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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up: September 2021
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A wrap-up of decisions made at Arlington County Government’s September 2021 Board meeting.
A
Hello
and
welcome
to
county
board,
wrap
up
our
deep
dive
into
the
big
issues
from
this
month's
county
board
meeting.
I'm
your
host
cara
o'donnell
and
we
will
be
joined
as
always
by
county
board,
chair
matt
diferenti,
as
well
as
board
member
libby
garvey,
to
talk
about
the
big
issues
from
this
month's
meeting.
More
on
that
in
just
a
moment,
but
first
here's
your
60-second
board,
wrap-up
the
board
joined
neighbors,
fairfax
county
and
the
city
of
alexandria
and
enacting
a
5-cent
tax
on
disposable
plastic
shopping
bags.
A
The
county
will
embark
on
a
fall
education
campaign
to
help
residents,
understand
the
benefits
and
will
develop
strategies
to
help
those
who
may
be
most
burdened
by
the
tax.
Aligning
with
the
county's
equity
focus.
The
plastic
bag
tax
will
go
into
effect
in
january.
Twenty
twenty
two.
The
board
also
unanimously
approved
the
small
business
grant
2.0
program,
which
will
provide
200
grants
of
10
000
each
to
small
businesses
impacted
by
the
pandemic,
and
we
have
a
new
logo
for
arlington
county.
A
The
final
choice,
which
represents
arlington's,
close
relationship
with
dc
and
alexandria,
and
echoes
how
arlington
was
formed
from
the
original
capital
borders
comes
after
a
months-long
community
engagement
process.
More
than
29
thousand
arlingtonians
shared
their
top
choices.
In
the
two
rounds
of
public
engagement.
A
Welcome
back
to
county
board
wrap
up,
and
this
month's
big
story
some
much
needed
financial
assistance
for
arlington
small
businesses.
It's
all
part
of
a
new
round
of
aed's
small
business
grant
program.
I'm
joined
now
by
board
chair
matt
d
ferrante,
as
well
as
special
guest
telly
tucker
of
arlington
economic
development
telly.
I
think
this
is
one
of
the
first
times
we've
had
a
special
guest
here
on
county
board
rep.
So
welcome,
but
matt
we'll
start
with
you
for
those
who
may
not
remember.
A
B
B
I
really
think
that
this
was
a
better
set
of
assistance
than
we
saw
at
the
federal
level
with
the
ppp
and
even
the
state
stuff
that
we've
seen
to
this
point,
because
it's
really
focused
on
small
businesses,
and
we
know
that
if
we
help
a
small
business,
that
business
will
survive
and
then
it
will
help
other
parts
of
the
economy,
their
employees
etc.
So
I
thought
it
was
a
great
beast
credit
to
telly
and
his
team.
B
A
And
terry
kind
of
take
us
forward
to
today,
you
know
for
a
lot
of
people,
while
there's
still
a
lot
of
concern
with
coronavirus.
We
are
starting
to
see
things
like
restaurants,
open
up
we're
starting
to
see
a
larger
capacity.
So
what
necessitated
this
second
round
of
grants
for
arlington
small
businesses?
It's
a
really.
C
Good
question
and
the
pandemic
has
gone
on
for
18
months
now,
there's
still
quite
a
few
small
businesses
out
there
that
are
having
a
really
difficult
time.
Many
of
those
small
businesses
are
still
being
impacted
by
customers,
inability
to
come
into
their
space
or
limited
number
of
customers
able
to
come
into
their
space.
C
They
have
escalating
costs
associated
with,
with
back
rent,
for
example,
trying
to
repay
what
they
were
not
able
to
pay
last
year
during
this
time,
and
we
still
have
a
significant
number
of
businesses
that
were
not
able
to
access,
federal
or
state
dollars,
which
is
a
key
difference
in
this
year's
grant,
as
opposed
to
what
we
did
last
year,
and
so
this
grant
really
does
try
to
target
those
businesses.
Tell.
C
Round
we've
been,
we've
been
characterizing
them,
as
maybe
some
of
arlington's
hardest
to
reach
businesses.
We
have
identified
certain
sectors:
sectors
like
restaurants,
retail,
some
personal
service,
those
who
have
a
physical
bricks
and
mortar
location
in
arlington.
We
know
that's
a
fixed
cost
every
month,
regardless
of
whether
one
customer
comes
in
or
not,
and
those
expenses
don't
go
away.
C
So
we're
really
trying
to
target
those
businesses
that
have
additional
costs
associated
associated
with
a
bricks
and
mortar
presence,
and
we
have
actually
taken
a
step
back
to
try
to
reach
them
in
more
traditional
ways
where
normally
we
would
do
something
on
on
a
website
or
social
media.
We've
actually
been
using
things
like
yard
signs
and
mailings.
C
We've
had
a
lot
of
success,
reaching
businesses
that
way
that
don't
always
appear
when
we
do
something
online
or
when
we
have
a
webinar
that
sort
of
thing,
so
those
are
ways
in
which
we're
reaching
them,
and
we
hope
that
it
will
continue
to
be
successful.
Like
some
of
the
other
programs,
we've
had
the
relaunch
program
and
some
of
our
technical
assistance
programs
as
well.
What.
A
C
Overwhelmingly,
the
the
feedback
that
we
got
from
the
business
that
received
grants
was
positive.
More
than
90
percent
of
those
businesses
are
still
in
business
today.
Many
of
them
describe
the
grant
as
a
lifeline
for
them.
It
helped
bridge
a
gap
and
get
them
to
a
point
of
sustainability.
They
were
able
to
to
pay
salaries.
They
were
able
to
keep
certain
employees
benefits
in
place
during
a
really
tough
time
where
they
otherwise
would
not
have
been
able
to
do
so,
and
that's
exactly
what
it
was
there
for.
C
We
had
other
businesses
tell
us
they
were
able
to
pay
back
rent,
for
example,
which
is
really
tough.
It's
tough
on
the
business,
it's
tough
on
the
property
owner,
the
landlord
as
well,
and
so
we
were
just.
We
were
delighted
that
we
were
able
to
provide
something
to
really
be
a
kind
of
bridge
that
gap
and
be
a
solution
in
a
time
of
need.
A
B
Well,
I
think
that
we
heard
the
success
of
the
first
round,
but
many
of
us
had
hoped
that
labor
day
would
be
the
time
when
we
would
open
back
up
and
getting
the
resources
as
quickly
as
we
can
out
to
small
businesses
can
help
bridge
that
gap
over
the
coming
months.
We're
going
to
get
we're
going
to
get
through
the
delta
part
variant
part
of
this,
but
we
have.
B
We
really
felt
like
it
was
important
to
to
help
with
a
small
amount
of
funding
focused
on
labor
costs
that
can
just
bridge
that
gap
of
those
two
or
three
months
as
we
get
into
early
next
year.
When
we
know
we
won't
have
coveted
completely
gone,
but
we
we
are
confident
that
we'll
make
additional
progress
and
that's
why
the
speed
of
getting
this
these
resources
out
to
small
businesses
was
important.
A
B
We
wanted
to
to
set
the
tone
that
our
small
businesses
would
receive
this
grant
with
a
question
with
two
questions:
one:
have
you
already
vaccinated
all
employees,
or
would
you
commit
to
planning
to
do
that
and
that's
part
of
an
effort
just
to
recognize
the
reality
that
this
arlington
is
doing
relatively
well?
We
have
in
the
low
30s
cases
of
the
delta
variant
as
of
this
today,
but
I
think
we
still
have
to
make
sure
that
we
stamp
it
out
and
get
back
to
that
really
low
level.
C
In
addition
to
to
consistency
with
policy
across,
you
know
what
the
county
is
requiring
of
its
employees
of
its
contractors,
we'll
give
funding
priority
to
those
businesses
that
either
already
do
require
their
employees
to
be
vaccinated
or
willing
to,
and
I
think
when
you
think
about
the
strategically
about
the
purpose
of
the
grant.
It
is
coveted
relief
and
our
our
ultimate
goal
is
that
this
pain
we
get
this
pandemic
behind
us.
A
C
Sure
so
today
they
can
go
on
the
economic
development
website
if
they
or
they
can
call
our
office
and
get
on
the
list.
The
mailing
list
we're
going
to
be
going
through
a
period
of
about
two
weeks
of
advertising
and
marketing,
really
trying
to
drum
up
energy
and
and
interest
in
the
program
and
then
there'll
be
a
period
when
they,
when
it
goes,
live
and
you'll
have
to
submit
an
online
application.
That'll
stay
open
for
about
14
days,
and
then
businesses
will
be
able
to.
You
can
do
it
directly
from
your
phone.
A
That
moves
very
quickly
all
right
and
it's
going
to
be,
as
you
said,
matt
a
lifeline
for
many
of
our
small
businesses
who
really
make
up
kind
of
the
character
of
arlington's
community
telly.
Thank
you
very
much
and
of
course,
always
a
reason.
Another
reason
to
shop,
local
and
support
our
small
businesses
and,
of
course
there
is
plenty
more
to
discuss
from
this
month's
board
meeting
and
that's
where
we're
now.
A
A
Welcome
back
to
county
board,
wrap
up,
I'm
cara
o'donnell
and
I'm
here
with
county
board,
chair
matt
deferenti,
and
we
are
now
joined
by
board
member
libby
garvey.
Let
me
thank
you
for
joining
us
for
those
who
of
you
who
were
not
here
for
our
earlier
segment.
We
had
special
guest,
telly,
tucker
and
because
of
social
distancing.
A
A
Right,
that's
right
and
speaking
of
distancing
and
the
fact
we
are
still
in
a
pandemic.
We
just
we
don't,
have
questions
on
this
one.
This
is
our
segment
where
we
take
your
questions,
the
viewers
that
you've
submitted
to
us
via
email,
but
we
do
have
some
news
regarding
a
covet
update-
and
I
know
this
one.
It
takes
some
special
meaning
for
you.
D
D
Absolutely
and
people
with
underlying
conditions
and
they're
going
to
be
details
that
need
to
be
worked
out.
We
always,
of
course
we
go
by
the
state
of
virginia,
so
we
have
to
wait
until
we
kind
of
get
official
information
from
them
about
what
we'll
be
doing,
but
I
anticipate
is
starting
a
program
of
boosters
for
those
that
that
qualify
and
starting
pretty
soon-
and
I
know
I
qualify
for
age
and
I
will
be
right
there
as
soon
as
I'm-
you
know,
qualifying
and
able
to
and
able
to
get
there.
D
D
A
D
A
Well,
thank
you
for
that
update,
but
we
are
going
to
get
to
some
questions
that
it's
not
unrelated.
We
had
at
the
board
meeting
on
tuesday
at
our
recessed
meeting,
we
had
a
very
sobering
report
from
our
county
manager,
specifically
dealing
with
some
of
our
first
responders
and
some
of
the
concerns
facing
those
first
responders.
Can
you
but
give
us
a
little
insight
on.
D
Yeah,
that
was
actually,
I
think
I
said
it
at
the
diocese
that
was
the
most
sobering
report.
I'd
gotten,
I
think
in
my
I've,
been
doing
this
about
a
quarter
century,
schools
and
and
now
here
and
it
it's
the
phrase,
it's
interesting
because
we
just
talked
about
going
from
crisis
to
chronic,
and
this
actually
was
a
chronic
condition.
That
has
become
a
crisis
and
that's
what
the
manager
was
talking
to
us
about.
D
We
have
been
understaffed
with
our
mental
health,
the
folks
that
work
in
mental
health
in
crisis
care,
we've
been
down
a
number
of
staff
and
all
of
a
sudden
we
had
the
the
need
you
know,
went,
went
greatly,
went
up
and
we
were
still
struggling
just
to
meet
the
need
before
and
suddenly
when
somebody's
in
crisis.
They
need
to
be
in
hospital
so
that
virginia
hospital
center,
which
is
at
least
there's
a
hospital
for
them.
The
police
have
to
often
stay
with
that
person
until
they
get
actually
admitted
so.
D
We've
police
for
12
hours,
staying
with
a
patient
at
the
hospital,
and
we
are
down
on
our
police
as
well,
and
that
gets
into
a
lot
of
different
situations,
I'll
matt.
Let
you
see
it
the
way
I
see
it
overall.
Is
it
right
now
our
caring
professions
have
been
underpaid:
teachers,
nurses,
child
care,
police,
mental
health
professionals,
they've
been
underpaid
for
a
long
time.
That's
just
the
way
the
society
has
been
and
suddenly
their
real
worth
is
coming
to
the
fore.
D
I
mean
I
often
said
we
found
out
that
our
most
vulnerable
workers
were
for
were
also
our
criminal
essentials,
most
essential
workers
yeah
and
we're
in
a
real
transition
time,
and
this
really
came
to
the
fore
at
that
at
our
meeting.
So
I
don't
know
about
you,
but
my
stomach
clutched
a
little
bit
listening
listening
to
that.
So.
B
So
what
we
did
is
is
ask
him
to,
over
the
coming
weeks
and
month,
he's
going
to
come
back
with
a
proposal
that
will
be
some
significant
resources
on
retention,
so
we're
thinking
this
is
more
than
a
million
at
least
could
be
up
to
three
million
to
really
help
with
retention
for
our
police,
our
mental
health
providers-
and
it
was
made
so
clear
by
our
lead
staff,
chief
pen,
department
of
human
services,
director
anita
friedman,
and
we
also
heard
from
others.
But
this
is
one
where
the
whole
board
said
we
have
to
move
forward.
D
And
I
think
also
which
we
tried
to
emphasize
we're
still
meeting
the
critical
needs
and
the
police
are
still
stepping
up.
But
there's
a
lot
of
nice
to
do
is
that
in
the
long
run,
make
a
huge
difference
that
we're
having
to
probably
cut
back
on,
and
we
will
get
through
this.
I
I'm
sure
that
we
will
but
we're
going
to
have
to
change
a
little
bit.
How
we're,
how
we're
funding
things
and
what
we're
doing.
B
Well,
part
of
the
catalyst
for
being
able
to
do
it
now
is
that
we
needed
a
legislative
change
and
we
needed
needed
lot
a
lot
of
change
in
richmond
and
we
just
were
able
to
get
that
over
the
past
year
and
a
half
really
with
the
authorization
just
starting
right
now,
and
so
we
needed
that
change.
But
this
is
sound
policy
that
helps
us
protect
and
steward
our
environment.
B
I
know
a
lot
of
friends
in
dc
who
were
wondering
about
this
when
it
was
implemented
about
a
decade
ago,
and
it
has
really
turned
out.
Well,
it's
a
five
cent
fee
of
which
some
of
that
money
goes
back
to
the
state.
That's
just
the
reality
of
where
we,
the
legislation
is,
but
some
of
that
money
will
go
to
arlington
two
cents
at
the
start,
eventually,
one
cent
to
help
with
our
education
really.
The
purpose
here
is
to
get
people
to
use,
bring
those
reusable
bags
and
save
the
environment.
B
If
you've
ever
done
a
cleanup
on
a
river,
you
know
that
the
plastic
bags
are
everywhere
and
we
do
know
there
are
some
concerns
related
to
equity.
So
we're
going
to
have
to
we
have
still
have
three
months
before
we
actually
implement
that,
and
those
three
months
are
meant
to
make
sure
that
our
convenience
stores
that
serve
our
residents
most
in
need
have
the
supports
they
need
and
that
we
can
sort
of
work
out
all
of
the
the
kinks
in
the
system
so
that
we're
ready
to
go
in
january.
But
we're
very
pleased.
D
And
we
have
heard
a
lot,
a
number
of
concerns,
which
I
thought
I
might
try
to
address
a
little
bit
here
first,
and
I
think,
as
I
said,
dc
and
maryland,
both
been
doing
this
for
a
long
time.
So
if,
if
anybody
in
arlington
has
ever
gone
into
dc
or
maryland
and
shopped,
I
don't
think
it's
it
hasn't.
They
haven't
noticed
a
huge
difference
and
those
have
gone
fine.
D
So
that
reassures
me
that
this
that
we
can
work
this
out,
but
the
so
you
got
this
in
the
picture
here,
which
is
great
those
kind
of
bags.
Those
are
the
ones
we
don't
want
if
you've
got
the
multiple
use
ones.
Those
are
fine
if
you
put
buy
trash
bags
to
put
your
trash
in
and
put
your
trash
out,
those
are
still
fine
and
the
clear
plastic
bags
that
you
would
get
your
your
produce
or
your
fish
or
your
chicken
or
something
that
you
don't
want
to
get.
Those
are
still
fine.
D
So
it's
not
this
blanket
change.
It's
really
those
ones
that
you
find
in
the
river
all
the
time
when
you
clean
it
up,
and
I
I
read-
I
think
it
was
in
dc
that
the
the
number
of
trash
bags
that
they
found
in
the
next
river
cleanup
after
they
went-
I
mean
it
like
got
half
I
mean
it's
just.
It
really
makes
a
huge
difference
and
boy,
it's
pretty
clear.
We
need
to
step
up
and
start
doing
some
some
things
and
this
this
is
not
going
to
be
bad.
D
D
A
B
This
is
this
is
a
symbol
for
arlington,
and
our
past
symbol
was
reflective
of
a
building
in
the
robert
e
lee
house
that
congress
designated
in
1972
for
him
and
not
the
custis
family
and
some
this
you
just
have
to.
In
my
view,
you
have
to
conclude
that
the
primary
legacy
there
is
not
one
that
we
want
for
the
21st
century
for
arlington,
it's
not
inclusive.
In
fact,
it
was
a
reflection
of
a
of
a
leader
who
chose
inhumanity
with
respect
to
slavery,
in
my
view-
and
I
think
the
views
ultimately
of
many
arlingtonians.
B
D
I
agree
yeah,
no,
we
and
we
I
do
we
went
out.
You
know
we
went
out
twice
as
you
said,
because
we
got
some
feedback
that
people
really
weren't
have,
and
actually,
I
think
frankly,
none
of
us
were
really
quite
sold.
Can
we
try
again,
and
they
did
I
mean
thank
the
the
panel.
Just
did
the
review
panel.
Did
you
almost
work?
Oh,
my
heavens,
so
when
it
came
to
us
there
really
were
two.
D
It
was
interesting
to
me
that
the
again
we
had
a
way
of
sort
of
voting
is
not
the
right
word,
but
people
expressed
a
preference
and
we
heard
from
a
number
of
people
and
they
liked
one
and
then
the
review
panel
liked
another.
So
there
were
really
kind
of
two
for
us
to
choose
from
in
the
end,
and
I
think
we
went
on
this
one
in
a
way
to
me
it
it's
really
been
hard.
People
want,
it
should
symbolize
this
or
symbolize
that
or
whatever.
D
How
do
you
symbolize
arlington,
which
is
so
much
and
well
to
me,
that
that's
our
location
and
it's
very
simple,
which
is
good
and
it's
you
know
it's
inclusive
in
a
way
it's
just
it's.
This
is
where
we
are
we're
right
by
the
nation's
capital
and
we
stand
out
and
we're
going
to
do
big
things
moving
forward,
and
it
was
time
it
was
really
time
to
make
that
change.
Yeah.
A
D
B
Yeah
it's
great
to
see,
and
we
do
want
to
be
mindful
of
of
cost
and
that's
why
it's
going
to
take
some
years
to
finish
all
pieces
of
where
the
logo
would
go.
We're
going
to
make
some
immediate
changes
on
the
on
the
website
and
or
relatively
immediate
changes
on
the
website
and
with
respect
to
flags
as
well.
But
what
a?
B
What
a
step
forward-
and
I
think
about
the
leader
of
the
logo
panel,
who
I
met
some
years
ago-
mina
kane,
she's,
just
a
great
leader
and
all
the
members
of
of
the
logo
panel
and
really
we
have
to
recognize
our
advocacy
in
community
groups.
Who
said
this
symbol
needs
to
change.
And
so
I
do
think
it
is
very
important
and
we've
done
it
in
the
midst,
while
keeping
the
focus
on
on
very
important,
timely
issues
like
kovid
and
like
the
economic
impacts
of
covet.
B
B
E
D
A
Yeah,
that's
right
and
with
that
that
will
bring
us
to
the
end
of
this
month's
county
board.
Wrap-Up.
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