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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: July 2019
Description
ATV's monthly conversation with County Board members on the major issues discussed at July's Board meeting
•Vision Zero Strategy Resolution – a strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries in the County by 2035
•Modifying Child Care Center Parking ratio to make it less expensive to build child care centers
•Columbia Pike Transit Stations – Contract to build the first four transit stations.
•Closing 23rd St. pedestrian tunnel
A
Hello
and
welcome
to
County
Board
wrap
up
our
look
at
the
key
actions.
The
county
board
takes
at
its
monthly
meeting
I'm
your
host
Cara
O'donnell
and
today,
I'm
gonna,
be
talking
with
board
chair,
Christian,
Dorsey
and
board
member
Katie
crystal
about
the
decisions
made
at
their
July
meeting
that
impact
you,
your
family
and
our
community
Katie
Christian.
Thank
you
both
for
being
here
we're
gonna
start
off
today
with
vision,
zero,
which
sounds
very
I,
don't
know,
futuristic.
But
what
is
vision?
Zero
well.
B
It's
not
futuristic,
but
it
is
European
at
least
that's
where
it
started.
It's
something
that
began
in
Sweden,
but
it's
an
international
approach
to
traffic
management
and
safety
in
40
localities
across
the
United
States,
including
our
neighbors
Alexandria,
Montgomery
County
and
the
district
have
become
a
part
of
the
vision,
zero
community
and
adopted
the
framework
that
says.
B
A
B
So
we
think
that
we're
very
much
in
the
spirit
of
vision,
zero,
but
what
we
hope
to
gain
from
it
are
the
best
practices,
those
40
communities
in
the
country
and
many
more
around
the
world
where
we
can
figure
out
how
to
do
even
better,
because,
quite
frankly,
we
should
get
to
the
point
where
any
severe
injury
or
death
on
our
public
roadways
are
too
many.
And
that's
where
we
can
always
do
better.
And
we
should
do
better
and.
C
One
of
the
actions
that
we
took
was
not
just
adopting
this
resolution
and
the
board
policy
level
commitment
to
it,
but
we
tasked
the
manager,
the
county
manager
and
staff
to
come
up
with
an
implementation
plan
which
they'll
be
working
on
over
the
next
12
to
18
months,
with
a
draft
completion
date
in
fall
of
2020.
The
goal
is,
of
course,
to
engage
our
citizens,
but
also
to
engage
interdepartmental
II.
C
There
was
a
lot
of
community
push
to
adopt
vision,
0,
for
example,
as
part
of
the
bike
element,
update
of
the
master
transportation
plan
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
heard
loud
and
clear
from
our
experts
and
a
number
of
well
informed
citizen
stakeholders
was
that
if
you
make
it
a
bike
priority,
then
that
really
limits
all
of
the
interdepartmental
folks
and
all
of
the
different
types
of
stakeholders
that
need
to
be
involved
in
the
conversation.
So
that
is
the
conversation.
C
A
Pretty
much
just
kind
of
a
best
practices
sharing
at
a
global
level
with
communities
that
have
bought
into
this
particular
strategy.
What
can
our
residents
expect
from
this
kind
of
thing?
Will
there
be
changes
in
traffic
laws?
Will
there
be?
You
know
different
signal
operations?
What
can
they
expect
at
the
literal
street
level?
That's.
B
That's
excellent
and
we
don't
exactly
know.
We
suspect
that
it's
gonna
be
a
lot
of
what
we
do
now,
but
may
be
refined
and
under
a
better,
more
comprehensive
focus.
So
I
think
we
have
some
of
the
best
roadway
design
and
engineering
folks
who
work
in
local
government
anywhere
around
I
think
they
do
a
tremendous
job
accommodating
all
of
our
various
uses.
Users,
but
there's
still
probably
work
that
they
can
do
the
biggest
piece
that
I
at
least
see
coming
from.
This
is
a
public
awareness
approach
to
this.
B
You
know
when
we
typically
hear
from
people
about
traffic
issues,
it's
about
a
spot
issue.
You
know
here's
a
problematic
intersection
or
here's
an
area
where
I
don't
feel
safe.
Can
you
fix
that
area?
Part
of
I
think
what
vision
zero
is
going
to
do
is
to
figure
out
how
we
can
better
engineer
those
design,
those
roadways,
but
also
how
we
can
better
educate
people
as
to
the
hazards
and
the
concerns
and
to
to
see
that
there's
different
behavior
from
them.
C
C
It
recognizes
that
there
gonna
be
people
who
are
distracted
on
their
cell
phones
tending
to
a
passenger,
we're
talking
to
a
passenger,
and
so
how
do
you
create
again
to
use
that
example
of
the
intersection
that
has
the
visual
cues
or
the
physical
clues
cues
that
slow
that
vehicle
down,
so
that
if
there
is
an
interaction
on
an
unexpected
interaction
or
distracted
driver,
the
speeds
are
slow
enough.
The
visual
cues
are
enough
that
you
know
that
those
brakes
can
be
tapped
fast
enough
to
avoid
a
collision,
because.
A
B
A
B
C
Say
the
the
important
umbrella
or
what
all
of
these
code
changes
we've
adopted
on
childcare
have
in
common
is
that
we
are
trying
to
increase
the
supply
of
quality
childcare
by
knocking
down
some
of
those
barriers
that
are
not
core
to
that
mission
of
providing
quality
environments
for
our
youngest
Arlington
ian's
and
parking
is
a
great
example
of
that.
So
this
has
been
an
ongoing
effort
and
I'm
sure
it's
been
discussed.
Some
County
Board
wrap
up
before
even
the
area
of
parking.
C
It
can
limit
the
number
of
places
that
a
childcare
center
can
open
or
in
some
cases
we
have
required
childcare
centers
to
rent
offsite
parking
and
if
you
are
a
really
low
margin,
business
which
childcare
is
having
that
additional
demand
on
your
balance
sheet
can
really
make
or
break
your
future
or
your
ability
to
take
on
more
kids.
So
this
was
kind
of
an
additional
add-on
step
when
we
acted
back
in
April
I
think
it
was
excuse
me.
I
have
actually
been
our
March
meeting
to
adopt
a
bunch
of
zoning
order.
B
C
As
well
as
childcare
ordinance
reforms
to
pursue
that
goal,
that
I
was
describing
our
Planning
Commission.
Actually
in
our
transportation
mission,
Commission
gave
us
the
recommendation.
Can
you
push
this
a
little
further?
Have
we
really
are
we
being
overly
cautious
about
how
much
parking
we're
requiring
and
again
recognizing
the
the
expense
and
opportunity
cost
of
that
parking?
It
seemed
worth
it
to
really
home
in
and
make
sure
that
we
were
looking
at
this
as
efficaciously
as
we
could.
So.
C
An
item
pulled
from
our
consent
agenda
that
we
also
heard
on
Tuesday
night
was
a
child
care
center
saying
you
know
it's
a
little
bit
of
a
mismatch,
I'm
coming
in
at
one
in
eight,
but
I
actually
have
the
staffing
ratio
that's
closer
to
one
in
ten.
It
would
be
really
helpful
for
me
if
it
was
closer
to
one
in
ten,
so
it's
sort
of
nice
to
be
able
to
say
stay
tuned.
We're.
A
B
A
lot
more
opportunity,
you
know
we
talked
about
the
ratios,
one
in
eight
one
and
ten,
but
that's
a
25%
reduction
in
their
parking
requirement,
and
you
know,
as
Katie
said.
Hopefully,
this
will
allow
for
further
resources
to
be
invested
in
either
quality
childcare
or
reducing
the
cost
of
childcare.
That's
really
what
we're
all
trying
to
do,
while
at
the
same
time,
balancing
making
sure
we're
not
putting
a
parking
burden
if
you
will
elsewhere.
B
So
that's
the
sort
of
policy
magic
that
we
were
trying
to
thread
and
and
staff
did
a
great
job
of
recognizing
that
you
know
these.
These
ratios,
which
were
in
a
zoning
ordinance
for
from
another
time
and
with
other
circumstances
that
guided
their
implementation.
So
they
did
update
its
studies.
They
looked
at.
What's
the
behavior
now
of
childcare,
centers
and
their
parking
needs
and
how
many
employees
use
modes
other
than
driving
alone
to
get
to
work,
and-
and
we
found
that
there
was
absolutely
room
where
we
could
decrease
that
responsibility,
which
has
real
now.
A
C
Forth
that
one
happened
there,
can
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
chatting
with
our
staff
about
making
sure
we
can
communicate
exactly
what
was
done
and
then
it's
actually
about
creating
opportunity
and
reducing
barriers
for
childcare.
Centers
I
actually
have
a
neighbor
who's
been
operating
a
childcare
center
out
of
her
home
for
I
want
to
say
close
to
three
decades
now,
and
we
we
got
that
letter
that,
as
did
a
number
of
neighbors
living
near
in-home
day
care
providers
that
looked
like
61
providers
were
being
shuttered,
which
was
deeply
concerning
to
a
lot
of
folks.
C
So
we
were
glad
to
have
this
opportunity
and
from
the
diets
to
clarify
what
that
action
actually
does.
Is
the
opposite.
It's
going
to
make
them
easier
to
get
the
permission,
so
to
speak,
that
they
need
to
continue
operating
our
in-home
daycare
providers
used
to
have
to
come
to
the
County
Board
for
approval
most
of
the
time
they
ended
up
on
the
consent
agenda,
no
problem,
but
what
we
heard
from
a
lot
of
our
providers
is,
it
introduces
uncertainty.
C
You
might
be
ready
to
go
and
then
you're
waiting
for
the
next
board
meeting,
and
you
don't
know
if
that
item
is
gonna,
be
pulled.
You
don't
know
if
it's
moving
forward,
and
this
is
for
providers
who
have
the
full
sign-off
from
our
staff
from
our
office
of
childcare,
licensing
from
Planning
and
Zoning
that
this
use
is
compatible
with
their
neighborhood,
that
they're
operating
a
quality
environment
and
they
were
waiting
for
that
extra
procedural
step.
So
what
this
decision,
or
this
action
that
we
took
did
essentially
was
say
you
now
have
an
administrative
pass.
C
If
you
are
consistent
with
the
planning
and
zoning
use
for
your
neighborhood
and
the
office
of
child
care,
licensing,
says
you're,
providing
a
clean
and
safe
and
quality
environment
by
all
means
go
forward.
You
don't
need
to
take
the
extra
step
of
coming
before
the
county's
policymaking
body
to
get
formal
approval,
so
we
are
seeking
to
clarify
that
to
any
concerned
neighbors.
This
is
actually
about
helping
the
61
providers,
gain
more
predictability
and
ease
for
continuing
to
operate
an.
B
Of
a
number
of
home
businesses
without
the
county
government,
the
board
level
getting
involved
in
why,
in
the
world,
your
child
care
be
any
different?
Let's
let
the
professionals
in
the
child
care
licensing
office
determine
whether
or
not
you're
suitable
and
fit,
and
let's
not
politicize,
something
that
one
puts
you
at
a
you
know
different
level
than
other
home-based
businesses,
and
you
know
we're
talking
about
providing
care
for
children,
and
you
know
it
was
just
something
that
was
unreconciled,
at
least
for
us
and.
A
C
Meeting
is
the
child
care
initiative
leadership
roundtable
a
couple
weeks
ago
to
talk
about
exactly
that.
One
of
the
big
things,
of
course,
is
monitoring
how
all
of
these
implemented
policy
changes
are
working,
whether
they're
working
as
achieved
one
of
the
biggest
things
that
we're
focused
on
haven't
focused
on
since
to
start
and
we'll
continue
to
focus
on,
is
really
that
equity
piece
for
our
lowest
income
families
and
for
our
children
with
special
needs,
whether
they
may
be
developmental
delays
or
something
else.
What
is
their
access?
Look
like.
C
That's
been
the
area
of
greatest
concern,
and
so
we're
looking
at,
for
example,
is
there
an
opportunity
to
expand
or
to
better
market
the
subsidies?
One
of
our
biggest
challenges
is
that
we
do
have
subsidies
to
support
families
a
lot
of
child
care
providers,
don't
take
them
they
sort
of
generally.
The
most
common
answer
we
get
is
that
we've
got
wait,
lists
out
the
wazoo
already
so
to
participate
in
that
extra
step
for
subsidies
isn't
necessary.
C
So
can
we
make
the
regulatory
burden
for
subsidy
participation
on
the
part
of
the
provider
lower
or
is
it
their
path
to
just
create
more
spots,
so
that
the
opportunity
the
demand
is
meeting
the
supply
is
meeting
demand
better?
One
of
the
other
things
we've
been
talking
about
too,
and
this
really
is
interrelated
with
equity-
is
childcare
during
non-traditional
times.
You
know,
our
model
is
very
much
based
around
that
kind
of
nine-to-five
supporting
parents
who
have
traditional
professional
jobs.
C
A
A
Welcome
back
I'm
here
with
County
Board
Chair,
Christian,
Dorsey
and
board
member
Katie
crystal
we're
going
to
tell
me
when
we
can
expect
to
see
new
transit
stations
along
Columbia
Pike.
Now
this
generated
quite
a
bit
of
discussion
that
transit
stations
and
the
Pyke's
transit
as
a
whole
has
been
a
topic
of
discussion
for
quite
some
time.
So
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
these
new
transit
stations.
I.
C
Would
be
happy
to
so
we
were
very
glad
to
finally
be
in
the
position
of
awarding
a
contract.
These
stations
are
expected
to
be
operating
by
fall.
2020,
it
is
behind.
This
project
is
behind
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
Some
are
the
stations
have
been
reworked
to
bring
down
the
cost,
and
a
lot
of
it
has
to
do
with
coordination
with
our
partners
in
wa
mata,
on
bus
service
and
beyond.
The
reality
is
that
Columbia
Pike
is
the
busiest
bus
corridor
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia.
C
It
needs
more
than
what
folks
think
of
as
if
somebody
characterized
it
to
me
recently
is
a
simple
bus
station
with
a
maybe
a
roof
and
a
bench
right.
This
is
a
station
that
actually
serves
thousands
of
riders
every
day
at
peak
times,
and
so
what
we're
trying
to
build
here
is
something
that's
probably
a
little
more
akin
to
what
you
might
picture
with
a
metro
station
platform
rather
than
that
kind
of
traditional,
simple
bench.
So
it's
been
a
very
involved
project
and
it's
a
really
critical
one.
B
If
I
could
just
make
sure
that
we
were
very
clear
about
this
because,
as
you
mentioned
Kara,
this
has
been
the
subject
for
many
years
and
a
lot
of
it
has
been
misinterpreted-
the
actual
transit
stations,
the
things
that
you
see
above
ground,
those
are
being
delivered
and
those
come
in
different
configurations,
single
size
up
to
quadruple
size
depending
on
the
needs
of
the
riders
at
that
particular
stop.
But
on
average,
the
above-ground
portion,
the
actual
bus,
stopped
the
transit
station,
those
cost
150
thousand
dollars
on
average
for
all
of
those
configurations.
B
A
B
B
These
are
going
to
replace
existing
bus
stations,
and
you
know,
we've
seen
a
vision
of
this
in
Crystal
City,
for
example,
where
there
are
a
number
of
these
types
of
stations
already
installed
and
in
place
as
part
of
the
Crystal
City
Potomac
yard
transit
way.
So
this
is
very
similar.
It's
gonna
have
its
own
look
for
Columbia
Pike,
but
it's
very
similar
to
that
concept,
so
we're
bringing
it
to
an
area
that,
as
Katie
said,
has
by
virtue
of
demand,
long
needed
it
and.
C
I
think
what's
interesting,
so
I'm
a
Pike
bus
rider
right
and
I
picture
I
live
not
too
far
from
the
intersection
where
one
of
these
stops
is
coming
and
I.
Think
for
our
writers
of
this
frequent
service
on
the
Columbia
Pike,
you
can
envision
how
transformative
it
would
be
to
have
some
of
those
infrastructure
elements
Christians
talking
about
if
you've
ever
waited,
because
your
bus
is
the
third
one
in
line
and
you're
waiting
for
each
bus
to
load
its
passengers.
You
keep
that
care
that
big
hydraulic
sound
is.
C
It
lowers
closer
to
the
ground
to
accommodate
somebody
with
a
stroller
or
mobility
device,
and
you
can
imagine
having
that
that
physical
in-ground
infrastructure
that
allows
multiple
buses
to
board
at
the
same
time
doesn't
require
the
buses
to
raise
and
lower.
I
really
starts
at
up
this
number
of
minutes,
and
so
you
can
imagine
at
scale
as
those
busses
are
trying
to
go
down
the
pike
more
more
quickly
and
more
effectively.
C
A
couple
of
minutes
at
each
stop
adds
up
to
buses
that
are
reliably
on
time
and
get
you
to
your
destination
faster,
and
we
know
that
that
is
exactly
the
measure
by
which
people,
whether
they
can
kind
of
fully
articulate
it
or
not,
decide
whether
to
choose
to
ride
the
bus
versus
to
drive
in
a
car.
Yeah.
B
We
can
solid
they've
consolidated
those
into
about
five,
so
that
it's
much
more
user-friendly
that
you
understand
where
these
buses
are
going
to
go,
and
you
don't
have
to
remember
the
16
AC
j
geh.
All
of
those
things
you
can
have
a
more
simplified
approach.
We
have
more
work
to
do
there,
but
with
that
simplification
also
came
at
its
service.
So
you
know
the
key
to
making
transit
useful,
which
is
really
the
paradigm
is
to
have
frequent
reliable
service
that
doesn't
get
bogged
down.
B
That
makes
it
easy
for
users
to
understand
and
then,
when
they
have
that
waiting
experience
at
a
shelter
it's
going
to
be
comfortable.
So
this
is
what
this
is
all
designed
to
do
and
it's
gonna
come
in
these
phases.
Where
we
we
get
the
buses
going
to
where
they
need
to
go,
we're
going
to
expand
service
into
Crystal
City
very
soon
from
Columbia
Pike
for
a
one-seat
ride.
So
you
have
that
frequency
reliability,
you
add
to
it
the
safety,
the
comfort
and
the
convenience.
That's
when
you
have
premium
transit
all
in
a
nutshell
and.
C
A
C
C
That's
a
signal
that
that
transit
is
a
fixed
and
serious
part
of
the
corridor
and
for
an
area
that
we're
trying
to
develop
in
a
way
that
is
just
as
transit
oriented
as
rail
as
a
rail
corridors,
but
doesn't
have
the
rail
that
fixed
infrastructure
sends
a
really
important
message
to
the
riders
and
to
people
who
might
be
interested
in
building
or
starting
a
business
on
Columbia
Pike.
Did
this
system
of
transit
oriented
development
that
our
LinkedIn
is
built
on
is
here
to
stay
at.
A
A
priority
all
right:
well,
one
more
sort
of
transportation
topic:
the
closing
of
the
23rd
Street
pedestrian
tunnel
in
Crystal
City.
Now,
I
admitted
before
we
were
on
on
the
air
that
I,
don't
think
I
even
realized.
There
was
a
tunnel
because
I've
always
crossed
at
the
street
level,
which
I'm
guessing
many
people
do
correct.
B
B
You
know
we
do
have
people
who
are
indigent
and
homeless,
who
may
who
may
use
the
facility
there
are
certainly
better
more
dignified
options
for
them
and
no
reason
to
maintain
the
cost
of
cleaning
and
power
washing
and
having
the
security
hazard
underground.
When
most
people,
you
know,
make
the
prudent
decision
to
cross
at
grade
because
simple
to
see
where
you
want
to
go.
These
tunnels
are
a
relic
of
of
times
past
when
we
designed
our
roads
so
that
we're
just
we're.
B
Became
impossible,
we
have
worked
toward
toward
making
Crystal
City
and
Richmond
highway
very
crossable
at
23rd,
Street,
there's
more.
That
will
be
done
in
the
coming
years
to
make
that
an
experience
even
more
improved,
but
I
can
say
from
my
time
living
in
Arlington
when
I
moved
here
in
the
early
1990s.
It's
it's
improved
dramatically,
so
that
tunnel
is
really
obsolete.
It's
a
nuisance.
There
is
no
special
need
for
it,
so
we're
going
to
get
rid
of
it
now.
One.
A
B
Seriously
yeah,
we
do
have
to
get
permission,
and
this
you
know
this.
Our
action
was
to
to
seek
that
authorization
to
get
permission
and
then
ultimately
will
have
a
cost-sharing
agreement.
V
dot
will
contribute
a
little
bit
of
money
towards
the
demolition
of
the
above-ground
structures,
and
then
the
filling
into
the
tunnel
will
be
on
the
hook
for
the
bulk
of
it.
C
Which
we,
you
know
frequently
been
raised
by
some
of
the
small
business
owners
that
are
adjacent
to
the
tunnel
with
I
mean
it's.
The
only
other
thing,
I'd.
Note
too,
is
just
to
bring
this
full
circle
to
our
visions,
you're
a
conversation
or
a
conversation
about
the
pike.
You
know,
I
think
if
you
travel
in
big
cities
internationally.
These
are
often
tunnels
you
end
up
using,
because
that
is
your
only
way
to
safely
cross
the
street.
C
The
fact
that
this
has
become
sort
of
vestigial
and
and
and
withered
away
in
terms
of
views,
I
do
think
is
a
sign
that
we've
made
the
street
feel
safe
and
inviting
to
those
who
want
across
so
in
some
ways.
I
hope
that
the
closure
of
this
tunnel
can
represent
a
success
story.
When
you
give
people
a
safe
path,
I
feel
like
they
can
be
on
the
street,
interacting
with
others,
they'll
take
it
and
and
I
hope,
we'll
continue
to
do
that
throughout
the
county.
All.
A
Right,
well,
that
seems
like
a
perfect
place
to
bring
us
to
the
end
of
this
month's
County
Board
wrap
up
Christian
and
Katie.
Thank
you
both
very
much
for
joining
us
and
thank
you
for
watching
the
board's
recessed
for
August.
So
we're
gonna
see
you
again
after
the
board's
next
meeting,
which
will
be
in
September.
Remember
all
county
board
meetings
are
open
to
the
public
and
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streamed
and
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