOR A LOCAL CONTRACTOR AND EMPLOYMENT RECRUITMENT IN THE CONDITION USE PERMIT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY REQUIRED IN THE COMMISSION USE PERMIT.
UM, THERE IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT FOR THERE TO BE A PUBLIC LIAISON, UM, AS A POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN CITIZENS AND THE CONTRACTORS.
UM, THAT, THAT NAME'S SUPPOSED TO BE POSTED ON THE SITE AND ACTUALLY GIVEN TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MYSELF.
UM, AND THEN ALSO AS FAR AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, SORRY, NOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, BUT EMERGENCY TRAINING.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A CONDITION IN THERE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING.
UM, THEY, IT'S UP TO EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN REQUEST A TRAINING ONCE AT, AT, AT MOST, ONCE A YEAR.
SO THEY, THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T HAVE THAT.
THAT'S PART OF THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CONDITION.
SO THERE, WE, WE ARE PROTECTED IN THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EVERY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.
BUT IF, IF, IF MR. PHELPS SAID, I WANT TO ASK FOR TRAINING WITH, YOU KNOW, IN THAT, IN THAT TIME PERIOD, IT COULD BE EVERY YEAR.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO ADD THOSE ELEMENTS THERE TOO, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS, UM, FROM YOU, THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT, THAT, THAT WE WORK WITH.
I, I, I THINK I ECHO MR. HARDY'S.
I FELT EVERYBODY, I FELT EVERYBODY WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER TO GET WHAT'S BEST FOR SURY COUNTY.
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THANK YOU.UH, MR. WADE, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE BEFORE US, UH, FOR OUR CONSIDERATION WHETHER TO APPROVE THE CUP AND THE SITE AND AGREEMENT, UH, THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US FROM BEAR ISLAND STORAGE, UH, LLC.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IF WE COULD DO TWO SEPARATE VOTES, OKAY.
THAT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO HAVE A CLEAR RECORD.
YOU HAVE BEFORE US TO CONSIDER THE CUP, UH, THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US FROM BAY ISLAND STORAGE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, 10 TO ZERO.
WHAT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? CHAIR, MR. HARDY.
WE, UH, APPROVE ADDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2025 DASH ZERO ONE.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE BEFORE US THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE CITING AGREEMENT WITH MAYOR ALLEN THAT, UH, WAS PRESENTED TO US IN THE PRESENTED TONIGHT AFTER PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS.
PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WILL BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD CHAIR.
MR. HARDY, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FACILITY SITE AND AGREEMENT WITH REGARDS TO BARRY ALLEN.
BARRY STORCH, WE HAVE A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
WE THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS.
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UH, THE NEW BUSINESS BEFORE US WILL BE THE SCHOOL COMPLEX SIDEWALK CROSSWALK CROSSWALK PROJECT.MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ALL ASSEMBLED.
UM, I WILL GO OVER THE, UH, PART OF THE REQUEST AS PERTAINS TO THE FUNDING.
AND I HAVE, UM, TEAM MEMBERS, UM, MR. WADE HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.
BUT, UM, AS YOU ARE FULLY AWARE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA OF THE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, THE BOARD AS PERTAINS TO HAVING CROSSWORK INSTALLED AT THE SCHOOLS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE TO, UH, REITERATE AS MUCH REGARDING THE SAFETY THAT THIS PROJECT IS SLATED TO, UM, PROVIDE.
MY JOB HERE TONIGHT IS TO LET YOU KNOW THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ALL WANT TO PROCEED.
UM, WE DID GET THREE, UM, UM, BIDS FOR THE PROJECT THAT RANGED FROM 82,000 ROUGHLY TO 93,000.
UM, AFTER, UH, UH, CONSULTATION WITH STAFF, UM, THE BID FROM CYPRESS WOODS IN THE AMOUNT OF $82,950 WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDED PROPOSAL TO DO THE SIDEWALKS.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING IF YOU DESIRE TO PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS, WAS NOT, UM, INCLUDED WITHIN OUR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET FOR CIP, UM, AS PERTAINS TO, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND THIS ONE COSTING THIS AMOUNT.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED, WE ALSO WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU, UH, TRANSFER MONEY FROM THE FUND BALANCE TO COVER THIS PROJECT.
AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS PERTAINS TO DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, MR. WADE IS HERE.
WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL THAT UP.
I CAN ALSO SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UM, AS YOU ALL AWARE AGAIN, THAT THIS HAS BEEN, UM, SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ABOUT THREE YEARS.
RIGHT, MR. PIERCE? YES, MA'AM.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, GETTING THIS TOGETHER.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU DO HAVE BEFORE US THIS REQUEST FOR THE SIDEWALK PROJECT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND AS MS. ROLLINS STATED, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT EVER SINCE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION.
AND, UH, AND MR. CALHOUN'S ON IT.
NOW, I'M SURE HE'S HEARD OF THIS, SO I APPLAUD ALL WHO HAVE PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR US.
IS THERE A DESIRE FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO PULL UP THE DESIGN? MR. CHAIR, MR. PIERCE, IF WE MAY JUST PULL UP THE DESIGN FOR, UH, OKAY.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT.
GO TO THE USE IT'S ATTACHMENT ON THE, ON THE, IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
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WHY HE'S PULLING UP.THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ADD THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, UM, STAFF HAD TO ACTUALLY CONSULT ALSO WITH THE ENGINEERS AND OF COURSE WITH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT.
SO, UM, EVERYONE HAS HAD A HAND IN COMING UP WITH THE, UM, DESIGN THAT WADE IS PULLING UP.
MR. I, I HAD A HELP FROM MR. BRE OVER THERE.
THIS IS, THIS IS, UM, IF YOU SEE ON, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN THERE, THAT IS THE WHOLE, LIKE, OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A CROSSES OVER NEW DESIGN.
HOLLY BUSH AS, AS, AS AS HOLLY, AS WELL AS HOLLY BUSH.
UM, SO CROSSES IN TWO DIFFERENT SPOTS.
UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH VDOT.
WE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE SIDEWALKS, BUT VDOT IS, ONCE WE HAVE THE SIDEWALKS INSTALLED, THEY WILL BE PUTTING THE STRIPING, THE, THE, THE CROSSWALK AS WELL AS INSTALLING THE SIGNS, THE LIGHT, THE LIGHTING.
SO THAT'S THAT, THAT IS PART OF THE PROJECT.
BUT WE, WE WERE WORKING IN CONCERT WITH, UH, WITH VIDA.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ZOOMED IN APPROACH RIGHT HERE.
UM, THE CROSSWALK FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL OVER TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THEN THE ONE, THE, THE, OVER TO THE, THE RIGHT, THAT IS THE AREA FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET OF HOLLY BUSH.
THOSE, THOSE ARE YOUR TWO AREAS THERE.
AND THAT'S, UH, AGAIN, INITIALLY WHEN WE GOT, WHEN WE GOT A PRICE FOR THIS ABOUT ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO, WE WERE LOOKING, WE WERE LOOKING FOR, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT IN OUR FAVOR, BUT ALSO THE COSTS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS JUMPED FROM ABOUT 45,000 TO WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN FRONT OF US.
LET ME KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? IF THERE BE NO QUESTIONS, IT IS BEFORE US TO APPROVE THE AMOUNT OF $82,950 TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR FUND BALANCE FOR THE PROJECT.
I MOVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID FROM CYPRESS WOODS IN THE AMOUNT OF $82,950 IN PREPARATION OF THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO COMMENCE WITH THE PROJECT AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE FY 25 26 CIP BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF 90,000 FROM FUND BALANCE TO COVER THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
AND SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
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WE WILL HAVE OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT.UM, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO HAVE, UM, SOME OF, UM, THE TEAM MEMBERS HERE ON TONIGHT TO PRESENT, UM, SOME UPDATES TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UM, FIRST WE WILL HAVE MS. DESIREE CREIGHTON BARNEY TO COME FORTH, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
UM, AS YOU'VE BEEN MADE AWARE, WE DID HAVE SOME EMPLOYEE AWARDS, UM, UH, LAST WEEK.
SO SHE'S GONNA COME FORTH AND PRESENT, UM, SOME RECAPS OF OUR MOST RECENT AWARDS.
UM, CHAIRMAN ELLIOT, MS. ROLLINS AND THE BOARD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
UM, AS STATED EARLIER, LAST WEDNESDAY, THE 3RD OF SEPTEMBER, WE RECOGNIZED, UH, SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE REACHED MILESTONE STONE YEARS.
UM, AT SERVICE WITH THE COUNTY, WE RECOGNIZED ZEROS AND FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES.
I WAS MADE AWARE THAT PRIOR TO MY EMPLOYMENT HERE, UH, LAST YEAR, THAT WAS NOT A RECOGNITION.
SO I DID MY BEST TO INCLUDE THOSE WHO HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED IN THE PAST.
SO AS NOT TO ADMIT ANYONE, I MEAN, OMIT ANYONE.
UM, HERE IS A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE RECIPIENTS.
UM, NOT ALL, BUT SOME OF THEM THERE IS THERE.
THEY SEEM TO ENJOY THE LUNCHEON.
UM, THEY RECEIVED FOR THEIR SERVICE, A CERTIFICATE
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AND A PEN STATING THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.I WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL A CO A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATES THEY RECEIVED.
WE INVITED THEM TO COME TO THE MEETING TONIGHT.
SO IF YOU ARE HERE, WE ASK THAT YOU STAND.
THE FIRST PEOPLE TO BE RECOGNIZED ARE OUR FIVE YEAR EMPLOYEES.
JENNIFER ALBERT WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUES OFFICE.
SHE'S WITH THE, UH, SHE'S THE ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY.
HE'S OUR DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
PLEASE STAND IF, IF YOU'RE HERE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.
BARBARA GOODMAN WITH MAINTENANCE.
HERBERT PIERCE WITH MAINTENANCE.
JADE CROSS, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
ADDIE DOLBY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
KATHY HILTON, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
SHARON BELL, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
DARION HOWELL WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
GWENDOLYN MABRY, HOUSE WITH SECURITY.
QUANA SHAW WITH THE RE, UH, TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT AND CHARNAY WHITE, OUR REGISTRAR.
MOVING ON UP TO OUR TENURE YEAR EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE DAVID TON, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, JASON JEFFERSON, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ALFRED KINDRED WITH SANITATION.
ANTONIO ROLLINS WITH MAINTENANCE THERE.
BAILEY, COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
WE HAVE RUTH BUTLER AND SADIE BUTLER, JOYCE WASHINGTON WITH THE TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT.
AND JOSEPH OSBORNE WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SENIORS PROGRAM.
LINDA GOLDSTON WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
CARLOS TURNER, OUR SHERIFF, LINDA JOHNSON WITH DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
DAISY WILLIAMS, OUR PROJECT MANAGER NORMAN, BY WITH DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
MARY HAYES, OUR TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT.
JONATHAN JUDKINS, COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE, AND HI AND HIS DEPARTMENT.
DIANE PRICE, WANDA PITTMAN WITH BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
D UH, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, OUR SENIORS PROGRAM.
ANDREA HAMBRICK, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, NANCY RAY, OUR DISPATCHER, CAROLYN DICKENS AND FINANCE AND LAJUNE, STONE AND PARKS AND RECREATION AND YOUTH.
BENITA VEGA, PARKS AND REC, AND DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES AND VENETIA COOK, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
THANK 30 YEARS FRANCIS BAILEY, PLANNING 35 YEARS.
VALERIE PIERCE, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICE.
I ENJOYED THE, THE, UH, LUNCHEON, AND I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED AS MUCH AS I DID.
AND I WANTED TO DO ONE MORE RECOGNITION THAT I DID NOT INCLUDE ON THE SLIDE.
UM, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, UM, BY RENEE RENEE CHAPLIN, THAT OUR, I CALL HER OUR MAKER OF FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
UM, BARBARA GOLDSTON JONES, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, SHE IS OUR, SHE WORKS IN OUR TOURISM DEPARTMENT AND SHE'S THERE,
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SHE'S ON SITE.IF PEOPLE COME INTO TOWN, THEY WANNA KNOW ABOUT SURREY.
THEY'VE NEVER, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN HERE.
THEY WANNA LEARN ABOUT OUR COUNTY.
SHE IS THE FIRST FACE THEY SEE.
AND WE HAVE GOTTEN, I WILL NOT STAND HERE AND READ, BUT I HAVE PAGES OF ACCOLADES AND POSITIVE COMMENTS AND PEOPLE WHO WERE SO IMPRESSED BY HER THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE ABOUT HER AND LET US KNOW OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT SHE'S DOING FOR THE COUNTY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HER AS WELL.
UM, SO VERY MUCH AND FOR, UM, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, UM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS, UH, NOT AS EASY IT USED TO BE.
SO IT'S VERY GOOD THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE STANDING THE TEST OF TIME AND ARE HERE WITH US FOR FIVE YEARS AND UP TO 35 YEARS.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, UPDATE IS OUR BILLING OFFICIAL.
HE HAS A BRIEF UPDATE ON, ON TONIGHT.
UH, MATT WESTHEIMER EVENING, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS BOARD.
MR. ROLLINS SAID BRIEF AND, UH, SHE SAID UNDER 15 MINUTES.
AND I WAS THINKING UNDER FIVE
BUT, UH, THE FIRST PICTURE, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE, UM, ON OUR FISCAL YEAR, 25 YEAR TO DATE.
UM, THE FIRST PICTURE IS OUR TEAM, UH, MS. WANDA PITMAN, WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR 15 YEARS.
SHE'S THE, THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THE DEPARTMENT TOGETHER FOR SURE.
UM, THE LADY IN THE BACK, UH, IS OUR SUSSEX REPRESENTATIVE, UH, MISS, UH, MONICA WHITNEY AND CHIP JONES IS ONE OF OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS.
AND WITHOUT THAT TEAM, UH, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT TEAM AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
UH, SECOND, WE TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WE HAD OUR FIRST, UH, CODE UPDATE TRAINING THAT WE HELD, UH, IN SURREY AND SUSSEX.
WE HAD 60 PEOPLE THAT HAD SIGNED UP.
WE HAD ABOUT 48 PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY ATTENDED THIS UPDATE.
AND THIS IS TO TRY TO HELP THE PUBLIC GAIN SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE CODE CHANGES THAT COME TO TRY TO CATCH IT AT THE FOREFRONT AS OPPOSED TO THE, THE BACKSIDE OF IT.
SO THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT.
WE HOSTED IT AT THE AIRFIELD CENTER.
WE PROVIDED LUNCH, WELL ATTENDED, AND HAD A LOT OF GOOD RESPONSE.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SEVERAL OF THESE, UH, IN THE COMING, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UH, THIS IS THE ISO SCORE THAT WE DID, UM, THAT WE HAD OUR FIVE YEAR ANNUAL UPDATE.
UM, TOUCHED ON THIS AT A, AT A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.
OUR PREVIOUS SCORES WERE A 10 FOR COMMERCIAL AND A 10 FOR RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THEY'RE THE WORST SCORES THAT YOU CAN GET.
UH, WE IMPROVED THOSE SCORES TO A THREE FOR COMMERCIAL AND A FOUR FOR RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS THE STATE AVERAGE, UH, IN VIRGINIA.
VERY GOOD, VERY PROUD OF THAT.
AND HOPE TO IMPROVE IT EVEN MORE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO, TOTAL NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS IN SURREY FOR FISCAL.
WE DID 1,154 INSPECTIONS, A TOTAL FOR THE PROGRAM WITH SURREY AND SUSSEX.
WE DID 2,185 INSPECTIONS LAST YEAR.
SO A BIG NUMBER WITH, WITH A SMALL, SMALL STAFF.
WE'RE STILL AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, OF COMPLETION OF OUR INSPECTIONS WITHIN 24 HOURS.
SO YOU CALL IT IN THE DAY BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK.
IT HAPPENS TOMORROW, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND WE ARE WELL UNDER THAT, THAT 10 DAY PERIOD.
UM, WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE DAYS ON OUR PLAN REVIEW TIME, SO ALSO AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST RECENTLY STARTED TRACKING WAS OUR PASS FAIL RATE.
A LOT OF THIS HAD TO DO WITH THE INCOMING 21 CODE CYCLE THAT WE DID THE TRAINING ON.
AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO SEE WAS HOW THAT ACCOLADE TO THE, TO THE INSPECTIONS.
UH, AND, AND IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE EXPECTED, A 60 40 KIND OF SPLIT.
UM, AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH EDUCATION.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS THAT THIS NUMBER CONTINUES TO GO UP, WE'D LIKE TO BE AROUND THE 80, 20 20 MARK BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE TO GO BACK CONTINUED TIME.
AND THE CONTRACTORS WANNA DO IT ONE TIME.
SO THIS IS A NUMBER THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND WE'RE TRACKING IT JUST SO WE CAN SEE WHERE IT LANDS.
THIS SLIDE IS, UH, INSPECTIONS BY DISTRICT AS, AS FROM THE PIE CHARTS.
YOU CAN SEE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN BACON'S CASTLE DISTRICT AND SURREY DISTRICT.
UH, OVER 50% OF OUR INSPECTIONS OCCUR WITHIN THOSE, THOSE TWO DISTRICTS PERMIT FEES COLLECTED.
UM, THIS IS TWO YEARS IN A ROW THAT I'VE STOOD HERE AND SAID, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
SO THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE $439,611,
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WHICH IS, WHICH IS HUGE FOR, FOR OUR SIZE DEPARTMENT.SO OF THOSE FEES, I DID PUT ON THERE, THE SOLAR FEES GENERATED $301,000.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE LARGE PROJECT IN OUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW FROM DOMINION, UH, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT A $64,000 PERMIT FEE WHEN THAT COMES THROUGH.
SO, AND AGAIN, A SPECIAL THANKS TO, TO ALL OF YOU AND MS. ROWLANDS AND MR. HARRISON FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US, UH, BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
SO WE WILL JUST WANNA SAY A BIG THANKS TO YOU GUYS TOO.
SO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS WANNA MAKE A COMMENT? YOU YOUS GONNA BE THE SAME AS MINE.
THANK YOU, MR. UH, WESTHEIMER.
AND I CAN ALSO SHARE THAT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MY COUNTERPART IN SUSSEX COUNTY.
UM, ALSO GIVING THE SAME, UM, THANK YOUS AS WELL FOR THE, THE WORK AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN SUSSEX.
UM, DEFINITELY, UH, DOING A GREAT JOB.
NEXT, WE WILL HAVE MR. PHELPS COME FORTH FROM EMERGENCY, UM, BRIEF UPDATE.
AND WHILE HE'S COMING FORTH TO PULL UP, UM, THE INFORMATION.
UM, JUST WANT TO RE REITERATE AS WELL THAT MR. PHELPS, UM, WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. WADE AS PERTAIN OF THE PROJECT THAT YOU ALL APPROVED FOR THEIR ALLEN.
SO WE HAD THAT UPFRONT DISCUSSIONS, UM, WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MAKE THAT, UH, WE WERE BEING INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE, THE QUESTIONS.
AND YES, MA'AM, I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE, UH, MR. WADES, UH, INVOLVING US IN THOSE PRO TYPE PROJECTS.
SO, UH, GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MISS, MS. ROLLINS.
UH, I WANTED TO COME TO YOU TONIGHT AND JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE OFTEN, UH, FAIRLY BUSY, SO, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT SOME OF THE COUNTY MONEY HAS BEEN GOING TOWARDS.
SO, UH, JUST A FEW PICTURES UP HERE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN BUSY WITH.
SO ONE OF THE, UH, THE RECENT THINGS THAT, UH, YOU'VE, YOU AS BOARD HAVE APPROVED OR APPARATUS UPGRADES OR APPARATUS REPLACEMENTS.
UH, WE RECENTLY, UH, UH, PURCHASED, UH, OR HAVE PURCHASED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, MINI PUMPER.
THIS APPARATUS IS CURRENTLY, UH, AT THE END OF ITS PHASE FOR PRODUCTION.
UH, FINAL INSPECTION IS GOING TO BE AROUND, UM, OCTOBER 1ST, THE FIRST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE FLYING TO, UH, TWO OR THREE GUYS.
OR ACTUALLY PIERCE IS GONNA FLY TWO OR THREE GUYS DOWN THERE TO, UH, DO THE FINAL INSPECTION ON THE APPARATUS.
UM, THIS APPARATUS HERE IS A SPECIALIZED VEHICLE.
UH, WHEN, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN YOU PURCHASED THE, UH, S PUMPER, THAT WAS A LARGE PUMPER, UM, DN ELECTED TO GO WITH A MINI PUMPER, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO GET IN TIGHTER SPOTS, NARROW DRIVEWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF IN SURREY COUNTY WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO A HOUSE FIRE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, A LOT OF THOSE RESIDENTS ARE DOWN SMALLER LANES, NARROW LANES, AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET LARGE EQUIPMENT DOWN THERE.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP US, UH, UH, MITIGATE THOSE TYPE OF RESPONSES.
THE TOTAL COST IN THAT MINI PUMPER WAS 4,000 OR $414,291.
AND THIS WAS CASH FUNDED THAT, THAT'S THE, UH, FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE DELIVERY DATE IS OCTOBER 25TH.
SO JUST WANNA SHOW YOU HOW OUR, HOW OUR MONEY IS WORKING FOR US.
ALRIGHT, SO ANOTHER, UH, APP PIECE OF APPARATUS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE APPROVED AS WELL IS THE SURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MEDIC 11.
UM, MEDIC 11, UH, IS, WE'RE GONNA ADD THAT TO OUR FLEET, AND THAT'LL GIVE US THREE MEDIC UNITS, UM, WHICH WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN, UH, THE LIFE OF OUR VEHICLES.
UM, WE'RE ALSO, IT'LL HELP US, UH, UH, GO TO SPECIAL EVENTS AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES, AS WELL AS, UM,
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HAVE A RESERVE PIECE.SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS TAKE MEDICAL E AND PUT THAT AS A FRONTLINE FRONT RUNNING PIECE.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST MILEAGE OUT, BACK THAT DOWN TO A RESERVE PIECE, RUN THAT ONCE, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK TO KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING.
UM, BUT THEN IT'LL, IT'LL HELP PROLONG THE LIFE OF OUR EQUIP OUR APPARATUS.
THIS MEDIC UNIT COST WAS $398,327.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE DELIVERY DATE, UM, FOR VARIOUS REASONS WAS BEING PUSHED BACK.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GET IT THIS PAST APRIL, BUT IT DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT THAT WAY.
UM, SO DECEMBER 1ST IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS DELIVERY DATE.
UM, IT IS, UH, FULLY FUNDED BY CASH FUNDED.
UM, AND ALSO IT'S A 2023 F FIVE 50 PL CUSTOM FOUR WHEEL DRIVE DIESEL.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE STARTED TO ELECT TO GO WITH FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES OVER, UM, THE PAST FIVE YEARS IS THAT WE'RE FINDING A LOT OF THESE LANES THAT WE GO DOWN, UM, ELLIS ROAD, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE, UH, A LITTLE TOUGH, UH, TO NAVIGATE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST HAVE, TAKE PICKUP TRUCKS, GO DOWN, PICK UP A PATIENT, BRING 'EM OUT, BUT NOW WITH A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
TO SMITHFIELD RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL.
THE, UM, THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE NEW SMITHFIELD RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL WILL REDUCE OUR TRANSPORT TIME AND ALLOW US, UH, TO PUT THE MEDIC BACK IN SERVICE TO BE READY TO ANSWER CALLS, UH, MUCH QUICKER.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DROPPING DOWN TO ROUGHLY A 2025 MILE, UH, UH, TRANSPORT, UM, AS OPPOSED TO A 38 MILE TRANSPORT ON A LOT OF THE HOSPITALS, OR 35 MILE TRANSPORT.
AND THAT'S GONNA MAKE OUR TURNAROUND TIME A WHOLE LOT QUICKER.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE, ABLE TO GET BACK INTO SERVICE A LOT QUICKER.
AND ACTUALLY, AS CLOSE AS IT IS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RESPOND, UH, IF NEED BE.
WE'D BE ABLE TO RESPOND AS SOON AS WE GET TO THE COUNTY LINE.
SO IT'LL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF MUTUAL AID THAT WE NEED FROM SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS.
WE, UH, THE TOP PICTURE THERE IS, UH, WHEN WE DID THE, THE, UH, GROUNDBREAKING A FEW YEARS BACK.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE TOOK A TOUR.
UH, THEY EXTENDED A INVITATION TO US TO TOUR THE FACILITY.
SO WE TOOK ROUGHLY NINE OF US, OVER EIGHT OR NINE OF US OVER THERE TO THE HOSPITAL.
UH, MOST OF IT WAS OUR EMS STAFF.
UH, SO WE WANTED OUR EMS STAFF TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE HOSPITAL AND WHAT THEY COULD DO.
IT WAS WELL GUIDED, UM, AND WE LEARNED A, LEARNED A GREAT DEAL.
SO IT'S GONNA BE, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A NICE CHANGE FOR US TRAINING, FIREFIGHTER TRAINING.
SO, SURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HOSTED A LOW ANGLE ROAST COURSE TAUGHT BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FIRE PROGRAMS. THIS WAS ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
UM, AND WE HAVE TEAMED UP WITH, UM, CHIP FOLKS.
THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME, UH, TEAMING UP WITH CHIP FOLKS.
SO THEY'VE BECOME A GREAT PARTNER IN ALLOW, ALWAYS ALLOWING US THE ABILITY TO DO SOME TRAINING ON THEIR SITE.
UM, THIS COURSE IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES TO PREPARE LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS TO RESPOND TO CALLS WHERE THE TERRAIN MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO CARE FOR A PATIENT.
WE ALL KNOW SURY COUNTY IS, SOME AREAS ARE FLAT, AND SOME AREAS WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD TERRAIN.
UH, WE'VE HAD VEHICLE ACCIDENTS DOWN, UH, UH, UH, HILLSIDES OR DOWN TERRAIN.
WE'VE HAD, UM, PEOPLE FALL OFF THE BACKSIDE OF CLIFFS ON, YOU KNOW, OVER IN CLAREMONT.
UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE ARE PRETTY, UH, STEEP CLIFFS OVER THERE.
UM, SO THIS HAS HELPED OUT A GREAT DEAL.
UH, WE HAD, IN THIS PAST TRAINING, WE HAD 11 SURREY VOLUNTEER FIRE MEMBERS AND ONE, UH, DRON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBER ATTEND THE CLASS.
WE HAD 13 FIREFIGHTERS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS NEW KENT COUNTY, LYNCHBURG, NORFOLK, CARROLLTON, AND GLAND.
UH, SO IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FACILITY NOW WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY OFFER TRAINING BACK TO OTHER SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS IN VIRGINIA.
SO IT, IT MAKES IT KIND OF NICE.
UH, WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING, UH, TRAINING SCHEDULED, WHICH WILL BE DRIVER PUMP OPERATOR, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SEARCH AND RESCUE CLASS AS WELL, THE OEX 2025 OEX.
SO WE GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
UM, THIS YEAR WAS MY FIRST, UH,
UM, UH, THIS WAS MY FIFTH DRILL.
UM, BUT IT WAS MY FIRST TIME WITH A HAVE, WHICH IS A HOSTILE ACTION BASE.
WHAT THAT IS, IS, UH, BASICALLY IT'S TO AN EXTENT, IS A TERRORIST TAKEOVER OF THE PLANT.
UM, AND THEN THEY THROW IN A RADIOLOGICAL RELEASE JUST TO KEEP US ON POINT.
UM, SO OUR DRILL WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
UH, FEMA FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED WAS GREAT.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE VERY PLEASED WITH, UH, THE KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES OF OUR EOC STAFF TO, TO MITIGATE AND RESPOND TO, UM, SITUATIONS AS THEY OCCUR.
UM, AND THEY, THEY, THEY THROW ALL SORTS OF STUFF AT YOU.
THEY THROW, UH, INCIDENT, UH, UH, VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, UM, IMPEDIMENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO REROUTE YOUR TRAFFIC, UH,
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YOU KNOW, ALL ALL SORTS OF THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.UM, UH, WE DID HAVE A, A, WE IDENTIFIED TWO, UH, PLANNING ISSUES.
UM, WE IDENTIFIED WITH THE CHANGE IN TIMING AND CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY, THERE WAS ACTUALLY THINGS WE CAN WRITE OUT OF OUR PLAN THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE TO DO.
UH, SO WE DID TAKE A, WE HAD SOME GOOD TAKEAWAYS WITH THAT.
OUR RADIO INTEROPERABILITY WAS, UH, WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM.
UM, UH, I, I, UH, APPLAUD CHRIS BENNETT, WHO WAS OUR RADIO ADMINISTRATOR.
HE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH THE FIRST TIME OF BEING ABLE TO BRING ALL REGIONAL, UH, RESPONSE TEAMS TOGETHER ON ONE RADIO SYSTEM, AS WELL AS INCLUDE THE DOMINION POWER STATION.
SO IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT'S BEEN EVER TO BE DONE.
SO, SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A HEAVY LIFT.
DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THE STATE.
UH, DID A LOT OF WORK WITH, UH, UH, THE LOCALITIES, UH, THAT RESPOND OUT HERE.
AND, UH, CHRIS BENNETT DID A GREAT JOB ON, UH, BRINGING THAT TO FRUITION.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR TEAM.
UM, UH, A LOT OF 'EM HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS.
WE HAD A FEW NEW FACES, UM, BUT, UH, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN, IN SUPPORTING SURREY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT CALL IF IT COMES.
UH, THIS WAS A TRUE TREAT AND A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, MS. STONE.
UM, AND I DID A SENIOR PRESENTATION.
UM, WE HAD ROUGHLY 30 SENIORS, UH, IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, TOPICS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS STORM PREPARATION, UH, MEDICAL DOCUMENTS SUCH AS HAVING YOUR MED LIST READY, UM, UH, DNRS AND JUST DIFFERENT THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES, JUST SO, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE PREPARED.
UH, WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T GETTING THE, UH, THE COUNTY ALERTS, SO WE SIGNED THEM UP ON COUNTY ALERTS, UH, LIFE ALERT PROGRAMS. WE RECOMMENDED THEM TAKING A LOOK AT DIFFERENT, UH, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
OUR, WE EXPLAINED TO 'EM OUR EMS SERVICES AND HOW THOSE WORK.
UM, WE HAVE A SMOKE DETECTOR PROGRAM.
WE HAD 12 MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR OUT OF THE 30 SIGNED UP TO, TO RECEIVE SMOKE DETECTORS.
SO WE'RE WORKING REAL CLOSELY WITH THE RIG CROSS.
THE RIG CROSS ACTUALLY SUPPLIES THE COUNTY WITH THE SMOKE DETECTORS.
AND THEN, UH, UH, INDIVIDUALS CAN, UH, UH, FILL OUT A APPLICATION OR JUST CALL IN AND, AND, AND ASK FOR A SMOKE DETECTOR AND WE'LL GO OUT AND PUT THOSE UP.
SO, UM, WE'VE STARTED, WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE RED CROSS ON THAT.
UH, WE DID SOME WORD GAMES AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION IN THE HOME.
EVERYTHING FROM EXTENSION CORDS AND, AND MAKING SURE, UH, YOUR STOVES ARE, UH, AND YOUR APPLIANCES ARE WELL KEPT AND WELL MAINTAINED.
UM, AND WE ALSO, UH, DID BEST, BEST PRACTICES ON EVACUATING THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND THEN WE DID A FIRE DRILL, SO THAT WAS INTERESTING
UM, BUT, UM, WE LEARNED A LOT.
WE IDENTIFIED SOME THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO MOVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT ONE OF THE BACK DOORS THERE WERE SOME BOXES, HEAVY BOXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH ACTUALLY GET IN THE WAY OF SOMEBODY TRYING TO EXIT A BUILDING.
SO WE IDENTIFIED THOSE TO HAVE 'EM MOVE THOSE.
SO JUST SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT WAS REAL SUCCESSFUL AND, UH, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK.
IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT TIME.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, TODAY IS, UH, NINE 11.
JUST, UH, KEEP THOSE PEOPLE IN YOUR PRAYERS.
AND, UM, BOARD MEMBERS AND THOSE ASSEMBLED, UM, FIRE TRUCKS AND APPARATUSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE COST A LOT OF MONEY.
AND, UH, THANKS TO MR. WESTHAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO HELP BRING IN SOME OF THOSE FEES.
UM, THAT'S, THAT IS CERTAINLY HELPFUL, UH, FOR THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO FUND SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THANK MUCH, UM, FOR YOUR, UM, REPORT AS WELL.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE, UH, VOLUNTEERS HERE OR, UM, SO JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM AS, UM, FOR BEING HERE OR COMING.
SO YOU ALSO VERY MUCH JUST OUR PAID RESCUE SQUAD MEMBERS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND, UM, AND ALSO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING, UH, THE PHOTOS OF FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL AS THEM INSIDE THE NEW RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL AS, UM, JUST A QUICK UPDATE BOARD MEMBERS, I WON'T BELABOR THIS, UH, BUT I'VE ALSO, UH, I DID PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A, A UPDATE ON OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL, UM, REPORT.
UM, WE ARE PLEASED THAT WE ARE JUST ABOUT THERE WITH THAT REPORT.
UM, AND JUST, UH, A NOTE, WE DO HAVE OUR AUDITORS ON TAP TO COME ON THE, AT YOUR NEXT MEETING IN OCTOBER, IF ALL GOES WELL TO PRESENT THE FINAL REPORT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR.
WELL THAT UPDATE ON OUR ANNUAL THING.
UM, THE LAST THING, UM, BOARD MEMBERS AND, AND OTHERS HERE, UM, YOU DO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU JUST A LIST OF ALL THE SAVE DATE, SAVE THE DAY ACTIVITIES, 'CAUSE OF THE TIMING.
I WON'T GO OVER THAT, BUT PLEASE, UH, YOU SEE THOSE POSTED ON THAT SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
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ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COUNTY, UM, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, A LOT OF THINGS, UH, TO DO.SO, PLEASE, UM, COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEING PUT TOGETHER FOR, UM, THE YOUNG AND THE YOUNG AT HEART.
THAT CONCLUDES MY THANK YOU, MR. ROLLINS.
UH, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN
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UP THE MEETING FOR BOARD COMMENTS.UH, WE DO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL, UH, REPORTS IN YOUR FILE FOR YOUR PERSONAL REVIEW.
ARE THERE ANY, WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, MR. HANEY CLOSING REMARKS.
FEW REMARKS, UH, TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT MS. ROLLIN JUST SAID, UM,
UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE TWO APPARATUS ALONE, CLOSE TO A MILLION BUCKS.
SO I, I GET IT, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, DOWN ANYONE, BUT FOLKS MOVE HERE FOR WHATEVER APPEARANCE THEY WANNA SEE.
BUT, UM, I WELCOME, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SUR COUNTY, AND EVERYONE SHOULD, UH, JUST MY OPINION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE, I WANT TO, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF NOTHING, THE COST OF ANY, NOTHING'S GOING DOWN IN, IN, IN COSTS FROM SALARIES TO APPARATUS TO BUILDING, EVERYTHING'S GOING UP.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOTTA KEEP PUSHING FORWARD.
I, I LOVE MEETINGS LIKE THIS WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE HISTORY.
WE, WE, TONIGHT WE HAVE SECURED ANOTHER, ANOTHER REVENUE SOURCE FOR SUR COUNTY.
UH, THAT DOESN'T, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY MEETING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT BE BIASED, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S JUST MY STANCE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, KUDOS TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THAT, AND WE, WE'LL KEEP PRESSING FORWARD ON THAT.
UH, MY OTHER COMMENT, ONE COMMENT WAS TO THE GENTLEMAN, I THINK IT WAS MR. MULE MILLBURN, I THINK IT WAS MM-HMM
SO, AND IT'S COOL TO COME OUT AND GIVE A COMMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE WAY YOU LEARN IS YOU ATTEND MEETINGS OR TUNE IN ONLINE.
SO EVERYTHING HE SAID, HE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, I PROMISE YOU WAS DISCUSSED IN A MEETING, UM, I, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO TO LUNCH WITH HIM, UM, BUT, AND TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT, UM, THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT.
FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE RIGHT HERE IN THE MEETINGS, UM, BY THE TIME IT GETS ONLINE OR EVEN SOMETIME IN THE PAPER, IT MAY BE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, INACCURATE, YOU KNOW.
SO, UM, I, I URGE HIM, IF YOU, MAYBE HE HAD A URGE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IF HE HAS THE TIME, PLEASE COME AND SIT THROUGH THE ENTIRE MEETING.
I KNOW HE RUN ALONG SOMETIME, BUT THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT.
THIS IS WHERE YOU FIND OUT, THIS IS WHERE YOU GET INFORMED.
YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT YOU WILL BE INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, THE CROSSWALK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, KUDOS.
UH, WHEN I READ MY PACKET AT HOME, I, I SAID, HI, LITTLE INSIDE, CLAPPING TO MYSELF, NOBODY WAS EVEN IN THE HOUSE.
I WAS LIKE, EH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COST INCREASE A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THERE'S NO, NO PRICE ON THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS, UH, IN SUR COUNTY.
SO, UM, IT COULD'VE BEEN $150,000, YOU KNOW, I WOULD'VE SAID YES, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALONG WITH IT, I WOULD'VE SAID YES.
SO GREAT JOB TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THAT EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.
I WISH, I WISH I COULD HAVE MADE THE OTHER DAY, BUT I WAS AT WORK AND, UH,
AND I SAW THE, UH, THE DOOR OPEN OVER THERE AT THE VISITOR CENTER.
I SAID, LEMME PEEK MY HEAD IN.
AND I, MISS BARBARA WAS IN THERE, SMILE.
I SAID, COME ON IN, BABY, GET SOME CANDY
BUT, UM, SHE'S A PLEASANT, UM, UH, UH, PERSON TO BE IN THERE.
AND SHE LOVES HER JOB AND SHE LOVES TO GREET EVERYBODY.
SHE SAID, YOU MAKE SURE YOU SIGN THAT LIST TILL EVERYBODY, I'M GOOD.
I'M DOING, I SAID, YES, MA'AM.
AND, UM, LASTLY, I WANNA, UM, WELCOME MR. BELL'S, UH, HIS INAUGURAL, UH, MEETING TONIGHT.
SO I HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH THE FIRST MOTION.
SO GOOD JOB MR. BELL, AND, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
FIRST I WANT TO JUST, UM, ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT MR. HARDY EXPRESS WITH THANKING ALL THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT RECOGNIZED FOR THE MILESTONE YEARS OF SERVICE, BUT FOR ALL OF OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE I THINK MR. HARDY MADE THE COMMENT EARLIER IN THE MEETING THAT ALL WE DO IS VOTE YES OR NO.
YOU ALL THE ONES HAVE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUNDS, YOU ALL DOING ALL THE WORK.
AND OUR COUNTY COULDN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT THE DEDICATION OF ALL OUR HARDWORKING EMPLOYEES.
SO MY SINCERE THANKS AND APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I WANNA THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR BEING VERY WELCOMING TONIGHT AND WELCOMING TO MY FIRST MEETING.
AND EVERYTHING'S WENT VERY SEAMLESS.
I WANNA SAY A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MR. WADE AND MS. PERKINS.
THEY SPENT ABOUT TWO HOURS WITH ME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO GET ME UP TO DATE ON THE BEAR CREEK PROJECT, BECAUSE OF COURSE, I'M NEW TO THE BOARD.
ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAD ALL THIS KNOWLEDGE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF TIME, AND I WAS COMING IN.
IF THEY DIDN'T DO THAT YESTERDAY, I WAS GONNA COME IN WITH KNOWING LITTLE TO NOTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO I SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME THAT YOU TWO TOOK WITH ME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND YOU BROKE IT DOWN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS SO I COULD UNDERSTAND A LOT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH EVERYTHING WITH THE SCHOOL CROSSWALK PROJECT.
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GOING TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MR. HARDY.ONCE AGAIN, I'M GONNA GO AS FAR TO SAY IF IT COSTS TWO OR $300,000 TO MR. HARDY
SO TO HAVE THAT CROSSWORK AND THAT SIGNAGE, THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT HELP WITH ALL OF US THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE AGAIN, OUR CHILDREN, OUR YOUTH, ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE IN THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
SO I THANK THE REST OF THE BOARD FOR, YOU KNOW, SEEING THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT WE NEED TO DEVOTE FUNDING TO.
AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING OUR NEXT MEETING AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, KIND OF TAP ON WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID.
I, I APPRECIATE BEAR ISLAND BATTERY STORAGE FOLKS COMING IN TODAY AND GIVE US A PRESENTATION, UM, REGARDING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THE SITING AGREEMENT.
UM, THANK YOU MS. PERKINS FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SIDING AGREEMENT.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, THANK ALL THE, UH, EMPLOYEES OF SURREY COUNTY, THOSE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SERVICE AWARDS, BUT AGAIN, REITERATING ALL EMPLOYEES OF SURREY COUNTY TO, UH, KEEP THIS COUNTY GREAT AS IT IS.
UM, MR. WESTHEIMER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE LADY FROM SUSSEX IS DOING FOR THIS COUNTY.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ALL SO VERY MUCH.
UM, YES, WE'RE MR. PHELPS, YOU TWO
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE FOLKS IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS DOING.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, FOR COMING IN THIS EVENING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING.
THOSE IN PLACE AND THOSE ONLINE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO AND CONTACT YOUR LOCAL SUPERVISOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, AS ALWAYS, WELCOME TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
UH, THANK THE ONES THAT ARE HOME WATCHING.
UM, JUST, UH, UH, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE LENGTHY MEETING TONIGHT, BUT I THINK IT WAS A GREAT PRODUCTIVE MEETING THAT WE HAD.
UM, A VERY INFORMATIVE AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE BATTERY STORAGE, UM, FACILITY THAT WAS APPROVED TONIGHT.
UM, HEARD A COMMENT AS FAR AS, UM, THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE HAVE HELPING, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE ENHANCING QUALITY LIFE OF ALL RESIDENTS AND LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT AS FAR AS ANOTHER, UM, TAX BASE AS FAR AS, UH, HOPEFULLY WITH THIS REVENUE COMING IN, UM, IT COULD HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE TAXES THAT WE PAY AS CITIZENS.
ALSO, TOO, UM, I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT AS FAR AS THE WORK THAT THE, THE STAFF HAS DONE WITH THE APPLICANT AND, AND WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND, AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND, AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGEABLE OF EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT JUST SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, AS A GROUP ARE LISTENING TO CITIZENS CONCERNS AND, AND, AND SUGGESTIONS.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT ALL AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL CITIZENS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT ALL THE PROS AND CONS AND THINGS THAT WE DO, WE TAKE OUR TIME AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DOT EVERY I ACROSS EVERY T KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME MISHAPS.
UM, MR. WADE MADE A GOOD, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, MR. HARDY MADE A GOOD POINT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE EXECUTION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DID A GOOD, GREAT JOB DOING THE, UH, THE LEG WORK.
SO NOW LET'S, UH, CONTINUE THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GETS EXECUTED LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
AND THEN WE'LL HOPEFULLY SEE THE THE BENEFIT OF THIS PROJECT.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF AND, AND THE COMMISSIONERS AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR ALL OUR HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE ON THAT.
UM, I WANNA CONGRATULATE AGAIN, THE, THE VARIOUS EMPLOYEES AND ALL THEIR SERVICES FROM FIVE YEARS ALL THE WAY TO 35 YEARS.
THAT'S, THAT'S HUGELY REMARKABLE.
UM, AND, AND JUST SHOWS YOU THE, THE, THE LOVE AND PASSION THAT SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THEY HAVE STUCK WITH US FOR THIS LONG.
YOU KNOW, HEARING, UH, EVEN ONE OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT, UH, CITIZEN ME MENTIONED THAT, UH, HE OR SHE HAS BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 40 PLUS YEARS.
BUT AGAIN, UH, IN THOSE YEARS OF SERVICE, HE OR SHE HAS, UH, MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE PRESERVING THE RURAL ASPECTS, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVEN'T REALLY PRETTY MUCH CHANGED.
YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR YOUTH, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INVESTMENT WE HAVE MADE.
UM, I CAN AGREE WITH MR. BELL AND MR. HARDY ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL PRO COULD AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR PRO PRIZE ASSET AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SAFETY'S FIRST.
AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE.
AND AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING, UH, OUR, OUR, I GUESS OUR HARD WORK GETTING, GETTING DONE TONIGHT.
SO, AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
UH, REAL QUICK, UH, WAS ABLE TO, UH, TOUR THE HOSPITAL, UH, LAST MONTH.
UM, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, NOW FOR GRANTED, I JUST HOPE THAT IF YOU DO VISIT, IT'S JUST A VISIT, RIGHT? WE HOPE YOU NOT ACTUALLY HAVING
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TO GO, UH, TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE THE SERVICES.HOWEVER, HOWEVER YOU LOOK AT THE COIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S VERY, UM, UH, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHAT WE ARE USED TO ACTUALLY HAVING TO COMMUTE.
IF WE HAVE TO, UH, LOOK INTO THAT, LOOKING AT AN AGING POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT.
LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS, WE JUST CAN'T LOOK RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US.
WE HAVE TO LOOK FIVE TO 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THINGS IN PLACE TODAY.
KNOWING THAT, UH, FIVE TO 10 YEARS THING, FIVE OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW, THINGS MAY BE DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE PRICE.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE WANT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT SOME OF THE CITIZENS ARE REQUESTING, WE AGAIN, TO, TO MAKE SURE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS OF, IS SUITABLE FOR ALL RESIDENTS, WE HAVE TO LOOK FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THAN JUST RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US.
YOU KNOW? AND ESPECIALLY WITH OUR YOUTH, UH, I WANT TO GIVE A BIG KUDOS TO, UH, S COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THROWING ON A TRIP TO THE STATE FAIR.
IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T HEARD, I BELIEVE IT'S A FREE TRIP FOR KIDS FROM 12 TO 18 YEARS OLD ON OCTOBER 4TH.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT, PLEASE CALL THE, UM, THE, UH, PARKS AND REC TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A, GIVEN SOME OF OUR YOUTH, UM, THE EXPOSURE AND EXPERIENCE TO VISIT THE STATE FAIR, SOMETHING THAT MANY MAY HAVE WANT TO GO TO, BUT BECAUSE OF MAYBE FINANCIAL, UM, HARDSHIP, MAYBE, UH, DUE TO LACK OF TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, FULFILL THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS.
AGAIN, ALL CITIZENS LOOKING AT OUR YOUTH RIGHT NOW, SEEING WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO FOR THOSE.
SO, AGAIN, UM, I'M VERY, YOU KNOW, PLEASED AT OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MAY LOOK, BE LENGTHY, HOWEVER, UM, THE BUSINESS WAS HANDLED TONIGHT.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT, UH, UH, ALL, ALL CAN AGREE TODAY.
SO AGAIN, THANK FOR EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE A SAFE RIDE HOME.
UH, I WON'T BELABOR THE OP BECAUSE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE, I'M TOTALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH THEIR COMMENTS.
I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING IN WHICH, UH, WE GOT A LOT DONE.
A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY, AND I JUST ASK THE CITIZENS TO, UH, BE PATIENT WITH US.
LIKE MR. PIERCE SAY, EVERYTHING IS NOT GONNA BE PLEASING TO EVERYBODY, BUT, UH, WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER.
I, I WILL TALK ABOUT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
WE KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE NEWS, THE COUNTY'S A HOTBED NOW FOR VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION.
AND WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE COUNTY IN SE COUNTY IN WHICH THE CITIZENS HAVE ALWAYS GOTTEN ALONG, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, OR COLOR.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH OUR WORDS BECAUSE WORDS CAN INCITE VIOLENCE.
BUT I JUST ASK THAT WE WOULD ALL BE WATCHFUL AND LET US CONTINUE TO SHARE AND SPREAD THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOR ONE ANOTHER IN S COUNTY.
'CAUSE S COUNTY IS SOMETHING SPECIAL.
A LOT OF, UH, NEGATIVE RHETORIC IS GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAD A LOT OF OUR HBCUS HAD TO SHUT DOWN TODAY AND OUR NEIGHBORING, UH, JURISDICTIONS BECAUSE OF BOMB THREATS AND THREATS OF KILLING, UH, OUR INNOCENT CHILDREN IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
AND I JUST WANT S COUNTY TO STAND UP AND STAND OUT TO BE A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO GET ALONG.
WE'VE DONE SO DOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, REGARDLESS OF OUR DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON DIFFERENT ISSUES, AND LET US CONTINUE TO DO SO.
DON'T LET THE ENEMY WIN, CAUSING US TO FIGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR HAVING OPINIONS.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, I JUST ASK S COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO BE THE GREAT COUNTY THAT SHE HAS BEEN DOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.
I'M REMORSE FOR NOT SAYING CONGRATULATIONS AND, AND YOUR FIRST MEETING AND WELCOME HERE ON THE BOARD.
HAVING, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURN UNTIL OCTOBER THE SECOND.