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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: FY 19 Budget
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A
Today,
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
county
managers
proposed
budget
for
fiscal
year
2019,
which
begins
on
July
1st,
we'll
get
an
update
on
the
General
Assembly's
legislative
session
and
how
it's
going
to
impact
Arlington
and
we'll
also
talk
about
a
controversial
residential
development
that
the
board
approved
in
North
Ballston
transportation,
improvements
for
Columbia
Pike
and
the
Board's
decision
to
help
finance
a
new,
affordable
housing
development
near
the
Metro
in
Rosslyn.
Let's
dive
right
in,
of
course,
it
is
budget
season
and
the
manager
has
proposed
his
budget
for
fiscal
year
19.
Where
do
we
stand?
B
Know
I
think
our
manager
said
it
well.
He
said
there
is
never
a
time
that
the
budget
is
easy.
The
seer
is
hard
and
that
really
characterizes
what
we'll
be
talking
about
for
the
next
couple
of
months
because
of
the
challenges
of
a
high
office
vacancy
rate,
we
are
growing.
Our
revenues
slower
than
the
county
government
might
otherwise
grow
just
to
keep
up
with
demand.
Basically,
what
that
does
is
it
creates
a
gap
20
point
five
million
dollars
to
be
precise,
so
the
manager
has
proposed
cuts
of
some
positions
and
services.
B
In
some
cases,
some
proposed
increases
in
fees
that
are
assessed
to
our
residents,
but
the
board
did
take
a
vote
on
Saturday
which
to
advertise
the
current
tax
rate,
which
basically
means
we
can
go
no
higher
than
the
current
tax
rate.
It
was
a
divided
vote
on
the
count
on
the
part
of
our
colleagues
3
to
2.
Essentially,
it's
really
kind
of
a
signal
of
how
much
appetite
we
have
to
assess
risk
or
or
or
talk
about
expansions
I
do
think.
We
are
pretty
clear.
A
Now
you
mentioned
the
office
vacancy
rate,
you
know
we're
an
era.
People
assume
Arlington
is
very
prosperous.
You
know
one
of
the
wealthiest
communities
in
Virginia.
We
have
very
low
unemployment,
that
kind
of
thing,
but
this
office
vacancy
rate.
We
hear
we've
been
hearing
quite
a
lot
about
it.
Now
it
is
down
from
its
high
point,
which
I
believe
was
21.4%
surround
that,
but
it's
a.
B
Long
process-
indeed,
it
is-
and
it's
a
great
point-
that's
exactly
where
we're
seeing
this
off.
That's
making
this
budget
a
little
more
challenging
in
the
office,
commercial
vacancy
rate
is
still
high
19.4%
and
that's
the
result
of
a
lot
of
things.
We
still
think,
and
we
still
know
arlington-
is
a
really
desirable
and
competitive
place
to
do
business.
B
As
you
mentioned,
we
have
the
lowest
unemployment
rate
in
the
Commonwealth
which
we're
very
proud
of
about
2%,
but
there
are
fundamentals
in
how
this
country-
and,
in
fact
the
globe,
does
business
increasing
amounts
of
teleworking,
for
example,
lower
per
person,
utilization
of
office
spaces.
We
see
things
like
Hotelling
going
forward
and,
of
course,
we're
still
seeing
some
of
the
consequences
of
Base
Realignment
enclosure,
which
happened
less
than
a
decade
ago,
all
of
which
is
adding
up
to
a
sustained
vacancy
in
our
office
sector,
and
that
does
lead
to
lower
revenues
for
us
and.
A
In
Arlington
we're
very
kind
of
unique
actually
and
that
we
have
more
or
less
that
50/50
in
terms
of
Commercial
Taxes
versus
residential
property
taxes,
and
we
want
to
keep
that
because
that
keeps
things
more
affordable
for
our
residents
correct.
So
that's
what
leads
to
that
quandary.
Shall
we
say
one.
C
Of
the
main
things
we
want
to
do
is
make
sure
that
we
maintain
our
triple
triple
a
bond
rating.
This
is
very
important
because,
as
we
after
once,
we've
dealt
with
the
budget-
and
you
know
the
board
and
and
I
would
say
I
as
a
new
board
member
I'm,
looking
very
forward
to
the
opportunity
to
really
dive
into
the
details
over
the
next
six
weeks
to
figure
out.
A
B
So
we
take
this
austere
budget
to
the
community.
It's
now
posted
online
people
can
follow
all
of
the
details
on
all
of
the
process
at
budget
Arlington
Va
us
the
County
Board
just
yesterday,
launched
in
our
first
of
11
work
sessions.
These
are
opportunities
for
us
to
really
take
deep
dives
with
the
departments
to
understand
their
work
and
understand
the
changes
to
their
budgets.
It's
important
to
know-
and
we
talked
about
this
yesterday
with
the
Department
of
Human
Services-
that
it's
not
just
cuts
a
lot
of
it
is
reprioritization
xandrie
allocations
and
I.
B
Think
the
department,
along
with
the
manager,
have
done
a
good
job
to
adapt
and
adjust
not
simply
cut
in
a
thoughtful
way.
So
we'll
dig
in
across
these
11
work
sessions,
they're
all
available
to
watch
online
either
live
or
after
the
fact
we'll
visit
with
many
of
our
Commission's
to
get
their
advice
and
we'll
be
having
a
lot
of
conversations
with
residents.
There's
a
survey
that
people
can
find
on
that
budget
web
page,
as
well
as
on
the
county
board
web
page,
to
react
to
the
managers
budget.