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A
Everyone
and
welcome
to
the
May
16
2023
County
board
meeting
I
am
board
chair,
Christian
Dorsey
I'll
be
presiding
this
evening,
along
with
my
colleagues,
Mr
Karen
tonis,
Miss,
Crystal
and
Mr
deferanti
Vice,
chair
Garvey
is
traveling
and
will
not
be
with
us
today.
We
are
going
to
begin
our
meeting
today
with
some
recognitions
and
reports
from
the
board
and
the
manager
and
to
kick
us
off
with
an
employee
care.
Spotlight
is
our
County
manager,
Mr
Schwartz.
B
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair
I
know
we
took
a
break
last
month,
but
this
month
we
are
going
to
have
our
cares:
employee
Spotlight
for
eight
Des
employees.
We
have
four
of
them
with
us
today
and
if
I
have
it
right,
we
have
Spencer
and
Jeffrey
Barnes
raise
your
hand,
oh
wait.
We
yeah
there
yeah
yeah,
you
guys,
look
exactly
like
you
did
when
when
I
talked
to
you
before,
and
then
we
have
Kevin
and
Oscar
where's
your
hand
Let
me.
Let
me
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
what's
going
on
here.
B
We
have
a
group
of
employees
who
work
in
the
Department
of
Environmental
Services
I'm,
going
to
talk
about
the
the
eight
people
who
we're
recognizing
today.
First,
we
have
Kevin
and
Oscar
Kevin
Corolla
Sierra
and
Oscar
Larios
Corrales
this
Duo.
This
is
you'll.
You'll
get
the
theme
here:
you'll
figure
out
the
connections.
The
Brothers
have
been
working
at
DES
for
five
years
total
and
helping
keep
our
water
sewer
streets
division.
Moving
smoothly.
B
We
had
another
brother
brother,
stepfather,
three
people
who
can't
join
us
today:
Ricardo
Garcia
careers,
Jose,
Garcia,
correas
and
Chris
Soto
who's,
the
stepfather
who,
among
the
three
of
them
that
family
has
23
years
of
experience
at
DES,
again
working
in
water
sewer
streets.
We
have
Spencer
and
Jeffrey
who
just
met
this
father
and
son
have
been
with
us
for
a
total
of
15
years.
B
If
I
have
that
right,
we
have
another
brother,
father
and
son
Trio,
Pedro
Mariano
and
Wilmer
opercio,
who
couldn't
join
us,
but
they
have
all
worked
in
our
water
sewer
streets,
division
for
over
30
years
and
then
the
circle
family
who
couldn't
be
with
us
today.
B
That
is
I'm
not
even
going
to
pretend
to
be
able
to
describe
the
relationship
between
the
brothers,
the
uncles
and
nephews,
the
father
and
the
son,
but
that
foursome
has
a
total
of
80
years
together
and
then
we
had
Lloyd
Floyd
and
Larry
Washington
who
couldn't
join
us
today,
but
they
have
over
60
years
of
service
and
Larry,
recently
retired,
with
30
years
of
service.
And
so
this
is
a
snapshot
and
it
doesn't
actually
cover
all
the
family
connections.
B
Down
at
water
sewer,
streets
and
Des-
and
these
are
the
guys
who
are
out
there,
helping
with
infrastructure
trash
collection
facilities,
Water
waste
water-
they
are
really
the
backbone
of
our
community
that
keep
every
everything
going.
So
I'm
going
to
ask
the
four
of
you
guys
to
come
on
up
with
with
Mike
we'll
come
up
here
to
the
Mike
Moon
and
Mike
Collins.
Oh
there's!
B
B
A
Thank
you
very
much,
Mr
Schwartz
and
in
honor
of
the
recently
current
Mother's
Day.
We
should
have
also
recognized
the
mothers
who
permit
these
Fathers
and
Sons
and
uncles
and
brothers
to
do
this.
Work
so
be
sure
to
be
good
to
your
your
Mamas
and
and
spouses,
and
everything
else.
That's
delightful,
just
to
hear
about
the
familial
connections
down
down
at
trades
and
thank
you
for
for
honoring
these
workers
today,
Mr
Schwartz.
A
So
we
are
going
to
move
next
with
a
series
of
proclamations
and
first
I'd
like
to
recognize
bike
month
and
before
I.
A
Do
so
I'd
like
to
tell
you
about
a
recent
experience
that
I
had
that
was
just
absolutely
delightful
invited
by
a
member
of
our
community
to
take
part
in
what
is
what
they
were
lovingly
referred
to
as
the
BC
bus
or
in
English
the
bike
bus,
a
caravan
that
goes
periodically
taking
kids
from
various
stops
along
the
county
to
their
ultimate
destination
at
Escuela,
Key,
Elementary,
School
and
I
got
a
chance
to
join
this
Caravan
and
see
it
grow
in
size
as
it
Traverse
from
Courthouse
through
West
through
Points
West,
ultimately,
probably
at
least
30
or
so
children
participated
as
well
as
a
number
of
parents,
and
it
was
a
well-tuned
operation
that
was
just
really
terrific,
seeing
kids
getting
an
opportunity
to
to
be
active
as
they
go
to
school,
certainly
preparing
them
for
a
day
of
learning,
with
their
bodies
and
their
minds,
activated
and
refreshed
was
great,
but
to
see
that
they
also
learned
good
road
safety
rules
and
got
the
comfort
of
riding
safely
in
a
caravan
of
others
was
absolutely
terrific
and
I
know
that
the
organizers
of
this
would
love
to
see
other
households
develop
their
own
initiatives.
A
And
so
with
that,
I'd
like
to
read
this
proclamation
in
honor
of
bike
month.
Whereas
bicycle
commuting
is
an
effective
means
to
improve
air
quality,
reduce
traffic
congestion
and
conserve
energy
and
whereas
bicycle
commuting
benefits
both
employees
and
employee
employers
through
better
health
and
fitness,
and
reduce
commuting
and
parking
costs.
And
whereas
Arlington
County
is
home
to
an
expansive
bicycle
Network,
including
some
of
the
Region's
most
popular
bicycle
trails.
And
whereas
Arlington
is
a
growing
population
of
cyclists
who
are
actively
involved
in
shaping
County,
Regional,
State
and
National
transportation
and
Community
policies.
A
And
whereas
Arlington
is
recognized
as
a
silver
level.
Bicycle-Friendly
Community
by
the
league
of
American
bicyclists
and
strives
to
improve
on
this
status
and
whereas
the
national
Center
for
safe
routes
to
schools
has
designated
May
3rd
2023
to
be
National,
Bike
and
roll
to
school
safety
day.
And
whereas
the
league
of
Americans
bicyclist
has
declared
the
week
of
May
15th
through
19
2023
to
be
Bike.
A
To
Work
Week
and
whereas
the
national
capital
region,
transportation,
planning
board,
has
proclaimed
this
Friday
May
19th
to
be
Bike,
To,
Work
Day
throughout
the
Washington
metropolitan
region,
of
which
Arlington
is
apart.
Now,
therefore,
I
Christian
Dorsey,
chair
of
the
County
Board
of
Arlington
Virginia,
do
hereby
Proclaim
May
2023
as
bike
month
in
Arlington
County,
and
urge
all
residents
to
support
and
participate
in
these
and
other
activities
that
contribute
to
the
health
of
the
community
in
the
environment.
A
The
countless
number
of
people
who
have
learned
to
ride
a
bike,
or,
in
my
case,
to
properly
care
for
a
bike
at
the
tutelage
of
Henry,
is
really
a
testament
to
his
dedication
and
Henry's
work
on
Capital,
Bike
Share,
as
well
as
bike
Arlington,
has
made
him
a
beloved
fixture
on
our
local
trails
and
and
that
community
events
and
I
know
that
you're
going
to
be
super
busy
this
week,
he's
always
ready
to
lend
advice
or
even
a
helping
hand
to
people
who
need
it,
and
certainly
there
are
many
who
are
much
more
confident
riding
not
only
the
bike
but
riding
throughout
Arlington
because
of
Henry's
efforts,
and
so
he
has
been
a
steadfast
colleague
leading
and
mentoring.
A
Many
young
staff
and
making
bike
Arlington
a
great
place
to
work,
and
we
know
that
he
will
continue
to
have
an
immense
impact,
even
in
semi-retirement,
because
Henry
is
far
too
young
to
give
up
on
something
that
he
is
so
passionate
about.
So
good
luck,
Henry.
Thank
you
very
much
and
it's
my
pleasure
to
invite
you
up
so
that
you
can
receive
this.
Perhaps
for
the
very
last
time.
A
Now
therefore,
I
Christian
Dorsey,
chair
of
the
County
Board
of
Arlington
Virginia,
do
hereby
Proclaim
May
21st
through
27
2023
is
National
Public
Works
week
in
Arlington,
and
urge
all
residents
to
recognize
the
contributions
of
Public
Service
professionals
and
the
services
they
provide
to
our
community
and
to
the
environment.
We
have
a
number
of
Des
staff
who
are
in
attendance,
including
the
the
F4
recognized
brother
connection,
so
I'd
like
to
invite
you
all
up
to
the
front.
A
H
A
Next
I'd
like
to
recognize
Building
Safety
month,
May
is
a
very
popular
month
for
months.
So,
whereas
Arlington
County
recognizes
that
our
growth
and
strength
as
a
locality
depend
on
safe
homes,
buildings
and
infrastructure,
both
in
daily
life
and
when
disasters
strike,
and
where
is
our
confidence
and
the
resilience
of
the
buildings
in
our
community
is
achieved
through
attentiveness
and
a
Vigilant
Guardians
building
safety
and
Fire
Prevention
officials,
Architects
Engineers,
Builders,
tradespersons
design,
professionals,
laborers
plumbers
and
others
in
the
construction
industry
who
work
year
round
to
ensure
the
safe
construction
of
buildings.
A
Now
therefore,
I
Christian
Dorsey
chair,
the
board
of
Arlington
Virginia,
do
hereby
proclaim
the
month
of
May
is
building
safety
month
in
Arlington
and
I
encourage
all
citizens
to
join
us
as
we
participate
in
building
safety
month.
Activities
to
accept
this
Proclamation
I
know
that
our
chief
building
official
Sharia
Amiri
is
here
and
I
believe
that
Chief
Inspector
Cobb
is
also
here
and
anyone
else
who
is
a
part
of
the
Guardians
who
help
protect
us
through
sustainable
and
safe
buildings.
Please
come
on
up
and
accept
the
proclamation.
A
A
All
right
now
transition
to
actually
not
a
proclamation
to
issue
a
proclamation
but
to
also
recognize
may
as
mental
health
awareness
month,
and
there
will
be
some
events
upcoming
where
a
proclamation
from
the
board
will
be
read.
But,
as
we
think
about
May
is
mental
health
awareness
month.
A
So
our
crisis
intervention
Center,
something
that
we
have
talked
about
for
a
while-
is
hold
holding
a
ribbon,
cutting
on
May
22nd
to
celebrate
an
expansion
of
services,
and
there
I
will
read
the
official
proclamation
of
May's
mental
health
awareness
month.
But
the
great
thing
about
the
grand
opening
or
the
ribbon
cutting
that
will
occur
next
week
is
that
we
can
operationalize
the
new
developments
of
transfer
of
custody
policies
that
will
allow
law
enforcement
to
drop
off
individuals
in
crisis
instead
of
having
to
remain
on
site.
A
A
A
A
A
24
bed
adult
unit,
a
24
bed
recovery
and
wellness,
Unit,
A,
14-bed,
geriatric
unit,
outpatient
programs
and
also
40
inpatient
Rehabilitation
beds
for
individuals
with
brain
and
spinal
cord
injuries
and
who've
also
suffered
from
stroke
or
have
other
neurological
conditions.
So
tremendous
tremendous
capacity
in
our
system.
That
does
not
exist,
and
that
will
be
coming
soon
and
then
we
also
have
Mobile
support
teams,
otherwise
known
as
most.
A
This
is
being
moved
forward
with
nearly
four
thousand
dollar
Grant
four
hundred
thousand
dollar
Grant,
which
will
increase
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
treatment
through
compassionate
responses
such
as
call
diversion
and
acting
on
referrals
from
stakeholders,
and
this
will
decrease
the
role
of
non-clinical
First
Responders
also
provide
alternatives
to
incarceration
for
individuals
who
are
engaged
in
what
are
generally
considered
nuisance,
behaviors,
but
not
serious
crimes,
and
it
will
also
decrease
emergency
department
visits,
as
well
as
Psychiatric
Hospital
admissions
and
with
our
Public
Schools,
who
are
also
experiencing
challenges
with
mental
health
among
the
student
population.
A
We
have
ramped
up
efforts
to
partner
with
APS
and
work
with
students,
adding
working
to
add
four
locally
funded,
DHS
Behavioral
Health
therapists,
who
can
provide
therapy
and
case
management
in
our
schools.
Therapists.
The
therapist
will
be
based
primarily
in
high
schools,
with
the
flexibility
to
work
in
Middle
Schools.
If,
if
there
is
a
need
there
as
well,
that
will
be
something
that
will
be
implemented
at
the
start
of
the
2023
to
2020
for
school
year
and
on
the
school
side
themselves.
A
Seven
o'clock
P.M,
and
they
also
have
in-person
trainings
on
the
third
Wednesday
of
each
and
every
month,
and
we
continue
to
see
tremendous
interest
in
the
community
being
trained
in
the
effective
use
of
naloxone
and
we
encourage
everyone
to
to
participate,
because
not
only
is
it
something
that
could
be
vitally
life-saving,
a
vital,
life-saving
importance.
It's
also
quite
easy
to
do
as
we
demonstrated
at
a
board
meeting
not
too
long
ago.
So
in
conclusion,
I
have
highlighted
just
a
few
items
that
relate
to
mental
health
and
substance
use
here.
A
At
this
time,
I
see
our
featured
guests
have
arrived
and
we're
excited
to
host
a
presentation
on
Northern
Virginia,
a
community
college,
one
of
the
great
Partners
in
the
pipeline
of
opportunities
for
students,
as
well
as
a
key
component
in
the
workforce
pipeline
to
deal
with
a
rapidly
changing
employment
sector.
So
we
are
fortunate
that
Margaret
Chung,
who
is
Arlington's
appointee
to
the
Nova
College
Board
and
the
principal
at
the
Arlington
career
center,
is
here
along
with
Dr
Annette
hagray
who's
Provost
at
the
Nova
Alexandria
campus,
as
well
as
Dr
Cress.
A
J
Thank
you
board,
chair
Dorsey
and
your
fellow
County
board
members
and
County
Manager
Mark
Schwartz
I
am
Margaret
Chung
and
I'm
honored
to
be
your
appointee
to
the
Northern
Virginia
Community
College
Board
I
also
currently
serve
on
the
board's
academic
curriculum
and
Workforce
committee.
J
J
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
update
the
board
and
thank
you
especially
for
your
constant
support
of
the
college.
Please
view
Nova
as
an
essential
strategic
asset
for
the
region
in
order
for
parents.
The
following
members
of
the
Nova
board:
Nova
leadership
we'll
be
joining
this
presentation,
as
you
mentioned,
Dr
Annette
Hargray,
the
Nova
Alexandria
Provost
and
Dr
Ann
Cress
Nova's
presno.
J
Next
slide.
Please,
as
you
can
see
from
this
slide,
Nova
is
indeed
quite
large
because
of
the
size
Nova
can
offer
63
associate
degree
programs
that
lead
to
direct
employment
or
university
transfer
and
164
Workforce
programs
and
courses
to
meet
the
specific
skills
needed
of
area
employers,
while
our
large
size
is
well
known.
What
needs
to
be
pointed
out
is
a
small
size
of
our
classes,
an
average
of
24
and
that
all
our
classes
are
taught
by
professors,
not
teaching
assistants.
J
J
Finally,
in
cooperation
with
our
school
system,
Nova
provided
college
credit
instruction
to
830
APS
high
school
students
during
the
most
recent
Academic
Year.
This
equates
to
an
effective
scholarship
for
Arlington
families
of
close
to
one
million
dollars.
Accordingly,
the
Investments
you
have
and
continue
to
make
in
your
community
college
are
being
returned
many
fold.
K
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
share
some
brief
highlights
about
the
Alexandria
campus
I
have
served
at
the
campus
now
for
a
little
over
eight
years
and
I've
come
to
know
the
campus
and
the
community
and
the
relationships
that
we
have
built
over
time
and
we're
just
very
grateful
for
the
partnership
with
Arlington
Public
Schools,
and
we
have
seen
significant
growth
in
enrollment,
particularly
dual
enrollment,
because
of
the
partnership
that
we
have
with
APS,
and
our
goal
is
to
provide
the
best
quality,
educational
opportunities
and
services
and
support
for
our
students,
our
families
in
the
community
that
we
can,
and
that
includes
programs
and
courses
that
lead
to
transfer
to
four-year
institutions,
as
well
as
dual
enrollment
and
the
early
online
college
courses
that
you
probably
have
heard
about.
K
So
very
briefly.
What
you
see
before
you
is
a
slide
that
really
just
lays
out
the
diversity
of
our
campus.
As
you
can
see,
we
are
diverse
not
only
in
terms
of
the
race
and
ethnicity
of
our
students,
but
the
ages
of
our
students,
the
genders
of
our
students
and
the
course
taking
patterns
of
our
students.
You
see
that
16.7
percent
of
our
students
attend
College
full-time,
which
means
the
majority
of
our
students
are
part-time,
and
so
we
recognize
what
that
means
for
our
students
that
they
are.
K
They
are
really
trying
to
attend
school
while
they
have
many
other
competing
priorities.
We
also
have
a
diversity
that
almost
parallels
some
of
our
communities
with
the
numbers
you
see
on
the
right
side
of
the
screen,
and
we
are
pleased
to
say
that
a
little
over
12
percent
of
the
Arlington
County
High
School
grads,
attended
Nova
in
this
past
year.
So
we're
very
pleased
and
proud
about
that
next
slide.
K
Please
you'll
see
there
that
we
have
a
number
of
transfer
degree
programs,
and
you
heard
Margaret
speak
earlier
about
the
number
of
programs
that
we
offer
through
all
of
our
campuses
at
Nova.
And
what
you
don't
see
there
is
a
is
our
largest
program,
which
is
called
General
Studies,
which
is
a
transfer
program.
It
allows
students
to
get
their
general
education
coursework
done,
so
they
can
transform
more
easily
to
a
four-year
institution.
Many
of
our
students
enroll
in
our
business
administration
program.
K
That
is
a
very
popular
program
and
we
are
seeing
growth
continually
in
our
computer
science.
Cyber
security,
IET
programs,
as
well
as
our
science
programs,
then
as
it
relates
to
our
skills
and
trades
programs,
we're
very,
very
proud
of
our
programs
that
are
really
meeting
the
needs
of
the
workforce.
Our
business
and
industry
needs-
and
these
include
our
automotive
and
Technology
Collision
Repair
program,
which,
as
we
speak,
is
a
really
heavily
involved
in
planning
for
the
expansion
of
hybrid
electric
car
training
for
our
campus,
our
in
our
college.
K
So
we're
very
excited
excited
about
that
and
we
have
faculty
who
are
continuing
to
look
for
ways
to
expand
other
programs
that
you
see
there
as
well,
so
the
individuals
who
are
seeking
employment
more
more
quickly
are
able
to
get
those
credentials
and
move
into
the
workforce.
Construction
management
is
another
example
of
a
program
that
we
expect
to
to
grow
in,
as
as
it
has
been,
and
also
our
substance.
K
Abuse
rehabilitation
certificate
is
a
program
that
we
expect
also
we'll
see
some
additional
momentum
because
of
the
needs,
some
of
which
you've
heard
here
tonight.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
able
to
train
individuals
to
go
into
areas
where
they
can
provide
support
to
those
folks
who
need
mental
health
support
in
the
community.
So
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Dr
Chris.
L
Sure,
thank
you
so
much
so
I'm
also
continuing
for
our
vice
president
for
Workforce
Steve,
Partridge
who's,
actually
in
a
meeting
with
site,
selectors
right
now,
so
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
Nova,
but
first
I
want
to
talk
about
our
Workforce
and
our
engagement
with
business.
So
one
of
the
things
we
did
during
the
pandemic
was
completely
redesign
our
Career
Services
function.
We
created
a
One-Stop
shop
for
business,
sometimes
at
Nova
we
use
the
term
Nova
whelmed.
We
have
six
campuses
more
than
80
000
students,
more
than
3
400
employees.
L
We
serve
I,
think
I
heard
earlier
today,
more
than
60
different
high
schools,
so
it
can
really
become
overwhelming
and
we
wanted
businesses
to
find
an
effective
way
of
partnering
with
us.
We
created
a
One-Stop
shop.
First
of
its
kind
of
community
colleges
called
the
business
engagement
Center,
and
this
is
a
site
in
which
businesses
it's
a
portal
they
can
come
in.
They
can
indicate
their
interest
in
partnering
with
Nova
their
interest
in
serving
on
our
advice,
advisory
groups,
their
interest
in
offering
their
jobs
to
our
students.
L
We
also
began
a
guaranteed
interview
program
for
individuals
who
are
in
our
short-term
certificate
programs
so
that
they
knew
at
the
end.
Not
only
were
those
programs
directly
linked
to
employment
in
the
community,
but
someone
would
be
there
ready
to
interview
them
at
the
end
of
that
program
too.
So
we're
really
excited
about
this
opportunity.
L
I
want
to
brag
a
little
bit
on
Nova,
which
I
should
do
as
the
president
and
say
that
Nova
was
recognized
by
the
Harvard
project
on
Workforce
and
if
you
wonder
what
a
crisis
Workforce
is
in
just
understand
that
Harvard
is
looking
at
it,
but
the
Harvard
project
and
Workforce
identified
Nova
as
one
of
just
five
community
colleges
across
the
country
that
is
doing
Workforce
right
up
next
slide.
One
of
the
ways
we
do,
that
is
through
Labor
Market
intelligence.
L
So
we
have
a
very
sophisticated
office
at
Nova
that
does
look
at
the
data
and
gives
us
analytics
about
where
programs
may
be
growing,
where
we
should
Sunset
programs
how
we
can
better
engage
with
businesses.
We
also
provide
this
data,
often
to
municipalities
and
to
other
community
groups
to
use
themselves
and
identifying
where
they
might
want
to
put
a
stake
in
Workforce
Development,
so
Provost
hagri
mentioned
EV
and
hybrid.
So
we're
definitely
looking
at
that,
because
we
can
see
that
the
jobs
will
continue
to
grow
in
that
area.
L
We
also
are
adding,
for
example,
a
diesel
program,
because
we
can
see
that
there's
a
great
need
for
that.
We're
partnering
with
Amazon
web
services
on
Fusion,
splicing
and
thinking
about
how
the
sort
of
the
future
of
getting
that
information
across
lines
that
must
be
repaired
occurs.
So
there's
lots
of
us
looking
at
the
future
next
slide
and
we
prepare
thanks
to
our
labor
market
information
documents
like
this,
that
we
share
with
our
counselors
and
we
share
with
local
high
school
counselors,
and
this
is
one
ladder
in
information
technology.
L
And
if
you
look
closely
at
it,
you
can
see
it
essentially
starts
with
a
certificate
or
a
diploma
and
moves
on
to
a
bachelor's
degree
and
talks
to
students
about
what
they
would
earn
at
each
one
of
those
steps.
What
those
career
opportunities
would
be
understand
that,
because
of
the
role
that
we
play
as
a
public
institution
responsible
to
the
taxpayers,
we
don't
have
Workforce
programs
that
don't
lead
or
that
we
only
have
Workforce
programs
that
lead
directly
to
employment,
but
we
also
know
that
some
jobs
pay
more
than
others.
L
We
also
know
that
many
of
the
students
who
come
to
Nova
are
first
generation
and
they
don't
know
the
entire
Horizon
of
employment
opportunities
that
are
there
for
them.
They
might
not
know
anyone
who
ever
worked
in
cyber
security,
so
why
would
they
ever
think
that
could
be
a
pathway
for
them?
So
we
really
want
to
put
that
out
in
front
of
students.
L
Help
them
understand
that
these
are
jobs
not
for
other
people,
but
for
them,
and
that
they're
more
than
just
that,
first
job,
their
entire
careers
and
the
latter
is
put
in
front
of
them.
So
you
would
start,
for
example,
in
cyber
at
about
19
an
hour
with
a
certificate
or
diploma.
But
if
you
get
your
Associates,
the
jump
is
sizable.
It's
going
to
get
you
to
an
average
of
about
eighty
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
understand
that
these
are
wages
within
our
region.
L
L
So
putting
this
in
front
of
a
young
person
who
maybe
doesn't
know
anyone
who
works
in
this
field
and
can't
even
imagine
what
someone
might
do
to
earn
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
is
incredibly
powerful,
especially
when
you
can
trace
out
that
entire
Journey
for
them
next
slide,
and
one
of
the
things
we
do
is
partner.
We
partnered
with
the
northern
Virginia
chamber
on
the
workforce
index
just
a
few
interesting
findings.
L
If
you
want
to
go
to
the
next
slide
that
it
not
a
big
surprise
folks
are
still
having
a
huge
difficulty
finding
Talent
right.
L
That
was
never
there
before
a
source
of
talent
that
can
begin
at
Nova
and
get
a
degree
where
in
case,
you
don't
know
a
full-time
student
for
a
full
year
at
Nova.
If
that's
due
student
even
has
to
pay,
their
tuition
is
going
to
be
five
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
a
year.
That's
all
in
with
fees.
Dual
enrollment
programs
are
offered
free
and
reduce
that
even
more.
The
state's
investment
in
G3,
which
is
Workforce
scholarship,
means
that
at
this
point
about
60
percent
of
the
students
who
go
into
these
career,
Pathways
pay
no
tuition
whatsoever.
L
So
that's
incredibly
powerful
and
increases
the
affordability
just
to
take
a
completely
different
track,
not
going
directly
into
Workforce.
But
yesterday
at
our
commencement
our
keynote
speaker
was
Dr
Melissa
Lucas,
who
right
now
is
doing
her
post-doc
at
the
Yale
College
of
Medicine,
but
began
at
Nova
as
a
high
school
dual
enrollment
student
moved
from
that
into
Nova,
then
moved
from
Nova
onto
Virginia
Commonwealth.
L
She
completed
her
bachelor's
degree
in
less
than
two
years
upon,
transfer
then
went
on
to
UVA
and
now
has
been
able
to
move
forward,
and
she
told
our
students
that
coming
to
Novo
is
the
best
decision
she
ever
made.
It
saved
her
time,
it
saved
her
money
and
she
was
able
to
consider
going
to
graduate
school.
So
that's
exactly
what
we
want
to
do
and
the
community
is
open
up
those
Horizons
next
slide.
L
You
can
see
some
of
the
businesses
that
we
partner
with,
but
I
want
to,
especially
at
a
time
when
everyone's
talking
about
student
debt
note
that
of
our
applied
degrees
against
60
percent
of
our
students
graduated
with
no
student
debt
whatsoever
at
all
next
slide.
So
just
a
little
bit
about
Nova.
Coming
out
of
the
pandemic,
so
our
enrollment
has
been
stronger
than
other
community
colleges
in
the
DMV
region
and
we're
outpacing
community
colleges
nationally
in
enrollment.
L
What
we've
seen
is
about
a
four
percent
decrease
in
our
credit
enrollment,
but
that's
really
only
based
on
what
we
call
full-time
equivalent
students,
not
actual
headcount
students.
When
you
look
at
headcount
students,
actual
students
who
are
coming
to
us,
not
the
number
of
credits
that
they
take,
we're
actually
doing
much
better.
But
our
what's
interesting
to
us
again,
looking
at
that
career
pathway
is
where
we're
seeing
double-digit
increases
is
in
our
fast
forward
programs.
Those
are
the
short-term
four-month
certificate
programs
that
lead
directly
to
employment
in
the
region.
L
L
So
our
students
do
reflect
the
diversity
of
our
community.
As
you
can
see,
we
don't
actually
have
a
majority
student
population
and
we're
we're
proud
and
honored
to
serve
the
diversity
of
our
community.
We
think
it
adds
to
the
strength
of
Nova,
but
I
think
it
also
reflects
that
open
door
right,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
that
Open
Door
always
leads
to
another
now
slide.
L
The
other
thing
that
that
will
lead
to
is
graduation.
We're
excited
to
say
that,
although
you
know
that
front
door,
the
students
who
walk
in
are
reflect
the
diversity
of
our
community,
the
students
walk
across
the
stage
at
graduation
yesterday
reflected
that
same
diversity,
so
we're
not
really
seeing
the
achievement
gaps
and
the
graduation
gaps
that
some
other
institutions
are
seeing
in
large
part,
thanks
to
our
amazing
faculty
and
our
amazing
staff,
who
really
put
the
success
of
our
students
at
the
center
of
all
that
they
do
next
slide.
L
And
then
just
a
couple
other
highlights
one
is
that
Nova
has
a
very
strong,
I.T
enrollment.
In
fact,
we
are
one
of
the
nation's
leading
community
colleges
in
graduating
I.T
Associates
holders.
We
have
about
4
600
students
in
it,
which
is
by
a
factor
of
probably
three
or
four
larger
than
most
University
I.T
colleges
next
slide,
and
we
continually
work
with
in
business
and
industry
to
add
new
programs.
L
You
can
see
some
of
them
that
are
directly
aligned
with
right
now
with
industry,
and
if
you
want
to
go
to
the
next
one,
you
can
see
what
we're
in
development
on
we're
really
looking
right
now
at
analytics
at
data
intelligence
and
looking
at
what
we
can
do
in
terms
of
Prior
learning.
L
And
then
we
are
home
to
the
only
dedicated
medical
education
campus
in
the
Virginia
Community
College
system.
We
have
about
2100
students,
there
11
Health,
Care
programs,
Plus
nursing,
and
we
received
funding
from
the
general
assembly
a
couple
years
ago
to
actually
double
the
size
of
that
campus
and
that
will
be
occurring
in
the
next
five
years.
Doubling
the
size
and
I
know
this
math
doesn't
make
sense,
will
allow
us
to
Triple
the
size
of
our
nursing
program.
So
we're
very
excited
about
that,
because
we
know
the
huge
demand
of
EHC
and
others.
L
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
bhc
for
being
a
great
partner
with
us
at
our
medical
education,
campus
side
and
then
University
transfer
is
where
most
of
our
students
reside.
Our
largest
Transfer
Partner,
no
surprise
is
George.
Mason
University
will
transfer
actually
close
to
3
500
students
over
to
Mason
this
year,
but
we
also
have
very
strong
transfer
Partnerships
across
all
of
the
public
universities
in
the
Commonwealth.
Our
largest
Transfer
Partner,
outside
of
Mason,
will
be
a
tier
of
Virginia
Commonwealth
University
Virginia
Tech
James
Madison.
L
We
transfer
in
an
average
year
about
600
students
to
UVA.
We
also
have
wonderful
relationships
with
George
Washington
University,
around
tuition
discounts
for
our
students
that
makes
going
to
a
private
institution
like
George,
Washington,
very
affordable.
We
have
the
same
thing
with
Marymount
University
as
well.
Mariemont
has
been
an
extraordinary
partner
for
us
slide
and
there
you
go
so
I
would
just
say
you
know.
Nova
is
very
large.
We
there
are
23
Virginia
community
colleges.
L
We
comprise
fully
a
third
of
all
enrollment
in
community
colleges
in
Virginia,
even
though
there
are
22
other
institutions,
we
had
an
extraordinary
celebration.
Yesterday
we
graduated
more
than
4
000
students.
Thank
goodness
not
all
of
them
chose
to
walk
at
commencement,
but
we
did
have
close
to
2
000
students
who
walked
two
ceremonies.
We
can't
even
have
just
one
ceremony,
I'm
so
proud,
so
excited
so
many
tears
walking
across
the
stage
again
thanks
to
our
outstanding
faculty
and
staff,
our
wonderful
campus,
Provost
and
Leadership,
and
most
of
all,
our
incredible
boards.
A
You
doctors,
Chris
and
hagaray
and
Miss
Chung.
Thank
you
so
much
for
bringing
bringing
us
some
good
news.
It's
always
welcome
to
hear
about
Nova's,
great
work
and
growth
and
being
able
to
not
only
respond
to
this
current
changing
environment
but
to
seemingly
thrive
in
it.
So
colleagues,
questions
Mr,
deferanti,.
F
I'm
trying
to
be
super
brief,
congratulations,
Dr,
Chung
I.
Remember
we
had
a
lot
of
phone
calls,
I'm
thrilled
your
Vice
chair
of
the
the
board
and
thank
you
for
all
your
leadership
on
the
board
in
addition
to
in
our
community
Through
the
career
center
in
Arlington
Tech.
F
Thank
you,
president
Chris.
We
haven't
had
a
chance
to
end
Provost
hagri.
We
haven't
had
a
chance
to
talk
or
meet
in
depth.
You
are
in
the
American
dream
business
and
super
grateful
and
I'll
punt
beyond
that.
There's
a
there's.
A
simple
phrase
which
is
I
was
thrilled
to
get
on
a
call
with
some
of
our
Latino
leaders
and
help
with
enrollment,
let's
I'll
hope
to
follow
up
with
an
appropriate
email
to
one
of
the
four
of
you
with
a
simple
question:
how
can
I
help
more.
M
Thank
you,
Mr
chair,
thank
you,
Dr
crest,
oh
for
your
leadership
and
for
bringing
Nova
so
far,
I
mean
we're
a
big
region,
so
we
have
also
a
big
responsibility
to
provide.
You
know
a
third
or
more
and
then
the
Community
College
capacity
of
the
Commonwealth
I
have
one
question:
I
mean
out
of
the
Cascade
of
data
that
you
gave
us
all
extremely
positive
and
forward
thinking
and
forward-looking.
M
M
Not
looking
not
not
being
comfortable
in
employing
students
that
come
out
of
apprenticeship
programs
is
that
correct.
Only
15
want
to
do
that.
Yeah.
L
Yeah,
it's
it's
puzzling
right,
so
it's
a
great
question:
we're
a
partner
in
the
greater
Washington
Apprentice
network
with
the
northern
Virginia
chamber
and
several
of
the
other
Chambers
and
large
employers,
and
one
of
the
challenges
that
we've
identified
is
not
so
much
that
employers
are
concerned
about
apprenticeships.
But
they
don't
know
enough
about
them
and
they
also
often
don't
have
what
they
think
is
the
bandwidth
to
manage
an
apprentice
program.
L
So
Nova
can
actually
be
the
sponsor
for
an
apprentice
program
which
lifts
that
burden
off
if
an
employer
and
moves
it
over
to
our
institution,
because
we've
got
an
expertise
in
that
area,
which
is
you
know,
for
example,
if
you
look
at
alarm.com
up
there,
it's
a
smaller
employer,
but
we've
been
able
to
work
an
apprenticeship
program
with
alarm.com,
which
is
an
I.T
employer.
So
one
of
the
things
we
continue
to
do
is
to
find
ways
to
one
help.
L
Folks
understand
that
there
isn't
a
one-size-fits-all
for
apprenticeships,
also,
maybe
move
them
from
a
mindset
where
apprenticeships
are
just
something
for
advanced
manufacturing
or
for
manufacturing.
We
actually
pioneered
the
tech
apprenticeship
with
Amazon
web
services
and
then
we
try
to
take
the
lift
off
of
those
employers,
so
you
know
I
think
as
low
as
that
figure
is
that
15
percent
I
think
it
is
probably.
If
you
had
gone
back
five
years,
it
would
have
been
one
percent
who
would
have
looked
at
apprenticeships.
It's
a
continual
uphill
battle
and
we
we
work
right
alongside.
M
I
mean
what
what
I'm
after,
is
that
there
is
a
glaring
asymmetry
between
the
enormous
effort
that
we
make
in
you
know
tailoring
all
these
programs
providing
all
these
channels.
The
transfer
possibilities,
the
additional
credits,
the
credits
in
in
APS
Etc,
and
then
we
have
employers
who
actually
clamor
that
all
the
time
that
they
don't
get.
M
You
know
the
at
starter,
skill
levels,
sufficient
Workforce-
and
this
is
specifically
for
I.T
right,
not
only
not
exclusively
I
mean
the
medical
sector
is
another
one
and
then
for
some
reason
they
they're
blocked
or
they
block
themselves
from
employing
their
next
employees.
Yeah.
L
As
I
said,
it
is
puzzling,
you
know,
I've
I've
made,
you
know,
I
think
the
first
trip
that
I
made
to
look
at
the
German
dual
system
was
in
maybe
2011
as
part
of
the
U.S
Department
of
Education,
which
really
at
that
point
was
trying
to
seriously
promote.
Apprenticeships,
went
to
look
at
the
the
Swiss
system,
very
different
system
and
that
would
have
been
in
2019
a
different
Administration
still
trying
to
promote
apprenticeships
at
the
federal
level.
So
you
know
I.
L
One
thing
we
always
ask
is
for
folks:
who've
had
a
successful
experience
with
apprenticeships
to
really
share
that
message
and
I
would
encourage
anyone
who's.
Listening
to
this
or
anyone
who
wants
to
participate,
we
can
facilitate
the
connection
to
the
greater
Washington
Apprentice
Network,
which
really
takes
a
lot
of
that
lift
off
of
the
company
and
helps
them
hopefully
see
a
stronger
Workforce
in
a
in
a
broader
Workforce.
I.
Do
think
part
of
the
challenge.
You
know
we
talk
about
that
paper
ceiling
of
the
bachelor's
degree.
L
Instead,
if
you
were
to
look
more
closely
at
the
skills
that
are
required
for
that
job
and
partner
with
Nova
partner
with
anyone
and
help
individuals
build
that
skill
set,
what
you
would
find
is
that
those
employers
or
those
employees
are
actually
a
stickier
they're,
more
likely
to
stay
with
the
company.
That's
invested
in
them.
I.
Think
the
data
point
is
something
around
three
quarters
of
those
individuals
who
come
through.
Apprenticeships
stay
with
the
employer
that
has
invested
in
them
and
that's
data
that
any
employer
would
be
delighted
with.
M
Thank
you,
I'm
very
interested
to
figure
out
what
weekend
to
do
can
do
to
work
better.
First,
of
course,
as
an
employer
here
ourselves,
I,
don't
believe
that
we
have
so
many
apprentices.
We
have
interns,
but
we
don't
have
a
princess.
There
is
a
big
difference
between
the
two
and
the
second
thing
is
I.
Think
the
Commonwealth
begins
to
invest
in
that
even
the
governor
has,
you
know,
expressed
explicit
interest
in
in
this,
and
I
think
that
we
can
play
a
role
there.
I
mean
I'm
interested
to
follow
up
with
you
on
this.
Thank
you.
A
Are
you
finding
at
least
I
found
another
circums
circles,
the
understanding
of
what
an
apprenticeship
program
is
conflated,
often
with
interns,
and
people
really
don't
understand
the
best
models
of
an
additional
agency
that
provides
necessary,
Administration
and
support,
and
what
a
company
is
actually
getting.
Is
someone
who,
with
a
within
with
an
investment,
far
less
than
recruiting
from
the
amorphous
world
that
that
investment
can
be
focused
on
quickly
getting
you
a
level
of
productivity
that
would
take
substantially
longer
to
achieve
otherwise
and
is
not
guaranteed.
A
So
are
you
finding
that
you
know
that
growth
up
to
15
that
once
you're
able
to
get
people
to
really
listen
and
maybe
disabuse
themselves
of
some?
You
know
lack
of
understanding
of
what
an
apprenticeship
is.
Are
you
finding
that
people
are
getting
it
or
is?
Is
there
still
a
barrier
that
you
have
to
overcome
I.
L
There's
still
a
little
bit
of
a
barrier,
you
know
when
you
were
talking
I
ever
I
was
reflecting.
I
was
on
a
pan,
Anna
Once
and
one
of
the
employers
who
was
part
of
the
panel
said.
You
know,
people
ask
me
if
I'm
afraid
to
invest
this
much
in
my
potential
employees
and
what
happens
if
they
leave,
and
he
said
what
I'm
afraid
of
is
what
happens
if
I
don't
invest
this
in
them
and
they
stay
and
I
thought
that
was
really
an
incredible
way
of
thinking
about
it.
L
That
really
what
you're
talking
about
is
you're
trying
to
invest
in
the
future
of
your
company.
So
you
know:
we've
been
partnering
with
the
northern
Virginia
Technology
Council
as
well,
and
nbtc
has
a
real
interest
in
growing
Tech
apprenticeships,
not
internships,
but
apprenticeships,
really
recognizing
the
inner.
The
inability
of
many
tech
companies
to
grow
because
of
a
lack
of
a
very
specific
employee
base
and
many
of
the
technologies
that
they
want.
Those
folks
to
learn
anyway,
are
proprietary
right,
which
is
perfect
for
apprenticeship,
so
you
would
partner
with
Nova.
L
There
would
be
our
courses,
but
then
in
the
company
the
employee
would
The.
Apprentice
would
be
an
employee
working,
but
also
learning
proprietary
technologies
that
they
would
need
to
succeed
in
that
workplace.
So
I
think
there's
a
huge
Groundswell
right
now
and
you're
hearing
it.
You
know
it's
a
bipartisan
effort,
I.
Think
at
this
point
you
know
you
hear
the
president
saying
this.
You
hear
the
governor
saying
this.
L
You
hear
that
they're
just
needs
to
be
a
recognition
that
that
four-year
degree
pathway
isn't
for
everybody,
and
if
we
keep
pushing
folks
that
way
from
the
beginning,
it
may
shut
out
a
whole
bunch
of
talent
that
would
benefit
from
being
in
the
workplace
personally,
as
well
in
terms
of
economic
and
social
mobility
and
I.
Think
that's
a
that's
a
concern
as
well
around
the
diversity
of
the
talent
pipeline.
A
Terrific,
thank
you
all
right,
I
think.
That's
all
the
questions
that
we
have
for
you
this
evening,
but
let
me
just
say
again
thank
you.
It's
been
it's
been
probably
too
long
since
we've
had
this
comprehensive
look
at
where
Nova
is,
and
it's
just
so
so
great
to
know
that
your
trajectory
is
strong
and
and
that
you're
really
responding
to
a
really
difficult
climate.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
all
so
much,
and
we
appreciate
your
time
this
afternoon.
A
Now
I
have
to
move
on
to
prosaic
board
business
and
proceed
to
move
a
number
of
appointments
to
our
advisory
bodies,
as
well
as
an
appointment
of
one
of
our
own.
So
I'll
make
the
following
motion.
A
And
let
me
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
all
of
them,
the
ones
who
are
re-upping
to
continue
their
service.
We
are
grateful
for
what
you
have
done
and
what
you
are
interested
in
continuing
to
do,
and
congratulations
to
all
those
who
were
newly
appointed
to
their
respective
commissions
for
the
first
time.
We
hope
you
are
fulfilled
in
that
work,
and
we
are
grateful
that
you
want
to
give
so
much
of
yourselves
to
Arlington,
County
colleagues
and
now
like
to
recognize
you
all
for
your
reports
and
to
kick
us
off
Miss
Crystal.
Please
take
it
away.
A
N
You
so
much.
We
have
a
slide
to
accompany
a
brief
celebration
of
child
care
provider
appreciation
day.
This
is
a
national
effort
and
we
were
approached
about
participating
in
it
and
I'm
so
glad
to
encourage
everyone
to
join
us
in
thanking
child
care
providers.
N
This
is,
of
course,
one
of
the
most
essential
roles
in
our
community,
and
we
know
that
Arlington's
child
care
providers
create
safe
and
caring
places
for
our
smallest
kids
here
in
Arlington,
and
they
are
also
a
critical
point
of
our
Workforce,
as
we
were
just
discussing
with
our
friends
from
from
Northern
Virginia
Community
College,
and
we
know
that
a
majority
of
our
providers,
both
owners
of
child
care,
centers
and
in-home
daycares,
and
also
the
workforce,
tend
to
be
women,
particularly
women
of
color,
often
newer,
American,
women
of
color
and
many
of
them.
N
One
way
we
can
say
thank
you
to
Providers
is
to
support
them,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
am
glad
to
have
the
opportunity
to
Spotlight
is
that
Arlington
County
would
love
to
help
our
providers
advance
in
their
career
Pathways
by
seeking
their
Child
Development
Associate
certificate
or
credential
that
allows
them
to
become
a
Lead,
Teacher
and
Advance
their
careers.
We
offer
a
free
program
for
income
qualifying
Arlington
residents
to
learn
how
to
take
those
exams,
attend
the
orientation
track
their
hours
and
otherwise
Advance
their
careers
in
this
important
way.
N
A
O
Before
all
right,
I
just
wanted
to
double
check.
You
said:
Mr
Karen
Thomas
does
not
have
have
Regional
reports.
Regional,
not.
M
I
will
be
brief,
Mr
chair,
but
very
happy
to
follow
up
on
our
resolution
to
declare
this
Bike
To
Work
Week,
and
this
the
month
of
May
as
the
cycling
month.
If
you
can
put
up
a
couple
of
slidesmen.
Thank
you.
It's
back
to
work
day
on
Friday.
This
is
monkey
work
week,
but
especially
back
to
work
Friday,
the
19th
of
May,
which
is
a
couple
in
a
couple
of
days.
M
This
is
celebrated
in
the
region.
So
if
we
can
move
a
nurse-
and
this
is
the
year-
we
can
safely
say
that
we
fully
bounced
back
we're
back
with
more
than
more
than
100
pit
stops
this
this
year,
not
not
quite
where
20
we
left
it
at
20
19
119,
but
we
are
very,
very
very
close
to
that
I'm
very
happy
to
see
that
I
I
invite
every
arlingtonian
to
really
think
about
biking,
to
work
or
to
any
any
place
for
for
for
what
what
it's
worth
next
slide.
M
We
have
some
stats
because
they're
back
to
work
week
is
always
you
know,
associated
with
doing
surveys
and
registering
people
to
do
and
participants.
So
there
is
one
stat
that
particularly
annoys
me.
This
is
the
first
line
18
to
24..
It
says
two
percent.
That
is
an
unacceptable
number,
but
we
know
that
the
that
that
a
lot
more
young
people
in
Arlington
and
across
the
region
bike
to
bike
to
work
also
the
other,
the
other,
the
other
stat.
M
That
annoys
me
a
little
bit
is
the
65
plus
eight
percent
I
guarantee
you
that
more
senior
older
adults,
bike
to
work
and
I
and
on
purpose
I,
put
a
photo
of
two
older
adults
riding
the
revolutionary
device
of
this
quarter
of
the
century,
which
is
the
electric
bike
for
everybody,
who's
listening
or
will
be
listening.
Try
it
out!
You
can
do
that!
You
can
actually
do
that
almost
for
free,
because
the
capital
Bike
Share,
now
offers
a
fleet
of
amazing
electric
bikes.
M
This
will
change
your
life
next
slide,
please
and
to
demonstrate
how
it
changes
your
life
prior
to
Bike,
To,
Work,
Day,
13
of
respondents
to
the
survey
that
we
do
every
every
year
with
the
registration
never
commuted
by
bicycles
and
after
Bike,
To,
Work,
Day
23.
So
almost
a
quarter
of
new
Rider
responders
started
bicycling
to
work
two
and
a
half
half
days
a
week,
and
these
are
hard
data.
This
is
really
the
truth.
M
That
means
yes,
once
you
test
it
once
you
bike
to
work,
you
never
go
back
and
that's
a
amazing
Insight
that
I
got
this
year
from
the
data
that
the
Council
of
governments
have
shared
with
us.
So
back
to
work
day.
Next
slide
is
Friday
May
19th
biketowork.com
is
the
website
register
there.
M
We
have
10
pit
stops
all
across
Arlington
and
we
will
feature
educational,
informative
displays
from
tabling
Partners
giveaways,
coffee
breakfast
treats
and
you'll
get
one
of
these
fantastic
t-shirts
to
wear
and
to
show
your
pride
that
you
actually
bike
to
any
place
not
only
to
work
and
preferably
everywhere,
1500
auditorians
have
already
registered,
so
our
goal
is
2,
000
and
I.
Think
this
is
a
very
modest
call.
We
should
set
our
goals
higher,
but
for
this
year
I
would
be
very
happy
if
this,
if
we
can
surpass
a
2000.
Thank
you,
Miss
Jacobs.
M
You're
next,
with
the
not
original,
the
next
topic
is
not
a
very
happy
one.
It's
actually
something
that
it's
just
a
Prelude
to
the
content
managers
report
on
the
particulars
in
Arlington.
We
talk
about
on-house
individuals
this
year
on
January
25th,
Mr
de
ferranti
and
myself.
We
we
participated
with
County
staff
and
many
Volunteers
in
the
point
in
time.
Count
for
this
year,
which
you
know
is
a
is
a,
is
a
count
of
an
actual
survey
of
people
who
are
unhoused
at
this
very
evening
and
night
in
Arlington.
M
This
is
a
national
day
appointing
count,
and
the
Council
of
governments
has
compiled
the
the
numbers
for
this
year
and
we
can
see
where
the
region
is
as
a
whole,
so
Arlington
in
2023
counted
2013
individuals,
sheltered
and
unshertered
but
homeless,
and
this
is
a
change
of
31
more
and,
as
you
can
see,
the
entire
region
registers
almost
1400
more
homeless
individuals.
This
is
a
significant
challenge
by
any.
M
By
any
measure,
you
see
some
counties
that
are
really
concerning
in
their
numbers,
like
Loudoun
County,
1220
22,
up
Montgomery
County
54,
up
Prince
William
County
35
up
I
I,
asked
city
of
Alexandria
27.
Now
I
asked
why
this
happens.
There
are
many
reasons
for
that.
There
is
still
not
a
conclusive
understanding
of
why
we
had
so
many
more
one.
M
Significant
reason
that
contributes
to
these
very
high
numbers
is
that
the
aforementioned
count
is
a
countries
that
had
the
highest
increase,
have
dedicated
way
more
resources
this
year
to
count
so
the
the
methodology
was
way
more
accurate,
so
they
actually
counted
better
and
that
you
know
gave
us
a
more
accurate
image
of
homelessness
in
the
region.
Next
next
slide,
please
the
household
composition.
M
We
see
a
decline
in
unhouse
families,
but
more
single
adults
being
homeless.
As
you
can
see
here,
2023
compared
to
2019
households
with
adults
and
children's,
our
children
are
more
than
a
thousand
households
less,
but
households
without
children,
so
independent
adults
are
more
I
was
one
one
number.
That's
that
really
hit
me
was
that
children
represent
61
of
all
people
in
homeless
families.
This
is
a
this
is
this
was
a
really
very
sobering
data
point
next
slide:
please
chronic
homelessness,
The
Good!
M
The
news
are
very
good
there,
especially
for
us
here,
minus
76
percent,
so
we
have
compared
to
to
2022
and
to
21
and
2020
and
29.
That
marks
a
very
high
number.
We
have
only
quote
unquote,
18
individuals
that
we
consider
chronic
homeless
and
that's
a
good
number.
The
entire
region
is
minus
four
percent.
These
are
good
news
and
in
in
in
in
this
picture,
next
slide.
Please,
the
racial
disparities
continue
to
be
the
ones
that
we
always
knew,
and
they
are.
They
continue
to
be
very
Stark
the
on
the
right
side.
M
You
can
see
the
demographic,
a
profile
of
the
region,
25
or
black
African-Americans,
and
on
the
left
side,
you
can
see
the
demographic
profile
of
homeless,
single
adults
where
71
percent
of
unhouse
individuals
are
black
African-American.
So
this
these
disparities
continue
and
we
haven't
found
still
a
way
to
making
routes
to
Improvement
there
next
slide,
please
the
age
distribution.
M
As
you
see,
older
adults
continue
to
make
continue
to
be
the
biggest
cohort
here.
2023
was
now
different
than
previous
years,
and
so
we
haven't
made
any
Improvement,
especially
in
the
approach
in
our
approach
and
the
cohorts,
45
and
55,
plus
50
45,
and
up
and
55,
plus
next
slide,
formerly
homeless,
formerly
not,
formerly,
how
formerly
homeless
so
people
who
have
experienced
homelessness
versus
literally
homeless
people
who
are
experiencing,
who
have
been
experiencing
literally
homeless.
M
M
So
who
are
basically
without
these
options,
and
they
are,
you
know
in
in
Blunt
terms
out
in
on
the
streets
next
slide,
so
main
takeaways
from
the
aggregate
data
that
you
just
saw
increases
the
number
of
people
experiencing
homelessness
in
all
jurisdictions
in
the
region
region
in
the
2023
point
of
point
to
a
larger
to
larger
systemic
impacts
out
of
the
end
of
the
covet
era,
and
this
definitely
has
to
do
with
the
end
of
the
protections
and
the
fender
early
funded
housing
assistance
programs.
M
We
have
seen
that
here
in
Arlington
I
believe
that
the
county
manager
will
report
more
on
this
for
what
applies
to
Arlington
County.
M
The
number
of
people
experiencing
homelessness
on
January
25,
which
is
the
point
in
time
count,
remains
below
the
tone.
The
total
counted
the
total
counted
prior
to
the
pandemic
in
2019,
which
is
a
piece
of
better
news,
and,
of
course-
and
this
is
obvious-
more
housing
and
services
are
needed,
and
this
is
the
answer
to
prevent
and
end
homelessness
in
Metropolitan
Washington.
We
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
Thank
you.
A
Thomas
any
questions
or
comments
just
one
for
me,
your
middle
key
takeaway
here
that
the
account
of
literal
homeless
individuals
is
below
pre-pandemic
levels,
and
then
that
figure
is
about
nine
percent
below
pre-pandemic
levels.
It's
very
good
news.
It
means
that
our
efforts
actually
matter
and
are
meaningful,
and
while
anyone
who
is
experiencing
literal
homelessness,
we
would
want
most
of
all
for
them
to
be
rapidly
housed.
The
fact
that
the
efforts
of
the
region,
Arlington
in
particular,
which
we're
going
to
hear
from
in
a
minute,
do
actually
result
in
progress
as
something
to
Herald.
A
B
B
Now,
it's
not
very
often
we
take
the
opportunity
to
take
a
step
back
and
check
in
on
some
of
the
things
that
I
have
made
a
personal
priority
and
I
know
this
board
has
been
intensely
interested
in,
which
is
how
are
we
doing
on
community
Communications
and
engagement
with
our
public?
Now
it
I
can't
think
of
a
meeting
in
this
room
that
doesn't
go
by
where
people
say.
B
Well,
you
know
Arlington
County,
you
think
your
you
guys
are
such
great
communicators
and
engagers,
but
you
have
failed
in
the
following
10
ways,
and
so
we
we've
had
a
lot
of
conversations
about
Perceptions
in
the
community
and
actually
examples
where
we
have
not
perhaps
done
a
phenomenal
job.
But
I
really
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity
to
focus
on
some
great
things.
B
I
think
that
we
have
done
first
off
in
the
last
five
years
and
I
know
you
all
had
your
own
personal
celebrations
to
celebrate
the
five-year
anniversary
of
the
six
step
guide
for
public
engagement
on
capital
projects
and
that
also,
since
I've,
become
manager
in
2016,
one
of
the
first
things
I
did
and
it
there's
a
lot
in
the
name
we
used
to
have
a
Communications
office.
Now
it's
Communications
and
public
engagement
or
cape,
and
we
have
spent
a
lot
of
time
trying
to
come
up
with
ways.
It
was.
B
It's
been
talked
about
for
years
when
we
did
the
community
facility
study
when
the
board
focused
on
Place
back
in
about
10
years
ago
about
expanding
our
tools
using
a
digital
strategy,
diversifying
participation
that
is
extremely
challenging,
and
so
what
we've
done
is
we've
come
up
with
four
principles
and
you're
going
to
hear
a
little
bit
about
them
today
about
building
a
clear
and
consistent
approach,
strengthening
our
communication
throughout
the
life
cycle
of
a
project,
diversifying
participation
and
then
let's
evaluate
and
see
how
we've
done
on
those
practices.
B
So
we
have
in
the
room
today
a
whole
bunch
of
communicators
and
engagers.
So
apparently,
no
one
in
the
county
is
learning
anything
today,
because
they're
all
in
this
room,
I'm
going
to
ask
you
all
to
stand
up,
so
you
can
all
be
recognized
Kurt.
Do
you
have
your
scissors
with
you?
Okay,
if
you
all
don't
behave,
current
has
a
very
large
scissors
with
all
of
you,
I'm
going
to
ask
all
the
communications
and
engagement
staff
to
stand
up,
and
these
are
the
people.
Who've
been
working
really
hard.
P
Thanks
Mark
and
I'm
really
excited
to
be
here
today
with
I.
Think
many
of
you
know,
but
I
have
Justin
Beck
from
the
communication
and
public
engagement
office
in
the
county,
manager's
office,
Sarah
Tracy
Who's,
acting
director
of
public
engagement
in
the
county,
manager's
office,
Jerry,
Solomon,
Who's,
acting
director
of
communication
and
engagement
in
Parks
and
Recreation
Erica
Moore
who's,
the
director
of
public
engagement
and
Community
planning
and
Housing
Development
and
Ryan
Hudson
who's,
our
director
of
Communications
in
the
manager's
office.
P
So
we're
all
going
to
kind
of
just
share
a
little
bit
about
the
journey,
and
you
know
before
we
get
into
specifics.
I
think
it's
really
important
that
our
community
interacts
with
government
every
day
in
all
kinds
of
ways:
residents,
businesses,
visitors
and
sometimes
without
even
knowing
it.
P
But
you
know:
94
000
residents
are
actively
using
their
library
card
and
approximately
35
000
people
have
signed
up
for
recreation
classes.
Just
this
year.
Over
40
000
residents
are
receiving
disability,
aging,
Behavioral,
Health,
dental
and
employment
services.
We
serve
a
lot
of
people
in
a
lot
of
interaction
with
government
and
engagement
and
our
economic
development
team
engages
with
thousands
of
businesses
every
year.
So
while
fewer
number
of
stakeholders
come
into
the
boardroom
or
to
Open
Door
Monday
to
testify
and
engage
directly
with
the
County
Board.
P
Last
year,
in
fiscal
year
22
we
had
over
30
000
Collective
participants,
Who
provided
feedback
on
specific
projects,
plans,
programs
and
policies
during
structured
County
engagements
and
over
forty
six
thousand
people
use
the
reported
problem
app
to
help
crowdsource
specific
challenges.
In
that
same
time,
interacting
with
our
government
and
engaging.
P
So
we
see
our
role
as
communicators
and
engagers
to
work
with
you,
the
County
Board,
the
county
manager
and
staff
and
the
community
to
make
it
easier
for
our
residents
and
members
of
our
community
to
understand
and
access,
government
information
and
services
build
our
internal
capacity,
ensure
residents
and
businesses
know
how
and
when
to
engage
in
government
processes
and,
more
importantly,
feel
welcome
when
they
do
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Sarah.
To
share
a
few
notes.
I
Great,
thank
you
Brena.
So,
over
the
last
six
years
a
key
goal
has
been
to
sorry.
I
So
we
think
it's
important
here
to
reiterate
the
key
steps
that
are
essential
for
determining
the
level
of
Engagement
for
a
project.
So,
first
we
need
to
understand
the
context
of
the
project
or
the
initiative,
and
we
also
need
to
conduct
stakeholder
mapping
and
identify
who
benefits.
Who
is
burdened
and
also
who
is
missing.
I
We
then
align
levels
of
Engagement
with
a
level
of
impact
and
design
a
Communications
plan
that
aligns
with
the
level
with
the
level
of
Engagement,
and
here
we
aim
for
intentional
Outreach
to
segments
of
our
community,
who
might
be
unaware
and
least
connected,
and
we
also
aim
to
conduct
comprehensive
analysis
of
the
feedback
gathered
to
help
inform
decision
makers
across
all
perspectives
and
then
post
that
feedback.
So
everyone
can
see
it.
I
The
last
step
is
our
after
action,
and
this
is
an
important
step
in
determining
where
we
did
well
and
what
we
can
do
better,
an
element
that
was
suggested
by
Community
leader,
Carrie,
Johnson
and
I'm,
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Erica
Moore.
To
talk
about
some
examples,
thank.
D
D
We
have
several
examples
of
us
working
with
residents
where
we've
collaborated
over
the
past
several
years,
including
destination
2027,
which
was
an
effort
that
identified
that
there
is
a
decade
of
difference
for
how
long
people
might
live
based
on
their
zip
code
and
that
that
offered
us
incredible
insights
for
the
race
and
Equity
work
that
we're
currently
doing.
We
also
work
together
with
the
community
on
the
community
energy
plan,
the
Open
Spaces
master
plan.
There
was
the
child
care,
food
security
and
Marcus
alert
initiatives.
D
We
also
worked
with
the
complete
count
committee,
which
was
a
group
of
dedicated
Community
leaders
and
hundreds
of
organizational
partners
that
helped
us
have
more
than
99
percent
of
Arlington
households
counted
in
the
2020
census.
And
then,
of
course,
there
was
the
complete
vaccination
committee.
If
you'll
go
back
to
a
couple
of
years,
where
a
whole
of
community
effort
was
undertaken
to
ensure
that
all
arlingtonians
knew
about
the
covid-19
vaccine
and
how
they
could
get
vaccinated,
we've
also
been
making
changes
to
our
site
plan
review
process
to
ensure
it
is
collaborative.
D
Key
stakeholders
from
the
community
are
appointed
to
every
site,
plan,
review
committee
or
sprc,
and
they
roll
up
their
sleeves
together
with
planning
Commissioners
to
really
delve
into
the
very
detailed
aspects
of
The
Proposal
in
front
of
them.
But
the
sprc
process
also
includes
an
opportunity
for
the
general
public
to
weigh
in
and
provide
feedback
to
that
committee.
Cphd
planners
and
communication
and
engagement
staff
work
closely
together
to
ensure
that
the
surrounding
Community
is
aware
of
the
plan
review
and
how
they
can
provide
input
and
participate
in
the
process.
D
The
six
step
guide
to
engagement
has
also
helped
us
shift
our
practices.
For
example,
our
resurfacing
for
complete
streets
program
now
involves
Community
feedback
much
earlier
in
the
design
process
and
provides
much
more
time
between
Community
engagement
and
project
implementation,
and
together
we
hosted
the
Big
Ideas
roundtables
in
2018,
where
hundreds
of
residents
came
together
and
identified
a
need
to
protect
Arlington's
diversity
as
we
grow,
and
to
expand
efforts
for
inclusive
housing.
D
Q
All
right,
thank
you,
Erica.
As
we
know,
good
Communications
and
engagement
requires
support
in
many
ways.
Our
action
plan
also
called
for
building
capacity,
both
internally
and
externally
capacity
building
requires
that
we
strengthen
our
tools,
Knowledge
and
Skills.
Q
We've
also
hosted
sessions
on
stakeholder
mapping,
naming
and
framing
very
difficult
issues,
using
plain
language
and
other
key
topics,
and
we
have
procured
new
tools
for
online
engagement
and
also
strengthened
our
ability
to
host
virtual
meetings.
We
launched
the
Arlington
engagement
Brigade,
which
we're
very
excited
about.
This,
is
a
dedicated
group
of
neighborhood
college
graduates
who
work
side
by
side
with
us
to
engage
community
members.
Q
We've
also
partnered,
with
the
Civic
Federation
over
the
past
several
years
to
host
a
series
of
roundtables
and
workshops
with
civic
association
presidents,
leading
to
capacity
building
workshops
on
building
membership,
enhancing
our
Outreach
to
renters
hosting
neighborhood
events
and
more
we've
also
created
a
new
tool
kit
for
civic
association,
presidents,
I'm.
Sorry,
a
toolkit
for
new
civic
association
presidents,
which
has
come
in
very
handy
as
we
help
them.
Navigate
our
government
resources
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
Ryan
sorry
to
share
a
bit
about
how
we
are
strengthening,
Communications
and
building
trust.
Great.
R
Thank
you
very
much
Jerry.
So,
like
Jerry
said
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
we're
strengthening
our
Communications,
you
know
we
obviously
still
have
opportunities
there,
where
we
can
make
it
even
better
within
our
community,
but
I
wanted
to
highlight
some
of
the
ways
that
we've
made
it
easier
for
everyone
to
find
information.
R
R
But
of
course
the
work
is
never
done.
We're
actively
working
on
revising
and
updating
our
neighborhood
and
project
pages
on
our
website
to
make
it
even
easier
to
find
nearby
places
and
information,
and
with
that
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
Justin
who's,
going
to
speak
a
bit
about
expanding
and
diversifying
participation
in
some
of
our
projects.
C
So
much
my
microphone's
not
working
there,
we
go
now
it's
working.
Thank
you
so
much
Ryan
and
thank
you
board.
Members
I,
like
he
said,
I'm
gonna
be
talking
about
our
goal
and
it
was
mentioned
by
Marcus.
Well
as
possibly
one
of
the
most
challenging
of
expanding
and
diversifying
participation.
This
is
one
area
which
almost
every
one
of
the
colleagues
that
we
have
across
each
department
struggles
with
this
is
something
that's
an
area
where
each
one
of
them
at
every
level
of
government
is
trying
to
do
better.
C
We're
proud
of
the
work
that
we're
doing,
and
we
continue
to
expand
our
connections
to
find
these
voices
in
our
community.
Our
demographers
and
our
racial
Equity
team
have
established
a
demographic
and
a
census,
data
dashboard
that
allows
us
to
have
a
data-driven
approach
and
an
intentional
approach
to
our
Outreach
and
our
engagement
opportunities.
C
We
also
created
a
multi-family
building
map
so
that
we
and
others
in
the
community
can
begin
to
make
connections
with
over
71
percent
of
our
engagement,
sorry
of
our
residents
before
the
pandemic.
We
meaning
the
County
board
members.
Members
of
the
county
managers
executive
leadership,
team
staff
had
the
chance
to
talk
with
over
400
of
our
residents
of
lower
income
through
a
series
of
forums
hosted
by
the
community
progress
Network
on
topics
ranging
from
Public
Safety
to
housing
to
transportation.
C
C
In
fiscal
year
2024
we
had
over
2
400
people
weigh
in
during
the
budget
process,
including
700,
through
on
the
ground
interactions
in
our
community,
and
almost
200
people
answered
our
feedback
form
in
Spanish
I'm,
not
going
to
take
this
opportunity
to
turn
it
back
over
to
Jerry
as
she
talks
about
how
we've
enhanced
our
policies
to
advance
our
engagement
process.
Thank.
Q
You
thank
you
Justin,
so
that
brings
us
to
our
final
objective
in
the
action
plan
evaluating
and
enhancing
policies
to
advance
good
Community
engagement
practice.
One
of
the
first
things
that
the
county
manager
did
in
his
role
is
launch
an
open
data
portal
to
make
it
easier
to
access
primary
data
sets.
Foia
responses
are
now
posted
on
the
public
website,
as
noted
we're
using
the
six
step
guide
and
a
consistent
set
of
strategies
and
approaches
for
like
projects.
Q
Q
We
have
issued
internal
customer
service
policies
for
staff
to
acknowledge
receipt
of
an
email
or
a
call
within
one
business
day
in
2020,
the
county
manager
appointed
the
first
Chief
race
and
Equity
officer,
and
in
2021
the
Arlington
Police
Department
established
the
community
engagement
division
and,
as
a
result
of
lessons
learned
during
covid,
we
have
issued
an
ongoing
policy
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
stakeholders
to
offer
virtual
public
comments
at
County,
Board
and
commission
meetings.
As
you
all
know,
but
with
all
of
this,
we
know
that
we
still
have
work
to
do.
Q
One
area
included
in
our
original
action
plan
focuses
on
applying
a
consistent
engagement
policy
or
a
process
to
policy
development
and
adoption,
and
we
hope
that
we
can
work
with
all
of
you
on
the
County
Board
on
this
important
Focus,
as
well
as
building
consistency
across
our
commissions
and
advisory
boards.
I'm
going
to
give
it
back
to
bryna
to
give
us
some
closing
remarks.
P
Ryan
mentioned
the
work,
we're
doing
to
improve
our
website
and
to
improve
access
to
information.
We
are
committed
to
updating
our
action
plan,
we've
covered
and
actually
accomplished
a
lot
in
the
last
six
six
years.
We've
leave
you
with
one
timeline
slide.
P
You
know
we
opted
not
to
do
a
series
of
slides,
but
these
are
points
along
the
way
that
have
changed
and
integrated
the
culture
of
communication
engagement,
not
just
with
our
communicators
and
engagement
professionals,
but
also
with
our
planners
with
our
Engineers,
with
our
professional
staff,
with
our
program
staff,
it's
everyone's
job
to
embrace
and
really
commit
to
ongoing
coordination.
Communication
and
engagement
with
our
community
and
I
think
we've
shown
today
that
this
is
a
journey.
P
We
continue
to
look
at
that
so
over
the
next
year,
we're
going
to
host
a
series
of
forums
with
renters
this
you
know
61
71,
living
in
multi-family
buildings,
but
also
recommit
to
engaging
with
our
civic
association
presidents
and
with
non-profit
leaders
and
other
community
leaders.
P
I
want
to
thank
those
members
of
the
community
that
continue
to
engage
on
us
with
a
regular
basis,
but
also
to
encourage
others
to
share
their
voice
and
their
perspectives
together.
We
are
stronger
I
want
to
thank
staff
who
steadfast
in
their
commitment
to
strengthening
our
efforts
and
I,
want
to
thank
the
County
Board
and
the
County
Manager
for
your
leadership,
your
support
and
the
resources
to
make
this
work
happen.
P
So
thank
you
and
together
we
will
continue
this
journey.
So
thanks.
Everyone
appreciate
the
opportunity.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
robust,
and
it's
good
to
hear
you
all
together
any
questions
or
comments.
I've
I've
got
a
couple
while
you
all
get
your
lights
on,
so
I
am
thrilled
that,
where
we've,
how
far
we've
come
and
last
six
seven
years
the
professionalism
of
how
we
engage
the
array
of
offerings,
the
just
incredible
willingness
to
not
only
be
everywhere
where
engagement
could
be
of
value
but
to
generate
the
opportunities
to
connect
and
engage,
our
public
have
really
really
really
been
appreciated.
Full
stop!
There's!
A
And
you
know,
one
risk
are:
are
those
who
view
government
as
as
sort
of
a
partner
in
a
transactional
relationship
who
believe
that
they
have
earned
or
have
the
ability
to
have
make
the
decisions
about
what
government
does
for
them?
And
so
that's
the
way
they
engage
with
us
and
when
the
answer
is
no
or
not
now
or
not.
In
that
way,
there
is
resistance,
and
you
know
I,
don't
know
how
we
fixed
that
challenge,
but
I
identify
it
as
a
as
an
increasing
and
growing
risk
among
the
ways
in
which
people
engage
with
us.
A
Those
who
who
view
it
solely
through
the
transactional
lens-
and
you
know,
then
I,
don't
know
how
you
you
deal
with
this
notion
of
the
many
people
who
don't
engage
despite
our
best
efforts,
we're
still
not
reaching
anywhere
near
critical
mass
or
what
most
people
would
consider
to
be
a
statistically
valid
assessment
of
public
opinion.
That's
not
the
goal,
but
how
do
you
balance
that
the
unknown
feelings
of
of
many
versus
those
who
do
engage
and
who
in
many
ways
are
demonstrating
consensus
bias?
A
You
know
belief
that
their
judgment
reflects
common
good
sense
and
is
shared
by
all
reasonable
people,
and
anyone
who
disagrees
is
somehow
deficient.
So
you
know,
as
we
identify
these
sort
of
risks
and
engagement,
I
don't
come
with
any
answers.
I
just
want
to
give
voice
to
what
I
know
or
challenges
that
you
all
face
that
we
all
face,
and
we
can
continue
to
work
towards
figuring
it
out.
Arlington
County
will
be
all
the
better
for
it,
but
if
there's
anybody
who
can
figure
it
out,
I
know
you
all
can
all
right,
Miss
Crystal?
N
Pick
up
exactly
where
you
ended
Mr
chair
the
this
point
about
all
of
this
effort
has
served
to
bring
forward
just
a
taste
of
the
multitude
of
voices
that
it
are
in
Arlington
County.
This
is
a
pluralistic
community
in
every
sense
of
the
word
and
I
really
appreciated
the
way
you
know.
Mr
Cherry
talked
about
consensus,
bias,
I,
think
Arlington
for
many
years
operated
under
its
own
consensus
bias.
We
were
able
to
bring
together
people
with
perhaps
Divergent
view
viewpoints,
but
generally
pretty
similar
perspectives
and
call
the
results
consensus.
N
It
sometimes
makes
our
jobs
harder,
and
it
should
because
we're
actually
being
challenged
to
recognize
that
there
are
that
anyone
who
thinks
they've
reached
a
common
sense
solution
to
problems
that
plague
a
county
as
diverse
and
extensive
as
ours
is
not
listening
to
enough
perspectives
and
one
of
the
things
that
is
interesting
to
me.
I
appreciated
Mr
manager.
Is
you
teed
it
up
that
we?
We
will
always
hear
criticism
of
the
process.
I
will
note
that
a
lot
of
times
the
criticism
of
the
process
comes
down
to
the
board.
N
The
decision
makers
listened
to
a
perspective
other
than
mine
and
so
I
think
one
of
the
most
important
things
for
us
as
the
board
member
and
for
you,
as
Communications
professionals,
is
to
continue
to
give
arlingtonian's
opportunities
to
hear
the
perspectives
of
people
other
than
themselves.
That
was
such
the
core
idea
of
the
Big
Ideas
Roundtable.
We
even
tried
to
bring
that
forward
with
some
of
our
missing
middle
Outreach
last
summer
and
fall,
although
it
was
not
universally
appreciated.
N
I
can
respect,
but
this
opportunity
for
people
to
say
I
have
heard
the
voice
of
my
neighbor
I
don't
agree
with
it,
but
it
is
a
voice
here
in
Arlington
County,
that's
different
from
my
own
and
I
think
that
is
possibly
the
most
important
way
we
can
move
forward
I'm.
Also
thinking
too,
you
know
if
consensus
is
not
really
possible,
especially
on
the
most
difficult
policy
issues
than
really
being
able
to
have
this
compact.
With
the
community
to
say
what
can
you
expect
out
of
Engagement?
N
It's
not
necessarily
the
case
that
you
can
expect
to
basically
get
your
way
anymore,
because
there
are
going
to
be
people
who
disagree
with
you
and
come
from
different
places,
but
you
should
be
able
to
access,
expect
consistency
of
the
policy
making
process.
Ms
Solomon's
comments,
I
think
we're
talking
about
exactly
that.
N
You
should
expect
clarity
about
when
how
and
why
we
will
engage
you,
and
that
was
one
of
the
fundamental
Promises
of
the
six
six
step
system
and
I
think
at
its
best,
when
we've
applied
it
at
its
best,
that's
really
been
what
it
reflected.
I
think
people
should
be
able
to
expect
multiple,
multiple
ways
of
engaging
which
were
highlighted
here
and
how
that's
changing
and
I
think
that
people
should
be
able
to
expect
transparency.
N
It
matters
that
we
show
our
work.
It
matters
that
we
be
able
to
point
to
the
results
of
all
of
this
engagement
that
our
dedicated
staff
have
done
to
be
able
to
understand
and
help
the
community
understand
how
their
feedback
has
shaped.
The
way
we
make
decisions.
That
is
a
roundabout
way
of
saying,
I,
appreciate
this
work,
so
much
I
think
about
the
journey
this
county
has
been
on.
N
Since
you
know
Mr,
Dorothy
and
I
joined
eight
years
ago
and
that
transition,
exactly
as
the
manager
talked
about
from
Communications
and
and
all
of
the
kind
of
pushing
out
and
information
sharing,
that
signifies
to
engagement
and
engaging
this
full
and
again
pluralistic
Community,
as
we
make
our
way
through
the
the
the
messy
process
of
trying
to
govern
in
a
place
where
everyone
will
not
always
agree.
So,
thank
you.
So
much
I
really
appreciate
the
work
here.
M
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair
in
similar
and
similar
tones
and
I
I.
Really
thank
you
for
that.
I
I
have
to
tell
you.
There
was
one
only
piece
of
paper
that
I
got
I
inherited
from
my
predecessor,
Mr
gotcha.
M
That
was
this
and
he
told
me
she
wasn't
hospital
by
the
way.
He
told
me
make
sure
that
you
really
understand
that,
and
he
was
just
it
was
a
little
bit
tongue-in-cheek
because
he
thought
that
this
you
know
this
is
nicely
presented,
but
I
was
not
very
clear
to
him
at
this
point
how
it
will
propagate.
So
we
had
a
conversation
on
this
and
it
was
about
how
you
change
gears
on
scale.
M
You
know
it's
an
easy
thing,
relatively
easy.
It's
conventional
and
we
shouldn't
say,
is
it's
conventional
to
deal
with
300
600,
000,
2000
people,
it's
a
completely
different
story
to
to
deal
and
to
try
to
serve
40,
000
or
50
000
or
60.
238,
000.
and
I
believe
that
what
I
read
through
your
presentations
and
the
and
the
reading
of
this
play
today
is
we
are
trying
to
learn
the
lessons
that
will
that
will
enable
us
to
gear
up
the
the
death
of
consensus.
M
M
How
do
I
make
sure
that
these
micro
communities,
that
my
my
small
you
know
Mosaic
of
communities,
gets
relevant
information
that
triggers
their
that
triggers
their
their
attention
also
responds
to
what
we
know
from
data
and
from
analysis
and
from
reading
this,
this
community
carefully
that
they
should
be
or
would
be
interested
in
I
think
that,
through
the
the
processes
of
the
last
couple
of
years,
as
long
as
I
have
been
here,
I
see
a
continuous
pathway
of
reading
the
community
better.
M
If
there
is
one
thing
that
I
want
to
congratulate,
you
is
that
you
made
an
extra
effort
to
sit
down
and
actually
be
the
first
to
listen
to
figure
out
who
is
saying
what
why
and
what?
Who
is
the
audience
and
who
and
and
and
how
this
you
know,
circles
back
into
the
setting
of
a
culture
of
you
know
issues
whether
this
is
housing
or
this
is
gun
control,
or
these
are
a
ton
of
value
you,
you
said
I
mean
thousands
of
points
of
interest.
Yes,
so
I
am
really
very
interested.
M
At
the
same
time,
grateful
interested
to
see
where
this
gets
us
back
the
the
fact
that
we
have
cape
and
that
Cape
is
a
collaborative
effort
of
many
different
Minds
that
read
in
different
ways.
This
this
community
is
to
me
just
an
intellectual
Delight
to
see
and
I'm
ready
to
see
what
comes
next.
This
will
still
remain
pinned
in
front
of
my
desk,
so.
F
F
A
couple
three
thoughts
I
could
use,
maybe
a
conversation
and
to
continue
to
learn
on
the
efforts
to
expand
and
diversify
the
who
were
in
how
we're
engaging
just
because
I'm
sort
of
thinking
of
the
actual
work
and
then
but
there's
expertise
that
you
have
that
I
could
probably
use
just
a
conversation
to
to
keep
learning
from
you.
F
F
But
I
do
wonder
if
there's
some
additional
thinking
that
and
learning
that
I
could
do
there
and
then
last
maybe
there
is
good
scholarship
or
thinking
out
there
on
how
and
we
have
all
sort
of
brainstormed
out
loud
about
how
virtual
engagement
has
changed
the
way
we
do
things
probably
I.
Could
you
know
if
there's
that
right,
10
page
or
six
page
article
that
you
have
read
or
thought
about
on
this
topic
or
if
there's
a
brainstorm,
that's
worthwhile
as
a
team?
That's
something
that
I
know
I
could
benefit
from.
F
Sometimes
when
you're
doing
the
community
trying
to
do
some
Communications,
you
don't
think
about
it,
and
a
later
article
can
consolidate
your
learning
and
I'll.
Just
close
by
saying
I'm
thrilled
that
you're,
considering
updating
the
Strategic
plan.
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
work.
There.
I
also
feel
as
though,
in
a
different
way.
F
F
You
know
as
much
energy
as
you
can
possibly
have
to
to
continue
the
work
and
Revitalize
and
and
sort
of
think
to
the
next
phase,
because
it's
been
our
whole
Community
is
there
but
I
think
the
communications
team
and
you
as
a
group,
whatever
I
could
do
to
you
know,
give
you
energy
and
and
thank
you,
is
what
we
what
I
ought
to
do
so,
thanks.
B
So
Mr
chair
one
more
item.
I
know
we
still
have
a
few
things
to
get
through,
but
I'm
going
to
ask
Nicole
dula
to
come
on
up
and
she's
joined
by
well.
Nicole,
you
all
know
is
our
housing
assistance,
Bureau
director
and
she's,
the
co-chair
of
the
Continuum
of
Care
committee,
she's
joined
by
Ayanna
Bellamy
who's,
our
path
forward,
director
of
state
and
federal
housing,
and
the
executive
committee,
chair
of
coc
and
Lindley
beckbridge
who's
with
doorways
Kathy
Paul
from
Arlington,
Thrive,
I'm.
B
Sure
they'll
all
have
an
opportunity
to
introduce
themselves
and
they're
going
to
focus
a
little
bit
on
what
Mr
karantona
started,
talking
out
a
talk
about,
which
is
the
point
in
time,
data
and
a
little
bit
about
what
we're
doing
in
our
efforts
on
homelessness,
so
I
think
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
you
Nicole.
Thank
you.
S
Sure,
okay,
fantastic
I,
think
you
can
manager
of
shorts
and
good
evening
County
board
members.
My
name
is
Nicole
Doula,
as
previously
announced
I'm
the
director
of
housing
assistance
Bureau
at
the
Department
of
Human
Services
economic
independence,
Division
I
am
joined
today
by
some
true
homeless
service
Warriors.
S
These
are
representatives
from
Arlington
County's
Continuum
of
Care
I
would
start
with
recognition
of
Ayanna
Bellamy,
who
is
with
path
forward.
Operators
of
our
homeless,
Services,
Center,
Lindley
beckon
well
switched
orders,
it's
okay,
Kathy
Paul
from
Arlington
Thrive,
all
things,
eviction,
prevention
and
a
thought
partner
in
our
emergency
assistance
and
then
Lindley
Beck
Ridge
from
doorways
who's.
The
director
of
communications,
advocacy,
doorways
runs
our
family
shelter
as
well
as
domestic
violence,
Services
throughout
Arlington
County
and
a
person
who
keeps
us
all
together.
This
is
Trina
van.
S
This
is
our
lead
coordinator
of
our
Continuum
effort
plan,
continue
Continuum
of
Care
and
she
is
actively
working
on
our
next
strategic
plan.
So
we'll
have
more
of
that
to
come,
but
together
we
collectively
represent
a
federally
recognized
planning
body
that
coordinates:
Housing,
Services
and
funding
for
homeless
families
and
individuals
throughout
the
county.
We're
going
to
provide
for
you
today
an
overview
of
our
year-ending
2022
annual
report
highlights
this
will
include
sort
of
our
homeless
Services
strategies,
as
well
as
our
efforts
to
end
homelessness.
S
We
also
would
touch
on
our
2023
point
in
time
efforts
that
was
just
released
last
week.
So
thank
you
for
remember,
Karen
tones
for
that
highlight
hopefully
we'll
answer.
Some
of
those
pointed
questions
that
you
you
raised
earlier
in
terms
of
our
recommendations
for
how
the
county
should
look
ahead
and
so
without
further
Ado
I
will
turn
it
over
to
our
Continuum
of
Care
executive
committee,
chair
Ayana,
beltney.
T
Hello,
thank
you
for
having
us
today.
The
Continuum
of
Care
or
COC,
as
Nicole
mentioned
a
little
bit
ago,
is
a
collaboration
between
the
community
non-profits
people
with
lived
experience
and
public
programs
or
services
that
are
working
to
implement
the
strategies
outlined
in
our
strategic
plan
and
to
meet
the
federal
and
state
requirements
such
as
operating
the
centralized
access
system
which
we
Call
Cass,
which
is
located
at
DHS.
The
homeless
management
information
system,
hmis.
T
T
Foreign,
so
this
slide
is
just
an
overview
of
how
some
of
our
folks
connect
to
the
coc's
resources,
as
people
are
connected
to
the
centralized
access
system
which
we
Call
Cass,
the
D,
the
staff
at
DHS
work
with
those
households
to
either
divert
or
prevent
their
episode
of
homelessness.
T
Forward
Street
out,
Outreach
teams
are
deployed
throughout
the
community
and
they
engage
with
those
folks
to
provide
those
basic
immediate
needs
that
they
they
may
be,
requiring
or
they'll
connect
them
to
services
such
as
behavioral
health
treatment.
The
day
program
which
is
located
at
HSC
and
the
ultimate
goals
is
to
bring
those
folks
inside
for
those
who
and
for
those
who,
whose
homelessness
can't
be
prevented.
T
The
cast
will
assist
those
with
referrals
to
any
area,
shelters
or
other
programs
like
rapid,
rehousing,
permanent
Supportive
Housing,
which
quickly
works
with
assisting
folks
and
attaining
and
sustaining
their
permanent
housing.
Those
intervention,
these
interventions,
all
utilize,
the
known
best
practices
such
as
housing,
first
and
trauma-informed
care,
which
Center
people's
experiences
and
strengths
as
we
address
any
challenges
or
barriers
and
develop
plans
to
stabilize,
while
in
housing
for
the
long
term.
T
So,
during
our
fiscal
year
22
we
had
688
people
that
were
served
by
our
centralized
access
system
which
assisted
with
181
single
adults
and
24
families
in
accessing
shelter,
with
the
exception
of
two
people
who
denied
shelter.
During
that
same
period,
we
had
305
people
who
were
served
across
Arlington
shelters,
and
this
number
does
not
include
doorway
Safe,
House.
T
The
strategies
we
use
across
the
COC
are
effective
and
an
average
of
about
three
months
in
shelter,
59
of
folks
left
to
permanent
housing.
94
of
the
RH,
the
rapid
rehousing
clients
had
permanent
housing
after
assistance
ended
and
95
percent
of
psh
participants,
maintained
or
left
for
new
permanent
housing
options.
T
And
across
the
entire
COC
to
include
unsheltered
clients
engaged
by
Outreach
teams,
domestic
violence,
programs,
shelter,
rapid
rehousing
and
permanent
Supportive
Housing
1070
people
were
served
in
fiscal
year.
2022.,
the
greater
majority
are
single
adults
about
744
people
were
served,
Additionally,
the
COC
served
105
families
representing
326
people
in
those
households.
The
COC
is
also
actively
working
to
support
and
address
homelessness,
among
veterans
transition,
age,
Youth
and
those
experiencing
chronic
homelessness,
who
are
also
represented
in
the
single
Adult
and
Family
household
previous.
That
I
previously
mentioned
foreign.
T
U
All
right,
thank
you.
So
our
annual
report
highlights
the
success
of
the
approaches
that
Ayanna
was
discussing
and
also
some
of
the
challenges
that
we
continue
to
face
in
our
community.
So
some
of
those
in
particular
some
of
the
successes
really
come
together
to
show
that
more
than
9
out
of
10
people
who
are
leaving
our
COC
housing
programs
are
doing
so
in
permanent
housing.
So
that
is
really
a
tremendous
Testament
to
the
work
of
our
staff
and
COC
members.
U
U
Our
undocumented
residents
are
also
seeing
significant
barriers
that
we
are
working
with
us
with
targeted
supports
for
those
folks.
We
are
finding
that
we
need
more
safe
housing
in
our
community
and
our
domestic
violence,
safe
house,
at
doorways,
from
fiscal
year
2018
to
2022.
We
saw
an
84
increase
in
util
safehouse
and
what
that
was
for
2022.
The
total
number
of
people
of
survivors
and
their
families
was
107.
U
as
of
right
now
in
fiscal
year,
2023
we're
already
at
101,
so
we
anticipate
that
that
Trend
will
continue
for
yet
another
year
as
it
did
before
during
and
after
covid
and
finally,
we
live
in
a
very
expensive
place
and
we
really
need
employment
that
pays
folks,
a
livable
wage
and
child
care
that
is
both
affordable
and
accessible.
Those
are
key
pieces,
especially
for
families
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
or
trying
to
stabilize
in
housing
after
being
in
shelter.
Those
are
some
of
the
key
pieces
that
they
need
in
order
to
do
so.
U
So
earlier,
Mr
Karen
Jonas
presented
some
of
the
Cog
numbers
and
we'll
take
a
little
bit
closer
look
here
at
Arlington
specific
numbers.
First,
taking
a
step
back
and
looking
at
the
larger
picture
of
what
we've
achieved
over
the
last
decade
or
so
and
really
since
2013,
we
have
seen
a
55.5
reduction
in
homelessness,
so
that
should
not
go
unnoted.
That
has
really
been
the
result
of
significant
amount
of
work
by
our
COC
members,
and
this
increase
that
we
saw
from
2022
to
2023
that
17
increase.
U
While
it
is
evidence
of
a
return
to
pre-pandemic
levels
of
need
now
that
the
pandemic
era
funding
has
come
to
an
end
and
extra
resources.
The
flip
side
of
that
is
that
it
really
showed
us
what
and
that
increase
of
resources
and
supports,
and
some
of
the
particular
policies
could
achieve
for
some
folks.
So
there
were
some
some
positive
Lessons
Learned
out
of
that
too.
Some
some
good
things
to
come
out
of
the
pandemic.
U
If
you
will
and
as
you
saw
earlier,
all
nine
of
the
cocs
participating
in
the
metropolitan
Coalition
of
government
homeless.
Services
committee
also
experienced
an
increase
so
fortunately-
and
unfortunately,
we
are
not
alone
in
this
trend.
This
is
something
that
we're
experiencing
across
the
region,
so
we're
we're
not
an
exception,
but
you
know
it's.
It's
a
challenge
that
communities
all
around
are
facing
at
this
time.
U
And
finally,
to
look
a
little
closer
beyond
the
Cog
data
for
the
region,
drilling
down
more
specifically
on
Arlington
I
know
the
font
is
little,
so
the
lighter
blue
color
is
the
Arlington
population
General,
the
yellowish
color
is
the
2022
pick
count,
and
then
the
darker
blue
color
is
the
2023
pit
count.
So
what
you
can
see
here
is
an
increase
from
22
to
23
in
the
proportion
of
black
and
African-American
folks
experiencing
homelessness
same
time,
a
decrease
in
white
folks
experiencing
homelessness
in
that
same
time.
U
But
it
is
also
you
know,
a
complicated
challenge
to
address
among
multiple
different
groups,
particularly
among
our
black
and
African-American
residents,
and
I,
also
want
to
highlight
that,
while
a
smaller
segment
of
the
population,
people
identifying
with
multiple
races
or
over
represented
in
the
2023
pit
count
relative
to
the
number
of
the
general
population
that
they
comprise
overall.
So
as
we're
working
to
Center
racial
Equity.
These
are
the
types
of
things
that
we
look
at
really
carefully.
U
You
know
we
could
just
look
at
what
our
Trends
and
homeless
homelessness
is
overall
with
totals,
but
that
wouldn't
tell
this
full
very
important
story
of
the
continued
impact
of
systemic
racism
that
we
need
to
work
to
address
within
our
COC
as
well.
So
this
disaggregated
data
is
a
tip
of
the
iceberg
in
terms
of
what
we
look
at
in
terms
of
all
the
numbers
that
we
are
able
to
see
and
make
really
informed
choices
about
our
strategies.
V
So,
as
Lindley
mentioned,
with
homelessness
rates
returning
to
just
about
pre-pandemic
levels
because
of
you
know
the
reduction
in
some
of
the
funding
and
supports
that
were
available
during
the
pandemic,
we,
the
COC,
is
really
needing
to
kind
of
pivot,
as
both
partners
and
clients
navigate
these
the
immediate
impacts
of
the
end
of
the
covet
area,
resources
and
the
long-term
impacts.
V
Some
of
those
impacts
are
that
evictions
have
increased
recently.
We
you
know
part
of
the
return
to
the
pre-pandemic
level
of
support.
Is
the
resources
available
through
the
community
Assistance
Bureau
for
eviction.
Prevention
are
now
limited
per
family,
so
or
per
individual,
and
so
clients
are
having
to
navigate
that.
So
at
Arlington
Thrive
we've
been
working
really
closely
in
partnership
with
DHS
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we
can
support
as
many
people
as
possible
to
stay
in
their
homes
and
then,
as
far
as
Solutions
targeted
Solutions
next
slide.
V
Some
of
the
other
things
that
the
COC
has
been
working
on
with
some
of
its
committees,
particularly
the
Strategic
initiatives
subcommittee,
our
efforts
to
increase
access
to
affordable
child
care
that
works
for
families
who
are
looking
to
work
or
who
are
working,
who
are
looking
for
employment
or
working
as
well
as
increasing
Pathways
to
job
opportunities
that
provide
livable
wages.
V
These
two
areas
are
really
foundational
to
long-term
and
stable
housing.
Some
of
the
things
that
are
being
done
on
the
child
care
side
are
examining
and
advocating
for
affordable
and
accessible
child
care
options.
So
parents
are
able
to
seek
employment,
also
working
with
child
care
providers
to
increase
the
supply
of
affordable
child
care
slots.
V
We
Arlington
Thrive
does
have
a
small
Child
Care
Program,
which
was
funded
by
the
county,
to
help
work
with
providers
to
help
them
to
become
subsidy
vendors
and
offer
Child
Care
slots
to
lower
income
families
using
the
subsidy.
The
child
care
coordinator,
who's
part
of
this
program
is
also
working
with
families,
helping
them
to
kind
of
navigate
the
system
and
get
through
the
subsidy
application
process
and
then
find
child
care
that
meets
their
needs
is
accessible
to
them.
Etc.
V
Some
of
the
ways
that
they're
doing
this
is
by
deepening
Partnerships,
with
the
Arlington
employment
center
and
the
Workforce
Development
Council,
and
some
of
the
steps
that
they
are
working
on
are
improving
communication
on
employment
opportunities,
kind
of
across
the
county
and
creating
an
accessible
system
for
providers
to
seek
information
to
link
individuals
with
employment
opportunities,
also
exploring
funds
or
grants
to
create
stipends
for
employees,
which
would
eliminate
Reliance
on
employers
and
trying
to
Foster
greater
relations
with
employers
and
to
incentivize
them
to
make
sure
that
they
are
really
looking
to
you
know
the
full
spectrum
of
the
Arlington
Community
for
their
Workforce
and
I
was
really
excited
to
hear
about
some
of
the
initiatives
at
Northern,
Virginia,
Community,
College,
so
I
was
I
was
taking
a
lot
of
notes
during
that
presentation.
T
So
we
hope
to
come
back
in
the
very
near
future
to
present
on
our
strategic
planning
work
of
the
COC
that
is
currently
underway
and
we
plan
to
highlight
and
Center
racial
equity
and
the
voices
of
people
with
lived
experience
of
homelessness
in
our
efforts
for
the
next
four
years,
we're
very
eager
to
share
our
learnings
about
what
has
been
working
well
and
where
we
need
to
address
those
critical
gaps
that
will
help
us
to
achieve
our
Collective
goal
of
ending
homelessness.
For
all.
T
A
You
thank
you.
Thank
you
all
for
just
really
expounding
upon
a
body
of
work
that
is
both
a
highly
professionally
skilled,
which
we
appreciate,
but
clearly
is
also
girded
by
a
significant
amount
of
compassion
towards
clients
who
are
experiencing
homelessness,
and
you
know,
I
appreciate
all
the
materials
and
the
slideshow
I
I
will
just
say
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
thinking
about.
A
As
a
community
and
I
know,
several
board
members
are
getting
into
the
details
on
this
and
we've
supported
a
pilot
program
to
this
effect
is
another
COC
that
might
be
able
to
help,
and
that
is
the
Continuum
of
cash
in
the
form
of
guaranteed
incomes.
You
like
that
all
right,
but
you
know
seriously,
you
know,
as
you,
you
talked
about
centering
a
lot
of
the
the
strategic
planning
work
on
the
lived
experiences
of
individuals.
A
I'm
I'm
gonna
presume
that
one
of
the
things
that
you
will
find
are
significant
barriers.
In
you
know,
in
a
country
where,
without
stable
employment
and
a
steady
income,
one
is
extremely
one
finds
it
extremely
difficult,
particularly
if
they
don't
have
other
resources,
family
connections,
wealth
and
Equity
from
elsewhere,
and
in
a
country
that
accepts
that
full
employment
is
going
to
necessarily
mean
some
people
do
not
have
a
job
and
that
doesn't
even
really
count
people
who
don't
fit
a
fairly
wonky
criteria
of
who's
actually
seeking
work.
A
They're
always
going
to
be
people
who
are
going
to
be
left
in
this
situation
unless
there
is
a
barrier-free
backstop
to
support
them,
and
so,
while
I
fully
applaud
all
the
work
and
look
forward
to
the
findings
that
come
from
it
I
think
we
probably
do
ourselves
a
disservice.
If
we
don't
recognize
that
one
of
the
solutions
is
simply
the
provision
of
a
cash
backstop
for
people
who
are
most
in
need
all
right.
I'm
getting
off
my
soapbox
I'm,
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Mr
deferanti.
F
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair
I'll,
be
brief,
because
I
know
there's
additional
work,
but
I
was
I
know
each
of
you,
perhaps
not
as
Paul,
quite
as
well,
but
each
of
you
from
I
snuck
in
and
attended
one
of
your
planning
sessions
and
left
sort
of
speaking,
but
not
so
clearly
with
the
responsibility
to
invest
resources,
and
so
a
couple
of
specifics
that
may
be
helpful
between
you
know.
F
What
am
I
doing
to
stop
this,
this
Federal
peace
and
Federal
shift
I,
guess
along
those
lines
on
eviction
prevention,
I,
wonder
if,
because
I
do
believe
that
there
are
some
individuals
who
who
can't
afford
to
pay
but
have
gotten
into
a
little
bit
of
a
habit
of
of
not
paying
from
talking
with
a
affordable
housing,
non-profit
profit
leader
this
week,
but
I
wonder
if
there's
a
middle
way
so
that
we
can
prevent
evictions
like
2021,
but
be
mindful
that
we
don't
have
the
resources
that
we
did
when
the
state
was
there.
F
F
There
I'm,
also
thinking
of
the
things
that
we
didn't
couldn't
afford
in
the
budget
that
are
investments
that
I
would
want
to
do,
and
the
cost
of
food
is
never
more
relevant
than
when
I
went
to
the
RPC
shelter
the
other
day,
I'm
thinking
about
30
percent
below
units
and
not
that
would
like
more
investment
but
not
invested
in
knowing
exactly
how
they
interplay
with
slide
five
that
you
had
and
then
there's
sort
of
a
query
in
my
mind
whether
a
paralegal
on
our
criminal
justice
system
for
the
public
defender's
office,
we
made
that
decision,
but
perhaps
next
year
that
certainly
can
be
a
factor
I
think
in
the
broader
homeless.
N
Speaking
of
root,
causes
of
homelessness,
I
appreciate
the
point
about
lack
of
income.
It
seems
to
me
that
increasingly
nationally,
there
is
some
research
in
conversation
helping
clarify
our
understanding
that
what
we
often
think
of
homelessness
as
a
problem
of
mental
health
or
domestic
violence,
that
it
is
at
base
a
problem
that
there
is
not
enough
housing
in
the
United
States
and
in
communities
like
ours,
and
we
often
talk
about
that.
There's
not
enough.
Affordable
housing
or
housing.
N
That's
affordable
that
we've
been
making
30
Ami,
but
I
think
we're
increasingly
learning
from
homelessness
researchers
and
data
scientists
that
it's
actually
just
a
problem
of
not
enough
housing
period.
Right
the
metaphor
of
the
musical
chairs
that
it
is
always
going
to
be
the
most
fragile
in
our
society
that
lose
when
there's
not
enough
housing
and
I
think
increasingly
I'm.
Seeing
folks
point
to
the
fact
that
sometimes
it
is
the
communities
with
the
most
generous
safety
nets
that
also
often
have
the
biggest
problems
of
homelessness
and
communities.
N
That
are,
you
know,
perhaps
considerably
more
conservative
or
less
willing
to
spend,
but
have
sufficient
housing
may
have
challenges
of
housing
quality,
but
they
don't
have
challenges
of
homelessness.
It's
sort
of
the
the
truism
of
why
you
see
massive
homelessness
problems
in
San,
Francisco
and
very
little
in
conservative
parts
of
West
Virginia,
for
example,
I'm
interested
to
know
to
what
extent
that
is
starting
to
inform
the
conversation
among
our
Continuum
of
Care
or
with
peers.
Or
are
we
starting
to
see
more
of
that
in
the
federal
government
and
its
guidance
to
localities?
N
I
know
you
were
kind
of
talking
about
how
we
were
anchored
in
federal,
Guidance,
just
an
effort
to
connect
this
our
regions
or
this
nation's
housing
shortage
period,
or
is
the
conversation
really
continuing
to
be
about
individuals
who
you
know
ultimately
are
on
the
losing
end
of
that
game
of
musical
chairs
and
what
it
takes
to
get
those
individuals
connected,
I,
guess
kind
of
a
question
about
the
what's
in
The
Ether
right
now.
Is
that
a
conversation
that's
starting
to
Bubble
Up?
T
Think
I
think
it's
a
mixture
I
think.
Yes,
there's
talk
of
more
affordable
housing.
I
think
you
know
I
think
we're
doing
a
good
job
with
connecting
with
those
developers
with
APPA
ahc.
Those
folks
who
you
know
are
developing
the
affordable
housing
and
really
trying
to
figure
out
kind
of
where
the
middle
is
but
I
think
it's
definitely
a
good
mixture
of
both
conversations
happening.
Yes,
thank.
N
You
and
thank
you
for
the
insights
in
the
good
work
holistically.
This
is
not
only
really
compassionate
work,
but
also
data
driven
work
in
a
way
that
is
really
encouraging
and
I
think
sets
Arlington
up
for
the
most
success
we
can
find
as
we
try
to
strive
towards
that
goal
of
functional
zero.
M
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair,
really,
thank
you
for,
for
the
data
I
will
try
to
be
brief
and
practical.
So
what
I
see
myself
working?
M
You
know
close
to
my
neighborhood
and
looking
at
families
number
one
food
has
become
extremely
expensive
and
food
is
a
first.
You
know
tier
need.
Therefore,
families
wait
way.
More
than
I
would
ever
have
expected,
are
actually
cutting
Corners
in
other
places,
and
housing
is
one
of
them.
M
The
one
of
the
root
causes
to
Circle
back
to
was
Crystal's
narrative
is
that
continuously
throughout
the
entire
exercise,
including
the
exercise
of
you
know,
injecting
massive
amounts
of
cash
into
these
families.
We
haven't
accomplished
one
thing
for
these
families
to
have
the
minimum
of
savings
to
be
able
to
manage
labor
and
employment
precariousness
even
worse.
M
They
are
on
the
losing
end
on
the
wage
adjustment
scale
in
just
one
summer.
Ami
in
this
region
jumped
11
or
more
percent.
The
interesting
part
is
that
this
wasn't
a
tide
that
lift
all
boats.
It
lift
most
boats,
but
it
left
way
more
people
underneath
so
the
the
standard
deviation,
statistical
terms
is
now
bigger.
M
Etc
these
people
were
left
with
less
options,
actually
not
more
so
the
the
jump
was
not
beneficial
to
them,
so
we
have
a
in
terms
of
Continuum
of
Care,
so
that
which
is
a
measure
of
how
how
much
Gap
feeling
we
have
to
do
how
much
we
have
to
intervene,
how
much
we
have
to
so
I'm
I'm
trying
to
find
in
the
report
a
and
I
will
follow
up
with
you,
a
measure
that
tells
us
this
is
how
much
is
needed.
M
This
is
the
you
know,
the
qualitative
parts
of
that
this
is
in
food.
This
is
in
housing.
This
is
because
I
see
that
every
day
I
mean
the
the
the
eviction
wave
that
we
are
having
right
now,
it's
not
only
because
the
rents
are
very
high.
It's
actually
because
the
wages
and
the
general
level
percentage
of
percentage
of
employment
among
those
who
make
minimum
wages
or
even
below
that
are
are
lower.
I
mean
they
they
cannot
keep
up.
They
cannot
make
made
sense.
M
It
was
very
so
and
and
and
the
inability
of
an
entire
community
at
the
very
moment
and
then
when
one
parameter
is
changing
like,
for
example,
our
eviction,
prevention
layer
levels
or
the
the
limit
of
seven
thousand
dollars
per
family
per
per
year.
The
moment
that
we
change
one
parameter,
the
entire
edifice
of
the
of
financial
safety
of
you
know
housing
and
then
everything
else
you
know
Cascades
into
disaster
and
that
calls
for
a
way
more
expensive
and
way
more
difficult
and
dramatic.
M
You
know,
because
you
know
these
people
go
first
through
through
trauma,
because
you
know
they
fall
literally
through
the
net
and
they
Clash
down
when
when
we
are
when
we
are
taking
out.
We
are
aware
of
this
the
moment
that
we
see
that
happening
so
for
me,
the
prevention
there
reading
what
exactly
is
going
on
is
to
make
extremely
important
and
I
don't
know
how
we
want
to
accomplish
that.
M
How
many
you
know
how
we
scan
and
be
aware
of
what
is
happening
in
the
field
and
what
the
real
challenges
for
these
families
are,
because
you
know,
poverty
has
one
thing:
poor
day
is
not
visible,
poverty
doesn't
show,
poverty
is
occult,
so
you
you
have
to
figure
that
out.
You
have
to
find
it,
you
have
to
make
it
visible,
and
this
is
one
of
our
jobs
as
well.
Thank
you
for
this
more
to
discuss.
H
A
All
right
colleagues
I
now
like
to
move
us
to
recess
this
board
meeting
and
convene
is
the
Boston
quarter,
Community
Development
Authority,
which
we
are
all
members
for
the
annual
meeting?
So
is
there
a
second
for
that
motion?
Is
there
any
objection
with
a
second
from
Miss
Crystal
and
no
objection?
The
motion
passes
and
the
board
is
now
County.
Board
is
now
in
recess
and
we
can
now
convene
and
I
call
to
order
this
meeting.
The
annual
meeting
of
the
Boston
quarter,
Community
Development
Authority.
A
A
The
officers
that
I'm
going
to
nominate
are
service,
chair,
Libby
Garvey
and
serve
as
Vice
chair
Takis
Karen
Thomas
I'd
also
like
to
appoint
move
to
a
point:
Kendra
Jacobs
Clerk
of
the
County
Board
as
Secretary
of
the
authority
and
Michelle
Cowan
Deputy
County
Manager
Deputy
County
managers,
treasurer
of
the
authority
and
C
Mark
Schwartz
Arlington
County
Manager.
As
the
assistant
secretary
treasurer
of
the
authority,
each
officer
of
the
authority
is
designated
and
authorized
Authority
representative
for
purposes
of
the
Authority's
trust
indenture
Miss
Crystal
has
offered
the
second.
Is
there
any
objection?
A
Hearing,
none
all
that
passes
and
those
are
our
officers.
Next,
we
will
receive
a
presentation
of
the
annual
audit
report
and
the
2024
special
assessment
reports.
Miss
Cowan
I,
believe
you
have
the
floor.
W
I
do
thank
you
so
much
so.
As
chair
Dorsey
just
mentioned,
this
is
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Boston
quarter.
Cda
and
I
think
that
you'll
find
the
agenda.
We're
covering
with
you
today
is
similar
to
what
we've
done
in
Prior
years,
which
is
to
go
through
a
series
of
administrative
actions
that
cheer
Dorsey
just
outlined
and
then
also
give
you
a
a
brief
update
on
the
project
itself.
A
quick
refresher,
the
Boston
quarter,
CDA
was
established
in
2016
via
Petition
of
the
property
owners.
W
At
that
point,
it
was
Forest
City
in
order
to
allow
the
county
to
participate
in
their
the
CDA
in
the
Redevelopment
of
the
old
Boston
Common
Mall,
via
the
issuance
of
bonds
to
pay
for
certain
public
infrastructure
improvements
associated
with
the
Ballston
quarter,
Redevelopment
project.
So
to
that
end,
in
2016,
the
Boston
quarter
CDA
issued
59.9
million
dollars
of
revenue
bonds
in
two
series,
which
are
backed
by
65
percent
of
incremental
tax
revenues
generated
by
the
project
itself.
W
W
As
you
know,
to
support
those
series,
B
bonds,
that
special
assessment
has
been
imposed
since
2019..
Both
series
of
Bonds
mature
in
2046
again
as
a
reminder
so
before
I
go
into
the
administrative
actions
for
your
consideration.
Just
to
give
a
quick
and
a
brief
update
on
the
project
itself.
As
we've
discussed
with
you
in
in
Prior
CDA
meetings,
the
project
has
been
delayed
and
reaching
stabilization
due
to
a
few
factors.
W
As
you
are
generally
aware,
there
has
been
some
leasing
activity
that
Brookfield
has
followed
through
and
or
gotten
through,
one
for
Grace
Community
Church,
which
is
occupying
around
23
000
square
feet
at
Boston
quarter
and
then
the
planned
new
lease
for
institutional
Health
Care
uses
site
as
well,
and
then
there
have
been
several
restaurant
new
restaurant
leases
in
the
food
Hall
and
a
few
other
locations
on
the
project
itself
and
then
finally,
the
County
Board
improved
the
entitlement
for
the
new
mixed
use,
development
of
the
Macy's
site,
while
the
Macy's
site
is
not
part
of
the
special
assessment,
it
is
part
of
the
incremental
tax
revenue.
W
That's
you
know
pledged
to
the
bonds
that
I
just
discussed
again,
as
I've
mentioned,
the
delay
in
construction
and
the
impact
of
covid
and
we've
said
this
over
the
last
few
years
have
had
an
impact
on
tax
revenues,
revenues
associated
with
the
project.
So
revenues
are
not
meeting
original
projections
we
have
utilized
or
the
CDA
has
utilized
Debt
Service
Reserve
funds
in
order
to
pay
for
Debt
Service,
and
there
is
the
possibility
of
a
revenue
shortfall
in
the
near
and
medium
term.
W
We
are
monitoring
these
revenues
very
closely,
as
well
as
the
development
of
the
project
and
working
closely
with
Brookfield
on
the
overall
project
plan.
The
other
significant
item
that
has
happened
over
the
last
six
months
or
so
last
three
months
is
the
disposition
of
some
remaining
construction
funds
from
the
original
Bond
deals
of
original
Bond
deal
of
around
1.8
million
dollars
under
the
trust
and
denture.
This
1.8
million
dollars
was
utilized
to
do
a
pro
rat
or
Redemption
of
outstanding
principle
across
the
bonds,
so
that
has
served
to
lower
Debt
Service
through
2046..
W
W
The
second
action
item
in
front
of
you
is
the
acceptance
of
the
annual
revenue
requirement
report,
which
also
then
lays
out
the
needed
dollar
amount
for
imposition
of
the
special
assessment
on
Brookfield
to
support
those
26,
those
series,
B
bonds
and
that's
in
the
amount
of
just
over
1.1
million
dollars,
and
so
that's
an
actual
special
assessment
tax
bill.
That's
sent
to
Brookfield
for
payment
and
then,
finally,
is
the
approval
of
a
non-disclosure
agreement
template
for
our
use
in
conversations
with
investors
on
the
project
itself
and
its
financials.
W
A
And
the
third
part
is
that
we
approve
the
template,
confidentiality
and
non-disclosure
agreement
and
authorize
and
that's
shown
on
the
screen
and
authorize
the
county
manager
or
is
designated
to
execute
set
agreements
subject
to
approval
formed
by
the
county
attorney
seconded
by
Ms
crystal.
Is
there
any
further
discussion
hearing?
None
we'll
move
to
a
vote
on
those
three
items,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
aye,
any
opposed
the
eyes.
Have
it
for
zero
Madam
clerk?
Is
there
any
other
business
to
come
before
the
authority
this
evening?
No.
A
Without
any
objection,
we
are
going
to
adjourn
this
meeting
of
the
Boston
CDA
and
will
now
reconvene
as
the
Arlington
County
Board
and
now
I
would
like
to
move
that
the
County
Board
can
be
in
a
closed
meeting
is
authorized
by
Virginia
code
sections,
2.2,
3711,
A3
and
7
for
discussions
regarding
consideration
of
the
acquisition
of
real
property
for
a
public
purpose,
where
discussion
in
an
open
meeting
would
adversely
affect
the
bargaining
position
or
negotiating
strategy
of
the
County
Board
and
consultation
with
the
county
attorney
regarding
active
litigation
and
probable
litigation
where
such
consultation
or
briefing
and
open
meeting
would
adversely
affect
the
litigating
posture
of
the
County
Board
seconded
by
Mr,
D
ferranti,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
eyes
have
it
for
zero.
A
County
Board
is
now
back
in
Open,
Session
and
I
moved
that
the
members
of
the
County
Board
certify
that
at
the
just
concluded
closed
session,
one
only
public
business,
business
matters
lawfully,
Exempted
from
the
open
meeting
requirements
under
chapter
37,
title
2.2
of
the
code
of
Virginia
and
two
only
public
such
only
such
public
business
matters,
as
were
identified
in
the
motion
by
which
the
closed
meeting
was
convened,
were
heard,
discussed
or
considered
by
the
board.
Is
there
a
second
seconded
by
Ms
Crystal?
Will
our
clerk
please
call
the
roll
Mr.
O
A
A
B
X
Hi
there
I'm
Emma
Martin,
with
Arlington
County's
planning
department
tonight,
I'll
be
presenting
the
eat,
Loco
Open,
Air,
Market,
use,
permit
item
and
with
me,
is
Betsy
herps
and
she'll
be
presenting
item
7B
the
applicant
eat.
Loco
LLC
is
requesting
a
use
permit
for
an
open-air
market
and
Metropolitan
Park
in
the
surrounding
Metropolitan
Park
Parcels,
as
well
as
in
the
right
of
way
of
South
Elm
Street
from
14th
Street
South
to
13th
Street
South,
as
proposed.
X
The
operations
will
consist
of
71
vendors
selling,
produce
and
proteins
packaged
food
products,
hot
food
prepared
on
site
and
crafts,
people
selling
handmade
items
the
market
will
operate
on
Saturdays,
beginning
at
the
end
of
March
through
the
end
of
November
each
year
between
9
A.M
and
1
pm,
with
set
up
as
early
as
7
A.M
and
breakdown
Ending
by
2PM.
The
proposed
market
location
along
South,
Elm
Street
would
result
in
a
street
closure
during
operation
of
the
market
from
7
to
2.
X
Staff
is
supportive
of
the
proposed
vendor
locations
in
and
around
the
central
green
shown.
On
the
slide
and
in
South
Elm
Street,
subject
to
the
applicant
obtaining
necessary
right-of-way
permit
and
approvals
by
the
Department
of
Environmental
Services
to
operate
within
County
and
right-of-way.
In
addition,
a
license
agreement
to
use
Metropolitan
Park
public
space
for
the
proposed
open-air
Market
is
associated
with
this
use.
X
Permit
the
applicant
agreed
to
a
condition
to
maintain
a
minimum
of
six
foot,
clear
width
on
sidewalks
and
Pathways
throughout
Metropolitan
Park
that
will
be
used
for
the
market
to
provide
for
pedestrian
circulation.
The
applicant
also
agreed
to
maintain
a
minimum
of
five
feet:
clearance
between
the
tents
and
the
curbs
located
near
the
ends
of
the
Metropolitan
Park
Central
Green,
in
order
to
protect
the
planted
edges
as
well
as
to
provide
for
pedestrian
access
to
the
central
green.
X
The
applicants
proposing
to
use
South
Fair
Street
for
vendor
parking
and
loading
for
the
tents
on
and
around
the
central
green
and
proposes
to
use
South
Elm
Street
for
loading
and
vending
for
the
tents
in
the
right-of-way
on
South
Elm
Street.
The
applicant
proposes
that
vendors
will
be
organized
into
specific
time
blocks
so
that
they'll
be
able
to
pull
up
unload
and
then
Park
their
vehicles
in
the
parking
garage
prior
to
tent
setup.
X
To
avoid
traffic
congestion,
parking
for
vendors
and
patrons
meeting,
the
seven
foot
height
requirement
will
be
in
the
nearby
shared
Metropolitan
Park
phase.
Six
seven
and
eight
parking
garage
that
has
an
entrance
on
13th,
Street
and
vendors
that
exceed
that
seven
foot
height
requirement
will
will
access
the
on-street
parking
on
South
Fair
Street.
The
proposed
Market
is
going
to
be
situated
in
a
densely
populated
area
which
is
Pentagon
City
and
that's
easily
accessible.
X
The
proposed
Market
function
and
layout
is
consistent
with
the
Metropolitan
Park
public
space
master
plan
and
design
guidelines
and
aligns
with
the
retail
plan's
goal
of
support
for
open
air
markets
and
outdoor
venues
in
Arlington
and
facilitates
opportunities
for
local
and
independent
and
Regional
retail
operators.
Further
staff
received
letters
of
support
from
the
aforementioned
civic
association
and
business
Improvement.
District
staff
believes
that
the
closure
of
South
Elm
Street
adjacent
to
Metropolitan
Park
will
not
impact
traffic
circulation
within
the
Metropolitan.
X
Park
development
and
operation
of
the
market
is
not
expected
to
prohibit
access
to
adjacent
businesses
nor
disrupt
their
activity
during
the
proposed
market
time,
as
proposed
staff,
does
not
anticipate
the
useful,
create
undo.
Adverse
impacts
on
the
surrounding
Community
won't
be
detrimental
to
Public,
Welfare
or
injurious
to
property
or
improvements
in
the
area
or
neighborhood,
and
will
not
be
in
conflict
with
purposes
of
the
master
plans.
Therefore,
staff
recommends
approval
of
these
permits,
subject
to
conditions
with
the
County
Board
review
in
one
year.
X
This
will
give
the
community
the
County,
Board
and
staff
time
to
assess
the
impact,
and
if
should
there
be
any
adverse
impacts
identified,
they
can
be
addressed
at
that
time.
The
item
was
pulled
from
the
Saturday
consent
agenda,
since
the
license
agreement
had
not
been
signed
by
all
owners,
and
since
that
agreement
was
pulled,
the
use
permit
was
pulled
as
well.
Y
So
the
license
is
limited
to
those
areas
and
is
subject
to
the
use
permit
conditions,
foreign
this
license
agreement
is
similar
to
others
that
we
have
on
county-owned
property
or
County
easements.
It
specifies
the
days
and
hours
of
the
market
similar
to
the
use
permit,
including
setup
and
breakdown
times.
It
is
renewable
annually
upon
the
payment
of
a
200
license
fee
and
the
receipt
of
proof
of
insurance
subject
to
the
existence
of
a
valid
use.
Permit
it
requires
a
commercial
general
liability
insurance
policy.
Y
Naming
the
county
is
insured,
requires
the
licensee
to
remove
all
trash
and
debris,
maintain
the
Ariana,
clean
and
safe
condition,
and
that
allows
the
county
to
terminate
the
license
without
cause
by
providing
30
days
prior
written
notice
of
the
licensee
one
other
term.
It
requires
the
licensee
to
work
with
the
surrounding
neighborhood
Civic
associations
regarding
signage,
permissible
parking
locations
and
noise
restrictions.
Y
So,
regarding
the
license
permit,
we
do
have
the
license
agreement.
We
do
have
electronic
signatures
at
this
point,
staff
would
recommend
that
the
County
Board
approve
the
license
agreement
subject
to
receipt
of
the
wet
signatures
of
all
the
parties
on
the
original
document
agreed
to
by
the
licensee
and
the
county
and
subject
to
receipt
of
evidence
of
proper
authority
to
bind
the
owners
answer
any
questions.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
Miss
Herbst,
and
so
we
had
for
the
record
note
that
I
think
representatives
of
E
Local
are
here
present
you're
not
required
to
make
a
presentation
unless
you're
dying
to
do
so
great
good
to
see
you
and
I
don't
believe
we
have
any
Advisory
Group
presentations
on
this
all
right.
So
the
discussion
is
now
with
the
County
Board
and
at
any
point
someone
can
make
a
motion
that'll
be
certainly
in
order.
Miss,
Crystal.
N
Colleagues,
I
move
that
we
approve
the
use
permit
for
an
open-air
Market
subject
to
the
proposed
conditions
in
the
staff
report
that
comes
back
to
us
for
review
in
one
year
may
2024
and
that
we
further
approve
the
opener
Market
license
agreement
between
us,
the
County
Board
of
Arlington
and
eat
Loco
as
licensee
Acorn,
Development,
LLC
and
Millennium
owner
LLC,
both
as
owners
for
operation
of
an
open-air
Market
at
met
Park,
which
is
located
within
a
County
public
park.
Easement
and
a
public
use
and
access
easement
on
the
properties
located
respectively.
N
M
Welcome
to
each
local
to
the
county
of
assuming
that
we
will
vote
in
the
affirmative
here,
and
this
is
your
first
Market
east
and
south
of
Route.
28.
I-
understand
that
so
that's
a
different
market
for
you
and
for
for
us
it's
an
an
excellent
location.
This
is
a
very
popular
location,
so
I
had
some
conversations
with
neighbors
and
others
about.
You
know
how
accessible
our
markets
are
for
people
of
all
incomes
and
all
types
of
you
know
benefits
we
a
a
big
number
of
significant
number
of
markets.
M
Farmers
markets
in
Arlington,
including
the
one
that
happens
in
front
of
this
building
every
Saturday,
accept
SNAP
benefits.
They
also
accept
Vic
benefits
Etc.
So
we
sort
of
have
the
expectation
to
see
you.
You
know
offering
this
to
them,
and
you
know
we.
We
are
here
to
offer
any
assistance
you
may
need
for
with
this
other
than
that.
This
is
an
excellent,
very
popular,
it's
extremely
accessible
location,
it's
very
close,
there's,
Metro,
accessible
location,
so
I
think
that
it
will
be
beneficial
for
the
markets.
M
A
Thank
you
any
other
further
comments.
Colleagues
up,
as
has
been
noted
by
our
staff.
This
item
had
been
included
on
our
consent
agenda
and
so
would
not
have
had
this
benefit
of
this
public
conversation
and
at
which
time
I
was
prepared
to
present
a
slide
which
highlighted
a
couple
key
features
and
I'll
just
use
them
now.
A
Obviously,
a
lot
of
demand
for
open-air
markets
of
this
type
e-locos
got
a
great
reputation,
so
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
existing
and
new
entrants
to
the
community,
who
are
certainly
going
to
patronize
this
and
with
over
70
vendors,
providing
a
variety
of
options.
It's
certainly
going
to
be
a
jewel
in
the
open
market
inventory
that
we
have
in
Arlington
any
further
comments.
A
Seeing
none
we're
now
ready
to
move
to
a
vote,
all
those
in
favor
of
Ms,
Crystal's
motion,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
you
guys
have
it
for
zero
use
permit,
as
well
as
the
license
agreement
or
hereby
approved.
Thank
you
all
I
do
have
an
additional
item
for
you,
colleagues,
and
it
is
an
emotion
to
authorize
our
attorney
to
prove
a
compromise
settlement.
A
A
Va00001906513-01
now,
pending
before
the
Virginia
workers,
compensation
commission
seconded
by
Mr
defranti,
is
there
any
discussion
seeing
none
all
those
Mr
Karen
Thomas,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
aye
any
opposed!
You
guys
have
it
4-0,
Ms
Jacobs.
Is
there
any
other
additional
business
to
come
before
the
board?
Today
there.