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The second meeting of the Arlington VA Community Facilities Study Committee featured opening remarks by John Milliken, Chair. Recorded Feb. 25 2015. For more information, go to http://commissions.arlingtonva.us/community-facilities-study/
A
What
I'd
like
to
do
is
to
do
a
short
kind
of
opening
presentation
and
then
we'll
get
into
the
heart
of
the
of
the
meeting
tonight
the
charge
that
we
have
I've
taken
the
liberty
of
trying
to
summarize
the
county
board
and
school
boards
charged
to
us.
The
charge
that
we
have
is
to
try
to
develop
a
consensus
through
conversation
and
discussion
through
getting
information,
develop
a
consensus
regarding
our
future
revenue
and
facility
needs
as
a
community.
We
know
we're
growing.
A
One
of
the
things
that
we
talking
about
next
month
is
how
fast
and
who
people
are.
We
know.
We've
got
a
certain
economic
model
that
we've
relied
on
for
a
number
of
years
for
the
revenues
that
run
county
government.
We
talked
about
that
at
the
last
meeting,
we're
going
to
talk
about
it
in
more
detail
tonight,
so
the
question
is:
is
our
economic
model
still
going
to
be
a
valid
one
to
meet
the
needs
that
we
know
we're
going
to
have
and
that
this
group
is
going
to
try
to
quantify
going
forward?
A
A
Do
the
fine
as
a
final
report
in
December,
take
this
product
and
use
it
in
their
discussions
of
the
capital
improvement
plan
for
the
community
which
take
place
principally
in
2016
overall
schedule,
and
this
is
obviously
subject
to
change
as
the
group
gets
into
the
to
the
meat
of
our
conversations.
But
the
overall
schedule
looks
more
or
less
like
this
februari
has
been
devoted
to
financial
questions.
That's
what
we're
going
to
hear
about
tonight.
March
will
start
in
two
graphics.
What's
our
population
going
to
look
like
what
is
it
now?
A
These
the
I
have
dates
attached
to
all
of
these
things.
I
don't
expect
the
schedule
will
turn
out
to
be
exactly
this
way,
but
this
is
essentially
how
we're
going
to
try
to
approach
these
issues.
Looking
to
the
final
report
going
to
the
county
board
in
the
school
board
in
late,
November
or
December,
the
study
group,
as
you
know,
is
comprised
of
23
members.
The
rezident
forum
is
intended
to
do
two
things.
A
The
it's
intended
to
provide
input
discussion,
conversation
point
of
view
to
help
inform
the
study
group
in
its
deliberations,
but
just
as
importantly,
it's
intended
to
be
a
a
form
of
communicating
through
resident
group
resident
forum
members
back
to
the
organization's
of
which
you
are
a
part.
If
your
hair,
here,
representing
a
PTA
or
a
civic
association
or
a
non-profit,
we're
looking
to
you
to
inform
that
membership
of
what
the
conversations
are
all
about
and
to
bring
back
information
that
you
may
be
getting
from
those
members
to
further
inform
the
discussion.
A
A
couple
of
very
practical
things
for
those
who
like
to
take
notes
on
an
electronic
device,
the
Wi-Fi
password
for
APS
guest
is
knowledge.
That's
true.
By
the
way
in
all
of
the
schools,
the
project
has
a
website
which
you'll
see
up
there
on
the
screen
or
you
can
go
to
the
arlington
county
website
and
just
type
in
community
facilities.
A
Study,
email
address
and
staff
reminds
us
to
remind
you
to
make
sure
that
your
spam
filter
doesn't
reject
something
from
community
housing,
development
to
planning
housing
and
development
at
arlington
VA
us
so
that
you
will
get
the
emails
that
are
being
sent
out
about
these
ongoing
meetings.
I
talked
about
the
role
of
the
resident
forum
tonight
we're
going
to
do
this
meeting
in
two
parts.
A
A
It
goes
12
staff
so
that
they
can
collate
it
all
and
put
it
together
and
it'll
go
in
this
case,
a
subcommittee
that
has
been
appointed
to
look
at
challenges
in
the
financial
sector
and
that
subcommittee's
report
will
come
back
to
this
group,
probably
in
May,
for
further
discussion.
So
what
we
hear
from
the
resident
forum
tonight
gets
fed
directly
into
those
discussions
and
it'll
be
back
for
further
review
and
comment.
I'm
saying,
may
that's
probably
right
depends
on
how
quickly
the
committee
works.
A
Maybe
it's
worth
taking
a
few
minutes
in
just
recapping
what
we
heard
at
the
first
meeting
on
februari
11,
the
these
were
the
general
topics
that
were
covered.
Where
does
the
county
get
its
money?
What's
the
role
of
the
commercial
sector
in
providing
that
money?
And
what
are
the?
What
is
is
thought
the
future
will
hold
for
that.
A
This,
in
basic
terms,
is
where
the
county
gets
its
money
broken
up
in
a
pie
chart,
as
you
can
see,
eighty-two
percent
of
it
comes
from
local
taxes
and
of
the
local
taxes.
This
is
these
are
the
elements
of
the
local
tax
sources,
the
blue
ones,
at
the
top,
are
the
real
estate
tax,
which
is
obviously
the
dominant
source
of
revenue
for
the
county
and
the
single
most
important
piece
of
information
to
pull
from?
A
This
tells
you
a
little
bit
and
you're
going
to
hear
a
good
bit
more
about
it,
but
how
we
stack
up
with
others
in
the
region.
In
terms
of
what
share
of
our
real
estate,
taxes
comes
from
the
commercial
sector
and
you
can
see
this
shows
actually
the
residential
the
homeowner
portion,
Prince
William,
get
70
eight
percent
of
its
revenues
from
homeowners,
Arlington
51-percent
of
its
revenues.
That's
that's
the
essence
of
the
economic
model
that
has
been
underlie
Arlington's
budget
process
for
the
last
25
years,
at
least,
and
we'll
hear
more
about
that
tonight.
A
A
Looking
ahead,
we
meet
as
a
committee
on
the
second
and
fourth
wednesday
nights
of
every
month.
There
will
be
additional
meetings
as
well,
but
those
are
the
those
are.
The
meetings
that
have
already
been
scheduled,
members
of
the
resident
forum
are
invited
to
attend
any
meeting
you
want
to
attend.
The
official
meeting
of
the
with
the
resident
forum
is
on
the
fourth
wednesday,
as
it
is
tonight
of
every
month
going
forward,
and
you
can
see.
Demographics
and
demographic
forecasting
will
be
the
principal
topics
for
discussion
in
March.