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ATV's monthly conversation with County Board members on the major issues discussed at May's Board meeting.
A
Hello
I'm
Cara
O'donnell,
and
this
is
County
Board
wrap-up,
our
monthly
deep
dive
into
the
actions
taken
by
the
Arlington
County
Board
at
its
monthly
meeting,
as
well
as
hot
topics
around
the
community.
Today,
we're
joined
as
always
by
County
Board
Chair
Katie
crystal
Katie,
thanks
very
much
for
joining
us
cutter.
Today,
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
the
county
managers
proposed
capital
improvement
plan
for
fiscal
year
2019
through
2028
rebuilding
the
county's
only
skate
park,
as
well
as
long-term
planning
for
four
mile
run
valley.
Ok,
let's
get
right
into
it.
A
B
So
the
capital
improvement
plan
is
our
ten-year
plan
for
infrastructure.
Basically,
what
we're
gonna
build,
what
we're
gonna
maintain,
how
we're
gonna,
maintain
it,
what
we
might
be
upgrading
or
replacing
in
the
county,
it's
a
way
of
planning
for
the
funding
and
timing
of
our
needs
and
priorities
for
these
major
investments.
These
capital
investments
over
a
ten
year
time
horizon,
whereas
our
operating
budget
we
update
every
year
for
the
expenditures
we
plan
to
make
during
that
fiscal
year.
Well,.
B
So
we
do
revisit
it
on
a
biennial
basis,
as
you
were
just
alluding
to
and
it's
a
way
of
revisiting
our
priorities.
Of
course,
projects
move
in
and
out
right
as
projects
are
funded
through
bonds,
they're
completed,
they're
moved
off
the
rolls
of
the
capital
improvement
plan
and
new
things
start
getting
added
on
in
the
back
end,
these
they
might
be
things
that
we've
realized
are
now
starting
to
reach
the
end
of
their
useful
life,
fire
stations
that
are
more
than
half
a
century
old
in
some
instances
or
others.
B
A
B
B
Of
rate
question
you
hear
this
magical
10%
number
right,
which
is
a
function
of
debt
obligations
in
a
given
year,
relative
to
our
overall
expenditures,
and
it's
a
way
that
we
actually
signal
to
those
who
might
be
loaning
the
county
money
over
the
long
term
that
we're
making
prudent
financial
decisions
and
it's
paid
off
over
time.
The
county
is
one
of
the
rare
communities
in
America
to
have
a
triple-a
bond
rating
from
all
three
of
the
major
rating
agencies.
So
a
triple
triple-a
buying.
A
B
And
it
means
that
we
do
spend
less
money
on
financing
our
debt
over
the
life
of
those
debts,
and
it
means
that
we
are
always
eligible
for
good
terms
and
for
people
who
want
to
invest
in
our
public
infrastructure.
It's
not
something
every
community
can
say,
and
it's
really
important
to
Arlington
County.
How.
B
The
box
of
what
we
can
borrow
of
what
we
can
go
to
the
bond
market
and
request
and
what
we
plan
to
finance,
and
so
when
we
say
there
is
not
enough
within
the
CIP
to
do
X
or
Y.
There
are
always
more
projects
than
we
have
financing
for
that's
the
the
ceiling
or
the
boundaries
of
the
box
that
tell
us
what
we
can
spend
now.
A
B
No
they're
very
related
right.
So
again,
the
10%
is
the
the
debt
service
to
overall
expenditures.
If
the
overall
expenditures
are
lower
because
we've
been
taking
in
less
revenue
or
our
growth
and
revenue
has
been
slower,
then
that
means
we
have
less
debt
available
to
us
as
well
under
that
10%
ceiling.
The
other
major
constraint
on
this
CIP
is
that
is
that
metro
funding
deal
that
we
talked
about
over
the
past
couple
of
months.
All
the
General
Assembly
was
in
session
as
I
think
we
talked
about
in
our
April
wrap-up.
B
We
got
some
disappointing
news
from
the
General
Assembly.
The
governor
had
made
a
series
of
amendments
that
would
have
allowed
us
to
finance
that
dedicated
revenue
source
for
Metro
with
new
revenue
sources,
the
General
Assembly
on
a
party-line
vote,
rather
specifically
the
House
of
Delegates
rejected
those
and
basically
funded
Metro
in
two
ways,
one
by
taking
money
away
from
the
major
regional
source
of
projects.
B
We
are
feeling
that
now
because
we're
less
eligible
for
there's
less
funding,
for
which
we
can
be
eligible
for
things
like
the
Crystal,
City
and
Boston
metro
entrances,
and
it
also
the
bill
also
obligated
each
of
the
metro
jurisdictions
to
pay
more
in
for
Arlington.
That
looks
like
between
100
to
110
million
additional
money
over
the
10-year
life
of
the
CIP.
B
It's
money
we
weren't
planning
on
two
years
ago
and
as
you
might
imagine,
if
that
box
isn't
growing,
which
it
isn't
that
money
had
to
come
from
somewhere
else,
and
so
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we've
had
to
scale
back
or
in
some
cases
defer
even
indefinitely
other
projects
that
were
important
priorities
for
the
county.
But.
B
That's
well,
that's
exactly
right
and
it's
a
great
point:
Cara,
it's
not
just
that
we're
obligated
to
by
the
General
Assembly.
It's
that
having
this
dedicated
revenue
source
is
incredibly
important
for
metros
future
and,
as
I
was
mentioning
so
many
of
our
transportation
projects.
We
wouldn't
go
forward
with
if
there
weren't
I'm.