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A
Tonight's
public
hearing
on
the
counties
FY
2024
proposed
operating
budget
I
am
board,
chair,
Christian,
Dorsey
presiding
this
evening
and
joining
me.
Our
vice
chair,
Garvey,
board
members,
Katie
Crystal,
Matt,
D,
ferranti
and
Takis
karantonis,
who
will
be
joining
us
shortly
over
the
past
several
weeks,
the
board
has
held
work
sessions
to
discuss
budget
recommendations
with
various
County
agencies.
We've
also
heard
from
many
of
our
advisory
commissions,
and
our
role
this
evening
is
to
hear
from
members
of
our
Arlington
Community
on
the
needs,
programs
and
services
which
are
most
important
to
you.
A
We
will
also
hold
a
public
hearing
on
the
proposed
tax
rates
and
various
fees
and
code
amendments.
This
Thursday
The,
Day,
After,
Tomorrow,
March
30th
at
7
pm.
The
online
sign
up
form
for
Thursday's
hearing
is
available
on
the
county
board's
website
or
by
calling
our
Board
office
at
703-228-3130
weekdays
between
eight
and
five
eight
a.m
and
5
PM.
The
board
will
act
ultimately
on
the
FY
24
operating
budget
calendar
year,
23
tax
rates
and
Associated
fees
and
code
amendments
at
our
April
22nd
County
board.
B
Thank
you,
Mr
chair
and
members
of
the
boredom
Richard
Stevenson
has
a
five
slide
presentation
and
over
to
you.
C
Mr
Stevenson
all
right.
Thank
you,
I'll
be
brief.
So
this
evening,
I'll
walk
through
a
few
slides,
highlighting
the
proposed
budget.
Before
we
get
started
with
the
public
hearing.
As
we've
moved
through
the
current
fiscal
year,
we
continue
to
see
improvement
in
our
local
tax
revenues.
C
We
are
still,
however,
dealing
with
continuing
expenditure
pressures
from
the
covid-19
pandemic,
specifically
in
some
of
our
Human
Service
programs
and
as
the
manager's
proposed
budget
continues
to
invest
in
a
number
of
priority
areas,
for
example,
schools,
housing,
mental
health
and
capital
infrastructure,
just
to
name
a
few
and
looking
ahead,
Beyond
FY
2024.
We
continue
to
focus
on
the
areas
of
Revenue
and
expense,
which
may
see
some
pressures
due
to
demand
inflation,
interest
rates
and
other
macro
economic
factors.
C
The
County's
operating
budget
is
just
over
933
million
dollars
and
is
a
2.1
percent
increase
from
the
current
fiscal
year
and
following
the
principles
of
Revenue
sharing
with
schools,
the
total
revenue
transfer
totals
607.6
million,
a
four
percent
increase
in
the
County's
funding
to
the
school
system.
C
So
when
the
when
the
budget
began,
when
the
process
began
last
fall,
it
was
projected
that
ongoing
expenditure
needs
would
outpace
revenues
and,
however,
with
the
continued
growth
in
local
tax
revenue
projections
and
higher
than
anticipated
real
estate,
Assessments
in
January
increases
in
revenue
streams
help
close
that
funding
Gap.
C
So
here
on
this
next
slide,
we
can
see
the
timeline
that
the
chairman
just
outlined
tonight
and
Thursday
evening.
We
are
hearing
input
from
our
community
on
the
budget
and
taxes
and
then,
as
mentioned
before,
the
process
will
conclude
with
budget
adoption
at
the
April
board.
Meeting
in
our
fiscal
year
starts
July
1st
and
then
finally
like
to
share
with
those
joining
us
tonight
where
you
can
find
additional
information
on
the
budget.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
Mr
Stevenson
and
Mr
Schwartz.
We
are
now
ready
to
hear
from
our
public
speakers,
but
a
few
things
to
keep
in
mind.
Speakers
can
sign
up
for
this
hearing,
both
in
person
and
online
at
arlingtonva.us
government
slash,
County
Board,
and
you
can
do
so
until
8
PM
this
evening
after
8
PM.
No
speakers
will
be
able
to
sign
up
for
those
who
are
here
in
person.
A
A
Please
make
sure
you
speak
directly
into
the
microphone
so
that
everyone
can
hear
your
comments
and
if
you
have
any
documents
that
you'd
like
to
submit
for
the
board,
please
hand
those
over
to
our
clerk
Ms
Jacobs,
who
is
to
your
left
and
make
sure
that
your
name
and
contact
information
is
included
on
all
documents.
For
those
of
you
who
are
joining
us
remote.
Please
make
sure
that
you
keep
your
microphones
muted
and
your
cameras
off
until
you
are
called
to
speak.
A
You
can
unmute
yourself
if
you're
joining
us
by
phone
by
clicking
star
six
or
if
you
are
using
teams
via
an
app
or
browser,
you
can
click
the
microphone
button
on
the
toolbar.
Please
make
sure
that
you
and
your
comments
as
soon
as
your
speaking
time
has
elapsed
for
those
of
you
who
are
or
for
all
of
you,
you'll
hear
a
30-second
warning
when
you
should
begin
wrapping
up
your
comments
before
a
beep.
A
E
F
Jennifer
Owens
president
and
CEO
of
the
Arlington
Community
Foundation,
our
shared
Prosperity
initiative
is
laser
focused
on
the
needs
of
our
neighbors
living
at
30
percent
of
our
Ami
and
below
our
comments
today
on
the
manager's
proposed
budget
are
driven
by
our
concerns
for
how
this
vulnerable
group
is
impacted
by
the
choices
we
make,
including
one
of
our
most
important
choices
as
a
community.
How
our
tax
dollars
are
spent
specifically
I'll
speak
to
recommendations
related
to
deeply
affordable
child
care
and
deeply
affordable
housing
in
2018.
F
The
County
Board
accepted
in
in
the
detailed
Community
informed
child
care
action
plan,
which
provides
a
road
map
for
how
to
achieve
our
goals
for
every
child
to
have
access
to
Safe
Affordable
Care.
We
recently
released
a
port
that
re
report
that
reviewed
the
plan's
recommendations
against
our
community's
progress
in
the
four
plus
years.
Since
the
child
care
action
plan
was
adopted,
the
number
of
licensed,
affordable
child
care
slots
has
increased
by
only
147..
F
This
means
there
are
still
fewer
than
450
affordable
slots
to
serve
over
3
300
Arlington
children
under
the
age
of
six
who
live
in
households
below
60
Ami
and
about
half
of
those
live
in
about
more
than
half
who
live
below
30
percent
of
our
area,
median
income
families
who
must
forego
work
because
they
lack
Child
Care,
can't
pay
for
their
basic
needs
and
face
a
higher
rent
burden
because
they
don't
meet
the
work
requirements
for
a
housing.
Subsidy,
the
non-profit
sector
and
philanthropic
organizations
cannot
address
this
critical
need
alone.
F
We
are
joined
by
many
in
our
community
in
asking
for
the
deploying
the
five
million
dollars
in
funding
set
aside
last
year
for
affordable
child
care
infrastructure
and
adding
a
full-time
employee
to
the
budget
focused
on
the
child
care
action
plan
implementation.
This
issue
is
important
enough
for
us
to
have
at
least
one
person
in
our
County
government
who
wakes
up
every
day
with
the
goal
and
mission
of
addressing
this
critical
Child
Care
shortage.
F
E
G
G
As
a
representative
of
a
regional
organization
work
to
meet
working
to
meet
the
diverse
housing
needs
of
Northern
Virginia
residents,
first
we'd
like
to
acknowledge
Arlington
County's
success
in
increasing
the
housing
production
by
growing
the
committed,
affordable
units
or
craft
portfolio
28
between
fiscal
year
20
and
22,
and
we
also
applaud
that
the
number
of
calfs
serving
less
than
30
percent
Ami
nearly
doubled.
During
that
time.
We
understand
the
context
in
which
Arlington
has
had
to
address
a
significant
Revenue
shortfall,
coupled
with
spiked
interest
rates
and
increased
costs
in
general.
G
Unfortunately,
as
you
know,
the
FY
24
proposed
9.5
million
dollars
for
the
ahif
is
approximately
half
of
last
year's
FY
23
allocation.
In
order
to
achieve
the
County's
stated
goal
of
17.7
percent
of
the
housing
stock
at
60,
Ami
or
below
by
2040.
The
county
still
needs
over
6
500
cash.
To
get
there,
Arlington
will
need
to
commit
38
million
dollars
each
year
for
the
next
17
years
to
finance
the
380
units
needed
on
an
annual
basis
at
a
minimum.
We
suggest
increasing
the
ahif
funding
to
FY
23
levels
or
18.7
million.
G
There
are
several
upcoming
projects
for
calves
that
are
at
risk
of
not
having
AF
funding,
including
the
Serrano
Apartments
Crystal
houses,
Marbella
Arlington
View
Terrace,
lucky
Gardens,
and
the
Goodwill
site
separately,
we'd
like
to
affirm
the
study
funding
proposed
for
housing
grants
at
14.5
million,
as
well
as
the
County's
efforts
to
fund
eviction
prevention
at
the
amount
of
3.6
million.
We
appreciate
that
Arlington
is
a
regional
leader
when
it
comes
to
sound,
affordable
housing
resources
policies
and
programs.
G
D
H
Good
evening
my
name
is
Max
ewert
I'm,
an
associate
planner
with
the
Department
of
Parks
and
Recreation,
but
tonight
I
am
speaking
on
behalf
of
my
union
Ashley
local
3001,
which
represents
Arlington
County
employees,
I'm
going
to
speak
on
two
topics.
Tonight:
Staffing
and
compensation
regarding
Staffing
I
emphasize
with
the
I
empathize
with
the
County's
position,
the
county
must
be
able
to
function
and
I
appreciate
the
county.
Manager's
proposed
budget,
which
limits
the
amount
of
field
positions
that
are
being
cut.
The
vast
majority
of
cuts
are
to
Staffing.
H
The
vast
majority
of
cuts
to
Staffing
are
unfilled
positions.
However,
I
urge
County
board
members
to
try
and
find
ways
to
mitigate
these
cuts.
Many
of
us
are
still
feeling
overworked,
and
just
because
there
are
fewer
planned,
employees
does
not
mean
the
work
will
slow
down.
Additionally,
a
universal
issue
issue
that
we
have
heard
is
the
length
of
time
the
hiring
process
takes.
H
We
have
heard
of
many
instances
where
positions
were
have
been
offered
but
denied
due
to
the
prospective
employee
finding
another
position
during
the
hiring
process.
Making
these
changes
would
go
a
long
way
to
preserving
the
mental
health
of
County
employees
and
the
quality
of
service
that
we
provide
with
compensation.
This
is
a
call
to
action
to
all
Union
eligible
fellow
employees.
The
proposed
budget
includes
a
4.5
raise
and
two
thousand
dollar
bonus.
This
is
exactly
what
was
negotiated
for
by
the
service
labor
and
trades
bargaining
unit.
H
This
is
what
was
one
without
a
formal
Union
contract
by
a
single
bargaining
unit.
Imagine
what
we
could
win
if
we
all
came
to
the
table
together:
improved
racial
and
gender
Equity,
increased
wages,
flexibility
and
Health
Care
coverage,
a
better
retirement
plan
that
serves
our
needs,
flexible
schedules,
consistent
telework
and
a
32-hour
work
week
are
all
things
that
could
be
on
the
table
and
more
come
find
me
make
your
voice
heard
and
let's
build
this
together.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Our.
I
Oh
good
evening,
members
County
Board
I'm
John
muso
government,
Affairs
manager
at
the
Arlington
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Speaking
on
behalf
of
the
chamber,
I
would
first
like
to
thank
County
staff
for
all
the
hard
work.
That's
gone
so
far
into
the
fiscal
year.
2024
budget,
it's
important.
The
county
is
making
tough
decisions
as
we
under
a
linear
time
for
Arlington.
That
being
said,
we're
asking
the
county
to
retain
the
positions
of
assistant
director
at
Arlington,
Economic
Development
and
the
position
of
associate
planner
at
cphd.
I
We
believe
that
both
positions
are
part
of
a
greater
investment
in
the
ability
for
the
county
to
achieve
its
Economic
and
Development
goals
and
overall,
great
greater
policy
for
Arlington.
The
assistant
director
position
at
AED
is
a
vital
role.
That's
going
to
allow
for
the
director,
the
deputy
director
and
other
AED
Executives
to
fulfill
their
primary
responsibilities
and
directives.
We
concur
with
both
the
economic
development
commission
and
the
fiscal
Affairs
advisory
commission
that
losing
this
petition
would
cause
significant
negative
consequences.
I
Regarding
the
cphd
associated
plan,
the
position.
We
believe
that,
as
the
department
moves
ahead
with
projects
like
Crown
Langston
Boulevard,
the
outdoor
dining
study,
various
Landry
studies
and
the
regulatory
framework
for
missing
middle
that
it's
imperative.
The
department
has
enough
resources
and
staff
to
adequately
achieve
all
of
these
projects
and
goals
and
complete
them
and
Implement
them
in
a
timely
and
effective
manner.
I
Well
understand
the
county
is
facing
tough
budgetary
decisions
at
the
moves
ahead,
but
we
strongly
urge
the
county
not
to
lose
sight
of
how
important
needed
resources
are
for
these
two
departments
in
order
to
succeed
with
the
projects
they're
tasked
with
and
their
efforts
to
promote
a
better
Arlington.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
J
Good
evening
my
name
is
Brian
Lynch
I'm
here
tonight,
as
a
president
of
the
Arlington
professional
firefighters
and
paramedics,
Association
local
2800
of
the
iff,
it
is
my
honor
to
represent
over
350
of
your
our
members,
your
firefighters.
We
appreciate
the
progress
we
have
made
working
with
management
to
get
to
a
step
in
grade
system.
We
are
close,
but
we
need
your
help.
We
believe
that
we
have
collaboratively
created
the
first
step,
but
still
need
to
address
the
significant
salary
compression
right
now.
J
Firefighters,
in
their
sixth
year
of
service,
currently
make
the
same
salary
as
the
first
year.
Firefighters
they
train.
This
is
where
the
community
needs
your
leadership
in
an
increasingly
competitive
labor
market
communities
are
aggressively
recruiting,
experienced
firefighters
without
investments
from
the
board.
Your
six-year
firefighters
will
be
the
lowest
paid
per
hour
of
their
peers
inside
and
around
the
Beltway.
J
This
will
exacerbate
the
existing
problem,
where
Arlington
taxpayers
pay
to
train
firefighters
for
other
communities
at
a
cost
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
175
thousand
dollars
per
firefighter.
Attrition
is
trending
up
significantly.
Six
percent
of
our
positions
are
unfilled
and
your
firefighters
are
on
Pace
to
work
over
12
000
hours
of
mandatory
overtime
to
keep
the
community
safe
fully.
Addressing
compression
today
is
a
significant
cost.
J
If
steps
are
not
taken
today,
it
will
become
harder
and
more
expensive
to
maintain
a
level
of
protection
that
Arlington
families
and
businesses
need
and
have
come
to
expect
in
our
line
of
work.
Experience
can
mean
the
difference
between
life
and
death.
Please
keep
that
vital
experience
on
Arlington
Streets.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration.
K
Can
you
hear
me
all
right?
Okay,
good
evening,
I'm
Stuart
Scott
with
Eco
action
Arlington
the
proposed
budget
fails
to
address
the
climate
crisis.
It's
short
on
initiatives
to
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
The
23
budget
gave
me
hope,
a
two-person
office
of
climate
coordination
and
policy,
a
million
dollar
action
fund
for
things
related
to
the
2019
energy
plan.
K
There
is
some
follow-up.
Bill
Egger
was
hired
to
head
occp,
but
the
second
position
is
dropped.
How
is
Mr
Eggert
to
function
on
his
own
I'll
focus
on
one
area:
electric
buses,
the
23
status
of
transit
buses,
art
zero,
Fairfax,
eight
Alexandria
14.
for
schools,
Arlington,
three
Fairfax
18.?
What
about
coming
years?
Arlington
Transit,
four
battery
buses,
two
to
four
fuel
cell
buses
in
the
next
two
to
three
years,
for
a
pilot
study
transition
to
electric
buses,
starting
only
in
2028
five
years
from
now.
K
K
Battery
buses
are
feasible,
now
they're
being
adopted
across
our
area
across
our
state
and
across
the
country.
The
White
House
guidebook
to
the
IRA
states
that
existing
technology
and
federal
funding
provide
a
path
to
reduce
U.S
emissions
by
40
percent
by
2030
won't
Arlington
work
to
be
part
of
that
effort.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
L
Good
evening
my
name
is
Claire
Christian
and
I
am
here
tonight,
as
the
president
of
the
board
of
the
friends
of
the
Arlington
Library
are
full
believes
that
Arlington's
libraries
are
an
essential
resource
for
our
communities.
We
are
therefore
supportive
of
the
plan
to
engage
the
Arlington
Community
in
strategic
discussions
about
the
future
of
Arlington's
libraries
this
year.
We
are
also
supportive
of
the
proposed
nine
percent
increase
in
the
library
budget.
L
It
is
clear
that
the
County's
passed
investment
in
the
library
budget
has
paid
off
circulation,
has
increased
usage
of
the
library's
app
has
increased
and
participation
in
library
programs
has
increased.
Moreover,
last
year's
funding
of
the
collections
budget
has
resulted
in
reduced
wait
times
for
materials,
which
has
also
brought
many
more
patrons
to
the
library.
This
year's
proposed
budget
will
allow
the
library
to
continue
those
trends.
L
Our
libraries
are
the
anchors
of
diverse
communities
like
Arlington,
supporting
many
individuals
and
families
by
providing
access
to
books,
Technologies
and
other
programs
and,
in
many
cases,
filling
critical
needs
that
would
not
otherwise
be
met.
Unfortunately,
not
everyone
in
Arlington
is
able
to
fully
enjoy
these
benefits.
18
of
Arlington's.
Fourth
and
fifth
grade
students
still
needed
reading
support
at
the
end
of
the
last
school
year,
with
Black
and
Hispanic
students
in
Arlington
needing
reading
interventions
at
a
rate
two
to
three
times
higher
than
their
white
peers.
L
Arlington
students
have
Arlington
Public
Schools
have
recently
switched
to
evidence-based
reading
instruction,
but
there
are
many
older
students,
who've
received
inadequate
instruction
in
reading
and
will
need
help
to
become
proficient
readers.
Fole's
mission
is
to
support
Library
programming,
as
well
as
to
increase
literacy
in
our
community.
So
tonight
we
would
also
like
to
challenge
the
Arlington
County
Board
to
come
up
with
Creative
Solutions
to
address
these
unacceptable
literacy
gaps
in
our
community.
Full
is
ready
to
support
these
efforts
with
matching
funding.
L
M
Excuse
me
in
the
middle
of
making
dinner
here
but
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
ahif
budget
and
the
most
recent
analysis
of
the
affordable
housing
master
plan
staff
recommended
we
needed
to
spend
between
35
and
50
million
dollars
a
year
just
in
order
to
meet
the
goals
we
set
out
in
the
affordable
housing
housing
master
plan.
M
M
I
know
that
we're
not
going
to
get
to
35
or
50
million
this
year.
I
know
that's
a
lot
to
ask,
but
I
think
there's
something
fundamentally
wrong
when
we
treat
affordable
housing,
the
basic
human
right,
a
basic
human
need
as
something
that
we
can
simply
fund
at
20
percent,
I.
Think
about
schools,
I
think
about
sewers,
I!
Think
about
libraries.
Would
we
fund
any
of
these
Key
Programs
at
20,
even
40
percent
and
I?
M
Think
the
answer
is
no,
so
you
know
I'm
going
to
ask
at
the
very
least
we
match
what
we
did
last
year
and
come
back
to
the
table
so
that
our
goals
in
the
affordable
housing
master
plan
are
not
just
you
know,
wishful
thinking,
but,
like
a
reality,
Something
That
We're
actually
attempting
to
attempting
to
meet.
So.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Those
are
my
remarks.
Thank
you
enjoy.
N
Foreign
thank
you,
Mr,
chair,
I,
will
and,
and
the
spirit
is
of
what
you
intend
to
usually
tell
folks
I'll
try
to
keep
this
brief.
So
good
evening,
I'm
Eric,
Burkey
I
live
in
Douglas
Park
I'd
like
to
align
myself
with
the
comments
of
those
concerned
about
our
planning
staff.
N
I'd,
also
like
to
align
myself
with
the
comments
of
Jill
Norcross
with
regards
to
the
funding
our
of
our
affordable
housing
programs
and
also
agree
with
the
previous
speaker,
Grace
white,
about
those
funding
levels.
My
request
is
similar
that
the
board
strongly
consider
funding
ahif
to
its
fiscal
year.
23
levels
of
about
18.7
million
dollars.
N
I
do
want
to
commend
the
board
and
the
county
for
the
leadership
it's
shown
for
really
many
years,
especially
the
last
few
years,
especially
with
regards
to
the
assistance
of
the
acquisition
of
Barcroft
apartments
and
the
preservation
of
over
1300,
affordable
units
there.
It's
it's
just
incredible
accomplishment
for
our
community,
but
one
that
does
have
real
Financial
costs
and
unfortunately,
those
costs
are
more
than
we
anticipated
due
to
Market
factors,
inflation
and
Etc,
and
so
my
understanding
is
that
you
know
our
our
affordable
housing.
N
Investment
fund
dollars
are
mostly
accounted
for
in
the
next
year
or
so
because
of
that
and
other
commitment,
and
my
request
is
that
the
board
take
leadership
like
it
has
many
many
times
as
before,
to
increase
that
Aid
of
funding.
So
we
can
provide
more
certainty.
We've
not
had
a
nofa
process
for
the
last
two
years
and
it's
really
important
that
we
we
dig
deep
and
find
more
resources
so
that
our
affordable
housing
developer
Partners
continue
to
do
you
know
robust
projects
in
Arlington
and
not
simply
just
focus
elsewhere.
O
O
As
we've
seen
over
the
last
few
years,
Parks
and
Rec
does
not
put
resources
towards
pickleball
due
to
what
they
claim
are
budget
issues.
The
public
spaces
master
plan
mandates
that
they've
worked
to
meet
demand
for
pickleball,
a
mandate
that
was
enacted
years
ago.
Surely,
by
now,
they've
established
a
Target
level
of
service
like
they've
done
for
other
sports
right
nope,
it's
not
in
the
budget.
Other
sports
have
designated
contact
person
at
parks
and
rec
does
pickleball
nope,
not
in
the
budget
long-term
planning,
not
in
the
budget.
O
How
was
that
lack
of
planning
worked
out
for
us
last
July?
They
promised
to
buy
some
paint
and
stripe
more
courts.
This
spring
well,
I
see
daffodils,
but
I
don't
see
more
courts.
So
there
are
plenty
of
nice
to
have
that
I'd
love
to
see
it'd
be
great
if
you'd
open
the
rec
centers
at
9am.
On
Sunday
mornings
in
the
winter,
but
I
understand
that
money
is
tight
for
the
nice
to
haves,
but
for
the
must-haves.
O
P
Good
evening,
everyone
so
I,
don't
know
if
everyone's
aware
of
this,
but
recently
the
county
just
passed,
missing
middle
housing
reforms
and
that
I'm
very
excited
about
it'll
go
a
long
way
towards
affordability
of
housing
for
the
middle
class
over
the
long
term.
It
is
not,
of
course,
a
silver
bullet
that
fixes
things
right
away
and
it's
not
a
tool
for
lower
income.
P
That
is
very
frustrating,
so
I
really
want
to
see.
Well.
I
will
also
sort
of
break
with
Grace
white,
who
spoke
earlier,
who
said
that
she
doesn't,
or
she
understands
that
we
probably
can't
get
to
that
37
to
48
million
points.
I
will
break
with
that
and
say
that
is
exactly
where
we
need
to
be
even
this
year.
Yes,
that's
difficult
choices.
That's
a
tough
budget
to
put
together,
but
that
is
exactly
why
we
have
hired
our
wonderful
County
Manager
Mark
Schwartz!
Isn't
it.
P
Q
Good
evening
again,
nice
to
see
you
all
thank
you
for
all
that
you're
doing
to
struggle
with
all
the
demands
in
the
county.
It's
it's
really
amazing
and
I
know
it's.
It's
not
an
easy
job.
I'd
like
to
Echo
a
lot
of
the
comments
you've
heard
already
this
evening
and
thank
you
first
for
the
missing
middle
housing,
ordinance
that
we
passed
this
week.
Just
truly
an
amazing
Milestone
really
creates
an
opportunity
for
different
types
of
households
in
neighborhoods
long
closed
to
a
variety
of
residents.
Q
That
was
an
incredible
budget,
neutral
zoning
tool
that
you
all
passed
and
now
it's
time
to
turn
our
eyes
towards
affordability.
As
we
heard
many
times,
missing
middle
is
not
going
to
meet
the
needs
of
folks
under
immediate
income
in
Arlington
and
Arlington
has
done
a
wonderful
job
of
attempting
to
meet
those
needs
for
decades,
and
here
we
are
again
the
now
the
county
is
changing,
it's
becoming
more
expensive.
Our
affordable
housing
problem
is
only
getting
worse.
Q
We
learned
this
week
that
we
are
the
10th
most
expensive
urban
area
in
America
to
live
and
that
we
are
the
most
expensive
for
child
care.
So
folks,
not
making
that
median
income
are
falling
farther
and
farther
behind,
and
how
do
we
make
room
for
everyone
that
we
need
to
make
our
fam
our
community
complete?
Q
You
know,
I
think
we
really
need
to
think
about
housing
as
infrastructure,
as
things
are,
changing
more
people
are
coming
here.
The
prices
of
everything
are
going
up.
What
about
the
folks
who
just
cannot
keep
up,
and
so
when
the
county
has
a
priority
as
major
as
housing,
which
we
have
for
many
years
here?
It
doesn't
make
sense
to
have
that
priority,
be
at
the
whim
of
one
time
and
annual
funds,
and
so
this
year
we
see
half
the
funding
of
even
last
year,
which
is
we've
heard.
Q
Other
speakers
saying
is
really
a
third
or
a
quarter
of
what
we
actually
need
annually
is
just
shocking
to
see
us
go
back
this
far.
This
fast
I
recall
in
2020
right
before
the
covid
Crisis
began.
We
were
asking
you
all
for
25
million,
which
was
half
of
what
we
needed
then
and
to
think
we're
three
years
later
and
we're
looking
at
9
million
is
just
it's
discouraging
and
it
makes
them
realize
we're
never
going
to
get
to
these
goals.
Q
If
we
don't
get
really
serious
about
figuring
out
a
new
funding
source,
making
a
commitment
about
a
base
amount
of
money
that
we
can
count
on
that
are
that
are
prop
non-profit
developers
can
count
on
going
forward.
As
someone
said,
we
haven't
had
a
nofa
for
two
years.
These
tiny
amounts,
no
one
can
plan,
and
so
we
have
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
prioritize
this
and
not?
Have
it
be
a
one?
Q
You
know
every
year
where
we're
redoing
the
budget
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
go
forward,
and
so
I
really
challenge
you
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
come
up
with
money
to
really
support
400
units
a
year?
This
is
a
massive
amount
of
money
and
nine
will
never
get
us
there
and
I
do
want
to
affirm
your
event:
eviction
prevention,
your
housing
Grant
and
please
up
your
calf
inspection,
so
everyone
lives
in
decent
housing.
Thank
you.
R
Three
three,
but
I
won't
make
it
that
far
good
evening.
Everyone
I'm
Peter,
can
I'm
the
chairman
of
the
board
of
Culpepper
garden
and
I
really
appreciate
the
time
to
be
here
and
all
the
help
that
the
county
itself
and
the
County
Board
has
provided
to
Culpepper,
of
course,
I'm
speaking
in
terms
of
affordable
housing
for
low-income
seniors.
R
Very,
we
are
very
appreciative
of
the
amount
of
money
that
the
county
has
provided
every
year
and
will
provide
again
this
year.
Of
course,
we
are
impacted
by
the
huge
imp
cost
increases
in
health
care,
specifically
for
our
Assisted
Living
residents,
Independent
Living
of
our
350
residents
or
330
residents,
so-called
residents
about
a
fourth
or
a
third,
are
assisted
living
and,
as
we've
discussed
and
you've
made
many
trips
and
visited
our
facility
and
met
our
residents
and
met
us.
R
Our
Assisted
Living
residents
do
not
have
a
federal
fund
capability
or
or
source,
so
there
is
HUD
funding
that
goes
for
their
housing
and
there,
of
course,
is
Medicare
funding
for
some
of
their
more
extreme
health
care.
But
assistive
living
is
not
covered.
It's
like
a
donut
hole
that
sits
there,
and
we
appreciate
the
modest
about
one
percent
increase
in
funding
to
Culpepper
Garden
this
year,
but
that's
not
close
to
the
13
increase
that
we
saw
in
our
health
care
costs
for
our
residents.
We
are
doubling
down
on
our
philanthropy.
R
We
are
working
very
hard
to
meet
that
Gap,
but
we
do
ask,
as
the
county
looks
at
increasing
housing
stock
and
the
like,
that,
the
neediest
of
our
citizens,
the
one
that's
most
often
forgotten-
are
senior
citizens
and
our
elderly,
who
Culpepper
has
been
the
home
for
in
assisted
living
and
independent
living
now
for
50
years
over
50
years
that
we
find
some
way
to
with
the
discretionary
funds
to
hopefully
increase
the
amount
that
can
come
from
the
county
to
help
with
the
Assisted
Living
portion.
R
We
are
looking
at
a
longer
term
plan
and
increasing
the
housing
stock
for
both
assisted
living
and
independent
living
at
Culpepper
garden
over
the
next
10
years,
but
in
the
short
run
we
are
looking
for
help
specifically
in
that
area.
So
Marta
would
love
to
be
here.
The
rest
of
the
board
would
love
to
be
here.
R
Marta
is
in
Richmond
today
making
a
similar
appeal
down
in
Richmond
to
the
folks
down
there,
so
I'm
carrying
the
the
onus
as
the
board
chair
to
bring
that
here
and
I
truly
appreciate
the
immense
amount
of
help
and
attention
that
the
board
has
given
to
Culpepper.
But
again
those
huge
increases
in
costs,
especially
in
Assisted
Living,
have
been
quite
problematic
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
that,
as
the
board
is
considering
all
the
difficult
choices
that
you
have
to
make
to
remember.
S
S
One
time
and
ongoing
funds
have
been
allocated
to
open
a
new
employment
training
program
to
be
housed
temporarily
in
the
Sequoia
complex
with
15
client
spaces.
The
program
is
expected
to
open
later
this
year
and
there's
been
renewed
interest
in
expanding
much
needed.
Arlington-Based
employment
opportunities
for
this
population.
S
S
K
T
A
Crystal
City
Library
is
in
the
works
and
the
Columbia
Pike
Branch
will
soon
have
a
new
home
anecdotal
evidence
that
Central
Library
is
heavily
patronized
by
users
all
over
the
region.
Surfaces
every
year
when
about
half
those
I
approached
to
sign
my
ballot
access
petition
declined
because
they
live
outside
the
county.
No
pun
intended,
but
this
says
volumes
about
Arlington,
Public
Library,
also
to
the
good,
is
sustained
funding
for
art
bus.
T
Despite
a
documented
decline
in
ridership
since
2019
as
a
regular
art
bus
rider,
I
can
attest
to
its
dependability,
even
though
most
arlingtonians
don't
use
it.
On
the
bad
side
is
the
freezing
of
several
dozen
Sheriff's
Office
and
police
department
positions.
Despite
a
documented
increase
in
serious
crime
in
a
March
23rd
County
Board
work
session,
Arlington
police
chief
Andy
Penn
reported
a
27.4
percent
increase
in
larceny's,
a
31.6
percent
increase
in
motor
vehicle
thefts
and
a
significant
increase
in
assaults
since
2021..
Yet
the
police
department
is
100
officers
short
of
its
authorized.
T
T
Yet
the
lopsided
attrition
in
law
enforcement
personnel,
as
compared
with
the
ballooning
of
DHS
staff,
is
indicative
of
robbing
Peter
to
pay
Paul
consistent
with
a
de
facto
push
to
defund
the
police.
As
for
the
ugly
look
no
further
than
the
real
estate
tax
increase,
estimated
at
4.7
percent
for
2023.,
this
brings
the
County's
annual
average
10-year
effective
real
estate
tax
rate
increase
to
4.5
percent
or
almost
double
that
of
the
Consumer
Price
Index.
T
The
county
argues
that
it's
not
tax
gouging,
because
tax
hike
is
driven
by
Rising
real
estate
assessments,
not
the
tax
rate.
Yet
the
Fairfax
County
Board
of
Supervisors,
chair
Jeffrey,
McKay,
recently
told
his
constituents
quote:
I
will
not
support
a
budget
that
does
not
reduce
the
tax
rate.
End
of
quote
would
that
Arlington
County
Board
were
so
compassionate.
U
We
appreciate
the
initiatives
underway
to
expand
rooftop
solar
in
public
EV
charging
infrastructure
and
transition
of
the
sedan
Fleet
or
for
electric
vehicles.
Two
electric
vehicles.
The
proposed
budget
does
not,
however,
provide
adequate
funds
to
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions
50
by
2030
within
Arlington,
most
important
Colony
residents,
businesses
and
Property
Owners
need
information,
assistance
and
incentives
to
overcome
perceived
obstacles
to
reduce
carbon
emissions.
U
The
starting
point
would
be
to
allocate
the
one
million
dollars
of
cep
funds
this
year
rather
than
over
two
years
and
to
invest
the
2.6
million
in
savings
from
the
virtual
power
purchase
agreement
to
accelerate
climate
actions.
In
fact,
that
2.6
million
dollars
is
a
good
indications
of
the
economic
benefits
of
investing
in
climate
Solutions,
securing
Federal
and
other
funds
and
pursuing
a
green
bank
and
Community
Choice,
aggregation
or
other
avenues.
U
V
Good
evening
my
name
is
McCoy
Kaufman
and
tonight
I
speak
on
behalf
of
voice
Virginians
organized
for
Interfaith
Community
engagement,
our
fiscal
year.
2024
budget
priorities
include
funding
to
address
the
greater
need
for
rent
support,
grow,
Arlington's,
affordable
housing,
Supply
and
implement
the
long-term
strategies
for
aging,
calf
properties
and
recommendations
of
the
joint
subcommittee
Serrano
report.
V
Given
budget
pressures,
we
welcome
the
proposed
steady
funding
for
housing
grants,
as
well
as
the
eviction
protection
funds,
which
will
be
critical
with
the
end
of
special
pandemic
funding
and
current
economic
conditions
and
housing.
Supply
Arlington
has
made
notable
strides
toward
meeting
the
affordable
housing
unit
goal
in
the
affordable
housing
master
plan,
but
even
with
the
preservation
of
1
334
units
at
Barcroft,
the
county
is
still
short
by
more
than
5
000
units.
V
V
Please
note
that
this
amount
is
considerably
less
than
the
37
to
49
million
dollars
annually,
that
your
staff
is
estimated
is
necessary
to
meet
the
need
still
maintaining
the
fiscal
year.
2023
level
can
help
to
ensure
funds
will
be
available
for
much
needed,
affordable
housing
projects
being
contemplated
by
Arlington's,
non-profit
housing
partners
for
upcoming
years.
V
Once
again,
Arlington
has
been
ranked
one
of
the
most
expensive
places
to
live
yeah
and
one
of
the
most
expensive
major
urban
areas
to
live
now
is
not
the
time
to
decrease
housing
supply.
Please
ensure
that
ahif
will
help
us
continue
to
progress
towards
meeting
our
critical
need
for
affordable
housing,
we'll
follow
up
with
a
more
detailed
letter.
Thank
you.
W
Hello,
thank
you
for
this
opportunity,
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
Faith
Alliance
for
climate
Solutions,
also
known
as
facts
and
I'm
very
concerned
that
investments
in
the
2024
County
budget
proposal
still
do
not
reflect
the
urgency
we
need
to
address
the
climate
change
crisis.
W
We
appreciate
the
Investments
That
Arlington
has
made
thus
far
that
have
helped
position
us
to
be
recognized
as
a
leader
in
climate
action,
and
we
really
applaud
the
county
for
getting
all
the
facilities
powered
by
renewable
energy
two
years
ahead
of
schedule,
but
there's
a
lot
more
to
be
done.
So
here
are
a
few
specific
asks.
First,
we
really
want
you
to
Leverage
The
2.6
million
in
Energy
savings
that
we're
getting
from
switching
to
all
Renewables
and
use
it
to
invest
in
more
zero
carbon
projects.
Do
not
put
it
into
fossil
energy.
W
On
zero
carbon
Investments,
please
stop
committing
to
fossil
fuel
art
buses.
We
know
their
complicated
transition
consideration,
but
transition
Investments
need
to
be
aimed
towards
zero
carbon
Solutions,
which
means
electrified
buses.
We
urge
you
to
build
infrastructure
and
invest
in
capital,
aligned
with
other
transit
system,
transit
systems
locally
and
regionally.
The
future
is
electric,
not
fossil.
Not
hydrogen.
W
The
air
office
is
another
topic.
The
air
office
is
proposed
for
an
eight
percent
budget
reduction,
but
we
see
a
lot
of
opportunities
that
the
air
team
can
be
using
can
be
doing
with
these
funds.
Air
could
be
working
within
the
community,
helping
all
of
us
learn
what
we
can
do
to
how
we
might
leverage
the
new
federal
climate
funds
and
beefing
up,
for
example,
the
Green
Home
Choice
program
that
could
help
our
lower
income
residents,
reduce
their
energy
use
and
enhance
their
health
and
comfort
on
housing.
W
W
We
also
want
investment
in
Workforce
Development
having
the
county
lead
by
example,
and
work
with
the
private
sector
to
incentivize
training
and
hiring
to
grow
a
core
of
technicians
who
can
operate
the
equipment
that
is
key
to
Transforming
Our
Energy
Systems.
We
are
also
big
Believers
in
Green
Banks,
and
we
urge
you
to
dedicate
funds
so
that
Arlington
is
able
to
participate
in
the
regional
Green
Bank
that
Fairfax
county
is
going
to
be
launching
soon.
W
A
X
Good
evening
my
name
is
Brian
Coleman
Vice.
Second,
vice
president
of
the
Arlington
NAACP
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
branch,
the
NAACP
is
very
disappointed
by
the
proposed
9
million
allocation
to
the
affordable
housing
investment
fund
for
context
that
has
roughly
half
of
the
funds
of
the
last
budget
cycle
a
quarter
of
what
we
need
to
reach
our
housing
goals
and
a
mere
one
percent
of
the
overall
budget
in
the
face
of
Greater
need
for
preservation
and
development
of
affordable
units.
This
is
a
severely
low
level
of
funding.
X
I
call
in
the
county
to
increase
AF
funding
to
fiscal
year,
23
levels
to
ensure
that
the
county
has
additional
funds
in
upcoming
fiscal
years
to
contribute
to
increases
in
Cap
Supply
at
a
minimum
at
5.5
million
and
ongoing
funding
to
ahif
to
ensure
parity
between
fiscal
year,
24
ahif
and
housing
Grant
Appropriations
in
earmark
10
percent
of
ahif
for
30
percent
of
caps.
The
14.5
million
proposed
for
housing
grants
is
all
an
ongoing
funding,
whereas
only
9
million
of
AF
funding
is
similarly
situated.
X
The
county
needs
a
permanent
funding
source
for
at
least
a
base
funding
amount
of
18
million.
This
will
add
predictability
for
affordable
housing,
developer
Partners
to
trust
Additionally.
The
county
should
provide
adequate
funding
for
implementation
of
the
long-term
strategies
for
improved
oversight
and
tenant
support
at
aging,
calf
properties
issued
in
April
of
2022.,
and
the
recommendations
from
the
joint
subcommittee
on
the
status
of
Aging
properties.
X
Serrano
report
issued
in
October
of
2022,
which
would
entail
increasing
Staffing
for
cphd
housing
division,
including
a
deputy
director
position,
including
additional
funding
for
calf
inspections
for
fiscal
Euro,
24,
increasing
staff
to
ensure
all
caps
have
an
initial
inspection
by
fiscal
year
26,
and
that
a
reasonable
inspection
schedule
can
be
maintained
moving
forward.
Lastly,
retaining
the
assistant
planner
position
come
over,
as
indicated
by
the
recently
released
Regional
fair
housing
plan.
Arlington
needs
to
do
more
to
address
its
shortcomings
and
ensure
access
to
fair
housing
across
the
county.
X
E
Good
evening
and
I
am
speaking
this
evening
as
a
board
chair
for
the
alliance
for
Housing
Solutions
would
note
that
this
is
our
20th
year
advocating
for
affordable
housing,
especially
housing
for
our
lowest
income
families.
E
E
Let
us
not
forget,
too,
that
ahif
leverages
lytek
tax
credits,
capital
from
developers,
private
financing
from
Banks
donor,
funded
resident
assistance
programs.
All
of
these
things
would
go
away
or
go
elsewhere.
If
we
don't
use
them
now
perspective
the
proposed
ahif
budget
in
2014
10
years
ago
it
was
9.5
million.
E
Y
Hello,
can
you
hear
me?
My
name
is
Courtney
Massey
I
am
here
tonight
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
northern
Virginia
chapter
of
showing
up
for
racial
Justice.
I
am
joined
by
comrades
here,
to
ask
for
substantial
reductions
in
the
police
and
Sheriff
budgets
in
Arlington,
County
and
reinvestments
of
those
funds
into
resources
for
Community
Care
such
as
housing,
which
you've
heard
a
lot
about
tonight
here
in
Arlington,
while
they're
Often
eclipsed
by
national
news
stories.
Y
In
recent
years,
Arlington
County
has
also,
as
you
know,
faced
tremendous
pressure
from
Community
activists
to
address
its
history
of
police
cooperation
with
ice
and
according
to
a
2021
report,
the
use
of
force
has
increased,
has
more
than
doubled
between
2016
and
2021.,
but
even
in
situations
where
lethal
force
is
not
used
against
community
members,
black
and
brown
people
face
daily
harassment,
surveillance
and
violence
at
the
hands
of
our
police.
Unhoused
people
are
particularly
targeted
as
our
disabled
people,
all
of
whom
have
been
victims
of
police
attacks.
Y
In
recent
years,
Arlington
County
has
spent
millions
of
dollars,
settling
misconduct
suits
and
civil
cases.
Over
the
course
of
the
past
decade.
Our
local
police
have
also
participated
in
acts
of
violence
against
political
organizers.
The
summer
of
the
George
Floyd
uprisings,
2020
Arlington
County
police
were
part
of
a
participating
in
the
massive
coordinated
attacks
on
protesters
in
the
DC
area
and
local
people.
Y
Police
have
attempted
to
intimidate
and
surveil
organizing
networks
led
by
bypoc
and
incarcerated
organizers,
but
despite
all
of
this
documented
harm,
you
are
planning
to
increase
the
annual
budgets
for
Arlington
County
PD
and
the
sheriff's
department,
and,
as
folks
in
this
room
have
shown
you.
It
is
a
time
when
our
community
needs
deeper
investment
in
affordable
housing,
education
and
health
care.
You
must
refrain
from
putting
more
of
our
money
into
harmful
systems
of
social
control,
we're
not
safe
with
increased
policing.
Y
We
will
only
be
safe
when
our
communities
are
resourced
and
empowered
to
thrive
in
the
last
few
years,
especially
across
the
country.
Progressive
leaders
are
working
with
local
organizers
to
find
alternatives
to
police
imprisonment,
the
movement
to
divest
from
policing
and
invest
Western
Community
Solutions
is
growing,
while
Arlington
County
has
held
fast
to
protecting
the
status
quo
over
its
people.
You
have
an
opportunity
to
do
better
this
round.
We
want
care,
not
cops,
divest
from
policing
in
Arlington
and
invest
in
true
Community
safety.
Thank
you.
C
Z
Long-Term
planning,
as
opposed
to
one-time
fees,
why?
Why
is
that
important?
So
a
lot
of
the
previous
speakers
have
already
discussed
the
Gap
in
the
AHA
funding
relative
Not.
Only
would
the
county
staff
had
suggested
so
it's
coming
in
at
a
quarter
of
what
they
suggested
in
half
of
the
previous
allocation.
Z
You
already
have
a
lot
of
the
calf
Market,
which
is
very
Reliant
upon
arlington-based
non-profits,
Arlington,
Housing,
Corporation,
ahc,
plus
Carmen
Romero
at
APA,
and
if,
if
that
becomes
the
case
where
you
can't
really
expect
churches
to
come
up
with
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
every
time,
you're
trying
to
prevent
200
families
from
getting
evicted
on
Columbia
Pike
or
for
that
matter
here
in
the
Boston
Rosalind
corridor,
one
of
my
my
former
bosses
is
Manny.
Friedman
Manny
runs
about
seven
billion
dollars
worth
of
hedge
funds
here
in
Arlington.
Z
Although
the
hedge
funds
are
based
globally,
one
of
the
things
that
happens
with
long-term
planning
is
that
when
you
have
unrealized
capital
gains
out
in
Silicon,
Valley
and
Wall
Street-
and
you
have
these
institutional
investors,
they
want
to
be
able
to
see
things
long
term.
Z
So
when
they
look
at
light
tech,
they
can't
really
look
at
things
on
a
one-time
annual
basis,
so
he's
able
to
go
to
them,
which
he
did
a
few
years
ago
since
2018
and
he
says
listen,
we
can
raise
500
million
dollars
for
the
opportunity
zones,
because
we
have
this
lie.
Today
we
can
hold
the
investment
for
10
years.
You
have
all
these
unrealized
capital
gains
from
all
the
software.
Z
For
example,
by
way
of
another
example:
Wesley
housing
owns,
half
of
Colonial
Village
well,
they've,
recently
be
able
to
negotiate
certain
transactions
with
the
board
in
the
city
of
Falls
Church
in
the
city
of
Fairfax,
also
in
conjunction
with
the
lamb
Center
in
Fairfax,
where
they
can
take
over
an
old
Motel
on
Route
50,
that's
empty,
just
like
a
bunch
of
The
Office
Buildings
in
the
area,
and
then
they
can
actually
convert
that
into
permanent
Supportive
Housing.
But
it's
only
because
of
long-term
planning
that
allows
them
to
do
that.
Z
That's
why
the
the
point
that
Alice
had
raised
earlier
about
long-term
planning
versus
one-time
fees
is
extremely
important,
because
that
way
you
can
actually
incentivize
more
investment.
Otherwise,
we're
going
to
get
a
situation
where
Jones,
laying
LaSalle
or
NATO
and
others
continue
to
just
put
up
high
rises
with
no
cap
allocation.
AA
Yes,
we
can
thanks
so
much.
My
name
is
Jane
green
I'm,
asking
that
you
commit
to
allocating
18.7
million
dollars
to
the
affordable
housing
investment
fund
to
match
the
level
in
last
year's
budget.
Over
the
past
few
months,
you've
heard
an
outpouring
of
community
support
for
affordable
housing.
I
hope
this
priority
is
reflected
in
our
budget.
The
Arlington
County
Board
adopted
the
affordable
housing
master
plan
in
2015.
to
meet
our
goal.
To
be
an
inclusive
community,
it
outlined
the
need
to
add
600
units
to
our
affordable
housing
portfolio
each
year
from
2015
until
2020.
AA
We
averaged
only
300
units
per
year.
In
the
past
two
years,
we've
been
quite
Above,
This
average,
mostly
from
the
preservation
of
existing
units.
Even
after
the
preservation
of
bar
craft,
we
are
still
net
behind
the
affordable
housing
master
plan
goal
of
five
by
559
units.
Pulling
back
now
is
a
mistake.
We
cannot
afford
to
make
in
2020.
I
was
among
many
arlingtonians
calling
on
the
board
to
allocate
25
million
dollars
to
ahif
The
Five-Year,
affordable
housing.
AA
Master
plan
review
states
that
we
need
to
allocate
between
37
and
49
million
dollars
per
year
to
meet
our
goal.
If
we
only
allocate
9.7
million
this
year,
it
is
unacceptable
underfunding.
Ahif
will
cause
cascading
problems
for
years
to
come.
Without
new
projects,
we
dig
ourselves
deeper
into
a
hole
at
the
same
moment
when
we've
almost
caught
up
from
our
prior
deficit,
and
if
we
don't
loan
out
ahif
funds,
we
will
not
receive
funds
back
into
the
program.
AA
This
budget
makes
important
and
needed
commitments
to
direct
support
for
low-income
neighbors,
but
these
programs
do
not
address
the
fundamental
problem
of
Arlington's
low
housing
supply
for
low-income
families.
Ahif
is
the
only
tool
within
your
control
that
can
increase
the
supply
so
that
families
who
receive
housing
grants
have
a
place
to
live.
Please
bring
back
ahif
funding
to
its
previous
level
of
18.7
million
and
make
a
plan
to
go
much
higher
in
the
coming
years.
Thank
you.
AB
AB
We
are
in
a
better
place
in
Arlington
and
addressing
climate
change
now
than
we
were
last
year
due
in
large
part
to
your
leadership,
for
which
we
are
grateful.
Leadership
is
incredibly
important
in
this
area,
because
climate
change
I'm
sorry
because
change
is
hard.
Fossil
fuels
are
very
much
like
an
addiction.
AB
The
first
answer
when
people
are
asked
to
switch
to
clean
energy
is
almost
always
that
it's
too
hard
and
we
need
to
wait
a
few
more
years
from
gas
boilers
to
methane
transit
buses
to
diesel
school
buses
and
the
list
goes
on
and
on
some
jurisdictions
are
able
to
move
forward
and
some
aren't.
The
difference
is
leadership
and
a
clear
understanding
of
the
speed
and
scale
of
action
required.
AB
AB
The
community
work
is
is
essential
and
very
challenging.
It
was
a
priority
last
year
and
it's
something
that
I
think
staff
are
struggling
to
to
really
get
programs
planned
and
rolled
out,
and
we
need
to
keep
after
it
so
and
we
support
if
this
was
intended
to
be
the
main
use
of
that
million
dollar
cep
implementation
fund
didn't
really
work
out
that
way
and
we
would
support
continuing
that
million
dollar
cep
implementation
fund
for
this
area
in
particular,
and
and
continuing
to
press
in
that
area.
AB
AB
This
office
needs
at
least
two
staff
to
reach
its
its
potential
and
we'd
be
happy
to
discuss
that
in
Greater
detail
along
the
way,
but
we
feel
strongly
about
that
number
three
is
to
require
that
significant
policies,
projects
and
procurements
funded
through
future
budgets
and
the
CIP
are
evaluated
for
their
climate
impact
before
approval.
AB
This
is
something
that
staff
could
develop
a
proposal
and
and
I
think
we
could
get
into
place
for
the
20
2025
budget
cycle.
Fourth
is
to
fund
work
necessary
to
achieve
Arlington's
goal
of
100
renewable
electricity
by
2035
through
Community
Choice
aggregation
is
that.
B
D
A
You
appreciate
it,
we
do
have
your
letter
and
thank
you
for
a
lot
of
those
Who
provided
testimony
who've
also
send
in
written
materials.
We
do
appreciate
it
at
this
point.
The
public
hearing
on
the
fy24
proposed
budget
is
closed
and
board
members
will
carry
over
action
on
this
at
our
April
22nd
2023rd
County
board
meeting.
Thank
you
again
to
everybody
who
was
able
to
join
us.
A
If
you
are
interested
in
the
tax
rate,
fee
changes
and
code
amendments
portion
of
this
budget
process
join
us
on
Thursday
at
seven
o'clock
P.M,
and
if
you're
interested
in
the
county
board's
discussion
with
members
of
the
Arlington
Public
Schools
School
Board,
we
will
be
convening
on
March
31st
at
3
pm
to
discuss
their
budget
request
to
the
county.
As
always,
please
send
us
your
feedback
County
board
at
arlingtonva.us,
otherwise
the
board
is
now
adjourned.
Thank
you.