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From YouTube: Community Facilities Study #7 Part 4 of 4: Thomas Jefferson Site Wrap-up and Audience Q & A
Description
Audience question and answer period after three public facility siting and programming case studies. Moderated by vice-chair Ginger Brown. Recorded May 13 2015 at Washington-Lee High School, Arlington VA.
A
So
clouds
we're
going
to
get
clouds
we're
going
to
put
a
skull
in
the
clouds
we're
going
to
move
it
around
the
different
neighborhoods
in
South,
Orange
and
suck
the
kids
up.
Have
photovoltaic
cells
cells
clean
the
water?
Send
them
back
down?
No
we're
not
going
to
do
it.
I
know,
that's
what
we'd
all
really
like
to
do,
because
then
we'd
all
be
happy
on
April
thirtieth.
The
superintendent
gave
an
update
on
our
quest
to
put
a
school
in
south
arlington.
We
are
going
to
continue
to
work
on
that
and
we'll
get
that
done.
A
We
need
to
get
it
done,
we're
short
a
thousand
seats
in
south
arlington,
so
we're
going
to
come
up
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks
for
all
of
you
to
hear
about
a
new
process
that
will
be
open
and
collaborative,
and
we
will
use
that
process
as
a
follow-on
to
the
existing
the
process
that
we
just
went
through,
and
in
that
process
we
will
analyze
sites
and
options
for
the
new
elementary
school.
We're
currently
working
on
the
charge
to
that
group.
That
will
help
us
undertake
this.
A
It
will
be
a
broad-based
group
representative
of
all
south
arlington
and
the
diversity
of
the
community.
It
will
have
families,
pta's
advisory
committee,
advisory
councils,
civic
associations,
community
associations
involved
in
it.
You'll
hear
more
about
that
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
We
hope
to
announce
the
details
at
a
board
meeting
in
early
June
and
have
some
opportunity
for
a
community
forum
again
in
early
June
and
then
get
that
group
up
and
running
and,
as
I
said,
it
will
be
collaborative.
A
So
I
don't
mean
to
be
quite
survey,
but
we
really
took
to
heart
a
lot
of
the
work
that
this
group
is
done
and
a
lot
of
the
recommendations
that
came
from
the
community,
and
we
really
want
this
too
process,
and
we
think
it
can
be.
We
think
there's
a
lot
of
really
good
information.
That's
already
there
that
we
simply
need
to
work
through
with
the
community
and
come
to
a
consensus
about
the
best
location
or
locations.
We
may
eventually
need
more
than
one
site
for
an
elementary
school
and
I
know
I.
A
We
are
very,
very
grateful
for
the
work
this
group
is
doing,
because
we
believe
this
is
the
foundation
for
how
we're
going
to
be
making
decisions
going
forward
and
we're
hoping
to
go
through
a
really
solid
process,
at
least
on
a
school
that
dovetails
with
this
group
I
still
like
the
cloud
idea
and
I
just
wanted
to
mention
one
other
thing,
just
a
point.
I'd
like
to
make
this,
as
a
personal
note,
in
addition
to
thanking
you
all
for
doing
this
work,
because
we
really
needed
this
to
happen.
A
It
will
help
us
all
as
I
think
we've
all
learned.
There
is
no
perfect
site.
There
are
no
perfect
sites
anywhere
in
Arlington.
There
are
no
new
huge
chunks
of
land
to
build
schools,
and
it's
going
to
take
compromise
adaptability.
I
put
the
words,
adaptability,
creativity
and
flexibility,
so
I
think
we
are
really
in
an
unprecedented
time
in
the
school's
I.
A
Don't
think,
we've
been
in
this
situation
since
the
70s
I've
talked
to
a
lot
of
previous
school
board
members
and
have
been
scanning
back
as
far
as
I
can
go
to
find
out
when
this
happened.
Last
and
what's
about
the
time
when
Jefferson
was
built,
so
understand
that
it's
it's
a
huge
process,
it's
not
going
to
be
perfect,
and
now
that
you
all
have
this
background,
it
will
be
really
helpful
if
you
can
partner
with
us
to
help
us
make
good
decisions
that
are
acceptable
and
useful
to
the
community.
Thanks.
A
B
C
Not
sure
who
I'm
asking
this
question
to,
except
for
maybe
the
room
but
I,
guess
what
I'm,
what
I
learned
through
watching
these
processes
and
seeing
these
timelines
in
black
and
white
and
being
really
kind
of
depressed
by
them?
Is
it
these
community
processes
take
time
and
when
we
try
to
say,
let's
do
one
quick
for
this
TJ
site,
what
a
disaster
that
was
so,
as
we
looked
forward
to
our
facilities,
challenges
that
we're
trying
to
approach
here
and
some
of
which
are
relatively
urgent.
Is
it
realistic
to
think
that
we
can
make
decisions
quickly?
C
Is
there
a
process
where
we
can
fast
track
these
things,
or
is
it
just
going
to
take
us
15
years
to
cite
figure
out
what
we're
going
to
build
on
that
site
across
the
street
I
mean?
Is
there
I,
guess,
I
went
again,
I'm
not
really
sure
who
I'm
asking
this
question
to
other
than
a
sense
of
frustration.
That
I
would
love
to
get
some
reflection
on,
whether
whether
that's
not
just
how
long
these
things
take
and
if
we
we
can't
do
them
faster.
We.
D
As
I
think
the
the
arlington
mill
story
indicates,
if
you
involve
the
private
sector
and
you
require,
have
to
deal
with
market
factors,
it
takes
longer
and
that's
not
in
your
control.
But
if
you
are
doing
a
evaluation
and
planning
for
a
publicly
owned
property
and
you're
prepared
to
spend
public
money,
you
can
probably
do
it.
If
it's
set
up
right
fairly
expeditiously,
you
have
to
be
willing
to
process
a
lot
of
information
fairly
quickly.
D
You
have
to
have
staff
support,
who
can
run
syrettes
and
do
have
conversations
and
you
have
to
have
a
collaborative
reminded
community,
but
I
think
it's
it's
not
a
matter
of
15
years.
I
mean
the
whole.
The
whole
TJ
discussion
was
from
mid-september
until
the
end
of
january.
It's
relatively
no
time
for
arlington
processes.
B
E
F
Yes,
there
is
a
public
process
plant
and
it'll
be
divided.
As
most
of
you
know,
the
county
already
owns
a
piece
of
land
at
26
and
old
dominion
and
in
the
capital
improvement
plan.
We
talked
about
increasing
the
capacity
of
assault
stories
there
in
a
capital
improvement
plan.
There
was
a
parallel
project
to
relocate
fire
station
8
and
yes,
there
is
a
plan
to
have
a
community
process
to
involve
the
stakeholders
in
that
neighborhood
in
the
surrounding
areas
to
talk
about
what
our
options
are
on,
where
to
put
the
fire
station.
F
There
is
no
conclusion
today
on
where
we'll
go,
but
within
the
criteria
are
the
need
to
meet
the
needs.
We
have
to
move
the
fire
station
further.
North
and
Arlington
will
review
of
the
community
what
we
perceive
the
options
are
and
be
open
to
input
on
other
sites.
Fire
station
will
require
about
it,
aker
to
an
acre
and
a
half
of
land,
and
the
question
is
like
all
of
the
other
sites,
all
the
other
issues
we've
talked
about.
B
G
If
you
showed
it,
when
you
show
the
picture
of
these
people,
associations
which
were
involved
with
that
in
a
large
area,
but
there
was
one
community
service-
oh
she's,
my
own
buckingham,
which
is
directly
opposite
Lee
across
from
the
school
site.
We
were
not
invited
to
be
on
a
committee.
We
would
have
very
different
views
because
you
know
talking,
you
took
our
putting
things
on
the
west
side.
We
that's
means
developing
along
glebe,
road
and
fake.
Your
focus
was
helping
to
spread
it
to
our
neighborhood.
G
H
J
It's
a
lot
more
time
consuming
to
spend
a
couple
years,
making
a
plan
and
having
it
stopped
and
going
on
starting
over
again
so
I
guess
I'm
just
kind
of
curious.
Maybe
the
people
who've
been
through
this
have
some
perspective,
or
maybe
this
is
just
something
for
us
to
think
about.
As
we
have
our
discussions,
I
mean
it
seems
to
me
somehow.
J
The
missing
link
is
institutionalizing
these
lessons
and
somehow
you
know
having
incentives
in
place
so
that
the
community
is
involved
from
the
start
of
the
decision
making
that
people
aren't
that
information
is
shared,
that
people
aren't
blindsided
by
decisions
and
somehow
that's
the
crux
of
what
we
need
to
get
at
in
this
process.
So
well.
B
A
One
of
the
points
I
wanted
to
make
early
on
before
I
was
talking
about
my
cloud.
Schools
is
exactly
that
point.
I've
done
community
engagement
work,
my
entire
life
and
one
lesson
I
learned
early
on
is:
if
you
ever
try
to
go
faster
than
the
community,
the
community
will
always
take
you
back
to
that
point
where
they
didn't
understand
or
didn't
buy
in.
So
it's
best
to
take
the
time
upfront
to
set
the
table
basically
and
then
invite
everybody
to
come,
eat
and
play
together.
A
K
Sandra
Borden
I'm
have
comment
to
make
about
Arlington
mills
and
I
know
it.
I
love
the
facility,
I
go
twice
a
week
and
I
know
it
has
empty
space
and
I
during
the
presentation
they
slid
over
about
the
library.
I
would
like
that.
Put
back
on
the
list
of
to
potentially
put
a
library
there
I
think
it'd
be
used
quite
a
bit
and
I
myself
would
use
it
even
though
I
don't
live
anywhere
near
that
community.
That
would
be
much
more
convenient
for
me.
B
L
Blue
Waverly
Hills
and
my
question
is
for
carrie.
I
first
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
the
presenters
at
these
case.
Studies
are
incredibly
interesting
and
appreciate
all
the
time
and
effort
you
did
actually
I'm,
probably
one
of
many
Ireland
Toni
and
sets
trying
to
get
over
that
terrible
viral
cold
I
thought
twice
about
coming
and
I'm,
so
glad
I
came
tonight.
L
L
Any
area
of
the
county
that
has
very
little
park
space
and
so
the
school
space
becomes
important
for
them,
as
additional
could
be
impacted
by
the
decision
to
keep
all
of
the
TJ
park.
Space
open
for
the
people
in
that
area,
primarily
and
then
down
by
other
people.
You
could
end
up
getting
a
bunch
of
trailers
put
on
the
school
property
and
there
they're
open
spaces
decrease.
So
what
went
into
the
decision
about
leaving
it
to
the
people
in
that
area?
L
D
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning,
ours
was
not
a
site
selection
process
or
a
comparative
process,
or
an
evaluation
of
ripple
effects.
We
were
to
evaluate
the
site
from
the
perspective
simply
of
whether
a
school
should
be
put
there,
and
we
tried,
in
the
school's
context,
to
look
at
those
ripple
effects
and
we
couldn't
get
enough
information.
We
asked
we
couldn't
get
enough
information
to
do
that
once
it
was
apparent
that
there
was
strong
sentiment
for
not
impinging
on
TJ
park.
D
That
seemed
to
be
sufficient
to
the
day
to
turn
our
inquiry
to
the
other
side
of
the
site,
and
so
that
we
couldn't
we.
We
were
not
asked
to
consider
county
wide
implications
of
every
aspect
of
operations
at
TJ.
We
knew
that
there
was
enormous
community
interest
in
keeping
that
park
as
it
is
and
having
it
function
as
it
does.
The.
L
B
M
Hi
I'm
Tonya,
talento
I
had
a
question:
is
there
a
website
or
a
one
page
that
you
can
go
to
arlington
county
that
shows
all
of
the
siding
projects
in
process?
For
instance,
I've
heard
through
fires
about
fire
station
eight,
but
it's
really
been
through
this
committee
and
I'm
not
far
from
there
so
I'm
just
her,
and
if
not,
is
it
something
that
we
can
do
so
that
community
members
like
the
gentleman
from
Buckingham
would
say:
hey,
there's
a
sighting
process?
Let
me
why
am
I
not
invited?
L
N
Would
just
like
to
say
and
I
was
proof
early
involved
in
the
TJ
process,
because
I
represent
my
civic
association
in
some
of
those
discussions,
but
I
think
there
was
a
very
critical
thing,
positive
thing
that
came
out
of
that
collaborative
process
when
we
began
the
whole
process-
and
this
is
what
I
consider
to
be
an
example
of
the
urban
suburban
split
in
arlington,
because
the
early
all
four
of
the
plans
that
were
originally
proposed
by
aps
all
had
no
stacked
parking
and
all
the
parking
was.
I
mean
this
is
a
mindset
about
suburban
schools.
N
You've
got
to
have
lots
of
open
space
for
parking
and
and
and
so
what
ended
up
with
this
collaborative
process
was
a
real
discussion
about
an
urban
school
which
would
be
stacked
with
with
with
you
know,
parking
in
in
structured
and
and
playgrounds
on
top.
Now,
that's
an
that's
an
urban
school.
That's
not
a
that's,
not
a
classic
1950s
suburban
school,
which,
which
has
been
the
Arlington
County
model,
and
so
I
think
that
now
we've
had
a
breakthrough.
N
I
really
see
this
as
a
breakthrough
in
mindset
about
what
it
is
that
we
need
to
do
to
plan
for
the
future,
and
I
agree
with
kerry
that
that
this
process
here
will
probably
shorten
the
process
for
any
school
going
forward,
because
we've
made
that
psychological
hurdle
so
I'd
like
to
thank
carrying
Lee
and
the
people
on
that
committee.
I
think
that
what
happened
here
was
really
a
wonderful
example
of
how
we
could
move
forward
to
the
future.
Terrific.
O
The
sighting
runs
into
more
of
a
challenge
when
it's
not
seen
in
the
context
of
a
plan
so
that
you've
got
me
when
you
run
into
the
sort
of
the
domino
or
the
network
effect
on
this
and
I'm
wondering
if
you
had
any
sort
of
thoughts,
sort
of
on
that
in
terms
of
plan
to
sighting
to
design
and
best
practices
or
experience
their
lessons.
You've
learned
from
having
gone
through
this.
You
know
on
several
different
occasions.
P
The
notion
of
a
plan,
I
think,
is
important
and,
as
I
said,
I
haven't
been
able
to
come
to
many
of
the
facilities
meeting,
so
I
think
I'm
in
my
head.
One
of
the
things
I,
maybe
am
ignorant
about
even
in
counties
that
I
think
you
all
are
working
on
and
that
maybe
we
are
is
a
better
way
to
have
a
plan
for
facilities
that
is
communicated
a
lot
earlier
and
a
lot
more
broadly
to
the
community.
Even
if
we
don't
necessarily
have
a
place,
for
instance,
I.
P
Don't
think
we
really
tell
people
in
the
county
through
the
CIP
very
thoroughly
about
why
we
need
public
safety
about
what
fire
stations
we
may
need
why
we
may
need
more
where
they
might
go.
You
know
the
one
in
Rosslyn
I,
don't
believe
was
even
in
the
CIP.
So
we
can't
even
necessarily
turn
to
that
document,
as
it
sits
now,
at
least
in
my
opinion
and
I
could
be,
I
could
be
wrong,
but
I
think
having
the
plan
in
the
sense
that
we're
community
we
have.
P
These
needs,
let's
be
very
clear
about
what
they
are
in
some
ways:
people,
I
think
worry
about
that,
because
it
will
start
roiling,
different
communities
that,
oh,
my
god,
we
need
another
fire
station,
two
fire
stations
in
north
arlington.
Oh
the
county,
just
bought
that
piece
of
land.
That's
where
it's
going
to
go
well,
yeah
that
can
happen,
but
if
people
don't
know
what
we
need,
you
can't
start
thinking
about
how
that
can
benefit
you
as
a
citizen
and
that's
the
very
first
thing
that
starts
in
some
of
these
processes.
P
It's
hard
to
do
a
fire
station
once
I'll
be
clear
about
that.
You
know
the
chief
is
always
says
it.
You
know
that
the
hardest
thing
to
do
is
to
take
a
fire
station
away
from
a
neighborhood,
and
the
hardest
thing
to
do
is
to
put
one
in
a
neighborhood.
You
know
it
sounds
silly,
but
it's
true,
and
that
could
be
the
same
thing
for
any
of
our
our
infrastructure
for
sores,
for
water,
for
streets,
the
non
sexy
things
and
it's
true
for
schools.
P
Even
those
schools
can
bring
us
open
space
as
well,
so
I'm
not
sure
if
that,
quite
that
quite
answers
it.
But
I
think
you
know
it's
hard
in
arlington,
it's
hard
anywhere
in
our
personal
lives
to
make
a
real
plan
that
we're
going
to
have
a
station
next
year.
Then
we'll
spend
a
bond
and
we'll
have
a
school
three
schools,
and
it
will
do
this.