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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: Big Idea Roundtables
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ATV's monthly conversation with County Board members on the major issues discussed at June's Board meeting.
A
B
So
the
big
idea
roundtables
just
concluded
they
were
a
series
of
nine
conversations
with
small
groups,
or
at
least
intended
to
be
small.
Some
brought
in
overflow
crowds
around
the
county
focused
on
the
question
of
how
should
arlington
grow
these
conversations
or
the
need
for
them
really
are
their
Genesis
and
the
idea
that
we
have
a
lot
of
opportunities
to
weigh
in
on
the
specifics
in
Arlington
County
on
public
policy
issues,
sometimes
actually
pretty
large
public
policy
issues
like
affordable
housing
or
tree
canopy
and
natural
spaces,
but
they
can
get
a
little
bit
technical.
B
How
far
should
an
accessory
dwelling
unit
be
set
back
from
the
neighboring
property,
for
example,
or
where
should
an
elementary
school
facility
go
and
what's
underlying
all
of
those
more
technical
conversations
is
a
high
level
concern
or
excitement,
or
just
plain
differences
of
opinion
about
the
big
picture
question,
which
is:
how
is
Arlington
growing
and
changing?
What
do
we
welcome
about
that,
and
what
do
we
feel
some
concern
about?
A
D
E
F
G
Can
look
at
Arlington
in
terms
of
the
lifecycle
of
an
individual
and
see?
How
does
this
person
do
in
Arlington
as
a
child
as
a
young
adult
as
a
married
parent
of
young
children
as
a
mid
midlife
professional
and
as
a
senior
and
follow
one
person
through
their
lifecycle
and
see
what
sort
of
community
do
you
want?
This
person
to
have
I
heard
the.
H
A
B
I
loved
the
comment
about
the
the
major
takeaway
somebody
had
was
the
opportunity
not
just
to
give
feedback
to
county
government
but
to
talk
to
and
hear
from
their
fellow
citizens.
That
really
was
one
of
our
chief
goals.
You
know
we
had
described
it
as
in
almost
all
of
our
civic
engagement.
The
primary
objective
is
for
residents
and
stakeholders
to
give
feedback
to
the
board
or
to
county
staff,
or
maybe
to
our
commissions.
B
Secondarily,
maybe
they'll
hear
from
each
other
and
learn
something
from
another's
perspective,
but
the
primary
goal
really
is
that
feedback,
and
here
it
was
flipped.
The
primary
objective
really
was
that
opportunity
for
people
to
talk
to
others
have
some
of
their
perspectives
validated
or
challenged,
find
points
of
commonality,
as
one
person
mentioned,
but
certainly
as
one
of
the
participants
noted,
we
were
taking
pretty
detailed
notes
and
we're
looking
forward
to
trying
to
summarize,
at
least
at
a
pretty
high
level,
what
we
heard.
C
Question
and
the
the
one
thing
that
that
really
struck
me
also
was
you
know
a
lot
of
times
these
community
processes.
It's
it's
the
community,
interacting
with
staff.
Here
it
was
that,
but
it
was
also
different
community
voices
speaking
at
a
peer
level
and
eye
level
with
each
other
people
saying
you've
got
a
good
point,
sir
or
I
hadn't
thought
about
that.
C
B
But
when
we
have
these
policy
dialogues,
we
quickly
get
to
things
like
how
much
are
we
funding
the
affordable
housing
investment
fund
and
where
should
the
geographic
distribution
of
committed,
affordable
units
go?
These
are
important,
they're
related
to
the
big
picture,
but
they
don't
always
afford
us
the
opportunity
to
really
put
on
the
table
what
it
is
that
we're
most
hopeful
and
worried
about
did.
C
B
A
real
appeal
of
the
big
idea:
Round
Table's,
is
the
opportunity
to
bring
people
of
different
backgrounds
together.
So
we've
talked
about
how
there's
certainly
a
lot
of
opportunity
and
even
desire
to
do
this
sort
of
focus
group
exercise
with
different
groups
of
folks
are
on
the
community.
You
know
some
some
that
may
have
been
underrepresented,
that
we
want
to
continue
to
try
to
reach
out
to
so
that
might
be
one
Avenue
where
we
head.
B
We
also
heard
some
big
themes
that
we
might
want
to
follow
up
on
how
we
bring,
for
example,
an
equity
lens
and
to
our
planning
for
our
future
and
land
use
might
be
an
area
for
further
kind
of
more
intensive
discussion.
So
you
know
we
were
just
sitting
down
with
everything
we
gathered
everything
we
heard
and
trying
to
figure
out
the
best
way
to
keep
this
conversation
going,
whether
it's
another
round
of
Big
Idea,
roundtables
or
more
focus
and
targeted
direction.
B
A
It's
one
thing:
I
noticed
from
a
couple
of
the
speakers.
They
said
that
they
were,
they
were
just
so
glad
to
I
think
finally
feel
their
voice
was
heard,
and
they
could,
you
know,
kind
of
be
honest
in
a
forum
with
their
peers.
I
think
we
do
not
really
see
we're
involved
with
meetings,
we're
involved
with
policy
that
people
who
don't
come
to
board
meetings
who
don't
engage
with
their
government
on
a
local
basis.
They
really
need
this
kind
of
outlet
to
express
their
views
and
I
think
we
can
really
get
some
great
ideas.
Well,.
C
And
it
attracted
that
diversity
I
mean,
could
it
have
been
more
diverse
and
no
question
about
it,
but
it
attracted
the
roundtable
was
attracted
not
only
the
community
activists,
the
folks
that
we
see
a
lot,
but
it
also
attracted
folks
who,
as
the
one
woman
indicated,
you
know
she
came
out.
She
thought
it
was
an
intriguing
process
and
wanted
to
take
advantage
of
it.
Okay,.
A
B
Of
my
big
takeaways,
in
addition
to
the
equity
piece,
which
is
the
the
chief
one
for
me
and
I'll,
be
thinking
about
a
lot
in
the
months
to
come.
But
one
of
my
big
takeaways
was
the
need
that
we
have
when
we
talk
about
public
policy
in
this
county
to
communicate
it
in
terms
of
people.
We
had
so
many
interesting
conversations
in
these
roundtables
when
folks
talk
about
their
concerns
about
growth.