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A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
I'd
like
to
call
the
February
21st
2023
County
board
meeting
to
order.
This
is
County
Board,
chair,
Christian,
Dorsey
and
joined
today
by
Vice,
chair,
Ms
Garvey,
as
well
as
Miss
Crystal,
Mr,
deferanti
and
Mr
Karen
Thomas.
We
will
begin
today's
agenda
with
some
recognitions
and
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
our
County
manager.
Mr
Schwartz.
B
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair,
continuing
with
my
monthly
employee
Spotlight
today,
I'd
like
to
highlight
the
work
of
a
group
of
employees,
our
Police
Department's
recruitment
team,
who
is
here
today.
Why
aren't
you
out
recreating
no
they're
here
today?
So
when
I
mention
your
name?
If
you
just
stand
up
Sergeant
Sarah
King,
we
have
a
master
police
officer,
I,
don't
know
if
Gary
is
Gary
here,
Gary
Gleason!
No,
no
he's
not
here!
Jenna
Mason
is
Steve
Gomez.
B
Here
yeah
you
are
Steve
Kevin
rile
he's
not
here
today,
bethleh
Francois,
who
I
don't
think,
is
here:
Sabrina
Bonilla,
who
is
right
there
and
I
think
Kia
bajomo.
If
I
got
that
right,
I,
don't
think
he
is
here
either
and
Tracy
wrighten
our
background
investigator.
So
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
Captain
green.
If
you
come
up
with
Sarah
to
the
front
here,
we
have
a
little
certificate,
we're
going
to
give
you,
but
before
we
give
you
the
certificate
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
and
then
Captain
green.
B
If
you
want
to
take
a
minute
or
two,
you
have
in
over
the
last
year,
used
handshake
to
reach
out
to
almost
180
000
students,
and
you
talk
directly
with
8
000
of
them.
You've
been
at
73,
recruiting
events
come
in
contact
with
800
people,
40
webinars,
oh
my
God,
you've
been
making
use
of
the
LinkedIn
page.
B
Give
you
a
chance
to
speak
a
little
bit
before
we
give
you
the
certificate,
and
you
can
use
this
as
an
opportunity
to
make
a
direct
plea
to
the
thousands
of
people
listening
out
there
to
sign
up
and
become
police
officers.
So
why
don't
you
step
over
there
and
just
make
a
few
remarks
and
we'll
give
you
the
certificate.
C
That
might
have
been
mentioned.
No.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
We
do
appreciate
you
recognizing
our
efforts.
It's
been
a
lot
of
work
and
we're
fortunate
to
have
the
support
of
the
department
and
they
recognize
the
need
to
try
to
increase
our
recruitment,
so
they
gave
some
additional
staff
and
we've
been
able
to
actually
really
kind
of
push
forward
with
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
changes,
especially
the
past
six
months.
C
So
hopefully,
we've
seen
the
numbers
increase
as
far
as
the
applicants
coming
in,
we
would
love
to
have
more
people
from
the
county
apply
from
this
General
DMV
area
to
apply
and
are
always
welcome.
Welcome
those
people
to
come
in
and
even
do
ride-alongs
with
us,
so
they
can
understand
possibly
what
the
job
is
like
or
even
come
to
talk
to
us,
but
again
we're
looking
forward
to
seeing
what
we
can
do
and
and
hopefully
increasing
our
numbers
here
so,
but
thank
you.
D
I
just
want
to
take
a
quick
minute
to
thank
Sergeant
King
and
her
team
I
apologize
they're,
not
all
here,
to
accept
the
award
or
the
recognition,
but
a
bunch
of
them
are
actually
out
on
recruiting
events,
so
you
know
we're
out
there
competing
with
with
a
lot
of
other
local
jurisdictions,
but
we
are
doing
absolutely
everything
we
can
to
try
and
get
as
many
people
in
the
doors
as
possible.
So
if
anybody
out
there
is
interested
in
applying
please
jump
on
our
site,
acpd.jobs.
B
F
G
E
E
Good,
that's
that's
perfect
all
right
and
see
if
I
get
Matt
in
there.
E
L
A
Anything
else
from
you
for
recognitions,
Mr,
Schwartz.
Okay,
before
we
proceed
with
the
other
items
in
our
afternoon's
agenda,
I
did
want
to
take
some
time
on
behalf
of
my
colleagues
to
address
Community
concerns
about
recent
incidents
at
Arlington,
Public
Schools,
and
although
these
incidents
have
occurred
on
school
grounds,
we
don't
view
these
as
APS
issues,
because
we
are
one
community
and
we
share
in
the
tragedy.
We
share
in
the
response
and
we
share
in
a
commitment
to
trying
to
make
things
better.
A
So
we
offer
our
full
support
to
the
school
board:
superintendent,
Duran
and
the
community,
as
we
collectively
deal
with
recent
drug
related
and
security
issues
at
APS,
and
we
are
in
daily
contact
both
in
the
board
and
the
staff
level,
with
our
respective
counterparts
at
schools
to
figure
out
our
way
forward.
So
to
provide
some
more
specifics
on
the
APS
and
County
response
on
the
events
the
last
few
weeks,
I'll
Spotlight
some
accomplishments,
but
also
some
challenges
in
terms
of
Safety
and
Security.
A
In
APS
buildings,
we
are
actively
coordinating
with
the
school
board
and
APS
leadership
to
improve
the
response
to
local
emergencies.
Our
support
includes
reinforcing
protocols
for
reporting
incidents
to
9-1-1
and
coordination
with
our
Public
Safety
agencies,
as
well
as
training
for
APS
staff
on
how
to
respond
to
emergencies
in
accordance
with
state
and
federal
law,
but
also
best
practices.
A
I
think
we
all
know
that
if
we
read
the
headlines
that
overdoses
seem
to
be
increasing
and
they
seem
to
be
more
deadly,
but
the
most
recent
stats
do
bear
repeating.
In
the
year
before
the
pandemic,
there
were
no
recorded
opio,
opioid
overdoses
involving
juveniles
last
year
that
number
jumped
to
eight.
A
Fortunately,
none
were
fatal,
but
this
year
alone
and
we're
not
even
finished
with
the
second
month
of
the
year.
There
have
already
been
four,
including
the
Fatal
overdose
of
Mr
Flores
and
three
of
those
have
occurred
at
school,
and
we
know
that
addressing
this
crisis
requires
a
community-wide
response
and
that
intervention
must
also
occur
at
home
school
as
well
as
in
our
neighborhoods,
the
Arlington
addiction
and
Recovery
initiative
or
aari,
which
includes
APS
our
Department
of
Human,
Services,
Arlington,
County's,
fire
and
police
departments.
A
A
I
also
want
to
provide
a
few
more
details
this
afternoon
on
our
broader
approach
when
it
comes
to
an
emergency
response
during
a
suspected
overdose,
we
know
that
the
application
of
naloxone-
or
we
also
know
it
as
Narcan-
can
save
lives
now.
Aps
is
recently
trained.
All
high
school
and
middle
school
staff
on
the
use
and
of
administering
naloxone
APS
is
installing
naloxone
boxes
on
each
floor
of
their
high
schools
as
a
supplement
to
the
Narcan
that
is
already
available
in
school
nurse
nurse
offices
and
also
with
school
security.
A
in
person,
as
well
as
virtual
events
continued
to
be
offered
multiple
times
a
month,
and
if
you
are
interested,
please
email,
Narcan
at
arlingtonva.us
or
visit
aari
online
for
more
information
about
how
you
can
bring
this
very,
very
important.
Training
to
your
community
group
to
your
neighborhood
to
your
household
I
encourage
each
of
you
to
take
advantage
of
this
training.
I
did
it
recently,
along
with
my
15
year
old
daughter,
and
it's
easy.
If
you
are
familiar
with
Flonase
or
Afrin
or
any
of
the
other
nasal
sprays
that
are
out
there,
you
can
administer
Narcan.
A
If
you
are
administering
Narcan,
you
should
know
that
it
is
completely
safe
and
will
not
harm
someone
whose
medical
event
is
not
opioid
related.
So,
in
other
words,
if
you
suspect
it,
there
is
no
harm
in
doing
any
harm
to
the
individual.
A
It's
not
just
about
responding
to
the
emergency
when
there
when
it
happens.
It's
also
about
prevention,
and
this
is
where
everyone
in
the
community
has
a
role.
Ieps
is
historically
done,
substance
use
education
in
the
school
setting
and
is
reinforcing
its
prevention
efforts,
especially
in
high
school,
but
there's
also
roles
for
others
to
play.
Aari
and
other
groups,
like
our
community
services
board
the
partnership
for
children,
youth
and
families,
project
peace,
as
well
as
our
Public
Safety
agencies,
all
have
numerous
and
ongoing
education
initiatives.
A
The
AAR
aari
website
has
a
great
resources
that
you
can
use
for
conversations
in
your
neighborhoods
and
in
your
households,
DHS
and
APS.
Recently,
combined
to
jointly
release
a
new
PSA
sharing
is
caring,
which
is
designed
for
middle
school,
and
it
is
a
campaign
to
discourage
the
sharing
of
medications.
This
PSA
will
continue
to
run
over
the
next
few
weeks
and
there
are
also
several
Community
meetings
that
are
planned
in
the
coming
weeks
weeks,
hosted
by
APS
as
well
as
various
ptas
and
other
advocacy
groups.
A
There's
also
the
treatment
side
for
people
who
are
currently
dealing
with
the
myths
dealing
with
the
grips
of
substance
use
dependence,
the
regional
system
of
substance,
use
and
behavioral
health
treatment.
Programs
for
both
children
and
adults
is
over
stressed
and
demand
far
outstrips
the
supply
of
clinicians,
as
well
as
inpatient
and
outpatient
treatment
options.
A
A
This
is
not
just
an
Arlington
issue,
it's
something
that's
being
experienced
regionally
as
well
as
nationally,
given
the
very
difficult
and
front
line
nature
of
these
jobs
and
the
stress
that
those
professionals
endure
during
the
pandemic.
They
do
an
amazing
job,
but
of
course,
the
rates
of
attrition
in
the
in
the
profession
are
quite
High.
A
Now
we
have
employed
strategies
like
Recruitment
and
Retention
bonuses
and
are
re-evaluating
those
tools
again
now
a
particularly
in
light
of
our
particularly
High
shortages
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
also
have
in
even
more
acute
need
for
our
therapists
who
are
bilingual
to
serve
everyone
in
our
community.
A
Now
the
region
also
struggles
with
an
adequate
supply
of
treatment
programs,
whether
they
be
residential,
inpatient
ex
I'm,
sorry,
whether
they
be
residential,
intensive
outpatient
or
an
after-school
programs,
and
our
DHS
staff
spends
an
incredible
amount
of
time
searching
for
available
slots
in
programs
for
our
clients,
which
is
complicated
by
the
co-occurrence
of
substance
abuse,
as
well
as
other
mental
health
issues,
as
well
as
barriers
for
those
who
may
not
have
sufficient
insurance
or
who
are
uninsured
entirely.
A
A
Now,
while
in
the
last
few
weeks,
we
have
been
understandably
focused
on
our
youth,
we
do
also
want
to
spend
a
little
bit
of
time.
Talking
about
our
work
to
address
adults
experiencing
emergencies
and
crisis
and
dependency
last
year,
DHS
opened
a
medical
withdrawal
and
a
90-day
substance
use
residential
program
called
the
Arlington
Recovery
Center
and
has
seen
nearly
100
percent
utilization
DHS
off
also
offered
offers
the
office-based
opioid
treatment,
which
offers
medication
assisted
treatment.
A
A
Perhaps
if
not,
we
will
display
it
soon.
There
are
there's
a
slide
that
we
have
that
has
information
on
services
that
are
available
to
the
community.
We
encourage
you
to
take
a
look
at
our
website
to
find
the
resources
that
can
help
with
your
particular
needs.
I
can't
stress
again
that
this
is
something
that
we
are
all
in
this
together
and
we
will
work
to
ensure
that
we
do
as
well
as
we
possibly
can
for
those
who
are
in
the
grips
of
substance.
Use
particularly
our
children
and
colleagues,
I
know
that
that
was
lengthy.
A
Advisory
commission
that
we
appoint
Diana
Preston
for
a
term
ending
February
28
2025
to
the
public,
Facilities
Review,
Committee,
that
we
reappoint
Sarah
Steinberger
for
a
term
ending
February
28
2025
and
that
we
designate
Sarah
Steinberger
as
chair
for
a
term
ending
February
28
2024,
and
that
we
appoint
Nia,
Bagley
and
Elizabeth
Garen
to
the
pfrc
for
terms
ending
February,
28
2025
and,
lastly,
to
the
Transportation
Commission
that
we
appoint
both
Brian
Coleman
and
Adam
Theo
for
terms
ending
February
28
2026..
Is
there
any
discussion
hearing,
none
all
those
in
favor
of
those
appointments?
A
Please
say:
aye
aye
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes
have
it,
and
we
thank
and
congratulate
everyone
who
has
been
appointed
reappointed
or
designated.
We
appreciate
your
giving
of
your
volunteer
service,
your
time,
experience
and
expertise
in
supporting
our
commissions
and
Advising
this
County
Board,
and
we
look
forward
to
engaging
with
you
in
the
future
all
right.
Next,
we'll
move
to
some
board
member
reports
and
I
am
happy
to
be
able
to
take
a
break
from
talking
for
a
minute
and
like
to
turn
it
over
to
Vice,
chair
Garvey
for
the
first
such
report.
L
Thank
you,
Mr
chair
and
I
actually
appreciate
the
long
report
you
just
gave
on
the
drug
prevention
and
all
of
our
efforts,
because
it's
absolutely
worth
the
time
and
effort.
I
just
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
Arlington
sister
cities.
L
I
am
the
liaison
and
sister
cities
is
continuing
to
kind
of
come
out
of
the
pandemic
and
work
which
they
had
started
doing
earlier
kind
of
expanding
a
little
bit
beyond
the
the
school
exchanges
they
do,
which
are
great
and
I
know
our
Public
Safety
have
done
some
exchanges
too,
with
our
partners
overseas,
but
they
held
a
panel.
So
education
is
part
of
what
they
did
on
the
Charlemagne
prize,
which
is
a
big
deal
in
Europe,
but
most
Americans
don't
even
know
about
it
at
all
and
it's
it
happens.
L
Every
May
I've
been
to
a
couple
of
those
and
had
the
pleasure
of
being
on
a
on
a
panel.
So
anyway,
we
had
a
panel
discussion
on
the
2nd
of
February
for
those
who
were
interested
kind
of
about
the
Charline
prize
and
what
is
it
maybe
go
to
the
next
slide
yeah.
So
here
we
are
panelists
and
anyway
we
had
a
great
discussion,
the
the
gentleman
we
have
actually
going
from
left
to
right.
L
As
you
see
it,
we
have
Hannah
un
who's,
the
chair
of
the
sister
cities
Association
here
and
the
President
also
of
our
akan
Germany
committee,
and
then
we
have
Lars
geisman
who's,
the
desk
officer
for
Europe
and
Eurasia
at
the
German
Embassy
in
DC
and
myself,
and
then
Sophia
Taylor
who's.
The
president
of
our
Ivano
francese
Ukraine
committee,
and
we
actually
had
a
great
discussion
and
I
think
everybody
really
enjoyed
it
and
remarked
on
the
the
participation
that
people
had.
One
of
the
questions
was
a
bit
like,
so
why
are
we
doing
sister
cities?
L
What
does
it
matter
and
we
did
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
importance
of
knowing
what's
going
on
elsewhere
in
the
world
in
part,
because
if
we
some
people
may
not
be
too
interested
in
the
other
parts
of
the
world,
but
the
world
is
interested
in
us.
I
think,
as
we
see
all
the
time
the
paper
and
see
how
interconnected
we
all
are-
and
of
course
there
are
lots
of
ways
that
we
can
see
the
world
differently
through
other
people's
eyes,
which
is
really
important.
So
it
was,
it
was
a
fun
evening.
L
It
was
interesting.
I
really
appreciate
ask
of
putting
it
on
and
the
winners
this
year.
I
think
we
have
one
more
slide
that
I
yeah
yeah
I'll
go
into
that
admit.
The
winners
this
year
were
three
Belarusian
democracy
activists
and
they
were
recognized
and
then
the
2023
Carl
price
winner
will
be
Vladimir
zielinski
and
the
Ukrainian
people,
and
that
will
be
in
May
I.
Don't
think
that
has
actually
been
set
exactly
how
it's
going
to
go
because
obviously
there's
some
security
considerations
with
President
zielinski
upcoming
events.
L
Just
for
those
people
who
might
be
interested,
we've
got
family
exchanges,
High,
School
exchanges,
30th
Anniversary,
coming
up
the
board
is
looking
for.
People
to
you
know,
get
active
and
participate.
It
really
is
a
fun
committee
and
also
fascinating
and
I
think
actually
quite
worthwhile.
As
we
start
to
kind
of
get
the
world
brought
back
together.
A
little
bit
I
hope
in
positive
ways,
even
though
it
seems
to
be
falling
apart
at
times
so
anybody's
interested
go
to
the
website,
which
is
easy,
address
arlingtonsisterscities.org.
Thank
you.
K
You
Mr
chair
I
just
wanted
to
add
to
incur
into
the
idea
of
sister
cities
or
city-
that's
Ivano,
Francesca,
in
the
western
Ukraine
and
in
in
a
couple
of
days.
Just
in
a
couple
of
days,
we
are
going
to
have
the
tragic
anniversary
of
the
beginning
deadly
phase
of
the
war
of
aggression
that
the
Russian
Federation
has
Unleashed
upon
this
country
in
Blood
and
violation
of
international
law.
K
K
But
it's
you
know
it's.
It's
really
heartbreaking
to
see
how,
a
year
later,
even
the
United
Nations
is
accounting
for
casualties
close
to
500
000
people,
among
them
tens
of
thousands
of
innocent
civilians.
K
So
our
sister
city
was
among
the
first
places
to
receive
hundreds
of
thousands
of
refugee
from
the
eastern
Ukraine
and
it
wasn't
exempt
from
Relentless
Russian
bombardment
of
its
civilian
infrastructure,
especially
of
power
Gas
and
Water
utilities,
and
its
Transportation
assets
early
in
the
year
in
the
spring,
Arlington
has
sent
supplies
with
the
help
of
our
firefighters
and
the
police
department
and
many
volunteers,
mostly
tons
of
firefighting
equipment
that
has
been
actually
used
in
Harkey.
K
In
the
very
front
line
of
this
of
this
War
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
through
sister
cities,
we
we
remain
in
contact
with
our
colleagues
and
friends
and
we're
going
to
try
to
continue
to
stand
by
their
side.
Thank
you.
M
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr
chair
I
have
colleagues
before
us
a
resolution
for
what
I
hope
will
be
support
of
the
board.
This
is
a
follow-up
on
an
item
that
we
talked
about
last
at
this
diocese
in
December,
as
has
been
discussed
at
some
length
already,
so
I
will
try
to
not
repeat
too
much
of
it.
M
We've
been
engaged,
we
being
to
some
extent
the
whole
of
this
board.
Certainly
myself.
In
partnership
with
our
Chief
raised
an
equity
officer
who
I'm
delighted
is
with
us,
along
with
her
team
member
Amber
Barnett
and
a
group
of
community
Leaders,
with
deep
connections
to
our
bipoc
communities
in
Arlington
to
take
on
the
issue
of
reforming
how
the
board
has
done
non-profit
funding
again,
I
won't
belabor
too
many
of
those
recommendations.
We
talked
about
it
at
length
in
December.
M
Following
that
December
2022
board
meeting
conversation,
we
held
a
community
conversation
on
January
9
of
this
year,
which
was
very
well
attended.
We
were
delighted
to
see
so
many
representatives
of
Arlington
nonprofits
and
the
broader
Arlington
Community,
including
many
many
organizations
who
have
never
been
able
to
compete
for
let
alone
successfully
win
funding
from
the
county
in
the
past.
M
So
there
was
a
lot
of
enthusiasm
about
a
competitive
award
process
and
we
have
been
hard
at
work
in
the
days
since,
specifically,
actually
Ms
Barnett,
along
with
Elizabeth
Matlock
in
the
county
manager's
office
in
particular,
have
been
working
really
hard,
along
with
some
support
from
the
United
Way
of
the
national
capital
area.
To
really
start
to
put
some
of
the
specifics
to
this
notice
of
funding
available
process
the
competitive
process.
All
of
this
can
be
found
on
a
dedicated
webpage
that
we
have
on
the
board's
website.
M
M
You
can
find
a
lot
of
good
FAQs
more
on
the
timeline
and
that
will,
of
course,
be
the
space
to
watch
for
when
that
notice
of
funding
available
goes
live
later
this
year
and
as
we
recruit
community
members
and
subject
matter,
experts
to
engage
in
that
review
process
to
make
recommendations
for
this
board,
not
as
part
of
the
current
budget
process
that
we
have
now
launched
as
of
Saturday,
but
rather
for
the
board
to
make
Awards
this
time
next
year
to
take
effect
in
fiscal
year.
2025.
M
again,
don't
want
to
belabor
or
repeat:
we've
had
a
lot
of
conversations
about
what
those
recommendations
are.
What
they
seek
to
do,
although
I
would
welcome
the
chance
to
discuss
any
questions,
others
might
have.
What
I'm
asking
that
we
do
today
is
support.
A
resolution
which
I
think
we
also
have
available.
We
can
pull
up
on
the
screen.
I
hope,
colleagues
will
forgive
me
it
is.
It
is
not
Turf.
M
It's
lengthy,
because
we've
tried
to
capture
as
a
matter
of
record,
so
much
of
this
conversation
about
both
why
we
are
doing
it
and
how
but
I
think
this
is
an
important
step
for
us.
It's
actually
one
suggested
by
I.
Believe
you
Mr
chairs.
We
started
this
work
or
started
talking
about
formalizing
this
work,
because
this,
of
course,
will
be
a
change
for
our
community
and
I.
Think
it
really
matters
for
it
to
have
the
impromometer
of
the
board
and
our
support
for
the
the
hard
work
that
is
already
underway.
M
Ultimately,
decisions
will
have
to
come
before
the
board
and
have
the
vote
of
the
board
in
order
to
actually
make
Awards,
but
during
this
transitional
time,
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
give
our
endorsement
to
the
transition
that's
underway.
So
I
am
not
going
to
to
to
read
this
in
full.
It
is
on
the
website.
Most
importantly,
none
of
this
content
is
new.
M
M
But
essentially
we
are
in
light
of
all
of
the
work
that
has
already
been
done
over
the
last
18
months
in
the
community
engagement,
that's
happened
to
date.
I
am
moving
that
we
resolve
that.
We
endorse
this
transition
to
a
competitive
process
for
awarding
human
and
Community
Services
funding,
reflecting
our
goals
of
racial
Equity,
beginning
with
a
review
process
in
fiscal
year
2024
and
the
County
Board
Awards,
taking
effect
in
fiscal
year
2025.
as
part
of
the
motion.
I'll.
M
Also
just
note
there
is
one,
be
it
further
resolved
clause
or
there
are
a
couple
of
be
it
further
resolve
Clauses,
but
the
one
I
want
to
highlight
our
attention
to
is
one
of
the
has
kind
of
come
up
along
the
way
that
that
penultimate
clause
on
the
end
of
the
first
page,
noting
that
this
is
just
for
now
about
board
awarded
discretionary
human
and
Community
Services
Grants.
It
will
not,
as
of
now
affect
existing
competitive
award
processes,
so
that
would
include
the
Community
Development
plant
program.
M
M
So
that
is
a
lot
of
discussion
by
way
of
making
the
motion
I
hope
it
will
have
your
support
and
I
will
stop
talking
unless
I
have
a
second
and
unless
there
are
further
questions.
H
Franti,
thank
you.
Mr
chair,
just
we've
had
discussion,
I
wasn't
able
to
to
make
the
January
and
saw
a
conversation
and
I
just
want
to
sort
of
understand
clarify
a
little
bit.
It
is
both
a
direction
we
are
headed
in
this
year
than
anofa
in
25,
but
there's
still
at
least
my
recollection
of
the
conversation
is
that
even
with
the
nofa
in
2025,
this
is
sort
of
a
process
of
change.
There
will
be
a
clear
moment
then,
but
there
will
also
be
implementation.
That
I
think
would
happen
afterwards.
M
Yeah,
let
me
see
if
I
can.
I
also
will
note
that
there
is.
There
should
be
on
our
website,
a
timeline
as
well
and
I
think
an
FAQ
on
timeline,
because
it
is
a
little
complex
in
order
to
do
a
transparent
process
that
we
bring
the
community
into
helping
us
evaluate
that,
of
course
takes
time,
and
so
we
are
talking
about
this
now
by
way
of
introducing
that
process.
M
That
will
happen
throughout
this
calendar
year,
with
the
the
goal
of
having
recommendations
for
the
board
to
consider
this
time,
February
of
2024
and
those
Awards
when
granted
would
be
available
to
the
grantees.
The
funds
would
start
getting
disbursed,
July
1st
of
2024,
which
is
to
say
the
fiscal
25
year,
so
non-profits
should
be
on
the
lookout,
because
this
is
the
calendar
year
2024
in
which
they
can
put
their
proposals
forward.
M
They
can
make
their
best
pitch
for
Community
needs
as
they
see
them
and
why
they
are
best
positioned
to
meet
them
in
a
way
that
really
centers
Community
voice.
Those
proposals
will
be
due
this
year,
we'll
be
convening
a
panel
again
this
calendar
year
to
review
them.
The
board
would
vote
on
those
recommendations
spring
2024,
so
that
Awards
could
be
dispersed
at
the
start
of
fiscal
2025,
which
is
July
of
2024
and
here's
one
of
those
many
examples
in
which
our
fiscal
year
and
calendar
year
being
Divergent
is
deeply
confusing.
M
I
hope
that's
helpful,
more
available
online,
but
you're
right
it
is.
It
is
going
to
take
a
little
bit
of
time
to
to
roll
out
sure.
H
L
A
L
Yeah
I
just
want
to
thank
Ms
Crystal
for
her
work
on
this
when
I
got
on
the
board
about
10
years
ago,
or
a
little
more,
it
didn't
take
long
for
me
to
realize
we
needed
something
like
this,
but
I
wasn't
at
all
sure
how
to
approach
it,
and
there
were
a
lot
of
other
things
going
on
and
I
think
you
leveraged
your
work
with
Unum
as
a
fellow
right
to
make
this
happen
and
I
think
it's
taken
Years
and
we're
still
not
quite
as
Mr
defrante
pointed
out
quite
completely
over
the
finish
line,
but
it's
a
huge
body
work
in
really
really
important,
for
you
know
us
to
move
forward
in
a
positive
good
government
kind
of
way,
I'm
really
grateful
for
your
work.
A
Absolutely
and
I
go
ahead:
Mr
Cameron,
Jonas.
K
Well,
go
ahead,
Mr,
chair
well
or
I.
N
K
Just
jacco
a
miscarriage
remarks
here,
in
addition
to
I,
want
to
say
that
for
the
implementation
phase,
it's
important
because
this
kind
of
information,
structured
information
doesn't
propagate
it
propagates
easily,
with
with
bigger
mature
organizations
and
less
less
easily
and
fluently
through
smaller.
You
know,
Nations
if
we
are
asking
our
community
to
come
up
with
with
ideas,
think
them
through
make
them
ready
for
Prime
Time
pre,
present
them
and
make
them
make
yeah
prepare
them
to
be
eligible
for
funding,
especially
in
competitive
environment.
K
The
the
effort
has
to
be
redoubled
and
I
do
believe
that
the
the
group
that
has
been
working
on
that
with
your
leadership
and
was
very
very
much
aware
of
this
burden,
so
I
do
think
that
we
need
to
see
not
only
the
timeline
but
also
the
the
assignment
of
resources
to
facilitate
that
process
as
as
early
as
possible.
K
A
You
and
thank
you,
colleagues,
I
associate
myself
with
your
your
remarks
about
this
utility
and
the
thanks
to
you.
Miss
Crystal
I'll,
just
highlight
that
you
know
when
it
comes
to
any
allocations
of
resources
from
this
community.
We
ought
to
be
able
to
answer
some
fundamental
threshold.
Questions
are
our
dollars
helping
and
who
are
they
helping
and
I
see?
A
M
Just
if
I
could
I'm
so
glad
that
Miss
bird
is
here
because
speaking
of
persistence,
not
only
to
bring
that
lens
of
racial
equity,
which
was
so
at
the
core
of
this,
but
the
persistence
and
this
thought
partnership
and
the
support
was
truly
essential
in
every
sense
of
the
word
to
keeping
this
on
track.
So
thank
you
and
now
we're
looking
to
Miss
Barnett
to
offer
that
same
level
of
work
for
the
year
ahead
and
Beyond,
and
we
really
appreciate
that
so
much
too.
A
K
You
both
Mr
chair
just
for
a
second
I,
need
to
make
a
a
segment
of
disqualification,
because
the
outcomes
of
this
resolution
may
involve
an
entity
that
I
am
associated
with
and
I'm
actually
working
for
for
the
Ethiopian
Community
Development
Council.
So
in
case
that
there
is
any
tangible
transaction
coming
out
of
this
resolution
that
relates
to
the
Ethiopian
Community
Development,
Council
I
will
have
to
recuse
myself
and
for
that
purpose
I
am
you
know
submitting
for
the
record
the
following
statement:
disqualification
from
participation,
accordance
with
Virginia
Code
paragraph.
K
2.2-3115
age
outcomes
of
the
resolution
adopted
They
may
involve
the
Ethiopian
Community
Development
Council.
Ecdc
I'm
advised
that
under
Virginia
Code
paragraph
2.2-3112
point
a
0.1
one
of
the
state
and
local
government
conflict
of
interest.
Tax
I
have
a
personal
interest
in
this
transaction
arising
out
of
my
employment
within
Enterprise
Development,
Group
and
affiliate
of
ecdc,
located
at
901
South
Highland
Street
in
Arlington
Virginia.
K
However,
I
may
still
participate
in
the
discussion
and
vote
on
decision
as
I
did
a
few
minutes
ago,
because
I'm,
a
member
of
a
group
of
three
or
more
persons
which
are
affected
by
this
transaction
I,
am
able
to
participate
in
this
transaction
fairly
objectively
and
in
the
public
interest.
So
that
goes
now
to
our
clerk.
A
A
So
I'd
like
to
update
you
all
on
the
regional,
fair
housing
plan
that
I've
alluded
to
in
Prior
reports,
but
we
are
at
the
place
now
where
this
plan
is
out
on
the
street
as
they
say
and
we're
inviting
comment
from
the
regional
community.
So
this
is
a
regional,
fair
housing
plan
that
is
being
spearheaded
by
the
Council
of
governments,
and
we
have
a
number
of
jurisdictions
who
have
worked
together
along
with
Cox
staff,
on
a
regional
plan
which
will
be
brought
to
the
Cog
board
after
the
public
comment
period.
A
In
a
quarter
Century,
there
have
been
a
number
of
involved
parties
Beyond
these
jurisdictions,
who
have
been
involved
in
work,
including
some
experts
from
various
nonprofit
organizations,
as
well
as
the
involvement
of
community
stakeholders
and
residents
from
throughout
the
eight
jurisdictions
here
and
and
now
being
opened
up
to
the
community
at
Large
the
goals
for
the
regional
housing
plan.
If
we
can
go
to,
the
next
slide
include
meeting
the
requirements
of
the
fair
housing
law,
which
requires
that
everyone
who
receives
HUD
funds
periodically
have
a
plan
to
talk
about
how
they're
meeting
fair
housing
requirements.
A
Most
people
are
familiar
with
fair
housing
from
the
standpoint
of
minimum
requirements
to
not
have
discrimination
in
housing,
and
we
often
are
able
to
assess
whether
or
not
that
is
happening
through
the
use
of
testers
who
go
out
and
seek
to
bring
people
with
similar
profiles,
but
different
socioecono,
different
racial
or
ethnic
characteristics.
To
see
what
the
experience
is
like
in
trying
to
obtain
housing
to
determine
whether
or
not
you're
meeting
anti-discrimination
thresholds.
A
But
the
regional
goals
are
to
go
beyond
these
Baseline
levels
and
to
also
think
about
providing
safe
and
better
and
safe
access
to
affordable
housing,
increasing
investment
in
areas
that
have
been
underserved,
improving
opportunities
really
for
everyone
throughout
communities
really
looking
at
past
and
current
segregation
patterns
and
coming
up
with
a
plan
to
redress
them
promoting
fair
housing
choice
and
creating
more
inclusive
communities.
And
if
we
move
to
the
next
slide.
There
are
a
lot
of
challenges
which
really
make
this
work
necessary.
If
you
look
at
residential
segregation,
we
see
that
this
is
increased.
A
Many
people
highlight
income
inequality,
wealth
disparities,
income
disparities
is
a
reason,
lots
of
socio-economic
factors
that
influence
it,
but
we
see
that
residential
segregation
is
increasing
throughout
the
region
and
that
creates
unequal
access
to
Quality
schools
as
well
as
Jobs
Transportation
housing,
of
course,
a
healthy
environment
and
really
creates
an
imbalance,
as
it
relates
to
people's
ability
to
access
areas
of
opportunity.
A
We've
also
seen
quality
issues
in
housing,
and
we've
talked
about
this
in
Arlington,
specifically
with
some
of
our
partners
in
providing
committed,
affordable
units,
and
we
have
not
only
devoted
considerable
resources
but
have
an
aggressive
plan
to
actually
make
sure
that
we
are
inspecting
and
keeping
the
state
of
our
housing
that
is
available
for
income
constrained
households
in
a
state
of
good
repair
and,
of
course,
the
discriminatory
aspect
of
this
is
that
these
burdens
are
and
felt
disproportionately
by
Black
and
Hispanic
households.
There
is
a
lack
of
publicly
supported,
affordable
housing.
A
You
know
a
big
array
and
those
actually
become
more
reduced
as
we
move
away
from
the
urban
core
and
then,
as
we
talk
about
accessible
housing,
there
are
issues
with
compliance
with
providing
the
required
number
of
units
and
keeping
them
in
a
state
of
good
repair.
A
If
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
Arlington
I
won't
read
each
of
these
for
you,
but,
generally
speaking,
our
community
is
familiar
with
Arlington's
housing
goals
to
make
sure
that
we
are
one
not
displacing
individuals
and
through
Redevelopment
we
create
opportunities
to
provide
more
affordable
housing,
and
that
looks
different
depending
on
the
planning
goals
for
our
various
corridors,
up
to
an
aggressive
goal
on
Columbia
Pike
to
have
no
net
loss
of
displacement
from
the
corridor.
But
we
have
an
extensive
amount
of
goals
that
are
consistent
with
an
outline
in
our
affordable
housing
master
plan.
A
We
can
move
the
next
slide,
so
I
alluded
earlier
that
the
requirements
of
the
fair
housing
act
are
mostly
understood
by
people
to
be
about.
How
do
you
prevent
outright
discrimination
in
housing?
But
there
is
a
part
of
the
fair
housing
law
which
has
been
relatively
underappreciated
of
over
the
years,
and
that
is
its
mandate
to
affirmatively,
further
fair
housing,
so
how
to
go
beyond
the
minimum
in
order
to
actually
have
the
Fair
Housing
Act
live
up
to
reducing
residential
segregation
and
increasing
opportunity.
A
So
there
is
currently
a
notice
of
proposed
rulemaking
process
out
and
about
how
to
implement
this
mandatory
part.
This
this
mandate,
that's
part
of
the
statute
to
affirmatively,
further
fair
housing
and
the
the
rule
is
currently
outlining
ways
to
accomplish
the
goals
that
you
see
outline
on
the
slide.
The
public
is
invited
to
comment
on
that
proposed
rule.
You
can
do
so
online
via
the
federal
registers,
nprm
comment
form
until
April,
10
2023
and
then,
if
we
can
go
to
the
next
and
I
believe,
maybe
our
last
slide
on
this.
A
For
the
regional
plan
itself,
comments
are
also
welcome
and
you
have
until
the
end
of
March
to
do
so.
You
can
submit
comments
on
the
regional
plan
and
do
so
at
mwcog.org.
A
I
will
say
when
this
process
is
done,
it'll
be
a
great
advancement
for
the
region
that
continues
what
has
been
a
multi-year
commitment
to
getting
the
region
aligned
on
identifying
really
some
of
the
root
causes
of
our
affordable
housing
issues
and
coming
together
to
identify
Supply
targets
that
not
only
we're
trying
to
meet
regionally
but
that
each
jurisdiction
is
going
to
try
to
meet
personally
and
then
this
further
make
sure
that
we're
not
just
talking
about
units
but
we're
talking
about
homes
that
can
actually
further
the
goals
of
an
inclusive
community.
H
Just
to
thank
you
for
bringing
this
for
your
work
had
called
leading
helping
delete,
Cog
and
also
for
your
work
on
this
I'm
still
working
on
I
think
it's
27
Pages
by
the
end
of
March
in
the
report.
I
did
get
a
glory
this
weekend
to
spend
a
little
time.
Looking
at
this
and.
J
H
Flagged
it
to
look
at
it
again,
it's
important.
It
looks
like
the
recommendations
both
are
rooted
in
numeric
analysis
and
also
additive,
which
is
seems,
a
tension
and
a
challenge
as
we
consider
fair
housing.
So
I
may
loop
back
with
you
and
sort
of
pick
your
brain
a
little
bit
about
this
yeah
I
think
it's
important
work.
It
also
is
not
easy
work
and
the
the
headline
I
think
one
of
maybe
the
Washington
Business
Journal,
the
the
since
2010
an
increase
in
segregation
was
painful
to
see
this
weekend.
So
indeed
thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
B
Thank
you,
Mr
chair
and
members
of
the
board.
I
have
one
item
today
and
I'm
going
to
ask
Samia
Burton
Amber
Barnett
to
come
up
to
the
table
here
by
way
of
background.
As
an
update
in
September
of
2019,
the
board
adopted
its
Equity
resolution,
the
following
July
1st
in
2020
I
appointed
Samia
bird
as
the
County's
first
Chief
race
and
Equity
officer.
B
Her
most
recent
update
to
the
board
was
in
July
of
2021.
We
had
a
brief
presentation
in
March
of
last
year
to
start
the
budget
work
session,
so
I
felt
it
was
time
for
her
and
Amber
to
come
back
and
give
us
another
update
on
what
has
been
an
amazing
set
of
work
they
have
done.
They
have
some
slides
to
go
through
that
are
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
objectives
and
the
steps
we've
taken
and
I
asked
them
to
do
this
to
speak
from
their
hearts.
B
P
Thank
you
good
afternoon
very
timely
with
the
resolution
that
you
all
just
adopted
and
speaking
about
another
resolution
that
was
adopted
several
years
ago
today
before
I
go
into
the
slides
I'm
just
going
to
share
a
couple
of
some
reflections
with
you
all
and
some
some
things
to
think
about
for
context.
As
we
look
at
the
slots
that
we
will
present
shortly.
P
P
While
the
board
adopted
the
equity
resolution,
it
was
the
work
of
destination
2027
that
actually
focused
the
County's
attention
on
the
word,
equity
and
consideration
of
the
health
of
people
and
communities
and
the
health
disparities
that
impact
black
brown
and
low-income
populations
in
the
county.
This
is
important
to
note,
and
specifically
that
last
part,
because
in
the
last
several
years
the
word
Equity
has
taken
on
varied
meanings
and
is
misappropriated
often
from
the
context
in
which
the
county
began
to
consider
it.
P
P
It
both
is
and
has
been,
and
must
continue
to
be
about
more
than
putting
words
on
paper
and
expressing
values,
because
we
are
good
people
and
it
is
a
good
thing
to
do.
It
is
both
good
and
Noble,
politically
correct
and
simply
good
governance
to
do
and
Champion
equity
and
racial
equity
to
write
down
the
vision,
a
mission
and
goals
and
have
programs
and
projects
to
advance
racial
equity,
and
yet
all
of
this
will
never
be
enough
without
the
continued
commitment
and
investment
to
what
is
said
and
written
to
sustain
our
efforts.
P
P
Our
continued
participation
in
our
cohort
with
gear
and
Cog,
as
well
as
our
gear
membership,
operationalize,
really
leaning
more
heavily
on
our
dashboard
and
some
of
the
work
we
were
starting
to
do
with
UVA
for
our
social
impact
data
Commons
and
using
the
racial
Equity
lens
and
then
assess
we
added
this
year.
As
you
all
know,
past
year,
sorry
2022
to
the
resident
satisfaction
survey,
question
around
race
and
equity,
and
so
what
we
actually
ended
up
doing
in
2022
some
of
the
strides
we
made
as
you
will
see
on
the
slide
here.
P
Some
of
the
highlights.
We
did
in
fact
have
a
consultant
that
did
training
with
over
well
over
250
employees
throughout
the
workforce
and
cohorts
on
the
equity
mindset,
and
that
included
a
number
of
things
from
not
just
the
foundations
of
racism
and
structural
racism,
but
also
on
how
you
actually
establish
that
mindset
through
using
a
SWOT
analysis
and
apply
that
and
then
how
we
measure
and
monitor
and
track
racial
Equity.
P
We
continued
our
development
and
dissemination
of
leading
with
race
modules
for
all
employees,
and
we
actually
established
conversation
guides
that
go
with
those
and
we
completed
an
evaluation
and
a
report
on
all
of
that
work
as
well.
Our
racial
history
timeline.
We
can
continue
to
develop
and
evolve
that
work
as
well
as
updates
to
our
race
and
ethnicity
dashboard
and
with
the
Department
Equity
teams.
P
We
set
out
to
make
sure
that
there
was
one
established
for
each
department
by
the
end
of
the
year
and
I
believe
by
the
end
of
2022
I
think
we
were
up
to
about
eight
fully
formed
some
actually
had
been
formed
and
they
reformed
so
continuing
to
evolve
that
work
as
well
under,
let's
see
organized.
We
talked
about
that.
We
did
conclude
our
work
with
Cog
and
gear,
and
and
Miss
Barnett
was
actually
the
lead
for
that.
P
Second
cohort
that
we
did
this
past
year,
putting
forward
some
work
there,
our
work
with
our
Dre
together
Partners
continued.
We
met
with
them,
I
think
five
times
over
the
past
year
to
continue
to
expand
that
work
within
the
community
and
then
also
under
operationalize
our
dashboard.
As
I
mentioned,
we
evolved
that
work
and
we
had
a
few
more
opportunities
to
use
the
racial
Equity
lens,
more
specifically
in
a
guide
that
we
developed
for
that
in
draft
for
our
assessment
work
as
I
mentioned
previously,
we
did
complete
the
resident
satisfaction
survey.
P
We
developed
a
brief
report
for
our
race
and
ethnicity
dashboard
as
we
updated
that
work.
We
actually
completed
an
interim
report
for
our
leading
with
race
course
as
well,
as
we
recently
released
a
report
on
the
evaluation
of
the
cohort
training
which
we
see
show
here
as
rewt.
That's
our
racial
Equity,
Workforce
training
with
the
consultant,
and
then
we
produced
our
2022
annual
report,
which
is
actually
online
on
our
website,
and
so
what
are
some
of
the
things
that
we're
going
to
move
forward
with
for
2023?
P
This
means
embedding
conversations
Education
and
Training
and
infrastructure
into
the
work
of
the
Departments,
creating
a
template
for
Department
racial
Equity
action
plans,
and
this
was
one
of
the
things
that
we
had
some
training
on
as
well
through
our
consultant
training
and
how
to
establish
those
Department
Equity
action
plans
continuing
to
more
effectively
establish
the
structure
and
responsibilities
of
our
interdepartmental,
racial
Equity,
core
team
and
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
chair,
Dorsey
and
chair
board
member
Crystal
for
participating
in
one
of
our
meetings
as
we
onboarded
some
new
members.
This
past
fall.
P
So
thank
you
for
that,
and
we
also
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
everyone
to
use
the
equity
lens
on
projects,
processes,
plans
and
programs
as
more
of
a
formal
part
of
their
work.
So
we've
been
doing
that
informally,
but
we
really
would
like
to
formalize
that
over
this
coming
year
and
using
the
race
and
ethnicity
dashboard,
as
well
as
other
tools
like
our
racial
history
timeline
and
actually
doing
so
so
that
becomes
the
support
for
the
analysis
that
people
would
do
on
their
projects.
P
Etc
some
specific
things
that
end
and
are
shown
here
also
leading
with
race
modules,
making
those
publicly
available
through
our
website
so
that
they
can
be
used
by
more
than
just
our
employees,
but
also
the
residents
and
community
members
having
more
opportunities
for
sharing
resources.
Information
and
conversation
such
as
planning
a
race
Symposium,
is
something
that
we
are
looking
to
do
as
well
as
race,
Town,
Halls,
quarterly
and
more
race
V
circles,
our
Dre
together
Partners
in
collaboration
with
challenging
racism.
P
We
will
continue
to
work
with
them
and
we're
looking
at
some
Community
conversations
that
focuses
on
power,
privilege
and
equity.
Also
organizing
includes
building
internal
capacity
through
train.
The
trainer
of
the
equity
mindset
work
that
we
did
with
the
consultant,
as
well
as
templates
to
support
our
departments
like
I
mentioned
in
developing
those
racial
Equity
action
plans,
so
that
we
have
some
consistency
and
some
format
to
share
with
them
specific
to
operationalizing
includes
we.
P
And
so
our
call
to
action.
What
can
you
do,
or
rather
what
do
we
need
from
you?
The
county
manager's
office
on
race
is
the
steward
and
Champion
for
the
implementation
of
the
equity
resolution
by
employees
and
the
community
leading
collaborating
coordinating
the
work.
This
does
not
mean,
however,
that
it
is
a
rubber
stamp
exercise
where
we
will
be
completed
where
we
will
bring
completed
projects,
plans
and
processes
to
say
they
were
looked
at
or
reviewed
for
a
check.
P
Mark
I'm
reminded
of
the
words
shared
in
August
2020,
with
the
leadership
which
included
a
few
board
members
that
are
here
now
and
Senior
leaders
of
our
executive
leadership
team.
When
recalling
that
I
would
be
viewed
as
either
a
token
or
the
expert,
the
fixer,
who
absolves
everyone
of
playing
a
role
in
being
a
part
of
the
solution
or
the
check
box
to
say
we
have
responded
to
what
everyone
believes
a
pivotal
moment.
Calls
for
equity
and
specifically
racial
Equity
is
everyone's
work.
And
so
that
means
we
all
want
to
be
accountable.
P
Open
space,
Recreation
and
cultural
amenities
and
economic
development,
and
even
our
commercial
Market,
resiliency
and
then
reporting
out
presenting
out
speaking
to
outcomes
both
intended
and
resulting
from
the
decisions
being
made,
and
so,
as
I
conclude,
I
can't
account
that,
as
you
have
and
develop
an
equity
mindset,
it
does
indeed
impact
how
you
view
the
world
and
everything
through
the
lens
of
equity.
It
is
one
of
the
things
you
can
no
longer
unsee
once
you
have
that
lens,
and
you
know
the
question
then
becomes:
what
do
you
do
or
what
will
you
do
about
it?
P
Everyone
is
waiting
for
someone
to
tell
them
what
to
do
to
give
them
a
solution
to
racism
and
racial
inequities.
If
you
don't
remember
anything
else,
I've
said
today
what
you
do.
What
do
we
do?
We
ask
and
answer
the
five
questions,
and
even
if
the
answer
leads
to
more
questions
or
the
outcome
is
not
complete
or
shows
our
imperfections
that
maybe
we
are
not
improving
in
inequity,
but
maybe
we
are
maintaining
or
exacerbating
it.
That's
the
data
point
we
need
to
help
us
consider
what
to
do,
and
that
is
okay.
A
Well,
thank
you
for
that.
Let's
have
some
conversation.
If
there's
anyone
from
the
board
who
wants
asking
questions
or
have
any
discussion,
Miss
Crystal
will
start
sure.
M
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
presentation.
I
just
want
to
start
by
kind
of
taking
a
moment
to
honor
that
your
comment
is
buried
about
how
racial
Equity
is
not
about
responding
to
the
death
of
a
black
brown
or
other
person
of
color
at
the
hands
of
a
structurally
inequitable
system.
M
That
is
so
it's
so
meaningful
and
I
I.
Don't
know
that
I
have
anything
more
profound
than
to
just
take
a
moment
and
Elevate
that,
because
I
think
you
know,
as
you've
talked
so
much
about
today
and
and
really
over
the
past
three
years.
This
is
not
a
fad
or
an
exercise
or
a
one-off
and
I
think
you
know
this
community
obviously
had
a
really
meaningful
com
conversation
in
2020,
prompted
by
the
murder
of
George
Floyd.
M
This
is
so
much
bigger
than
that,
and
so
I
just
really
wanted
to
to
amplify
and
tell
you
how
much
that
comment
landed
with
me.
One
of
the
things
I
think
that
I've
I've
really
struggled
with
in
our
work
around
nonprofit
funding
and
in
general
that
and
I
resonated
with
when
you
talked
about
how
everyone
wants
something
to
do
the
changing.
M
What
we
do
is
almost
easier
than
changing
how
we
do
it
right
and
having
very
personally
experience,
even
trying
to
in
pursuit
of
equity,
perpetuating
some
of
the
same
inequitable
processes
and
practices.
So
to
that
end,
I
was
really
intrigued
by
the
the
Highlight
that
you
made.
That
among
the
operationalized
activities
is
work
underway
on
an
equitable
Community
engagement
guide
and
I
wondered
if
you
or
Miss
bartender,
both
could
just
say
another
word
or
two
about
that,
and
what
that
Works
look
like
and
what
we
might
expect
out
of
it.
P
And
what
does
it
look
like
to
do?
Equitable
engagement,
depending
on
the
different
types
of
Engagement,
the
different
types
of
projects
we
are
seeking
to
move
forward,
and
some
of
this
that
Amber
and
her
team
added
to
that
work
when
they
were
participating
in
the
gear
cohort
were
actually
able
to
present
on
some
of
that.
So
I
don't
know.
If
you
want
to
speak
to
it
sure.
Q
I
can
speak
to
that
just
a
little
bit,
so
the
2022
2021
2022
gear
cohort
actually
looked
at
our
Equitable
engagement,
Equitable
Community
engagement
guide
for
our
project
for
the
completion
of
that
cohort,
and
one
of
the
areas
that
we
looked
specifically
at
was
stakeholder
engagement.
As
we
were
looking
at
that
tool,
we
found
that
there
were
a
number
of
areas
where
we
can
incorporate
Equity
into
that,
and
so
we
revamped
that
tool
and
actually
trained
all
of
our
communication
staff
across
a
number
of
departments
in
the
county.
P
P
A
number
of
different
ways
that
we
marginalize
people
or
they
identify
themselves,
is
how
we've
structured
that
the
other
thing
that
we
are
looking
at
is
how
we
can
reach
people
more
directly
through
perhaps
the
community
Ambassador
type
of
a
program.
It's
similar
to
the
work
that
we
were
thinking
about,
I
think
with
the
Unum
work,
particularly
in
having
a
group
of
people
that
have
lived
experiences
that
can
reach
people
with
lived
experiences.
P
H
You
also
revealing
that
I
need
to
have
more
balance.
I
read
the
December
22
report
this
weekend
actually
and
I
really
appreciate
the
training
modules.
I
noticed
that
we're
at
88
percent
and
I
noticed
that
one
particular
office
is
not
doing
well
enough,
and
so
I
will
want
to
follow
up
with
you
on
that
I'll
take
some
ownership,
I've
been
watching
and
and
done
them,
but
we
need
to
be
on
point
as
an
office
for
us.
H
H
The
regular
updates
are
super
important
and
that's
just
10
cents
instead
of
two
at
last,
and
this
is
kind
of
just
a
an
idea
that
has
struck
me
and
I
I'll
go
ahead
and
say
it
I,
like
our
vision,
the
connotations
to
the
word:
secure,
Do
not
sit
well
as
well
as
the
word
safe
with
me,
so
I
just
I'm
going
to
say
that,
because
I
think
you
need,
we
need
to
be
both
big
picture
and
grain
granular.
H
So
I'm,
not
in
a
you
know,
lengthy
process,
sort
of
a
mindset,
but
I
just
you
know
the
word
safe
is
what
we
need.
Secure
has
some
connotations
that
I,
don't
love
I
want
to
sort
of
tactfully
and
respectfully,
because
I'm,
mindful
that
there
are
disagreements
in
the
community
and
on
the
board,
with
respect
to
the
to
missing
middle,
but
I
will
say
that
the
analysis
in
that
staff
report
was
outstanding
and
I'm
super
grateful
for
it.
H
So
you
know
I
also.
Those
are
just
a
few
thoughts.
The
last
that
has
kind
of
struck
me
pretty
hard
this
week
is
that
you
know
qualitative
and
quantitative.
There's
thinking
about
how
we
work
on
things,
the
homelessness
plan
is
being
updated,
and
so
that
is,
you
know
the
182
people
who
are
homeless
last
year
and
the
vastly
disparate
outcomes
by
race
and
ethnicity
are
of
concern
and
so
on,
I'm
eager
to
engage
in
that
I.
H
Don't
know
that
there's
a
particular
ensuing
set
of
actions,
but
it's
a
way
of
saying
that
seems
so
much
more
linked
to
equity.
Then
some
of
the
descriptions
of
equity
that
I
that
we've
seen
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
which
are
sort
of
less
easy
for
me
to
to
to
grab
onto
so
those
are
a
few
thoughts
thanks.
So
much
for
the
work.
L
Yeah
I
appreciate
Mr
defranti,
pointing
out
that
there's
one
office,
that's
kind
of
lagging,
be
happy
to
work
with
you
on
that.
Thank
you
and
I
also
appreciate
Miss
Crystal,
starting
out
that
you
know
you're
highlighting
your
remark.
It's
about
more
than
you
know
these
terrible
deaths
that
occur
and
I
find
myself
thinking.
I
mean
I
talked
to
the
last
comment
that
you
had
up
there
to
me.
That
is
I.
Think
what
we're
trying
to
create
is
systemic
Equity
right
I
mean
that's.
L
What
we're
trying
to
do
and
I
think
we've
come
a
long
way.
So
you
know
I
I
find
myself
realizing
how
far
we've
come
in
part,
because
I
contacted
you
after
the
murder
of
Tyree,
Nichols
and
I
had
remembered
the
cat
Gathering
that
you'd
had
after
George
Floyd
and
that
that
actually
is
a
gathering.
People
I
will
never
forget
it
was.
It
was
pretty
incredible.
L
Clearly,
we
had
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
but
some
some
you
know,
relationships
and
Trust
have
been
built
and
that
we
had
a
bit
of
an
A
system
that
was
starting
to
be
able
to
handle
these
things.
And
what
you
kind
of
very,
very
kindly
reminded
me
was
listed
off
a
lot
of
things
we're
doing
and
that
the
organization
is
better
able
to
handle
this
and
help
people
and
be
more
resilient
and
then
the
other
thing
is
it's
not
listed
anything
you've
done
here,
but
how
we're
handling
Arlington
view?
L
I,
really
appreciate
that,
and
that
is
sort
of
a
step.
It's
not
even
highlighted
as
a
project
or
anything
special.
It's
just
something
we're
doing,
but
it
is
looking
at
the
community
in
a
you
know,
a
holistic
way
to
address
really
the
the
effects
of
systemic
racism
over
generations
and
generations
here
without
making
a
big
deal
out
of
it
and
that's
when
it
feels
like
it's
getting
to
be
systemic,
so
really
appreciate
the
work.
Thank
you.
K
Sure
that's
I,
I
couldn't
be
more
thankful
for
for
what
you
brought
and
what
you've
been
working
so
far
and
I
have
to
say.
The
important
part
of
that
is
the
challenge
that
you
put
on
the
table
and
you
make
it
very
visible
for
everybody.
K
I
have
to
to
admit
that
you
know
studying
for
things
by
things
that
Mr
parenting
differenti
mentioned
the
analysis
on
housing.
It
actually
started
when
the
first
compendium
was
actually
published
right
and
I
have
to
honestly
say
that
I
don't
find
it
very
easy
to
talk
about
race
people
that
when
we
are
more
intentional
and
we
actually
apply
the
Strategic
approach
to
that
things,
get
even
less
easy.
They
get
actually
quite
challenging
in
many
different
ways
that
I've
never
anticipated
before.
K
K
Is
how
do
we
get
our
it's
part
of
public
Outreach,
but
it
begins
with
the
most
engaged
residents,
which
is
the
residents
who
are
sitting
and
helping
us
in
50
commissions,
Etc
I
can
say
that
we
made
some
significant
progress,
but
I
somehow
feel
that
this
is
one
area
where
we're
lagging
behind
from
the
average
of
other
efforts.
I've
seen
a
lot
more
tangible
progress,
tangible
responsiveness
to
the
idea
of
yes,
we
think
we
need
to
think
through
that
lens.
We
have
to
have
answers
to
this
four
questions.
K
K
We
we
got
to
have
an
affirmative
framework
without
the
economic
development
commission
will
be
presenting-
hopefully
next
next
month
on
this,
the
neighborhood,
the
neighborhood
conservation
program,
but
I
I
do
believe
that
in
a
an
additional
effort
is
necessary,
as
we
build
up
with
everybody
else,
they
need
to
look
at
their
work
at
how
they
think
about
things,
how
they
Digest
their
their
advisory
role
and
go
forward
that
that
affects
the
commissions
I've
been
liaising
with,
but
I
I
would
like
to
see.
I
need
your
help
in.
A
Thank
you,
and
you
know,
I'll
just
try
to
be
brief.
Miss
Byrd,
you
know
thank
you
for
the
the
presentation,
Miss
Barnett
as
well
for
part
retrospective
and
part
where
we,
what
are
you
doing
now
and
where
are
we
going
and
I'll
just
have
a
couple
of
Reflections
when
this
work
began,
there
were
some
critical
decisions
that
were
made.
A
That
I
think
have
gotten
us
to
the
point,
whereas
you've
heard
from
all
of
us
we're
really
satisfied
with
the
substance
of
the
progress,
because
what
you're
establishing
are
the
the
prerequisites
for
things
to
take
root
and
to
flower
and
that's
not
by
accident.
At
the
very
beginning,
decisions
were
made
and
many
entities
that
seek
to
engage
in
the
equity
work
make.
The
decision
to
you
know,
hire
someone
splashy
from
outside
and
marginalize
them
with
a
title
that
sounds
great,
but
they
have
no
real
power
within
an
organization.
A
That
was
the
desire
that
I
had
from
this
work
from
the
very
beginning
that
it
not
be
for
show
that
it
be
for
real,
and
you
know
we
always
have
to
remember
that
if
it's
going
to
be
for
real
there's,
no
way,
there's
going
to
be
a
flashy,
you
know
one-year
turnaround
and
circumstances.
That's
going
to
create
some
meaningful
outcome.
A
Inequitable
systems
were
built
over
time
and
you
had
you
know,
sort
of
the
ossification
calcification
of
inequitable
systems
and,
if
you're
going
to
absolutely
get
rid
of
that,
you
gotta
do
it
layer
by
layer
by
layer
and
it's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
time
to
do
so.
But
the
progress
is
clear
in
the
capacity
of
of
this
Enterprise.
To
do
so
is
is
never
been
more
apparent
to
me.
So
thank
you
for
also
engaging
with
me.
As
you
know,
this
is
a
personal
point
of
Pride
and
so
engaging
with
me.
A
Colleagues,
Miss
Byrd
allows
me
to
engage
monthly,
which
I
very
much
appreciate,
and
so
thank
you
for
that,
and
we
look
forward
throughout
the
course
of
of
the
rest
of
this
year
for
hearing
more
about
what
what
you
both
have
planned.
Thanks.
A
Mr
Schwartz:
is
there
anything
else
on
your
agenda
for
this
afternoon?
That
is
it.
That
is
it
so,
with
that
colleagues,
I
would
like
to
move
that
the
County
Board
convene
a
close
meeting
is
authorized
by
Virginia
code
sections,
2.2
3711
A3
for
a
discussion
regarding
the
disposition
of
publicly
held
real
property,
where
discussion
in
an
open
meeting
would
adversely
affect
the
bargaining
position
or
negotiating
strategy
of
our
public
body.
Is
there
a
second
second?
Thank
you
for
the
second
by
Mr,
Karen
Thomas,
all
those
in
favor
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes
have
it.
A
A
R
A
Everyone
first
order
of
business
is
to
certify
our
just
conclude
its
closed
sessions,
so
colleagues
I
move
that
the
members
of
the
County
board
certified
that
they
just
concluded
closed
session,
that
one
only
public
business
matters
lawfully
Exempted
from
open
meeting
requirements
under
chapter
37,
title
2.2
of
the
code
of
Virginia
and
two
only
such
public
business
matters
as
we're
identifying
the
motion
by
which
the
closed
meeting
was
convened,
were
heard,
discussed
or
considered
by
the
board.
Is
there
a
second
thank
you
Miss,
Crystal
and
Ms
Jacobs?
Will
you
please
call
the
roll
Mr.
F
A
All
right,
thank
you
for
the
certifications.
Just
a
few
announcements
before
we
begin
hearings
from
speakers
on
items
that
have
been
removed
from
Saturday's
consent
agenda
face
masks
are
welcome
here
in
the
boardroom,
but
not
required
board
members
and
our
senior
staff,
who
are
up
here
at
the
diocese,
continue
to
maintain
physical,
distancing
and
may
wear
masks
depending
on
personal
preferences
and
some
members
of
the
public,
as
well
as
County
staff
and
other
presenters,
are
participating
tonight
remotely
as
part
of
our
hybrid
meeting
model.
A
For
those
of
you
who
are
here
in
the
room
and
are
planning
to
speak
note
that
the
lectern
can
be
height,
adjusted
using
the
up
or
down
arrows
that
are
located
to
the
right.
As
you
face
the
lectern,
please
speak
clearly
into
the
microphone
so
that
everyone
can
hear
you.
You
do
not
need
to
press
it
to
turn
it
on
or
off.
If
you
are
submitting
documents
as
part
of
your
testimony,
please
hand
those
to
our
clerk
Ms
Jacobs
and
make
sure
that
your
name
and
contact
information
is
included
on
all
documents.
A
For
our
remote
speakers,
we
ask
that
you
keep
your
microphones
muted
and
your
cameras
off
until
you
are
recognized
to
speak.
You
will
need
to
unmute
yourself
by
using
the
microphone
button
on
the
toolbar,
if
you're,
using
the
teams,
if
you're
using
Microsoft
teams
on
an
app
or
browser
or
if
you're,
joining
via
phone,
please
mute
and
unmute
yourself
using
star
six
and
occasionally
board
members
may
leave
the
diasp
if
you're,
not
even
if
you
can't
see
us,
we
can
still
follow
the
meeting
via
speakers
and
monitors
in
the
back.
A
S
Here
are
eggs
or
excerpts
from
Suzanne
sunberg's
review
of
the
Chesapeake
Bay
preservation
plan
quote:
where
is
the
planning
for
the
so-called
missing
middle
of
zoning,
reflected
in
this
update?
Those
cphd
staff
claims
that
imperviousness
would
not
increase
more
than
current
single-family
home
Redevelopment.
S
S
Moreover,
a
recent
foia
response
clarified
that,
under
current
lot
coverage
rules,
single-family
home
development
per
six
to
eight
thousand
square
foot
Lots
covered
less
than
what
is
currently
allowed.
Almost
certainly
a
six
to
eight-fold
increase
in
allowable
allowable
buy
right
density,
incentivizes,
tear
downs
and
the
added
density
will
almost
certainly
result
in
the
use
of
full
lot
coverage.
S
Thus,
we
will
see
even
more
runoff
volume,
along
with
more
heat
trapping
watersheding
surfaces.
Moreover,
runoff
volume
means
more
contaminants
entering
our
streams
at
increasing
speed,
which
compromises,
resilience
and
flood
mitigation
efforts.
Why
is
there
no
planning
in
this
document
to
prepare
for
what
will
be
the
greatest
land
use
planning
change
since
Arlington
implemented
its
zoning
ordinance
in
the
50s?
Where
are
the
proactive
measures
to
offset
this
increase
in
environmental
insult?
S
Where
are
the
mitigation
planning
and
increased
regulatory
controls
and
land
use
policy
changes
needed
to
reverse
the
trend
of
increasing
imperviousness
and
runoff
volume?
I
cannot
find
anything
substantive
in
this
plan,
which
seems
odd,
given
that
it
is
purportedly
a
planning
tool
for
improving
water
quality
and
the
Bay's
health.
Existing
state
code
allows
Arlington
the
latitude
to
enact
more
stringent
land
use
and
storm
water
management
regulations
to
reduce
storm
water
runoff
volumes.
The
question
is
why
nothing
new
or
more
stringent
is
proposed
in
this
document
or
in
any
other
related
document.
S
Likewise,
the
county
has
repeatedly
denied
that
increasing
the
number
of
allowable
housing
units
in
Arlington,
single-family
neighborhoods
will
have
a
negative
impact
on
Arlington's
tree
canopy.
These
specious
denials
and
observe
alternate
absurd.
Alternative
proposals
would
be
comical,
except
for
the
deadly
serious
consequences
resulting
from
this
massive
deforestation
effort.
The
bottom
line,
the
hot
Barren
treeless
Urban
hellscape,
that
the
county
has
engineered,
will
negatively
impact
the
health
of
Arlington
streams,
the
Potomac
River
and,
ultimately,
the
Chesapeake
Bay,
and
it
won't
be
great
for
human
health
either.
I
I
Thank
you
very
much
for
for
holding
this
hearing
tonight
and
as
an
as
one
of
your
neighbors
in
Alexandria,
where
we've
been
facing
a
lot
of
the
same
issues
that
Arlington
has
with
regard
to
to
stream
restoration
and
preservation
of
the
bay
and
I
thought
I
would
I've
shared
with
you
in
pretty
detailed
I've
sent
some
detailed
comments
today,
but
I
thought
I
would
share
with
you
a
little
bit
about
what
we've
been
doing
in
Alexandria
with
regard
to
stream,
restoration
and
and
I.
I
Think
it's
an
important
issue,
because
all
all
local
jurisdictions,
Arlington
Alexandria
and
many
others
in
the
Chesapeake
Bay,
are
using
stream
restoration
to
help
meet
some
of
the
federal
tmdl
guidelines
goals
and
two
obviously
to
try
to
improve
the
health
of
the
Chesapeake,
Bay
and
I.
Think
it's
become
very
clear
to
those
of
us
working
on
this
issue
closely,
both
as
scientists
and
as
Community
people.
That
stream
restoration
is
an
incredibly
destructive
and
ineffective
technique
to
improve
both
this
health
of
streams
and
to
reduce
nutrient
pollution.
I
So
I
thought
I'd
share
a
little
bit
about
what
we've
learned
in
Alexandria
and
Alexandria,
fortunately
has
agreed
to
basically
put
stream
restoration
projects
on
hold,
while
we
figure
out
different
ways
of
of
caring
for
streams
and
I.
Think
the
three
main
issues
here
are
one:
what
do
we
do
about
all
the
new
development
that
we
have
that's
putting
enormous
amounts
of
storm
Water
Industries
and,
of
course
this
is
the
primary
impact
to
streams.
This
is
what
we
see.
I
We
see
the
erosion
and
widening
of
streams,
but
the
real
impact
is
the
result
of
not
doing
enough
to
reduce
the
amount
of
storm
water
that
comes
into
stream
and
to
treat
these
the
storm
water
up
up
above
these
Creeks
take
Donaldson
run
as
a
good
example,
and
unfortunately,
what
happens
is
we
go
and
bulldoze
these
streams
and
remove
an
extraordinary
amount
of
biodiversity
and
ecological
function,
and
hence
what
we
really
are
doing
is
not
improving
the
quality
of
these
streams
or
improving
the
quality
or
the
health
of
the
Chesapeake
Bay
at
all.
I
So
I
guess
my
my
main
point
tonight,
at
least
in
these
brief
comments,
is
to
urge
Arlington,
along
with
Alexander
and
other
local
governments,
to
look
at
different
ways
to
manage
stormwater,
runoff
and
and
stop
basically
trying
to
you
know,
treat
the
these.
These
Remnant
storm
these
Remnant
stream
channels
as
bmps.
We
need
to
look
at
the
problem
differently.
The
the
an
enormous
amount
of
money
is
being
spent
on
trying
to
to
you
know
achieve
these
nutrient
credits,
but
this
is
not
the
way
to
do
it.
I
T
U
U
Okay,
so
I'm
speaking
for
the
Arlington
Ridge
civic
association
about
this.
First
of
all,
thank
you
for
wanting
to
spend
up
to
three
quarters
of
a
million
dollars
on
South
Arlington.
It's
nice
to
be
in
that
position.
Our
concern
is
to
get
the
most
value
for
the
buck
that
you're
spending.
We
agree.
There
are
safety
issues
to
address,
so
there
needs
to
be
a
project.
The
question
is:
what
is
the
best
configuration
for
that
project
and
potentially,
when
should
it
be
done?
U
First
point
is:
we
believe
the
public
engagement
process
on
this
project
was
flawed.
That's
kind
of
recognized
it
was
under
the
old
process.
Gabriella
cook
came
and
spoke
to.
The
group
talked
about
the
project,
but
didn't
present
any
details
for
exactly
what
it
was,
what
it
would
be.
We
submitted
some
ideas.
We
didn't
hear
anything
for
a
long
time
and
then
she
came
back
in
our
January
our
committing
and
presented
what
was
the
design
presenting
that
everybody
had
kind
of
agreed
on
this,
and
we
had
not
agreed
on
that
specific
project.
U
We
took
a
straw
vote
of
the
people
who
attended
that
meeting.
The
vote
was
no
in
terms
of
going
forward
with
this
project
and
I'll
explain
why,
in
a
minute
and
30
seconds,
first
of
all,
there
are
legitimate
safety
concerns
that
need
to
be
addressed
where
Arlington,
Ridge
and
Lynn
Street
meet
today
is
kind
of
a
Mexican
standoff.
It's
unclear
how
to
go
so
it
does
need
to
have
some
type
of
T
intersection.
Our
belief
is,
the
T
is
better
situated
going
the
other
way
than
the
current
plan.
U
Is
we
submitted
that
in
a
diagram?
There
are
several
reasons
for
that:
one
is
Lynn.
Street
drops
off
from
the
Ridge
and
inherently
wherever
you
put
the
crosswalk
you're
going
to
be
looking
down
on
that
as
you're
driving.
So
there's
a
potential
to
have
pedestrian
issues.
If
you
do
the
intersection
the
way
you
proposed
it,
the
issue
goes
away
because
people
are
walking
horizontally,
as
relates
to
the
395
intersection.
Today,
people
do
not
cross
where
the
proposed
signalization
is
put
in
place.
The
reason
it's
too
dangerous
and
our
concern.
U
If
you
try
to
make
it
convenient
for
people
to
cross
there,
you
may
invite
people
to
cross
there
and
therefore
you
may
have
children
and
other
people
crossing,
not
understanding
how
dangerous
that
intersection
is.
We
prefer
it
to
keep
people
crossing
on
the
other
side
of
Arlington
Ridge
and
to
not
engage
where
all
the
heavy
traffic
is
so
I
have
14
seconds
left.
So
there's
some
traffic
data
that
talks
about
how
the
the
traffic
on
Linn
Street
is
so
much
more
significant
than
Arlington
Ridge.
U
T
Yes,
I'm
speaking
on
item
number
23.,
if
advertised
and
approved
this
amendment
will
remove
your
words
and
commercial
from
the
section
1013b,
the
article
of
the
county
code
regulating
the
duties
of
property
owners
to
cut
grass
and
weeds
in
to
maintain
laws
Lawns,
the
Amendment
will
substantially
reduce
the
amount
of
pollinator
and
habitat
with
wildlife
habitat
within
County
for
the
following
reasons.
On
number
one
Arlington,
unlike
frequently
mowed
lawns
areas
containing
Tall
Grass,
also
contain
flowering
plants
that
feed
pollinators
birds
feed
on
seeds
at
The.
T
Tall
Grass
produces
the
larvae
of
some
pollinated
seed
on
Tall,
Grass,
Tall,
Grass,
shelters,
pollinators
and
birds
and
protects
them
from
protect
Predators,
inclement
weather.
There's
a
common
misconception
that
tall
tall
grass
Harbors
rats
that
is
not
correct.
Rats
feed
on
trash
containing
food
that
people
discard
an
emergency
that
people
place
in
their
Gardens
rats
do
not
feed
on
grass
or
Farm
shelter
at
Tall
Grass.
They
find
sheltered
underground
boroughs
and
in
buildings,
but
not
in
Tall
Grass.
Further.
The
staff
report
states
that
recently
updates
to
the
Virginia
maintenance
code.
T
Enrollment
control
requires
that
owners
keep
their
prop
properties
free
from
rats
and
therefore
request
that
you
remove
the
words
and
commercial
from
the
RTA
I,
also
request
that
you
add
an
option
to
the
RTA
that
would
move
the
entire
text
of
section
13
1013b
from
the
Arlington
code.
There
is
no
reason
to
require
owners
of
occupied
Residential
Properties
to
cut
their
grass
or
lawn
areas
while
some
of
the
owners,
while
some
people
consider
residential
mold
laws
to
be
attractive.
Such
loans
provide
very
little
benefit
to
pollinatus
birds
and
other
Wildlife.
T
Owners
of
Residential
Properties
should
therefore
have
the
option
of
allowing
the
grass
to
grow
tall
to
prevent
a
fit
pollinators
out
of
the
wildlife
on
the
town
that
the
county
is
development
is
displacing.
The
areas
will
not
attract
rats
as
long
as
the
owners
would
prove
trash
containing
food
containing
food,
just
as
they
do
from
mowed
lawns.
T
Again.
Residential
commercial
residents
on
Commercial
properties
to
contain
Tall
Grass
benefit
pollinators
in
other
Wildlife.
They
do
not
attract
attract
a
broad
habitat
or
the
verb
that
feed
on
human
waste.
It
is
important
to
remove
trash
from
such
properties,
but
it
is
hard
for
the
environment
to
to
move
tall
grass
and
the
flowering
plants
that
grow
together
with
the
grass.
Thank
you.
V
Hello,
hello,
can
you
hear
me
we.
V
You
I
don't
know
my
my
camera
isn't
coming
on
so
I'll
just
go
ahead,
thank
you
and
as
I'm
I'm
speaking
tonight
on
item
23
and
asking
you
to
please
not
vote
for
an
increase
in
the
fines
associated
with
the
1950s
era,
weed
ordinance
as
proposed,
and
instead
please
amend
the
ordinance
so
that
it
encourages
native
Landscaping
consistent
with
many
other
County
ordinances
and
the
new
storm
water
utility
proposed
fee
structure.
V
This
old
weed
ordinance
directly
conflicts
with
the
storm
water
utility
staff
recommendation
presented
to
you
on
January
31st
to
encourage
conservation
Landscaping
to
control
storm
water.
Amendments
to
the
weed
ordinance
probably
should
have
been
made
more
than
seven
years
ago,
when
the
northern
Virginia
Regional
Commission
passed
the
resolution
on
this
topic
in
2016..
V
Since
that
time,
numerous
neighboring
jurisdictions
adopted
changes
to
refer
to
managed
or
cultivated
Landscapes
and
their
definitions
to
distinguish
these
from
overgrown
lawns.
The
Arlington
ordinance
is
silent
on
this
issue.
Please
do
not
double
down
on
the
fines
now
at
this
critical
time
when
the
storm
water
utility
fee
structure,
including
the
credits
for
conservation
and
Native
Landscaping,
are
about
to
be
rolled
out.
The
changes
before
you
today
could
will
increase
civil
penalties
and
include
commercial
properties,
but
they
fail
to
address
the
underlying
conflicts
and
County
policy.
V
Increasing
the
fines
now
without
amending
the
ordinance
to
encourage
conservation
Landscaping
will
at
a
minimum,
create
confusion.
Ultimately,
The
Proposal,
as
presented,
could
deter
And
Delay
valuable
conservation,
Landscaping
necessary
to
address
Arlington's
urgent
storm
water
issues.
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
that
you
do.
I
know
you
work
very
hard
and
we
appreciate
it.
J
A
F
B
Thank
you,
Mr
chair
joining
us
to
tonight
in
person
is
Jason
Papa
Cosmo,
with
Ty
asphalt
and
Lily
white
cell
from
Des
over
to
you,
Mr
Papa
cosma,.
G
For
the
record
Jason
papacosma
Department
of
Environmental
Services
office
of
sustainability,
Environmental
Management
joined
tonight
by
my
colleagues,
Ty
asphalt
and
Lily
white
cell
I'm,
going
to
provide
just
a
short
summary
of
The
Path,
leading
up
to
the
request
before
you
tonight
to
adopt
the
updated
Chesapeake
Bay
preservation
plan.
Just
for
some
context.
This
plan
is
a
required
element
of
the
County's
comprehensive
plan
and
it
was
first
adopted
in
2001.
It
predates
most
of
the
storm
water
program
elements
in
place
today.
G
Obviously,
a
lot
has
happened
since
2001
in
the
program
and
and
specifically
around
and
since
2013
and
2014.
When
a
few
things
came
together,
we
were
issued
a
new
stormwater
permit
by
the
Department
of
Environmental
equality,
with
pollution
reduction
requirements
for
the
bay
new
storm
water
management,
ordinance
which
significantly
significantly
increased
performance
requirements
for
regulated
development
activity
for
storm
water
management
and
also
the
adoption
of
the
comprehensive
stormwater
master
plan.
G
So
with
that
con,
just
some
brief
context
in
mind,
I
wanted
to
get
to
the
update
of
the
plan
itself.
It
began
with
an
audit
by
DEQ,
so
DEQ,
periodically
audits,
local
programs.
They
conducted
an
audit
of
our
local
Chesapeake
Bay
preservation
program,
which
focuses
primarily
on
implementation
over
Chesapeake
Bay
preservation
ordinance.
G
So,
given
the
short
timeline
that
DQ
provided
the
significant
program,
expansion
and
evolution
that
has
occurred
since
2001.
staff
recommended
that
we
pursue
an
approach
to
update
the
plan
to
basically
bring
it
up
to
up
to
date,
reflecting
current
policy
and
practice
rather
than
introduce
new
policy,
we
propose
that
to
DQ
they
were.
They
were
okay
with
that
as
well.
So
we
took
that
approach
into
both
internal
and
external
engagement.
G
The
engagement
included
that
the
external
engagement
included
several
public
meetings,
a
public
comment
period
as
well,
and
specifically,
engagement
with
both
the
natural
resources,
joint
Advisory
Group
and
the
forestry
and
Natural
Resources
Commission,
and
the
feedback
I
want
to
highlight
here
that
the
fnrc
recommended
that
we
cross-reference
some
of
the
key
recommendations
that
are
in
the
developing
forestry
natural
resources
plan
in
this
plan,
areas
of
common
common
interest
and
and
policies,
so
specifically
around
tree
preservation
as
well
as
impervious
services.
G
So
what
I
wanted
to
just
note
here-
and
we
recognize
I-
hope
that
brief
synopsis
is
helpful.
I
wanted
to
note
here
that
we'd
recognize
this
can
be
a
little
confusing.
We
have
a
stormwater
master
plan,
that's
part
of
the
comprehensive
plan.
We
have
this
Chesapeake
Bay
preservation
plan.
G
We
also
have
the
Chesapeake
Bay
tmdl
requirements
which
are
separate
from
this,
and
our
hope
moving
forward
is
with
opportunities
to
do
additional
Master
planning,
updates
and
master
planning
work
that
we
might
be
able
to
streamline
and
integrate
some
of
this
work
together
into
more
a
more
comprehensive
umbrella,
rather
than
having
some
pieces
that
are
sort
of
in
separate,
separate
places,
because
I
think
it
was
confusing
for
the
public
as
well
as
we
went
through
the
process,
particularly
the
approach
that
wasn't
bringing
new
policy
into
the
discussion,
but
rather
just
bringing
the
plan
up
to
date
to
reflect
current
practice.
A
Thank
you,
Mr,
Papa,
cosma
and
I
believe
we
have
two
commissions
present
today.
Do
we
have
Mr
schroll
from
the
Planning
Commission.
X
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
for
the
members
of
the
County
board
for
the
record
James
schroll
on
behalf
of
the
Planning
Commission.
The
Planning
Commission
first
heard
this
item
as
an
RTA
in
our
January
meeting
at
the
January
meeting,
there
were
no
public
speakers
and
the
Planning
Commission
recommended
that
the
plan
be
advertised
without
further
recommendations.
The
Planning
Commission
heard
this
item
again
at
our
February
6th
meeting,
at
which
there
were
no
public
speakers.
X
Our
letter
describes
the
nature
of
our
discussion
on
this
matter,
which
was
short
and
focused
mainly
on
clarifying
the
environmental
planning
that
is
covered
by
the
plan
as
well
as
just
discussing
and
and
looking
for
greater
detail
on
Regional
efforts
to
preserve
the
bay
Beyond
Arlington's
borders.
X
A
H
To
a
motion
sure,
so
the
question
is
for
Mr
popcosma.
You
mentioned
the
audit
and
not
doing
new
policy.
There
are
a
number
of
moving
pieces,
as
you
mentioned,
and
so
as
you
consider
how
to
consolidate
and
consider
new
policy
if
it's
appropriate,
do
you
have
an
I
mean
there's
the
forestry
and
natural
resources
plan
that's
being
considered.
H
There
is
a
stormwater
work
that
we're
doing.
Do
you
have
an
instinct
or
a
sense
of
where
that
place
might
be
to
consider
appropriate
new
policies
over
the
coming
year
or
year
and
a
half
or
two.
G
Sure
I
think
one
way
we're
thinking
about
it
and
it's
early
thinking,
because
we've
been
really
heavily
focused
on
implementation
of
the
adopted
policies
and
programs
that
are
already
in
place,
but
when
the
time
comes
to
update
the
stormwater
master
plan-
and
we
haven't
determined
that
time
yet
we
haven't
really
even
talked
about
it
internally,
but
it
seems
like
a
logical
place
to
to
do
what
you
describe
is
to
bring
this
into
The
Fray.
At
that
time.
H
M
Thank
you
so
much
the
one,
hyper
logistical,
technical
question
and
then
one
more
substantive
one
that
is,
in
fact
better
asked
in
context
of
the
stormwater
master
plan,
but
since
we're
here.
So
with
regard
to
the
the
the
former,
really
appreciate
the
clarification
and
getting
a
great
job
of
communicating.
M
The
difference
between
those
two
elements
are
there
features
or
requirements
of
the
state
submission
that
preclude
us
from
sharing
our
stormwater
master
plan
as
the
response,
so
to
speak,
to
their
request
for
a
Chesapeake,
Bay
preservation
plan,
and
would
it
be
possible
to
actually
blend
those
two
documents.
G
Yeah
we
we
had
a
similar
question
yeah
when
this
came
up.
I
think
there's
maybe
two
two
ways
to
answer
that.
So
the
one
way
is
that
they
have
a
very
specific
elements
that
have
to
be
in
the
Chesapeake
Bay
preservation
plan.
It
touches
on
even
things
like
Waterfront
development
and
pollution
sources,
there's
a
very
specific
framework.
A
lot
of
it
is
covered
in
the
stormwater
master
plan
as
well,
and
you
know
I
think
again.
We
didn't
have
a
lot
of
time
to
respond
and
I
think
in
the
more
maybe
thoughtful
way.
G
We
would
have
preferred
to
respond
with
you
know.
What's
coming
next
and
what
our
planning
parties
are.
They
were
very
focused
on.
This
is
a
regulatory
requirement.
It's
two
decades
old,
at
least
on
the
record.
You
need
to
have
an
updated
plan,
so
I
think
our
hope
is
that
conversation
can
be
had
the
next
time
very.
M
Helpful
thank
you.
I
did
want
to
thank
our
speaker
for
coming
in
very
helpful
to
be
in
context
with
with
what
our
neighbors
are
doing,
and
certainly
that
question
about
stream.
Restoration
was
a
very
Hot
Topic
in
context
of
The
Donaldson
road
trip,
B
project.
We
talked
a
lot
about
what
we
were
doing
relative
to
what
Alexandria
was
doing
I
think
it's
possible
Mr
McDonald.
We
maybe
differ
a
little
bit
in
Alexandria.
It
is
not
the
case
that
the
major
driver
of
stormwater
increases
is
new
development.
M
Here,
we've
had
a
lot
of
conversation
with
this
community
that
a
lot
of
the
drivers
of
stormwater
runoff
are
in
fact
historical
development
patterns.
So
you
know
whether
or
not
we're
consistent
with
with
what
your
community
and
Alexandria
looks
like.
Nevertheless,
that
question
of
stream
restoration,
I
know
is
one
that
we've
talked
about
a
lot
so
I
just
wondered
I
we'll
be
following
up
with
mayor
Wilson,
since
he
and
I
talked
at
Great
length
during
that
Donaldson
run
project,
but
was
interested
in
Mr
Papa
Costa.
M
G
I
am
aware
that
that
I
don't
know
if
a
decision
has
been
made
in
full
to
not
do
any
more
projects.
I
am
aware
that
that
conversation
has
been
had
and
and
they've
been
focusing
some
of
their
work
in
other
areas.
G
Less
I
don't
have
the
linear
footage
number,
but
it's
significantly
less.
You
know
I
think
from
our
perspective
and
we
certainly
agree,
I
think
the
points
made
by
Mr
McDonald
that
it's
a
kind
of
a
both
and
conversation
you
need
to
focus
on
the
Upland.
J
G
The
downstream
and
and
we've
really
been
trying
to
do
that.
We've
got
our
LDA
program
and
the
recent
upgrades
with
LDA
2.0
I
think
we're
probably
leading
the
state
in
regulating
development
down
to
that
scale
and
doing
trying
to
pull
as
much
Authority
that's
available
to
us
to
regulate
those
Upland
sources,
but
also
recognizing
that
there's
costs
of
an
action.
If
we
don't
do
something
at
some
of
the
streams
where
there's
erosion,
infrastructure
damage
and
you
get
credits
along
the
way,
but
the
credits
aren't
driving.
K
You
Mr
chair,
most
of
what
I
wanted
to
ask
is
already
covered
just
a
clarification
on
the
stream
restoration
part
I
understand
that
this
is
a
regulatory
update.
This
is
a
compliance,
submission
here
and
kind
of
understand
a
little
bit
how
strict
the
Chesapeake
Bay
regime
is
structured
and
why
we
have
to
respond
in
the
format
we
are
responding
and
that
policy
decisions
are
separate
and
they
will
be
coming.
But
is
there
any
element
in
in
this
update
that
kind
of
predetermines
a
method
or
or
philosophy
of
Storm?
G
That's
a
good
question:
no
there's
not
it!
It
talks
about
it
as
a
program.
You
know
among
the
programs
we
discuss,
Upland
in
stream,
work,
etc,
but
not
specifying
a
specific
and
only
one
way
to
do.
It
I
think
we're
really
trying
to
to
keep
up
with
latest
practices.
While
you
know
achieving
each
and
every
Project's
objectives.
Okay,.
H
Sure
I
will
move
that
the
county
manager's
recommendation
that
we
adopt
the
resolution
attached
to
the
staff
report
to
update
the
Chesapeake
Bay
preservation
plan,
as
shown
in
attachment
one
of
the
staff
report,
which
is
the
only
report.
I,
don't
I
wasn't
able
to
determine
the
date,
but
it's
the
only
staff
report.
Second,
all.
A
H
Just
briefly,
I
think
that
the
appreciate
the
the
questions
in
Mr,
Papa,
cosmon's
work,
I
think
each
board.
Member
and
I
certainly
have
done.
Did
a
pretty
thorough
investigation
for
my
own
purposes
of
Donaldson
run,
asked
a
whole
bunch
of
questions
and
I
think
maybe
the
most
responsive
best
way
to
approach
it
I
think
is
the
staff
you
all
Incorporated,
solid
elements
of
suggestions
that
you
got
on
on
Donaldson
run
and
I'm,
confident
that
you'll
keep
doing
that
going
forward.
A
B
Y
Foreign
board
members-
my
name
is
Gabriella
cook
and
I'm
here
to
present
the
capital
project
for
Arlington,
Ridge
Road
and
the
on
and
off
ramp
for
I-395,
and
also
Arlington
Ridge
Road
and
Southland
street
I
have
the
PowerPoint
on
so
I
wanted
to
thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
present
these
projects.
Y
So
let
me
just
page
down,
as
you
know,
this,
the
these
two
intersections
are
very
confusing.
They
cover
a
large
large
area
and
just
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
background
history
since
2019,
there
have
been
nine
collisions
between
these
two
intersections
and
actually
in
2020
and
2021,
the
lumber,
the
numbers
were
kind
of
low
and
we
suspect
it
was
because
of
the
pandemic,
and
you
know
lower
vehicle
traffic
by
just
very,
very
large
area.
Y
So
for
the
public
Outreach.
For
these
two
projects,
we
actually
follow
the
six
step
engagement
process
since
2017,
and
you
know
we
went
and
met
with
ARCA
board
members
on
site.
We
had
we
attended
public
meetings
for
the
different
condo
associations.
I
met
personally
with
some
of
the
residents
at
the
intersections,
and
we
followed
up
with
one
I
think
another
Zoom
meeting,
and
then
we
met
with
them
again
in
January
this
last
January,
so
we've
definitely
followed
the
public
engagement
process
and
you
know
we've.
Y
You
know,
we've
responded
to
various
emails
and
comments
for
for
this
project.
This
is
just
kind
of
a
refresher
of
the
existing
condition.
This
is
the
intersection
at
Arlington,
Ridge
and
the
on
and
off
ramp
at
395,
and,
as
you
can
see,
we
have
missing
sidewalks.
We
have
people
trying
to
walk
on
some
of
these
surfaces,
but
you
know
with
no
sidewalks.
Y
We
have
a
pork
chop
that
has
concrete
pavers,
but
you
know
no
Ada
facilities
and
then
on
the
right
side,
you
kind
of
see
the
whole
picture
of
what
the
intersection
looks
now,
so
the
design
for
this
intersection.
What
it
will
do
is
we
will
eliminate
the
slip
line
that
goes
to
Northbound
I-395.
Y
We
are
installing
missing
sidewalks.
The
elimination
of
the
slip
lane
would
will
actually
shorten
the
crossing
distances
for
that
on
and
off
ramp
on
the
exit
ramp
from
395.
We
will
be
installing
a
flashing,
pedestrian
Beacon.
You
know
on
the
median
and
also
what
you
see
on
your
screen
would
be
on
the
left
side.
Y
So
traffic
can
yield
also
we're
installing
a
new
crosswalk
on
South
Arlington,
Ridge,
Road
and
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
this
project
took
longer
than
usual,
because
we
had
to
work
and
coordinate
with
VDOT,
because
all
of
the
on
and
off
ramp
is
actually
VDOT
right-of-way
and
is
part
of
the
interstate
system.
So
we
had
to
coordinate
for
more
than
a
year
to
just
kind
of
reach,
an
agreement
between
what
improvements
could
be
made
at
the
on
and
off
ramp.
Y
These
are
the
existing
conditions
at
Arlington,
Ridge,
Road
and
Southland.
Again,
just
very,
very
large
area.
We
have
one
crosswalk
right
now:
traffic
coming
Northbound
from
Arlington
Ridge
has
very
little
opportunity
to
see
pedestrians
trying
to
cross
and
they're
coming
at
faster
speeds.
Also,
you
know,
there's
a
sight
distance
problem
and
basically,
if
you're
coming
from
where
all
the
condos
are
and
traveling
south
or
want
to
make
you
know
a
left
onto
Lynn,
you
have
to
you
know,
turn
on
your
car,
more
than
180
degrees,
to
see
what's
coming,
Northbound
actually
southbound
from
Lynn.
Y
So
just
you
know
just
a
huge
intersection,
the
intersection
analysis
that
was
requested
from
ARCA
or
the
Arlington
Ridge
Arlington
Ridge,
civic
association.
You
know
wanted
us
to
use
a
different
alignment
for
this
intersection,
but
the
alignment
that
we
we
basically
you
know
decided
to
follow-
is
based
on
the
data
that
we
obtained.
So
one
is
traffic
volumes
running
up
and
down
Arlington,
Ridge
and
Lynn.
Y
You
know
the
potential
impacts
to
395,
but
really
what
is
guiding
us
is
the
the
impacts
to
the
most
vulnerable
and
the
safety
improvements
that
we
could
produce
with
this
project
right.
So
adding
new
crosswalks
at
Arlington
Ridge
and
you
know
making
it
compliant
with
Ada
facilities,
I
mean
making
our
facilities
ADA
Compliant.
So
just
you
know
just
a
complete
change
of
what
is
existing
out
there.
Y
This
is
a
design
that
we
have
finalized
for
this
project.
So
basically,
what
you
see
there
is
a
T
intersection
with
much
shorter
distances,
so,
for
example,
we're
installing
a
concrete
median
along
Arlington
Ridge
Road
on
the
southern
part
of
the
intersection.
The
bus
stops
have
been
moved
closer
to
that
crosswalk
to
facilitate
access
and
exits
to
and
from
buses
we're
also
providing
an
additional
crosswalk
on
the
northern
part
of
Arlington
Ridge
to
provide
you
know,
safer
access
for
both
sides
of
Arlington
Ridge.
Y
We
are
including
a
landscape
area
with
additional
trees
and
grasses
to
cool
the
intersection
more
because
right
now,
there's
really
not
a
lot
happening
there
and
when
it
comes
to
Green
Space.
So
these
are
some
of
the
improvements
that
will
happen
at
this
intersection
and
then
what
we're
asking
the
County
Board
is
to
award
the
contract
to
sagrance
I'm,
sorry
to
Fort
Myer
construction.
We
have
received.
Y
A
M
Thank
you
very
much
Miss
cook,
that
was
a
really
helpful,
walk
through
I.
Think.
The
the
one
question
that
I
have
is
just
that
discussion
of
the
crosswalk
at
the
395
ramp.
That
feels
a
little
counter-intuitive
to
me
that
we
would
put
a
crosswalk
on
the
on
the
like
Highway
ramp.
There
can
you
walk
me
through
a
little
bit
about
why
that's?
Why?
M
Why
that
isn't?
Okay
practice.
Y
Yeah,
so
you
know
the
several
years
ago,
there
was
actually
a
median
on
that
ramp
and
it
was,
and
there
was
you
know,
people
were
walking
and
there
was
no
crosswalk
right.
So
what
we're
doing
right
now
is
installing
the
missing
sidewalk
that
we
have
on
the
Northern
side
on.
Let
me
just
go
up
to
one
slide.
Y
If
you
can
see
on
the
first
photograph,
we
have
a
missing
sidewalk
like
it
just
drops
right,
and
so
that
is
the
slip
line,
so
people
are
actually
going
across,
but
there
are
no
facilities
to
make
that
you
know
that
Crossing
safer
okay,
so
we're
eliminating
the
slip
lane
and
we're
shortening
The
Crossing
distance,
and
so
we
have
the
crosswalk.
Then
we
have
the
median
if
you're
going
Southbound.
Y
M
Y
We
are
installing
them
on
the
traffic.
That's
continuance
coming
off
the
ramp
okay,
but
not
if
you're
coming
Northbound
on
the
left
movement
yeah.
We
cannot
install
them
there
because
of
the
standards
and
because
those
flashing
signs
are
designed
for
like
head-on
traffic,
and
this
is
turning
topic,
we
will
have,
you
know,
yield
ahead
and
you
know
yield
to
pedestrians
ahead
signs.
Okay,
you
know
covering
all
these
crosswalks
okay.
H
Y
H
Y
Y
H
H
K
You
Mr
chair
first
of
all,
I
have
to
commend
you,
because
this
is
a
unwalkable
place
today,
absolutely
unwelcome,
like
from
All
Points
of
View.
There
is
not
even
a
Crossing
I
have
a
question
on
the
treatment
of
the
the
parking
lot
and
the
exit
and
entrance
to
the
parking
lot
from
Lynn
Street.
So
this
is
a
very
steep
topography
as
I
as
I.
Remember.
K
Is
there
any
so
the
the
visibility
of
somebody
who
drives
in
or
drives
out
of
this
parking
lot
onto
Lynn
Street
and
now
being
Lynn
Street,
the
the
normal
flow
of
traffic
question
number
one:
do
you
expect
more
traffic
going
towards
Lynn
Street
in
general?
Secondly,
if
if
the
latter-
if
this
is
true,
what
what
what
are
the
safety
additions
for
those
who
are
going
to
be
going
in
and
out
of
this
parking
lot.
Y
The
one
that
says,
15th
Street
right:
yes,
yes,
so
we
we
did
some
counts
there
that
were
not
very
high.
If
you
look
at
the
drawing,
we
are
doing
a
smaller,
curb
extension
there
just
to
provide
that
additional
protection.
The
one
I
guess
restriction
that
we
have-
and
this
is
a
VDOT
shared
Revenue
project.
So
we
can't
really.
This
is
the
the
northernmost
limit,
so
we
cannot
really
continue
moving
south
with
you
know,
improvements
for
this
intersection.
Y
We
requested
that
and
we
were
denied
that
so
this
you
know
that
corner
is
as
far
as
we
can
go.
So
if
we
were
to
make
any
other
improvements,
it
would
have
to
be
with
local
funding
for
the
other
Corner,
but
that
is
as
far
as
we
can
go
and
like
I
said
we
are
doing
sort
of
a
curb
extension
to
make
that
movement
slower
for
those
people.
Turning
into
that
parking
garage,
I.
Y
K
I
I
really
believe
that
that
this
is
a
danger
Dangerous,
it's
a
higher
risk
place.
It
was
before
and
it's
today
and
if
the
normal
flow
and
I
am
I
tend
to
agree
with
your
design
with
normal
flow
is
going
to
go
towards
Lynn
and
then
all
the
way
down
to
to
meet
Army.
K
A
I'll
now
make
a
motion
colleague,
I
moved
at
the
County
Board
approved
managers,
recommendations
contained
in
the
report
for
agenda
item
15
dated
February
1st
2023,
which
includes
two
parts
to
award
a
contract,
Fort
Myer
construction
for
the
construction
of
intersection,
improvements
at
South,
Arlington,
Ridge,
Road
and
total
Mount
648
616.10,
and
two
to
authorize
the
purchase
purchasing
agent
to
execute
the
contract
document,
subject
to
Legal
review
by
the
County
Attorney
upon
final
approval
of
the
project
award
submittal
package
by
the
Virginia
Department
of
Transportation.
A
Second,
second
did
by
Miss.
Crystal
I'll
speak
briefly
to
it.
So,
notwithstanding
the
concerns
that
we
had
surfaced
here
tonight
after
hearing
that
very
helpful
presentation,
Miss
cope,
you
know,
I'm
I'm,
certainly
convinced
that
this
will
be
an
improvement
to
an
area
that
I
frequented
and
found
challenging
myself
in
years
past,
and
while
I
can
appreciate
that,
there's
some
Alternatives
desired
by
the
community.
A
Your
presentation
outlines
the
multiple
multiple
desires
that
you
have
from
these
improvements
to
create
safer
conditions
for
a
variety
of
users
and
also
the
very
real
circumstance
of
being
limited
or
constrained
by
vdot's.
Involvement
makes
this
something
that
we
really
can't
design
by
committee
and
we've
really
got
to
trust
the
people
who
are
able
to
bring
the
technical
expertise
and
marrying
the
analysis
of
the
intersection
with
a
with
a
known
professional
capability
of
how
to
produce
improvements
that
or
how
to
create
improvements
that
produce
the
necessary
outcomes
while
working
within
the
constraints
of
VDOT.
A
In
short,
let's
trust
the
staff
to
to
get
this
right
with
the
investment
that's
being
made
here,
and
we
certainly
know
that
you'll,
let
us
know
if
they
don't
get
it
right,
but
I
think
for
those
reasons,
I
am
more
than
happy
to
offer
this
motion
and
look
forward
to
this.
Proceeding
any
other
comments:
Mr,
Karen,
Thomas,
nope,
okay,
then,
seeing
and
hearing
none
we'll
move
to
a
vote,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye,
aye,
aye,
any
opposed
and
the
eyes
have
it.
Thank
you.
B
Is
and
I'll
be
making
the
presentation
I
have
a
number
of
staff
who
have
told
me
they'll
be
available
virtually
to
assist
me
when
I
make
a
mistake
which
is
likely
to
happen.
Sharia,
Mary,
Richard,
Freeman
and
John
santifema
from
cphd,
and
then
Ryan
Delaney
from
Parks
and
Recreation.
So
I
I
wanted
to
just
make
a
few
remarks
and
then
see
if
there
were
additional
questions.
B
First,
I
did
really
want
to
start
by
recognizing
the
work
of
our
chair
of
our
forestry
and
Natural
Resources
Commission
who's
here
today,
Phil
klingelhoffer
and
with
his
member
Caroline
Haynes,
who
are
advocated
and
approach
I.
Think
for
encouraging
residents
to
choose
native
species
which
I
heartily
agree
with
I.
Think
it's
a
it's
a
great
idea
and
it
was
mentioned
I
think
Miss,
Parker
and
her
presentation
talked
about.
B
Nvrc
had
come
up
with
some
suggestions
several
years
back
and
they
put
some
effort
into
coming
up
with
suggestions
for
jurisdictions
and
there
are
other
jurisdictions.
I
think
who've
gone
down
this
road-
we're
not
quite
there
yet,
and
we
are
really
committed
to
the
principles
behind
what
they're
talking
about,
because
this
board
is
adopted.
Landscape
plan
standards,
biophilic
City
goals
and
then
the
work
that's
laid
out
in
the
public
spaces
master
plan.
B
I
did
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
the
proposal
we're
doing
we
put
forward
does
and
doesn't
do
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
conversation
we've
had
so
today
you
can
have
an
absentee
property
owner
who
simply
doesn't
respond
to
the
county,
and
that
happens.
I
can't
tell
you
the
number
of
times,
because
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
on
the
record,
keeping
but
they've
completely
disregarded
their
Lawn
and
landscape,
and
we
cannot
go
the
Civil
penalty
route
with
them.
B
So
the
route
we
have
is
actually
a
lot
more
onerous
and
difficult
to
pursue,
and
so
this
is
adding
I
think
a
better
approach
to
bringing
that
those
people
into
compliance.
And
today
a
commercial
property
owner
not
subject
to
site
plan
or
use
permit,
can
simply
ignore
the
provisions
involved
here
that
apply
to
residential
Neighbors.
B
Just
not,
and
today
it's
fair
to
say
a
concerned
resident,
would
be
confused
by
who's
responsible
for
addressing
some
of
these
issues,
whether
it's
zoning
and
code
enforcement,
and
that
confusion
can
be
real
for
a
lot
of
people
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
navigate
it,
and
no
one
in
the
county
will
be
subject
to
enforcement
today,
if
they're
dutifully
maintaining
their
property,
keeping
overgrowth
from
the
sidewalk
and
not
leaving
trash
or
debris
in
their
yards,
it's
it's
basically,
there's
no
way
for
us
to
sort
of
follow
up
on
that.
B
B
At
the
same
time,
we're
engaged
in
the
forestry
and
natural
resources
plan,
which
is
coming
along
with
draft
recommendations
that
speak
exactly
to
the
points
that
both
Phil
and
Caroline
have
have
raised,
and
others
have
advanced,
and
you
know
that
draft
plan
is
going
to
come
out
in
the
summer
for
public
input
and
final
draft,
and
you
know
I'd
like
to
suggest
that
the
issues
are
not
straightforward,
necessarily
and
as
Miss
Barker
said
today,
there
are
underlying
conflicts
in
County
policy.
I
acknowledge
that
and
we
need
to
address
them.
B
They
need
to
be
addressed
thoughtfully
through
a
public
engagement
process
and
I
acknowledge
that
that
process
has
to
take
place.
I
would
suggest
the
best
place
for
it
to
take
place
is
in
the
fnrp
update.
Having
said
that,
I
know
that
people
may
not
agree
with
that,
but
I
think
that's
the
most
reasonable
approach
to
it.
Our
staff
is
busy
working
on
a
number
of
issues,
including
updates
to
how
we
approach
deer
management
and
other
issues
that
are
keeping
them
busy.
A
A
And
we'll
go
in
this
order:
Ms
McIntyre,
Mr,
klingelhoffer
and
then
Ms
Haynes.
So
once
you're
situated.
Z
Thank
you
good
evening.
I'm
Joan
McIntyre,
chair
of
the
climate
change
energy
and
environment
commission
I'm,
here
to
request
that
the
proposed
amendments
to
chapter
10,
Article
2
of
the
Arlington
County
code,
otherwise
known
as
the
lead
ordinance,
be
further
amended
to
include
language
that
distinguishes
between
lawn
area
and
maintain
natural
and
conservation
Landscaping.
Before
the
request
to
advertise
is
approved.
Z
The
current
vague
language,
referring
only
to
graphs
over
12,
inches
and
height,
fails
to
take
into
account
conservation
landscaping
and
manage
natural
res
Landscaping
that
incorporates
A
diversity
of
native
plants,
trees
and
shrubs
and
Contra
crash
sharply
with
lawn-dominated
Landscapes.
This
failure
creates
conflict
with
a
range
of
County
policies
related
to
storm
water
management,
County
Planning,
planting
policies,
Chesapeake
Bay,
ordinance
in
biophilic
communities.
Z
The
upcoming
creation
of
the
stormwater
utility
will
likewise
include
credits
to
property
owners
for
installing
conservation,
Landscaping.
More
broadly
conservation,
Landscaping
will
play
an
important
role
in
addressing
climate
change
and
building
resiliency
in
the
face
of
more
extreme
weather.
Such
Landscaping
helps
to
sequester
carbon
in
the
biomass
and
by
building
healthy
soil
control.
Storm
water
runoff
reduce
air
pollution
and
urban
heat
island
effects,
provide
habitat
for
pollinators,
birds
and
other
Wildlife,
improve
physical
and
mental
health
and
increase
property
values.
Thank
you.
N
Thank
you
very
much.
It's
a
pleasure
to
see
you
all
here
tonight.
The
wheat
ordinance
as
you've
heard
dates
back
to
the
50s
and
it's
largely
a
complaint-driven
process.
Unfortunately,
this
means
that
those
residents
of
the
community
that
wish
to
plant
native
plants
and
thereby
bringing
the
benefits
that
we
all
know
come
from
that
kind
of
a
planting
structure
are
disadvantaged
by
this
holdover
from
a
different
era.
N
The
county
is
now
moving
forward
on
updates
to
the
very
section
that
needs
to
be
addressed
without
including
updates
to
include
managed
natural
landscapes
waiting
for
the
adoption
of
yet
another
Master.
Another
master
plan
will
not
solve
the
issue.
How
many
Master
plans
do
we
need
to
adopt
before
this
issue
is
addressed?
N
The
county
is
sending
mixed
messages
that
conflict
with
educational
goals
of
promoting
native
plants
and
biodiversity.
So,
on
behalf
of
the
forestry
Natural
Resources
Commission
I
urge
you
to
update
the
wheat
ordinance
now,
at
the
same
time
as
other
updates
to
that
section
are
being
made.
Now
is
the
time
not
sometime
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
R
Thank
you
it's
nice
to
see
you
all
appreciate
having
the
time
here.
I
am
representing
the
natural
resources,
Advisory,
Group
and
I.
Think
I've
talked
to
all
of
you
over
the
years
at
one
point
or
another
about
this
issue
or
and
different
forms
of
it.
I
just
want
to
highlight
the
staff
keeps
talking
about
how
difficult
this
is.
I
would
just
acknowledge
that
you
know,
while
we've
been
wringing
our
hands
about
this
for
the
past
10
15
years.
R
Other
jurisdictions
have
also
adopted
policies
that
promote
native
landscaping
and
conservation
landscaping
and
have
also
managed
to
update
their
ordinance.
Arlington
hasn't
been
able
to
do
that.
How
difficult
can
this
possibly
be?
We
have
expertise
in
at
least
three
departments
in
cphd
in
the
Urban
Design.
We
have
expertise
in
Des.
You
just
saw
a
whole
bunch
of
them
with
the
Chesapeake
Bay
ordinance
there.
We
have
lots
of
expertise
in
DPR
in
Forester
natural
resources
in
our
nature
centers.
R
We
also
have
a
wealth
of
knowledge
with
volunteer
organizations
between
the
Master
Gardeners
and
the
master
naturalists,
who
are
are
promoting
conservation
Landscaping
but,
on
the
other
hand,
have
to
say
oh
by
the
way.
This
could
happen
to
you
too.
It's
it's
just
we're
sending
incredible
mixed
messages
and
I.
Think
those
groups
in
particular
have
been
focused
on
cues
to
care
to
make
sure
that
people
know
you
can't
just
let
your
lawn
go
and
call
that
a
native
plant
garden.
R
You
really
do
have
to
take
care
of
it,
and
we
have
tips
for
how
you
can
do
that
too.
I
just
I
find
it
incredibly
frustrating
that
I
can
list
all
of
our
neighboring
jurisdictions
that
have
done
something
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be
a
lot.
It
can
be
a
very
minor
Amendment
to
the
existing
ordinances,
so
Fairfax
Alexandria,
Reston,
hernd
and
Prince
William
city
of
Vienna,
Dumfries,
Manassas,
Park
I
can
go
on
and
on.
Why
are
we
so
far
behind?
This
is
not
that
hard?
R
It's
not
rocket
science
and
to
me
this
feels
like
the
moonshot,
we're
just
going
to
keep
talking
about
it
and
to
quote
JFK,
if
not
us
who,
if
not
now
when
I,
mean
to
put
it
off
for
yet
another
master
plan.
Enough
is
enough.
We
need
to
get
on
with
this
so
anyway,
you
can
tell
I'm
passionate
about
this
and
I
appreciate
your
time
and
frustrated.
Thank
you.
All.
A
Right,
hopefully,
you
all
will
stay
around
for
any
questions
should
we
have
them
all
right,
I
think
our
conversation
is
now
Among
Us
colleagues,
anyone
like
to
start
us
off
Miss,
Garvey
sure.
L
B
I'm
not
going
to
do
my
JFK
accent,
I
promise,
Caroline,
so
there's
two
things
going
on
here:
one
is
and
I
I
agree
with
most
of
the
points
that
have
been
made,
which
is
we
we
need
to
fix
some
of
the
things
about
the
current
ordinance.
Okay,
so
I
I
take
that
as
very
very
important.
B
The
follow-on
question,
which
is
why
haven't
we
made
the
changes
in
our
ordinance
to
comply
with
other
jurisdictions,
I'm
going
to
ask
staff
to
respond
to
that,
and
it
may
be
something
as
well:
I'll,
let
Mr
Amerigo
and
then
we'll
see
if
I
want
to
take
it
beyond
that.
O
You
thank
you,
Mr
manager,
distinguished
member
of
the
board,
so
when
we
started
this,
it
was
about
fixing
some
structural
issues
with
the
ordinance
which
has
to
do
with
some
conflict
with
the
state
and
local
regulations.
Give
us
some
additional
tools
to
be
able
to
better
enforce
the
ordinance.
I
don't
want
to
make
one
point.
This
is
not
a
weird
ordinance.
This
ordinance
is
conditional
private
property
and
it
deals
well
beyond
just
wheels.
So
I
just
want
to
make
that
clarification.
O
Why
we
think
this
is
important
to
have
further
discussion
is
because,
frankly,
in
Inspection
Services
as
your
Chief
Building,
official
and
Property
Maintenance
official,
we
are
a
bunch
of
Architects
and
engineers
and
Public
Safety
professionals.
We
don't
know
anything
about
weeds,
we
don't
know
anything
about
vegetations
or
what
have
you
so
why
it
is
important.
It's
it's
really
easy
to
to
put
in
a
exception
to
what
we
or
what
we
constitute
reads.
O
But
then
what
resources
do
I
have
to
determine
whether
that
the
species
is
a
natural
species,
something
that
needs
to
be
kept
so
for
that
very
reason,
I
think
we
need
some
additional
time.
I,
don't
have
resources,
we
are
not
horticulturist
to
be
able
to
determine
whether
something
is
a
natural
vegetation
or
or
just
simply
a
weed.
So
I
hope,
I
answered
your
question,
Miss,
Garvey
and
I'm
more
than
happy
to
answer
for
the
question
or
tap
into
my
staff
to
answer
further
questions.
Thank.
B
No
yeah
so
I
think
Mr
Mary
addressed
part
of
your
question.
I'm,
going
to
ask
Mr
Delaney
to
address
the
other
part
of
it
and
and
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
other
jurisdictions
have
done
this
work.
It's
not
exactly
where
you
can
just
pick
up
the
ordinance
from
one
place
and
move
it
to
another.
You
have
to
go
and
engage
the
community
in
that
kind
of
conversation.
B
AA
Sure
thank
you
for
the
record
Ryan
Delaney
with
the
Department
of
Parks
and
Recreation,
and
just
would
add
that
I
I
tend
to
agree
with
with
the
manager
regarding
the
need
to
consider
the
implementation
process
and
the
engagement
process
consistent
with
our
our
six
step.
Public
engagement
guide.
It
would
be
a
substantive
chain
that
would
change
that
could
affect
quite
a
few
private
properties,
so
Consulting
the
community
on
the
specifics
of
this
would
be
I
think
prudent.
AA
With
regards
to
how
this
intersects,
with
the
forestry
and
natural
resources
plan,
we
have
several
recommendations,
as
some
of
you
on
the
board
may
remember
from
our
preliminary
draft
around
encouraging
conservation
and
Native
plantings
on
private
lands.
We
did
not,
in
the
preliminary
draft,
have
specific
language
related
to
reviewing
and
updating
the
weed
ordinance,
so
that
would
be
sort
of
a
new
element
to
the
draft
which
we
do
have
in
our
current
version.
AA
But
it
has
not
been
released
to
the
public
and
yet
and
as
the
managers
said,
we
will
be
posting
that
for
public
review
later
this
summer,
so
we'll
be
able
to.
You
know
put
that
out
to
the
public
and
engage
their
response,
but
to
date
we
have
not
yet.
B
I
just
want
to
add
one
other
thing,
because
I've
I've
been
to
a
lot
of
County
board
meetings
and
get
a
sense
of
weight.
Some
of
the
conversation
points
you
know
I'm
perfectly
willing
to
commit
this
evening
to
go
ahead
and
do
the
engagement
that
we
need
to
do,
and
we
will
do
that.
I
cannot
commit
to
you
that
we'll
get
it
done
this
week
or
next
month,
given
the
competing
demands.
B
We
have
on
Mr
Delaney's
time
and
also
our
Urban
Forester,
but
the
point
I
I'm
not
going
to
dispute
the
point
that
either
Phil
or
Caroline
made
that
this
may
have
been
on
a
checklist
from
2010
I'm,
not
disputing
that
and
it
hasn't
been
done,
and
that
is
unfortunate
and
I.
I
think
that
we
need
to
get
it
done,
I'm
not
going
to
say
we
can
get
it
done
in
the
next
month
or
two
months,
given
all
the
competing
priorities.
B
But
the
message
has
been
loudly
received
that
we
need
to
get
it
done,
and
so
I'm
not
going
to
sit
here
and
pretend
to
know
all
the
equities
involved.
I
know
that
the
planting
of
native
grasses
is
something
we
want
to
encourage.
Mr
Mary
and
his
staff
I
think
to
the
extent
they
have
a
very
basic
understanding
of
the
issue.
My
understanding
is
they've,
never
issued
a
citation
associated
with
that,
and
they
have
only
been
issuing
citations.
B
Mr
Mary
may
want
to
speak
to
this
to
situations
where
we
receive
complaints
from
Neighbors
about
the
kinds
of
items
that
I
mentioned.
Specifically
in
my
remarks,
so
I
I
understand
the
the
point
about
mixed
messages.
Actually,
the
other
challenge
we
face
is
the
mixed
messages.
We
provide
to
our
private
property
owners
about
the
obligations
they
have
under
the
ordinance
to
maintain
safe
Passage.
O
Mr
Dorsey.
Let
me
let
me
ask
a
couple
of
my
colleagues
that
join
me
and
Mr
Santa
Fe
me
and
Mr
Friedman
sure,
and
many
of
you
know:
Mr
Freeman,
a
code
enforcement
supervisor
and
John
santophemia
by
that
way
of
introduction
is
our
new
code
enforcement
section
chief
Mr
santofemia
replaced
Mr
Gary
green
upon
his
retirement,
so
Richard
you
and
John
probably
can
give
a
better
answer
about
what
we
have
done,
Richard
from
the
historical
perspective,
I'll.
Let
you
answer
that
and
then
John.
If
you
want
to
add
something.
AB
Okay,
thank
you.
Mr
managers.
Thank
you,
County
Board,
historically,
in
the
past,
enforcing
this
ordinance
has
been
kind
of
cumbersome
and
again.
For
the
most
part,
the
things
that
we
were
enforcing
were
actually
overgrown,
Lawns
with
vegetation
that
was
out
of
control.
It
hadn't
nothing
to
do
with
Native
plantings,
or
you
know
anything
like
that.
Again.
John
and
I
aren't
arborist
horticulturists
or
anything
like
that.
Nor
was
anybody
in
the
past.
It
was
just
a
a
grass
that
needed
to
be
maintained
that
wasn't
maintained.
AB
There's
been
a
handful
of
so-called
wildlife
habitats
out
there
that
I
have
seen
in
the
20
years
that
I've
been
here,
none
of
which
had
been
Disturbed,
I
I,
don't
believe
at
any
given
instance,
in
20
years
with
the
inspection
staff
that
I
had
we
cut
down
any
type
of
native
plantings
or
wildlife
habitats.
AB
So,
by
getting
some
civil
penalties
in
place,
it
makes
it
less
cumbersome
with
a
civil
penalties
as
opposed
to
doing
a
cleaning
lien
that
can
be
very,
very
costly
and
as
far
as
getting
back
to
approaching
vegetation
Pro
vegetation,
we
had
to
call
down
to
parks
and
recs
and
on
their
ticket.
Have
them
come
out
and
cut
the
vegetation
when
they
had
time,
because
we
didn't
have
the
ability
to
do
it
and
again,
the
only
time
I've
seen
any
type
of
native
plantings
for
bees
or
butterflies
or
or
what
have
you
near?
AB
The
public
right
away
was
cut
because
it
encroached
the
public
right
away.
Nothing
was
cut
on
the
land
on
the
front
on
the
side
on
the
rear.
Again,
we've
only
cut
and
basically
like
Mr
Schwartz,
said
it's
vacant,
Lots
on
on
in
Arlington,
County
and
there's
quite
a
few
of
them
that
become
very
uncontrollable
and
and
it
does
create
a
wildlife
habitat,
but
not
the
kind
that
we
want
with
the
rodents
and
foxes
and
what
have
you
snakes
in
it
and
and
I
I
get
I
get
what
they
want
to
do.
AB
I,
don't
have
a
problem
with
what
they
want
to
do.
It
just
seems
like
some
substantial
amount
of
time
to
do
that
by
addressing
what
we
want
right
now
in
the
audience.
Our
amendments
makes
it
easier
for
us
to
fix
what
we
have
now,
instead
of
going
back
to
it.
While
we're
waiting
for
something
extra
in
it,
that's
yeah,
that's
doesn't
work
it
and
I'm
going
to
defer
to
John,
because
John
John
can
speak
more
on
the
ordinance
and
what
we're
planning
to
do
with
it.
AC
Okay,
good
evening,
Mr
County
Manager
chair.
Basically,
let
me
just
reiterate
what
Mr
miria's
tried
to
explain.
The
changes
that
we've
we're
trying
to
make
to
this
ordinance
are
basically
more
technical
than
anything
else.
AC
The
ordinance
itself
does
cover
more
than
just
weeds.
It
covers
residential,
didn't
really
cover
commercial
covers,
abandoned
inoperable
vehicles,
but
it's
also
full
of
a
lot
of
ambiguity,
a
lot
of
language
that
is
conflicting
with
other
departments
such
as
zoning.
AC
So
even
the
authority
in
this
ordinance
actually
is
incorrect
for
how
it's
enforced
and
we're
just
trying
to
correct
the
authority,
put
it
back
under
the
county
manager
or
his
designees,
so
we're
not
changing
a
whole
heck
of
a
lot.
I
understand
what
what
they're
trying
to
do
by
getting
the
native
vegetation
part
of
it
figured
out
I've
been
in
jurisdictions
where
I've
worked
with
that
already.
AC
So
I
fully
understand
that
the
native
vegetation
and
exotic
vegetation,
but
the
the
minor
changes
that
we're
trying
to
implement
in
this
is
just
to
give
my
inspectors
more
tools,
more
ways
of
working
with
the
residents
to
come
into
compliance.
There
were
some
comments
earlier
about
raising
fines.
The
ordinance
does
not
the
changes
that
we're
making
do
not
raise
fines,
the
fines
that
they're,
probably
referring
to
or
associated
with
our
ability
to
issue
citations
with
fines
that
are
associated
with
those.
AC
However,
that's
in
lieu
of
the
county
hiring
a
contractor
going
out
there
and
cutting
it,
cleaning
it
and
sending
the
owner
an
invoice
for
much
more
than
what
those
citations
are
going
to
be
and
if
not
paid,
then
we
lean
the
property.
So
it's
it
actually
just
gives
us
more
Avenues
to
address
these
problems.
AC
I've
only
been
here
four
years
in
comparison
to
everybody
else,
apparently,
but
in
that
time
I
can
honestly
tell
you
I've
never
had
a
property
owner
claim
that
their
property
was
a
butterfly
garden
or
a
native
vegetation
and
didn't
want
to
cut
it.
We
have
no
issue
with
that.
If
it
does,
if
it
does
come
up
in
the
future.
AC
However,
as
it's
already
been
stated,
you
know
we're
not
experts
on
the
subject,
so
somebody
the
process
would
have
to
be
developed
and
created
and
an
expert
would
have
to
be
hired
to
make
those
determinations
when
they
come
about.
K
Thank
you
Mr
chair,
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation,
Mr
Swartz
and
everybody
who
is
participating
that
and
I
I
happen
to
understand
the
issue.
From
a
point
of
view
of
somebody
who
has
been
the
object
of
a
citation,
you
know
because
somebody
has
reported
the
thistles
are
native
thistles,
there
are
seven
feet
high
and
there
are
thistles
yeah.
K
You
know
they
look
wild
and
they
are,
and
you
know,
I
had
a
I
had
actually
a
very
good
experience
with
your
department,
the
they
they
understood
when
we
told
them
what
these
plans
are
Etc
they
they
agreed
that
this
is
not
an
unkept
garden
and,
and
so
the
the
the
whole
citation
was
dropped.
K
The
question
is
it
wasn't
really
so
difficult?
It
did
just
wasn't
a
matter
of
a
back
and
forth,
and
that
was
all
it
was
a
good
faith
interaction.
Why
is
that
so
difficult
to
to
do
at
the
scale?
Why
do
we
need
experts
and
a
lot
of
subject
matter,
expertise
in
the
department
when
it's
in?
In
reality?
It's
not
such
a
big,
difficult
thing
to
figure
out
these
days.
K
I
say
that,
with
with
quite
a
quite
some
some
concern,
because
you
know
my
next
door,
neighbor
has
a
little
Meadow
very
well
kept
but
still
very
wide
looking
and
he
had
similar
problems
with
his
neighbors
Etc
it.
If
we
don't
give
in
our
ordinance
a
a
vector
that
says
we
really
want
to.
We
are
not
going
to
sanction
native
plants
and
Native
plantings.
This
enables
a
lot
of
complainers,
especially
when
you,
when
you
see
more
of
native
gardening
happening
around,
and
this
will
trigger
more
complaints
and
I.
K
Don't
want
your
your
department
to
be.
You
know,
bothered
with
that
and
having
something
in
the
ordinance
and
say:
look.
We
believe
that
this
is
native
to
you.
Have
you
know,
do
you
feel
that's
different,
so
why
is
it
so
difficult
to
do
that,
and
you
know,
to
be
honest:
I'm
also
a
little
bit
frustrated
that
in
this
month,
between
January
and
February.
Now
we
couldn't
integrate
any
language
in
this
and
we
have
to
defer
that
to
the
to
the
Natural
Resources
production
plan.
Why
is
it
so
difficult
to
them?
K
B
B
That
is
a
situation
where
I
think
our
staff
will
exercise
the
discretion.
They
have
right
now
and
they're
not
cite
you,
but
we
will
get
into
a
question
about
where
people
have
been
calling
and
saying.
You
know
what
is
or
isn't
something
that
fits
into
a
certain
category
and
I
can't
sit
here
and
tell
you
right
now
that
we
have
that
figured
out
I'm,
not
sure
it
requires
an
FTE,
but
it
certainly
requires
definitions
in
the
conversation.
So.
A
K
Was
a
Virginia
thistle?
They
grow
every
two
years
and
they
grow
up
to
six
feet.
So
my
my
size
of
a
plant,
they
are
excellent.
Pollinator
plants,
the
the
population
of
bees.
We
have
seen
for
the
very
first
time
in
my
garden
colibri's,
so
we
had
more
more
Cardinals
now
there
because
they
have
something
to
to
to
Feast
on
so
this
really
made
a
difference
in
in
the
environment.
We
have
more
insects
in
general,
that
was
really
a
nice
thing,
but
for
some
people
this
was
really
extremely
offensive
to
their
Aesthetics.
A
K
K
Yes,
you
you
need
to
do
some
due
diligence
and
have
maybe
a
little
so
my
neighbor
has
a
little
book
with
the
native
plants
and
they
they
have
pictures
in
there
from
Mr,
talami
I
believe
is
the
book.
So
this
is
a
practical
guide.
I
mean
if,
if
there
is
a
question
about
that,
we
call
them
master
naturalists
and
they
tell.
A
M
In
here
yeah,
so
this
is
an
incredibly
worthwhile
conversation.
I
think
we
often
talk
about
how
arlingtonians
come
with
the
same
world
view
to
an
issue,
but
then
maybe
diverge
when
it
comes
to
the
solution.
I
think
we
have
two
different
World
Views
here
that
actually
could
probably
agree
on
a
solution
pretty
well.
This
is
not
the
right
Avenue
to
get
this
different,
worldviews
together
and
so
I.
M
If,
for
me,
I
guess,
I
would
just
urge
us
to
if
we
are
not
comfortable
passing
these
amendments
until
we
can
have
the
more
fulsome
conversation
about
consistency
among
our
different
ordinances
and
I.
Think
that
is
a
very
fair
concern
to
raise.
Then
I
think
the
appropriate
thing
is
to
defer
this
action.
That's
before
us
until
we
have
some
confidence
about
when
that
other
conversation
is
going
to
happen,
trying
to
resolve
at
the
board
level
at
this
dice
without
preparation,
without
that
Community
conversation.
M
What
to
add
to
these
technical
amendments
that
will
address
these
bigger
issues
and
both
bring
into
harmony
our
natural
resources
goals,
encourage
the
planting
of
native
species,
but
also
recognize
the
limitations
on
our
Inspection
Services
Division.
That
cannot
be
done
from
these
diets
and
so
I
I,
just
I
mean
I.
B
So
you
know
we
if
we
deferred
this,
what
would
happen
is
we
would
be
and
I
think
you
heard
from
Mr
Santa,
FEMA
and
Mr
Freeman
we'd
be
in
the
same
situation.
We
are
right
now
where
there
are
some
things
that
we
can't
address
very
effectively
and
we
address
awkwardly
that
would
continue
and
that's
not
something
that
I
would
recommend.
I
think
that
we
can
handle
those
issues
and
then
deal
with
the
bigger
question
as
soon
as
we're
able
to
do
it.
B
But
that
is
my
sentiment
reflecting
what
staff
have
told
me
and
also
you
know
this.
This
may
not
be
a
significant
concern.
I
I
know
this
board
would
be
concerned
about
it,
but
we
do
get
a
lot
of
calls
from
people
very
aggravated
over
what
has
happened
on
vacant
lots
and
impeding
the
public
right-of-way
and
the
way
we
deal
with
it
right
now
through
the
clean
lean
process,
is
excruciatingly,
difficult
and
cumbersome
and
frankly
ineffective.
So
it
would
just
be
extending
that
period
of.
M
Time,
yeah
I
I
agree
with
that
right,
and
this
is
part
of
the
reason.
I
I
really
agree
with
you,
Mr
manager,
in
terms
of
needing
to
have
the
community
engagement
right.
This
is
why
I
think
it
would
be
a
massive
mistake
for
us
to
is
even
as
expert
and
as
smart
as
the
recommendations
that
we
have
from
the
regional
groups
about
language.
We
could
add
in
I.
M
Think
it'd
be
a
real
mistake
for
us
to
do
that
from
the
dice,
because
there
needs
to
be
a
community
dialogue
that
this
board
or
future
boards
can
point
to.
When
someone
invariably
calls
in
to
complain
about
what
is
happening
in
their
neighborhood,
there
needs
to
be
I
think
the
ability
of
this
board
the
manager
ISD
to
be
able
to
say
you
know
what
we
had
a
dialogue
as
a
community.
M
M
So
there's
going
to
be
some
awkwardness
that
continues
no
matter
what
I
think
anyway,
I'll
yield
the
floor,
but
I
I
just
would
urge
us
to
perhaps
avoid
the
Temptation
that
seems
to
have
beset
this
board
that
we
can
resolve
these
tensions
tonight
from
this
dice.
A
Well,
I
think
people
are
just
asking
questions,
so
I
think
you've
you've
jumped
to
apocalypse
a
little
bit
too
early,
but
so,
if
you're.
M
L
No
so
I'd
like
to
be
actually
I
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion,
and
then
I'd
like
to
make
some
concluding
remarks
and
actually
this
tension
and
all
of
this
I
actually
did
kind
of
want
to
surface
it,
because
it's
been
under
the
surface
for
too
long
and
now
we're
going
to
deal
with
it.
We're
not
going
to
do
it
tonight.
No
I
didn't
want
to
talk
about
this
forever
tonight,
but
I
wanted
to
get
everybody
to
get
it
out.
L
It
seems
actually
I'll
make
my
marks
now
and
then
I'll
make
the
motion
one.
It's
really
clear.
We're
kind
of
all
over
the
place-
and
you
know
we're
saying
there
haven't
been
there-
have
been
policies
adopted
their
definitions
all
over
the
place,
but
somehow
we
we
can't
we
we
need
to
work
with
them,
I
get
that,
but
all
of
this
work
has
been
done
and
yet
still
we
can't
do
anything
and
I
think
that's
because
it's
probably
a
stovepipe
organizations
I
think
the
work
that
is
in
here
is
really
important.
L
I
absolutely
want
this
motion
to
pass,
because
this
is
a
problem
that
needs
to
get
taken
care
of,
but
we
need
to
I
think
find
a
way
to
commit
ourselves
and
I
appreciate
the
commitment,
Mr
manager,
to
really
look
at
this
issue
of
how
we
are
going
to
encourage
more
nature
in
our
community
I.
Think
it's
really
important
I
think
we
need
record
keeping
because
I
was
asking
questions.
Well,
how
many
times
has
it
happened?
L
We
don't
have
good
records,
so
perhaps,
by
the
time
we
get
to
summer,
we
could
have
some
information,
Mr
manager,
perhaps
about
what
you
know.
Has
this
come
up
and
and
what's
been,
the
resolution
I
think
there
we
really
do
need
to
break
down
some
stove
pipes
and
that's
not
my
that
I'm
getting
over
my
skis
Mr
manager.
L
That's
your
that's
your
very
work,
but
it's
clear
you
get
naturalists
here
and
you've
got
architectural
people
here,
everybody
doing
good
work,
but
this
is
where
it
intersects
and
we've
got
to
figure
out
a
way
to
intersect
it,
and
certainly
we
can
particularly
if
all
these
other
jurisdictions
have
done
it
and
when
it
comes
to
that
book
with
Louise
that
Northern
Virginia
Regional
Commission.
That's
what
a
lot
of
people
have
adopted.
L
It
is
it's
a
nice
pretty
picture
book
and
you
look
at
the
picture
and
you
look
at
the
plant
and
you
can
kind
of
figure
it
out.
I
mean
we've
got
to
figure
out
exactly
how
I
know
it's
not
that
simple,
but
I
will
go
ahead
and
make
a
motion
I
hope
it
passes
and
I
hope
when
we
come
back
in
the
Summer
with
the
forestry
and
natural
resources
plan.
L
A
Second,
all
right,
you've
already
spoken
to
your
motion,
any
anyone.
M
Else,
Miss
Crystal
just
a
question
yeah,
so
you
were
referencing
this
summer.
So
can
you
say
more
so
you're
you're
thinking
pass
this
now
over
some
of
the
objections
we've
heard
from
the
community
and
then,
if
there
is
not
a
plan
to
have
that
more
fulsome
conversation
about
the
ordinance
amendments
to
harmonize
them
with
our
natural
resources
goals
by
the
summer,
the
board
might
bring
this
back
up
on
our
own
motion
or
yeah.
M
L
Because
it
feels
like
there's
an
issue
that
keeps
going
we're
going
to
do
it
now
we're
going
to
do
it,
then
it
keeps
getting
put
off
and
put
off
and
put
off
and
we've
put
it
off
again.
Okay
and
the
summer
is
several
months
away,
and
it
feels
like
they're,
not
there's
not
that
much
so
I
just
sort
of
saying
that,
if
it
doesn't
get
resolved
by
the
summer,
I
might
be
interested
in
bringing
it
up
on
my
own
mode.
H
Just
to
clarify,
it
seems
unlikely
that
there
would
be
further
amendments
to
this.
We've
had
a
long
discussion
to
this
in
March,
based
on
what
you
just
described
as
Garvey.
Is
that
fair
I.
H
It
okay
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
I'm
good
with
the
fines,
I'm
good,
with
adding
a
definition,
I'm
good
with
being
imperfect
for
four
months
until
we
get
this
going,
I
hear
you're
wanting
Folsom
Public
discussion,
but
I
used
to
be
a
City
attorney
and
try
to
force
these
things
and
it
drove
me
crazy
and
and
I
also
think.
There's
reasonableness
here,
I
think
I'm
aligned
with
where
you
are
Miss
Garvey.
If
we
need
to
do
it
on
Motion
in
three
months,
I
could
live
with
that.
H
I
could
also
live
with
a
I,
don't
know
if
it's
legal
but
I
could
also
live
with
a
April
instead
of
a
March
RTA.
But
we
shouldn't
do
that.
So
just
I
wanted
to
at
least
make
clear
that
I'm
good,
with
both
fines
and
a
updated
definition
which
would
be
imperfect
from
staff's
point
of
view,
but
still
sort
of
create
the
opposite
presumption.
If
you
bring
an
ordinance
violation,
you
have
to
show
that
it's
not
intentional,
and
that
puts
it
on
the
commercial
property
owner
or
someone
else
so
I
think
I.
A
B
B
Victory
right,
no
message
received
I
think
that
the
one
thing
is
that
we
would
need
to
have
some
level
of
public
engagement
to
come
back
with
some
specific
language
and
I'm
committing
to
doing
that
and
picking
up
perhaps
a
Miss
Crystal's
point
the
public
engagement
as
much
as
we
all
love
each
other
here
would
actually
include
other
people
besides
those
in
the
room.
L
To
reinvent
the
wheel,
I,
maybe
I
shouldn't
have
I
should
also
say:
I
think
this
is
a
really
important
work.
That's
been
done
here.
It
needs
to
be
passed.
We
need
to
do
this.
It's
just
that.
There's
a
whole
other
aspect
that
just
kind
of
got,
ignored
and
I
understand
how
that
happened
and
we're
now
bringing
that
forward
and
we'll
committed
to
take
care
of
it
in
the
near
future.
All.
A
Right
I'll
turn
to
Mr
Karen
Thomas,
with
the
last
word
after
I
give
some
comments.
I
found
this
conversation
interesting,
you
know,
overhanging,
it
I
think
has
been
lost
really
what
the
ordinance
is
trying
to
do
and
I
do
think
that
that
is
important,
creating
a
responsibility
for
commercial
property
owners
to
have
the
same
responsibility
with
no
judgment
as
to
whether
or
not
that's
a
proper
responsibility.
There
shouldn't
be
a
difference
with
commercial
folks
being
able
to
slide.
A
So
that
is
an
important
step
forward,
making
sure
that
we
bring
this
to
the
area
where
it
can
actually
be
acted
upon,
as
opposed
to
the
zoning
administrator
is
not
sexy,
but
for
the
purposes
of
well-functioning
bureaucracy,
it's
necessary
to
do
that's
a
larger
question.
I
appreciate
what
has
been
brought
up
and
about
some
of
the
inconsistencies,
but
I'm
not
at
all
convinced
that
that's
actually
a
problem
in
actuality.
It
doesn't
appear
that,
from
my
ride
through
the
county,
I
see
lots
of
naturally
managed
landscapes.
A
It
seemed
to
be
quite
thriving
and
I'm,
not
saying
that
those
Property
Owners
feel
under
any
Jeopardy.
That
anything
can
happen
and
in
fact,
when
Jeopardy
does
occur,
it's
nothing
about
changing
the
definitions,
whether
it's
in
the
ordinance
or
the
policy
that
will
change
that.
Your
neighbors,
don't
like
you,
Mr
Karen,
Thomas
they're,
going
to
be
upset
with
your
landscape,
regardless
of
whether
or
not
the
code
indicates
that
it
is
proper
or
some
larger
policy
document.
So
I
don't
think
we
can
actually
stop
people
from
complaining.
A
What
we
can
do
is
have
concern
over
whether
or
not
those
complaints
result
in
any
actionable
Jeopardy,
and
we
have
not
yet
been
able
to
determine
whether
or
not
that
actually
happens.
Ms
Garvey
I
think
the
point
that
you
brought
up
earlier
that
we
actually
start
collecting
some
data
on
complaints
and
actions
is
pretty
important
to
inform
this
conversation,
but
I
also
believe
that,
just
because
we're
bringing
up
this
code
section
to
deal
with
some
very
real
administrative
concerns
doesn't
mean
that
we
take
the
policy
conversation
out
of
where
it
naturally
best
occurs.
A
So
it
should
be
a
part
of
the
forest
and
natural
resources.
Plan
update
it.
It
doesn't
get
to
jump
into
this
conversation.
We
don't
need
to
think
about
this,
like
a
compact
or
a
constitutional
convention
that
can
only
be
opened
up
every
once
in
a
while.
If
somehow
some
way
later
on,
there
are
some
code
implications
for
any
policy
clarifications
that
we
make
that
require
us
to
go
and
redo
definitions
or
redo
parts
of
this
ordinance.
K
Thank
you,
Mr
chair,
I
have
to
say
that
I
I,
first
of
all,
I
fully
understand
I,
fully
align
with
the
idea
that
the
the
perfect
is
the
enemy
of
the
good.
So
I
really
hope
that
we
would
have
a
a
you
know,
an
incorporation
of
these
of
of
a
definition
in
in
in
this
iteration
of
this
process.
K
But
we
don't
okay
and
we
are
looking
forward
to
have
it
have
this
eventually
Miss
Garvey,
when
the
time
comes
to
to
look
at
our
natural
resources
plan
Etc,
where
we
I
cannot
imagine
this
plan
going
through
without
these
kind
of
definitions
and
with
without
the
the
amendments
in
the
adapt
and
the
adaptation
of
the
of
the
rest
of
our
policies
that
go
along
with
that
I
disagree.
K
Mr
Dorsey,
with
in
one
thing,
I've
lived
myself
how
the
the
ordinance
have
been
used
against
Natural
planting,
not
only
mine,
but
also
my
neighbors,
who
that
was
actually
supported
by
with
Arlington
County
money,
because
it
was
part
of
upon
part
of
a
riparian
restoration
project
so
and
the
more
the
more
there
is.
A
the
the
number
of
complaints
and
the
stinginess
of
complaints
is
a
function
of
how
many
of
these
Landscapes
exist.
K
There
are
not
so
many
there
are
more
than
they
were
before,
but
they
are
not
so
prevalent
the
moment
that
they
become
prevalent
somewhere.
I
have
seen
that
in
with
my
own
eyes
that
there
is
some
controversy
in
the
community
and
some
people
think
that
their
property
values
are
affected
by
that
that
they,
you
know
the
general
appearance
of
the
street.
The
general
appearance
of
their
neighborhood.
The
character
of
the
neighborhood
from
a
different
point
of
view
is
a
is,
is
affected
by
that.
K
So
I
do
think
that
there
is
a
compelling
argument
to
be
made
that
we
really
need
to
to
to
do
the
work
that
other
jurisdictions
have
done
and
and
get
some
useful
and
enforceable
regulations
into
our
ordinance.
Now
that
said,
I
understand
that
summer
is
coming.
May
and
June
are
months
with
you
know:
they're
tough
in
terms
of
growth
of
and
overgrowth
and
Commercial
properties.
I
I
want
to
not
to
Signal
staff
that
we
don't
want
to
be
helpful
here.
K
So
I
will
support
the
motion,
but
I
really
want
to
go,
get
back
and
and
get
these
definitions
and
as
as
soon
as
possible
and
I
will.
We
will
need
to
hear
some
data
about
enforcement
and
how
this
this
goes.
Not
only
enforcement
that
has
happened,
but
also,
unfortunately,
the
near
misses
if,
if
that
makes
any
sense,
thank
you.
K
M
I
just
want
to
repeat
the
final
comment,
which
is
that
I'm
very
optimistic
that
this
can
happen
and
that
I
look
forward
to
having
maybe
this
summer
some
ordinance
reforms
in
addition
to
these
photons,
so
that
this
board
doesn't
have
to
get
into
the
weeds.
A
B
A
W
I've
been
in
need
of
some
work.
Thank
you.
W
So,
yes,
I
just
have
a
couple
slides
I'd
like
to
highlight
the
board
reports
for
advertisement
required
prior
to
adopting
the
fy24
budget,
and
so
the
proposed
tax
advertisements
that
are
included
in
the
manager's
budget
include
the
real
estate
tax
rate,
the
commercial
transportation
tax,
the
Sanitary
District
tax
and
personal
property
tax.
All
at
the
current
rate,
as
adopted
in
calendar
year
22.,
and
in
addition,
we
have
three
business
Improvement
districts
and
those
also
included
in
the
proposed
budget
are
at
the
current.
W
At
the
current
rates
we
have
a
number
of
fee
fees,
changes
in
the
proposed
budget,
the
utility
fee,
the
water
sewer
rate,
increasing
1.7
percent.
W
The
household
Solid
Waste
rate,
which
we
will
be
talking
through
this
budget
process,
is
seeing
a
significant
increase
in
costs
and
we'll
discuss
that
at
length
in
the
Des
work
session.
But
that's
a
fee
increasing
just
over
a
hundred
dollars
per
year.
We
have
a
number
of
Park
and
Recreation
fees
and
fees
in
cphd,
community
housing
and,
along
with
environmental
services
that
are
going
up
at
an
inflationary
rate
of
5.2
percent,
along
with
an
indirect
cost
going
up
or
being
included
in
the
in
the
Development
Fund.
W
Fire
and
police
have
some
updates
to
their
special
event
fees
and
we'll
be
discussing
when
we
talk
with
economic
development.
Some
amendments
to
the
technology
Technologies
in
as
we
discussed
last
Saturday
when
we
proposed
that
when
the
manager
proposed
the
budget,
this
is
the
impact
to
well
say
a
typical
property
owner
that
includes
real
estate,
taxes,
personal
property
taxes,
the
refuse
fee
and
water
sewer.
W
So
you
can
see
for
that
this
particular
property
owner
taxes
and
fees
with
the
assessment
change
that
we
saw,
this
January
would
go
up
454
dollars
or
four
percent
over
the
current
Year's
budget
and
our
calendar
we
proposed
on
February
8
18
on
Saturday.
Today
is
the
21st
for
advertisement
of
tax
rates.
W
The
schools
will
propose
their
budget,
this
Thursday
and
then
through
the
from
the
end
of
February
through
April.
We'll
have
a
number
of
work
sessions
with
you,
with
departments
coming
in
and
discussing
the
details
of
their
individual
departmental
budgets.
We'll
have
two
hearings,
one
on
March
28th
and
one
on
the
30th
to
for
the
public
to
come
in
and
discuss
their
support
or
concerns
with
their
manager's
proposed
budget
and
then
budget
adoption
on
April
22nd,
with
with
the
budget
beginning
on
July
1st
specific
to
the
work
sessions
with
with
you.
W
We
start
off
next
Tuesday
with
the
court
and
con
courts
and
constitutionals
coming
in
followed
by
environmental
services
and
Human
Services,
and
you
can
see
the
rest
of
the
work
sessions
as
we
move
through
the
budget
process.
So
with
that,
that's
a
summary
of
what
the
managers
included
in
his
proposed
budget
and
I.
Believe
you
have
a
number
of
board
reports
in
front
of
you
that
encapsulate
a
summary
I've
just
made
so
turn
it
over
to
you.
Mr.
A
A
Shocking
discussion
is
now
with
the
County
Board.
Does
the
board
have
any
questions
at
this
point
in
time
before
we
move
into
setting
our
advertisements
all
right,
I
will
start
us
off
and
I
like
to
move
that
the
County
Board
adopt
the
county
manager's
recommendations
in
board
report
29a
with
the
following
details
filled
out
that
one
we
advertise
a
public
hearing
on
March
30th
2023
to
consider
a
calendar
year.
2023
base
real
estate
tax
rate
of
one
dollar
and
1.3
cents
per
100
of
assessed
value
using
the
attached
advertisement.
A
That's
attachment
four
and
the
two.
We
advertise
a
public
hearing
on
March
30th
2023
to
consider
the
calendar
year:
2023
commercial,
real
estate
tax
for
transportation
initiatives
at
the
current
rate,
12
and
a
half
cents
per
100
using
the
attached
advertisement
attachment
four
and
then
three
we
advertise
a
public
hearing
on
March
30th
to
consider
the
calendar
year,
2023
Sanitary
District
tax
tax
for
storm
water
management
at
the
current
rate
of
1.7
cents
per
1
hundred
dollars
of
assessed
value
using
the
attached
advertisement,
which
is
attachment.
Four.
A
Is
there
a
second
seconded
by
Mr,
D
Franti
I'll
speak
briefly
to
it.
This
keeps
the
real
estate
tax
rate
at
its
current
levels.
Levels
that
they
currently
are
for
this
fiscal
year
proposes
to
keep
the
outer
bounds
of
it
to
the
same
for
next
fiscal
year,
meaning
that
we
can
adopt
a
tax
rate
no
higher
than
what
was
just
offered
via
the
motion.
Any
further
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes.
A
K
You
Mr
chair
this
is
the
I
I
would
like
to
have
to
do
to
move
the
county
manager's
recommendation
to
advertise
for
a
public
hearing
on
March
30th
2023
to
consider
a
proposed
calendar
year,
2023
tax
rate
for
the
Ballston
business
Improvement
Service
District
Bolson
bid
not
to
exceed.
K
0.045
dollars
per
100,
using
the
resolution
shown
as
Amendment
one
of
the
staff
report.
This
essential
keeps
the
district
at
the
same
level
of
funding
with
a
slight
forty
five
thousand
dollars
more
appropriation
because
of
the
increase.
This
is
basically
keeping
that
flat.
A
K
I
will
further
move
the
county
Marshal's
recommendation
to
advertise
for
a
public
meeting.
This
is
item
d,
as
in
Denmark
advertised
for
a
public
hearing
on
March
30
2023
to
consider
a
proposed
calendar
year,
2023
tax
rate
for
the
national
Landing
business,
National
Landing
business
improvement,
district
of
0.043
dollars
per
100
of
assessed
value.
That
is
in
addition
to
the
current
real
estate
rate,
using
the
resolution
shown
as
Amendment
one
of
the
staff
report
and
my
comments
to
that
would
be
the
same.
Like
the
previous
one.
A
K
And
finally,
our
third,
the
motion
tour
to
to
the
tax
rate
that
supports
our
third
business
improvement
district
and
all
this
business
Improvement
District
is
that
I
move
the
county
marriages
recommendation
to
advertise
for
a
public
hearing
on
March
30th
2023
to
consider
a
proposed
calendar
year,
2023
tax
rate
for
the
Russell
and
business
Improvement.
Service
District
Rosslyn
bid
office
0.078
dollars
per
100
of
assessed
value.
That
is,
in
addition
to
the
current
real
estate
rate,
using
the
results.
One
of
the
staff
report.
A
L
You
Mr
chair
I,
think
if
it's
increases,
I
have
the
drama
for
tonight.
So
I
have
I'm
going
to
first
move
for
item
F
of
item
number
29,
and
this
was
on
the
board
report
dated
January
19
that
we
support
the
manager's
recommendation
to
authorize
the
advertisement
of
a
public
hearing
on
the
proposed
amendment
to
chapter
10
article,
one
section
10,
a
a
of
the
Arlington
County
code,
which
is
shown
as
attachment
one
and
on
the
staff
report
and
that
hearings
to
be
held.
March,
30th,
2023.
L
Ms
Garvey
I'll
have
a
few
just
a
little
bit.
This
is
our
household
Solid,
Waste,
basically
trash
and
recycling
a
really
important
work.
We
had
a
great
contract
for
a
number
of
years,
which
kept
the
costs
really
steady,
even
went
down
a
few
times.
I
think
I
had
the
joy
of
actually
sometimes
making
those
motions
for
fees
that
were
actually
going
down,
but
right
now,
they're
going
up
quite
a
bit
about
a
hundred
dollars
and
that's
because
of
the
increased
cost
and
we've
really
benefited
quite
a
bit
for
that
long-term
contract.
L
But
now
we
have
to
redo
the
contract
and
pay
that
increased
costs
and
I
think
everybody's
aware
of
how
many
increased
costs
we
have
for
personnel
and
supplies
and
we're
getting
a
new
recycling
center,
probably,
and
so
there's
a
lot
going
on
and
there's
an
increase
which
will
help
keep
the
county
clean.
A
H
A
Yeah
and
I'll
just
comment
for
clarification:
Mr,
Schwartz
and
I'm
not
suggesting
that
I
have
a
proposal
as
such,
but
this
sets
the
highest
household,
Solid,
Waste
rate
that
we
could
charge
residents
at
408.54.
It
does
not
mean
it
could
not
be
lower
through
some
other
Act
of
the
board.
That
is
correct.
Thank
you
all
right.
Any
further
discussion.
L
Right,
thank
you.
Mr,
chair
I
would
like
to
for
item
29
G
move
that
we
adopted
Tandy
manager's
recommendation
to
authorize
advertisement
of
public
hearing
to
be
held
March
30th
2023,
to
consider
a
proposed
amendment
to
chapter
26
article,
one
of
the
Arlington
County
code,
which
is
the
utilities
unit
ordinance
attachment
one
to
the
board
report
dated
February
14th,
and
this
is
to
increase
the
water
and
sewer
rates.
Effective,
July,
1,
20,
23.
L
I
think
I
will
just
say
that
this
is
a
much
smaller
increase.
This
is
about
26
dollars
per
year
on
average
about
3.5
percent.
Thank.
A
L
One
more
fee
item:
this
is
number
29
H
and
here
I
move
that
the
board
adopt
the
county
manager's
recommendation
to
authorize
advertisement
with
public
hearing
to
be
held
again
on
March
30th
2023
to
consider
proposed
amendments
to
chapter
26.
This
is
the
utilities
to
Article
1,
Section,
26-11
and
section
26-12
of
the
Arlington
County
code
and
attachment
one
to
the
board
report
dated
February
7
to
increase
the
infrastructure
of
availability
fees
and
meter,
installation
charges,
effective,
July,
1,
2023.
L
Very
quickly,
this
is
kind
of
in
the
middle
when
the
increases
go
I
think
apparently,
of
an
average
of
about
260
dollars
for
the
average
person
household
13
approximately
covers
I,
think
Mr
Stevenson
actually
went
over
a
number
of
these
fees
to
cover
new
new
meters
and
some
sanitary
sewer
work.
All
of
this
is
very
important,
and
all
of
these
fees,
I
neglected
to
say,
are
basically
self-supporting.
We
need
to
sort
of
take
in
what
we
need
to
to
pay
for
their
services.
Thank.
A
M
Is
about
effectuating
the
advance
notice
that
we
talked
about
a
lot?
We
spoke
about
the
new
storm
water
utility
system
that
we
discussed
at
our
work
session
on
the
31st.
This
is
Step
well,
I
would
say
right
in
the
middle
step,
actually
in
terms
of
public
engagement
on
this
major
change
for
how
we
fund
and
finance
our
stormwater
infrastructure
and
for
those
who
would
like
to
catch
up
on
some
of
that
conversation,
we
can
encourage
them
to
do
that
by
searching
stormwater
utility
at
arlingtonva.us.
A
M
The
next
item
is
regarding
public
hearings
for
Des
development
fees,
so
I
move
that
we
authorize
public
hearings
for
this,
for
consideration
of
first,
an
increase
in
Das
development
fees
regarding
Street
Development
and
Construction
erosion
and
sediment
control
for
the
Chesapeake
Bay
preservation
and
two
to
amend
reenact
and
recodify
sections,
23-11,
11,
subsection,
a
of
the
county
code
to
move
the
fees
related
to
plot
review
and
public
Bond
Administration
to
the
Des
fee
schedule
and
increase
the
fees
and,
in
both
cases
to
advertise
increases
in
the
fee
by
an
inflationary
indicator
of
5.2
percent.
M
A
M
A
M
I
move
that
we
authorized
the
advertisement
of
a
little
different,
a
public
hearing
by
the
Planning
Commission
on
March
6th
of
2023,
as
well
as
by
the
County
Board
on
March
30th
of
2023,
for
an
inflationary
increase
of
5.2
percent,
an
increase
to
the
indirect
cost
surcharge
associated
with
Inspection
Services
fees
of
six
percent.
The
establishment
of
an
indirect
cost
surcharge
associated
with
zoning
fees
of
21
and
Technical
Corrections
associated
with
plumbing
fees
and
fee
exemptions.
M
These
are
fees
associated
with
the
cphd
Development
Fund,
as
well
as
cphd
planning
fees
and
Des
development,
specific
fees.
Importantly,
these
are
not
covered
not
supported
by
the
general
fund.
So
these
are
fees
in
the
increases
here
are
about
ensuring
that
these
Enterprise
funds
can
continue
to
cover
their
own
inflationary
costs
and
are
not
supported
by
General
taxpayers.
All.
A
H
Thank
you
Mr
chair,
so
I've
got
the
department
of
Parks
and
Recreation
fees,
so
I
move
that
we
authorize
the
County's
manager's
recommendation
the
ad
and
the
advertisement
of
a
public
hearing
to
be
held
on
March
30th
2023
for
consideration
of
the
fiscal
year,
2024
DPR
program,
services
and
membership
fees,
as
shown
in
the
attachment
I
with
such
fees,
subject
to
Administration.
By
up
to
excuse
me,
subject
to
adjustment
by
up
to
five
percent
from
the
listed
amounts
as
a
result
of
budget
deliberations,
including
any
public
feedback,
is.
A
H
Sure
there's
actually
a
number
of
new
program
fees
because
of
new
programs
that
the
department
of
Parks
and
Recreation
is
putting
forward
and
there's
also
an
effort
to
adjust
for
the
inflationary
pressures
we've
been
seeing
as
well
as
there
are
waivers
and
more
than
2,
400
I
believe
waivers
for
our
residents
with
little
less
income
so
I.
That's
that
sums
it
up
thanks.
A
H
N
is
the
fire
department
has
actually
I'll
move
the
county
manager's
recommendation
that
we
authorize
the
advertising
public
hearing
to
be
held,
March
30th
2023
for
consideration
of
the
publication
of
the
fire
department's
special
events
fee
schedule.
All
right
is
there
a
second.
H
To
speak
to
this
very
briefly,
this
we
have
the
fire
department
has
not
previously
published
these
fees,
so
this
is
good
governments
just
to
provide
some
notice
to
people
and
some
consistency
in
the
public
realm.
Thank.
H
Take
us
home
sure,
item
letter
N
is
concerns.
Police
Department,
Is,
We
I,
move
that
we
authorize
the
advertise
advertisement
of
a
public
hearing
to
be
held
on
March
30th
2023
to
consider
sitting
Police
Department
fees
related
to
off-duty
details,
including,
but
not
limited
to
special
events,
effective
July,
1st
2023.
H
It's
an
adjustment,
an
increase
in
in
off-duty
compensation
from
I,
believe
50
to
75
dollars
and
and
I'm
hoping
that
DMF
will
correct
me
if
that's
incorrect,
but
with
all
the
strains
on
our
Police
Department
if
you're
going
to
do
off-duty.
H
This
is
an
instance
where
we
can
standardize
and
further
ensure
that
off-duty
events
are
compensated.
Well.
All
right.
Thank.
A
You,
and
is
there
any
further
discussion
hearing,
none
all
those
in
favor
of
Mr,
D,
franti's,
final
motion.
Please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed.
You.
A
All
right,
so
thank
you.
Colleagues.
We
have
now
dispensed
hopefully
successfully
with
items
29a
through
n
head,
not
beautiful
nicely
done.
Everyone
I
now
have
one
other
item
that
I
would
like
to
bring
up
and
it
is
a
motion
to
adopt
an
opioid
settlement
resolution,
and
so
this
resolution
of
the
board
will
approve
the
County's
participation
in
the
proposed
settlement
of
opioid
related
claims
against
Teva
allergen,
Walmart,
Walgreens
CVS
and
their
related
corporate
entities
and
direct
the
county
attorney
and
or
counties
outside
Council
to
execute
the
documents
necessary
to
effectuate.
A
The
County's
participation
in
the
aforementioned
settlements
is
very
second,
second
did
by
Miss
Crystal
I.
Think
the
motion
to
adopt
the
resolution
pretty
much
said
what
this
is
all
about,
so
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
Is
there
any
further
discussion
hearing?
None
all
those
in
favor
of
this
motion.
Please
say:
aye
aye,
aye
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes.
Have
it
5-0
Miss
Jacobs.
Do
we
have
any
other
items
to
come
before
the
board?
No.