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From YouTube: County Board Wrap Up, March 2015
Description
ATV's new program providing insight on all the actions and activity of the most recent County Board meeting. Current Board Chair Mary Hynes joins us to talk about the March 2015 Board meeting. Mary also discusses some of the basics of Arlington County Board meetings in general.
If you have questions about how Arlington County Board meetings function, please email them to us at arlingtontv@arlingtonva.us or tweet them with the hash tag #countyboardwrap
A
Hello,
welcome
to
the
inaugural
edition
of
County
Board,
wrap
up
I'm
Mary
Curtis
from
the
office
of
communications.
We're
really
excited
about
this
project
each
month,
following
the
county
board
meetings,
we're
going
to
take
a
half
hour
to
talk
about
well
what
just
happened
and
what
exactly
all
of
this
talk
means
for
you,
your
family
and
your
community,
and
we
really
hope
that
this
gives
us
another
great
communication
tool
for
letting
you
know
what
our
county
government
is
doing,
and
why
joining
me
to
make
everything
perfectly
clear
today.
A
A
B
Well,
I
think
it's
the
schedules
pretty
much
up
to
us,
but
Arlington
has
a
long-standing
tradition
of
meeting
on
Saturdays
and
we
now
meet
the
following
tuesday
as
well.
We
found
that
those
two
days
work
for
us
to
do
the
business.
Well,
it
allows
people
who
have
jobs
to
come
in
saturday
morning
and
tell
us
what
they
think.
It
also
allows
us
to
split
some
of
our
more
complicated
work
over
two
days
that
are
close
together.
So.
B
B
Great
questions,
so
we
start
Saturday
mornings
at
eight-thirty
with
public
comment,
and
anybody
who
has
a
concern-
that's
not
on
our
regular
agenda,
can
come
in
and
talk
to
us
about
it.
People
get
two
minutes
to
tell
us
what
they
think
we
listen
to
that,
and
then
we
tend
to
kind
of
dispose
of
those
things.
B
After
we
hear
the
public
comment,
then
we
move
into
consent
when
these
are
items
that
there's
pretty
much
general
agreement
on
and
we
tend
to
vote
on
them
all
in
a
block,
but
board
members
or
members
of
the
public
who
have
concerns
can
contact
the
board
and
we'll
pull
something
off.
If
we
think
it
needs
more
conversation,
then
we
move
to
regular
hearing
items
but
those
consent
items
they
come
back
on
Tuesday
evening,
starting
at
six
thirty.
When
then,
the
public
can
comment
on
them
directly
to
us
before
we
take
them
up.
A
B
Well,
the
ultimate
control
of
the
agenda
resides
with
the
chairman
of
the
board,
but
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
lots
of
people
do
to
get
something
ready
for
the
agenda.
So
obviously
our
county
staff
spend
a
lot
of
time,
making
sure
everything's
right
our
county
attorney,
but
on
many
of
the
large
planning
activities
were
also.
We
also
have
community
engagement
as
something
rolls
up
to
be
ready
for
the
board
in
our
Commission's
often
provide
us
with
advice
on
items
coming
to
the
board
as
well.
B
A
B
Know
sometimes
we
will
have
a
work
session
on
a
topic.
A
good
example
is
our
housing
study,
where
we'll
have
a
work
session
on
the
twenty-third
and
then
we'll
bring
it
back
in
probably
may
or
june.
After
there's
community
comment
board
members
have
some
knowledge
of
what's
kind
of
in
the
pipeline,
and
there
are
interim
briefings
for
board
members
on
really
complex
subjects,
but
whether
we're
actually
negotiating
that
doesn't
happen
too
much.
It's
really
the
chairman's
call
okay.
B
So
about
a
week
before
the
board
meeting,
we
post
the
public,
it's
sometimes
in
planning,
speak
I!
Guess
it's
how
I
would
describe
it,
and
so
we've
started
recently
with
your
assistance,
a
new
tool
for
the
public
that
puts
out
in
kind
of
layman's
language,
what's
being
decided,
and
people
can
sign
up
for
that
online
and
we've
been
getting
a
lot
of
good
feedback
from
folks
that
it
tells
them
what's
of
interest
to
sort
of
the
general
public.
One.
A
B
B
So
if
five
people
come
in
and
they
all
want
to
talk
about
parks,
we're
only
going
to
take
one
and
we
ask
them
to
kind
of
work
that
out
among
themselves,
and
sometimes
people
will
say
if
you
agree
with
me,
stand
up
and
that
works
too,
but
we're
not
going
to
take
15
people
all
talking
about
the
same
topic,
because
we
we
need
to
get
to
the
regular
business
for
the
people.
Who've
come
for
the
regular
hearing
items
well,.
A
I
wanted
to
go
back
to
those
regular
hearing
items,
site
plans,
yeah
I,
think
a
lot
of
people
wonder.
First
of
all,
what
is
a
site
plan
as
opposed
to
what
we
call
in
bureaucratic
speak,
a
buy
right
development
and
I
wondered
if
you
would
address
that
and
if
you
would
explain
what
has
to
what
happens
between
when
the
developer
puts
in
his
initial
application
for
a
site
plan
and
when
it
finally
comes
to
the
county
board.
Sure
and.
B
Let's
step
take
one
step
back
even
further
and
remember
that
Arlington
is
well
known
for
our
long-range
planning,
so
site
plans
have
to
fit
into
the
long-range
plan.
That's
already
been
adopted
by
the
board
and
that's
one
of
the
guiding
principles
really
is
we
don't
only
talk
about
a
place
when
somebody
comes
with
an
idea,
we
have
a
pre
created,
come
unity,
idea
of
what
we
want
there.
So
that's
an
important
first
step.
A
buy
right
development
in
Virginia.
B
Every
piece
of
property
has
some
rules
around
it
about
where
a
building
might
be
placed
so
the
setbacks
and
about
the
heights
and
densities
that
are
allowed.
If
the
owner
of
that
property
wants
to
do
exactly
what's
allowed
within
that
box,
or
even
a
little
bit
less,
they
can
do
that
simply
by
coming
in
and
getting
their
building
permits
from
the
county.
If,
however,
particularly
in
commercial
areas
the
owner
wants
to
do
more,
then
they
look
at
our
long-range
plan
and
they
say:
oh,
what
did
the
county?
B
A
B
Looks
at
what
they
want
to
do
looks
at
our
plan
and
says
well
you're
close
here
you're
off
there
gives
them
a
bunch
of
feedback,
often
they'll
go
back
and
redo
and
then
come
back
to
the
manager
and
her
staff.
When
the
manager
and
her
staff
decide
is
close
enough,
then
they
accept
this
I
plan
application
and
it
enters
the
more
public
community
driven
process
that
our
Planning
Commission
runs
called
the
site
plan
review
committee
sprc.
For
short,
the
sprc
has
neighbors
on
it.
B
General
at
least
months-
and
there
are
some
that
do
go
on
for
years,
particularly
ones
that
are
really
complex
or
where
we
didn't
have
a
really
refined
plan,
and
there
are
more
things
in
play
parking
how
much
open
space?
How
high
is
too
high?
How
dense
is
too
too
dense
when
those
kinds
of
things
are
are
still
being
talked
about
in
the
SPR
see
it
can
take
a
long
time
well,.
A
Mary,
thank
you
so
much
for
telling
us
about
all
this
I
think
it
was
really
informative
and
very
helpful
to
people
we're
going
to
take
a
short
break.
If
you
have
more
questions
about
how
board
meetings,
work,
email
them
here
at
Arlington,
TV
at
Arlington,
Va,
us
or
tweet
them
with
the
hashtag
county
board,
wrap
and
we'll
try
to
answer
them
next
time
when
we
come
back,
we'll
talk
about
what
happened
at
the
March
county
board
meeting.
C
Anywhere
you
drive
in
Arlington
you'll
encounter
County
work,
crews,
who
are
outperforming
daily
tasks
like
cleaning
streets,
collecting,
leaves
or
plowing
snow
driving
safely
around.
These
vehicles
is
extremely
important
to
avoid
accidents
or
injuries.
Trucks
do
not
have
the
same
stop-and-go
capability
as
cars.
Therefore,
here
are
some
safety
tips.
Our
Department
of
Environmental
Services
would
like
you
to
remember,
please
slow
down
around
work
zones
and
provide
County
vehicles
and
personnel
additional
space
needed
to
safely
operate.
C
Trucks
have
blind
spots
between
the
doors
and
the
rear
of
the
vehicle
stay
out
of
these
areas
to
ensure
you
are
seen,
do
not
pull
in
front
of
the
truck
when
you
need
to
stop
or
slow
down,
be
sure
to
signal
your
intentions
and
do
not
make
moves
abruptly
when
parking
be
sure
to
park
as
close
to
the
curb
as
possible.
Most
importantly,
practice
patience
be
a
pal,
predictable
alert
and
lawful,
and
don't
so
now.
A
B
You
know
was
8
years
in
the
making
merry,
as
I
mentioned
before
we
have
our
long-range
plans,
then
the
owners
have
a
better
sense
of
what
they
might
do
on
their
site.
So
over
the
last
eight
years,
wells
fargo
and
the
owner
of
the
Wendy
site
have
been
negotiating
they're.
Finally,
together
and
they've
come
in
with
a
proposal
for
a
12-story
small
floorplate
office
building,
that's
really
quite
exciting.
Well,.
A
B
The
long-range
plan
anticipated
some
more
height
here,
but
it's
a
little
higher
than
the
plan
anticipated
because
just
down
the
hill,
just
down
courthouse
road
down
by
route,
50
part
of
what
this
site
plan
does
is
preserve
three
jewels
of
historic
garden
apartments
that
were
designed
by
a
guy
named
ms
robe
Ian
who's
got
an
international
reputation,
so
the
extra
density
that
could
have
gone
on
that
site
has
been
moved
up
to
the
Wendy
site,
so
we're
locking
in
those
those
low
hanging
buildings,
those
beautiful
old
buildings.
No
more
development
is
going
to
happen.
B
And
so
some
of
the
height
and
comes
from
moving
density
up
the
hill
to
a
place.
That's
a
block
from
the
metro.
So
multimodal
matters
a
lot
here,
we're
getting
a
new
bike,
lane
redesign
of
the
streets
and
we
always
always
think
about
the
traffic
and
the
parking
impacts.
When
we
do
these
kinds
of
things,
and
this
one
employs
a
new
policy
that
allows
some
reduction
in
commercial
parking
in
return
for
investment
in
other
multimodal
moves,
and
so
that's
happening
here
and.
B
Absolutely
right,
yeah
and
the
plan
called
for
iconic
architecture
and
if
you
look
behind,
as
you
can
see,
that
it's
kind
of
a
triangle
site-
and
it's
got
this
great
line-
that
cuts
through
and
makes
for
an
iconic
place
and
also
creates
a
covered
plaza
below
that,
we
think
will
be
terrific
for
people.
Is
that
a
public
plaza?
It's
it's.
Yes,
it's
going
to
be
a
public
plaza.
It
has
what's
called
an
easement
over
it,
so
we
don't
own
it.
We
don't
have
to
maintain
it,
but
the
public
has
full
access.
Wow,
that's
fantastic!.
A
B
Well,
it
you
know
in
Arlington,
we
think
about
transit.
We
think
about
cars,
we
think
about
walkers
and
we
think
about
bicycles
and
particularly
the
closer
you
get
to
our
metro
stops
the
more
those
modes
all
converge
and
we
have
people
using
all
of
them
to
get
around.
So
when
we
look
at
these
sites,
we
think
about
all
those
different
ways
that
people
get
along
around
and
we
try
to
plan
for
them.
We
do
that
with
these
traffic
analyses
and
other
kinds
of
studies
to
make
sure
we're
making
good
choices
so.
A
B
Know
this
is
one
of
these
funny
little
moments
because
it's
a
drive
through
it's
a
fast-food
drive-through
and
a
bank
drive-through
right
now
it
has
a
tremendous
amount
of
car
traffic
on
this
site.
So
we
hire
professionals
whose
job
it
is
to
model
what
might
happen
based
on
the
way
usage
patterns,
work
in
other
parts
in
the
county
and
they
apply
that
knowledge
to
this
new
site
into
the
building.
That's
anticipated
in
this
particular
case.
They
actually
think
we'll
see
fewer
cars
because
there's
no
more
drive,
thrus,
really
yeah.
A
B
We
came
up
with
a
formula
that
said
if
you
want
to
build
less
parking,
a
commercial
building
we're
okay
with,
but
you
have
to
make
an
additional
contribution
into
transit
infrastructure
and
so
we're
using
that
model.
This
time,
so
they're
building
slightly
less
parking
but
they're
making
some
contributions.
That
will
help
us
do
things
to
support
metro
and
our
buses
in
the
courthouse
region
area
moving
forward
and
how.
A
B
We
are
some
other
things
going
on
this.
This
one
is
likely
to
happen
fairly
soon,
because
they've
been
working
so
long
on
a
site
acquisition.
We
asked
them
at
the
board
mean
they
said
they
thought
they
might
be
breaking
ground
within
within
a
year
or
so
they
got
to
come
in
and
get
all
their
permits
and
do
all
that
technical
work.
But
the
summers
block,
which
many
know
where
the
cosi
is
next
to
the
the
Metro,
is
under
one
ownership.
B
At
this
point,
except
for
the
billing
at
the
county
owns
and
they're
working
on
a
site
plan
that
would
be
pretty
significant
and
we've
also
been
engaged
in
envisioning,
a
different
kind
of
courthouse
over
the
long
run,
and
so
that's
all
in
play
too,
but
yeah.
The
idea
that
courthouse
would
move
to
really
becoming
an
iconic
government
center
surrounded
by
iconic
buildings
is
on
the
move
in
a
way
that
it
hasn't
been
for
quite
some
time.
Well,.
A
That's
a
really
exciting
development
yeah
now
to
go
from
I,
guess
the
sublime
to
what
some
would
consider
the
mundane.
You
went
from
a
site
plan
to
approving
a
new
new
powers
for
the
county
manager
to
determine
a
process
for
some
parking
citations.
Why
is
this
important,
and
why
did
the
board
decide
you
needed
a
new
process
for
this?
Well.
B
C
B
A
B
What
we,
when
we
give
tickets,
we
want
people
to
come
into
compliance
and
we're
actually
not
very
interested
in
the
ticket
revenue,
except
for
people
who
are
real
scofflaws.
But
there
hasn't
been
a
way
that
made
sense
for
people
to
come
in
and
show
they're
in
compliance
and
get
the
ticket
taken
care
of
which.
C
B
C
B
A
month,
so
it
was
really
a
problem.
So
in
last
year's
budget
we
asked
the
Commonwealth's
Attorney,
the
treasurer,
our
Police
Department
and
the
courts
folks
to
kind
of
work
together
to
come
up
with
a
solution,
and
after
quite
a
bit
of
study,
we
discovered
that
the
the
best
strategy
was
to
give
them
manager
the
ability
to
designate
some
agency
in
the
government
that
could
do
do
away
with
these
tickets.
We're
in
the
process
of
figuring
out
how
to
implement
this.
B
It
won't
go
into
effect
until
July
first,
but
we're
still
working
through
who's
going
to
do
it
and
then
we'll
change.
All
the
paperwork
and
people
will
be
able
to
do
it.
The
good
news
is
we
heard
yesterday
from
the
courts
that
they
have
added
more
days
between
now
and
the
end
of
June
to
try
to
deal
with
the
backlog.
Oh.
A
Well,
thank
you.
We're
going
to
take
another
short
break
and
be
right
back
to
talk
about
more
highlights
from
the
county
board
meeting.
Does.
B
A
B
You
know
the
renaming
of
this
area
of
the
park
or
the
naming
of
this
area
of
the
park
came
about
because
of
an
unfortunate
accident.
A
citizen
was
walking
in
the
park,
fell,
broke
her
hip
and
when
they
called
911,
the
fire
trucks
were
unable,
in
this
very
large
Park,
to
get
to
the
right
part
of
the
park
in
a
speedy
manner.
So
the
blumont
Civic
Association
kind
of
understood
what
had
happened
and
said.
B
You
know
we
should
probably
rename
some
sections
of
the
park
and
re-sign
them
in
an
effort
to
improve
safety,
and
so
they
looked
around
and
people
may
not
know
this,
but
on
the
east
side
of
carlin
spring
road
near
Route,
50
is
the
original
log
cabin
with
some
additions
that
the
Carlin
family
lived
in
beginning
in
1772.
Oh,
my
goodness,
Carlin
spring
road
is
named
after
a
spring
that
was
on
their
property
and
Mary
Carlin.
B
The
last
of
the
carlins
lived
in
that
house
until
nineteen-
oh
five,
so
blumont
Civic
Association
picked
up
on
that
history
and
said:
let's
name
these
woods,
Worcester
right
across
Carlin
spring
after
Mary
Carlin,
and
they
made
that
suggestion
to
the
board.
It
went
to
a
bunch
of
commissions.
Everybody
thought
it
was
a
great
idea,
our
public,
our
first
responders
thought
it
was
a
good
idea
too,
and
so
the
recommendation
ultimately
made
its
way
to
the
board.
B
A
B
B
To
the
board
right,
we
do
have
a
naming
pal
see,
and
so,
if
other
people
have
ideas
like
that
check
it
out,
one
of
our
rules
is
that
the
person
does
have
to
be
dead
for
five
years.
So
so
it's
a
nice
way
to
celebrate
people
who've
made
contributions
or
families
who
have
made
significant
contributions
to
the
county
story.
Well,.
A
The
other
thing
that
I
wanted
to
talk
to
you
about
which
I
think
might
have
been
the
first
time
the
board
has
done
this
correct
me.
If
I'm
wrong,
you
honored
transportation,
champions
business
champions
for
transportation,
I
think.
B
Maybe
this
was
the
second
year:
okay
and
the
first
year
was
only
business
this
year,
we've
added
multifamily
properties
as
well.
These
are
our
organizations
who
have
decided
to
encourage
through
strategies,
people
to
use
modes
other
than
their
cars.
Okay.
So
let
me
make
clear
that
you
know
our
goal
is
not
to
eliminate
cars
in.
B
A
B
B
You
can
become
a
transportation
partner
by
collaborating
with
our
Arlington
County
Community
meter,
services,
accs
or
arlington
transportation
partners,
both
of
which
work
with
businesses
and
multi-family,
and
then
there's
kind
of
a
menu
of
things
that
you
can
look
at
as
an
organization
and
say
hey.
We
do
this
this
this
and
this
the
people
we
honored
the
seven
businesses
we
honored
there
at
the
platinum
level,
so
they
are
our
top
achievers
and
they're
the
innovators.
B
A
B
A
B
Well,
a
little
bit
of
history.
People
may
remember
that
we
got
bids
in
2013
late,
2013
2014,
to
build
the
aquatic
center
that
were
just
way
more
than
we
had
expected,
and
so
we
paused
the
project
we
put
it
on
hold.
We
said
this:
we
can't
go
forward,
then
we
understood
that
there
might
be
a
regional
olympics
bed
and
they
were
somewhat
interested
in
our
site
as
the
aquatics
place.
So
we
said:
okay,
we'll
go
into
that
bid,
we'll
see
what
happens
as.
B
Knows
DC
didn't
get
the
bed
Boston
did
so
now.
The
question
is:
what's
our
game
plan
and
you
know
a
lot
has
changed
since
that
building
was
designed.
The
economy
has
changed.
Many
things
in
the
region
are
different,
so
what
we
did
on
Tuesday
was
out
was
direct
the
manager
to
go
back
work
with
our
citizen
group.
We've
had
a
long
bridge
park
planning
committee
for
many
many
years
to
reexamine
the
assumptions
that
we
used
about
what
the
facility
should
be
to
look
at
what
our
needs
are.
B
If
they're
the
same
or,
if
they're
different,
to
understand
what
dollars
we
have
available.
We
have
some
authority
that
the
voters
gave
us.
It's
not
been
sold
yet,
but
we
do
have
some
and
think
about
what
we
might
do
here
in
the
future
to
serve
the
community,
so
they're
going
to
spend
between
now
and
January
2016
sort
of
looking
at
it
developing
recommendations
and
they'll
return
to
the
board
next
January,
with
thoughts
about
where
we
go
next,
so.
A
B
It'll
be
up
to
the
board,
then
what
they
want
to
do
they'll
probably
be
a
presentation
of
the
recommendations.
There
might
be
a
work
session,
the
board
might
decide
they
want
to
have
some
more
community
process,
some
broader
community
process
around
it
or
they
may
decide
they're
ready
to
make
a
decision.
Ultimately,
my
guess
is
some
piece
of
it.
Will
roll
into
the
next
County
capital
improvement
program,
which
would
be
adopted,
probably
in
the
June
July
time
frame
in
2016?
Do.
A
B
Right,
well,
you
know
I
think
that
ultimately
we're
going
to
see
some
kind
of
a
community
recreational
facility,
whether
it
has
all
of
the
components
that
were
initially
imagined,
whether
we
end
up
with
a
more
simplified
kind
of
a
swimming
arena.
You
know
there's
a
lot
of
support
in
the
community
for
more
lanes,
my
husband's
a
daily
swimmer
at
washington-lee.
He
tells
me
it's
crowded
and
I'm
hearing
that
from
other
people
too,
so
I
think
we
need
more
lanes.
B
Having
a
50
meter
pool
would
be
a
great
thing
to
add,
but
how
that
would
all
fit.
You
know
we're
pinched
on
gym
space.
Yes,
we're
pinched
on
indoor
soccer
space,
we
could
use
more
another
indoor
walking
path
like
we
have
at
Jefferson.
So
what
should
go
in
there
to
meet
the
community's
needs
over
the
next
20
years?
B
That's
a
really
big
question,
given
what's
happened
in
our
local
economy,
so
I'm
sure
that
this
group
of
people
will
that
those
various
ideas
put
together
a
program,
hopefully
that's
affordable
to
the
community
and
then
come
on
back
and
and
have
that
broader
conversation
with
the
board.
Next
next
January
February
well.
A
B
A
Yeah
I
agree,
and
we
look
forward
to
seeing
you
back
here
in
April.
Thank
you
wait.
Well,
that's
it
for
the
March
roundup.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
for
this
very
informative
chat
with
county
board,
chair
Mary
Hines
and
please
join
us
next
month.
When
we
round
up
the
April
board
meeting
a
very
important
meeting
where
the
board
will
adopt
the
fiscal
year
2016
budget
and
set
the
property
tax
rate
for
the
calendar
year,
see
you
in
April
thanks
again
now
you're
welcome.
It
was
really
great.