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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: June 2018
Description
ATV's monthly conversation with County Board members on the major issues discussed at June's Board meeting.
A
Hi
I'm
Tara
O'donnell,
and
this
is
County
Board
wrap-up,
our
monthly
deep
dive
into
the
actions
the
Arlington
County
Board
takes
at
its
monthly
meeting
as
well
as
hot
topics
around
our
community.
Today,
County
Board,
Chair
Katie
crystal
and
board
member
John
vice
tada,
our
guests.
Thank
you
both
for
being
here
today.
We're
gonna
be
talking
about
the
board
hosting
community
conversations
about
what
growth
should
look
like
in
Arlington
will
celebrate
this
year's
graduates
from
neighborhood
college.
A
B
So
the
big
idea
roundtables
just
concluded
they
were
a
series
of
nine
conversations
with
small
groups,
or
at
least
intended
to
be
small.
Some
brought
in
overflow
crowds
around
the
county
focused
on
the
question
of
how
should
Arlington
grow
these
conversations
or
the
need
for
them
really
are
their
genesis
and
the
idea
that
we
have
a
lot
of
opportunities
to
weigh
in
on
the
specifics
in
Arlington
County
on
public
policy
issues,
sometimes
actually
pretty
large
public
policy
issues
like
affordable
housing
or
tree
canopy
and
natural
spaces,
but
they
can
get
a
little
bit
technical.
B
How
far
should
an
accessory
dwelling
unit
be
set
back
from
the
neighboring
property,
for
example,
or
where
should
an
elementary
school
facility
go
and
what's
underlying
all
of
those
more
technical
conversations
is
a
high
level
concern
or
excitement,
or
just
plain
differences
of
opinion
about
the
big
picture
question,
which
is:
how
is
Arlington
growing
and
changing?
What
do
we
welcome
about
that,
and
what
do
we
feel
some
concern
about?
A
D
E
F
G
Can
look
at
Arlington
in
terms
of
the
life
cycle
of
an
individual
and
see?
How
does
this
person
do
in
Arlington
as
a
child
as
a
young
adult
as
a
married
parent
of
young
children
as
a
mid
midlife,
professional
and
as
a
senior
and
follow
one
person
through
their
life
cycle
and
see
what
sort
of
community
do
you
want?
This
person
to
have
I
heard.
H
A
B
I
loved
the
comment
about
the
the
major
takeaway
somebody
had
was
the
opportunity
not
just
to
give
feedback
to
county
government
but
to
talk
to
and
hear
from
their
fellow
citizens.
That
really
was
one
of
our
chief
goals.
You
know
we
had
described
it
as
in
almost
all
of
our
civic
engagement.
The
primary
objective
is
for
residents
and
stakeholders
to
give
feedback
to
the
board
or
to
county
staff,
or
maybe
to
our
commissions.
B
Secondarily,
maybe
they'll
hear
from
each
other
and
learn
something
from
another's
perspective,
but
the
primary
goal
really
is
that
feedback,
and
here
it
was
flipped.
The
primary
objective
really
was
that
opportunity
for
people
to
talk
to
others
have
some
of
their
it's
validated
or
challenged,
find
points
of
commonality,
as
one
person
mentioned,
but
certainly
as
one
of
the
participants
noted,
we
were
taking
pretty
detailed
notes
and
we're
looking
forward
to
trying
to
summarize,
at
least
at
a
pretty
high
level,
what
we
heard.
C
Question
and
the
the
one
thing
that
that
really
struck
me
also
was
you
know
a
lot
of
times
these
community
processes.
It's
it's
the
community,
interacting
with
staff.
Here
it
was
that,
but
it
was
also
different
community
voices
speaking
at
a
peer
level
and
eye
level
with
each
other
people
saying
you've
got
a
good
point,
sir
or
I
hadn't
thought
about
that.
C
B
But
when
we
have
these
policy
dialogues,
we
quickly
get
to
things
like
how
much
are
we
funding
the
affordable
housing
investment
fund
and
where
should
the
geographic
distribution
of
committed,
affordable
units
go?
These
are
important,
they're
related
to
the
big
picture,
but
they
don't
always
afford
us
the
opportunity
to
really
put
on
the
table
what
it
is
that
we're
most
hopeful
and
worried
about
did.
C
B
A
real
appeal
of
the
big
idea:
Round
Table's,
is
the
opportunity
to
bring
people
of
different
backgrounds
together.
So
we've
talked
about
how
there's
certainly
a
lot
of
opportunity
and
even
desire
to
do
this
sort
of
focus
group
exercise
with
different
groups
of
folks
around
the
community.
You
know
some
some
groups
that
may
have
been
underrepresented,
that
we
want
to
continue
to
try
to
reach
out
to
so
that
might
be
one
Avenue
where
we
head.
B
We
also
heard
some
big
themes
that
we
might
want
to
follow
up
on
how
we
bring,
for
example,
an
equity
lens
and
to
our
planning
for
our
future
and
land
use
might
be
an
area
for
a
further
kind
of
more
intensive
discussion.
So
you
know
we
were
just
sitting
down
with
everything
we
gathered
everything
we
heard
and
trying
to
figure
out
the
best
way
to
keep
this
conversation
going,
whether
it's
another
round
of
Big
Idea,
roundtables
or
a
more
focused
and
targeted
direction.
B
A
It's
one
thing:
I
noticed
from
a
couple
of
the
speaker's.
They
said
that
they
were,
they
were
just
so
glad
to
I.
Think
finally
feel
their
voice
was
heard,
and
they
could,
you
know,
kind
of
be
honest
in
a
forum
with
their
peers.
I
think
we
do
not
really
see
we're
involved
with
meetings
were
involved
with
policy
that
people
who
don't
come
to
board
meetings
who
don't
engage
with
their
government
on
a
local
basis.
They
really
need
this
kind
of
outlet
to
express
their
views
and
I
think
we
can
really
get
some
great
ideas.
Well,.
C
And
it
attracted
that
diversity
I
mean,
could
it
have
been
more
diverse
and
no
question
about
it,
but
it
attracted
the
roundtables
attracted
not
only
to
community
activists,
the
folks
that
we
see
a
lot,
but
it
also
attracted
folks
who,
as
the
one
woman
indicated,
you
know
she
came
out.
She
thought
it
was
an
intriguing
process
and
wanted
to
take
advantage
of
it.
Okay,.
A
B
Of
my
big
takeaways,
in
addition
to
the
equity
piece,
which
is
the
the
chief
one
for
me
and
I'll,
be
thinking
about
a
lot
in
the
months
to
come.
But
one
of
my
big
takeaways
was
the
need
that
we
have
when
we
talk
about
public
policy
in
this
county
to
communicate
it
in
terms
of
people.
We
had
so
many
interesting
conversations
in
these
roundtables
when
folks
talk
about
their
concerns
about
growth.
B
A
See
where
they
go
from
here,
and
thank
you
to
all
the
community
members
who
came
and
expressed
your
views,
let's
change
gears
a
little
bit
and
talk
about
and
a
site
plan
amendment
that
well
a
little
more
density
to
kind
of
one
of
our
lling
Tain's
hallmarks
as
it
is
a
longtime
tenant
in
DARPA.
The
federal
agency
is
looking
for
a
little
bit
of
increased
density.
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
sure.
C
So
the
Defense
Advanced
Research
Projects,
Agency
DARPA,
you
know
we're
a
county
of
alphabet
soup
here
that
you
know
right
next
door
to
the
federal
government.
We
took
that
step
on
Saturday
to
accommodate
that
agency
for
a
little
bit
of
increased
density
in
the
heart
of
Boston
about
1,300
square
feet.
The
agency
employee
employs
over
200
people
in
this
area.
They
needed
some
additional
space
for
security
screening
and
to
accommodate
their
growth.
We
thought
it
was
the
right
thing.
You
know
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
we
have
is
maintaining
and
attracting
businesses
to
Arlington
and.
A
C
All
right
not
not
only
that
but
but
you
know
sometimes
it's
easy
to
think
about
a
defense
agency,
a
government
agency
sleepy
back
office.
You
know
kind
of
humdrum
office
types
of
uses,
but
but
DARPA
really
is
at
the
heart
of
innovation
and
technology.
For
the
defense
industry,
we've
got
the
Naval
Intelligence
agents.
C
We've
got
Virginia
Tech
right
down
the
street,
so
the
neighborhood
of
Boston
and
by
the
way
I'm
I,
think
we
all
share
the
excitement
of
Boston
Quarter
I
can't
help,
but
get
it
now
plug
for
that
for
the
new
shopping
and
destination
and
entertainment
complex
rising,
but
Boston
is
really
shaping
up
as
a
hub
for
technology
for
innovation,
for
you
know
for
different
agencies
of
all
sorts.
We're
very
excited
to
accommodate
DARPA
in
this
request,
in
that
mixed-use
founders,
square
development,
just
off
of
Quincy
and
gleam
and.
B
Economic
development
team
is,
you
know,
Kara
is
fond
of
using
the
phrase
ecosystem
right.
So
it's
not
just
about
the
the
effort
to
attract
a
one-off
tenant,
but
really
to
try
to
create
an
economy
right
here
in
Arlington
that
supports
everyone
from
a
tech
startup.
That's
interesting
and
contracting
with
the
federal
government,
all
the
way
to
a
larger
or
fixed
federal
agency
and.
A
The
university
component
John,
you
mentioned
Virginia
Tech,
a
lot
of
their
research
happening
right
there
in
Ballston
as
well.
So
really
is
creating
this
all
there
all
right.
Well,
we're
gonna
take
a
short
break
right
now,
but
when
we
return
we'll
chat
with
our
board
members
about
allowing
Arlington
Public
Schools
to
park
its
White
Fleet
on
the
Buc
property
stay
with
us,
you.
A
Welcome
back
to
County
Board
wrap-up,
where
we
discuss
select
issues
the
board
decides
during
its
monthly
meeting
as
well.
Let's
take
a
look
at
what's
going
on
around
our
community
I'm
Cara,
O'donnell
and
I'm
talking
today
with
County
Board
Chair
Katie
crystal
as
well
as
board
member
John
vice
dad
about
the
board's
June
meeting.
Now
we've
been
talking
for
quite
some
time
about
what
to
do
with
the
Buc
property
after
it
was
purchased,
and
now
we've
made
some
decisions.
Let's
talk
about
that.
We.
B
Convened
an
joint
facilities
Advisory
Commission
about
two
years
ago
now
it
was
one
of
the
key
recommendations
of
a
major
study
effort
that
went
on
in
2015
and
they've,
been
hard
at
work
to
think
about
the
long-range
future
of
Arlington
County
and
our
facilities
planning.
But
the
first
thing
we
ask
them
to
do
is
take
a
look
at
maybe
a
shorter
term
future
of
a
really
unique
and
exciting
parcel
that
the
county
was
acquiring
right
in
the
heart
of
Arlington
across
from
Washington
Lee
High
School.
B
It's
also
unique
in
that
it
is
industrially
zoned
land,
which
is
a
very
real
rarity
in
Arlington
County.
What
the
je
FAC
advised
us
was
that
a
separate
planning
process
should
get
underway
for
its
long
term
future,
as
you
can
imagine
something
so
centrally.
Located,
has
incredible
potential
to
meet
a
lot
of
our
long-term
facilities
needs,
but
they're
also
working
buildings
on
the
site.
B
Now,
with
only
a
little
bit
of
maintenance,
can
be
used
for
a
variety
of
needs,
and
so
the
joint
facilities,
Advisory
Commission,
gave
us
some
options
or
scenarios
about
how
those
buildings
could
be
used.
On
an
interim
say,
one
to
ten
year
basis,
this
need
of
the
schools
to
park
its
weight
fleet.
Ie,
it's
non
school
bus
vehicles
fits
squarely.
We
think
right
and
those
one
two
to
end
a
10-year
interim
needs.
It's
the
use
of
the
surface
parking
lot
already
at
the
buck
site.
B
There
is
no
investment
required
really
to
ready
the
site
for
them,
and
we
think
this
will
be
a
pretty
minimal
use,
actually
pretty
familiar
to
the
types
of
uses
of
that
parking
lot
when
those
buildings
were
serving
other
things
in
the
neighborhood
already.
The
other
thing
that's
important
about
these.
What
this
weight
fleet
is
that
they
meet
needs,
whether
it's
delivering
meals
for
our
school
kids
supplies
for
teachers.
These
are
the
types
of
things
that
folks,
don't
always
think
about.
A
B
C
Know
what
I
think
it's
excuse
me
also
important
to
point
out
we're
only
talking
about
50
parking
spaces
here,
they're
already
striped
and
the
schools
I
think
is
making
every
effort
to
reach
out
to
the
community.
They're
gonna
have
a
community
liaison
they'll
have
a
phone
number
if
there's
any
folks
from
the
immediate
neighborhood
neighborhood
who
were
concerned
at
any
time,
so
schools,
just
like
the
county,
strives
to
be
a
good
neighbor.
A
B
Is
a
little
bit
TBA
or
TBD
to
be
determined
right?
We
know
again
we'd
plan
for
sort
of
these
1
to
10
year
uses.
The
goal
is
absolutely
to
come
up
with
a
master
plan
for
this
site
over
time.
That's
a
big
undertaking
for
our
community.
We
don't
do
anything
halfway
in
Arlington
and
if
we're
gonna
master
planet,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
it
with
full
information
about
all
of
our
needs,
counties
and
schools,
as
well
as
really
doing
a
deep
analysis
of
what
the
site
can
support
that
takes
consultants.
B
B
Yet
you
know
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we'll
have
to
prioritize
some
planning
processes
over
others,
but
these
interim
uses
are
envisioned
for
about
1
to
10
years
and
the
license
agreement,
which
was
the
actual
act
that
we
took
on
Saturday,
will
give
schools
the
option
to
have
that.
For
a
couple
of
years
and
then
to
extend
for
every
couple
years
thereafter
until
2026
so.
C
It's
an
additional
term
in
two
years
with
with
annual
renewals
and
the
other
thing
I
would
just
chime
in
with
is
J
FAC,
as
Katie
mentioned,
the
joint
facilities,
Advisory
Commission,
jointly
appointed
by
schools
and
by
the
county,
so
another
example
of
how
we're
doing
a
better
job
of
kelabra
together.
Of
course,.
A
All
right:
well
now
the
board
also
celebrated
two
important
occasions
at
the
June
meeting.
One
was
the
graduation
of
our
latest
neighborhood
college
class.
The
other
was
LGBT
Pride
Month.
So
let's
talk
about
and
recognize
those
folks
a
little.
Let's
talk,
neighborhood
college
first,
who
who
made
up
this
class.
B
This
sure
this
is
one
of
my
favorite
topics.
This
is
the
19th
graduating
class
of
Arlington
neighborhood
college.
You
can
see
from
their
faces
really
the
full
cross-section
of
Arlington
represented
individuals
from
20
different
neighborhoods
all
around
the
county,
including
some
of
the
ones
that
tend
to
be
a
little
underrepresented
in
our
processes,
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
makes
neighborhood
college
so
special.
B
We
all
talk
about
trying
to
engage
the
less
well
represented
communities
and
neighborhood
college
is
really
our
bright
spot
in
doing
that,
the
composition
of
the
graduates
includes
very
young
professionals,
seniors
and
retirees
new
Americans
longtime
Arlington
Ian's,
all
of
whom
have
completed
this
detailed
training
to
not
only
learn
a
more
about
how
the
county
functions
but
also
learn.
There's
really
important
facilitation
skills,
consensus
building,
public
speaking
the
skills
that
they'll
need.
As
long
with
the
subject
matter,
expertise
to
be
great
and
effective
advocates
or
commissioners
in
Arlington
Civic
processes.
You.
A
B
I
you
know,
I,
look
and
I
saw
the
opportunity
to
engage
with
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
from
that
class.
My
fellow
graduates
in
the
class,
the
county,
is
really
fortunate
to
have
one
of
our
rock
star
communications.
Folks
in
the
Department
of
Environmental,
Services
was
one
of
my
classmates
who
was
not
working
for
Arlington
County.
At
that
time.
One
of
our
my
classmates
is
a
woman
who
has
now
become
the
face
of
pickleball,
not
only
in
Arlington
but
actually
really
regionally
and
nationally
Helen
white
who's.
C
Know
and
I
just
think
you
know
what
one
challenge
we
have,
though
you
touched
on.
It
is
to
it
to
ensure
that
that
activism
and
engagement
continues.
You
know,
Katy
and
I
in
particular,
have
been
concerned
about
our
Commission's
and
making
sure
that
our
advisory
bodies
reflect
the
diversity
of
our
LinkedIn
in
all
sorts
of
ways.
Everything
from
thought
to
demographics
and
we're
hopeful
that
a
number
of
these
folks
will
will
step
it
up.
Another
notch
and
in
an
enduring
fashion,
participate
on
our
Commission's.
A
C
You
know,
there's
there's
a
there's,
a
group
or
or
a
cause
or
an
issue
that
you
know
is
that
we
tend
to
spotlight
just
about
every
month.
You
know:
there's
Women's,
History
Month,
there's
Black
History,
Month,
there's,
there's
asian-american
Month
and
of
course,
this
month,
June
is
Pride
Month
and
there's
no
better
evidence
of
that
than
the
multicolored
flag
outside
the
Bosman
building.
And
so
our
chair
issued
a
proclamation
read
the
proclamation
from
the
dais.
C
But,
more
importantly,
we
decided
that
it
was
a
good
opportunity
and
I
was
particularly
pleased
that,
as
the
county
boards
liaison
to
our
Human
Rights
Commission,
that
we
called
on
the
Human
Rights
Commission.
In
particular
the
chair
of
the
Equality
group
of
the
Equality
task
force
within
the
HRC
Kyle
Tibbets,
to
provide
a
brief
presentation
on
what
the
Equality
task
force
is
doing.
How
we
can
further
ensure
that
the
LGBTQ
community
are
full
participants
in
our
diverse
community.
C
We
just
with
with
the
county's
communications
folks
we
just
unveiled
a
new,
much
more
robust
website
about
the
LGBT
community
resources
issues.
That
type
of
thing
and
one
of
the
things
that
mr.
Tibbets
focused
on
was
the
municipal
Equality,
Index
or
Mei.
That
is
a
device
that
the
Human
Rights
Campaign,
one
of
the
largest
LGBT
advocacy
groups
in
the
entire
country,
devised.
We
scored
a
93
9
better
than
most
communities
all
across
the
county,
the
country.
Rather,
we
can
do
a
little
bit
better.
Some
of
the
indexes
were
non-discrimination
laws.
C
The
county
is
an
employer
municipal
services,
law
enforcement
and
overall
relationship.
You
know:
do
we
have
a
Human
Rights
Commission?
Absolutely
do
we
have
strong
laws,
definitely
how's
our
law
enforcement,
interacting
with
that
community
hate
crimes.
That
type
of
thing
bullying
anti-bullying
in
the
school
is
one
thing
that
I
spoke
out
against
when
I
was
president
of
the
Yorktown
PTA,
in
fact,
on
the
County
Council
of
PTAs,
so
we're
making
progress.
C
B
Of
the
notions,
I
think
that
our
Human
Rights
task
force
or
LGBT
task
force
of
the
Human
Rights
Commission
that
surfaced
that's
really
appropriate
for
this
year.
Because
of
the
theme
of
this
year's
national
Pride
Month
was
the
importance
of
youth
and
reaching
out
to
LGBT
youth,
exactly
as
John
was
referencing
in
terms
of
combating
bullying,
but
also
ensuring
that
parents
have
the
education
that
they
need
to
support,
LGBT
young
people
and
teens.
B
We
also
know
that
LGBT
young
people
are
at
much
greater
risk
for
ending
up
homeless
or
a
variety
of
other
behaviors
we're
trying
to
prevent
and
so
really
having
the
leadership
of
our
Human
Rights
Commission
and
helping
integrate
with
whether
it's
our
community
response
to
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault,
project
peace
or
other
youth
serving
task
forces.
That's
really
a
way
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
grow
and
build
on
these
efforts
to
make
sure
all
of
our
young
people
feel
included,
welcomed
and
healthy
in
Arlington,
County
and.
A
End
it
on
that
note.
That
brings
us
to
the
end
of
another
County,
Board,
wrap-up,
I,
hope
you've
enjoyed
our
chat
with
County
Board
Chair
Katie
crystal
and
board
member
John
vice
status.
We've
explored
some
of
the
key
decisions
the
board
makes
each
month
and
the
actions
the
board
takes
that
affect
you,
your
family
and
our
community.
Remember
all
county
board
meetings
are
open
to
the
public
and
live
streamed
and
archived
on
our
website.