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From YouTube: County Board Wrap Up: September 2017
Description
ATV's monthly chat with the Board Chair Jay Fisette and guest Board Member Libby Garvey.
In this edition, they discuss:
0:55 - The new design for Lubber Run Community Center
3:45 - Phoenix Bikes move to Arlington Mill Community Center
6:54 - Williamsburg Field Lights
12:10 - Washington Blvd Trails Project
16:15 - The October Bond Sale
18:41 - Exotic Pet Ban
and more.
A
Hello
and
welcome
to
County
Board
wrap-up,
we're
back
from
summer
break
I'm
your
host,
Ryan
Hudson
and
today,
we'll
be
talking
with
County
Board,
Chair,
Jay,
Fassett
and
board
member
Libby
Garvey
about
some
of
the
important
actions
the
Arlington
County
Board
took
at
its
September
meeting
on
issues
that
affect
you,
your
family,
your
community
and
this
month.
Even
your
pets
welcome
Jay
and
Libby.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
thanks.
A
B
B
A
C
An
option
I
think
we're
all
committed
to
that
option,
and
the
other
thing
that's
that's
really
cool
that
we
just
helped
to
work
through
a
little
bit.
Is
the
indoor
track
going
around
that
was
sort
of
something
fun
in
them,
and
everybody
just
loves
that
track.
I
think
it'll
be
a
wonderful
facility
and
another
issue
they
try
to
eyes
is
it's.
You
know
right
next
to
Barrett
elementary
school
so
that
you've
got.
You
know
that
cooperation.
B
A
C
It's
also
not
a
whole
lot
of
trees,
because
this
is
construction
manager
at
risk
right,
which
is
a
little
different
from
what
we've
done
before
so
there's
a
set
budget
and
that
that
budget
is
the
budget
and
the
folks
doing
the
building
is
right.
They
have
already
guaranteed
they're
gonna
stay
within
that
budget,
so
they're
not
gonna,
be
a
whole
lot
of
changes.
In
fact,
we
hope
no
changes
because
that's
not
kind
of
part
of
the
process.
C
We
had
a
lot
of
process
leading
up
to
it,
which
I
think
we
did
pretty
well
and
then
it's
just
going
to
get
built
with
some
input,
but
not
a
whole
lot
of
changes
and
that's
a
little
different
from
the
way
we
do
things.
This
is
the
first
one
out
of
the
box
we've
done,
but
it
should
save
us
money
and
some
time
and
I
think
it's
gonna
be
really
good.
In
the
end,
great.
A
Yeah
I
think
I
speak
for
others
in
the
county
when
I
say
really
excited
to
see
the
the
final
process
and
to
really
be
able
to
go
and
utilize
that
it
wasn't
the
only
community
center
lubber
one
that
was
on
the
board's
agenda
this
month.
In
an
unusual
step,
the
board
decided
to
rent
some
space
to
another
community
center,
but
to
a
business
into
a
very
unique
business.
I
wonder
if
you
could
tell
a
little
bit
about
that.
Phoenix.
C
Bikes,
which
really
I
didn't
call
it
business
as
much
as
a
non-profit,
I
think
just
so
people.
It
is
a
non-profit
and
we've
been
trying
to
use
that
space
for
quite
a
while
and
but
for
a
while,
we
were
trying
to
get.
There
was
some
restaurants
thinking
about
coming,
in
which
I
think
along
that
pike.
C
Now
and
basically,
it's
a
community
bike,
a
bike
shop,
that's
run
by
students
are
by
by
youth,
they're
adults
they're
to
make
sure
that
things
are
okay,
but
they
just
do
wonderful
work
and
have
been
on
a
tremendous
upward
trajectory
on
the
number
of
bikes.
They
repair
the
number
of
students
that
they
serve.
The
number
of
volunteers
that
come
in
it
is
a
wonderful
community
community
group,
and
this
is
going
to
just
allow
it
to
go
to
get
to
the
next
level,
which
is
starting
actually
in
October
October
6
to
4
to
6
I.
C
Think
we're
gonna
have
a
bike
summit.
The
National
Bike
Summit
is
gonna,
be
here
in
Arlington
Virginia
hosted
at
the
Hyatt
Regency
in
Crystal
City,
but
the
real
hosts
are
Phoenix
bikes
and
there's
gonna,
be
a
bike
ride,
so
I
understand
if
anybody's
interested
in
bikes
and
kids-
and
it's
not
just
for
kids
sign
up
for
that.
For
that
conference.
Take
the
sessions
that
you
like
and
join
the
bike
ride.
It's
gonna
be
great.
That's
exciting!.
B
It's
I
think
it's
unusual.
It
was
a
competitive
process.
This
wasn't
that
we
picked
Phoenix
bike,
Phoenix
bikes.
We
tried
to
get
restaurants
and
other
retail,
and
ultimately
you
want
activity
and
Phoenix
bikes
put
their
application
in
it
worked
and
they
will
provide
a
real
active
element
to
the
ground
floor.
They'll
also
sell
products
and
provide
services,
and
it
we
have
the
benefit
of
them
being
an
incredibly
interesting.
B
C
A
A
A
Welcome
back
to
County
Board
wrap-up,
where
we're
taking
a
deep
dive
into
some
of
the
issues
that
came
before
the
county
board.
My
guests
today
are
board
chair,
Jeff,
Fassett
and
board
member
Libby
Garvey
they're,
sharing
with
us
some
of
their
insights
on
a
broad
range
of
issues
that
affect
you,
your
family
and
your
community.
One
of
those
issues
from
September's
meeting
was
the
Williamsburg
failed
lights.
I
know
that
that
was
a
and
has
been
a
a
very
complicated
and
lengthy
process,
and
it
brought
out
a
lot
of
passionate
residents
at
the
meeting.
A
B
Sure
it's
interesting,
you
have
years
of
discussion
about
whether
or
not
the
presumption
of
when
you
get
synthetic
fields.
You
automatically
get
lights
was
brought
into
play
here,
because
we
got
had
grass
fields
and
we
had
synthetic
fields
and
then
for
some
there
was
a
presumption
of
lights
and
for
others
they
didn't
think
they
were
appropriate
here.
So
we
had
multiple
years
of
trying
to
figure
out
that
question,
and
even
here
in
Arlington,
smart
and
kind
as
we
are
three
years,
we
don't
always
get
to
consensus,
and
this
was
not
a
consensus
issue.
B
Some
of
the
neighbors
felt
it
was
inappropriate
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
A
lot
of
people
in
broader
community
in
the
sports
and
recreational
areas
felt
very
much
that
the
demand,
the
growing
demand
for
field
time
just
demanded
that
we
actually
take
advantage
of
expanding
the
hours
available
for
kids
and
adults.
On
this
this
surface
and
in
the
end,
what
the
board
decided
was
that
one
we
acknowledge
there's
an
incredible
demand
that
we
can't
meet
right
now
we
have
to
find
new
ways
to
meet
it.
B
We
asked
the
manager
to
actually
look
at
a
couple
of
options
and
compared
them
do
we
have
some
areas
that
are
lit,
that
are
grass
that
should
be
converted
to
synthetic,
should
we
put
lights
on
ways,
Berg
or
maybe
somewhere
else,
and
how
do
we
best
and
most
efficiently
and
effectively
meet
the
need,
the
real
need
for
that
field
time.
So
we
also
committed
to
put
money
in
the
next
CIP
in
the
next
capital
budget.
B
So
what
we
decided,
while
we
didn't
decide
to
put
them
Williamsburg
at
this
time
we
didn't
take
Williamsburg
off
the
table
for
getting
lights
and
we
actually
didn't
change
the
timeline,
so
there'll
be
a
little
more
work
done
to
synthesize
what
the
best
alternative.
The
priority
is
now
to
meet
the
need,
but
it'll
stay
pretty
much
on
the
same
timeline.
It
would
have
been
even
if
we
chosen
too
late
Williamsburg
now,
because
we
had
to
go
through
the
capital
plan.
B
C
This
is
a
particularly
hard
one,
I
think
in
it
and
it
just
sort
of
shows
some
of
the
changes
we're
going
through.
So
when
you
put
lights
in
center,
so
we
have
lights
at
Longbridge
Park
and
that's
very
urban.
There
big
lights
and
it's
and
it
feels
appropriate
there
and
then
there's
kind
of
a
gamut.
So
you
get
a
little
bit
less.
You
know
more
residential
and
Williamsburg
probably
want
the
most
residential
kind
of
area
that
you
get
and
so
80
foot
lights.
C
So
you
can
see
that
just
doesn't
feel
like
it
quite
fits,
but
there
are
great
improvements
in
technology
and
actually
this
is
very
similar
lights
to
what
we're
looking
at.
Putting
at
Waynesburg
are
now
at
Wakefield,
and
so
most
of
us
I
think.
Maybe
all
of
us
went
and
took
a
night
visit
to
Wakefield
to
see
the
lights
and
how
much
it
spills
and
affects
the
the
homes
around
and
I.
C
You
know
I
for
one
was
very
impressed
at
how
much
they
really
do
contain
the
lights
to
that
one
spot
and
then
I
think
their
mitigation.
You
know
we
have
different
times
for
when
the
lights
go.
On
and
off
so
Long
Bridge
Park
they're
on
like
a
lot
and
quite
late
at
night
other
places,
you
turn
them
off
more
like
8:30
or
9:00,
which
is
what
we're
looking
for
now
and
I
haven't
quite
the
sight.
It's
gonna
come
back
to
us
as
a
permit
in
the
in
the
end.
C
I
think
that's
gonna
be
really
the
final
vote
on
it,
but
I'm
inclined
to
think
if
we
have
lights
on
till
8:30
or
9:00,
that's
similar
to
the
summer
when
the
Sun's
up
and
they're
using
the
field
that
late
anyway.
So
it
doesn't
feel
like
such
a
major
change.
I'd,
never
want
to
say
keeping
them
on
till
you
know
10:00
or
11:00
at
night.
That's
way
too
late,
but
so
we're
gonna
continue
to
work
this
through.
A
B
Know
where
we
headed
I
think
everything's
on
the
table
and
as
Livy
said
when
we
first
went
to
put
synthetic
fields,
there
was
pushback
because
of
more
traffic.
You
know
you
have
a
synthetic
field
you
get
more
use
than
when
it's
a
dirt
field
or
a
grass
field,
because
they
don't
have
the
it's
not
shut
down
for
rain
and
weather.
So
initially
people
were
reluctant
to
have
synthetic
fields.
Now
we
have
a
good
number
of
synthetic
fields
and
they're
working
very
well
and
they
expand
the
opportunity
for
play
time.
B
Then
you
put
lights
on
those
synthetic
fields
and
you
have
lights
on
some
non
synthetic
fields
so
that
the
point
is
here
just
like
our
schools
are
growing
and
our
community's
growing
the
need
for
field
time
is
growing
and
we
on
the
board
all
acknowledge
that
we
have
to
find
ways.
It's
just
an
issue
of
prioritizing
those
mitigating
the
impacts,
finding
the
best
technology
having
those
conversations
with
the
community,
but
there
will
have
to
be
more
field
time
in
the
future.
B
C
A
Wanted
to
move
on
from
lighting
fields
to
improving
streets
and
bike
trails
around
the
county.
There
were
a
pair
of
multi-million
dollar
infrastructure
projects
you
approved
this
month,
but
one
I
wanted
to
talk
about.
Hopefully
you
can
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
it.
Is
the
Washington
Boulevard
Trails
project?
What
does
that
mean
for
people
who
ride
bicycles
in
Arlington,
yeah?
Well,.
B
I'm
gonna
sum
this
up
and
say
it's
finally
happening:
it's
totally
cool
and
it
everybody
should
be
fully
happy
about
this.
It's
Phase
two
a
really
important
north-south
bicycle
pedestrian
connection.
We
got
a
lot
of
great
trails.
We're
known
for
bike
trails
in
the
connectivity
going
north-south
in
the
county
is
not
always
as
easy
as
it
is
on
some
of
the
other
routes.
So
what
we
actually
have
created
is
use.
B
C
News
much-needed
I
was
saying
I,
just
the
other
day
saw
by
cyclists.
Clearly
she
had
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
bags.
I
think
doing
you
know
a
big
trip
and
there
she
was
in
Washington
blurred
looking
at
her
map
and
clearly
the
by
trail
run
out
and
she
wasn't
sure
where
to
go.
I
couldn't
stop
and
help
her,
but
I
was
thinking.
Oh,
sweetheart,
I
hope
you
fina
coz.
It
was
not
just
the
best
place
for
a
bike
to
be
I
assume
she.
She
got
out,
okay,
but
it's
much
needed.
C
A
B
The
above
you
know,
ideally
every
time
you
get
in
your
car,
you
think
about
whether
there's
an
easier,
faster,
healthier,
cheaper
way
to
do
it.
And,
interestingly,
there
are
times
when
I
want
to
go
from
point
A
to
point
B
and
I.
Don't
want
to
deal
with
finding
a
parking
space
or
paying
for
a
parking
space
and
I
know
their
bike.
Racks
right
outside
and
the
weather
is
fine.
I
can
jump
on
that
bike
and
be
there
in
5-10
minutes
and
I.
Don't
have
all
the
time.
B
The
external
time
of
finding
the
parking
space
or
driving
around
the
street
or
polluting
the
air
and
I
can
feel
good
about
that.
So
it
is
about
us,
as
let
me
said,
improving
the
choices.
It's
not
going
to
work
every
time
for
everyone,
but
it's
more
than
commuting.
It's
recreation.
It's
commuting!
It's
it's
errands!
Through
the
middle
of
the
day.
It
just
depends
yeah.
C
I
use
biking
mostly
for
recreation
myself,
but
my
husband
started
commuting
to
work
in
the
80s
when
nobody
did
it
and
there
wasn't
much
available
and
so
I'm
always
very
sick
I
used
to
for
a
while
worried
about
his
community
root.
But
it's
he
I
mean
he
just
praised
it
cuz.
He
felt
so
good
when
he
got
to
the
office
and
back
it
took
care
of
his.
A
A
A
Welcome
back
to
our
final
segment
on
September's
candy
board,
wrap-up,
we're
talking
with
board
chair,
J,
Fassett
and
board
member
Libby
Garvey.
Now
one
of
the
things
that
happened
during
September's
board
meeting
was
that
the
board
approved
the
sale
of
up
to
fifty
two
million
dollars
in
bonds.
What
exactly
were
those
bombs?
Gonna
be
financing?
Well,.
C
I
think
it's
up
to
54
million
actually
and
they're
in
there
a
number
of
different
things.
You
know
it
depends
on
how
it
all
goes
exactly
how
they
go
out
there
and
bonds.
I
just
will
say
that's
how
we
it's
kind
of
like
a
mortgage
in
a
way,
that's
how
we
finance
projects
and
because
we
have
this
triple-a
bond
rating,
we
did
get
money
at
a
very,
very
good
rate
plus
we
then
we
do
refinancing
sometimes
which
actually
gives
us
s.
C
It
gives
us
more
more
money
to
work
with
and
improve
the
community,
which
is
great,
so
one
of
them
was
purchasing
the
buck
property
which
we
have
agreed
to
do.
We've
put
in
a
sort
of
small
down
payment
if
you
will,
but
we've
got
another
I
think
it's
34
million
that
we
need
to
put
it
in
that's
right
across
from
the
ED
Center
on
Quincy
Street.
C
Land
live
in
this
county
as
more
and
more
people
want
to
come
here
and
then
there
are.
We
also
wanted
to
take.
You
know.
As
they
say
we
have
to
take
advantage
of
these
historically
low
low
interest
rates.
There's
some
technology
projects
we
wanted
to
fund
as
well.
It's
just
it's
something.
We
typically
do
from
time
to
time
and
folks
will
see
this
and
we
look
at
it
carefully.
It's
how
we
get
things
done,
and
it
really
helps
keep
this
in
this
community,
the
delightful
place
it
is
and.
A
C
B
A
B
Only
other
sort
of
significant
piece
in
the
amount
of
money
that
would
be
bonded
is
to
get
the
piece
of
property
that
will
relocate
the
headstart
program.
So
these
are
all
things
we
do
on
a
regular
cyclical
basis
when
we
need
to,
and
fortunately
as
Louisa,
we
have
a
credit
rating
that
allows
us
to
borrow
money
at
really
the
lowest
possible
rate.
You
know
on
the
planet,
we're.
C
A
B
I
think
when
a
resident
or
two
came
to
us
years
ago
and
proposed
ban
on
exotic
animals,
we
had
staff
look
at
this
and
determine
whether
this
was
a
good
idea,
whether
it
was
easy
whether
it
was
needed.
We
really
hadn't
had
issues
with
it.
At
one
point:
in
the
past
there
had
been
a
venomous
snake
that
had
gotten
loose
and
we
actually
passed
an
ordinance
many
years
ago
banning
venomous
snakes.
But
what
about
the
rest?
You
know:
do
we
have
this
problem
well,
sort
of
and
really
not.
B
B
Some
of
those
creatures
and
they
consider
them
pets,
so
it
became
a
much
more
complicated
but
nuanced,
but
positive
I
will
tell
you
in
the
end
the
staff
had
a
first
draft.
We
looked
at
it.
We
got
input
the
staff
engaged
with
the
community
and
listened
to
the
community.
Everybody
talked
with
one
another
sort
of
something:
you'd
wish
happened
more
often
in
this
world
these
days,
and
we
came
up
with
a
compromise
that
we
think
is
a
very
enforceable
logical,
advance,
unbanning,
a
full
range,
but
also
exempting
others
in
providing
certain
alternatives.
C
Which
was
pretty
late
at
night
when
we
did
it,
but
it
was
a
really
good
example
of
folks
work.
Neither
we've
had
some
people
come
and
tell
a
story
about
Henry
the
boa
constrictor
who
had
to
be
given
up
and
they
how
they
helped
find
a
home
for
Henry
and
anyway.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
really
interested
and
willing
to
work
together
and
I.
Think
it
came.
We
came
out
in
a
really
good
place
right,
unlike.
A
C
A
A
A
C
Yeah
we
had
a
childcare
issue,
we
had
a
breakfast
issue
and
some
of
these
had
been
on
consent,
which
is
usually
they
don't.
You
know,
but
people
that
they
want
to
talk
about.
It
gets
pulled
off
of
consent
and
we
think
it's
not
a
particularly
difficult
issue,
and
suddenly
we
have
40
people
coming
and
wanting
to
talk
about
it.
The
childcare
one
was
an
interesting
one.
C
It
was
a
little
ambassadors
is
the
name
of
the
company
and
they
have
two
sites
and
they
were
on
an
open
third
oddly
highway,
which
is
you
know,
a
fairly
urban
area
and
people
found
out
about
it
at
the
last
minute.
Although
we've
made
efforts,
we're
always
working
on
our
communication,
can
we
do
better,
but
one
Street,
particularly
McKinley
Street?
C
Suddenly,
everybody
got
really
upset
and
concerned
about
it
and
came
and
I
think
by
the
end,
most
people
realize
that
really
any
any
impact
would
be
on
the
street
next
door
on
Lexington
Street,
which
was
mine.
They
were
not
going
to
have
that,
but
we
had
to
reassure
people
and
go
through
things
and
I.
Think
it's
gonna
be
a
real
addition.
C
It
is
gonna,
be
large,
but
we
heard
the
stories
we
heard
about
parents
trying
to
find
child
care
people
getting
on
lists
when
they
were
there
like
their
second
day
they
found
out,
they
were
pregnant
in
the
next
day.
They
get
on
waiting
lists
in
five
years
later.
Their
child
gets
into
it,
and
it's
the
stress
and
strain
that
this
community
is
under
and
I
think
it's
a
national
issue
really,
but
those
folks
who
need
to
find
a
good
quality
child
care.
C
It
is
not
easy,
so
we're
working
hard
on
trying
to
find
more
ways
to
do
it.
You
have
to
blend
in
with
the
neighborhood
I
think
when
this
is
all
said
and
done,
it
will
be
just
fine
now,
as
I
say
it's
their
third
facility.
The
first
two
were
really:
we've
heard
nothing
but
good
things
about
it.
I
think
they
know
what
they're
doing
it'll
be
a
good
addition.
B
Is
child
care
quality,
child
care
and
we
did
hear
a
lot
of
those
stories.
So
you
know
this
was
a
situation
where
a
very
reputable
provider
wanted
to
expand
the
opportunity
for
child
care,
and
there
were
some
questions
that
hadn't
been
yet
vetted,
or
some
of
the
neighbors
hadn't
satisfied
themselves
that
they
understood
the
circulation
flow
of
the
cars,
whether
they'd
be
backing
up,
whether
they
be
making
their
own
Street
less,
safe
or
secure.
B
We
had
to
walk
through
all
that
and
understand
it
better
and
I
think
we
came
to
a
place
where,
from
their
past
experience
and
our
past
experience
right
off
of
Lee,
Highway
and
arterial
road
at
it
in
a
signalized
intersection
like
that,
there
was
a
sufficiently
good
plan
that
should
work.
If
something
doesn't
work,
our
staff,
the
board
always
has
they
bill
to
come
back
and
refine
that
even
to
reduce
the
number
of
slots
available
to
ensure
that
the
impact
on
the
immediate
neighborhood
is
not
is
not
bad
and.
C
Yeah
well,
there's
a
station
in
Crystal
City.
It's
actually
I
think
it's
the
busiest
station
second
busiest
and
it
they
it's
old
and
it
needs
to
be
moved
and
they're
gonna
try
and
make
it
more
efficient.
Instead
of
being
on
one
side
of
the
track,
it
will
be
in
the
middle
of
the
track,
so
it's
more
efficient
for
people
moving
and
there
were
three
options:
the
current
location
and
what
they
call
option
two
and
option
three,
all
they're,
pretty
close
and
after
a
lot
of
study,
VRE
has
decided.
C
They
would
like
this
option
to
our
staff
agreed
that
that
seemed
to
be
best.
A
lot
of
groups
like
the
Crystal
City
bid
also
liked
it,
but
there
is
a
condominium
right
there
and
the
folks
that
are
going
to
have
the
station
moved
in
front
of
their
building,
we're
concerned
about
it
and
are
concerned
about
it.
So
we
had
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
discussion
and
I.
C
Think
some
of
the
the
most
of
the
noise
actually
is
from
the
CSX
trains,
not
from
the
VRE
trains,
but
their
concerns
were
about
noise
about
exhaust
and
I.
Think
there's
some
ways
for
station
construction
to
actually
help
with
both
the
noise
and,
if
there's
any
kind
of
exhaust
issue
and
theories,
gonna
go
back
and
look
at
it,
some
more
wheat,
but
boy.
We
went
really
long
and
late
on
that
one.
We.
B
That
became
one
of
the
key
elements
for
our
staff:
professional
staff
for
the
Virginia
Railway
Express
staff
for
the
business
community
in
the
in
the
Crystal
City
area,
where
those
choices
were
relative
to
the
Crystal,
City
metro
station
and
the
other
local
transit.
So,
in
the
end,
the
board
reinforced
or
supported
that
the
option.
The
staff
had
recommended
this
station
to
option
room,
but
we
also
asked
that
before
they
they
move
to
completion.
They
come
back
during
the
conceptual
stage,
share
their
thinking
and
that
we
always
continue
to
look
at
you
know.
B
C
We
might
get
it
all,
but
you
know
it
just
comes
about
and
to
finally
I
think
this
is
such
a
it's
such
a
great
place
to
live
more
and
more
people
come,
and
that
is
a
wonderful
resource
and
a
wonderful
thing
and
the
people
that
come
are
great
folks,
but
we
all
have
to
all
learn
how
to
live
together
and
move
around
together
and
that
causes
stresses
and
strains
so
I
think
our,
and
it
gives
us
this
triple
a
bond
rating.
I.
Think
all
of
these
issues
are
our
growth
and
our.
A
A
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