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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up: October 2021
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A wrap-up of decisions made at Arlington County Government’s October 2021 Board meeting.
A
Hello
and
welcome
to
county
board
wrap
up
where
we
take
a
closer
look
at
the
big
issues
from
this
month's
county
board
meeting.
I'm
your
host
cara
o'donnell
and
we
will
be
joined
as
always
by
county
board,
chair
matt
diferenti,
as
well
as
board
member
takas
karantonis
lots
to
discuss
from
this
month's
meeting,
but
first
here's
your
60-second
board
wrap-up.
A
The
board
approved
13
so-called
slow
zones
as
a
pilot
program
where
residential
areas
near
schools
will
see
reduced
speed
limits,
it's
all
part
of
vision,
zero
objectives,
several
loans
relating
to
affordable
housing
were
approved
and
the
board
also
approved
flexibility.
When
it
comes
to
ground
floor,
retail
and
commercial
space
along
columbia
pike,
you
can
find
details
on
these
and
other
actions
from
this
month's
board
meeting
by
visiting
arlingtonva.us
and
searching
county
board,
and
that's
your
60-second
board
wrap-up.
A
A
Welcome
back
to
county
board
wrap-up,
and
this
month's
big
story,
which
is
the
board's
budget
guidance,
and
how
to
use
those
federal
rescue
plan
funds.
I'm
joined
now
by
board
chair
matty
ferrante,
as
well
as
board
member
takas
carantonis.
Thank
you
both
for
being
here
today.
Now
the
manager
presented
his
recommendations
for
using
the
federal
arpa
american
rescue
plan
act
funds.
What
did
you
think
of
those
proposals
and
what
are
some
of
your
thoughts
both
of
you
on
the
priorities?
We
should
be
looking
at
with
those
funds
sure.
B
So
I
was
really
pleased
with
the
draft,
the
first,
the
manager's
cut
at
the
american
rescue
plan
funding,
and
I'm
really
pleased
that
we'll
now
have
a
month
to
think
through
those
recommendations.
A
lot
of
them
touched
on
priorities
that
I've
heard
board
members
each
identify
that
have
come
from
the
community
and
we're
able
to
do.
We
have
a
little
more
room
now
than
we
did
earlier.
B
In
the
year
we
initially
allocated,
we
had
19
million
in
american
rescue
plan
funds
just
for
the
coveted
response
focused
there
and
we've
been
able
to
to
pair
down
pare
that
down
a
little
bit
to
6
million
that
we
have
available
in
that
american
rescue
plan
bucket
of
funding,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
priorities.
There's
a
pent-up
desire
to
invest
in
our
community.
B
But
it
is
nice.
We
still
have
the
needs
with
kovid,
but
we
have
a
little
more
room
and
so
we're
all
eager
to
work
on
those
recommendations.
With
respect
to
that
bucket
of
funding
that
the
manager
put
forward
over
the
coming
month,
we'll
hear
from
our
community
and
then
in
november,
we'll
make
some
more
decisions
about
where
we
allocate
and
what
we're
going
to
do.
With
that
american
rescue
plan
funding.
We've
got
a
lot
of
other
pieces
to
the
budget
picture,
and
I
know
a
shared
priority
of
you
both
of
ours.
B
C
Mean
the
one
one
salient
piece
of
the
conversation
right
now
is
that
the
county
manager,
the
current
march's
proposal
and
and
the
board's
approval
of
it,
is
structured
in
four
priority
areas.
Right
one
is
housing
assistance,
the
other
is,
is
community
recovery,
the
other
is
equity
and
disadvantaged,
neighborhoods
and
transit
and
transportation.
C
So
within
these
buckets,
I
think
that
there
is.
These
are
kind
of
kind
of
the
four
four
you
know
pieces
of
of
a
priority
framework
within
this
conversation
is
happening
right
now.
I
I
would
say
that
you
know
we
still
have
pieces
that
we
know
from
from
before.
Like
eviction
prevention,
like
you,
know
the,
but
we
also
have
new
things
like,
for
example,
we
we
promote
the
condition
assessment
for
all
our
affordable
housing
units.
We
invest
something
in
tenant
landlord
dispute
resolution.
C
We
we
have
not
forgotten
that
we
have
to
support
small
businesses
and
the
business
program.
That
does
that
we
we
care
about
workforce
development
and
then
we
have
you
know
the
an
important
piece
was:
the
expansion
of
the
crisis
intervention
center,
which
is
a
major
public
health
response
of
our
county
food
insecurity.
Child
care
was
a
big
discussion
and
I
think
our
colleague,
ms
crystal,
has
brought
some
you
know.
C
Creative
thinking
forward
for
this
homeless
services,
digital
equity,
critical,
other
critical
community
needs
something
that
is
what
was
also
new
in
in
the
the
proposal,
was
fair
reductions
for
for
students,
for
you
know
who
who
would
who
we
would
like
to
entice
to
ride
public
transportation,
the
art
buses,
the
art
system
and
and
of
course,
so.
The
also
also
fair
reductions
for
those
members
of
our
community
who
are
on
low,
moderate
income,
and
we
want
to
bring
back
as
riders
in
our
public
transportation
system.
A
B
Well,
we
stayed
the
course
on
the
health
and
safety
issues
that
have
to
continue
to
be
our
priority.
For
the
first
time,
I've
seen
a
couple
of
reports
delta
is
coming
down,
but
we
know
that
more
variants
are
possible,
so
health
and
safety,
and
a
lot
of
the
priorities
that
takus
mentioned
eviction.
Prevention
continue
to
be
in
our
budget
guidance
for
next
the
budget.
That
starts
next
july.
B
Even
before
that,
I've
not
heard
that
that's
been
done,
but
we
feel
it's
so
important
to
recognize
and
keep
and
value
our
employees,
because
they
are
the
lifeblood
of
the
the
county's
services
to
our
residents.
And
so
that
was
a
key
piece
to
the
guidance
and
we
also
took
a
couple
of
other
steps
in
the
shorter
term
that
are
pretty
important,
that
I
know
takas
you
and
I
both
supported
with
respect
to
investing
in
and
all
our
employees.
Come
january,
1st
absolutely.
C
We
have
been
very
careful
during
the
last
couple
of
years.
The
the
pandemic
alone
has,
you
know,
has
brought
a
lot
of
uncertainty,
economic
uncertainty,
but
now
that
we
have
a
more
of
a
predictable
economic
outlook,
that
doesn't
mean
that
the
economic
outlook
is
brilliant
or
better,
it's
actually
flat,
but
it's
more
predictable,
less
risky.
We
can
address
this.
These
issues
with
with
you
know
more
assertiveness,
and
we
do
so.
C
The
guidance
to
the
country
manager
is
that
that
said,
that
doesn't
mean
that
every
everything
else
is
is
less
important.
It's
just
a
a
a
continuation
of
the
guidance
that
we
have
been
giving
so
far
and
very
consistent
with
the
guidance
that
we
give.
We
gave
also
on
the
arpa
funding.
So
housing
and
social
services
and
storm
water
response
and
environmental-
you
know
a
decisive
turn
towards
focusing
on
environmental
improvements
and
reducing
our
carbon
footprint
and
responding
to
climate
crisis.
C
All
this
is
included
in
the
guidance,
and
I
think
that
this
is
a
good
document
for,
for
you
know,
county
leadership
to
administrative
leadership,
to
to
start
working
on
a
budget
for
the
fiscal
year
23,
which
this
year
mr
chair,
I
have
to
say
congratulations
that
we
started
it
earlier,
so
we
have
more
time
to
work
with
the
community
on
it.
That's.
A
Right,
that's
right,
and
you
mentioned
takas
the
climate
change
and
sustainability
issues.
You
both
have
used
the
phrase.
A
whole
of
government
approach
to
client
to
facing
climate
change.
Tell
me
a
little
bit
of
what
you
mean
by
that.
I
know
that's
a
real
hot
button
issue
for
many
of
our
community
members.
B
Well,
we're
seeing
nationally
that
it's
the
number
of
people
impacted
by
climate-related
events
has
percentage,
has
just
gone
way
up.
There's
estimates
that
two-thirds
to
four-fifths
of
americans,
they
themselves
will
be
impacted
by
a
climate
event,
so
we
have
to
take
steps
to
focus
our
work.
So
that
means
essentially
the
county
manager
and
the
executive
leadership
team,
as
well
as
down
through
to
the
department
of
environmental
services,
all
have
to
be
thinking.
How
can
we
make
strategic
decisions
to
reach
our
2025
and
2035
goals
so
at
the
top
levels,
but
in
each
of
the
decisions?
B
So
we've
taken
some
steps
on
electric
vehicles.
We
have
to
take
steps
on
on
buildings,
we're
taking
steps
on
buses
electric
buses,
but
essentially
we
are
trying
to
build
in
that
sustainability
to
every
level
of
our
decision
making
and
and
our
budget
in
particular,
and
so
we're
excited
about
that.
We
also
are
determined
because
this
is
a
big
challenge,
even
though
we've
been
leaders
on
our
environment
for
a
long
time.
B
A
A
C
Well,
first
of
all,
we
are
really
excited
to
to
test
a
new
level
of
traffic
calming
and
a
new
level
of
providing
more
pedestrian
safety
on
our
streets
and
and
around
that's
the
major
criteria
around
schools
in
the
sense,
so
these
are
13
locations,
they're
all
schools.
Basically,
there
are
11
public
schools
and
two
private
schools,
and
this
is
an
excellent
place
to
to
start
a
program
like
that
to
collect
data,
collect
experience
and
see
how
we
can
you
know
how
much
of
an
additional
safety
this
this
actually
provides.
C
I'm
I'm
pretty
confident
that
all
results
and
all
experience
out
of
this
program
will
be
very
positive
and
will
encourage
us
to
look
at
more
locations
where
we
have
the
pedestrian
traffic
that
we
want
to
to
protect
the
pedestrians
that
we
want
to
protect.
It's
part
of
our
vision,
zero
work,
and
I
think
that
this
is
a
a
new
level
of
also.
C
B
I
know
that
we
all
get
into
rush,
sometimes,
but
think
about
how
critical
it
is
when
you
think
about
your
kids
or
your
neighbors
kids,
who
are
five
to
eleven,
how
desperately
we
want
the
vaccine
for
them.
It's
also
just
a
moment,
if
you're
going
too
quickly
in
a
school
zone
that
can
have
lifetime
repercussions
for
you
and
a
child,
and
so
we
all
have
to
remember
myself
included
to
just
slow
down
in
these
zones,
and
so
this
is
a
great
way
of
making
sure
we
do.
B
A
B
C
C
A
Definitely
now
the
board
also
approved
loans
for
a
variety
of
affordable
housing
projects
throughout
the
county.
We've
talked
about
those
projects
in
length
in
earlier
episodes
of
this
program,
but
what
are
we
seeing
with
most
of
the
affordable
housing
stock
in
this
county
and
what
will
the
loans
approved
at
this
month's
meeting?
How
will
that
assist
those
projects.
B
Well,
this
one
of
the
projects
is
ballston
station,
where
we
put,
we
approved
19
million
in
funding.
This
is
right
next
to
a
metro.
It
is,
as
our
last
few
major
projects
have
been.
Many
of
them
have
been
northern
part
of
the
county,
and
so
this
moves
along
that
project.
We
are
closer
to
breaking
ground
on
that
project
and
it's
a
huge
step
forward.
The
same
is
true:
we
also
put
six
million
into
park
shirlington,
which
we
needed
to
invest
in.
So
this
is
a
sort
of
regular
investment.
B
It's
not
we're
not
quite
at
breaking
ground
with
those
two
two
and
the
third
project,
but
it
is
the
sort
of
part
of
the
the
wheels
moving
forward
expeditiously
so
that
we
can
try
and
address
housing
and
big
picture.
We
need
more
units
because
arlington
continues
to
be
a
great
place
to
live,
so
some
of
our
market
rate,
affordable
units
have
been
replaced,
continue
to
be
replaced,
and
so
we
need
to
invest
in
those
committed,
affordable
units,
and
so
that's
a
piece
of
what
we
need
to
do.
B
A
B
Well,
it's
a
good
question.
Many
residents
don't
think
first
about
where
which
level
of
government
is
doing
what
right.
They
just
want
government
to
serve
and
serve
them
well,
and
so
it
is
the
case
that
we
have
a
lot
of
things
that
the
county
does,
but
in
virginia
the
state
has
a
lot
of
authority
as
well.
In
fact,
the
dillon
rule
is
much
discussed
and
it
means
that
we
can,
as
a
county,
only
do
things
within
certain
prescribed
prescribed
limits.
B
We
have
been
wanting
to
expand
what
we're
able
to
do
and
our
legislative
packages
are
recommendations
to
our
delegates
and
senators
for
what
we
want
them
to
push
on
and
want
them
to
pass.
As
far
as
legislation
there's
a
we
have
accomplished
quite
a
few
in
the
of
those
priorities
in
the
last
couple
years
and
there's
much
more
discussion.
Arlington
residents
love
to
have
thoughts
on
this,
and
we
appreciate
that.
C
Absolutely
and
the
state
does
not
only
have
you
know
regulatory
authority
or
legislative
authority,
it
also
has
economic
importance
for
our
region.
When
we
talk
about,
you
know,
funding
for
metro
or
funding
for
the
for
the
vre
system.
So
these
these
this
all
flows
into
this
into
this
and
our
legislative
priorities
because
they
affect
us
directly
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
that,
for
example,
transportation,
infrastructure,
regional
and
intra-regional,
inter-regional
transportation
infrastructure
is
is
funded.
C
It's
also
the
the
package
comes
together
in
a
in
a
process
where
you
know
commissions
are
asked.
We
make
all
the
time
notes.
What
you
know
would
be
an
appropriate
item
for
for
consideration
down
enrichment-
and
you
know
all
this
comes
to
together
by
this
time
of
the
year,
and
we
put
it
on
the
table
with
our
elected
elected
delegation
in
in
the
general
assembly,
and
we
figure
out
how
what
how
and
when
will
be
up
for
for
consideration
and.
B
It's
I
think
I
should
add
that
we're.
We
have
to
be
smart
about
this
in
the
sense
that
the
package
stays
mostly
the
same,
but
the
results
of
the
upcoming
elections
on
november
2nd
are
a
key
piece
of
this.
We
want
to
be
smart
depending
on
the
outcome
and
for
our
residents.
I
just
think
it's
relevant
to
say:
there's
early
voting
now,
no
matter
what
you
choose
make
sure
your
voice
is
heard
and
you
can
vote
early.
B
A
Great
welcome.
We
will
end
on
that
note
and
that
will
take
us
to
the
close
of
another
episode
of
county
board
wrap
up.
Remember
if
you
have
questions
for
us
after
a
board
meeting.
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That's
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and
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and
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