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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up: September 2020
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1. Banning firearms in County Government Buildings, Parks, at Special Events
2. A Master Plan for Metropolitan Park
3. Letting the Sidewalk Distancing Emergency Ordinance Lapse
4. First steps toward a public process for renaming streets, buildings honoring Confederates, reconsidering County’s logo, seal, flag
5. Sobering Report on COVID-19’s impact on County Revenues
A
Hello,
I'm
kara
o'donnell,
your
host
for
county
board
wrap
up
our
monthly
virtual
conversation
with
our
county
board
members
on
the
actions
they
take
that
affect
all
of
us
as
a
community.
Joining
us
today
is
board
chair,
libby
garvey,
as
well
as
board
member
katie
crystal.
Thank
you
both
for
being
here
this
today
and
now,
after
taking
a
break
in
august,
the
board
came
back
to
a
september
agenda
filled
with
big
issues,
some
of
them
a
bit
controversial.
A
They
also
heard
a
sobering
report
from
the
county
manager
on
the
impact
that
the
coronavirus
pandemic
is
having
on
county
revenues,
but
we
are
going
to
begin
today
by
taking
a
look
at
the
board's
adoption
of
a
ban
on
firearms
in
county
government
buildings
parks
and
at
special
events.
Libby,
we'll
start
with
you.
How
did
this
whole
idea
of
this
ordinance
come
about
and
what
exactly
does
it
prohibit.
B
So
it
came
about
really
because
of
an
action
in
the
general
assembly.
I
think
a
lot
of
us
have
been
wanting
for
some
time
an
ability
to
do
more
to
control
guns
in
our
certainly
in
our
buildings
and
our
spaces,
and
we
finally
got
the
right
to
do
that
through
the
general
assembly
and
a
number
of
our
neighboring
jurisdictions
have
adopted
this
ordinance
as
well
and
pretty
much
all
of
us,
I
believe,
are
really
basing
it
very
much
almost
exactly
on
what
was
passed
by
the
general
assembly,
and
that
is
what
we
did.
B
We
did
a
little
bit
of
tweaking
to
it
because
it
was
going
it's
applying
to
our
all,
basically
all
our
facilities,
so
that
includes
parks
outside
it
includes
our
buildings,
and
we
heard
from
a
lot
of
particularly
concealed
carry
weapon
holders
and
I've
learned
a
lot.
I
understand
for
some
people,
because
the
the
wearing
a
gun
is
like
wearing
clothes,
they
put
it
on
the
morning
and
they
take
it
off
at
night
and
so
they're
always
just
walking
around
with
their
guns.
B
They
don't
even
think
about
it
and
they
had
a
concern
that
they
might
end
up
in
a
park
with
a
gun
and
get
themselves.
You
know,
arrested
and
charged
in
their
careers
ruined,
because
this
is
a
class
one
misdemeanor,
if
you,
if
you
violate
it,
so
we
we
worked
to
make
one
really
clear
that
it
wasn't
enforced,
except
where
there
was
signage.
It
had
to
be
clear:
we're
not
trying
to
do
a
gotcha
at
all
for
people.
B
They
were
feeling
insecure
and
certainly
you
watch
what's
going
around
in
the
country,
that's
understandable,
so
we
carved
out
a
bit
of
an
exception
for
them.
There
there's
a
special
permit,
which
has
not
been
yet
put
together,
they're,
going
to
figure
that
one
out,
but
a
special
permit,
so
that
concealed
carry
folks
who
meet
the
requirements
of
the
permit
and
are
registered
as
the
event
could
be
there.
Providing
security
for
that
event,
and
those
are
the
two
main
main
main
changes
we
made,
and
you
know
we
had.
B
C
Yeah,
certainly,
we
heard
from
a
lot
of
impassioned
gun
carriers.
I'm
concerned
about
this.
I
think,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
conversation
boiled
down
to
whether
you
as
an
arlingtonian
believe
that
you're
safer
in
a
park
where
they're
fewer
guns
or
where
they're
more
guns.
I
think
it's
clear
that
those
of
us
on
the
county
board
believe
and
substantiated
by
a
fair
bit
of
research
that
we're
safer
when
there
are
fewer
firearms.
C
But
I
think,
as
as
libby
mentioned,
we
understand,
I
think,
had
our
horizons
expanded
by
folks
who
feel
passionately
that
that's
not
the
case,
so
it
was
quite
a
conversation.
I
think
you
know
the
only
sort
of
nuance
about
those
special
event
permits
likely
what
we'll
do,
as
our
staff
develops,
this
that
permit
will
likely
require
for
a
security
guard.
Who's
met
our
dcjs
standards,
which
are
our
state
standards
for
for
training.
C
I
think
we
did
have
also
learned
that
perhaps
the
process
to
get
a
concealed
carry
permit
is
not
quite
as
onerous
as
we
might
hope
for
somebody
carrying
around
an
instrument
that
can
actually
cause
death
and
so
the
the
permit
for
security
guards.
That
we
see
at
the
state
level
requires
significantly
more
training
and
experience,
and
so,
although
again,
that
that
permit
process
for
a
gun
carrier
at
a
special
event
on
county
property
is
not
yet
formalized
by
our
manager
and
likely
our
police
department.
B
Yeah,
and
also,
I
think,
we've
got
to
emphasize
the
signage
issue.
People
were
so
worried
about,
you
know,
you've
got
it's
got
to
be
clearly
clearly
marked.
We
had
a
lot
of
talk
about
what
is
the
area
adjacent
the
word
of
j
sentence,
making
it
clear,
so
we
really
don't
want
to
trap
anybody.
We
want
to
be
clear
and
the
other
big
issue
you
know
katie
I
thought
was
there
is
also
a
difference
of
opinion.
Some
people
think
that
they,
anybody
with
a
gun,
ought
to
be
able
to
provide
public
safety.
B
You
know
and
basically
the
board.
I
am
not
comfortable
with
anybody.
Who's
able
to
get
a
gun
be
deciding
that
they
want
to
provide
public
safety
and
we've
been
seeing
issues
with
that,
of
course,
around
the
country
and
anyway
we
we
can
move
on.
The
second
amendment
just
continues.
The
logic
continues
to
elude
me.
I
believe,
there's
a
clause
in
there
about
carrying
a
weapon
within
a
well-armed
militia,
well-trained
militia,
and
where
is
the
well-trained
militia
part
we're
trying
to
put
that
in
with
the
training
and
the
and
these
different
requirements?
A
B
No,
it's
it's
simply.
If,
if
police
noticed
somebody
violating
it,
there
would
be
they'd
just
be
a
warning.
They'd
be
asked
to
leave
the
premises
with
the
gun,
that's
all
and
where
I
you
know,
I
don't
think
we're
envisioning
changing
things
at
all
and
at
our
special
events,
you
always
have
a
lot
of
our
police
there
for
security
just
anyway
so
and.
B
A
All
right
well
changing
gears
a
little
bit
now
as
a
condition
of
its
site
plan
for
the
arlington
headquarters
or
the
amazon
arlington
headquarters
in
pentagon.
City
amazon
has
agreed
to
build
and
maintain
in
perpetuity
a
brand
new
expanded
metropolitan
park,
and
at
the
september
meeting,
the
board
approved
the
master
plan
and
design
guidelines
for
that
park.
Now
the
idea
for
a
large
park
in
the
heart
of
pentagon
city-
it's
not
new.
A
C
C
This
is
long
envisioned
for
the
pentagon
city
area
to
have
a
really
central
park
and
I
think,
to
have
amazon
come
in
and
as
a
condition
of
their
site
plan
which
filled
out
the
met
park,
development
area
they
are
paying
for
the
design
and
building
of
the
park
as
well
as
maintenance
of
it.
So
the
way
that's
structured
is
that
the
park
is
going
to
be
owned
with
amazon
and
they're
a
public
easement.
So
that's
basically
public
access,
and
I
think
people
are
linked.
C
C
Yes,
it
is
beautiful,
and
you
know
those
of
us
those
park
enthusiasts
or
natural
resources
enthusiasts,
who
followed,
along
with
our
conversations
in
arlington,
have
seen
the
board
adopt
at
the
urging
of
some
of
our
urban
forestry
commissioners
parks
and
recreational
commissioners
and
other
leaders,
a
commitment
to
biophilia,
which
is
to
say
bringing
nature
into
urban
areas,
and
that
is
absolutely
what
this
plant
does.
Native
plants
shave
trees.
C
The
park
designer,
which
is
an
internationally
recognized
firm,
really
was
deeply
inspired
by
the
the
the
the
native
resources
around
this
area
of
the
county,
as
well
as
the
potomac
river,
and
that
sort
of
undulating
natural
feel,
and
so
you
know,
I
think
folks
will
who
maybe
aren't
as
familiar
with
biophilia,
are
going
to
know
it
when
they
see
it.
When
this
park
is
completed,
it
is
absolutely
about
bringing
a
little
bit
of
the
wild
and
a
little
bit
of
natural
spaces
into
one
of
our
most
developed
areas.
B
Yeah,
I
love
the
way
they
started
out
talking
about
the
fall
line,
because
you
know
I
I
my
elementary
years
were
in
new
england
and
one
of
the
first
things
I
remember
learning
about
was
the
fall
line
and
I
actually
still
look
at.
I
said:
oh
that's,
the
fall
line,
which
is
kind
of
cool.
We
are
right
on
the
fall
line,
but
they
really
kind
of
went
back
through
history
and
into
the
nature
thing.
I
think
you
know
katie
you
I've
been
doing
this.
B
You
know
longer
than
you,
but
you've
been
doing
this
for
quite
a
while.
I
was
so
impressed
with
how
everybody
liked
the
design
they
had
done
so
much
work
with
the
community,
despite
needing
to
do
a
lot
of
it
virtually
but
all
of
our
commissions,
our
citizens.
I
don't,
I
don't
think
we
heard
a
single.
B
A
C
And
I
think
you
know
we'd
be
remiss
if
we
didn't
acknowledge
that
the
process
of
getting
to
this
park,
which
is
going
to
open
in
2023,
has
been
challenging
for
the
neighbors.
We
had
an
item
on
our
agenda.
I
think
two
three
months
ago,
maybe
and
the
the
contractor
who's
doing
the
construction
for
the
amazon
building
has
been
using
part
of
the
park.
We
were
divided
as
a
board
about
whether
that
should
continue.
B
And
they're,
tired
of
the
construction.
That's
you
know
we
had.
That
was
that's
really
hard
and
we've
still
got
the
one
more
big
building
to
go,
but
I
haven't
heard
I
think
the
noise
is
settled
down
and-
and
I
think
it's
working
out
fairly
well,
but
was
really
you
know
we
really
have
to
throw
bouquets
to
the
neighbors
because
it
was
really
tough
for
a
while,
as
they
were
going
through.
That.
A
A
A
Now,
we've
heard
quite
a
bit
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks
about
the
emergency
ordinance
that's
become
known
as
the
sidewalk
ordinance,
which
required
social
distancing
on
sidewalks
and
streets
in
certain
areas
around
the
county
and
restricting
the
number
of
people
who
could
gather
outside
in
those
areas
now
after
being
in
place
for
about
six
seven
weeks
so
far,
the
board
voted
against
making
that
ordinance
permanent
libby,
we'll
start
with
you.
How
did
this
all
you
know
what
was
the
background
leading
up
to
this
vote
and
what
had
you
seen
in
that
time
period.
B
Yeah,
well,
it's
all
about
covid
and
are
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
handle
it
and
how
to
live
with
it
here.
So
what
we
were
seeing
back
a
number
of
weeks
ago
and
we
had
quite
a
peek
and
then
we
closed
everything
down
and
we
started
to
open
things
up
and,
of
course
our
number
of
cases
went
up
and
of
course
we
have
a
lot
of
people
in
arlington,
many
of
us
wearing
mass
and
social
distancing,
but
particularly
outside
some
of
our
establishments.
Where
there's
you
know
at
night,
there's
is
there
restaurants?
B
We
don't
have
anything.
I
think
it's
just
only
a
bar,
but
as
the
hours
got
later,
there
got
to
be
bigger
and
bigger
crowds
and
they
were
pretty
close
together
and
people
weren't,
wearing
masks
and,
of
course,
as
folks
relax
when
they're
drinking
they
get
a
little
more
relaxed.
They
forget
about
the
social
distancing,
so
we
were
increasingly
concerned
about
the
way
people
were
gathering
and
trying
to
encourage
them
our
police,
if
I
would
try
to
kind
of
remind
them
to
move
apart
and
but
it
wasn't
very
effective.
B
B
So
the
manager
and
talking
to
our
public
health
decided
that
we
would
maybe
try
being
able
to
ticket
people
to
make
it
see
if
they
can
take
it
a
little
more
seriously
and
really
clearly
posting
where,
where
people
needed
to
be
standing
apart,
what
was
going
on
also
at
the
same
time
was
both
maryland
and
the
district
of
columbia.
They
were
clamping
down
more
on
their
regulate.
Having
opened
up,
they
were
cutting
back
on
hours.
B
They
were
adding
more
restrictions,
which
seemed
to
possibly
be
attracting
more
people
to
young
people
to
arlington,
which
just
kind
of
compounded
the
issue
of
spreading
of
the
virus.
So
there's
a
lot,
we
don't
know
about
the
virus,
but
we
do
know
people
standing
in
close
proximity
and
talking
and
breathing
on
each
other
does
spread
the
disease
and
is
really
problematic.
So
the
manager
was
feeling
at
that
point,
with
the
changes
going
on
around
us
and
a
concern
about
what
we
were
seeing
and
a
concern
about
an
uptick.
B
B
We
actually
didn't
really
enforce
it
to
start
much.
We
just
kept
trying
to
get
a
little
tougher
and
a
little
tougher.
We
started
hearing
a
lot
of
upset
from
people
thinking
that
they
were
going
to
get
entrapped
in
a
family
of
four
crossing.
The
street
would
suddenly
be
close
and
they'd
get
a
ticket,
and,
of
course,
that
wasn't
the
attention
at
all
and
we
kept
saying
we
don't
want
to
give
out
tickets,
we
don't.
B
We
just
want
people
to
do
the
right
thing,
but
in
the
end
and
what
happens
is
legally
under
an
emergency,
we
could
adopt
it
right
away,
but
then
we
have
to
re-adopt
it
and
make
it
permanent.
As
you
said,
and
that
was
for
this
meeting-
and
it
was
interesting-
I
went
down
and
I'll
turn
over
to
miss
crystal
in
a
minute,
because
I
was
the
losing
vote
on
this.
It
turned
out
it
wasn't
very
you
know
it
wasn't
really
super
effective.
Our
police
were
not
finding
it.
B
They,
it
was
difficult
to
enforce,
sometimes
maybe
creating
more
problems
than
possibly
it
solved.
I
thought
it
made
people
pay
attention
like
they
should
and
I
thought,
having
that
people
aware
that
they
really
could
get
tickets
made
it
a
little
more
serious
and
gave
us
a
little
more
oomph
in
our
encouraging
them
to
separate.
But
my
colleagues
didn't
really
agree,
so
it
was
a
4-1
vote.
I
lost
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
ms
crystal
to
go
talk
to
the
other
side.
C
Yeah,
you
know,
libby
just
had
a
great
description
of
sort
of
the
circumstances
in
which
we
found
ourselves.
I
think
for
me,
and
perhaps
for
some
of
my
other
colleagues,
this
seemed
like
the
most
narrowly
scoped
way
of
tackling
a
problem
which
we
don't
have
evidence
that
this
is
causing
the
spread
of
kova,
the
behavior
at
the
late
night,
restaurants.
C
But
I
do
think
it's
sort
of
undermining
a
lot
of
members
of
our
community's
faith
that
we're
in
this
together.
I
think
one
of
the
things
we've
heard
a
lot
is
that
why
are
bars
open
and
schools
aren't
right,
and
so
we
knew
this
was
a
challenge
to
try
to
tackle
in
some
way,
if
only
because
of
the
the
the
fact
that
it's
undermining
that
consistent
public
health
message,
which
is
the
most
critical
thing
to
stop
the
spread,
you
know
as
libby
was
mentioning
the
way
virginia
law
is
structured.
C
There
are
not
bars.
There
are
restaurants
that
serve
alcohol,
and
that
means
that
any
restriction
on
the
category
of
restaurants
is
going
to
apply
to
the
mom
and
pop
pizza
shop
and
their
ability
to
serve
beer
after
a
certain
hour
or
at
all
the
same
way.
It
would
apply
to.
You
know
a
bar
with
a
long
line
in
front
of
it,
so
we
we
sort
of
tried
to
narrowly
scope
it
see
if
we
could
tackle
this
issue.
C
I
think
we
heard
loud
and
clear
from
community
members
that
there
was
confusion,
and
there
was
upset
at
this
idea
that
we
might
be
restricting
folks
as
movement
on
the
sidewalk
you
know
libby
talked
about.
I
think
we
tried
our
our
our
best
to
try
to
be
clear
about.
You
know
that
this
was
really
limited
to
frankly,
a
handful
of
blocks
in
arlington,
where
there
was
clear
signage.
Nevertheless,
I
think
it
was
ill-received
for
that
reason,
and
then,
ultimately
it
wasn't
working.
It
wasn't
changing
behavior.
C
I
know
that
our
police,
frankly
had
been
harassed
in
one
case,
assaulted,
trying
to
enforce
this,
which
you
know
is
a
a
sign
of
how
frustrating
this
behavior
is
and
some
of
the
individuals
who
are
engaged
in
it.
But
what
we
also
saw
was
that
our
police
have
been
working
for
years
with
the
arlington
restaurant
initiative,
which
has
basically
had
its
origins
in
the
years
where
we're
drinking
in
clarendon
was
frankly
out
of
control.
C
We
would
have
you
know
a
lot
of
negative
impacts
of
that,
so
the
ari
was
founded
to
basically
try
to
work
with
the
restaurants
as
partners
to
see
if
they
could
control
that
behavior
and,
as
a
result,
there
is
a
strong
partnership
between
some
of
our
our
most
popular
nightlife
spots
and
the
police,
and
what
we
did
see
from
the
police
was
that
they
were
able
to
engage
the
restaurants
in,
for
example,
expanding
bollards,
providing
security
to
join
the
police.
To
try
to
get
this
message
out
to
the
patrons.
C
C
I
think
that
the
next
step
is
very
much
to
kind
of
continue
that
effort
the
the
sort
of
positive
behavior,
and
I
will
note
that
inside
most
of
the
restaurants,
we've
seen
compliance
with
the
governor's
orders
in
the
few
restaurants,
where
we
have
it
we'll
have
the
police
available
now
to
work
with
the
public
health
team
to
shut
that
behavior
down.
So
you
know
this
is,
I
think
it
was
absolutely
worth
trying.
A
B
Probably
the
same
message:
we've
always
had,
I
think
katie
we
just
won't
say
or
you
get
a
ticket.
I
think
it's
just
we're
just
going
to
continue
what
we're
doing
that
was
part
of
the
reason
I
was
okay,
continuing
because
it's
basically
what
we're
doing,
I
don't
think
it's
actually
going
to
change.
I
was
really
worried
a
little
bit
about
the
public
messaging
that
it's
maybe
not
doesn't
seem
so
serious,
but
I
don't
think
really
that
much
will
change.
I
mean
the
doesn't
matter.
What
we
do.
B
The
virus
is
going
to
do
what
the
virus
is
going
to
do.
They
don't
care,
how
we
feel
about
it,
what
we
do
about
it,
but
it's
going
to
do
its
thing,
and
that
means,
if
you
stand
close
to
people
for
any
length
of
time,
you're
very
likely
to
get
infected.
If
both
of
you
are
wearing
masks,
that
will
help,
but
basically
distance
is
the
most
important.
C
That's
exactly
right,
and
I
think
it's
probably
worth
noting
you
know
there
was
a
lot
of
frustration.
Why
go
after
this
particular
group
of
people
or
this
particular
set
of
sidewalks?
The
point
is
we're
trying
to
enforce
congregating
not
happening
in
arlington,
because
that
is
exactly
as
the
people
saying
how
this
virus
spreads.
You
know,
I
think
we've
heard
from
a
lot
of
people
interested
in
a
mass
coordinates,
particularly
with
our
neighbors
and
alexandria,
adopting
it,
but
exactly
as
libya
was
noting,
the
most
important
thing
you
can
do
is
stay
six
feet
away.
C
If
you're
not
able
to
then
the
mask
is
you
know
an
important
next
step?
Certainly,
masks
are
still
required
indoors,
but
but
simply
staying
six
feet
apart
is
in
fact
the
most
important
thing
you
can
do
and
we
will
be
continuing
to
to
put
that
message
out
and
to
enforce
it.
You
know
when
it's
happening
at
the
inside
of
buildings
and
working
with
the
restaurants
to
try
to
manage
it
outside.
B
And
we're
going
to
start
seeing
changes
because
the
right
weather's
going
to
change
right,
so
there
won't
be
so
much
standing
outside
that's
going
to
change
flu
may
hit.
Who
knows
what's
going
to
happen
with
the
pandemic?
We're
going
to
continue?
I
mean
it's
just
part
of
our
effort
to
work
with
the
disease
and
evolve.
We
tried,
we
tried
this
and
you
know
the
thought
was
that
it
didn't
seem
to
work
very
well.
So
you
know
it's
we're
going
to
be
innovating.
A
A
Now,
at
the
september
meeting,
the
board
also
welcomed
the
county
managers,
first,
steps
towards
a
community
process
for
potentially
renaming
streets,
bridges
and
county-owned
properties
in
arlington.
That
would
also
consider
changing
arlington's
seal
logo
and
flag,
and
what
was
the
impetus
for
the
manager's
proposal
on
this
absolutely.
C
There
was
a
sense
that
that
logo,
where
that
seal,
was
standing
for
a
set
of
values
surrounding
the
confederacy
enslavement
dehumanization
that
certainly
didn't
represent
arlington's
values
to
date.
So
you've
seen
some
of
the
efforts
underway
already
to
talk
about
these
sort
of
substantive
vestiges
of
racism,
like
our
police
practices,
group
and
and
now
we're
also
trying
to
open
the
doors
to
have
that
conversation
about
the
future
of
symbols
and
names
in
arlington.
C
So
I
think
the
board
agrees
that
the
time
has
come
to
make
that
change
and
now
we're
looking
forward
to
taking
the
next
few
months
to
to
talking
with
others
about
what
should
replace
it
about
what
other
honorifics
to
the
confederacy
remain
in
our
community
and
which
we
should
discuss
for
the
future
and
libby.
I
know
you've
been
working
incredibly
hard
with
the
manager
and
our
new
chief
equity
officer
on
trying
to
shape
what
that
conversation
will
look
like.
B
Yeah
and
we're
good
we're
hiring
a
a
local
group
consultant
that
we've
I've
worked
with
for
many
years
called
challenging
racism
to
help
guide
the
community
with
kind
of
guided
conversations,
and
I
I'm
pretty
excited
about
this
process.
That's
moving
forward
that
was
kind
of
already
underway.
Before
we
kind
of
people
you
know
we
got.
I
got
the
idea
that
we
needed
to
change
the
the
logo
and
the
seal
and
the
and
the
flag,
but
we've
been,
of
course,
getting
calls
to
changing
the
names,
and
I
think
what
we've
realized.
B
In
fact
it's
it's
hard
to
remember,
but
at
one
point
we
were
really
working
on
celebrating
our
100th
anniversary
this
year
and
it
was
supposed
to
be
a
hundred
years.
You
know
looking
back
and
looking
forward,
looking
both
ways
and
part
of
what
I
had
wanted
to
do
then
was
to
have
a
real
good
understanding
of
our
history,
because
I
think
you
can
do
a
much
better
job
of
understanding
where
you
are
and
where
you
want
to
go.
B
If
you
really
understand
who
you
are
and
how
we
got
here
and
in
fact
we
had
held
one
panel
and
that
had
been
with
black
americans
here
in
our
our
community,
black
residents
that
have
been
here
for
years
and
years
and
years
talking
about
their
experiences
here,
I
learned
a
lot.
It
was
a
wonderful
panel,
it's
the
one
panel
we
managed
to
carry
off
and
that
process
made
me
even
more
encouraged
about
how
we're
approaching
here,
I
think
the
need
to
educate
is
what
the
manager
is
talking
about.
B
The
different
steps
and
the
first
one
is
education.
It's
just
really
to
develop
an
understanding
again
of
who
we
are
and
how
we
got
here
and
there's
I've
been
learning
a
lot
about
history
and
I
always
figure.
I'm
pretty
well
informed.
Well,
there's
a
lot
to
learn
and
I
think,
as
we
start
to
do
it
and
think
about
these
things
in
an
intentional
way.
So
the
real
dispute
here,
I
think,
you'd-
probably
agree
katie-
was
how
fast
we're
gonna.
Do
it.
It's
not
r.
B
It
says
like
how
fast
and
how-
and
you
know
I
I
think
we
were
chatting
ahead
of
time
and
and
katie
was
pointing
out.
It's
really
only
a
difference
of
about
three
months
which
in
arlington
wait.
Time
is
like
a
nanosecond
right,
but
I
know
but
but
to
some
people
it
feels
you
know,
there's
a
whole
lot
of
emotion
and
feeling.
But
my
my
real
effort
here
is,
I
understand
I
do
understand.
B
I
can't
I
can't
totally
share
totally
understand,
but
you
know
the
feelings
and
the
emotions
that
this
brings
up,
but
I
really
think
we
need
you
know
more
light
and
less
heat
on
this
issue.
As
all
of
the
issues
we're
dealing
with,
I
think
our
job
as
board
members
and
leaders
is
to
help
kind
of
bring
down
the
temperature.
We've
got
so
much
chaos
and
swirl
going
on
with
the
election
with
you
know,
a
real
awakening
in
this
country
that
you
know
systemic
racism
really
is
a
thing.
B
B
We're
absolutely
committed
to
doing
this,
but
I
think
what
I
think
what
we
all
want
is
to
have
a
really
good
thoughtful
conversation
and
that
we
move
forward
in
an
intentional
way
and
put
in
this
place
a
process
for
not
only
the
logo
of
the
seal
of
faith.
It's
about
more
than
that.
We've
been
asked
to
change
the
names
of
bridges,
roads,
buildings,
and
that
includes
wilson
boulevard.
You
know,
and
there's
been
a
little
rumblings
about
changing
the
name
of
arlington
county
itself.
B
C
I
know
all
five
of
us
think
the
logo
should
change
to
to
do
it
without
the
conversations
and
the
history
means.
We've
really
missed
an
opportunity
to
talk
about
arlington's
history,
for
example
the
the
confederate
names
that
we
saw
crop
up
in
the
20s
and
30s.
It
was
just
on
a
call
last
night
kicking
off
the
lee
highway
alliance's
engagement
process
about
renaming
lee
highway
and
wilma
jones
who's.
A
historian
and
author
as
well.
As
you
know,
fourth
generation
I
think
halls
hill
resident
was
pointing
out
lee
highway.
C
Wasn't
lee
highway
after
the
end
of
the
civil
war,
lee
highway
was
named
lee
highway
during
a
wave
of
resistance
to
new
freedoms
being
expressed
by
black
residents
in
the
20s
and
30s,
and
so
I
think,
there's
a
really
important
opportunity
for
us
to
discuss
these
symbols
and
understand
how
these
symbols
reflect
decisions
that
have
been
baked
into
our
zoning
ordinance,
for
example,
or
other
key
processes
in
arlington.
And
so
I
don't
want
to
miss
the
chance
for
us
to
have
real
conversations
about
that
history.
C
To
understand
how
we've
been
shaped
by
the
confederate
legacy
by
the
racist
legacy
in
our
community,
because
I
think,
if
we
really
are
going
to
embark
on
a
on
a
set
of
anti-racist
actions
to
make
this
community
the
inclusive
community
that
we
so
wish
to
be.
We
have
to
know
where
we're
coming
from
and
how
we're
going
to
change
it.
Yeah.
B
And
I
like
I'll,
just
build
one
on
one
point,
because
I've
been
saying
this
a
lot
and
I
I
appreciate
you
bringing
it
up.
It
really
doesn't
matter
what
the
board
thinks,
what
the
five
of
us
think
it
matters,
what
the
community
as
a
whole
thinks,
and
we
need
to
really
work
that
through
so
we're
facilitators
here.
That's
what
we
think
and
that.
A
B
Say
it
took
us
400
years
to
get
here,
it's
going
to
take
us
a
little
while
to
get
out
of
here,
but
I
think
the
understanding
you
know
katie
it's
been,
it
was
really
revelatory
to
me.
I
never
really
focused
on
the
fact
that
it
was
during
the
20s
and
30s
when
all
of
those
names
changed.
It
was
just
part
of
the
south
trying
to
re
re,
re-fight
and
relitigate.
The
civil
war
and
they've
been
doing
that.
That's
been
far
too
successful.
A
A
B
So
it
was
indeed
sobering
and
I
was
listening
to
your
intro
actually,
so
this
wasn't
a
decision
that
we
made
today
at
the
board
meeting,
but
I
think
in
many
ways
it
was
one
of
the
most
important
issues
that
we
dealt
with.
It's
it's
preparing
ourselves
and
preparing
our
community
and
and
letting
them
know
what
we
face.
So,
yes,
the
manager.
B
You
know
that
way
back
when
in
march,
or
so
he
threw
out
his
410
plus
pages
of
budget
carefully
prepared,
which
you
know,
as
mark
had
said,
was
a
a
quaint
artifact
of
history
and
we
embarked
on
this
adventure
so
what
he
did
say
so
that
budget
that
he
presented
was
kind
of
like
an
addendum
of
12
pages,
which
we
finally
adopted,
and
we
were
planning
to
come
back,
and
this
is
our
first
time
to
come
back
and
see
how
things
are
actually
going.
At
that
time.
B
Staff
was
sort
of
thinking
that
you
know
our
revenues
were
going
to
take
a
dive
boom,
and
then
we
were
going
to
kind
of
recover
from
the
virus
and
we're
going
to
come
back
up.
Well,
we
all
know
that
the
virus
is
not
going
away
anyway,
anytime
soon
and
that's
a
whole
issue
on
the
obviously
how
we're
handling
it
as
a
nation
on
the
federal
level
and
everything
else.
B
But
what's
happened
is
we're
going
to
dive
and
then
we're
kind
of
coming,
but
it's
kind
of
a
slow
increase
and
some
sectors,
of
course,
are
not
recovering
at
all
right
now,
so
revenues
are
down
even
more
and
it's
looking
like.
We
have
a
really
significant
shortfall
for
you
know
gap
for
this
year
and
of
course
we
cannot
run
a
deficit.
B
So
already
a
good
number
of
months
into
the
fiscal
year
starts
in
july.
Already
here
in
september,
we're
down.
I
think
the
total
is
about
60
million.
I
think
for
us,
it's
28
to
38
million
and
then
that
there's
a
gap
for
the
schools-
you
add
it
all
together,
we're
looking
at
you
know:
60
million
dollar
gap
plus
or
minus,
and
we
have
to
make
that
up
somehow
before
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year,
which
is
next
july.
B
So
we
have
a
number
of
levers
and
that
was
kind
of
presented
with
their
thing.
You
know
we
have
every
year
we
have
carryover,
so
the
carryover
usually
goes
to
help
build
the
next
budget,
make
it
a
little
easier
and
also
goes
into
a
few
major
issues
like
affordable
housing
and
allows
us
to
increase
our
affordable
housing
investment
fund
this
year.
I
think,
probably
a
lot
more
of
it's
going
to
go
into
just
simply
filling
this
budget
gap
that
we've
got,
but
it
doesn't
begin
to
fill
it.
B
We
have
gotten
some
you
know
pulling
back
on
on
expenses
and
what
we're
doing
we
may
need
to
be
doing
more
of
that.
So
this
is
just
kind
of
a
little
foreshadowing
for
the
presentation
that
we're
going
to
be
getting
in
october,
when
we
will
know
more
and
then
I'll
turn
it
over
to
katie,
because
I'm
sure
she's
got
you
know
some.
It's
interesting
we're
kind
of
different.
This
is
my
24th
budget.
Maybe
my
25th.
I've
got
to
figure
out
coming
up,
it'll
be
my
25th.
This
is
the
hardest
one.
B
I've
ever
seen,
I'm
anticipating
it
being
really
rough
next
year.
So
much
depends
on
what
happens
in
november.
So
what
we're
planning
on
now
is
no
more
money
from
the
federal
government,
which
is
what
part
of
what
makes
this
really
hard
and
the
money
we
have
gotten
so
far,
which
has
been
helpful,
has
to
be
spent
by
the
end
of
december
by
the
end
of
the
calendar
year,
and
it
has
to
go
for
certain
expenses,
so
it
doesn't
help
us
backfill
some
of
these
huge
gaps
that
we
have.
B
If
the
democrats,
you
know
win
and
we
win
big
in
november
and
can
start
controlling
how
this
country
runs
a
bit,
I
think
there'll
be
a
lot
more
support
for
local
governments.
We
certainly
while
we're
hurting
a
lot
of
places
are
hurting
a
whole
lot
more
than
we
are.
I
mean
I
keep
reminding
myself
if
this
is
tough
for
us.
What
is
it
like
for
places
that
don't
have
you
know?
We
have
some
contingency
funds.
We've
got
some
things.
We
can
fall
back
on
a
lot
of
places
do
not
so
that
is
fascinating.
B
If
it
ends
up
that
the
that
you
know
we
we
don't
win
big,
you
know.
Maybe
we
maybe
we
take
the
white
house,
we
don't
take
the
senate
or
something
like
that
or
god
forbid.
We
don't
take
the
white
house,
then
I
think
it's
going
to
be
really
really
difficult.
We
will
be
in
a
very
different
world
and
we'll
have
to
deal
with
that,
but
I'm
still
hopeful
for
november
and
hopefully
we
will
get
through
this,
but
it's
not
going
to
be
easy,
so
katie
I've
kind
of
gone
along.
What's.
C
Your
perspective,
yeah,
you
know,
I
do
think
one
thing
that
maybe
is
worth
noting
about
what
you
just
shared
is
you're,
absolutely
right
right.
There's
restrictions
on
what
those
relief
dollars
from
the
the
first
and
only
relief
package
can
be
spent
on,
but
I
think
it's
really
important
to
note
that
they
can
be
spent
on
eviction
prevention,
food
assistance,
social
services,
and
so
we
have
been
incredibly
committed
to
those
activities.
Allocating
at
this
point
millions
of
dollars
to
make
sure
that
people
don't
lose
their
housing.
C
Don't
go
hungry
that
our
kids
do
have
access
to
the
internet.
That
is
a
good
use
of
that
that
relief
money.
We
will
continue
to
do
that
and
so
for
anybody
who
may
be
dependent
or
or
in
need
of
those
resources
from
the
county.
I
think
that's
one
of
the
most
important
things
that
we
can
communicate,
because
that
is
an
allowable
use
of
care's
money.
It
will
not
be
subjected
to
cut
that's
weird
cutbacks.
We
are
still
here
to
help.
C
Yeah-
and
I
think
you
know
from
here-
I
think
you're
right
libby-
we
do
have
options
right.
We
have
what
might
be
close
out
money.
I
know
those
schools
will
as
well.
Our
manager
maintains
a
covered
contingent.
I
know
there
is
wishful
thinking
in
some
sectors
of
the
community
that
we've
got
a
giant
pile
of
brake
class
in
case
of
emergency
money.
That
is
not
the
case,
and
I
know
that
our
partners
in
schools
don't
either.
C
C
Our
manager
are
working
with
the
superintendent
and
the
school's
finance
team
to
try
to
make
sure
that
our
estimates
are
as
accurate
and
frankly,
conservative
as
possible
and
and
to
try
to
understand
that
the
different
sources
of
funds
we
might
be
able
to
tap
into
or
the
hopefully
relatively
painless
cuts
that
could
be
made
in
fiscal
21..
There's
not
an
imminent
action
before
either
the
county
board
or
school
board
to
to
make
big
cuts.
In
our
adopted
fiscal
21
budgets
right.
B
And
I
think
yet
the
best
information,
a
real
update
will
be
in
november.
I
mean
just
traditionally
that's
when
a
lot
of
the
numbers
start
to
become
a
lot
clearer
because
of
the
taxes
and
things
and
that
will
be
after
the
election,
so
I'm
hoping
by
november,
we'll
have
a
better
idea
october.
Will
you
know
as
time
goes
forward,
we
get
we
get
better
and
better
pictures
of
what
what's
happening
and
where
we're
going
to
be.
But
it's
still,
we
know
it's
going
to
be
difficult.
B
We
don't
know
how
difficult,
but
I
think,
katie,
as
you
pointed
out,
we're
working
really
closely
with
our
partners
in
the
school
system
and
we
are
absolutely
determined
to
make
sure
that
people
are
not
out
on
the
street
or
going
hungry
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
work
forward.
It's
just
gonna
be
not
easy,
not
easy.
Sure.
A
And
the
loss
of
revenue
it's
coming
from
such
a
mix
of
sources.
You
have
your
property
taxes,
you
have
your
sales
taxes,
you
have
the
transient
occupancy
taxes,
since
people
are
not
staying
in
hotels
as
often
as
we
had
anticipated
or
hoped
they
would-
and
I
guess
the
big
question
is
we
just
don't
know
how
long
we're
going
to
be
in
this
kind
of
situation.
A
B
We
don't
we
it's,
and
it's
been
interesting
that
some
some
sectors
have
done
pretty
well,
you
know
it
turns
out.
I
think,
we're
more.
I
think
I
read
some
we're
more
able
to
work
virtually
here
than
anywhere
else
in
the
country.
We've
got
more
people
who
can
work
virtually
so
obviously
that's
an
advantage.
We've
got
some
some
businesses
they're
doing
just
fine
amazon
would
obviously
be
one
of
the
examples
right.
So
there
are
a
number
of
businesses
here,
companies
here
that
are
doing
that
are
doing
well.
B
We
have
enough
the
way
our
restaurants
have
pivoted
and
all
the
work
that
our
aed
and
our
our
cphd
have
been
doing
our
you
know
our
technical
staff
have
been
doing
to
help
them
have
the
outside
seating.
We
are
working
to
find
a
way
for
for
restaurants
to
maybe
do
some
covered
or
or
protected
seating,
even
in
the
in
the
winter
months,
working
very
closely
with
the
business
community.
So
a
lot
of
places
are
not
doing
as
badly
as
you
would
think.
It's
the
hotels
and
such
that
have
really
done
badly.
B
Oh,
you
know
and
then
finally
excuse
me,
the
spending
you
know
spending
has
not
been
so
bad
because
we
have
so
many
people
in
protected
jobs,
so
people
who
work
for
the
federal
government,
their
salaries,
continue
to
come
in
people
who
work
for
companies
that
aren't
affected
their
salaries,
keep
so
they're.
We
managed
to
keep
the
economy
going,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
we
do
as
best
we
can
to
bring
along
the
sectors
that
are
hurting,
but
as
time
goes
on,
it
drags
us
down
more
and
more
so.
A
Okay,
well
on
that
note
that
will
bring
us
to
the
end
of
another
county
board,
wrap
up
libby
and
katie.
Thank
you
both
very
much
for
joining
us.
Today.
We
will
be
back
in
october,
with
another
county
board
wrap
up
with
the
latest
deep
dive
on
the
board's
actions.
Until
then,
stay
safe,
don't
forget
to
register
to
vote
and
if
you
prefer
to
apply
for
that
mail-in
ballot
for
the
november
3rd
election
just
visit
the
county
website
arlingtonva.us
for
more
information.
Thanks
for
joining
us,
we'll
see
you
in
october
thanks
a
lot.