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A
C
Good
evening,
everyone
welcome
thank
you
for
joining
us
and
Happy
New
Year.
We
are
convening
our
first
organizational
meeting
today
without
a
chairman.
As
our
retiring
colleague
and
2017
chair
Jeff
Fassett
has
been
succeeded
by
aerocell.
Our
new
colleague,
whom
we
welcome
so
I
am
opening
this
meeting
as
the
current
vice
chair
and
before
we
begin
with
our
first
item.
I
just
want
to
recognize
a
couple
of
elected
and
appointed
officials.
C
I
think
we
have
with
us
I
know:
I've
seen
Barbara
cannon
in
our
chair
of
the
school
board
as
well
as
Reed
Goldstein,
vice-chair
of
the
school
board
and
Tanya
talento.
Thank
you
all.
So
much
for
being
here,
we
are
joined
as
always
by
our
county
manager,
delighted
to
have
as
well
and
our
deputy
county
manager,
Samia
bird
and
please
let
me
know
if
I've
forgotten
anybody
Oh
excellent,
also
deputy
county
manager,
Shannon
Flanagan
Watson.
Thank
you
for
being
here
as
well
all
right.
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D
D
If
I
could
it
is
with
great
enthusiasm
that
I
nominate
my
colleague
Katie
to
serve
as
our
chair
for
2018
in
the
time
that
we
have
known
each
other,
Katie
and
I
have
been
respectful,
rivals
joint
campaigners
newbies
to
this
board
and
I'd
like
to
thank
all
the
while
friends.
I
know
her
well,
but
let
it
suffice
to
say
that
she
is
so
smart,
passionate
and
engaged
and
I
for
one
and
very
grateful
that
she
was
elected
to
this
board.
D
I
wish
I
could
take
credit
for
that
pippi
statement,
but
it
came
from
one
of
our
constituents
who
was
sharing
with
me
what
they
thought
about.
You
and
I
wholeheartedly
subscribe
to
that
assessment
of
Miss
crystal,
and
we
are
grateful
to
have
someone
who
is
so
driven
to
work
so
hard
on
behalf
of
Arlington
Ian's
and
who
has
the
ability
to
shape
policy
and
contribute
to
this
boards.
Good
decision-making.
What's
more
Katie
possesses
the
skills
that
I
think
will
make
her
a
truly
gifted
leader
of
this
board.
D
Katie
has
a
knack
for
getting
into
the
essential
essence
of
questions
and
issues
that
result
in
our
having
really
productive
deliberations,
and
she
will
be
the
engine
to
keep
us
moving
if,
on
some
occasion,
we
bought
down
now.
Miss
crystal
also
recognizes
that,
for
this
board
to
succeed
each
and
every
members
efforts
and
contributions
are
to
be
valued
and
cultivated,
and
while
it
has
become
tradition
for
the
vice
chair
to
next
assume,
the
role
of
chair
I
don't
actually
view
it
as
a
right
or
as
a
pro
forma
exercise.
D
C
C
E
Chair
I'm
pleased
to
nominate
Christian
Dorsey,
as
vice
chair
of
the
County
Board
in
two
short
years
on
this
board.
Mr.
Dorsey,
you
have
already
exhibited
the
perspective
and
the
alacrity
of
a
member
with
much
greater
tenure
and
seasoning.
It
was
a
pleasure
to
serve
with
you
as
Coley
ace
on
to
the
managers,
senior
property
tax
relief,
working
group
and
I've
got
to
say
that
your
forceful,
yet
collegial
representation
of
Arlington
on
the
metro
board,
ensures
that
our
community's
voice
is
heard
loud
and
clear.
E
C
C
E
C
A
A
So
we
I'm
in
this
motion
we're
making
three
small
changes
to
what
we've
been
doing
and
it
could
be
they'll
be
for
their
discussions
and
next
year,
we'll
maybe
make
some
other
changes.
But
we
do.
The
point
of
all
of
this
is
really
to
try
and
make
things
flow
as
well
as
possible,
for
everybody
make
sure
that
everybody's
got
an
understanding
of
how
we
do
our
business
feeling
that
they
can
weigh
in
and
participate
and
be
part
of
it.
So
we
make
little
tweaks.
A
A
Agenda
item
moved
and
it
would
be
pulled
automatically,
and
some
of
us
started
to
feel
that
you
know
consent
agendas,
there's
a
there's,
sometimes
a
lot
of
them
and
when
they
get
pulled,
we
carry
them
over
on
Tuesday
and
sometimes
we
go
really
late
which
actually,
when
we
have
late
meetings
that
can
interfere
with
citizen
participation
as
well.
Sometimes
it
didn't
seem
to
make
that
much
sense.
So
we
made
a
small
change
and
we've
had
some
items
are
not
to
be
pulled
by
citizens
but
must
be
pulled
by
board
members.
A
Now
that
means
in
practice
that
anybody
resident
citizen
remember
can
come
to
a
board
member
and
say:
hey
I,
see
this
consent
item
up
here.
I
think
we
need
to
talk
about
it,
I'd
like
to
pull
it
from
consent
and
have
it
discussed
and
pretty
much
always
board.
Members
agree
to
do
that.
There
was
because
one
concern
expressed
that
it's
hard
to
know
there
are
a
lot
of
consent
items.
Sometimes
the
information
is
not
posted
until
you
maybe
a
day
before,
and
that's
really
too
short
to
decide.
A
So
we
made
a
little
adjustment
suggested
and
my
colleagues
agreed.
So
what
we're
doing
is
if
the
information
is
not
posted,
72
hours
ahead
of
our
vote,
any
citizen
can
pull
it,
whether
it's
on
the
list
to
be
pulled
by
citizens
or
not.
So
if
there's
something
that's
not
got
its
information
up
there
you
want
to
have
it
pulled
just
say
so,
and
it's
and
it's
done
so
that's
one
change
that
we
made
the
next
change,
which
was
a
is
even
smaller,
is
that
those
of
you
who've
participated
a
fair
amount
know
when
they.
A
On
item
number
six
and
the
next
speaker
talks
on
item
number
twelve
and
the
next
speaker
talks
on
item
number
six
again
and
then
there's
one
on
item
number
fourteen
and
then
we're
back
to
two,
and
it's
got
a
little
bit
hard
up
here
to
gather
together
what
people
were
staying
on
issues
and
to
really
kind
of
pull
it
together.
In
a
very
you
know,
it's
on
it's
on
the
fly
when
we're
up
here.
Listening
and
we'd
really
thought
it
would
be
better
to
organize
it
by
issues.
A
So
now,
when
you
come
in
and
put
in
your
speaker,
slip
it'll
be
group
by
you'll
speak
in
the
order
in
which
you
come,
but
also
by
the
order
of
the
item
on
which
you're
speaking
so
I
remember
to
will
go
before
item
number
four
and
item
number
four
will
go
before
item
number
six.
If
you
want
to
speak
on
several
items,
and
sometimes
people
do
will
simply
put
you
in
the
first
group
four
by
the
first
number
items.
A
A
C
C
C
B
C
D
Madam
chair
I
move
that
the
County
Board
determined
that
there
shall
not
be
a
tiebreaker
whose
Duty
it
would
be
to
cast
the
designing
vote
in
the
case
of
a
tie
of
members
of
the
county
board
during
the
calendar
year.
And
if
there
is
a
second
I'd
like
to
briefly
speak
to
what
this
arcane
piece
of
business
is.
A
D
You
miss
Garvey,
so
title
15
chap
title
15
in
Chapter,
14
of
the
Code
of
Virginia,
allows
for
governing
bodies
such
as
ours
to
designate
a
tiebreaker
to
determine
questions
before
the
board
in
the
event
that
they
end
in
a
tie.
Such
an
individual
would
be
elected
from
the
county
at-large
and
would
serve
for
a
term
of
four
years.
D
However,
this
resolution
has
choose
that
option
and
it
will
mean
that
again
this
year,
as
it
has
for
many
years
prior
in
the
event
of
a
tie
that
may
result
from
a
board
member
being
absent
or
needing
to
abstain
or
recuse
him
or
herself,
the
matter
before
the
board
will
not
carry
and
will
be
dealt
with
at
another
time.
I
knew
you
all
were
on
pins
and
needles
for
that.
D
C
You
for
the
explanation.
Our
motion
then
has
been
moved
in
second
and
all
in
favor
aye,
any
opposed
all
right,
so
it
carries.
We
will
move
now
to
appointments
our
other
matter
of
business.
As
many
of
you
may
know,
the
members
of
the
County
Board
serve
in
a
variety
of
capacity
on
regional
bodies.
It's
a
way
for
us
to
represent
Arlington's
interests
and
to
be
a
part
of
solving
a
number
of
challenges
and
inner
jurisdictional
issues
and
I
know
actually
I.
C
Regarding
the
Northern
Virginia
Transportation,
Authority
I,
move
that
we
appoint
Katie
crystal
and
to
the
Arlington
Solid
Waste
Authority
I,
move
that
we
appoint
John
vice
Det
Christian,
Dorsey
Katie,
crystal
Libby
Garvey
and
Eric
cutshall.
Forgive
me
I
need
to
amend
my
my
own
motion
here,
because
it's
my
understanding,
miss
holic
that
we
actually
need
to
specify
the
terms
for
the
Solid
Waste
Authority.
Is
that
correct?
No
we're
fine!
Okay!
In
that
case,
the
motion
stands.
No
second
is
required.
Is
there
any
discussion,
colleagues,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
these
regional
appointments?
C
Please
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposition,
no,
the
appointments
carry.
We
have
as
well
an
opportunity
at
our
organizational
meeting
each
year
to
a
point
or
reappoint
chairs
of
Arlington
County
Commission's,
where
those
leadership
terms
have
expired,
and
so
I
would
like
as
well
to
read
the
names
of
some
of
our
citizens,
who
will
be
serving
in
the
capacity
as
chair
for
their
various
Commission's.
C
We
thank
them.
As
always,
I
know
we
are
joined
by
some
and,
as
we
say
throughout
the
year,
your
service
is
greatly
appreciated
by
this
board
and
the
citizens
you
represent.
So
I'm
going
to
move
the
following:
appointments
to
the
Advisory
Committee
on
transportation
choices,
designate
John
Armstrong
as
chairman
to
the
Audit
Committee
reappoint
and
designate
eric
gucheol
as
co-chair
and
reappointed
designate.
C
As
vice-chair
to
the
fiscal
affairs
Advisory
Commission
designate,
Tenley
Peterson
as
chairman
to
the
Human
Rights
Commission
designate,
Juan
Carlos
Velasquez
as
chairman
and
soukara
Pennock
Fitz.
As
vice-chair
to
the
Information
Technology
Advisory
Commission
designate
Frank
Jasso
as
chairman
to
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Commission
designate
William
Ross
as
chairman
for
the
partnership
for
children,
youth
and
families
designate
an
O'brien
as
chair
and
Sheila
Fleisch
hacker,
as
vice
chair
for
the
tenant-landlord
Commission
designate,
Kendon
Krause
as
chairman,
and
for
the
Orban
urban
forestry
commission
designate,
Nora
Palmateer
as
chairman
and
all
chairmen
designations
will
be
effective.
C
January
1st
2018
through
December
31st
2018,
no
second
is
required.
Is
there
any
discussion,
see
none
all
those
in
favor
aye
any
opposed?
Excellent!
Congratulations
and
thank
you
again
to
our
chairs.
I
want
to
note
as
well,
actually
that
we've
been
joined
by
another
school
board,
member
Monique
O'grady.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us
this
evening,
all
right
with
all
that
business
dispensed
with.
C
We
have
an
opportunity
to
share
some
remarks
and
some
thoughts
with
you
tonight
and
set
the
tone
for
the
year
and
I
have
the
opportunity
to
begin
so
tell
the
old
story
for
our
modern
times
find
the
beginning.
This
lovely
phrase
is
from
Homer's
The
Odyssey,
as
interpreted
this
past
year
by
the
first
woman,
to
publish
a
translation
in
that
epic
poems
long
history,
this
narrators
command
the
muse.
It's
traditionally
been
translated
more
like
relate
some
part
of
this
to
me
or
tell
me
about
these
things
in
Emily
Wilson's
hands
in
2017.
C
It
became
no
less
spare
but
considerably
more
meaningful.
Tell
the
old
story
for
our
modern
times
find
the
beginning.
In
addition
to
breathing
new
life
and
accessibility
into
an
ancient
story,
Wilson
invites
reflection
on
the
purpose
of
translation
itself,
translating
examining
our
mythologies
and
history
through
a
contemporary
dialect.
It
makes
us
more
critical
thinkers.
It
makes
us
less
accepting
of
tradition
for
tradition,
sakes,
less
reliant
on
the
way
it's
always
been.
C
It
also
leaves
us
less
vulnerable
to
the
fallacy
that
our
thoughts
and
innovations
are
entirely
original,
that
we
have
nothing
to
learn
from
Transition
tradition
to
translate,
as
Wilson
describes.
It
is
to
think
through
and
to
tease
out
the
values
of
a
text
to
allow
the
reader
to
see
the
cracks
and
the
fissure.
She
explains
that
this
process,
it's
not
a
denial
or
abandonment
of
the
original,
but
a
way
to
pay
deep
attention,
especially
in
the
moments
where
the
original
may
contradict
itself.
C
So
in
2018,
what
does
it
mean
to
translate
our
Lincoln's
history,
our
community's
values,
even
our
offend
foundational
texts,
though
their
planning
documents
and
not
literary
for
our
modern
times
well,
for
example,
to
tell
the
old
story
of
Arlington
is
to
tell
of
the
fight
for
inclusion,
of
defiance
of
massive
resistance
and
integration
of
the
public
schools
of
waves
of
immigrants
and
refugees
shaping
the
county's
culture
and
economy.
In
our
current
national
moment,
Arlington
Ian's
have
risen
to
affirm
that
history
and
those
values
again
and
again,
and
this
old
story.
C
It's
why
housing,
affordability
and
you
given
structure
and
policy
agendas
in
the
2015,
affordable,
housing
master
plan.
It's
why
that
continues
to
be
such
a
bedrock
issue.
What
this
community
looks
like
and
who
calls
it
home
is
in
part
a
function
of
its
housing
and
the
middle
class
of
government
workers
and
civil
rights
activists
and
immigrants
that
built
Arlington
and
that
Arlington
built
is
endangered,
as
our
home
prices
continue
to
climb
a
middle-class
couple
in
their
20s
in
Arlington
and
2018
struggles
to
find
a
little
starter
home.
C
The
way
their
grandparents
could
in
the
1960s
seniors
find
few
options
when
they
seek
neighbors,
seek
new
homes
in
the
very
neighborhoods
that
they
shaped
and
built
that
are
less
expensive
and
less
demanding
than
the
ones
in
which
they
raise
their
family.
When
we
talk
about
neighborhood
character,
we
are
talking
about
the
very
important
attributes
of
human
scale,
of
breathing
room
trees
and
green
space.
A
neighborhood
character
also
means
the
characteristics
of
our
neighbors
last
year.
C
At
this
time,
I
describe
my
hope
that
our
2017
zoning
ordinance
amendments
regarding
accessory
dwellings
could
be
a
springboard
to
a
broader
community
discussion
about
these
themes.
Thanks
to
the
leadership
of
community
groups
like
affordable
housing
solutions
and
the
Lee
Highway
Alliance.
That
conversation
has
now
begun.
One
concrete
approach
for
exploration
for
us
this
year
in
the
year
ahead.
It
lies
in
to
another
in
another
principle
that
is
woven
into
Arlington's
old
story.
C
The
idea
the
development
tapers
that
it
transitions
from
denser
transit,
rich
areas
into
single-family
neighborhoods
and
these
edges
of
the
county
can
be
home
to
mixes
of
forms
and
ownership
options
that
support
a
diversity
of
neighbors,
but
to
meaningfully
inform
this
community
conversation
and
to
help
us
all
understand
the
economics
and
the
relationship
between
what
our
policies
allow
and
the
price
and
size
of
housing
we
get.
We
need
further
technical
analysis.
We
need
examples
from
other
communities
like
ours
and
we
need
examples
from
the
community
that
is
ours.
C
A
recent
where
we
live
column
in
The
Washington
Post
about
one
Lee
Highway
neighborhoods,
mixed
of
1930s
townhouses
and
1960s
duplexes.
It
offered
a
sort
of
mission
statement
for
this
effort.
Glee
wood
has
a
mix
of
housing
and
people
at
different
ages
of
stages
of
life,
as
well
as
different
backgrounds,
their
neighbors
say,
and
they
like
it.
That
way.
C
My
goal,
building
on
and
with
the
ideas
advanced
by
our
new
colleague,
Erica
Shaw
and
other
community
leaders,
is
to
more
substantively
and
specifically
engage
in
this
missing
middle
conversation
in
2018,
producing
maybe
a
few
examples
of
what
it
could
mean
in
Arlington
County,
the
Lee
Highway
planning
effort
and
the
development
of
housing.
Conservation
District
tools
in
the
year
ahead
both
represent
opportunities
to
explore
these
forms
and
to
translate
our
values
of
inclusion
to
housing
policy.
C
Childcare
accessibility
similarly
speaks
to
the
foundational
values
of
Arlington
County.
The
idea
that
this
place
is
a
place
for
families.
It's
part
of
our
old
story,
at
least
since
the
influx
of
veteran
families
in
the
post-war
years
made
Arlington
ground
zero
for
the
baby
boom
and
the
value
of
investing
in
children
of
breaking
the
cycle
of
intergenerational
disadvantaged
by
foking,
focusing
on
our
youngest
learners.
That's
been
championed
by
leaders
like
Ellen,
Bosman
and
Evelyn
syphax
for
years.
C
So
what
does
it
mean
to
translate
these
values
along
with
the
more
contemporary
values
like
economic
competitiveness,
into
action
on
childcare
access
in
the
year
2018?
It
means
fully
launching
to
the
public
the
2017
work
of
a
multi-agency
partnership
on
January
21st
25th
at
5
p.m.
at
Central
Library.
It
means
analyzing
with
parents
with
providers
with
neighbors
the
research-based
action
plan
that
this
group
has
developed,
determining
the
projects
and
the
policy
changes
that
are
likeliest
to
achieve
our
identified
goals
of
accessibility,
affordability
and
quality.
C
As
that
action
plan,
proceeds
I
anticipate
that
some
long-awaited
steps
will
be
before
the
board
soon,
such
as
a
potential
reexamination
of
our
local
codes
for
better
alignment
to
the
common
walls.
Potential
changes
to
increase
the
availability
of
affordable
places
for
and
decrease
the
barriers
to
entry
of
childcare
centers,
as
well
as
new
partnerships
to
increase
the
supply
of
trained
childcare
workers
to
tell
the
story
of
Arlington.
C
As
we
know,
it
is
also
to
tell
the
story
of
Metro,
which
is
itself
to
tell
the
story
of
how
a
community
refused
to
settle
for
a
fate
as
a
pass-through
from
Fairfax,
County
and
Washington
DC,
and
instead
bound
together
its
future
without
of
its
neighbors,
to
aspire
towards
a
rapid
transit
system
and
a
higher
quality
of
life
and
economic
development.
For
all
of
us,
this
value
was
regionalism
and
its
legacies,
the
founding
of
the
Council
of
Governments,
the
creation
of
a
Northern
Virginia,
Transportation
Commission.
C
C
It
will
be
essential
to
representing
Arlington's
interest
in
any
reforms
adopted
this
year
and
to
establishing
a
more
effective
system
in
collaboration
with
colleagues
from
Northern
Virginia's.
Metro
jurisdictions
and
from
the
outer
jurisdictions
like
Prince,
William,
Fredericksburg
and
Stafford
I'll,
be
leading
legislative
efforts
on
behalf
of
NV
T
C
and
the
Virginia
Railway
Express.
C
Returning
Metro
to
sound
footing
is
a
necessary,
but
not
sufficient
step
and
turning
around
our
commercial
vacancy
rate,
which
will
continue
to
be
a
priority
in
2018,
the
county
manager
and
the
county
board,
and
our
counterparts
on
the
school
board
we're
wrestling
with
anticipated
budget
gabs,
significant
and
fiscal
19
and
growing
even
larger
in
the
out-years.
The
only
way
that
we
get
out
of
the
box
of
choices
that
pit
our
priorities,
moderate
tax
rate,
quality
schools,
transportation
parks
against
one
another
is
growth
in
the
commercial
sector.
C
This
year
we
must
continued
aggressive
pursuit
of
expanded
and
new
commercial
tenants
in
ways
that
are
consistent
with
our
long-held
values.
Innovation,
sound
planning
being
an
attractive
community
to
the
nation
in
the
world's
best
and
brightest,
but
we
must
resist
the
temptation
to
chase
the
big
fish
that
promise
jobs
and
headlines
at
the
cost
of
our
long
term
tax
base.
C
None
of
these
objectives
will
be
without
controversy,
and
when
we
tell
the
old
story
of
Arlington,
we
forget
sometimes
to
note
that
we've
never
been
without
controversy.
Our
tensions
about
how
and
whether
our
neighborhoods
are
changing
about
how
to
welcome
new
neighbors
about
how
to
prioritize
resources.
These
have
always
been
with
us.
C
I
think
we
need
to
emphasize
these
big
conversations
and
start
talking
more
directly
to
each
other
as
neighbors
to
do
that
requires
more
citizen
leadership
of
the
public
dialogue
I'm,
looking
forward
to
working
with
our
communications
and
public
engagement
team
in
2018,
as
they
start
training
more
citizen
facilitators
and,
in
particular,
is
John.
Vice
at
and
I
convene
our
commission
chairs
in
the
first
quarter
of
the
year,
we're
aiming
to
identify
Commission's
interested
in
partnering
with
one
another
to
host
a
series
of
Big
Idea
roundtables.
C
That
will
provide
constructive
venues
for
residents
to
discuss
the
big
questions
about
the
county's
future
with
each
other.
And
while
we
focus
on
this
big
picture
of
public
engagement,
we,
the
county
board
and
county
government,
have
to
redouble
our
efforts
to
nail
the
daily
stuff
and
did
add
in
I'm,
looking
forward
to
the
implementation
of
both
new
constituent
correspondence
practices
in
the
county
board
office
and
to
the
continued
rollout
of
the
one-stop
Arlington
initiative.
The
county
manager.
Both
of
these
are
designed
to
improve
the
customer
service.
C
Experience
of
those
interacting
with
their
local
government
in
2018.
In
her
translators,
note
to
the
Odyssey,
Emily
Wilson
describes
her
aspirations
for
her
endeavor,
hoping
that
the
original
poem
grows
inside.
My
translation,
like
Athena's
olive
tree
inside
the
bed
made
by
Odysseus
with
delicate
long,
leaves
full
grown
and
green
as
sturdy
as
a
pillar.
C
I
hope
this
for
our
own
translation
work
in
Arlington
too,
that
a
strong
foundation
interpreted
for
our
current
era
will
strengthen
us
as
we
grow
and
in
2018
we
will
indeed
need
to
be
sturdy
as
a
pillar
in
the
face
of
outside
forces.
We
were
concerned
about
turmoil
in
the
Trump
era
and
we
got
it
in
2017
fear
among
our
undocumented
residents
and
mixed-status
families.
C
Continued
deportation
threats
to
our
young
people
if
Finn
as
daca,
expires
and
threatened
cuts
to
the
funding
streams
that
our
safety
nets
depend
on,
but
through
it
all
Arlington
will
be
made
sturdier
by
our
history
and
by
are
striving
to
constantly
live
and
evolve
our
values.
And
so
let
us
tell
the
old
story
for
our
modern
times
to
those
who
helped
build
the
Arlington.
We
have
today
help
this
generation.
C
C
D
You
all
have
to
get
used
to
that
as
I
reflect
on
2017
I
am
mindful
of
how
grateful
I
am
that
a
couple
of
years
ago,
arlington
ian
selected
me
along
with
ms
crystal,
and
we
should
recall
with
pride
that
over
this
last
year
there
were
many
notable
accomplishments
that
we
all
made
together
just
to
highlight
a
few.
We
committed
to
investing
in
six
hundred
units.
We
call
it
affordable
units,
but
really
these
are
opportunities
for
families
to
live
in
arlington
who
otherwise
are
limited
by
their
moderate
incomes.
D
We
acquire
property,
complete
a
vision
for
the
Nok
town
square,
a
vision
that
has
been
in
the
works
for
over
a
decade,
but
that,
quite
frankly,
is
generations
late
in
being
fulfilled.
We
made
substantial
reductions
in
the
office
vacancy
rate.
It's
been
punctuated
by
Nestle's
choosing
to
operate
in
Arlington,
but,
quite
frankly,
there
were
many
other
businesses
who
chose
to
remain
here
or
to
move
here
most
without
any
taxpayer
support.
D
I
really
want
us
to
make
a
concerted
effort
to
make
concrete
strides
toward
a
more
affordable
Arlington,
and
it
starts
with
consideration
and
deliberation
of
our
FY
2019
budget
and
biennial
CIP
update,
while
headwinds
bound
in
the
form
of
rising
costs,
expanding
needs
and
uncertainty
surrounding
federal
policy
decisions.
I
challenge
us
to
meet
our
commitments
and
the
needs
of
our
community,
while
limiting
budget
increases.
D
Additionally,
because
our
principal
program
for
affordable
housing
is
in
fact,
a
budget
outlay,
it
is
essential
that
we
stretch
those
dollars
as
far
as
they
can
go.
This
will
involve
a
rethinking
of
the
requirements,
conditions
and
the
incentives
associated
with
both
affordable
unit
rehabilitation
and
new
construction,
while
allowing
sensible
increases
in
density
and
our
efforts
toward
greater
housing.
Affordability
must
also
be
innovative
in
permitting
an
encouraging
housing
that
is
affordable
by
design
and
not
by
public
subsidy.
Currently,
the
market
for
new
construction
for
both
single
and
multi-family
properties
is
pretty
homogeneous.
D
Yet
there
exists
a
strong
demand
for
different
housing
sizes
and
types
by
better,
better
meeting
these
market
demands.
We
will,
in
my
opinion,
enhance
our
neighborhoods,
promote
environmental
sustainability
and
make
life
in
Arlington.
More
attainable
for
middle-income
workers
and
families
and
I
look
forward
to
the
proposals
that
we
are
soon
to
see
that
will
help
moderate
income,
seniors
and
persons
with
disabilities
to
remain
in
their
homes
and
proposals
that
we'll
hear
in
the
coming
weeks
to
provide
families
with
more
opportunities
to
secure
high
quality
at
affordable
care
for
their
children.
D
Arlington
needs
to
fill
the
void
by
creating
a
Consumer,
Protection
Bureau
that
consolidates
our
efforts
at
educating
businesses
and
consumers
and
customers
about
their
rights
and
responsibilities,
to
aggregate
and
investigate
complaints
about
illegal
and
unfair
practices
and
to
provide
guidance
to
those
who
seek
a
redress
of
their
complaints.
Now
we
frequently
hear
complaints
about
predatory,
towing,
billing
and
service
issues
with
cable
and
telecommunications
companies,
predatory
lenders,
identity,
thieves
hire
transportation,
companies,
rental
housing
and
even
general
contract
enforcement.
D
I
believe
that
there
are
beneficial
outcomes
that
will
come
in
both
dispute
resolution
and
prevention
that
a
Consumer,
Protection
Bureau
can
be
a
part
of
creating
my
vision
for
this
Bureau
does
not
require
substantial
new
funding.
It
can
be
achieved
by
consolidating
the
resources
that
we
already
deploy
currently
spread
across
multiple
departments
and
really
by
creating
an
online
portal
that
can
provide
consumers
with
a
way
to
easily
connect
with
the
resources
available
to
help
them
now
properly.
D
Another
area
like
to
focus
on
our
data
and
technology.
One
of
our
managers,
key
initiatives,
is
open
data
and
he
has
done
substantial
work
already
in
making
sure
that
we
provide
data
sets
to
the
community
across
range
of
subjects
and
areas
of
work.
I,
look
forward
to
even
more
datasets
becoming
available
and
look
forward
to
efforts
to
improve
our
data
visualization
capacity,
so
that
we
can
promote
a
broader
understanding
of
the
content
that
we
present,
but
I'd
also
like
to
see
that
work
evolve
to
harness
Big
Data.
D
Everything
that
is
digitized
is
data
and
organizations
that
are
able
to
capture
and
harness
that
data
and
have
the
tools
to
perform
advanced
analytics
on
those
data
are
better
equipped
to
save
time
money
and
be
more
responsive
to
their
constituents.
Whether
analyzing
transportation
impacts,
developing
budgets
or
mining
public
opinions
and
attitudes.
Harnessing
Big
Data
effectively
will
allow
us
to
better
steward
taxpayer
resources,
create
an
even
safer
Arlington
and
have
a
better
engaged
community
that
our
local
government
can
be
ever
more
responsive
to
and
speaking
of,
Public
Engagement.
D
We've
made
a
lot
of
progress
in
professionalizing
and
standardizing
our
public
engagement
processes.
Yet
shortcomings
remain
notification
about
projects
that
are
proximate
to
interested
parties
is
not
as
reliable
as
I
would
like,
and
we
are
not
always
clear
with
the
community
about
engagement
timelines
and
how
they
can
best
participate.
Each
time
we
engage
our
community.
There
will
always
be
participants
dissatisfied
with
the
outcome.
Yet
when
our
engagement
activities
are
thoughtful
and
transparent,
even
those
who
don't
get
their
desired
result
are
enriched
through
the
process
and
committed
to
future
opportunities
for
civic
participation.
D
Miss
Krystal
spoke
a
lot
about
Metro,
so
I
will
say.
In
brief,
this
is
a
pivotal
year
for
Metro.
One
essential
truth
is
that
it
is
a
40
billion
dollar
asset
that
we
co-own
and
it
is
essential
to
not
only
what
we
are
but
to
what
we
will
someday
be.
We
cannot
allow
it
to
be
degraded
with
insufficient
funding.
Nor
can
we
allow
our
financial
contributions
to
continue
while
our
governance
role
is
limited.
Our
outgoing
governor
has
provided
a
framework
for
sustainable
funding,
which
we
very
much
appreciate.
D
D
D
Speaking
about
sustainability
in
a
different
lens
I'd
like
to
speak
about
the
environment-
and
this
is
inspired
by
my
daughter,
who
is
a
very
much
into
recycling-
and
she
got
me
thinking
about
what
we
do
on
our
County
at
large.
And
you
know,
I
was
proud
to
report
to
her
that
we
have
incredibly
high
recycling
rates
in
Arlington
and
that's
a
testament
to
the
value,
the
shared
value
that
we
all
have
toward
sustainability
and
year-round
yard.
D
Waste
collection
has
been
incredibly
important
in
putting
us
at
a
level
where
we
are
diverting
so
much
trash
away
from
landfills.
But
this
year,
I
like
for
us
to
look
at
some
gaps
in
our
recycling
program
and
study
the
efficacy
and
the
economics
around
collecting
a
couple
of
items
that
are
currently
not
included
in
our
recycling
package,
namely
polystyrene
foam
as
well
as
shredded
paper
and
while
we're
at
it.
D
Let's
make
sure
that
all
public
spaces,
both
indoor
and
outdoor,
have
trash
containers
coupled
with
recycling
containers
and
that
they
are
collected
often
enough
to
limit
detritus
that
ends
up
clogging
our
storm
drains
and
littering
our
streets
and
when
it
comes
to
stormwater
management.
I,
actually
await
the
deployment
of
staff
efforts
to
assist
property
owners
with
developing
plans
and
securing
permits
to
affordably
comply
with
our
stormwater
requirements.
D
And
while
my
focus
is
squarely
on
Arlington,
we
are
not
immune
to
or
dissociated
from
issues
and
concerns
that
may
manifest
elsewhere.
Federal
legislation,
Ms
Garvey,
has
been
our
principal
nudge
in
this
regard.
Principally
new
tax
laws
may
be
top
of
mind
and
we
will
have
to
be
vigilant
to
address
any
areas
of
community
need
that
may
arise,
but
I'd
like
to
think
about
talk
about
another
element
of
national
news
now.
D
Two
years
ago,
the
well-publicized
shootings
by
law
enforcement
of
people
of
color
produced
an
internal
review
of
our
use
of
force,
community,
policing
and
body
worn
camera
policies.
This
year,
I
encourage
the
manager
to
initiate
a
review
of
our
gender
identity,
sexual
harassment
and
assault
policies.
In
addition
to
reviewing
our
administrative
regulations
for
clarity
and
sufficiency,
I
urge
that
we
prioritize
prevention
through
robust
training
of
our
employees,
to
raise
their
awareness
and
both
within
and
outside
government
and
among
adults
and
children.
D
I
encourage
us
to
be
a
catalyst
to
ensure
that
we
have
a
culture
that
doesn't
deter.
Complainants
fully
investigates
complaints
and
seeks
justice
for
victims.
Now
for
the
next
four
months,
our
focus
will
be
on
the
operating
budget
and
then
the
CIP
and
whether
anything
I
are.
My
colleagues
present
today
become
priorities
in
the
year
ahead,
we'll
be
subject
to
broader
discussion
and
community
engagement.
D
Yet
it
is
safe
to
say
that
our
needs
exceed
our
means
when
faced
with
that
reality,
many
communities
either
scale
back,
leaving
more
needs
unmet
or
they
make
taxpayers
more
vulnerable
by
spending
more
money.
I
want
us
to
continue
pursuing
a
third
way
where
we
prioritize
what
is
essential
and
inspire
our
talented
staff
to
find
creative
ways
to
deliver
more
with
less
making
dollars
stretch
further
and
producing
beneficial
outcomes
leveraged
by
Modest
government
government
investments
or
through
policy
changes
that
don't
require
any
investment
at
all.
D
Now,
just
this
past
year,
the
lubber
run
and
the
long
bridge
projects
the
creation
of
the
C
pace
program.
The
work
on
the
housing
Conservation
District
and
the
accessory
dwelling
ordinance
shows
that
Arlington
is
fully
up
to
meeting
the
challenges
that
await
together
with
my
colleagues,
our
staff,
our
colleagues
at
APs
and
the
entire
Arlington
community
I
look
forward
to
getting
to
work.
Thank
you.
E
E
And
in
absentia,
I
salute
Jay
facade
for
his
firm
and
even-handed
chairmanship
of
the
board
over
the
last
12
months,
and
for
his
decades
of
community
service,
I
learned
a
great
deal
from
him
and
while
we
occasionally
had
our
differences,
no
one
can
ever
doubt
his
dedication
to
Arlington
fresh
breezes,
continued,
of
course,
through
county
government.
I.
Welcome
our
newest
colleague,
Eric
gut
Shaw,
and
the
leadership
of
incoming
chair
Katie
crystal
and
vice-chair
Christian
Dorsey
and
Libby
Garvey.
Your
seniority
and
perspective
will
continue
to
be
helpful
to
all
of
us.
E
Yet
headwinds
from
across
the
Potomac
River
heighten
our
challenges
as
we
work
to
realize
our
potential
as
a
sustainable
and
inclusive
community.
Who
knows
what
the
ultimate
tax
consequences?
The
federal
tax
reform
and
the
next
federal
budget
hold
for
Arlington
job
losses,
lower
real
estate
tax
assessments?
How
many
more
surprises
from
Washington
are
coming
and
for
whom?
E
Combined
this
with
what
the
demographers
tell
us
by
2040
and
other
60,000
people
will
live
in
our
26
square
miles,
boosting
our
population
to
280,000
people.
That's
a
25%
increase
from
today.
We
can
meet
these
uncertainties
as
unsettling
as
they
seem
by
making
sure
that
our
communities
are
at
the
center
of
every
arlington
government
service
policy
and
initiative.
E
First,
we
can
manage
our
growth
through
new
partnerships
with
our
public
schools
and
with
the
private
sector.
It's
high
time,
we
implement
a
cardinal
recommendation
of
the
2015
community
facilities,
study,
cost-benefit
fiscal
impact,
analyses
of
every
new
development,
including
a
study
of
the
Kahn
sequences
for
our
pot,
our
schools,
our
parks
and
tree
canopy
infrastructure
and
more
other
jurisdictions.
Do
this
so
can
Arlington,
let's
leverage
the
new
political
dynamic
in
Richmond
by
broadening
the
scope
of
community
benefits
to
find
new
ways
to
help
offset
the
cost
and
stress
of
additional
development
on
our
surrounding
neighborhoods.
E
We
must
foster
greater
collaboration
with
our
schools,
higher
educational
institutions,
including
in
particular,
Northern
Virginia,
Community
College,
and
our
businesses,
to
ensure
that
we
meet
our
classroom
capacity,
needs
on
a
timely
basis
and
that
our
children
are
educated
for
the
21st
century
economy,
health
care
classrooms
at
the
expanded
Virginia,
Hospital,
Center
and
hospitality
education
with
our
Crystal
City
hotels
are
just
two
ideas,
I
think
are
worth
exploring.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
our
school
board
colleagues
to
innovate,
the
ways
we
teach
our
kids.
E
Second,
we
must
ensure
greater
transparency
and
openness
in
County
government.
Community
centered
government
begins
with
you,
I'm
excited
about
our
new
multi-step
Community
Engagement
framework.
We
need
a
no
surprises
policy
with
citizens
and
stakeholders
involved
from
the
get-go,
but
we
also
need
to
do
a
better
job
ourselves
of
coordinating
projects
with
our
utility
companies
and
vdot.
E
E
Our
residents
deserve
more
details
on
big-ticket
projects
when
they're
asked
to
support
millions
in
new
spending.
The
ballot
wording
of
our
bonds
may
meet
the
letter
of
the
law,
but
I
will
push
to
give
additional
details
for
how
we
will
invest
the
public's
capital
funds
I
to
applaud
the
managers
open
data
initiative,
but
the
data
that
drives
County
decision-making
must
be
accessible
to
the
public
in
a
timely
manner
and
available
without
having
someone
have
without
having
to
file
a
Freedom
of
Information
Act
to
request
it.
Alright
excuse
me.
E
Cost
and
value
must
be
a
part
of
every
conversation
from
the
star
I'm
pleased
that
the
board
last
month
directed
the
manager
to
propose
a
new
budget
for
fiscal
2019,
with
no
property
tax
hike
after
having
raised
taxes,
one
and
a
half
cents.
This
year
every
year
we
like
to
say
we
have
to
make
tough
choices,
but
this
coming
spring
those
won't
be
empty
words.
Trade-Offs
are
coming,
it
is
becoming
harder
to
recruit
and
retain
our
police
and
firefighters.
E
Drug
treatment
beds
are
in
short
supply,
as
the
opioid
crisis
hits
home.
Housing.
Affordability
is
a
problem,
yet
rising
property.
Taxes
are
also
an
affordability
issue
when
they
go
up
faster
than
people's
wages
or
salaries
there,
a
particular
hurdle
for
many
of
the
70%
of
Arlington
seniors
who
own
their
own
homes
and
who
may
wish
to
age
in
place.
E
A
You,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
everyone
for
being
here
happy
new
year.
It's
great
to
have
you
all
here
with
us
either
right
here
now
or
we're
tuning
in
I
want
to
congratulate
our
new
leadership,
Katie
crystal
and
Christian
Dorsey,
and
welcome
our
newest
member
Eric
got
shot
and
John
by
said,
I'm
happy
to
have
you
back
again
too.
So
this
new
year,
we
even
again
inherited
a
strong
County
from
past
leaders,
which
includes
Jay,
Fassett,
I,
think
Jays,
watching
from
Mexico,
so
from
here
Jay.
A
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
last
year
and
the
past
20
years.
You
helped
leave
us
in
a
really
good
place.
Indeed,
we
have
many
blessings
to
count
this
January.
Second,
we
have
an
outstanding
professional
staff
and
a
community
that's
educated
and
formed
and
involved
despite
challenges.
Over
the
years
we
have
a
healthy
economy,
a
solid
infrastructure
of
facilities
and
services
and
schools.
Thank
you,
school
board,
and,
as
always,
though,
we
have
challenges
and
I'd
like
to
just
talk
about
a
few
of
those.
A
Our
first
challenge,
I
think,
is
to
becoming
a
solid
board
team,
the
five
of
us
but
I'm
sure
we're
going
to
meet
it.
All
five
of
us
bring
different
experiences,
skills,
abilities
and
perspectives,
and
that
is
a
great
foundation
for
any
team.
A
good
team
maximizes
its
strengths
and
its
of
its
members
and
minimizes
their
weaknesses
and
I've
already
seen
four
of
us
here.
Do
that
and
I'm
quite
sure,
it's
gonna
fit
in
well
and
strengthen
our
team.
A
The
more
this
board
realizes
our
potential,
the
better
our
staff
can
work
and
the
more
our
community
can
realize
its
potential.
A
well-functioning
board
is
the
key
to
serving
our
community.
Well
I'm
delighted
that
so
many
of
us
are
focusing
on
one
way
or
another
on
communication
with
the
people
that
we
serve.
This
is
another
challenge
we
have,
and
we
all
realize
we've
got
work
to
do.
A
Communication
is
never
easy,
particularly
in
a
diverse
community,
as
we
look
forward
to
a
year
of
unprecedented
uncertainty
on
the
federal
level,
it's
clear
that
communication
and
engagement
will
be
more
important
than
ever.
Last
year,
our
new
communications
team,
led
by
Brian
a
Helfer,
worked
on
providing
smaller
and
more
intimate
settings
for
discussions
to
complement
the
traditional
large
forums
and
workgroups
that
we
have
and
we've
each
helped
in
our
way,
I
plan
to
continue
my
series
of
book
discussions
as
part
of
this
effort
and
I'm
excited.
A
Our
chair
will
be
working
with
our
Commission
leadership,
to
provide
smaller
settings
to
talk
about
big
ideas,
I
think
that's
great,
but
collectively
I
think
we
all
still
need
to
do
a
better
job.
Setting
the
context
for
our
discussions
when
I
joined
the
board
almost
six
years
ago,
I
saw
that
an
advantage
of
newer
board
members.
It's
is
that
they
see
issues
a
lot
more
like
regular
people,
who've
not
been
living
and
breathing
County
issues
for
years.
A
You
know
when
you
spend
a
lot
of
time,
sometimes
decades
on
issues
like
sector
plans
and
site
plans
where
to
locate
a
school
or
a
childcare
center,
how
to
design
a
playground.
It
can
be
all
too
easy
to
forget
that
for
the
people
affected
by
any
particular
site
plan
or
playground
or
childcare
center,
it
may
be
the
first
time
they've
ever
really
thought
about
local
government
or
had
any
contact
with
us
beyond
paying
taxes.
A
So,
while
such
issues
can
feel
like
business
as
usual
to
staff
board
members
and
commissions,
they
can
be
totally
new
and
really
unsettling
to
just
about
everyone
else,
and
sometimes
we
forget
to
answer
to
ask
and
answer
that
most
basic
question:
why
are
we
doing
this
so
in
2018,
will
be
working
on
context
setting
as
part
of
the
effort
to
improve
our
public
dialogue?
We've
posted
on
our
website
a
guide
draft
guide
on
civic
engagement
and
I,
encourage
everybody
to
check
it
out
and
comment.
A
Clear
and
consistent
methods
to
foster
public
dialogue
should
help
us
all
shed
more
light
and
less
heat
on
issues
before
us
and
thereby
increase
the
effectiveness
of
our
conversations.
Indeed,
I
believe
improving
civic
dialogue
and
general
civility
in
our
discussions
is
another
challenge
for
us:
we're
working
on
a
code
of
conduct
for
public
discourse
as
part
of
that
draft
guide,
and
hopefully
we
will
conclude
with
some
simple
and
generally
accepted
statements
of
how
we
conduct
our
civic
discussions.
A
We
cannot
afford
to
waste
time
and
energy
on
ineffective
conversations,
happily
we're
not
starting
from
scratch
in
creating
a
good
public
dialogue
where
people
learn
about
an
issue
its
context
and
why
we're
talking
about
it?
We
already
have
many
avenues
for
discussions,
and
these
include
our
long-established
civic
organizations
like
the
Civic
Federation
committee,
100,
the
rotary
lions
and
optimist
clubs.
These
all
have
different
purposes,
but
they
also
are
building
blocks
for
civic
engagement,
with
a
natural
structure
to
inform
people
about
issues,
foster
back-and-forth
dialogue.
A
For
this
and
other
reasons,
I'm
delighted,
our
Civic
Federation
is
joining
us
again
to
start
off
this
new
year.
Besides,
our
long-established
groups
I
look
forward
to
engaging
some
of
the
many
new
activist
groups
that
have
sprung
up
in
the
past
year.
There
is
a
lot
of
energy
out
there
on
national
issues.
An
involvement
in
national
issues
often
introduces
people
to
the
importance
of
their
local
government
and
I,
welcome
and
encourage
these
groups
and
their
members
to
get
more
involved
locally.
A
So,
let's
face
it,
local
government
is
where
the
rubber,
often
quite
literally,
hits
the
road.
Now
all
that
said,
I
want
to
be
clear
that
efforts
to
strengthen
civility
should
not
take
anything
away
from
honest
and
sometimes
difficult
conversations
in
dialogue
or
from
telling
us
where
we
need
to
improve.
A
We
in
government
need
always
to
work
to
build
trust
that
we're
listening
to
our
residents,
even
when
the
discussions
are
difficult
and
our
ultimate
decision
is
not
the
one
they
wanted
and
I
recognize
that
people
get
understandably
frustrated
when
our
government
services
are
not
working
well
and
our
efforts
to
improve
are
not
immediately
apparent.
Our
former
manager
hired
a
business
Ombudsman
and
our
current
manager,
Marc
Schwartz,
went
one
better
and
hired
a
resident
Ombudsman.
A
Now,
both
Shanon
and
Watson
and
Robert
sharp
have
put
a
human
face
on
government
for
us
for
businesses
and
people,
and
they
provide
important
support
and
guidance
to
those
having
trouble
navigating
our
processes.
What's
better,
they
share
what
they
learn
with
the
staff
and
with
us.
So
we
can
improve
for
everyone.
So
in
2018
we
will
continue
working
on
improving
our
government's
our
customer
service
and
we
still
have
a
long
way
to
go
in
some
areas,
and
this
is
another
challenge.
A
Last
year,
at
this
time,
I
said:
I
look
forward
to
be
a
being
able
to
say
soon
that
you
could
pay
for
permits
online
well
soon
has
come
and
going,
but
you
still
cannot
pay
for
pyramids
online.
I
understand
that
in
just
a
few
more
months
we
will
have
this
most
basic
of
services
available.
So
I
expect
that,
in
my
remarks
here
next
year,
I
will
be
celebrating
online
payment
as
an
early
success
of
2018.
A
This
transition
from
20th
century
technology
and
procedures
to
21st
century
ones
is
far
harder
than
any
of
us
would
like.
Thank
you
to
our
staff
for
persisting
and
thank
you
even
more
to
our
public
for
your
patience
in
some.
For
me,
good
government
is
all
about
our
board
and
our
community
working
together
as
effectively
as
possible,
because
if
we
do
that
I
know,
everything
else
will
fall
into
place,
I
think
of
Arlington.
Actually,
as
one
big
team,
we
want
to
maximize
our
strengths
and
minimize
our
weaknesses.
2018
will
be
challenging.
A
I
suspect
we
will
need
to
have
serious
and
difficult
discussions
about
setting
priorities
and
sticking
to
them.
As
a
number
of
my
colleagues
have
already
said,
we
will
need
to
work
together
more
than
ever,
if
we're
to
preserve
what
we
love
about
our
home,
but
looking
at
where
we've
been
and
who
we
are
and
confident,
we
have
the
resources
we
need
and,
most
importantly,
I
think
we
have
the
political
will
to
it's
going
to
be
a
year
of
challenges,
but
also
a
year
of
opportunities.
It's
going
to
be
exciting
and
dare
I
say
it.
A
B
Right
well,
thank
you,
madam
chair
and
colleagues,
for
the
very
warm
welcome
as
we
glanced
in
the
rearview
mirror
and
check
our
current
speed
and
then
peer
up
ahead
on
the
road
ahead.
It's
clear
that
Arlington
is
blessed
with
a
strong
foundation,
deeply
rooted
in
our
shared
values
that
will
sustain
our
continued
success
as
we
meet
the
tumultuous
challenges
brought
upon
us
by
outside
forces.
B
I
am
deeply
honored
to
join
a
high
functioning
board,
with
no
shortage
of
needs
or
leadership
to
fulfill
them
and
I'm
humbled
to
work
together
with
my
colleagues
on
innovative
solutions
to
the
many
initiatives
that
we've
already
identified
here
tonight.
As
I've
been
duly
warned.
Our
budget
this
year
will
be
rife
with
difficult
choices
constrained
by
a
harsh
revenue
gap.
B
Unfortunately,
it's
likely
that
the
budget
we
ultimately
adopt
will
disappoint
some
very
deserving
needs.
Fortunately,
fiscal
discipline
is
easier
to
muster
when
guided
by
the
moral
compass
of
our
core
values.
For
example,
the
North
Star
of
our
moral
compass
is
an
excellent
public
education
for
every
single
one
of
our
children.
B
Also,
our
moral
compass
has
long
guided
a
persistent
focus
on
making
sure
Arlington
has
housing
for
everyone,
and
we
remain
steadfast
in
our
resolve
to
implement
the
affordable
housing
master
plan,
recognized
that
we
cannot
subsidize
our
way
to
mass
affordability.
I
am
thrilled
to
join
chair
crystal
in
pursuing
market
driven
solutions
to
missing
middle
housing
by
modernizing
our
old-fashioned
zoning
ordinance.
B
And,
finally,
our
moral
bearings
would
be
fruitless
without
the
economic
prosperity
to
fund
our
high
quality
of
life.
I
join
my
colleagues
and
adding
my
full
support
for
the
managers
initiatives
already
underway
to
improve
the
culture
of
customer
service
of
our
county
staff.
I
will
look
for
every
opportunity
to
empower
county
employees
to
help
businesses
and
residents
get
to
yes
as
quickly
as
possible,
while
serving
the
public
interest.
B
Indeed,
the
moral
compass
of
our
core
values
will
guide
the
direction
we
steer
this
community,
but
leadership
must
also
address
the
speed
and
sometimes
the
baggage
we
carry
on
our
journey
for
decades.
Every
board
member
who
has
sat
on
this
diet,
including
tonight,
has
addressed
the
imperative
for
meaningful
civic
engagement.
The
Arlington
way
with
a
dysfunctional
federal
administration
straining
the
bounds
of
civility
and
good
governance.
I
can
only
add
to
the
chorus
a
resounding
commitment
to
continual
improvement
of
the
manner
means
and
methods
by
which
our
County
government
seeks
the
consent
of
the
governed.
B
In
fact,
given
there
is
so
much
to
do
and
limited
precious
resources,
time
and
dollars
to
achieve
our
goals,
I
hope
to
best
serve
the
county
by
fostering
civic
engagement
that
delivers
quality
decisions
in
a
predictable
and
timely
manner.
Numerous
studies,
workgroups
in
outreach
over
the
years
have
culminated
and
the
just-released
draft
public
engagement
guide
for
capital
projects,
mr.
manager,
I
hope
Brian
is
happy
that
all
I
think
every
single
one
of
us
has
referenced
this.
This
great
work
by
your
staff,
distilled
from
the
2012
place,
initiative
and
2015
community
facility
study.
B
B
I
cannot
promise
that
everyone
will
get
what
they
want,
but
I
do
pledge
that
there
will
be
an
inclusive
and
level
playing
field
for
everyone,
with
no
predetermined
outcomes
and
a
constant
commitment
to
honest
dialogue
that
seeks
a
full
range
of
perspectives
as
we
look
forward
to
the
year
ahead
of
us,
with
both
concern
and
optimism,
pragmatism
and
aspirations
and
as
I
begin
my
first
term
on
this
board.
I
note
with
solace
and
gratitude,
but
though
there
are
factors
we
do
not
control
that
frame
the
future
of
this
magnificent
County.
B
C
C
All
right,
I'll
comment
simply
that
before
we
adjourn,
we
would
like
to
invite
those
present
to
please
join
us
for
a
brief
reception
and
following
that
we
will
be
continuing
our
new
tradition
begun
last
year
of
welcoming
the
Civic
Federation
for
their
January
meeting
back
here
in
this
room.
We
originally
set
it
for
7:30,
but
I.
C
Think
if
our
colleagues
from
the
SIF
head
will
permit
us,
we
might
get
started
a
little
closer
to
quarter
to
8:00
so
that
we
all
have
an
opportunity
to
enjoy
the
refreshments
and
one
another's
company
I'm,
seeing
a
thumbs-up
from
a
Fed
president,
mr.
banks,
so
I
think
we
are
all
set
now
meeting
is
of
course
open
to
the
public
if
you'd
like
to
continue
participating
in
the
conversation.
So
with
that,
we
are
adjourned.