* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:13] GOOD EVENING, LADIES [Call to Order / Moment of Silence / Pledge of Allegiance/ Agenda Adoption] AND GENTLEMEN. THE HOUR HAS ARRIVED FOR US TO COMMENCE OUR NOVEMBER, 2025 MEETING OF THE SURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WE, UH, HAD SLATED FOR OUR INVOCATIONAL PRAYER THIS EVENING, BEING ON RUSSELL SAVAGE FROM THE CYPRESS BAPTIST CHURCH, BUT APPARENTLY THERE'S BEEN SOME INCONVENIENCE TO HIM. SO AT THIS TIME, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BOW WITH ME. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME HUMBLY BEFORE YOU, THRONE OF MERCY, SEEKING DIVINE GODDESS AND DIRECTION, LORD, AND LET EVERYTHING THAT WE DO BE PLEASING UNTO YOU. WE ASK THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEND A SPIRIT OF UNITY FOR WHAT IS OUR DESIRE TO BE WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE US TO BE, AND TO SERVE OUR FELLOW MAN, LEAD GOD, AND DIRECT US. AND WE WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE GLORY IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. AT THIS TIME, WE ASK THAT WE WOULD CALL OUR MEETING OFFICIALLY TO ORDER, AND AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. LET US STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA, AND THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STAND NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN LIBERTY, JUSTICE LAW BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE AGENDA ON FOR OUR MEETING ON TONIGHT. THERE ARE A FEW CHANGES THAT I WILL BRING TO OUR ATTENTION. FIRST WOULD BE IN THE CONSENT ITEM. UH, THERE IS A CHANGE FROM A TYPO FROM ITEM NUMBER FIVE FROM 615,000 TO 618,000. AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UH, RECOGNITIONS TO OUR AGENDA, UH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR CONSENT ITEMS AND ONE ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAL LINK THAT WILL COME RIGHT BEFORE OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER CORRECTIONS OR ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF OUR AGENDA. SO MOVED. HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE. A. OPPOSED? OUR AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. UH, FIRST WE [Consent Items] SEE ON OUR AGENDA OUR CONSENT ITEMS. UH, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE PULLED OR GIVEN SPECIAL RECOGNITION UNDER OUR, UH, CONSENT ITEMS? EXCEPT FOR NUMBER SIX? IF NOT, CAN THERE BE AN APPROVAL FOR OUR CONSENT ITEMS? CHAIR, MR. HARDY. I MOVE. BE APPROVE. CONSENT ITEMS AS PRESENTED. YOU HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. PROPERLY MOVE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? IT IS CARRIED. AT THIS TIME, WE [6. Resolution - Gladys Hardy - Age 90] WILL GIVE WAY TO ITEM NUMBER SIX OF OUR CONSENT ITEMS, AND WE WILL GIVE THE FLOOR TO MR. HARDY. THANK YOU CHAIR. SO TONIGHT WE'LL BE HONORING WITH RESOLUTION. UH, MS. GLAD WINFIELD, WINFIELD HARDY FOR ACHIEVING THE AGE OF 90. . SHE'S PASSED THAT NOW, BUT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO WRITE OUR WRONGS AROUND HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S, IT IS A LITTLE LATE, BUT, UH, STILL, UH, INDEED, UH, DESERVING. AND WE GONNA GIVE YOU THIS HONOR. SO, BEAR WITH ME. I I DIDN'T GET MY GOOD PAIR OF GLASSES WHEN I LEFT THE HOUSE, SO, UM, I'M GONNA STRUGGLE THROUGH THIS THING, BUT WE'LL GET THROUGH, WE'LL GET THROUGH IT. OH, PRESCRIPTION. ALRIGHT. AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE SURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, HELD IN THE GENERAL DISTRICT COURTROOM OF THE SURY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 AT 6:00 PM ALL PRESENT, UH, RESOLUTION, RECOGNIZING MS. GLADYS WINFIELD HARDY FOR REACHING THE AGE OF 90. WHEREAS MS. GLADYS WINFIELD HARDY WAS BORN IN SURY COUNTY, VIRGINIA ON NOVEMBER 24TH, 1933 TO NORMAN WINFIELD AND PEARL GRIFFIN. WINFIELD, AND OBTAINED THE AGE OF 90 YEARS ON NOVEMBER 24TH, 2023, [00:05:03] AND WAS MARRIED TO MR. THOMAS SPENCER. SPENCER HARDY, A FORMER SURREY COUNTY CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER FOR 66, 66 YEARS. AND IS A PROUD MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS, DEBORAH HARDY, CARTWRIGHT, FAYE HARDY LUCAS, AND TANYA HARDY. UH, TWO OF WHICH IN THE, UH, AUDIENCE TONIGHT. ALRIGHT. WHEREAS MS. GLADYS WINFIELD HARDY IS A LONGSTANDING MEMBER OF LEBANON BAPTIST CHURCH IN SURY COUNTY, HAVING JOINED AT THE AGE OF 12 AND HAVING SERVED FAITHFULLY AS AN USHER FOR OVER 70 YEARS AND CONTINUES TO SERVE FAITHFULLY AS A TRUSTEE AND ATTENDED POPULAR LAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SY COUNTY, EAST VIEW, EASTVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. I TOOK THIS OFF IN WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, AND THEN GRADUATED FROM HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA. AND WHEREAS MS. GLADYS WINFIELD HARDY WAS ELECTED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN SURY COUNTY ON A RIGHT END VOTE IN 1962, BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK ELECTED OFFICIAL IN SURY COUNTY SINCE RECONSTRUCTION, AND WAS AMONG THE MANY CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO IN 1971, EMBARKED ON A DOOR-TO-DOOR CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REGISTER TO VOTE, WHICH RESULTED IN THREE BLACK INDIVIDUALS BEING ELECTED TO THE FIVE MEMBER BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MARKING A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE FOR SURY COUNTY. AND WHEREAS MS. GLADYS WINFIELD HARDY HAS AN EXTENSIVE WORK HISTORY AND HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY IN SURY COUNTY, INCLUDED AS A TEACHER'S AIDE AT THE FORMER LP JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL AND ASSISTANT WITH THE VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, SURY COUNTY COORDINATOR OF THE FEDERAL WINTERIZATION PROGRAM, WHERE SURY WON FIRST PLACE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA FOR WINTER, RISING MORE HOMES THAN ANY OTHER LOCALITY, AND RETIRING FROM THE SURY COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN 1999 AFTER SERVING AS SUPERVISOR OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS FOR 20 YEARS. AND WHEREAS MS. GLADYS WINFORD HARDY HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED ON THE SURY COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE BOARD, THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, THE SURREY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY, AND THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AND HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AND RECOGNITION FOR HER SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VOLUNTEER AWARD OPERATIONS SPRUCE UP 95 AWARD FROM THE GOV FROM THE THEN GOVERNOR, UH, GEORGE ALLEN, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD, OUTSTANDING CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERSHIP AWARD FROM THE SURY COUNTY, AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY, SURY COUNTY BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION, MERIT AWARD SERVICE AWARD FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SURY COUNTY AND THE SURY COUNTY NAACP AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SUPPORT AND LOYAL SERVICE. AND WE REALIZE MS. GLADYS WINFIELD HARDY CONTINUES TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE SURY COUNTY COMMUNITY AS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. AND WE ARISE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURY COUNTY, WHICH TO RECOGNIZE AS MILESTONE IN MS. TY'S WINFIELD HARDEE'S LIFE AND ACKNOWLEDGE HER FOR THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS SHE MADE DURING HER LONG STANDING TENURE AS A SURY COUNTY EMPLOYEE AND HER TIRELESS EFFORTS IN HELPING TO MAKE SURY COUNTY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL CITIZENS. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY EXTENDS ITS HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO MS. GLADYS WINFIELD HARDY FOR HER ENDEAVORS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS OF SURY COUNTY AND MS. GLADYS WINFIELD HARDY, FOR HAVING REACHED THE 90TH YEAR OF LIFE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE, OR THAT THE ORIGINAL OF THIS RESOLUTION BE DELIVERED FORTHWITH TO MS. GLADMAN FOR HARDY. AND THAT A COPY OF IT BE SPREAD UPON THE RECORDS OF SURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ALRIGHT, LET'S GIVE MY AUNT A HAND. THANK YOU. [00:10:02] OH, MY NEPHEW, I THANK HIS BIRTHDAY IS TODAY AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM. I, OKAY. AND I THINK THAT IT'S JUST A BLESSING TO RECEIVE TO, UH, FOR TWO OF MY DAUGHTERS TO BE HERE. UH, DEBBIE, WILL YOU STAY THAT SHE CAME FROM ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND THIS AFTERNOON, AND FAITH IS RIGHT HERE IN HAMPTON, SO SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT SHE, SHE SHE MADE IT, SHE MADE IT AND DIDN'T SPEED, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, IT'S JUST A JOY AND A BLESSING FOR ME TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW? AND I THANK ALL OF YOU AT THE HEAD TABLE, THE BOARD. I THINK EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD KNOW ME. YES, MA'AM. AND I'VE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN, UH, I TO TANYA APPOINTED ME TO, TO RUN THE WINTERIZATION PROGRAM. THAT WAS A PROGRAM THAT THE GOVERNMENT PAID US TO IMPROVE OUR HOME, TO STOP AIR INFILTRATION INTO MANY OF OUR HOME. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO GO AT NIGHT AND ALL BECAUSE I HAD TO GO TO THE HOMES AND SEE THAT THE OWNERS CERTIFIED, YOU KNOW, TO QUALIFY. AND, UH, WE WOULD GO SOMETIME. I HAD TO GO BACK AT NIGHT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WAS AFRAID TO GIVE OUT A LOT OF THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED. BUT IT WAS A JOY, IT WAS A JOY FOR ME TO GET OUT THERE AND WORK LIKE I DID, BECAUSE THE COUNTY AFFORDED WE WITH AN AUTOMOBILE. I COULD GO FROM HOMES, GO TO THE HOMES AND TAKE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I NEEDED. AND WE HAD A TRUCK ALSO WINTERIZATION IN CASE THAT SOME OF YOU MAY NOT HAVE DONE WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS, UH, GO INTO HOMES AND SEEING WHETHER THE WINDOWS, THE DOORS, AND MOST OF ALL, THEY STARTED PUTTING, UH, UH, WHAT IS IT, INSTALLATION INTO THE CEILING. AND SO, SO MANY OF THE HOMES, WE HAD TO PUT NEW, NEW, NEW CEILING BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THEY WOULDN'T HOLD THE WEIGHT. AND WE HAD A BLOWER THAT WOULD BLOW THE, THE INSULATION INTO THE HOMES. BUT, YOU KNOW, SARAH IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. SO, YOU KNOW WHAT, AND WE DONE MADE SARAH TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL AGAIN ON THIS LAST ELECTION DAY. YES. YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE JUST, WE JUST ROLLING AND SO, SO LIKE I SAY, I'M JUST SO GLAD TO SEE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SERVING SHERRY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO WORK, WE GOT TO WORK. WE CAN'T, UH, UH, MAKE IT NO BETTER THAN WHAT WE ARE. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? AND I JUST LOVE EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND IT'S SO NICE THAT YOU CAME OUT TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, JUST SO NICE. AND, UH, MY NEPHEW , MY NEPHEW, I HAVE ABOUT, UH, WHAT, 20 MORE DAYS AND I'LL BE 90, 92, 2. YEAH. I'M A LITTLE BIT FORGETFUL NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, I KEEP ON TELLING, LORD, COME ON, SEND ME DOWN. MM-HMM . SOME MORE POWER SO THAT I CAN DO SO THAT I CAN DO. AND I JUST WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING. MM-HMM . THANK CERTAINLY WELL DESERVING FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE PUT IN TO MAKE S COUNTY WHERE SHE IS ON TODAY. THANKS AGAIN, [00:15:01] MS. GLADYS HOTTY FOR REACHING THE RIGHT AND SEASON AGE OF 91. GOD BLESS YOU ALSO FOR RECOGNITIONS ON TODAY. UH, I KNOW IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR FOR HIM TO DO THIS, UH, TO GIVE THIS RESOLUTION TO HIS AUNT, BUT TODAY IS MR. HARDY'S BIRTHDAY, SO WE WANNA RECOGNIZE HIS BIRTHDAY. AND I THINK IT, NOBODY WOULD'VE BEEN MORE BEFITTING TO GIVE THIS RESOLUTION THAN MR. HARDICK. MR. HARDICK, UH, HERE'S A CARD FROM YOUR, UH, COLABS OF S COUNTY. AND WE THANK YOU, SIR FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO SIR PAYCHECK. NO MONEY IN THAT. I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE YOU OUT TO DINNER AT THE, HAD TO TAKE YOU TO DINNER, SIR. ALRIGHT. APPRECIATE YOU. UH, ALSO WE HAVE, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL [Additional Item] RECOGNITIONS. WE KNOW THAT ON THIS PAST TUESDAY WE HAD, UH, OUR GENERAL ELECTION, THE ELECTION FOR THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. AND WE HAVE, UH, HAD A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF MR. BELL TO SERVE IN AN INTERIM POSITION HERE IN SURY COUNTY. MR. BELL IS A FINE GENTLEMAN, AND HE SERVED THE SHORT TIME HE DID WITH, UH, GRACE AND DILIGENCE. MR. BELL IS, UH, SURY COUNTY NATIVE, AND HE LOVES SURY SO MUCH THAT HE TEACHES IN THE, IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND HE IS OFF WITH OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND THE REGIONAL, UH, CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BUFFALO GAP. SO HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. BUT WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MR. BELL AND THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. WE HAVE A, UH, GIFT, UH, THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE FORWARDING TO HIM IF I KNOW, IF HE COULD'VE BEEN HERE, WOULD'VE BEEN HERE TONIGHT. BUT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE THAT MR. BELL GAVE. COULD WE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? THANK YOU. AND ALSO, UH, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE MR. CAMERON. DREW, WHO WAS, UH, THE, UH, I WOULDN'T SAY OPPONENT, BUT HE WAS THE OTHER CANDIDATE ON THE, UH, THE BALLOT. AND I WON'T SAY OPPONENT, BECAUSE THEY SHOWED CLASS THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION. THEY NEVER DOWN TALKED ONE ANOTHER. THEY SUPPORTED EACH OTHER. AND THE CITIZENS OF DN ELECTED MR. CAMERON DREW TO BE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE. HE WILL BE AT THE DAYS, UH, IN THE DECEMBER MEETING, BUT HE'S PRESENT TONIGHT AND WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, MR. DREW, FOR A JOB WELL DONE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UH, YOU MR. DREW HERE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. UH, ALSO, UH, ONE ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION. WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN SURY COUNTY FOR HIRING AND HAVE SOME OF THE BEST STAFF IN ALL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. AND WE HAVE, UH, WITH US TONIGHT AN AWARD THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT, OR WELL, THAT THE CITIZENS KNOW OF. UH, SOMEONE WHO'S DIS RECEIVED A AWARD OF DISTINCTION ON, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK, OUR VERY OWN COUNTY ATTORNEY, MISS LOLA PERKINS, RECEIVED ONE OF THE HIGHEST AWARDS THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE FOR FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, YOU CAN SEE UP ON THE SCREEN, UH, MS. PERKINS RECEIVING THAT AWARD. AND, UH, THE AWARD IS THE FINNEGAN WHITING AWARD. THE EDWARD J FINNEGAN, ELIZABETH D WHITENING AWARD IS, IS, IS FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE RECOGNIZED AND RECOGNIZING AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE COMMONWEALTH VIRGINIA, WHO HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS OF VIRGINIA. UH, LOLA HAS DEVOTED HER CAREER TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. PRIOR TO BECOMING THE FIRST IN-HOUSE S COUNTY ATTORNEY, LOLA SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR CHESTERFIELD SPOTSYLVANIA JAMES CITY COUNTIES. AND AS A SENIOR DEPUTY ATTORNEY FOR HAMPTON CITY, OTHER ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BENEFITED FROM HER KNOWLEDGE, WORKING EXPERIENCE IN CHARM. SHE ENHANCES THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY'S PERSPECTIVE AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION, ACTSO ADVERSARY COUNCIL, THE VIRGINIA STATE BAR LAWYERS POP POPULATION STUDY COMMITTEE, THE VIRGINIA STATE BAR ENTRY GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION OF VIRGINIA ATTORNEY'S STUDY COMMITTEE, AND IS A SPEAKER AT THE VIRGINIA MAYOR'S INSTITUTE TRAINING. THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST AWARDS THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE. WELL, IT IS THE HIGHEST AWARD THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE FROM BEING A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY. AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST HERE IN S COUNTY AND THE PERSONAGE OF, UH, ATTORNEY LOLA PERKINS. GIVE HER SOME LOVE. THAT IS, THAT IS AWESOME. WE CAN, WE CAN STRESS THAT EVERYWHERE WE GO. WE, WE, WE GOT, WE GOT A LAWYER IN HOUSE, SAY AMEN. [00:20:01] AND THE PERSONAGE OF MS. PERKINS. THANK YOU. AWESOME. AWESOME. NOW WE WILL MOVE [Public Comments] ON NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TONIGHT, BUT AS A BOARD, WE WANT TO INTRODUCE A NEW TOOL THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING TO THE CITIZENS OF SURY COUNTY. FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE WANT TO STAY ENGAGED WITH THE CITIZENS OF SURY COUNTY. AND WE WANT TO LAY OUT A NEW TOOL THAT WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU CAN GO ON ANYTIME, NOT JUST, UH, COME TO THE PODIUM DURING OUR EXCUSE ME BOARD MEETING. BUT THIS GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND THIS WILL BE ON A LINK ON OUR WEBPAGE. IF YOU CAN SEE, WE, WE HAVE, UH, THE EXAMPLE FOR YOU TONIGHT. IT ASKS FOR YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR DISTRICT THAT YOU LIVE IN, UH, SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO STATE WHEN YOU COME HERE. UH, THEN IT HAS, UH, GENERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING, AND THEN IT HAS A PLACE FOR COMMENTS. THESE ARE COMMENTS. IT IS NOT FOR QUESTION AND ANSWERS, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT HOW YOU CONDUCT PUBLIC COMMENTS. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WISH THEY COULD COME UP AND ASK US QUESTIONS FOR DOING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT IS REQUIRED AND THAT IS NOT WHAT IS SUGGESTED BY THE STATE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS TO INFORM THEIR BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES OF THINGS THAT THEY MAY WANT TO SEE, OR SOME SUGGESTIONS TO THE BOARD. IF THE BOARD ARE YOU AND YOUR DISTRICT DECIDES TO RESPOND TO YOU, THAT WILL BE UPON INCUMBENT UPON THE BOARD MEMBER. BUT IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. IT'S NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER FOR THE, UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY, FOR OR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU SIGN IN ON THIS, THIS LINK WILL BE DROPPED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS. SO WE WILL TAKE IN CONSIDERATION, UH, THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE SAYING AS A BOARD MEMBER AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE RECOMMEND AND, UH, REPRESENT. SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL THAT WE ARE ROLLING OUT ON TONIGHT, AND I HOPE THE CITIZENS THAT ARE WATCHING US ONLINE WILL GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND THIS WILL BE UP, UH, SO THAT WE CAN STAY EVEN CLOSER ENGAGED WITH THE CITIZENS OF S COUNTY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS TO COME, UH, BY WAY OF IN PERSON ON TONIGHT. SO, HAVING SAID THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. OUR FIRST [Public Hearing] PUBLIC HEARING IS SURPLUS OR, UH, REVENUE ORDINANCE. AND WE WILL, AT THIS TIME DEFER TO THE BEST COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND MS. PERKINS. WOO. THAT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, THE, UH, BEFORE YOU FOR A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, AND IT IS TO AMEND SECTION 16 DASH FOUR OF EXISTING COUNTY CODE. AND THAT CODE SECTION HAS TO DO WITH THE PAYMENT OF REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES. UH, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UM, IS, UH, ADDITION OF A SECTION E AND THAT SECTION STATES, IF ADOPTED IN ANY FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE COUNTY REPORTS A SURPLUS OF REVENUE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY ADOPT A METHOD FOR RETURNING SURPLUS REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, OR BOTH TO TAXPAYERS WHO ARE ASSESSED SUCH, SUCH TAXES IN THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE SURPLUS HAS OCCURRED. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PURSUANT TO, UH, 15.2 25, 11 0.1 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, UM, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS GRANTED LOCALITIES THE AUTHORITY TO RETURN LOCAL SURPLUS FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH TAXES, THROUGH BOTH REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AUTHORITY, A LOCALITY MUST FIRST ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT, UM, IS ESSENTIALLY CHECKING THE BOX AND SAYING, YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE EXERCISE THE ABILITY TO RETURN SURPLUS FUNDS, UH, TO THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY. UM, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS, AGAIN, TO JUST HAVE THAT GENERAL AUTHORIZATION AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE AUTHORITY THAT'S GRANTED BY VIRGINIA CODE. IF THE COUNTY, IF THE BOARD WISHED TO EXERCISE THIS OPTION IN THE FUTURE, ONCE THIS ORDINANCE IS ENACTED, THEN THE BOARD WOULD DO SO THROUGH A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SPELL OUT THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT THAT RE RETURN, WHAT THAT REFUND CREDIT WAS GOING TO BE. UM, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING, THIS ORDINANCE [00:25:01] IS NOT INTENDED TO HAVE THE SPECIFICS, AGAIN, THE SPECIFICS WILL BE OUTLINED IN A RESOLUTION THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO A BOARD VOTE, UH, BEFORE ANY ACTION IS TAKEN. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU, MS. PERKINS, FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, WE WILL, UH, NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF THERE WILL BE ANY, UH, RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC, WE INVITE YOU TO THE STROM. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ON THIS MATTER. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW WHO I AM. I COME UP HERE LOT. I'M CHARLON PIERCE FROM THE BAYES CASTLE DISTRICT, AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, MR. HARDY IS MY REPRESENTATIVE. I WI MY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HE IS MY FAVORITE BOARD MEMBER 'CAUSE HE IS MY BOARD MEMBER. , LET THE RECORD SHOW, LET THE RECORD ALSO SHOW I TAKE OFFENSE. I TAKE OFFENSE, BUT THAT'S OKAY. , YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU TOO. WE SHARE A DAUGHTER. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO GO ON RECORD TONIGHT SAYING THAT I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE. I BELIEVE IT IS A GOOD THING FOR THE COUNTY. IT IS A GOOD THING TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WHEN WE HAVE A SURPLUS. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW THAT AFTER Y'ALL ENACT THIS, Y'ALL CAN START DRAFTING A RESOLUTION THAT WE COULD DO THAT FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT IS VERY GOOD THING TO BE ABLE TO DO. THERE'S PRECEDENT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL THROUGH STIP, UM, TO OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO. WHEN THEY HAVE A SURPLUS, THEY, YOU KNOW, SEND OUT STIMULUS THINGS AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE A A SURPLUS DO THAT. THEY JUST SEND THE MONEY OUT, PAY FOR IT LATER. AND AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE JUST ALL RECEIVED THOSE OF US WHO PAID OUR TAXES ON TIME, $200 OR $400 PER HOUSEHOLD. SO THERE'S PRECEDENT FOR DOING THIS, AND I WOULD ADMONISH THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THAT AND DO IT. THERE'S OTHER, ONE OTHER COMMENT THAT I'M, I'M GUESSING THE RESOLUTION WOULD SAY HOW THE MONEY WOULD BE DISPERSED. AND IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING THAT THERE COULD BE TWO WAYS, MAYBE MORE. ONE WOULD BE TO PRORATED BASED ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE PUT IN THE POT. I'M A CHRISTIAN AND I BELIEVE THAT TOO MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE PAID MORE. MAYBE WE WOULD GET THE SAME AMOUNT AS SOMEONE WHO PAID LESS BECAUSE THAT IMPACT ON THEM WOULD BE GREATER FOR THEM. IF YOU, I DON'T MAKE BUT $10,000 A YEAR OR $20,000 A YEAR, AND LET'S SAY THE LAST THING WAS $400, IT WOULD BE A GREATER IMPACT THAN FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SIX FIGURES COMING IN OUR HOUSEHOLD. SO I WOULD ADMONISH THE BOARD TO NOT ONLY ADOPT A ORDINANCE, BUT WHEN YOU START WRITING THE RESOLUTIONS, CONSIDER THE CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT AS FORTUNATE AS MOST OF US WHO ARE SITTING IN HERE TODAY, AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF HELP THAT THEY COULD HAVE IF YOU COULD DO THIS RIGHT AFTER Y'ALL VOTE TONIGHT AND GET SOME MONEY OUT TO OUR PEOPLE, BECAUSE THESE ARE HARD TIMES WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY, AND PEOPLE ARE WORKING, NOT WORKING, THEY'RE WORKING AND NOT GETTING PAID. SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT REAL SOON, I'LL ADMONISH YOU TO DO THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THERE'LL BE NO OTHER COMMENTS. WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS FROM, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, CHAIR, MR. HARDY. UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK DR. PIERCE. UH, APPRECIATE THAT. THOSE KIND WORDS. BUT, UH, I'M VERY EXCITED. UH, IF YOU CAN'T TELL IN MY VOICE, UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE, UH, WE AS A BOARD DISCUSSED, I THINK EARLIER THIS YEAR. UH, NOT THE RESOLUTION PER SE, BUT THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO MAYBE DO THIS FOR THE CITIZENS. SO, UM, DEFINITELY LOOKING, UH, HOPING TO COME TO, UH, FRUITION. AND, UM, WE CAN, UM, AS MS. PIERCE SAY, MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO, THANKS MR. HARDIE. ANY OF THE BOARD, UH, COMMENTS? MR. CHAIR? MR. CALHOUN? SORRY. UM, MS. PERKINS, IF I CAN ASK A QUESTION, DOES THIS TAKE PLACE? WHEN WOULD THIS TAKE PLACE? DOES IT GO BACK MANY YEARS THAT WE HAD, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDS, ADDITIONAL REVENUE, OR WHAT TIME PERIOD DOES IT START IN MS. ROSS? MAYBE CAN I DON'T. SO THE, IN, IN TERMS OF, UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE REVENUES AND WE HAVE TO HAVE NOT SPENT THE REVENUES ALREADY IN ORDER TO REFUND THE REVENUES. SO, UM, THE, THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OF THE STATUTE TALKS ABOUT, UM, IT SAYS LIKE, EXCUSE ME, THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, EXCUSE ME, LET ME LOST, LOST MY PLACE FOR A SECOND. UM, IT SAYS WHO ARE ASSESSED SO THEY CAN BE RETURNED TO THE TAXPAYERS WHO ARE ASSESSED SUCH TAXES IN ANY FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE LOCALITY REPORTS AS SURPLUS. SO THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY [00:30:01] THERE. UM, I MEAN, I WOULD CERTAINLY SAY THAT WE, WE SHOULDN'T BE GOING BACK A NUMBER OF YEARS BECAUSE THAT WOULD, UM, THAT WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF ENACTING THE ORDINANCE AND BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THE, THE ORDINANCE AND PROVIDE THE REFUND AFTER THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN ADOPTED. OKAY. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. DOES DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? DOES I'M, IT DOES. I WASN'T VERY ELOQUENT ABOUT THAT. , THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. CO. IF THERE'LL BE NO OTHER BOARD DISCUSSIONS, UH, ARE THERE ANY CLOSING REMARKS FROM STAFF? NONE, YOUR HONOR. NONE. MR. CHAIRMAN. , MOMENTARILY FORGOT. THOUGHT I WAS IN COURT THAT PUSHED, THAT PUSHED UP THE JUDGE TONIGHT. , AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD IN REFERENCE TO THE SURPLUS REVENUE ORDINANCE CHAIR? MR. HARDY, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 DASH OH FIVE SURPLUS DRAFT. HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND PROPERTY MOVE. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION IS CARRIED. THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT IS IN REFERENCE TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 20 25 0 2, UH, APPLICATION FROM THE TRIO LIFE CHURCH. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL CALL OUR PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER AND HAVE PRESENTATION BY STAFF. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UH, BEFORE YOU. TONIGHT IS AN APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE TREE OF LIFE CHURCH. UH, THIS IS, UH, APPLICATION FOR A RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY ON A TWO ACRE SITE. UH, THE MAP ON THE SCREEN HERE SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE SITE WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. IT'S OFF OF WHITE MARSH ROAD, JUST SOUTH OF COLONIAL TRAIL EAST. HERE'S A MAP OF THE CURRENT LAND USE IN THE AREA AROUND THE PARCEL IN QUESTION. UM, THE PARCEL WHERE THE CHURCH WILL BE LOCATED, UH, IS SHOWN IN GREEN HERE. ALL OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA THAT ARE SHOWN IN YELLOW HAVE A PRIMARY USE OF RESIDENTIAL. AND, UM, ALL OF THE PURPLE SYMBOLS ON THE MAP, WHICH ARE REALLY TINY, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE THEM. MM-HMM . UM, UH, ARE HOUSES. THIS MAP SHOWS THE ZONING IN THE AREA. EVERYTHING IN THE SURROUNDING AREA IS ZONED AR UH, ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE SITE. THE SITE DOES NOT CONTAIN OR APPEAR TO CONTAIN ANY RPA FEATURES, BUT IT DOES CONTAIN EXTENSIVE WETLANDS. UH, SO MUCH SO THAT THE PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT WILL REQUIRE A 32 FOOT VARIANCE PRIOR TO THE SUBMITTAL OF A SITE PLAN APPLICATION. UM, AND IT, BECAUSE OF THIS, UH, SITE LAYOUT BEING PUSHED UP ON THE PROPERTY, THE PARKING LOT IS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM THE WHITE MARSH ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. THIS IS A PICTURE, UH, THE PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT, UH, PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. UM, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE ON THE SCREEN, BUT, UH, THE POINT OF MY INCLUSION OF THIS PICTURE IS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF SPECKLED BIT ON THE TOP OF THE PARCEL THERE. ALL OF THAT IS THE WETLANDS THAT ARE IN QUESTION. UM, AND THAT, UH, IS THE CAUSE OF THE SITE BEING PUSHED UP CLOSE TO THE ROAD. THE FOLLOWING, UH, I'M GONNA GO OVER QUICKLY, NOT READ THEM IN FULL, BUT ARE THE DRAFT CONDITIONS FOR THE CHURCH. UM, THE FIRST AREA THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS IN THE DRAFT CONDITIONS WERE THE LANDSCAPING. UM, THERE ARE SOME LANDSCAPING, UH, REQUIREMENTS IN, IN THE ORDINANCE FOR THE, UH, RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USE. UM, BUT WE ADDED A REQUIREMENT FOR A STRIP OF MATURE WOODLAND TO BE RETAINED ON THE EDGES OF THE PARCEL. UM, ADDED A PLANTING STRIP BETWEEN THE PARKING AREA AND THE ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY. UM, AND, UH, PUT SOME SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR A COMBINATION OF TREE SHRUBS AND GROUND COVER, ET CETERA. UM, ALSO AT LEAST ONE DECIDUOUS TREE SHALL BE INSTALLED FOR EVERY 10 PARKING SPACES PROVIDED. [00:35:02] UH, LIGHTING. WE INCLUDED SOME BEST PRACTICES FOR AVOIDING LIGHT POLLUTION AND LIGHT TRESPASS ONTO THE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. UM, LIMITATION ON OCCUPANCY, THE MACU MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF THE CHURCH SHALL BE LIMITED TO 100 PERSONS. UM, THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION THAT THEY PROVIDED IN THE APPLICATION WOULD SEAT 50 PEOPLE. UM, AND FINALLY, THE SURFACE OF THE PARKING AREA, THE PARKING AREAS WILL HAVE A DUST-FREE SURFACE, AND AT MINIMUM, THE ENTRANCE DRIVES WILL BE PAVED. UM, THIS TABLE SHOWS, UH, ALL OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ARE IS SUPPOSED TO, UM, BASICALLY COVER PER THE SURREY COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 1 5 0 2. UM, WE FELT THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, EITHER THROUGH THEIR OWN APPLICATION OR THROUGH THE CONDITIONS MET ALL OF THESE AREAS SUCH AS TRAFFIC CONGESTION. UM, NOISE LIGHTS IS ADDRESSED IN THE, UH, DRAFT CONDITIONS. I JUST READ DUST DRAINAGE. ALL OF THE, UM, THE APPLICANT STATED THAT MOST OF THE SITE WOULD DRAIN TO THE WETLANDS ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. UM, UH, SITE DESIGN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, THE SITE DESIGN WOULD CONFORM TO ALL OF THE SURREY COUNTY ORDINANCES AND WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ZONING PERMIT REVIEW. BUT, UM, THE SUBSTANTIAL WETLANDS ON THE PROPERTY WILL REQUIRE THIS APPLICANT TO ATTAIN A VARIANCE. UM, THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSED BY WHITE MARSH ROAD. UH, AND AGAIN, UM, THERE ARE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USE. UM, BUT THE DRAFT CONDITIONS, UH, WILL, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. FINALLY, ACCORDANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE. THESE ARE ALL THE AREAS WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT THIS APPLICATION NEEDED TO, UM, DEMONSTRATE THAT IT WAS IN LINE WITH, UM, AND THE APPLICA. THE APPLICANT DID PROVIDE, UH, ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED FOR AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. UM, THE RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY IS A BUYRIGHT PERMITTED USE WITHIN THE AR UH, ZONING DISTRICT. UM, SECTION 4 6 0 6 HAS, UH, ADDITIONAL SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USE, UM, WHICH ESTABLISHES THAT THE APPLICANT NEEDED TO SEEK THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT. UM, AND ALSO REQUIRES SOME LANDSCAPING. UM, SECTION 5, 3 0 5, OUR PARKING DESIGN STANDARDS. THE RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USE REQUIRES TWO PARKING SPACES FOR EACH SEAT IN THE BUILDING. UM, AND THE APPLICANT'S CONCEPT PLAN INCLUDES 25 SPACES, WHICH IS TWICE THE REQUIREMENT. UM, FINALLY, AS I MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, UM, THERE'S BUFFER YARD SCREENING AND LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USE. UM, AND OUR DRAFT CONDITIONS INCLUDE EXTRA LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. FINALLY, ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, THE RURAL PRESERVATION AREA, THIS PARCEL IS LOCATED WITHIN THE RURAL PRESERVATION AREA. UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCLUDES SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS AREA, INCLUDING DENSITY, UH, PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND, UM, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BUFFERING IS INCLUDED IN, UM, SITE DESIGN. UH, THIS APPLICANT MET ALL OF THOSE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, STAFF COMMENTS ON THIS APPLICATION. UM, STRENGTHS WE SEE IN THIS APPLICATION ARE THAT IT'S A LOW IMPACT USE THAT CONFORMS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, THE ONLY WEAKNESS IS, UH, THAT THAT SITE DOES CONTAIN THOSE SIGNIFICANT WETLANDS, WHICH IS REQUIRING THE APPLICANT TO SEEK A VARIANCE. HOWEVER, STAFF DOES, UM, RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UM, AND DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER. UH, THEIR ONLY COMMENTS WERE WHETHER THE CHURCH WOULD BE ABLE TO AMEND THE CONDITIONS IN THE FUTURE IF THEY DESIRE TO EXPAND THE CHURCH. UM, AND THE COM COMMISSION VOTED AS FOLLOWS. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, EVERYONE VOTED, UM, TO RECOMMEND [00:40:01] APPROVAL FOR THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, AT THIS TIME, WE DO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM OUR CITIZENS ON THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 25 0 2. THERE'LL BE NO COMMENTS. UH, BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MR. MR. PIERCE? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. I JUST WANNA MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. UH, I DO SIT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I WAS IN, UH, THAT MEETING WHEN, UM, TREE OF LIFE MADE THEIR PRESENTATION THERE. UH, THEY HAD A FEW, EITHER WAY, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT. THEY HAD SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS THREE, UH, CITIZENS THAT GOT UP AND SPOKE AND ALL WERE IN FAVOR OF THIS, UM, OF THIS CHURCH BEING BUILT. EACH OF THEM WERE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. SO I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD. THANK YOU, MR. PIERCE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSIONS THERE? NO OTHER BOARD DISCUSSIONS. WE WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON A CONDITION USE PERMIT 2025 AND, UH, WILL BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD ON THE REQUEST FOR TREE OF LIFE CHAIR. MR. HARDY, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CUP 2025 DASH TWO TREE OF LIFE CHURCH. HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ADDITIONAL USE PERMIT HAS BEEN APPROVED. NEXT ITEM IS, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCEEDS FOR INTERIM FINANCING FOR OUR YMCA PROJECT. WE CALL OUR PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER AND WE WILL HAVE PRESENTATION OF OUR STAFF. STAFF, YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, GOOD. UH, EVENING AGAIN, CHAIRMAN ELLIOT, VICE CHAIRMAN PIERCE, UM, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS TO ALL THAT ASSEMBLED. UM, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, UM, IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ACCEPT THE PROCEEDS FROM THE INTERIM FINANCING FOR THE YMCA PROJECT. UM, AS YOU ARE AWARE, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD DID APPROVE AT IT PREVIOUS MEETING. THE ACTION TONIGHT IS REALLY A FORMALITY BOARD MEMBERS AND TO THE PUBLIC. UM, ANYTIME THAT YOUR BUDGET EXCEEDS 1% OF YOUR ADOPTED BUDGET, IT DOES REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING. UM, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TONIGHT WOULD ADD THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SHORT TERM FINANCING, UM, TO THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 25 26 BUDGET, UH, IN PREPARATION OF, UM, EXPENDING THOSE FUNDS FOR THE YMCA BUILDING PROJECT. THANK YOU MS. ROLLS. UH, AT THIS TIME WE WOULD OPEN, OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF THERE BEING ANY CITIZENS OF SIR THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, YOU CAN ADDRESS THE DAY AND SPEAK TO THE BOARD FOR THREE MINUTES. THERE SEEM TO BE NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UH, THE BOARD TO STAFF IN REGARDS TO THIS REQUEST? IF THERE BE NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND WHAT WILL BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD CHAIR? MR. HARDY? I MAKE A MOTION TO BE APPROVE FY 26 BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCEEDS FOR INTERIM FINANCING YMCA PROJECT. HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING AND SIGN OF AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION IS CARRIED. YES. CHAIRMAN ELLIOT AND BOARD MEMBERS, THERE IS A SECOND ACTION ITEM THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, THIS REQUEST. UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE DUE, UM, AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO THE ACTION TONIGHT THAT WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IS TO APPROPRIATE $93,917 AND ONE TIME RESERVE FUNDS, UM, TO PAY THE, UH, INITIAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE DUE JUNE OF 2026. DO WE HAVE THAT IN THE PACKET? YES, IT IS. IT'S INCLUDED ON THE RESOLUTION. SO THE RESOLUTION INCLUDES TO, UH, ADOPT THE AMENDMENT AND ALSO TO, UM, APPROPRIATE THE $93,917 AND ONE TIME RESERVE FUNDS. WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE AMOUNT AGAIN, MS. RONS 93,917. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU REQUEST FOR YOUR APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS OF $93,917 TOWARDS THE YMC PROJECT WOULD [00:45:01] BE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? UH, MS. ROLLS, WHAT IS THAT? 93? IS THAT THE, THE INTEREST FOR, UH, THE FIRST INTEREST, I'M SORRY? THE FIRST INTEREST PAYMENT ON THE $5 MILLION? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. AND HOW OFTEN IS THAT GONNA BE? IS THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS? UH, NO, SIR. THAT'S A ANNUAL, ANNUAL BASIS. MM-HMM . YEAH, THAT IS INCLUDED. THERE'S A RESOLUTION THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA MATERIAL. UM, IT SAYS, WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SUR COUNTY, VIRGINIA HAS HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AS REQUIRED TO CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT OF $5 MILLION IN INTERIM FINANCING LOAN PROCEEDS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 25 26 BUDGET. NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY AMEND AND APPROPRIATE INTERIM FINANCING PROCEEDS TO THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATE THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT DUE FISCAL YEAR 2026 AS FOLLOWS. AND THERE YOU SHOW YOUR REVENUE AMOUNT, YOUR EXPENDITURE, UM, WHICH IS THE TRANSFER TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND OF $93,917. AND THE FUNDING SOURCE IS ONE TIME, UH, REVENUE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT? IF THERE BE, NOT, WHAT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD CHAIR? MR. HARDY? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE EXPENDITURE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER TO DEBT SERVICE FUND OF NINE $3,917. HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. AND SECOND, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? NO QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTE AND SIGN OF AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU BOARD. UH, AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE [Board Comments] TO OUR BOARD COMMENTS, AND SINCE IT IS HIS BIRTHDAY, WE'RE GONNA CALL ON MR. HARDY FIRST. ALRIGHT. THANK, THANK YOU CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE MUCH, UH, GREAT MEETING. I AGAIN, UH, RECOGNIZING, SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE MY I, GLADYS, I AFFECT, I GLADS. TO ME, EVERYBODY'S MS. HARD, BUT, UM, I, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER MY UNCLE, UNCLE THOMAS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE DEAL WITH ME FOR EACH OTHER. PEAS, PEAS AND CARROTS. UM, UM, HE, HE WOULD SAY ANYTHING. AND, YOU KNOW, I NEVER SEEN HER MAD OR UPSET, BUT, UH, UNCLE THOMAS GET A LITTLE UPSET. HE'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT'S ON HIS MIND AND SHE'LL COME RIGHT BACK AND, UH, AND PAT HER IN THE BACK AND SAY, THAT'S JUST THOMAS BEING THOMAS . SO THEY WERE DEFINITELY MADE WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND, UM, I KNOW HE'S SMILING DOWN, BUT, UM, ONCE AGAIN, CONGRAT, CONGRATULATIONS AUNT GLADSON. AND THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING OUT. UH, COUSINS . I LOVE BE COUSINS. ALRIGHT. ALSO, UM, REAL QUICK AGAIN, UM, CONGRATULATE MR. DREW THERE. UH, CAN'T WAIT. YOU GET UP HERE. MAY HISTORY IN SUR COUNTY AS THE YOUNGEST ELECTED OFFICIAL, I BELIEVE I KNOW FOR SUR, UH, FOR OUR BOARD SUPERVISOR, BUT PROBABLY ALL SUR COUNTY, I'M SURE. SO, UM, WE, I'M SURE YOU DO GREAT THINGS AND, UM, UH, YOU GOT MY PHONE NUMBER OR WHATEVER MEANS, UH, ALWAYS REACH OUT IF YOU NEED TO. UM, NEXT, THIS DON'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT I WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR, OUR, OUR REGISTRAR, UM, MS. CHARNA WHITE. UM, AND SHE WAS HERE EARLIER, BUT I THINK SHE STEPPED OUT, BUT THAT'S FINE. UM, YOU KNOW, SHE DOES A HARD JOB. YOU KNOW, WE, WE WALK IN AND VOTE, YOU KNOW, NO ISSUES. AND A LOT OF WORK GOES BEHIND THE SCENE FOR THAT, THAT TYPE OF STUFF TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, SETTING UP VOLUNTEERS TO POLL WORKERS, TO ORDERING THE PROPER FORMS, THE PROPER PRECINCTS. IT'S A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENE WORK THAT GOES ON. AND I, WE PROBABLY DON'T GIVE HER ENOUGH RECOGNITION. 'CAUSE WE HAVE FREE FAIR ELECTIONS HERE IN SURY COUNTY, UM, SAFE, AND WE CAN'T SAY ANYBODY EVERYWHERE IN THE STATE OR, OR THE COUNTRY. SO, UM, AND SHE'S AN INTEGRAL PART IN THAT. SO THANK HER. VERY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, MS. WHITE, UH, THEY STEPPED OUT, BUT, UM, TREE OF LIFE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES WERE HERE TONIGHT. UM, IT'S A GREAT THING TO ALWAYS, UH, BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, SERVING THE LORD. SO, UM, UH, THEY'LL DO GREAT THINGS. I KNOW. UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, A TEMPORARY SPOT NOW, AND THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR A LONG TIME. I WANNA THANK PLANNING FOR ALL YOUR, UH, DUE DILIGENCE. I KNOW THAT WAS A, A TOUGH SPOT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATE AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS. AND, UM, BUT, UH, GREAT, GREAT WORK WITH THAT. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE RECOGNIZE MISS PER, BUT YOU GUYS ARE TOP NOTCH AS WELL FROM OUR EDA TRIAL PLANNING STAFF AND SECOND TO NONE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND, UM, ASSISTING THOSE GOOD FOLKS THERE IN THE BIGGEST CASTLE DISTRICT, , . AND OH, AND TOMORROW NIGHT, I KNOW EVERYBODY WILL PROBABLY SAY THIS, BUT TOMORROW NIGHT WE ARE HIRING OUR SECOND ANNUAL, UH, VETERANS MEAL, UM, TO, UM, RECOGNIZE OUR VETERANS IN THE COUNTY. SO PLEASE, IF YOU LISTENING ONLINE, PLEASE COME OUT. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO RSS VP, BUT WE, WE DO [00:50:01] VERY BAD WITH THAT. SO HOPEFULLY, UH, UH, WE, WE'LL SERVE TILL THE FOOD RUNS OUT, AND, UM, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WE'LL HAVE A GOOD PARTICIPATION. AGAIN, WE, WE RAN OUT. WE JUST ABOUT RAN OUT LAST YEAR. UH, MATTER OF FACT, I HAD TO GET MY DESSERTS UP. I, I DIDN'T MIND BECAUSE I DIDN'T NEED 'EM. SO I THINK I HAD PUT 'EM BACK ON THE TABLE HERE. Y'ALL HAVE MY DESSERTS, BUT, UM, THAT WAS A GREAT THANKS. SO LOOKING FORWARD, SHE'LL BE NICE TOMORROW. THANKS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A GREAT CROWD OUT THERE. THANKS, CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. HARDY. MR. CALHOUN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. UM, MS. GLADYS HARDY, CONGRATULATIONS. UM, HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY. I KNOW IT'S A COUPLE WEEKS FROM NOW, BUT, UM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. UM, ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. DREW, CONGRATULATIONS OR WELCOME. UM, BE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU SITTING WITH US ON THIS TABLE. UH, NEXT MEETING. UM, MS. PERKINS, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL, WELL DESERVED, UM, RECOGNITION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, YOUR SERVICE TO, UH, THIS COUNTY. AND AGAIN, AS MR. HARDY SAID, COME OUT TOMORROW, THE VETS WE'LL SERVE YOU DINNER. I'LL BE THERE. AND I'D LIKE TO, LIKE TO SHAKE EVERYONE'S HAND AND THANK THEM PERSONALLY FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY AND TO THIS COUNTY. UM, WE APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU ALL FOR IN ATTENDANCE AND THOSE, UH, LISTENING ON, UM, ON THE SITE. AND I WISH EVERYBODY A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CAHO. MR. PIERCE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AS ALWAYS, I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR TUNING IN. UH, JUST WANT TO TAKE DITTO TO, UM, BOTH MR. HARDY AND MR. CALHOUN. AS FAR AS CONGRA, CONGRATULATIONS GOES TO, UH, MR. DREW. UH, CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG MAN. UH, MISS LODA PERKINS. CONGRATULATIONS. WELL, JOB WELL DONE. AND ALSO TO A HUGE, UH, CONGRATS AND AN HONOR TO MISS GLADYS HARDY. THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST THAT, UH, TO MAKE SIR KE, LIKE YOU SAID, SPECIAL, UH, AS IT IS. SO, SO, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT, YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTERS AS WELL. UM, I'M NOT GONNA, UH, BE UP HERE TOO LONG. I JUST WANNA BRING SOMETHING TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. I UNDERSTAND EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY AS FAR AS, UH, THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT, UH, IS AFFECTING A LOT OF OUR FEDERAL WORKERS AND, AND ALL OF THAT. AND, AND, UM, DOING MY RESEARCH PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND I REALIZED THAT, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE GOVERNMENT IS SHUT DOWN, IT'S FUNNY HOW A LOT OF THE, UH, CITIZENS ARE BEING AFFECTED, BUT YET, UH, SENATORS IN CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT, EVERYONE'S STILL GETTING PAID, BUT YET WE ARE REALLY SUFFERING. SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET, UH, LIKE I TELL MY STUDENT, GET LOST IN THE SAUCE. DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THE, THE POLITICAL THINGS. WE'RE DIVIDING OUR COMMUNITY. UH, HERE WE HAVE A GREAT BOARD. AND, UH, AS MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE THE BEST, UH, ATTORNEY HERE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA WORKING FOR US, NOT NOT MENTIONED A GREAT EDA DEPARTMENT, GREAT PLANNING DEPARTMENT, GREAT ADMINIS COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, ALL, ALL GREAT THINGS HERE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, SARAH CU CAN PREVAIL EVEN THROUGH THESE HARD TIMES. LISTEN TO MS. HARDY'S STORY AND HER RESOLUTION, JUST A, IS A TRUE TESTAMENT THAT, AND REALLY INSPIRED ME TODAY, THIS, THIS EVENING, LISTENING TO THAT ON HOW, YOU KNOW, THE WORK STILL HAS TO BE DONE. UM, EVEN THOUGH WHAT'S GOING ON IN DC WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE, UH, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT REALLY CAN'T DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO GO, WHETHER GO LEFT OR RIGHT, NO PUN INTENDED. BUT THE, THE POINT OF THE MATTER IS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY BEING AFFECTED ARE, ARE THE CITIZENS, THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY, UH, WORK, UH, THE TSA WORKERS, THE, UH, THE, UH, FEDERAL EMPLOYEES THAT STILL HAVE TO SERVE THE FOOD IN THE DINING HALLS THAT THE, THAT THE, THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES GET TO EAT FROM, STILL HAVE TO GO UP TO SHOW UP TO WORK, REALIZING THAT THEY WON'T GET PAID OR MAYBE FURLOUGHED. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT, UH, THAT'S HERE, UH, THAT, THAT DO, THAT DOES THEIR PART IN MAKING S COUNTY SPECIAL. AND I SEE WE HAVE MR. PHELPS HERE TONIGHT, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND WHAT YOU DONE DO FOR OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EVACUATION PLANS, HAVE THE BEST TOP-NOTCH EQUIPMENT. SO THAT WAY, WHATEVER FUTURE, UH, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE ANY DISASTERS. BUT WHETHER, UH, LIKE I TELL MY STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, PROPER PREPARATION PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE. AND I THINK THAT WE ARE DOING GREAT THINGS HERE IN SARA COUNTY TO PREPARE, NOT FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR FUTURES TO COME. SO I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, UH, THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO TUNING IN. AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE THAT'S DESERVING OF THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND, UM, SAFE TRIAL WAS HOME TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. PIERCE. THE BOARD SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE SAID. THEY COVERED EVERYTHING. AND, AND, UH, BUT I WILL REITERATE ONE THING THAT MS. HARDY STATED. SHE STATED THAT, SIR, IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING SPECIAL. AND IT IS, I TELL EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE I GO, THAT SIR IS THE BEST COUNTY IN THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE. PEOPLE LIKE MS. HARDY THAT HAVE SERVED IN THE PAST, THAT HAS PASSED ON THE BATON TO US TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. AND I, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I WAS SITTING HERE, LOOK, LOOKING AT MS. HARDY, AND I WAS TELLING MS. MS. ROLLINS, UH, SHE LOOKS LIKE MY MAMA . AND WHEN I LOOK, I LOOKED AT HER, SHE, SHE LOOKS LIKE MY MOTHER. [00:55:01] AND IT'S JUST SO GOOD TO SEE HER AND DOING SO WELL HERE TONIGHT. SO I, I JUST APPLAUD YOU, TIP MY HAT TO YOU. CONTINUE TO ALLOW GOD TO DO GREAT THINGS TO AND THROUGH YOU. UH, AGAIN, IT'S THE GREAT PEOPLE OF SURY COUNTY. WE, UH, WE CALL MR. PHELPS, BUT I WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR COMMISSIONER REVENUE BACK THERE, MR. JENKINS. HE'S HERE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A SPECIAL COUNTY. YOU KNOW, WHILE, WHILE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, DISENGAGEMENT AND BICKERING AND FIGHTING IN THE REST OF THE WORLD, THE PEOPLE IN SARA COUNTY, WE MAY HAVE SOME CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S RACIAL, IT'S NOT RACIAL. WE JUST SAID CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. WE LOVE EVERYBODY HERE IN THE COUNTY. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I SERVE. I SERVE FOR THE CITIZENS OF S COUNTY AND FOR THE FUTURE OF SER COUNTY. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF CAMERON DREW THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY. SO WE CONTINUE TO MAKE IT THE BEST COUNTY IN THE COMMONWEALTH, VIRGINIA. AGAIN, THE VETERANS WILL BE HERE AT THE PAVILION ON TOMORROW NIGHT. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THEM ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. AT FOUR O'CLOCK. WE WILL BE THERE AT FOUR O'CLOCK. THERE IS A PROGRAM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TOMORROW, THE VETERANS PROGRAM, UH, THE LUNCHEON THAT THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR VETS AND JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING THE SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT MAKE SURY COUNTY WHAT IT IS. HAVING SAID THAT, THAT CLOSE THE BOARD COMMENTS. AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE [County Administrators Report] OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT THAT'S GONNA BE COMING FROM, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. YES. YES. SO, WHILE THIS, UH, CHAPLAIN IS COMING UP TO GET READY FOR HER REPORT, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO WE HAVE TWO VETERANS THAT SERVE ON OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE MR. WALTER HARDY AND MR. UH, ROBERT ELLIOT JUNIOR, OUR CHAIRMAN FOR, UM, VETERAN SERVICE. AND WE DID PRESENT YOU ALL WITH YOUR, YOUR PEN AND YOUR LITTLE KEY CHAIN. SO HAPPY VETERANS DAY EARLY TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO SERVE. THANK YOU. AND ALSO, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING, UM, MR. JENKINS. I, I DID NOT, UH, ADD EARLIER IN THE COMMENTS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, THE QUESTION WAS RAISED OR, OR THE COMMENT REGARDING, UM, THE NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED FOR THE, UH, REBATE. SO THE COUNTY WILL BE WORKING WITH MR. JENKINS. I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HE'D MADE ALREADY IN TERMS OF HELPING THE BOARD, UM, MAKE THE POLICY DECISIONS THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH HOW THAT REBATE IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITIZENS. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE TREASURER, MS. O' RUFFIN AS WELL. UM, IN TERMS OF YOUR COMMENTS, UM, MR. PIERCE, UM, AS FAR AS, UH, MR. FELTS WHO IS HERE AND HAS BEEN WORKING, UH, I DID, I DID RECEIVE A NOTICE FROM HIM TODAY, UM, THAT THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP THAT HE HAS WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, HE WAS ABLE TO SECURE 100 CARTS FOR OUR EMERGENCY EVACUATION CENTER. AND THAT IS A, A VALUE THAT COULD BE BETWEEN SEVEN TO $10,000. SO AGAIN, HELPING TO SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY FROM NOT HAVING TO BUY THOSE NEEDS. SO, UM, WE DID HAVE, UH, ON SCHEDULE FOR THE, UH, DANN, UH, PUMPER, UM, TO BE OUT ON DISPLAY THIS EVENING. BUT, UM, DUE TO NOT HAVING A DRIVER AVAILABLE, UH, WE WERE ARRANGED FOR ANOTHER TIME TO HAVE THAT. UM, SO THE CITIZENS CAN SEE, UM, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, BY HAVING THAT APPARATUS AVAILABLE TO SERVE, UM, THE CITIZENS OF CRE. BRING IT OUT TOMORROW NIGHT IF IT AT THE VETERANS DINNER. . OKAY. AND I, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT REMEMBERING YOUR LAST NAME RIGHT OFF, BUT, UH, YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB, UM, MS. HALEY WITH YOUR, UM, WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. I SAW MR. WADE BACK THERE JUST, JUST AS PROUD GIVING YOU KUDOS, UM, FOR, UH, STANDING UP AND DOING THE PRESENTATION THAT HE NORMALLY DOES. SO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL. THAT CONCLUDES, CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. MS. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW ALL THIS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. SO, , NO, I, UH, APPRECIATE IT, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, AND, UH, MEMBERS OF A BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION AS WELL. I WANNA JUST GIVE YOU A FEW, UH, HIGHLIGHTS OF, OF SOME THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND OF COURSE THIS IS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR WONDERFUL PLANNING STAFF. UH, WE ARE WORKING ON, UH, ESSENTIAL DATA SET SETS THAT WE'RE UPDATING LAND USE MAPS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON WORKING WITH OUR ADDITIONAL PARTNERS ON THAT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE MODERN MODERNIZATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH IS IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE WATER AND SEWER THAT'S IN THE GROUND. I THINK TYPICALLY IN SOME OF THE TOWNS, THE WAY THAT THEY ARE STILL FINDING IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A STICK OR PIPE THAT YOU CAN STICK IN THE GROUND AND IDENTIFY THIS. SO WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN PUT, PULL TOGETHER FROM MANY OF OUR PARTNERS, ENGINEERING FIRMS, ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE THAT CAN BE DIGITIZED. WE HAVE A EXPERT ON STAFF NOW HERE IN PLANNING THAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING ON SOME OF THAT. SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM PLANNING 'CAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. UH, WE ALSO WORKING, UH, WITH THE, UH, VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP [01:00:01] TO PUT TOGETHER SOME VISITS AND COLLABORATION WITH THEM AND BASICALLY TRYING TO CONNECT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH STATE LEVEL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, INCENTIVES AND OFFERING SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS EXPANSION. 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS THAT'S COME OUT OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR INDUSTRIES AND COMPANIES ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS OUT THERE. UM, THE OTHER THING IS WE ARE WORKING TO HELP OUR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. WE SUPPORT THE COUNTY, UH, THE LONGWOOD SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, MR. VANDY JONES IS, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THAT. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM SOME TO FIGURE OUT WHICH, UH, BUSINESSES HE HAS NOT MET WITH OVER THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS TO JUST UPDATE THEM ON SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES. THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S OUT THERE. UH, I GUESS ON ANOTHER NOTE, UH, WITH THE, UH, TOURISM, UH, THE VA TWO 50, YOU KNOW, THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IS COMING UP, UH, NEXT YEAR, 2026. AND, UH, THROUGH THIS BOARD, UH, SUPERVISORS, YOU DID PASS AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THAT AND SUPPORTING THAT AND TRYING TO, TO HONOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND OUR HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS BY PARTNERING WITH THEM. SO WE ARE ENGAGING TO SEE EXACTLY, UH, HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON THAT. I'LL HAVE MORE COMING UP, UH, PROBABLY AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING COMING UP REGARDING THAT. UM, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN, UH, UNDERGOING A SCENIC TOUR PROMOTION. MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN SOME THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'RE CREATING, UH, JUST SOME VIBRANT TAPESTRIES OF THE RED, YELLOW, AND GOLD FOLIAGE. AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED HOW PRETTY IT'S BEEN THIS YEAR. THE RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD HAS REALLY BLESSED US WITH THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS THAT WE'VE SEEN. I KNOW THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT'S BEEN SO DRY THAT IS A LITTLE DRAB, BUT THIS YEAR IT HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL AND IT HAS BEEN IN, UH, FULL COLOR OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS HERE IN THE COUNTY. UM, , THE OTHER THING, AND I'M SURE MOST OF YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE DO THIS, BUT WE HAVE A BROCHURE AND DISTRIBUTION AND REGIONAL INTEREST PROGRAM. AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR BROCHURES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN ALL OF THE VISITATION CENTERS. UH, IN MOST PARTS OF THE STATE, WE HAVE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE, UH, WE ACTUALLY ARE, UM, IN THE TOP TWO OR THREE REQUESTED FOR SURREY COUNTY. IN FACT, I FOUND OUT RECENTLY THAT IN THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA, WE ARE ONLY, UH, NUMBER TWO TO YORKTOWN AS FAR AS REQUESTING FOR OUR BROCHURE. IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL MAP INSIDE AND IT ALSO LAYS OUT THE DIFFERENT ASSETS. SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SURREY COUNTY, YOU COME ACROSS THE WATER, IT MAKES IT VERY EASY TO NAVIGATE. AND IT ALSO HAS ALL OF THEIR WEBSITES, SCAN CODES AND EVERYTHING SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND VISIT AND TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT. UM, WE HAVE A STATEWIDE TOURISM EVENT COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE ROLLING OUT THE VA TWO 50 CELEBRATION. AND, UH, SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITIES TO PARTNER IN THAT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SHOWCASING THEIR OFFERING OFFERINGS THERE OVER, UH, A TWO DAY, UH, SET OF MEETINGS WITH A LOT OF THE HERITAGE AND HISTORICAL PARTNERS THAT WILL BE PRESENT AT THAT EVENT. UM, IN ADDITION, WE ARE GOING TO, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU REMEMBER THE COMMERCIALS THAT WE DID OVER THE SUMMER, AND WE ARE ROLLING OUT A NEW HOLIDAY COMMERCIAL THAT WILL BE COMING OUT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. UH, THIS IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, FESTIVITIES HOSTED BY OUR SURREY COUNTY FARMS HISTORICAL VENUES, LOCAL BUSINESSES. IT'LL ALSO INCLUDE SOME PRETTY ELEGANT, I THINK, SEASONAL MENU ITEMS. IT'S A VERY SHORT COMMERCIAL, BUT IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA GO FAST. UH, THE HOLIDAY COMMERCIAL IS GONNA BE AIRED, UH, IN, UH, LATE NOVEMBER, UH, ON AND NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AND PART OF JANUARY. AND IT'S GONNA BE SEEN ON NBC CW BOUNCE AND ME TV. SO IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR PLACEMENTS, UH, THERE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK IN US ON THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, MOTOWN, CHRISTMAS, AND, UH, SOME OTHER VERY EXCITING CHANNELS THAT I THINK THAT WE'LL BE ON. SO, UH, LOOK FOR US AGAIN, YOU'LL BE SEEING SURREY COUNTY ALL OVER TELEVISION AND PEOPLE CAN SEE WHY SURREY COUNTY IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DECEMBER 6TH. CHECK ME ON THAT. IS THAT A FRIDAY ? I MEANT TO LOOK AND I'M, I'M HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS WAS ALL RIGHT. BUT WE ARE GONNA HAVE OUR HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS LIGHTING FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THAT WILL BE FIFTH. I KNEW I HAD IT WRONG FOR SOME REASON. OKAY. THE FIFTH. I KEEP WANTING SAY THE SIXTH FOR SOME REASON, BUT WE ARE GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST THERE FOR [01:05:01] THE KIDS. I KNOW NO ONE CAN IMAGINE WHO THAT WILL BE, BUT SOME, SOME NICE HOLIDAY SNACKS. UH, LOTS OF FRIENDLY FACES, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A LOVELY EVENT. I'VE BEEN PART OF THAT THE LAST TWO YEARS. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. A LOT OF FUN. SO THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE COMMERCIAL AS WELL. GOOD. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CHAPPA. BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL, WE HAVE IN OUR PACKET, OUR REPORTS MORE. MR. WADE. MR. WADE. OKAY. READY TO GO? COME ON MR. WAY. I'M READY. I'M READY. I'M READY. YOU GOTTA LOOK AT THAT ONE. ONE MORE TIME. . SO WE JUST WANNA DO A, A LITTLE BIT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY PLANNING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, UM, FOR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. UM, WE HAS, WE'VE GOT OVER, UH, YOU ALL ARE VERY MUCH FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF LOWER OUR LARGE PROJECTS, UM, FOR SOLAR, UM, AND OTHER PROJECTS WITH DOMINION. UM, THEY, THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROJECTS AND MANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE DOING ON SITE, BUT ALSO DOING PROJECTS, LINEAR PROJECTS DOWN WITH USING HRSD TO CONNECT, CONNECT THEIR, UM, PROJECT THEIR WASTEWATER DOWN TO, UM, THE N THE MENT, UH, MENT PLANT FOR SEWAGE. UM, WE ALSO, UH, CONSISTENTLY GET SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT. UM, I THINK AT THIS TIME WE'VE JUST, SO FAR, WE'VE, UM, I THINK WE'RE HITTING AROUND 22 FOR, FOR THE YEAR AT THIS POINT. AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A, A TURN TO GET LARGER SUBDIVISIONS TOO. SO, UM, AND THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TAKEN ON RECENTLY. UM, THAT, UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON, UH, FOR SURRY. UH, WE CONSTANTLY HAVE ZONING PERMITS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEW RESIDENTIAL, NEW RESIDENTIAL BILLS, UM, OTHER COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, DIFFERENT SITES ALL OVER. THIS IS A MAP OF WHERE SOME OF THESE LARGE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED. UM, IF YOU SEE WHERE, UM, THE, THE, THE OVER TO THE RIGHT AROUND HOG ISLAND, UM, MANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH FOR THE NUCLEAR PLANT IS LOCATED. THERE'S SEVERAL PROJECTS. THERE'S ONGOING PROJECTS AS, AS, AS SOON AS THEY FINISH ONE PROJECT, THEY START ANOTHER PROJECT. UM, WW WILL BE GOING FOR A WHILE. UM, THE PROJECT ALONG, UH, THAT YOU SEE ALONG THE TRANSMISSION LINE THERE, THIS COMING, UH, DOWN, ALMOST DOWN HALL GALLON THAT IS A, A LINEAR PROJECT. THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING ON TRANSMISSION LINE WITH FOR SEWAGE WITH HRSD. UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBABLY SOON TO BE FINISHED CONSTRUCTION, PROBABLY IN FEBRUARY. AND LOOKING TO GO RIGHT AFTER THAT. CAVALIER, I KNOW MANY OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CAVALIER. HOW, HOW FAR ARE WE FROM FINISH THAT, FINISH FINISHING THAT PROJECT UP. THEY'LL BE FINISHED IN IN SUMMER OF 2026. UM, SO WE'RE, LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UM, THEY HAVE REPAVED BEACHLAND ROAD FROM WHITE MARSH TO JONES ROAD. UM, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW COORDINATING WITH VD ON THE EXPOSED CULVERT, UM, AND ROAD AT THE EDGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHITE MARSH AND BEACHLAND ROAD. SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT PIECE THERE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING DONE WITH THAT PROJECT, UH, SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. UH, WE STILL IS INTERESTING ENOUGH THAT THIS PROJECT'S ALMOST DONE IN 2026, BUT THERE'S STILL BEEN WORK DONE ON THE, UM, COLONIAL TRAIL AND SPRING GROVE ONE PROJECTS. UM, THERE'S SOON TO BE COMPLETE THOSE SITES WITH HAVING EVERYTHING STABILIZED AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT, UM, CULVERT CREEKS OVER THERE. UM, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE SEEK ONGOING NOW WHEN WE SEE TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT ON ROUTE 10, THAT IS SPRING, SPRING GROWTH TWO. UM, THEY'RE AT THIS POINT, THEIR, THEIR PROJECT'S JUST GETTING STARTED. UM, THEY'RE ABOUT 20% COMPLETE WITH THEIR ELECTRICAL WORK, UM, AND ABOUT 60%, UH, COMPLETE WITH THEIR, UM, THEIR STABILIZATION OF THEIR SITE. SO THEY, THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE WAYS TO GO. THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A COMPLETION DATE GIVEN TO US AT THIS POINT. SO WE GOT A WAY, WE GOT A WAYS TO GO WORKING WITH THEM. UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP IT POSTED ON HOW, HOW, HOW FAR WE ARE WITH THAT AND WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE, UH, END DATE IN SITE ON THAT SITE. AND IF A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS, THEY, THEY, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHEN THOSE END DATES ARE. UM, JUST, UM, A LOT OF TIMES YOU SEE SOME TRAFFIC SLOWING DOWN. UH, WE WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CLEAN THE ROADS UP AFTER THEY AF WITH THE DIRT, UM, ON THE ROAD AND, AND CLEAR THE DUST. SO SOMETIMES YOU MAY [01:10:01] NOTICE AT CERTAIN TIMES IN THE, IN THE EVENING OR IN THE MORNINGS, UM, THEY ARE CLEANING THE ROADS UP. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WORK WITH THEM. THEY, THEY WERE, THEY, THEY HURT US AND THEY, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THAT. UM, LET'S SEE. SO THERE, THERE'S SOME COMMUNITY DE, UH, DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE BOARD, UM, THERE, AND OUR, OUR OFFICE. THERE'S A LOT OF INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE, ARE, ARE BUSY WORKING ON THESE THINGS. WE HAVE A CONSULTANT SUMMIT THAT IS WORKING WITH US ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. UM, MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE OF OUR SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT THIS POINT. UM, BUT THIS PAST MONDAY WE HAD OUR, UM, A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, UM, TO LET PEOPLE SEE THE ACTUAL PLAN AND GET A CHANCE TO A FIRST GLANCE AT THE, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP UPDATES, UM, PROVIDE COMMENT AND THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UM, FOR COMMENT UNTIL DECEMBER THE FIRST. AND AT THAT TIME, WE'LL, WE WILL COMPILE THOSE COMMENTS, UM, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN WORK ON FROM STAFF PERSPECTIVE AND BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION. THE, THE, UM, THE, BASED ON THE DRAFT SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE, THE PLAN IS TO BRING IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IN FEBRUARY AND TO THE BOARD SUPERVISORS EITHER EARLY MARCH OR EARLY APRIL FOR, FOR A FINAL VOTE WITH THE BOARD SUPERVISORS. UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE UPDATE. UM, THAT IS A, A, A HUGE TASK, UH, OR UNDERTAKING BY, BY OUR OFFICE AS WELL AS, UH, MS. PERKINS OFFICE. UM, THERE'S SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF CHANGES THERE. UM, 'CAUSE THE CODE OF VIRGINIA HAS CHANGED IN JULY. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN PIECES OF OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE ARE NO LONGER LEGAL AT THIS POINT. UM, UH, I THINK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ANY LOTS STOOD OR SIX OR MORE BASICALLY HAD APPROVAL FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS TAKEN OUTTA, OUTTA THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S HANDS. UM, SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CODE NOW AND I THINK WE, WE'VE HAD OUR SUB, UH, SUBDIVISION, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES. WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH A COUPLE OF OF POINTS. I THINK SOME THINGS THAT WE BRING BEFORE THE, THE MAJOR PART OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS MAYBE LOOKING AT LOT SIZES AND LOOKING AT HOW WE REWRITE THE CODE FOR FA DIVISIONS. UM, AND, AND MAYBE INTRODUCING, UM, SOME LANGUAGE FOR MAYBE ANOTHER, ANOTHER, UH, ZONING DISTRICT. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE INCREASING THE LOT SIZES IN THE AR DISTRICTS, UM, AND POSSIBLY INTRODUCING ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT WILL ALLOW SOME OF THE, THE SMALLER LOT SIZES SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN SEE WHAT SUR COULD HAVE THE UNIQUE DESIGNS THAT THEY, THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE. AND, AND, UM, IF, IF THEY WERE, ONCE YOU HAVE SOME OF THE SMALLER LOTS, WE CAN DO THAT. BUT ALSO, UM, GIVE FOLKS WHO DO OWN PROPERTY IN SURY COUNTY. IF WE DO INCREASE THAT MINIMUM LOT SIZE TO SOMETHING LIKE LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, 10 ACRES, THEN YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD ALLOW FAMILY DIVISIONS TO HAVE, UH, THOSE SMALLER ACREAGE SIZES. SO WE, WE WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY USING THE FAMILY DI FAMILY DIVISION ORDINANCE. THE WAY IS THE CODE THE VIRGINIA CODE WAS SET OUT TO, UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WORKING ON MASTER WATER PLANS WITH OUR ENGINEERS, BOWMAN, UH, AS WELL AS WELL AS STANTEC, UM, WITH THE, UH, OUR REGIONAL WATER, REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY WITH, UM, A COUPLE OTHER LOCALITIES, UH, FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON, UM, AND SUSSEX. SUSSEX AND SUSSEX. SO WE'RE WORK WORKING ON THEM WITH SOME, SOME, UH, FEATURE WATER PLAN UPDATES AS, AS WE GET MORE INTO THAT, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. WE DO HAVE A DRAFT MASTER WATER PLAN, UM, FOR I GUESS THE AREA THAT'S, UM, JUST OUTSIDE THE TOWN TO THE SCHOOL. SO AT SOME POINT WE WILL, WE WILL BRING, BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU ALL, UM, TO, TO, TO SEE. UM, AND THEN ANOTHER, ANOTHER THING, LAST THING HERE. WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, CITIZENS HERE ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION AREA PUMP OUT PROGRAM. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE IS REQUIRING, REQUIRES THE COUNTY TO DO EVERY FIVE, EVERY RESIDENCE REQUIRED TO PUMP THEIR SYSTEM OUT OR HAVE IT INSPECTED EVERY FIVE YEARS. THAT IF YOU'RE IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION AREA, UM, THESE ARE, WE, WE HAVE DIVIDED THE COUNTY, THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WITH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION AREA. AND THESE ARE THE CODES. THE, UM, THE AREAS HERE ON THE MAP HERE, THE ORANGE AREA HERE, UM, IS OUR AREA ONE, AREA TWO IS THE PINK AREA IN THE, IN THE THIRD AREA IS THE, IS THE GREEN AREA. RIGHT NOW, OUR PROJECT ISN'T IN THE, UH, SECOND AREA OF THE PINK AREA RIGHT NOW. UH, WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUT, UM, UH, LETTERS OUT TO RESIDENTS AT THIS POINT. I, I KNOW I SAW YOUR NAME IN, IN ONE OF THE AREAS, MISS , MR. CALHOUN. SO THE, THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA ARE NOW GETTING NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THAT PUMP OUT PROGRAM. UM, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE LOVE TO HAVE TO DO, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THE STATE REQUIRES US TO DO. SO WE DO WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS THERE, AND I THINK SOME, SOME OF THE THINGS ARE HER, AND JUST LETTING YOU ALL KNOW THIS AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE SOME [01:15:01] RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ASKED US, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE MY SEP SEPTIC TANK PUMPED OUT BECAUSE OF MY INCOME IS BELOW A CERTAIN LEVEL. SO AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY THE STATE DID HAVE PROGRAMS THAT FOR GRANTS, UM, THAT WE COULD, THAT THEY COULD APPLY FOR. AND WE HAVE LED THEM TO THOSE PROGRAMS WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HAD THOSE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANYTHING RECENTLY, BUT THESE RESIDENTS MAY BE ASKING FOR THE BOARD TO, FOR IF, IF, IF THERE'S ANY ASSISTANCE. IF THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE THAT, WE WILL INQUIRE THE STATE FIRST BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH. UM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE CONSTANT. WE ARE WORKING ON OUR, UH, UPDATING OUR COUNTY GIS SYSTEM. UM, OUR, OUR TEAM AS WELL AS, UH, MR. JUDKINS OFFICE, THE COMMISSION REVENUES OFFICE KIND, UH, CONSISTENTLY WORK WITH, UM, OUR GIS CONSULTANTS, UM, CIVIC VANGUARD TONIGHT. WE DO HAVE MR. JAMIE CHRISTENSEN, AND HE CAN, HE CAN KINDA SHOW US WHAT THE NEW SITE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED BY IT. OUR STAFF HAS TROTTED OUT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW IT WORKS. AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE IT WORK. BUT HE, HE, HE'S OUT HERE TO DEMONSTRATE TONIGHT OF HOW IT WORKS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. LET'S SEE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. WADE. SO, UH, MY NAME'S JAMIE CHRISTENSEN. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF CIVIC VANGUARD AND I'VE WORKED WITH, UH, MANY OF YOU HERE, MRS. ROLLINS FOR MANY YEARS. AND MR. JUDKINS AND THIS, THE GREAT STAFF IN THE PLANNING OFFICE AND JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, UM, OUTTA HENRICO, VIRGINIA. MY FIRM WORKS WITH ABOUT THREE DOZEN LOCALITIES IN VIRGINIA, PROVIDING GIS SOFTWARE AND SERVICES. AND AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COUNTY, WE ARE WORKING ON AN UPGRADE TO THE WEB MAPPING APPLICATION FOR THE COUNTY. THIS IS PART OF OUR SERVICE. THIS IS NO ADDITIONAL COST, UM, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE A REALLY GREAT NEW TOOL. WE TODAY WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE IT FOR THE BOARD. WE MADE A LINK AVAILABLE ON THE OLD WEBSITE THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE, UM, FOR FOLKS TO GO TO THIS NEW WEBSITE. AND, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M, I'M TERRIFIED TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M DOING A LIVE DEMONSTRATION . UM, SO FORGIVE ME IF THINGS GO HORRIBLY WRONG, BUT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU CAN DO HERE IS WE'VE GOT A LITTLE GPS BUTTON AND WE'LL SEE IF IT WILL WORK ON THIS COMPUTER OR NOT. UM, BUT IF YOU'RE ON YOUR PHONE, IT WILL ABSOLUTELY WORK BECAUSE YOUR PHONE HAS GPS ON IT. AND THIS WILL GIVE YOU A LOCATION AND I'LL SAY, ALLOW HERE, AND THIS SHOULD ME, ZOOM ME RIGHT TO WHERE WE'RE LOCATED. SO THIS BRINGS US RIGHT TO, TO THE LOCATION HERE IN THE BOARDROOM. AND IF YOU'RE ON YOUR PHONE, THIS WOULD TAKE YOU RIGHT TO YOUR PROPERTY AND YOU COULD FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. UM, THE IDEA HERE IS THAT YOU CAN ALSO JUST GO RIGHT HERE AND TYPE IN INFORMATION. IF I'M A, YOU KNOW, A LANDOWNER AND I KNOW MY ADDRESS OR MY NAME OR MY TAX MET NUMBER, IT'S ONE SEARCH BOX JUST LIKE GOOGLE, WHERE YOU CAN GO IN. AND OF COURSE THE BOARD IS, UH, A LANDOWNER HERE IN THE COUNTY. AND SO I DID 45 SCHOOL STREET, WHICH IS THE LOCATION WE'RE AT HERE. WE'LL ZOOM TO THAT PROPERTY, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT IT THERE ON THE MAP. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, IT WILL POP UP THE PROPERTY INFORMATION HERE. UM, EVENTUALLY, THERE WE GO. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT BRINGS UP THE, THE, THE DATA. WE'VE NOW, ONE OF THE ENHANCEMENTS WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IS WORKING WITH MR. JUDKINS OFFICE. WE HAVE LINKED DIRECTLY TO THE ASSESSMENT INFORMATION. SO THERE'S A LINK THAT TAKES YOU TO THE FULL ASSESSMENT OF THAT PROPERTY. SO HERE'S ALL THE DATA ABOUT THE PROPERTY. SO THEY'RE LINKED TOGETHER NOW. SO YOU HAVE ONE SYSTEM TO, TO GO TO. UM, AND THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. OKAY, LEMME SEE WHAT I'M DOING HERE. UM, I CAN CREATE A PRINTOUT OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND JUST THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT. FOR INSTANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A GREAT TOOL FOR FOLKS WHO ARE DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO WE HAVE AN ADVANCED SEARCH CAPABILITY. SO THIS GIVES ME A LITTLE PDF REPORT. SO LET'S SAY I WAS DOING SITE SELECTION AND LOOKING TO BRING IN SOME DEVELOPMENT TO THE COUNTY IN A, IN A POSITIVE WAY FOR, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE, WE GO, THERE'S MY PROPERTY CARD WHO ARE LOOKING TO DO, UH, SOME DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY. THERE WE GO. UM, SO LET'S SAY FOR INSTANCE, I WANTED TO FIND ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE ZONED M1 OR M TWO. SO I CAN JUST SELECT M TWO. AND THIS WILL THEN SELECT ALL THE PROPERTIES FOR ME IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE ZONED INTO. AND I COULD SAY, LET ME FIND THE ONES THAT ARE BETWEEN A HUNDRED AND 150 ACRES, AND THIS WILL FIND ALL THE PROPERTIES. AND LO AND BEHOLD, THERE'S ONE [01:20:01] PROPERTY THAT'S BETWEEN A HUNDRED AND 150 ACRES. I CAN GET THAT AS A RESULT HERE. AND THAT'S OWNED BY THE SURREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND THIS IS A GREAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY, OBVIOUSLY HERE IN THE COUNTY. SO IF YOU'RE DOING SITE SELECTION, THIS WOULD GIVE FOLKS THE ABILITY TO DO, YOU KNOW, SOME QUERYING ON THE DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM AND FIND OUT MORE, JUST SHOW A COUPLE TOOLS AND THEN OPEN UP ANY QUESTIONS. WE'VE GOT THE MOST RECENT ARROW PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNTY. THIS IS FROM 2025, MARCH OF 2025, BUT YOU CAN'T GO IN AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT PREVIOUS ERA PHOTOGRAPHY. SO I COULD LOOK AT, SAY, 2021, HOW DID THE PROPERTY LOOK THERE? UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT TOOLS FOR FOLKS TO DO AGAIN, UH, WORK ON A SITE LEVEL. SO WE HAVE A TOOL THAT'S CALLED A PROFILE TOOL. SO I'LL MAKE MY LITTLE SCREEN A LITTLE BIT BIGGER HERE. AND THIS, AGAIN, IF I'M DOING SITE SELECTION WORK OR DEVELOPMENT WORK OR JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MY PROPERTY, THIS GIVES ME THE ABILITY TO DRAW A LINE ON THE MAP STARTING AT ONE OF THE PROPERTY. AND I CAN JUST DRAW LITTLE SEGMENTS HERE, AND IT WILL ACTUALLY GO OUT TO THE STATEWIDE ELEVATION DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE, AND IT WILL CREATE A PROFILE FOR ME OF ALL THE DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ELEVATION PROFILE. YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE FEET GOING THERE. AND THIS GIVES ME THE ABILITY TO LOOK IN 3D TO SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON THE PROPERTY. SO IF I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE TERRAIN ON THE PROPERTY, THIS GIVES ME THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT WITH THE MAP. AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE GOT LOTS AND LOTS OF DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE. SO WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN WITH CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS? SO FOR INSTANCE, I'VE GOT DATA, LIKE WETLANDS DATA, YOU CAN SEE THIS WILL POP UP HERE ON THE MAP, AND I CAN BRING UP OTHER INFORMATION LIKE ZONING AND SURGE ZONES FOR POTENTIAL HURRICANES, FLOODPLAINS, ALL THIS DATA IS NOW AVAILABLE. AND WITH THIS NEW MODERN WEBSITE, WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND WORKING WITH THE STAFF HERE, BRINGING IN THE, THE, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ADDITIONAL DATA LAYERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SHOW YOU ALL SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON. UM, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AS ALWAYS, AND COMING DOWN FROM HENRY RIKO TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEND WITH Y'ALL. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME TOOL THAT WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO OUR CITIZENS ON OUR WEBSITE. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THIS THAT HAS GOING FORTH TO MAKE THIS COME TO PASS OUR BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK COMMENT, MR. CHAIR. UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT, UH, DOWN LITTLE SIERRA COUNTY TO SHOW US THIS, UH, TECHNOLOGY. UH, AGAIN, I THINK IT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THOSE INQUIRING ABOUT VARIOUS, UH, PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY, UH, FOR SOME OF THE INITIATIVES, INITIATIVES THAT WE WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS FAR AS, UM, HOUSING, UM, BUSINESSES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO I THINK THIS IS HUGE. AND AGAIN, JUST A ANOTHER TESTAMENT OF HOW WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, KEEP UP WITH TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITIZENS AND FUTURE CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS, UH, BEING ACCESS TO WHATEVER THEY'RE, UH, ARE SEARCHING FOR. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU MR. TAKING THE TIME AND COMING OUT TONIGHT. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NONE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU MS. WADE. OH YEAH. SO, UH, JUST REAL QUICK ON OUR ROLLOUT FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE'LL MAKE THE NEW LINK AVAILABLE ON THE OLD WEBSITE. CHANGE IS HARD, SO WE WANNA GIVE FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET USED TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEN IN TWO WEEKS WE'LL HAVE A LINK THAT WILL REDIRECT THEM TO THE SITE. OKAY? WHAT, SO THEY'LL, IT'LL TAKE THEM RIGHT TO THE NEW SITE. THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, GO TO THE OLD SITE IF THEY NEED TO, JUST TO, THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN, AND THEN IN EARLY DECEMBER WE WILL WE'LL SWITCH OVER FULLY TO THE NEW SITE. SO, ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU ALL BOARD [Reports] MEMBERS, WE HAVE OUR REPORTS, UH, FROM OUR BUILDING OFFICIALS INSPECTION, UH, OFFICE, UH, THAT'S MADE AVAILABLE FOR US. UH, AND THERE'S NO OTHER [Closed Session] BUSINESS TO OUR ATTENTION. WE WILL PREPARE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL, UH, ASK MS. PERKINS TO GIVE US OUR CODE SECTION. SO WE MAY DO SO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, YOUR MOTION REQUIRED TODAY IS TO CONVENE A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 37 11 A 0.1 TO DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO COUNTY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING, THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, THE WETLANDS BOARD, THE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD, AND THE YOUTH SERVICES CITIZENS BOARD. AND I WILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A ROLL CALL. VOTE. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ENTER CLOSE SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. ALL UH, WE WILL HAVE A ROLL CALL. VOTE. MR. PIERCE? YES. MR. CALHOUN? YES. MR. HARDY. AYE. MY VOTE IS YES. WE'LL NOW ENTER THE CLOSE SESSION. WE HAVE A MOTION NOW TO COME [01:25:01] OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND ENTER BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. MS. PERKINS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, YOUR RESOLUTION CERTIFYING CLOSED SESSION WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY HAS CONVENED A CLOSED SESSION ON THIS DATE PURSUANT TO AN AFFIRMATIVE RECORDED VOTE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. AND WHEREAS SECTION 2.2 37 12 D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES A CERTIFICATION BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY, THAT SUCH CLOSED MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH VIRGINIA LAW. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURY COUNTY OF SURREY COUNTY HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS. LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED SESSION TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES. AND TWO, ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING. THE CLOSED MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY. AND I WILL NEED A MOTION TO SECOND AND A ROLL CALL VOTE. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND AND PROBABLY MOVE SECOND RULE CALL VOTE. MR. PIERCE? YES. MR. CALHOUN? YES. MR. HARDY. AYE. MY VOTE IS YES. YEP. COPY. HAVE A COPY FOR I DO. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE ACTION, UH, ITEMS BEFORE US, UH, REGARDING TO OUR BOARD AND COMMISSIONS OF THE COUNTY AND WE HAVE, UH, APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR BOARD OF ZONING, APPEALS, WETLANDS AND HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. ALSO SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD AND YOUTH SERVICES, CITIZENS BOARD. UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE APPOINTMENT FOR, UH, BOARD OF ZONING AND APPEALS CHAIR? MR. HARDY, I MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE SURREY CIRCUIT COURT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, MR. ROGER CLAYTON, JR. AS TO DECLARE MY DISTRICT REP FOR A RETROACTIVE TERM OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2029 AND DR. JEREMIAH WILLIAMS AS THE DANGER AND DISTRICT REP FOR A RETROACTIVE TERM OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2030. WE GOT A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED NONE. MOTION IS CARRIED. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL, UH, BOARD APPOINTMENTS AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON OUR REMAINING, UH, BOARDS CHAIR? MR. HARDY? I WAS MAKING A MOTION SEVERAL BOARDS. I BEGAN WITH THE WETLANDS BOARD MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE SURREY COUNTY WETLANDS BOARD, MR. STEVEN BERRYMAN AS THE SURREY DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO FEBRUARY 28TH, 2027 TO COINCIDE WITH MR. BERRYMAN'S TERM ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MR. MR. CAPTAIN MONAGHAN AS A CAUSLEY DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2028. MR. RUSSELL R. SAVAGE, JR. AS A DENT DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2029 MR. GARRIN WOODEN SENIOR AS A DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2030. AND MOTION TO APPOINT MR. JUSTIN ELLIS AS THE BACONS CASTLE REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2026. ALSO THIS MOTION, I'LL BE CONCLUDING THE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE SURREY COUNTY HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION. MR. JOSEPH HANCOCK AS A DANGER DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO MARCH 7TH, 2030 MR. ROY LANE, SENIOR AS THE BIGGEST CASTLE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO MARCH 7TH, 2030 MR. HAROLD JONES AS A SURVEY DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO MARCH 1ST, 2029. MS. BERTHA THOMAS AS THE LEY DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO MARCH 2ND, 2028. [01:30:01] UH, CARLOS TURNER SHERIFF AS DECLARE MY DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO MARCH 4TH, 2027. ADDITIONALLY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO AUTHORITY. MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE SURY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, MR. MYRON WOODEN AS AN AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE FOR A RETROACTIVE TERM OF AUGUST 1ST, 2025 TO JULY 31ST, 2029. MS. JANET MONAGHAN AS A CAUSLEY DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A RETROACTIVE TERM AUGUST 1ST, 2025 TO JULY 31ST, 2029. ADDITIONALLY, THE SOCIAL SERVICE BOARD MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO SIR CANYON SOCIAL SERVICE BOARD, MS. ELVA CLAYTON AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CLAREMONT DISTRICT FOR A SECOND TERM OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 TO NOVEMBER 30TH, 2029. MR. GLENN SLADE AS REP REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BAKER CASTLE DISTRICT FOR A SECOND TERM, DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 TO NOVEMBER 30, 20, 29. LASTLY, YOUTH SERVICE CITIZENS BOARD MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO THE YOUTH SERVICES CITIZENS BOARD REVEREND ANTHONY WASHINGTON AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CLAREMONT DISTRICT FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2028. MR. KENNETH BELL AS REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DENVER DISTRICT BEFORE A CHAIRMAN OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2029. MR. JAMES CHARITY, JR. AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VEGAS CASTLE DISTRICT FOR A CHAIRMAN OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2030. AND MS. SIMONE SMALLWOOD CLARY AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR A TERM OF NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 TO JULY 30TH, 2026. THANK YOU MR. HARDY FOR YOUR MOTION BOARD. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS, UH, AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO OUR WETLANDS BOARD, OUR HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD, YOUTH SERVICES CITIZEN BOARD. CAN WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION IS CARRIED. THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS TO ENTERTAIN US. WE WILL BE ADJOURNED UNTIL DECEMBER THE THE FOURTH. COULD WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. A WE ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.