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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up: October 2020
Description
Arlington County's review of key actions the Board takes at its monthly meeting.
1. Expanding childcare options
2. Dialogues on Race and Equity to address disparities
3. Deferring possible changes to Columbia Pike’s Neighborhood Form Based Code
4. Accepting more pandemic assistance
5. Sobering budget outlook for FY 21-FY22
A
Hello
and
welcome
to
county
board,
wrap
up
arlington's
review
of
the
key
actions
the
county
board
takes
at
its
monthly
meeting.
I'm
your
host
cara
o'donnell
and,
as
we
continue
to
take
those
precautions
during
the
coronavirus
pandemic,
wrap
up
is
again
going
virtual.
This
month
with
us
today
is
board
chair,
libby
garvey,
as
well
as
board
member
tacus
carantonis.
Thank
you
both
for
joining
us
now.
The
board's
october
meeting
came
during
a
very,
very
busy
fall
with
the
county,
obviously
still
dealing
with
the
global
coronavirus
pandemic.
A
That
has
touched
just
about
every
aspect
of
our
lives,
as
well
as
launching
efforts
to
reform
policing
and
begin
a
community-wide
dialogue
on
race
and
equity.
We're
going
to
tackle
those
issues
and
a
lot
more
today,
but
first
we're
going
to
start
with
an
issue.
That's
really
kind
of
come
to
the
surface,
even
more
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic
and
that's
child
care
nationwide.
There
have
been
a
lot
of
concerns
about
the
pandemic's
impact
on
child
care
and
worries
that
many
of
the
facilities
will
not
be
able
to
survive
this
time
of
shutdowns.
B
So
at
the
moment
cara
we
are
seeing
we're.
We've
got
a
number
of
child
care
offerings
that
are
actually
getting
expanded,
which
I'll
talk
about,
and
we
approve
some
of
that
in
our
in
our
meeting
you're,
absolutely
right
that
this
is
an
issue.
That's
come
so
much
to
the
fore.
Now
with
the
pandemic.
I
think
every
mother
that's
tried
to
have
a
job
and
have
children
at
the
same
time
knows.
B
This
is
a
really
big
problem,
but
the
other
half
of
the
gender
and
people
that
maybe
haven't
had
to
deal
with
that
are
suddenly
discovering,
oh
yeah.
I
guess
this
is
maybe
a
problem,
and
it
really
is.
I
mean
we
are
seeing
more
women
having
to
drop
out
of
the
workforce
because
they
need
to
be
watching
for
watching
their
children
and,
of
course,
the
fact
that
our
schools
are
closed
right
now,
they're
they're
working
virtually
but
the
children
are
home,
just
makes
it
all
harder.
B
So
we
are
doing
what
we
can
and
we
are
seeing
the
benefits.
I
think
of
the
child
care
initiative
that
katie
crystal
launched
when
she
was
chair
two
years
ago
now
and
we
have
been
continuing
to
try
and
expand
child
care
opportunities.
I
mean
two
of
the
major
things
we
did
was
a
youth
permit.
Amendment
you
do
have
to.
There
are
all
kinds
of
you
know,
use
permits
and
and
regulations
to
make
sure
the
child
care
is
safe
and
that's
important
to
do.
B
But
we
approved
a
use
of
care,
use
a
permit
amendment
for
the
ymca
child
care
center
in
west
over
baptist
church,
and
that
was
a
before
and
after
school
care.
B
But
now
they're
going
to
be
offering
it
during
the
day,
so
they
will
be
providing
a
safe
space
for
students
who
are
distance
learning
during
the
pandemic
and
their
new
operating
hours
are
going
to
be
from
7
in
the
morning
till
6
30
the
night
monday
through
friday,
which
it's
only
20
children,
but
that's
that
for
those
20
children
and
their
families,
that's
a
that's
a
big
deal
and
then
even
more
more
help
was
offered
when
we
approved
also
a
youth
permit
amendment
for
aspire,
and
they
operate
out
of
arlington
mill
community
center
on
columbia
pike.
B
They
have
also
had
an
after
school
program
and
that
has
converted
to
a
full
day
program,
and
this
is
for
up
to.
It-
has
been
for
up
to
100
children,
and
now
it's
gonna
be
up
to
120
children
and
they
will
again
provide
a
safe
space
all
day
for
students
grades
three
to
five,
who
were
distance
learning
during
the
covid
pandemic,
so
there,
and
we
also
approved
a
number
of
other
child
care
permits
that
you
know
people
trying
to
increase
their
what
they
can
their
capacity
and
also
continuing
to
operate.
B
So
we
are
really
doing
as
much
as
we
can.
You
know
and
I'd
like
to
give
a
little
plug
for
our
our
daycare
hotline
for
people
who
are
listening.
I
mean
I
know
so.
Many
families
are
struggling
with
this
and
it's
not
like.
We
have
enough
for
everybody,
but
there
is
a
lot
of
information
on
our
online
directory.
There's
a
directory
of
licensed
care,
centers
and
family
child
care
providers
and
I'll
just
make
sure
I
get
the
number
right.
You
can
also
call
our
office.
B
703-228-1685
and
it's
703-228-1685,
so
you
can
go
online
or
call
that
number
if
you
need
help
for
child
care
and
I've
been
talking
a
lot,
but
I'm
a
grandmother.
I
feel
like
I've,
been
dealing
with
child
care
for
a
very
long
time,
but
takas,
you
might
have
a
few
words.
A
C
And
it
was
what's
really
refreshing
to
see
how
many
individual
homes
have
been
ignore
approved
for
up
to
12
kids,
each
one,
I'm
of
course-
and
we
are
all
conscientious.
You
know
we.
We
are
cognizant
about
the
fact
that
the
majority
of
these
individual
homes
are
really
catering
to
households
that
have
the
economic
ability
to
pay.
For
this,
however,
they
aspire
the
kids
with
the
aspire
program
and
the
ymca
program.
C
These
are
really
kids
that
come
from
the
most
challenged
families
right
now
in
their
vast
majority,
they're
they're,
kids
of
from
households
where
their
parents
are
essential
workers.
So
this
is
a
a
continuous
focus
for
the
arlington
county
board
and
I
have
to
say
in
addition,
both
in
the
case
of
aspire
and
the
ymca,
the
accommodation
included
really
expanding
the
space
and
and
making
a
lot
of
effort
from
these
both
very
valuable
non-profit
organizations
that
that
will
be
providing
this.
This
service
in
an
ongoing
base.
B
B
So
you
know
we
have
been
talking
with
our
school
system
and
others,
and
if
we
can
find
a
way
to
find
folks
that
are
certified
to
work
with
young
people,
we
do
have
some
some
more
space
to
use.
So
you
know
I'd
like
to
think
this
is
a
a
crisis
and
we're
going
to
be
through
it
like
soon,
but
I
think
this
we're
in
a
chronic
situation
here.
I
think
this
has
been
going
on
for
a
while.
So
we'll
be
continuing
to
work
on
this.
C
Yeah,
maybe
maybe
also
a
plug
for
these
are
two
non-profits
that
are
based
in
hollywood,
have
been
working
on
here
for
a
very
long
time,
they're
part
of
our
social
safety
net
of
non-profit
organizations,
as
as
everybody
knows,
non-profit
organizations
depends
on
donations
and
support
philanthropic
support
so
aspire
after
school
learning
and
the
ymca
that
works
for
for
us
here
in
arlington.
Thank
you.
C
A
This
entire
pandemic-
and
it's
at
a
time
when
their
services
are
more
critically
needed
than
ever.
Have
you
heard
from
other
child
care
facilities
who
are
interested
in
the
expanding
the
hours
you
mentioned
the
two
you
know
that
are
have
expanded
already.
Have
you
heard
from
the
others
that
there's
interest
in
expanding
hours
at
other
facilities
as
well.
B
Some
not
so
much
they're,
not
so
many
they're
just
before
and
after
you
know.
So.
Obviously
anybody
listening
to
this
if
they
are
interested,
please
come
to
us
and
we're
absolutely
willing
and
to
work
with
them,
but
and
we're
willing
to
do
whatever
we
can,
but
not
that
I've
heard
our
child
care
offers
may
have,
and
maybe
caucus
has,
but
not
that
I've
heard
from.
C
There
is
constant
interest.
The
problem
is
that
you
know
operating
a
facility
like
that
needs
a
lot
of
dedications
backup
resources.
What
happened?
You
know
contingency
plans,
etc.
This
is
not
a
very
straightforward
under
the
current
conditions
and
in
order
to
have
a
safe
environment
both
for
the
kids
as
well
for
the
personnel.
C
There
are
a
lot
of
moving
parts
that
have
to
align
here,
and
this
is
not
an
easy
other,
definitely
a
very
difficult
endeavor
every
single
time.
So,
but
we
are
keeping
our
focus.
You
know
laser
sharp
on
on
bringing
bringing
about
more
resources
that
will
help
and
and
a
workforce
that
increasingly,
hopefully,
will
be
returning
to
work
and
therefore
will
be
needing
the
the
support
of
you
know.
The
daycare,
the
daycare
services.
B
A
C
B
Are
thinking
this
is
new
in
a
way
it's
new,
but
you
remember
christian
dorsey,
who
was
our
chair
last
year,
brought
forward
as
his
focus
area
equity
and
we
adopted
an
equity
resolution
and
we
have
actually
been
setting
out
fulfilling
all
the
items
that
we
said.
We
were
going
to
do
with
that
equity
resolution,
so
this
particular
step
is
a
new
step,
but
the
whole
effort
is
not
new
at
all.
We
began
in
last
year,
particularly
focusing
on
our
organization
with
the
government
alliance
for
race
and
equity.
B
That's
through
the
council
of
governments.
Actually,
all
of
the
surrounding
jurisdictions
have
been
sort
of
focusing
on
that
with
their
employees
and
that
has
really
taken
off
that
for
a
while
was
really
getting
started
when
the
pandemic
hit.
But
I
will
say
that
helped
give
a
foundation,
for
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
obviously
tripped
this
for
everybody
nationwide
was
the
horrible
murder
of
george
floyd
and
the
upset
and
the
concern,
and
just
a
sense
that
we've
got
to
fix
that
this
and
which
is
great.
B
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
dislodged,
as
you
mentioned,
was
that
was
a
dialogues
and
that's
an
effort
to
bring
the
community
together
and
have
conversations
and
not
just
one
of
the
things
about
racial
discussions,
particularly
they
can
be
difficult.
So
you
tend
to
talk
with
people
who
think
like
you
do.
You
don't
tend
to
get
into
a
situation
where
you're
really
talking
with
people
who
come
from
a
different
from
a
different
place.
B
Sometimes
when
that
happens,
people
just
yell
at
each
other
and
that's
not
helpful,
so
we're
working
to
try
and
help
the
whole
community
have
these
conversations
and
get
it
up
to
a
certain
level.
Where
then,
we
can
really
start
to
examine
these
issues
and
deal
with
it.
I
say
we're
trying
to
move
from
systemic
racism,
to
systemic
equity
as
a
county
and
as
a
government
and
so
takas.
I'm
sorry
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
C
Oh
absolutely,
the
it
is
absolutely
true
that
arlington
county
under
the
leadership
of
christian
dorsey,
adopted
this
resolution.
C
This
resolution
came
came
already
after
a
very
deep
and
profound
dialogue
about
the
you
know:
the
systemic,
the
structural
issues
and
liabilities
we
have
in
this
field,
in
lack
of
equity
and
of
of
what
kind
of
impacts
racism
institutionalized,
systemic
racism
has
had
in
all
parts
of
arlington's
life
from
you
know:
zoning
issues,
housing
issues,
employment
issues,
wealth
differences,
health
differences.
C
We
we
see
that
all
percolating
right
now
during
the
covet
in
this
coveted
summer,
the
the
the
pandemic
has
really
revealed
a
lot
of
things,
a
lot
of
disparities
that
we
already
knew
knew
about
and,
of
course,
the
precipitating
factor
of
george
floyd's
murder
in
minneapolis
and
several
other
episodes
we
had
this
this
year
and
the
ongoing
black
lives
matter
protests,
and
that
puts
you
know
that
puts
us
in
a
position
where
everybody
can
engage
and
should
engage.
So
the
dialogues
are
a
one
of
many
areas
where
citizens
can
engage.
C
Actually,
we
are
recording
that
today,
which
is
the
22nd
of
of
october
thursday.
I
believe
the
first
one
is
already
offered
on
in
october
24th
saturday,
this
saturday,
so
I
I
we
warmly
approach
everybody
to
go
online
and
the
arlington
county
web
website.
C
They
will
see
that
pretty
fast,
where
it
is
and
sign
on
to
participate
in
these
dialogues.
In
addition,
I
have
to
say
there
are
other
all
other.
We
have
been
every
single
board
meeting
and
that
I
have
participated.
All
three
of
them
have
been
dealing
with
this
issue.
C
The
issue
is
not
only
pro
forma
present
in
our
action
is
actually
substantially
present
in
every
single
board
meeting
and,
I
believe,
every
in
everyday
life
in
in
government's
everyday
life.
This
is
important
to
know
and
important
to
take
into
account.
We
have
talked
about
the
symbols
and
the
and
the
logo
for
lipton
county,
the
desire
to
retire
that
we've
talked
about
the
names
of
certain
streets
of
certain
places,
public
places
all
this
is
right
now
subject
to
these
dialogues,
and
this
is
the
first
point
of
engagement
for
citizens
coming
up.
C
B
You
weren't
there
in
january,
but
I
know
I
know
you
know.
Obviously
I
carried
forward
that
same
focus
area
for
the
for
the
board
this
year
and
I
had
three.
You
know:
equity,
innovation
and
resilience,
and
little
did
I
know
that's
kind
of
basically
all
we're
doing.
That's
all
we've
been
doing
a
little
bit
of
foreshadowing.
A
B
Parallel
stream,
it's
all
coming
together
and
it's
all
getting
people
kind
of
on
a
level
set
on
the
language
we
use
and
what
we
talk
about,
and
what
and
kind
of
being
able
to
understand
each
other's
perspectives
challenging
racism
is
a
local
non-profit
that
has
been
doing
this,
for
I
think
at
least
20
years
I
mean
I
worked
with
them
when
I
was
on
the
school
board
and
my
focus
on
the
school
board
was
equity
and
education.
That
was
the
one
at
one
area.
B
You
didn't
mention
tacos,
but
it
really
permeates
everything
we
do
and
they
will
be
coming
up
with
the
challenging
racism.
Folks
we're
having
the
conversations
with
citizens,
then
we're
going
to
move
to
groups
and
they're
going
to
develop
a
toolbox
for
these
conversations
that
you
can
kind
of
anybody
who
wants
to
have
a
conversation
like
this
can
take
it.
So
we
have
similar
similar
questions
to
ask
and
a
similar
way
to
move
forward.
B
As
I
said
at
the
outset,
I
think
we
all
know
this
is
a
difficult,
difficult
issue,
and
people
can
use
a
little
support
in
how
to
handle
it
and
have
these
conversations
so
they're
developing
a
toolbox
from
these
conversations,
we're
going
to
be
working
with
larger
groups
and
then
getting
on
and
continuing
and
having
those
larger
groups
span
out
themselves
and
sort
of
train.
The
trainer
kind
of
idea
we
got
a
good
partner
with
amazon
amazon
is
is
helping
to
fund
this.
B
They
are
also
participating
now
that
was
kind
of
part
of
the
the
deal
when
we
talked
to
them.
We
would
love
to
have
you
join
us,
but
we
really
want
you
to
participate
as
well.
We.
Finally
I
want
to
mention
the
questionnaire
that
we've
got
and
that
is
online
too,
and
we
really
encourage
people
to
take
this
questionnaire.
We're
trying
to
get
a
baseline
sense
of
where
people
are
and,
as
I've
said,
I
mean
people
listening.
There
may
be
some
people
who
just
think
systemic
racism.
What
is
that
racism?
B
That's
not
a
big
problem
here,
not
in
arlington.
That's
fine!
We
want
to
hear
from
you
because
we
want
to
get
the
gamut
of
ideas
and
then
one
more
thing
in
the
when
we
adopted
that
resolution.
There
were
four
questions
so
for
anything
that
we
do
that.
You
should
ask
these
questions.
One
is:
who
benefits
the
next?
One
is
who's
burdened
by
this
decision.
B
The
next
one
is
who's
missing
and
how
do
we
know
and
samia
byrd,
our
new
chief
equity
racism,
equity
officer,
which
is
part
she
came
out
of
that
resolution
as
well.
She
added
another
question,
a
fifth
question,
which
is:
what
did
we
do
so
in
answering
that
question
carl.
We
have
plans
on
what
we're
going
to
do,
but
we're
going
to
make
sure
and
hold
ourselves
accountable,
because
we've
got
to
be
able
to
answer
that
question.
C
Fascinating,
it's
definitely
relevant
to
this
conversation
as
well.
So
this
is
an
another
process.
That's
ongoing
will
be
rendering
results
all
very
actionable.
I
I'm
pretty
confident
that
they
will
be
very
actionable
by
the
end
of
the
year
or
a
little
bit
after
the
new
years,
but
this
is
an
ongoing.
B
A
B
On
the
you
know,
what
we're
going
to
do
about
the
logos
and
the
symbols
at
least
getting
to
a
process,
and
I
believe
the
police
policy
group
procedures
group.
That's
reviewing
that.
I
think
they're
going
to
have
a
report
out
as
well
before
the
end
of
the
year.
I
believe,
and
that
will
inform
the
search
for
the
police
chief.
A
A
Welcome
back
to
county
board,
wrap
up
our
look
at
some
of
the
key
decisions
the
board
has
taken
this
month
and
how
they
impact
you
joining
me
today
is
county
board,
chair,
libby
garvey
as
well
as
board
member
tacus
carantonis
now
affordable
housing
remains
a
top
priority
for
the
county.
Arlington
continues
to
look
for
ways
to
preserve
the
affordable
housing
that
we
have
and
encourage
development
of
more
affordable
units.
A
Now,
in
october,
the
board
discussed
a
controversial
staff
proposal
to
increase
the
income
limits
for
families
and
for
individuals
seeking
to
qualify
for
affordable
housing,
specifically
in
developments
under
columbia,
pike's
form-based
code.
Now
for
those
viewers
who
aren't
familiar
with
the
form
base
code,
what
is
it
and
why
is
it
used
along
columbia,
pike
takas,
I'm
going
to
throw
it
to
you.
C
That's
true,
and
I
can
I
can-
I
can
attempt
to
provide
a
w
you
with
a
with
a
short
explanation.
What
the
form-based
code
is.
The
form-based
code
is
actually
a
zoning
layer.
It's
a
zoning
ordinance
that
prescribes
how
how
you
know
the
the
the
sighting
the
size,
the
massing,
the
orientation
of
buildings
that
we
that
we
have
allowed
to
be
have
entitled
to
be
built
along
a
major
transportation
corridor
and
the
second
most
populous
corridor
in
in
arlington
county,
which
is
columbia,
pike.
C
The
columbia
pike
was
the
test
field
for
farm-based
coal.
This
has
been
used
in
other
places
in
the
united
states
of
america,
and
I
have
to
say,
the
phone
based
code
is
not
primarily
about
affordable
housing.
It
is
a
it
is.
A
zoning.
B
C
About
how
we
build
our
town
now,
on
top
of
that,
we
can
apply
and
insert
other
other
other
policies
that
you
know
align
with
our
goals
in
other
places
like,
for
example,
housing,
affordability,
and
I
would
always
use
this
term
instead
of
only
affordable
housing,
because
one
of
the
explicit
goals
is
to
create
or
to
allow
to
be
created,
housing
that
is
appealing
into
in
different
price
levels,
to
different
strata
of
our
society,
from
the
lowest
to
the
middle
to
the
highest,
and
that's
not
hasn't
happened,
always
especially
along
the
pike.
C
So
the
form-based
code
provides
these
tools
now.
The
specific
proposal
that,
as
you
will
put
it,
was
controversial
and
continues
to
be
controversial,
is
the
the
is
putting
making
making
support
available
to
a
certain
type
of
households
that
earn
it
was
initially
they
earned
60
of
the
area
median
income,
so
60
of
that
these
are
households
with
moderate
to
low
income.
To
put
it
to
put
it,
you
know
in
understandable
terms
to
to
provide
them
support
for
home
ownership,
not
for
rental.
C
Now,
along
the
along
columbia
pike,
we
have
an
a
have
explicit
policies
and
that's
also
for
the
entire
county,
where
we
support
rental
at
different
levels.
60
is
a
very
common.
You
know.
C
Ami
standard
80
is
another
one,
but
for
homeownership,
which
is
a
more
difficult
to
attain,
but
more
stable
and
more
investment
intensive
policy.
C
We
we
had
also
the
same
60
ami
standard,
and
the
expectation
was,
and
continues
to
be,
that
we
will
be
able
to
enable
families
and
individuals,
but
mostly
families,
to
to
be
able
to
find
homes
that
will
be
affordable
for
them
to
buy
with
with
our
public
dollar
support,
so
increasing
these
levels
could
under
circumstances
that
are
not
so
far-fetched
could
actually
displace
people,
so
it
could
make
it
more
difficult
for
these
families
to
find
anything.
C
The
families
that
we
committed
initially
to
support,
to
fight
anything
to
to
buy
or
to
establish
themselves
as
homeowners
in
arlington
county,
and
instead
it
would,
you
know,
shift
the
support
to
families
with
slightly
higher
or
even
considerably
higher
income.
That
was
the
point
of
the
controversy
and
I
believe
that
the
community
came
out
analyzed
it
correctly.
We
we
had
a
lot
of
time
to
discuss
that
and
we
found
out,
I
believe-
and
maybe
our
chair
can
also
weigh
in
this.
We
found
out
that
this
is
still
not
primetime
ready.
C
We
have
to
think
more
carefully
about
the
all
the
policies
that
need
to
be
in
place
in
order
to
absolutely
avoid
unintended
consequences,
which
would
be,
in
this
case
the
displacement
of
60
ami
households
that
still
exist
and
live
along
columbia,
pike
as
they
also
exist
and
live
in
other
places
in
arlington
county,
but
we
have
a
significantly
number
and
low
columbia
pipe.
So
for
now
the
board
has
decided
to
defer
this
item
this.
C
This
policy
proposal
indefinitely,
which
means
that
staff
the
board
the
community
our
advisory
commissions,
we'll
need
to
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
and
analyze
it
better
and
make
sure
that
we
don't
have
the
unintended
consequences
that
I
just
talked
about.
B
A
slight
difference
of
opinion
in
that
I'm
not
I'm
not
totally
sure
that
the
staff
analyzed
it
wrong,
but
clearly
there
was
a
lot
of
upset
and
concern
about
the
unintended
consequences
you
mentioned
taka.
So
I
think
that's
important.
I
I
I
totally
assume
that
it's
going
to
be
off
brought
into
the
affordable
housing
master
plan,
work
that
we're
doing
now
and
that's
a
that's
a
very
you
know
it's
a
very
appropriate
place
for
it.
We're
running
up
against
it's.
It's
a
we're
running
up
against
some
realities.
B
I
think
the
goals
of
everybody
the
same.
I
think
there
are
differences
of
opinion
on
how
to
actually
implement
those
goals
and
whether
it's
going
to
work
up
and-
and
I
think
we
did
absolutely
right
to
take
a
pause.
But
what
we
found
was
that
people
at
sixty
percent
of
ami-
and
there
is
there's
another
carver
homes
area
where
people
of
that
level
have
been
able
to
buy
homes.
B
Almost
all
of
them
are,
are,
are
not
making
it
financially
and
are
about
to
lose
may
lose
their
homes,
because
what
what
staff
was
sort
of
finding
trying
to
say
is
if
you're
at
60
percent
of
ami
you
just
can't
afford
to
buy
home.
So
if
you're
at
80
percent,
you
maybe
can
make
it
so
what
I
think,
what
we're
going
to
have
to
do-
and
this
is
the
conversation
we're
going
to
need
to
have
as
a
community
do,
does
the
commute?
B
Does
the
county
put
in
enough
income
to
make
people
at
60
percent,
essentially
80
percent,
and
is
that
kind
of
support
we
could
do
that,
maybe
for
a
certain
you
know
for
projects
a
project
here
project
there,
but
is
that
a
policy?
How
costly
is
that
policy
to
make
sure
that
people
at
60
actually
get
the
support
to
bring
them
up
to
80?
That's
a
lot
of
income
support.
There
may
be
other
ways
of
doing
support.
You
know
I'd
like
us
to
look
at
something
like
co-op
housing.
B
I
think
there's
some
other
things
to
look
at
so
that
can
get
folded
in
here,
but
it's
a
this
is
just
a
thorny,
thorny
issue
and
it's
very
complicated.
It's
very
complicated-
and
I
say
I
think
the
ones
one
city
that
I
hear
of
that
has
kind
of
solved,
affordable
housing.
A
popular
city
is
vienna,
austria
and
that's
because
vienna,
the
city
of
vienna,
owns
almost
all
the
housing
in
the
city.
Almost
everybody
lives
in
subsidized
housing
and
people.
I
was
visiting
a
friend
over
there.
B
C
I
I
actually
used
to
work
in
the
city
of
vienna
at
some
point.
In
my
life
in
my
paycheck,
I
was
paying
0.5
of
a
housing
authority,
another
housing
authority,
tax
of
a
housing,
a
public
housing,
social
housing
tax.
This
is
one
of
the
oldest
income
taxation
percentages
in
the
in
the
state
of
austria,
it's
almost
100
years
old,
and
what
this
created
is
a
it
created
the
acquisition
power
for
the
city
and
for
a
communal,
non-profit
acquisition
entity
that
actually
bought
up
about
55
to
60
of
the
entire
stock.
C
Now
that
said,
and
to
just
to
to
ground
us
a
little
bit.
C
B
A
To
say
that
this
is
obviously
not
an
issue
that
will
be
tied
up
with
a
nifty
little
red
bow
anytime
soon,
so
I'm
sure
we'll
be
talking
about
it
much
much
more
in
the
future,
but
turning
now
to
the
corona
miners
pandemic
and
actually
a
little
bit
of
good
news,
the
county
did
receive
some
additional
federal
and
state
funding
for
covid19
relief.
Now,
what
does
this
mean
for
arlington?
How
will
these
funds
be
used?
It.
B
Helps
us
keep
people
in
their
homes
actually
just
follow
on
totally
from
the
topic
we
had
before.
So
one
of
the
issues
we
got
a
2.2
million
dollars
from
hud
housing
and
urban
development
and
that
so
we
have
people
in
in
hud
supported
housing.
I
think
we're
often
called
section
8..
I
think
it's
it's
it's
not
quite
section
8,
it's
something
else,
but
that's
basically
what
we
call
it
and
what
it
is.
It
could
get
money
from
the
federal
government
to
help
them
stay
in
that
housing.
B
So,
but
those
people
pay
something
from
their
paychecks.
Well,
a
lot
of
those
folks,
the
most
vulnerable.
As
we
talk
new
tacos
talked
about
earlier,
those
are
the
ones
losing
their
jobs
and
they,
and
so
they
may
not
have
paid
much
towards
the
rent,
but
now
they
have
nothing
to
pay
towards
the
rent
or
almost
nothing
to
pay
towards
the
rent.
B
We
cannot
have
those
people
going
out
on
the
street,
so
this
federal
money
is
to
help
those
folks
stay
in
their
homes
and
meet
that
difference
in
the
rent
that
they're
not
able
to
cover
right
now-
and
it's
very
welcome.
I
think
when
we
we
discussed
closeout
at
our
meeting,
the
manager
said
when
I
think
we're
all
there.
Our
focus
really
right
now
is
keeping
people
in
their
homes
and
making
sure
people
have
enough
to
eat
and
getting
chop.
B
You
know,
get
getting
health
care
as
well
and
then,
of
course,
getting
schools
back
in
so
there's
kind
of,
but
the
at
the
top
is
keeping
people
in
their
homes,
and
we've
just
got
to
be
able
to
do
this,
and
this
2.2
million
from
the
federal
government
was
really
very
welcome.
And
then
there
was
another.
There
was
more
money
that
came
that
were
we
are
distributing
through
seven
nonprofits
that
apply
through
an
application
process
and
we
are
using.
B
That's
federal,
cares
money
and
we
are
using
that
giving
that
to
those
organizations
to
distribute.
As
I
said
they,
they
applied
to
do
that
and
said
what
they're
gonna
be
spending
it
on
and
again
it's
keeping
people
in
their
homes
and
making
sure
people
have
enough
deep
for
the
most
part.
A
Well,
we're
going
to
end
today,
appropriately
with
a
look
at
the
manager's
closeout
recommendations
for
a
fiscal
year
2020
budget.
Now,
as
many
of
you
know,
arlington's
fiscal
year
runs
from
july
1st
through
june
30th
each
year
and
right
now,
the
county's
in
the
second
quarter
of
the
fiscal
year
2021
budget.
Now
this
is
the
time
of
the
year
where
the
manager
usually
makes
recommendations
on
how
the
board
might
allocate
any
money
unspent
from
the
2020
fiscal
year
which
ended
june,
30th
or
20
2020.
A
next
month.
The
board
will
vote
on
those
recommendations
and
will
also
give
the
manager
guidance
to
start
building
the
2022
budget.
Now.
Obviously,
the
budget
projections
from
back
in
january
february
went
right
out
the
window
with
everything
and
the
managers
gave
some
recommendations
back
in.
I
believe
it
was
april
or
may,
but
then
came
back
again
a
few
weeks
ago
with
some
new
recommendations.
So
where
are
we
now.
B
Okay,
those
went
out
the
window
too,
not
exactly,
but
where
we
are,
and
it's
so
unusual
I've
done.
I
think
this
is
about
my
25th
budget
and
generally,
when
we're
at
this
point,
yeah
we're
looking
at
carry
a
carryover
and
we've
got
some
money
and
we
often
put
it
into
affordable
housing.
We
often
have
something
go
forward
for
the
next
budget.
I've
never
been
in
a
situation
like
this,
where
we're
in
the
second
quarter
of
this
budget
year
and
we're
facing
a
28
to
38
million
dollar
get
budget
gap.
B
B
You
can't
make
it
all
up
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
so
we're
looking
at
a
lot
of
things,
but
one
of
them
is
using
carryout,
so
the
manager
recommended
the
major
chunk
of
it
to
go
to
to
closing
that
gap
and
then
the
the
rest
of
it
about
another
six
million
going
into
reserves.
That
could
be
used
to
help
close
gaps
or
to
help
handle
things
next
year
or
things
that
come
up,
because
hopefully
we're
going
to
get
some
federal
funding
to
help
us
out.
C
No,
but
it's
it's
really
a
tough
situation.
It's
absolutely
understandable.
Why
right
covet
has
really
affected
the
budget
affected,
the
our
our
confidence
in
getting
the
tax
revenue
that
we
counted
with
now
among
all
this,
relatively
you
know,
gloomy
news.
There
is
also
one
good
news:
you've
got
piece
of
good
news
that,
for
example,
residential
property
taxes
have
been
coming
in.
They
didn't
break
off
they.
They
came
in
at
a
very
high
percentage,
like
97
98
percent.
That's
that's
good.
C
To
start
with,
however,
the
we
don't
still
don't
know
what
the
commercial
tax
base
will
do,
and
we
can,
you
know,
easily
extrapolate
and
and
expect
that
the
commercial
tax
base
will
will
be
affected,
and
then
there
are
other
revenues
that
are
beyond
tax
taxation,
and
you
know
smaller
tax
like
meals,
taxes
and
transit
documents
in
taxes.
C
Our
our
economy
in
many
places
hurts
right
now,
so
the
government
revenue
is
is
breaking
off
and,
as
the
our
chair
mentioned,
the
projected
gap
at
the
end
of
the
year
is
somewhere
between
27
and
38
million
dollars,
so
probably
we'll
land
somewhere
in
the
middle
of
that
also,
the
the
manager
did
two
things
that
are
important
to
to
underscore.
First
early
in
the
process,
the
the
county
administration,
the
manager
has,
has
tried
to
actually
reduce
costs
so
that
we
have
a
higher
increase,
etc.
C
This
this
already
yielded
some
results.
That
gives
us
the
possibility
right
now
to
still
be
able
to
steer
that
boat
with
with
some
you
know
in
with
some
tranquility
and
not
being
completely
in
red
alert
mode
that
that
that
was
important,
and
I
think
that
was
successful
until
now.
C
The
second
thing
that
he
did
is
he
put
in
in
his
proposal
some
contingency
funding
for
everything
that
kovitt
will
still
be
throwing
at
us
and
giving
the
fact
that
the
federal
government
has
been
so
incredibly
unpredictable
with
you
know,
with
forthcoming,
with
with
help
and
and
support,
and
at
the
same
time
we
have
also
our
arlington
public
school
system,
because
that
which
also
is
running
a
a
deficit,
and
we
had
yesterday
a
session
with
our
colleagues
from
the
arlington
county
school
board
for
alton
public
schools,
and
we
saw
that
you
know
they
can
come
by,
but
we
have
to
think
also
about
the
next
year.
C
So
I
believe
that
we
are
now
in
a
very
caution
driven
process
and
we
will
be
double
checking
and
triple
checking
what
what
we,
what
we
spent,
how
we
spend
it
and
what
implications
this
will
have
not
only
to
closing
this
budget.
As
the
chair
mentioned,
this
has
to
be
balanced,
but
also
next
year's
budget
for
everybody
out
there,
our
citizens.
This
means
that
we
invite
them
to
really
look
at
this
to
really
express
their
priorities,
taking
into
account
all
the
structures
that
we
have
right
now
in
the
system.
A
A
I
realize
nobody
has
a
crystal
ball
in
front
of
them
to
see
how
long
the
pandemic
revenue
related
revenues
will
be
down.
But
do
you
are
you
anticipating
another
kind
of
rough
budget
year?
Yes,.
B
You
know
in
a
word,
I
don't
know
how
much
time
we
have
here.
Yes,
I
mean
we're
anticipating.
We
should
get
start
to
get
to
a
slow
recovery.
Hopefully
we'll
get
a
vaccine,
but
it's
going
to
be
a
long
time
getting
out
of
this.
This
kind
of
hole
that
we're
in
so
you
know
the
good
news.
Is
you
know
that
it's
it's
not
as
bad
as
it
could
be.
You
know
it's
it's
pretty
bad,
but
it
could
be
a
lot
worse,
we're
actually
in
an
okay
shape.
B
I
find
myself
worrying
a
lot
about
other
places
in
this
country
where
they
have
the
same
kinds
of
challenges
and
don't
have
the
same
resources
and
we
have
been
as
talk
as
mentioned.
You
know
we're
being
very
cautious
and
that's
that's
good
and
we
need
to
be
planning
for
next
year
and
knowing
that
we
need
some
reserves
and
some
contingencies,
because
we're
not
sure
what
that
year
is
going
to
bring.
We
do
think
it's
going
to
get
better,
but
slowly,
it's
not
like
we're
going
to
just
jump
out
of
this.
B
Some
businesses
probably
will
never
come
back,
and
then
there
are
people
who
are
going
to
continue
long-term,
maybe
dealing
with
some
unemployment.
I
mean,
there's
just
there's
a
lot,
a
lot
of
unknowns
out
there
and
a
lot
of
issues
that
we
need
to
be
prepared
for.
So
I
think
I
think,
all
in
all
we're
in
a
good
spot,
given
the
situation
we're
in,
but
it's
not
going
to
be.
It's
not
going
to
be
easy
and
we're
not
going
to
go
back
to
normal
for
quite
some
time.
C
Yeah-
and
this
is-
and
this
is
also
a
an
invitation
to
re-
to
revisit
our
priorities
and
put
the
money
where
our
our
speech
is
right,
so
the
and-
and
there
is
real
value
in
supporting
right
now,
the
most
vulnerable
harlingen
is.
We
talked
a
lot
about
this
in
this
wrap-up
conversation.
C
This
is
these.
Are
all
all
these
all
this
m
all
this
money,
all
the
support
means
also
making
these
households
more
resilient.
The
the
support
we
provide
to
small
businesses-
yes,
some
will
fall.
Unfortunately,
they
will,
but
we
will
try
to
avoid
that,
so
we
will
save
several
ones
that
otherwise,
without
the
support
would
fault.
C
So
all
this
is
accumulated
capital
that
will
pay
off
later
when
we
will
be
starting
to
get
out
of
this
situation
plus
this
shows
again
that
the
earlier
we
we
commit
to
a
diversified
economy
to
a
you
know
to
who
solve
our
issues
with
equity
liabilities,
etc,
the
more
resilient
we
are
and
that
pays
off
and
when
we
have
stressful
years,
like
the
one
that
we
have
this
year
and
the
one
that
we
will
see
coming
next
year.
So
we
are
in
this.
C
You
know
we
are
all
in
this
really
together,
and
that
means
that
we
invite
everybody
to
work
with
us
to
have
a
budget
that
really
works
under
the
circumstances.
We
are.
A
Get
all
right
well
on
that
note
that
will
bring
us
to
the
end
of
this
month's
county
board,
wrap
up
libby
takas.
Thank
you
both
very
much
for
joining
us
today.
Please
join
us
again
next
month
for
another
discussion
with
the
county
board
members
of
some
of
the
key
decisions
they'll
be
making
at
the
november
meeting
till
then
stay
safe
and
remember
to
vote
I
mean
I
was
going
to
say
out.