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A
It's
publicly
and
as
it
has
been
for
the
recently
when
she
died,
Martha
and
Miller
wanted
to
as
a
board
speak
to
Martha
and
briefly
and
recognized
the
contributions
she
made
to
Arlington
when
she
turned
a
hundred
six
years
ago,
the
County
Board
wrote
a
proclamation
in
her
honor
and
she
didn't
only
reach
106.
She
did
it
beautifully
and
made
quite
a
contribution
to
the
county.
So
let
me
reiterate
a
few
of
her
accomplishments
for
all
of
us.
Today.
A
A
A
A
B
You,
mr.
chairman,
at
the
end
of
August,
Arlington
lost
one
of
its
lions
of
the
knock
community
leonard
doc.
Muse
doc
is
someone
that
I
got
to
know
a
little
bit
and
you
know,
through
his
leadership,
I
learned
that
there's
a
few
different
ways
of
embodying
the
Arlington
way.
You
know
we
commonly
know
of
getting
involved
in
community
processes
advocating
for
changes
in
policy.
Doc
was
a
different
sort
of
guy.
B
He
grew
up
at
a
time
when
being
an
african-american
business
owner
didn't
provide
you
with
a
lot
of
opportunities
to
receive
help
assistance
from
the
government.
We
were
certainly
living
during
a
time
of
segregation
where
things
were
stacked
against
him.
So
for
him
the
Arlington
way
men
serving
his
community
directly
without
any
help,
because
it
wasn't
forthcoming.
What
that
meant
for
citizens
of
ngoc
were
the
people
who
were
poor
indigent
got
access
to.
B
You
know:
prescription
drugs,
often
with
doc,
just
providing
it
if
they
were
in
need
providing
health
care,
counseling,
providing
jobs
for
people
who
were
unemployed
and
unemployable
serving
as
a
effectively
a
surrogate
foster
parent
for
people
who
didn't
have
stable
home
lives.
He
was
someone
who
just
really
got
things
done.
You
know,
biographically
Dhaka
grew
up
in
Delray,
Beach
Florida.
He
attended
school
there
and
and
been
enlisted
in
the
army.
He
got
his
pharmacy
doctor
pharmacy
degree
from
Howard
University
and
at
the
time
there
were
only
60
such
african-americans,
receiving
that
credential
across
the
country.
B
Fortunately,
for
us
he
settled
in
Arlington
and
NOC
and
as
far
as
we
know,
he
is
certainly
the
oldest
the
first
african-american
pharmacist
in
this
county
and
believed
to
be
among
the
first
in
the
state
and
he
operated
the
oldest
continuously
owned
pharmacy
by
a
person
of
any
race
or
ethnicity.
In
Arlington
in
2013,
the
Green
Valley
pharmacy
was
designated
a
local
historic
district
by
the
Arlington
County
government,
and
in
doing
so
he
became
the
first
owner
of
an
african-american
owned
business
to
receive
such
a
designation.
B
Also
that
year
he
was
honored
by
a
proclamation,
a
resolution
in
the
Virginia
General
Assembly
and
in
an
oral
history
project
conducted
by
Arlington
County
in
2013,
doc.
I
think
really
summed
up
his
life
and
his
contributions
very
succinctly,
as
was
his
trait
I
worked
hard.
This
is
a
quote.
I
tried
to
build
the
community.
I
was
proud
of
that
trying
to
help
the
community
and
my
people
doc.
You
certainly
did
you
will
be
sorely
missed,
yet
your
legacy
will
live
on
Thank
You.
Mr.
chairman,
thank.
A
You,
mr.
Dorsey,
and
he
worked
right
up
to
the
end,
all
right
all
right.
Well,
thank
you
very
much
now
I'm
gonna
move
on
and
read
the
four
portions
of
the
affordable
housing
awareness
month
kind
of
odd
because
in
Arlington
it's
like
we
do
this
all
year
round,
but
as
it
turns
out,
this
is
affordable.
A
Now,
therefore,
I
Jeff
aset,
on
behalf
of
my
colleagues
as
chair
of
the
County
Board
of
Arlington
Virginia,
do
hereby
proclaim
the
month
of
October
2017
next
month
as
affordable
housing,
Awareness
Month,
and
encourage
all
members
of
the
community
to
join
with
us
in
striving
for
broad
community
understanding
of
the
importance
of
affordable
housing
to
our
sustainability,
reaffirming
the
benefits
as
a
community
value
and
promoting
affordable
housing
choices
for
all
Arlington
ian's.
If
the
staff
want
to
come
forward,
I'm
gonna
hand
this
to
you
all
of
you
come
forward
and
we'll
get
a
group
shot.
A
C
C
Now,
therefore,
J
Fassett,
chair
of
the
County
Board
of
Arlington
Virginia,
does
hereby
proclaim
the
month
of
September
2017
as
national
preparedness
month
in
Arlington
County
and
urges
all
citizens
to
be
in
foriegn.
Make
a
plan
and
get
involved
in
preparedness
and
I
will
speak
a
little
bit
more
to
national
preparedness
month
when
we
get
to
the
board
report,
but
right
now,
I'd
like
to
do
a
picture
if
I
might,
because
we
have.
Our
deputy
director
will
Flagler's
here
with
his
staff,
he's
deputy
director
Department
of
Public
Safety
communications
and
Emergency
Management.
A
Okay,
there's
some
tall
people
down
there
all
right
as
Libby's
coming
back.
Let's
obviously
acknowledge
some
of
the
natural
disasters
occurring
around
the
globe
in
our
hemisphere.
In
recent
weeks,
and
even
today,
as
we
sit
here,
I
just
saw
that
Mexico
City
just
had
an
earthquake,
7.1
earthquake
and
there's
a
major
hurricane.
It
was
a
rated
a5
yesterday,
I,
don't
know
if
it's
down
to
a
4,
but
it's
hitting
some
of
those
same
islands
that
were
hit
just
weeks
ago.
A
So
there's
a
lot
going
on
and
we
count
on
a
lot
of
government
workers,
public
sector
workers
and
public
safety
workers
and
beyond
to
both
protect
us
and
help
us
afterwards
when
they
hit.
So
thank
you
all
very
much
now
I'm
gonna
turn
to
our
treasurer
Carla
dela
pava.
She
has
an
annual
delinquency
report
for
us.
So
what's
the
good
news,
Carla.
D
D
I
picked
randomly
2009,
because
that
was
when
I
started
working
for
the
treasurer's
office,
so
I
feel
really
good
about
the
things
that
we're
doing.
I
would
like
to
take
two
seconds
to
introduce
the
women
in
my
office,
who
are
directly
responsible
for
these
wonderful
results,
and
that
is
carolyn
meadows.
If
you
would
stand
up,
she
is
our
deputy
for
compliance
and
Kathy
Fritz,
who
is
our
assistant
deputy
for
compliance.
D
So
I'd
like
to
put
it
in
perspective
for
you
what
this
point
two
to
six
delinquency
rate
means
and
our
levy
this
year
was
868
million
dollars
that
includes
all
real
estate,
taxes,
vehicle
taxes
and
business,
tangible
taxes,
that's
for
one
year,
our
delinquent
taxes
this
year
and
mind
you,
the
delinquent
taxes
are
for
20
years
for
real
estate
and
five
years
for
personal
property
and
business,
tangible
was
1.9
million
dollars.
This
is
the
first
time
that
our
delinquent
taxes
have
been
under
two
million
dollars
since
1974.
D
I'd
get
a
lot
of
questions
about
how
we
do
this
and
there's
two
parts
to
it:
prevention
and
hard
work.
The
prevention
part
is
the
the
part
I
love
to
focus
on,
because
there's
there
are
three
types
of
delinquents
and
when
we
go
about
our
daily
jobs,
it's
not
just
compliance
that
works
on
delinquency.
It's
it's
also
operations.
So
there
are
three
types
of
tax:
delinquents
I
call
them
the
unintentional,
the
unable
and
they
believe
it
or
not.
There
are
unwilling
so
for
the
unintentional
we
do
email
reminders.
We
did
half
a
million
email
reminders.
D
We
do
robo
calls
before
due
dates.
We
actually
have
one
hundred
and
thirty
five
thousand
individuals
signed
up
registered
with
our
cap
system.
We
served
over
fifty
thousand
walk-in
customers
last
year
answered
almost
80,000
phone
calls,
I
think
it's
not
up
there,
but
about
eleven
thousand
emails
and
one
of
the
the
things
that
I'm
actually
most
pleased
about.
One
of
the
innovations
is
that
we
have
started
working
return
mail
for
the
Department
of
real
estate
assessments.
They
don't
have
the
tools
we
have
so
when
they
get
mailed
back
as
undelivered.
D
They
don't
have
the
tools
to
find
find
where
these
people
have
moved
and
we
do
over
the
last
two
years
we
have.
We
have
actually
worked
and
researched
over
4,000
return
returned
assessment
letters.
We
also
work
our
own
return,
real
estate,
tax
bills
we
had
979
last
year
and
that
actually
is
down
because
of
the
work
we're
doing
for
real
estate
assessments,
because
we,
if
we
get
there
right
address
at
that
point,
the
tax
bill
then
will
go
to
the
right
place.
D
We
actually
had
a
6%
decrease
this
year
in
the
number
of
returned
real
estate
bills
and
real
estate
bills
are
the
ones
that
really
hurt,
because,
if
you're
delinquent
on
those
it's
a
5%
penalty
and
another
5%
after
30
days,
so
those
can
be
some
really
big
numbers
and
we
try
to
resist
or
try
to
prevent
that.
In
fact,
this
year
our
return
mail
work
stopped
7.5
million
dollars
of
real
estate
taxes
from
going
delinquent.
D
D
D
Sometimes
life
hands,
you
hands,
you
some
unexpected
surprises
and
there
are
times
when
people
are
unable
to
pay
their
tax
bills,
either
in
whole
or
in
part,
and
we
like
to
have
programs
in
place
for
those
people.
We
have
individual
consultations.
We
try
to
set
people
up
on
payment
plans.
We
do
everything
we
can
to
help
taxpayers
avoid
collection
action.
One
of
the
programs
we
had.
We
had
62
people
participate
in
our
taxpayer
assistance
program,
which
is
a
short
term
loan
from
a
community
bank.
D
There
are
no
credit
checks
and
it
is
guaranteed
by
the
treasurer.
This
actually
prevents
tax
payer
delinquency.
So
we
had
last
year,
two
hundred
ninety
thousand
dollars
of
taxes
were
paid
on
time
because
of
this
program
in
total
or
since
2009
we've
had
828
people
take
advantage
of
this
program
and
it's
upward
of
three
million
dollars
that
that
was
paid
on
time
because
of
it
for
the
unwilling
and
I'm
sure
you're
not
completely
surprised
that
there
are
some
people
that
don't
want
to
pay
taxes.
We
have
a
lot
of
programs.
D
Sometimes
we
call
them
tools
in
our
toolkit.
For
those
and
last
year
through
bank
liens
and
rent
liens,
we
collected
4.8
million
dollars
for
wage
garnishment.
We
collected
1.4
million,
we
seized
two
assets,
normally
it's
it's
vehicles
and
we
also
can
take
state
refund
income
tax
refunds
for
1.3
million,
and
then
we
also
do
court
action
court
action
brought
in
750
thousand
dollars
this
year
when,
when
we
go
to
court
to
get
a
judgment
for
delinquent
taxes,
that
extends
the
statute
of
limitations
for
ten
years
and
it
it.
D
It
lies
in
waiting
for
someone
to
either
try
to
refinance
or
buy
a
boat
or
whatever
it
is
they're
going
to
do
and
150,000
of
of
that
court
action.
Money
came
in
because
of
prior
judgments
that
we
have
taken
and
they
had
to
come
in
to
get
them
all
cleared
up.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
tools
in
our
toolbox
and
our
are
really
very
work
very
aggressively
to
make
sure
that
everybody
pays
their
fair
share.
A
A
It
really
keeps
the
playing
field
a
little
bit
level
and
it
does
not
penalize
those
in
the
community
who
actually
are
doing
the
right
thing
and,
as
it
turns
out
with
a
little
help
just
about
everybody
here
is
I'm
sure
you
can
go
to
a
lot
of
other
communities,
let
alone
other
countries
where
we
know
that
is
not
the
case,
and
that
is
a
huge
burden
on
the
public
sector
to
do
their
work.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Okay,.
C
B
All
that's
been
said,
and
just
you
know,
since
I
love
playing
with
numbers.
You
know
it's
just
interesting.
Looking
at
what
your
delinquency
rate
is
versus
what
your
toolbox
brings
in
in
terms
of
what
what
it
brings
in
in
terms
of
additional
revenue
and
it's
about
a
penny
on
the
tax
rate
so
absent
that
toolbox
we'd
be
looking
at
everybody
else
in
Arlington
having
an
additional
penny
on
the
personal
on
the
real
estate
tax
rate,
if
we
didn't
have
those
tools
to
bring
people
into
compliance,
but
you
know
that
said
it's
great.
D
F
D
Know
I
can
look
that
up
for
you
John,
but
but
basically
the
way
our
real
estate
taxes
are
billed
they're
all
built
by
RPC.
So
it's
very
hard
for
us
to
know
which
ones
are
are
used
in
commercial.
We
don't
really
look
at
it
that
way.
I
can
see
if
I
can
get
those
numbers,
but
our
collection
rate
for
real
estate
is
probably
99.99%,
so
I
I.
D
That's
a
an
endeavor
that
we
are
really
working
hard
on,
which
is
to
to
figure
out
when
attacks
when
a
company
has
gone
under
trying
to
get
the
taxes
at
that
point
in
time
as
quickly
as
possible.
So
what
that
requires
is
really
good
notifications.
The
treasurer
has
the
power
to
do
a
jeopardy
collection
when
a
business
is
a
business
is
moving
or
going
out
of
business
or
an
individual.
We.
F
A
G
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman,
and
a
little
over
a
year
ago,
we
started
a
really
exciting
new
chapter
for
volunteerism
in
Arlington,
with
a
public-private
partnership
designed
to
make
it
even
easier
for
our
community
members
to
identify
and
take
part
in
meaningful
and
rewarding
volunteer
opportunities
and
through
a
competitive
process.
We
chose
the
leadership
Center
for
Excellence
to
operate.
G
The
county's
volunteer
Arlington
program
for
the
next
five
years
and,
as
most
of
us
know,
the
leadership
Center
for
excellence
is
a
well-known
local
nonprofit
that
develops
leaders
fosters
community
partnership
collaboration
and
probably
does
lots
of
other
things
that
we'll
hear
about,
and
so
with
that
joining
us
today
is
Betsy.
France
is
the
president
and
CEO
of
leadership
center
for
excellence
and
I.
Think
Lisa
Fikes
is
also
here.
The
director
for
volunteer
Arlington,
so
I'm
gonna
hand
it
over
to
Betsy.
Thank.
H
H
The
appreciation
stems
from
the
fact
that
you,
as
a
County
Board,
took
a
risk
to
change
the
model
of
how
volunteers
can
engage
in
this
community
by
creating
the
public-private
partnership,
and
my
excitement
comes
from
the
fact
that
we
were
awarded
that
opportunity
to
serve
and
I'll
ask
Lisa
Fikes
who's
the
director
of
volunteer
Owenton
to
join
me
as
we
share
with
you.
What's
happened
since
your
decision,
while
Lisa
is
coming
forward,
we're
coming
head
come
head.
H
I
I
There
we
go
our
main
goal
this
year
was
to
make
sure
that
we
honored
the
contract
that
had
been
established.
We
have
done
that
and
our
hope
was
to
do
even
more
so
so
in
order
to
highlight
our
work.
That
has
happened
this
past
year.
We
have
this
graph
up
above
we'll
have
hard
copies
available
as
well
for
anybody
that
would
like
them
where
we
have
five
separate
buckets.
I
We
wanted
to
give
you
an
overview
of
what
had
been
happening
this
past
year,
as
we
got
up
and
running
and
we'll
start
with
events,
go
to
trainings,
custom
projects,
website
and
marketing,
and
then
partnerships
our
vince
started
out
with
an
open
house
that
was
open
to
all
to
come
and
hear
what
had
been
going
on.
That
was
a
well-attended
event
with
over
a
hundred
people
who
came
out
to
hear
about
this
new
chapter
of
this
public-private
partnership.
I
We
also
had
a
faith
event
which
was
exciting
with
the
help
of
Leonard
Hamlin,
who
was
on
the
board
of
the
Leadership
Center
for
excellence
as
well
as
on
our
Advisory
Council.
He
helped
us
reach
all
corners
of
Arlington,
inviting
all
the
faith
communities
to
come
and
hear
about
the
various
volunteer
possibilities
that
were
available
very
well
received
lots
of
great
learnings
from
both
of
those
events
that
we're
incorporating
in
our
future
plans.
Moving
forward.
I
We
wanted
to
celebrate
volunteerism.
We
created
a
new
award
this
year
for
volunteer
management.
We
called
to
the
volunteer
Arlington
Ward,
we
partnered
with
a
current
event
that
is
run
by
leadership
Center
for
Excellence
the
leadership
legacy
Awards
where
we
presented
the
award,
but
it
was
honoring
and
recognizing
the
people
either
paid
or
unpaid,
who
worked
towards
volunteer
engagement
very
well
received
from
the
community.
We
had
many
nominations:
our
Advisory
Council
voted
on
a
recipient
from
doorways
for
women
and
families.
It
was
so
exciting
to
see
the
enthusiasm
around
this
Ward
and
our
neighboring
counties.
I
Alexander
and
Fairfax
are
hoping
to
implement
a
similar
award.
We
also
had
our
lling
tenaris
event,
which
many
of
you
were
able
to
come
and
join
us.
We
thank
you
for
those
of
you
who
were
able
to
be
there.
We
celebrated
five
specific
awards
that
were
again
voted
on
by
our
Advisory
Council
lifetime
of
service
Youth
Award
at
corporate
sponsorships,
the
corporate
award,
as
well
as
a
county
award
and
a
retired
award.
I
We
also
honored
those
that
had
served
100
hours
or
more
great
opportunity
for
people
to
come
together
to
celebrate
volunteerism
as
well
as
learn
about
other
volunteer
opportunities.
We
had
over
40
of
our
partners,
who
are
nonprofits
and
county
partners
here
in
the
area
coming
and
talking
about
their
volunteer
opportunities
at
that
event,
as
well,
very
well
received
two
upcoming
possibilities
for
you
to
put
on
your
calendar.
I
We
also
are
working
with
a
Martin
Luther
King
Day
of
Service
task
force
to
create
an
event
on
the
actual
Martin
Luther
King
national
holiday.
We're
meeting
tomorrow
morning
after
one
other
discussion
to
look
at
what
that
day
needs
to
be
to
remember.
The
dream
to
remember
the
Beloved
Community
and
see
it
as
an
opportunity
to
serve
and
bring
people
together
from
throughout
the
community.
Our
trainings
have
been
continuing
since
we
received
the
contract.
I
We
started
quarterly
Lunch
and
Learn
sessions
where
the
topics
have
been
decided
based
on
what
the
volunteer
coordinators
and
those
working
with
volunteer
engagement
would
like
to
have
presented
and
would
like
to
learn
about.
Those
are
happening
quarterly,
very
well-received
between
25
and
30
people
attending
that
on
a
regular
basis.
The
next
upcoming
session
is
on
supporting
learning
how
to
engage
your
organization
with
businesses.
I
Our
custom
volunteer
projects
have
been
established,
we've
got
a
process
for
making
this
work,
and
we
were
actually
able
to
work
with
two
clients
in
the
past
year
and
the
speed
for
service
model.
We've
got
more
that
are
in
the
works
and
we're
looking
forward
to
seeing
how
that
plays
out
in
the
coming
year.
I
Our
website
went,
live,
November,
1st
and
was
launched
starting
fresh,
so
that
we
could
make
sure
that
all
the
information
that
was
in
it
was
clean,
and
we
are
now
at
a
point
where
we
have
over
143
partners
on
our
website,
who
are
posting
volunteer
opportunities
on
a
regular
basis.
We've
launched
a
blog
on
that
site.
We
also
launched
a
video
that
was
shown
at
the
Arlington
cares
event.
We
have
a
newsletter
that
was
launched
this
past
July
that
goes
out
monthly.
We
also
have
a
social
media
presence.
That's
been
established.
I
We
did
a
lot
of
work
around
making
creating
a
strategic
marketing
plan
and
got
some
outs
outside
help
to
help
create
that
and
we're
implementing
those
tactics
in
the
coming
year
and
currently
as
well.
Lastly,
we
feel
like
it's
really
important
for
us
to
be
involved
in
the
community,
so
that
volunteer
Arlington's
voice
can
be
not
just
something:
that's
transactional
on
a
website,
but
it's
personal
and
with
the
people
so
we're
working
hard
to
be
engaged
in
the
community.
I
You'll
see
some
of
the
advisory
councils
and
boards
that
were
involved
in
the
Arlington
chamber
community
action
committee,
the
inner
service,
Club
board,
APA's
community
progress
makers,
Marymount
snews,
st.
service
center,
we're
also
working
closely
with
volunteer
Alexandria
and
volunteer
Fairfax
with
their
RSVP
program.
That's
working
specifically
with
getting
people
who
are
retired
involved
in
volunteer
service
and
we're
on
that
leadership
team
as
well
as
we
move
forward
into
year.
Two.
I
We
hope
to
take
volunteerism
to
the
next
level,
not
just
transactional
volunteerism
but
volunteerism
that
really
uses
the
skills,
the
passions
and
the
enthusiasm
that
people
have
and
take
it
to
another
level.
If
you
think
about
somebody
who
might
be
able
to
write
an
HR
manual
for
a
non-profit
that
doesn't
have
that
capability
and
their
staff,
how
do
we
make
sure
that
that
happens?
If
you
think
about
somebody
who'd
like
to
offer
their
their
service
as
a
board
member,
how
do
we
make
sure
that
that's
happening?
I
spoke
with
a
group
this
past
week.
I
That
said,
we
could
really
use
people
coming
in
to
help
our
hospice
care
patients
and
offering
writing
a
will
for
them.
Hacc
will
make
sure
that's
happened
so
that
we're
really
matching
skills
that
are
very
much
needed
with
our
nonprofit
and
county
partners
with
a
huge
talent
that
is
available
in
Arlington
County,
as
we
move
forward
we'll
continue
to
build
on
that
and
see
how
we
might
be
able
to
use
volunteers
to
bring
about
more
systemic
change
in
year
three
and
moving
forward.
I
It's
an
exciting
time
we're
having
a
great
time
doing
it
and
again,
I
cannot
thank
you
enough
for
the
opportunity
to
serve
the
county
in
this
way.
At
this
point,
I'm
going
to
invite
Betsy
to
come
back
up
to
see,
if
you
all
have
any
questions,
and
together
we
can
answer
any
that
you
might
have.
We
also
have
a
graphic
for
metrics
as
far
as
our
website
and
social
media
concerns,
but
for
the
sake
of
time,
I'm
going
to
leave
those
handouts
here
for
your
review.
A
A
I
A
A
A
I
think
this
gave
us
a
real
opportunity
to
to
actually
improve
the
opportunities
to
improve
the
ability,
the
range
of
people
and
some
of
the
support.
So
let
me
interesting
to
see
how
we're
being
able
to
generate
that
some
of
that
third
party
support,
even
in
people
or
in
dollars,
to
continue
to
grow
the
program
board
members.
Okay,
we
have
a
busy
agenda,
but
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
both
for
coming
in
thanks
for
your
work.
Thank.
I
A
A
This
is
where
our
transportation
staff
will
share
with
us.
In
this
particular
case,
it's
about
our
commuter
services,
deatta
cerro
otto,
a
program
which
provides
transit,
walk
bike,
carve
and
pull
and
telework
information
and
outreach
to
the
tino
community.
So
I'm
gonna
turn
Dennis
you're
here
our
transportation
director.
Please
welcome
and
sure
share
some
of
the
information
about
all
the
programs
working.
J
Members
of
the
board,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
this
afternoon.
The
Hispanic
marketing
program
started
in
2013,
with
a
one-year
grant
from
the
Virginia
Department
of
rail
and
public
transportation.
I'd
like
to
really
thank
dr
Petey
for
their
support
for
our
commuter
services
program.
Over
many
years,
often,
our
most
innovative
program
offerings
started
with
a
C
grant
from
the
state,
and
this
is
one
of
them.
J
The
program
was
developed
specifically
to
engage
the
Latino
Hispanic
community
here
in
Arlington,
on
a
CCS
as
many
TDM
programs
and
services
to
encourage
the
use
of
transit,
walking,
a
biking,
carpooling,
etc.
The
program
utilizes
grassroots
efforts
to
reach
the
target
audience
where
they
live
work
and
play
it
proved.
It
proved
to
be
so
successful
that
we
ended
up
integrating
this
one-year
pilot
into
our
permanent
accs
marketing
program.
J
There,
lotta
fotonovela
comic
book
was
awarded
a
national
first-place
marketing
award
from
the
American
public
transportation,
Association
or
ophtho
very
distinguished
award
by
attending
community
events.
Meetings
and
gatherings
DCA
has
been
able
to
interact
closely
with
the
Hispanic
community
here
in
Arlington
last
year,
DCA
expanded
its
reach
to
include
the
Ethiopian
community
by
partnering,
with
Ethiopian
community
development
council
collaborating
at
events
and
offering
in
language
transportation
materials
I
would
like
to
introduce
Lucia
Cortez,
a
CSS
diversity,
marketing
and
outreach
manager.
Who
will
give
you
details
about
the
DC,
a
commuter
challenge.
K
Thank
You
Deniz
mr.
chairman
members
of
the
board,
I'm
gonna,
present
and
initiative
that
did
yet
acero
auto
had
earlier
this
year
is
the
second
annual
community
allenge
or
the
rate
of
the
transport
a
and
it
was
a
two-week
competition,
encouraging
employees
from
local
Hispanic
oriented
businesses
to
commute
to
war
by
taking
transit,
walking,
biking,
carpooling
or
teleworking.
We
had
250
people
participating
from
20
local
businesses.
K
Two
months
prior
to
the
start
of
the
commuter
challenge
we
recruited
to
participate
with
invitation,
emails,
link
linking
to
a
bilingual
website
phone
calls
and
in-person
visit,
and
he
say
for
often
required
more
than
one
follow-up
and
answering
questions
and
much
convincing
for
businesses
to
participate
once
the
business
was
committed
committed
and
they
were
given
a
kid
with
instructions
with
how
what
was
their
commute
challenge.
The
rules,
a
calendar,
transit
maps
and
frequently
asked
questions
from
to
make
it
easy
for
them
to
to
be
part
of
it.
K
Would
they
also
receive
t-shirts
that
we
design,
especially
for
this
competition,
I,
find
that
they
it
gives
them
a
feeling
of
being
part
of
a
team?
So
they
appreciated
it?
Each
participant
had
to
use
a
calendar
every
day
they
commuted
to
Ward.
They
have
to
mark
in
the
calendar
tracking,
which
way
which
mode
they
used
if
they
walked,
they
took
the
bus
or
metro,
rail,
etc.
K
We
had
20
business
participating
and
that's
the
list
of
businesses
that
sign
up.
We
have
dentist
offices
in
the
Columbia
Pike
area,
chiropractics,
pediatricians
supermarkets
and
different
restaurants
and
local
small
businesses
that
sign
up
a
community
challenge
captain
from
achieves
business,
help
to
cheer
their
teams,
and
they
act
as
a
point
of
contact.
K
At
the
end
of
the
competition,
we
hosted
a
award
ceremony
to
announce
the
winners,
and
there
was
an
overall
winner
based
on
the
number
of
car
free
trips
that
were
divided
by
the
number
of
participants.
Individual
winners
from
each
business
were
also
awarded.
At
this
event,
the
included
remarks
from
Katie
crystal
vice,
chair,
Arlington,
County
Board,
and
our
keynote
speaker
from
the
Greater
Washington
Hispanic
Chamber
of
Commerce
executive
director,
mrs.
Alma
for
Alaska
I,
want
to
say
too
that
the
fact
that
we
had
business
owners
joining
at
that
morning
for
the
ceremony
award
practice.
K
L
L
K
As
you
can
see
it,
it
was
a
fun
event
and
participants
enjoy
a
friendly
competition,
not
only
with
their
co-workers.
What
with
all
their
businesses
as
well,
and
we
felt
that
the
community
challenge
it
to
challenge
was
a
good
opportunity
for
creating
behaviour,
change
and
show
how
easy
it
is
to
go
car
free
in
Arlington.
We
also
feel
that
it
creates
ambassadors,
so
they
can
spread
the
word
about
it,
yet
acero
Otto
and
the
benefits
of
the
program
and
also
supports
Arlington
initiative
of
being
an
inclusive
and
welcoming
community.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
it's
good
to
know
about
some
of
the
programs
that
are
going
on
all
the
professional
staff
doing
their
work,
doing
their
outreach,
creating
new
ways
of
reaching
people
and
we're
not
always
aware
of
them,
so
we
had
heard
about
this
recently
and
it
was
a
good
opportunity
to
share
it
with
the
broader
public.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
A
I
have
two
more
items
before
I'll
turn
to
my
colleagues,
and
one
is
this
board
crafted
a
statement
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
the
day
of
or
the
day
after,
the
I
think
was
a
day
of
the
president's
decision
and
I
instead
of
characterizing,
this
I'm
just
gonna,
read
it
it's
fairly
short.
I
would
like
to
put
it
on
the
record
here
as
well.
It's
on
the
county
website.
This
is
the
Arlington
County
Board
statement
on
Dhaka
future.
It's
almost
like
the
last
presentation
was
a
bit
of
a
lead-in
for
this.
A
We
are
gravely
disappointed
with
president
Trump's
decision
to
end
daca,
deferred
action
for
childhood
arrivals,
the
program
that
has
given
hope
to
some
800,000
dreamers
by
protecting
them
from
deportation
and
allowing
them
to
more
fully
integrate
into
our
country.
Their
country,
the
young
people
protected
under
daca,
have
gone
to
school,
saluted
our
flag
and
served
in
our
armed
forces.
Many
never
knew
they
were
not
citizens
until
they
looked
for
a
job
or
applied
to
college.
They
have
made
many
contributions
to
our
nation.
A
Arlington's
own
daca
recipients
have
been
an
integral
part
of
this
County
through
their
academic
achievements.
In
Arlington,
Public
Schools
in
their
leadership
in
the
community,
since
2012
daca
has
allowed
certain
undocumented
immigrants
who
entered
the
United
States
before
the
age
of
16
to
receive
a
renewable
two-year
period
of
deferred
action
from
from
deportation
and
made
them
eligible
for
work.
In
short,
it
gave
nearly
1
million
young
people
hope.
The
president's
act
of
Cruelty
will
tear
apart
families
caused
substantial
economic
damage
to
our
nation
and
further
divide.
A
Americans
Congress
must
now
act
before
the
march
deadline
to
protect
the
dreamers.
Congress
should
immediately
consider
the
American
Hope
Act,
co-sponsored
by
Rep
Don
Beyer,
who
has
shown
real
leadership
on
the
immigration
issue.
While
Congress
has
tried
and
failed
in
the
past
to
enact
comprehensive
immigration
reform
permanently.
Addressing
the
fate
of
America's
dreamers
cannot
wait.
Now
is
their
opportunity
to
act.
They
should
do
so
immediately.
A
Arlington
again
reaffirms
its
commitment
as
a
welcoming
community
that
recognizes
respects
and
supports
the
contribution
contributions
of
all
its
members.
Today,
Arlington
stands
especially
with
these
young
people,
our
dreamers
and
daca
recipients.
So
again
that
was
posted
on
September
5th
and
a
copy
is
available
on
the
county
website.
This
board
feels
very
strongly
about
that
message.
A
A
The
first
thing
the
galaxy
had
the
second
being
Jai's
saloon
since
shut
down
and
the
third
being
iota,
and
now
it
is
closing,
oddly
enough
permits
getting
such
a
permit
was
a
very
controversial
item.
In
its
day
when
there,
the
Clarendon
area
was
not
such
a
hotbed
of
entertainment
venues
and
restaurants
and
music.
A
A
B
You,
mr.
chairman,
just
a
few
things
to
to
report
on
and
they're
all
well
for
the
most
part,
really
good
news.
One
I've
got
a
lot
of
residents
of
South
Arlington,
asking
about
the
long-awaited
opening
of
the
brick
house,
a
a
gastropub
in
beer
garden,
Columbia
Pike's.
First,
it
is
open
as
of
Sept
as
of
September
the
4th-
and
you
know
it's
really
more
so
than
the
the
offerings
of
a
new
restaurant.
It's
a
really
unique
site,
one
that
has
been
around
Columbia
Pike
since
the
turn
of
the
20th
century
since
1902
to
be
exact.
B
The
building
has
housed
during
its
history
a
bank
a
brothel
several
restaurants
and
was
dormant
for
a
number
of
years
before
being
redeveloped
into
the
brick
house,
beer
garden.
Last
night,
at
the
Columbia
Pike
library,
there
was
an
artist's
talk
with
Donald
Lipsky
and
he
is
the
sculptor
who
has
been
commissioned
to
do
the
Western
gateway
art
project
at
the
western
end
of
Columbia
Pike.
B
For
those
people
who
are
not
familiar
with
it,
Donald
Lipsky
is
a
public
artist
who
tends
to
find
items
and
convert
them
into
art,
and
in
this
case,
what
he
proposes
is
a
wind
turbine
blade
which
would
be
mounted
on
a
pedestal.
A
the
food
wind
turbine
blade
on
a
10-foot
pedestal.
The
base
of
the
pedestal
would
be
encrusted
with
coins,
as
he
he
intends
these
to
be.
Coins
that
represent
the
the
home
countries
of
many
people
who
live
along
Columbia
Pike.
B
So
last
night
was
an
opportunity
for
Donald
to
meet
people
in
the
community
to
discuss
his
vision,
his
background
and
his
work
and
I
think
like
like
any
piece
of
art,
there's
mixed
feelings
about
whether
people
like
it
or
don't,
but
I
think
all
appreciated
the
opportunity
to
hear
directly
from
the
artist
about
about
his
process
and
what
he
intends
and
thanks
to
Arlington
Arts
for
for
putting
it
on
some
good
news
from
this
year's
County
Fair.
As
you
may
recall,
last
year
the
fair
had
a
significant
drop
in
attendees.
B
B
Heather
Cocozza,
who
was
our
chair
chairperson
of
the
Sports
Commission
for
the
last
year,
has
resigned
that
post
he
served
us
very
capably
over
the
past
year.
She
succeeded
long
term
chairman
Craig
asuric
and
really
did
a
great
job
in
the
year
that
she
chaired
the
Commission
and
we
will
miss
her
service
all
as
well
with
Heather.
She
just
wants
to
move
on
and
do
other
things
and
and
that's
my
board
report
all.
F
Whereas,
although
the
count,
although
the
County,
the
Commonwealth
and
the
nation
have
become
recently
suburban
and
urban,
agriculture
continues
to
play
an
important
role
in
Virginia's
economy
and
in
local
communities,
including
Arlington
County,
with
farmers,
markets,
community
gardens
in
urban
agriculture
activities,
education
and
awareness
programs,
as
well
as
the
efforts
of
a
fact.
The
Arlington
food
assistance
center,
Arlington,
Public,
Schools
Friends
of
urban
agriculture,
Reeves
Land,
Learning,
Center,
Virginia,
Cooperative,
Extension
programs,
symposiums
and
various
nonprofits.
F
Now,
therefore,
I
J
I
set
chair,
the
County
Board,
a
Virginia
of
Arlington
Virginia,
do
hereby
proclaim
October
2017
as
urban
agriculture
month
in
Arlington
County
to
promote
and
educate
residents
to
the
benefit
and
importance
of
urban
agriculture
programs
in
our
community,
and
that
is
a
good
segue.
Mr.
freeze
edify,
if
I
may,
to
just
launch
into
a
kind
of
a
regional
observation.
The
virginia
urban
agricultural
summit
looms
october
5th
to
the
6th
of
this
year
here
in
Arlington
at
George,
Mason
University
I'm,
going
to
be
speaking
along
with
delegate
Patrick
hope.
F
First,
lady
of
Virginia,
Dorothy
McAuliffe,
and
just
a
couple
of
the
very
interesting
topics
on
this
program:
agriculture
in
indoor
and
outdoor
classrooms,
making
a
buck
in
urban
agriculture
and
the
role
of
urban
agriculture
in
mitigating
climate
change,
which
should
be
a
very
timely
topic.
This
event
is
sponsored
by
Arlington,
County,
George,
Mason,
University,
a
fact:
the
bridge
you
Farm
Bureau
and
Marymount
among
other
sponsors.
C
Thank
you
earlier.
It's
our
emergency
preparedness
month,
September
is
always
a
good
month
to
kind
of
I.
Think
we
all
just
sort
of
think
about
emergencies
a
little
bit
and
then
all
we
have
to
do
is
watch
the
news.
We've
got
earthquakes
and
Mexico
fires
in
the
West
hurricanes,
repetitive
hurricanes
and
the
Atlantic.
So
it's
really
sort
of
his
in
the
top
of
our
mind.
C
So
September
is
a
great
month
to
do
this
and
I
just
want
to
run
through
a
series
of
slides
here
which
Angela
is
putting
up
just
to
kind
of
get
everybody
thinking
and,
and
what
you
might
do
now
is
just
kind
of
imagine
that
we're
gonna
go
over
a
couple
of
things.
So
what
if
right
right
now
one
of
these
things
hits
here.
You
all
are
here
whoever's
here,
people
watching
at
home,
wherever
or
wherever
they're
watching
kids
are
at
school.
C
Spouses
or
partners
are
at
work
and
something
happens,
and
what
are
you
gonna
do?
Maybe
these
don't
work?
I,
don't
know
how
many
people
were
here
during
nine
nine
eleven
and
the
cell
phones
didn't
work.
So
these
are
all
things
to
think
about
that.
We
don't
usually-
and
it's
really
good
to
think
about
it
ahead
of
time
rather
than
like,
when
it
happens,
and
while
Angela's
putting
in
here
she's
getting
this
up
I'll
go
over
just
a
few
things.
So
what
we
try
to
do
is
just
encourage
what
they
call
All
Hazards
preparedness.
C
There
are
all
kinds
of
things
that
can
happen
in
my
life
experience
that
were
the
one
thing
you
haven't.
Thought
of
is
what's
gonna
happen,
but
if
you
prepare
for
these
things,
you're
gonna
be
ready
for
pretty
much
everything
and
there's
really
it's
pretty
simple.
Most
of
the
stuff
involves
staying
in
place.
So
there's
severe
weather.
Remember
the
DirectShow
snows
microbursts.
We
had
a
talk
with
a
meteorologist,
and
actually
somebody
asked
him.
What
was
the?
C
What
was
the
thing
he
worried
about
the
most
and
it
was
Darrell
just
because
they're,
so
they
come
so
fast,
they're,
so
widespread
and
they're
so
strong
and,
of
course,
their
infrastructure
failure,
less
common,
but
possibly
on
the
on
the
more
serious
spectrum,
tornadoes,
earthquakes,
hurricanes
and
then
we've
had
a
lot
of
a
human
caused
issues
that
we
could
have
well.
The
next
slide.
There's
all
the
things
you
sort
of
need
to
be
prepared
for
so
just
think
about
ahead
of
time.
Almost
everything
involves
what
they
call
sheltering
in
place.
C
That
means
like
stay
where
you
are
in
this
building,
depending
on
what
his
problem
is
getting
away
from
the
windows,
maybe
going
down
to
the
bottom
of
the
parking
garage
a
lot
of
times
getting
getting
down
low
is
good.
You
want
to
have
a
meeting
place,
just
talk
with
your
family
at
some
point.
Where
are
you
gonna
get
together?
C
We
could
not
communicate
my
family,
but
I
could
reach
family
in
Ohio
and
Wisconsin,
and
some
of
my
other
family
members
had
reached
those
family
members,
so
that
I
would
get
messages
from
Ohio
about
what
my
husband
was
doing
here,
because
that's
the
way
the
phones
were
working,
but
it's
good
to
have
some
points
of
contact
outside
of
town
personalize.
Just
sort
of
you
know
think
about
what
makes
sense
for
you
essential
items.
The
last
three
days,
I
will
say
when
you
look
on
online
a
lot
of
times.
C
Almost
everything
tells
you
you
have
need
to
have
water
enough
water
for
everybody
and
that's
a
gallon
a
day
per
person.
Now,
if
you
think
you're
gonna
run
out
of
town
with
a
go-bag
with
six
gallons
of
water,
you
probably
aren't,
and
one
of
the
things
that
bothers
me-
I've
been
talking
with
our
emergency
preparedness.
People
I
think
we
just
need
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
water
purification
tablets.
I,
don't
know
if
anybody's
used
these
one
of
the
best
ways
to
prepare
for
emergencies.
C
C
You
just
need
to
remember
to
have
a
container
to
put
some
whatever
water
you've
got,
and
you
put
those
tablets
in
and
you
shake
it
up
and
you
wait
15
minutes
it
tastes
awful,
but
when
you're
thirsty
it
doesn't
matter
and
you
won't
get
sick
stay
informed,
arlington
alert
there.
We've
got
information
here
soon
on
how
to
sign
up
for
that
that
you
can
get
our
like
an
alert
on
your
phone
on
your
computer.
Hopefully,
if
those
things
are
working
and
give
you
information,
we've
got
stations
here.
C
That's
that's
the
main
thing
sign
up
for
our
Legion
alert
and
you
can
customize
the
message
if
you'd
like,
which
is
great
and
I,
think
we
have
a
conference
next
slide.
We
have
a
conference
coming
up
recognizing
strength
in
our
community,
it's
really
all
about
being
resilient
and
invite
people
to
come.
Our.
We
have
a
commission
on
emergency
preparedness
inviting
people
to
come.
We
also
have
certain
citizens,
emergency
response
team,
and
you
can
volunteer
and
do
I
see
somebody
in
the
audience
here.
C
Does
that
and
that's
a
great
way
to
volunteer
if
you've
got
some
skills
and
you
think
an
emergency
could
help
out,
particularly
during
times
like
Snowmageddon
people
were
from
the
cert
team
volunteers
delivering
flyers,
because
if
these
things
aren't
working
or
powers
been
out
for
a
while,
you
can
deliver
Flyers
to
people.
Tell
them
what's
going
on
dig
out
fire
hydrants
there
all
kinds
of
things
that
a
whole
lot
of
people
helping
can
do
a
lot
so
encourage
people
to
sign
up
for
that,
come
to
the
celebration
and
I,
don't
know
if
either
mr.
C
Flagler
or
mr.
Schwartz
have
anything
they
want
to
add
for
at
this
point,
mr.
Flagler
anything
you've
got
nothing
for
now,
that's
fine!
So
the
idea
really
is
just
think
about
it.
A
little
bit.
Don't
just
dismiss
it
think
about
what
would
happen
if
right
now
think
it
through
and
there's
really
just
a
few
things
you
need
to
do
to
get
ready,
but
it's
really
important
to
think
about
it
ahead
time.
Okay,
that's
my
emergency
preparedness
message
for
September
and
I've
done
that
I've
actually
been
doing
this
myself.
I've
ordered
the
water
water
tablets.
C
I
realize
the
ones
I
have
on
hand,
aren't
any
good
anymore.
We've
got
I
think,
as
some
people
know,
I've
been
doing
a
book
discussion,
a
sort
of
a
series
of
book
discussions,
it's
kind
of
occasional
and
the
next
one
I'm
doing
is
the
righteous
mind
and
I
highly
recommend
it
it's
by
Jonathan
Haight,
who
is
a
social
psychologist
under
the
righteous
mind
why
good
people
are
divided
by
politics
and
religion.
This
is
a
relatively
new
book.
It's
great
it.
If
you
ever
wondered
why
facts
don't
seem
to
matter
in
political
discussions.
C
This
will
explain
why,
if
you
ever
wonder,
why
is
that
the
good
people
really
can
disagree
about
things?
This
will
really
help.
What
a
sort
of
explains,
because
he's
a
social
psychologist,
is
how
we're
wired
we're
cut.
You
know
people
are
kind
of
wired
in
a
way
like
computer,
where
species
we're
kinda,
seht
wired
it'd
be
a
certain
way.
This
kind
of
explains
how
that
is
and
how
it
plays
out.
So
for
those
of
us
involved
in
political
change.
C
That
way,
we
want
to
maybe
change
people's
minds,
understanding
how
people
think
and
react
or
don't
think
is
really
important
for
doing
that.
So
you're
all
invited
to
join
to
join
Christian,
Dorsey,
Mike
and
me
Christian
is
very
nicely
agreed
to
come
and
talk
through
this
and
we
will
be
at
the
library
in
Crystal
City
and
we
would
love
to
have
you
and
if
you'd
like
join
it
joining
us
read
the
book.
Go
online.
There's
a
great
TED
talk
he's
given.
So
if
you
can't
come,
you
don't
have
time
to
read
it.
C
C
There
is
an
annually
a
youth
bike
summit
and
that
is
coming
into
town
here
or
rolling
into
town
on
October
6
to
8
it's
at
the
Hyatt
Regency
in
Crystal
City,
and
there
will
be
lots
of
attendees
hundreds
from
around
the
country
all
coming
here
to
Arlington
to
explore
how
bicycling
can
be
a
catalyst
for
positive
social
change
and
this
three-day
conference
which
goes
on
annually
ice.
It's
been
in
Seattle,
it's
been
in
New,
York
City.
C
It
brings
together
youth
young
people
who,
like
to
bike
bikes,
education,
advocacy
and
leadership,
and
it's
not
just
for
kids,
it's
for
adults
too,
and
it
really
is
kind
of
a
fun
thing.
It's
not
like
your
usual
summit.
It
includes
a
usual
kind
of
conference.
It
includes
a
bike
ride
which
is
always
fun
and
it
gets
brings
people
from
all
different
sort
of
age
groups
and
backgrounds
to
share
network
and
discover
the
power
of
the
bicycle
which
we've
been
hearing
about.
What?
C
If
you're
gonna,
do
a
car,
free
diet,
etc
and
Arlington's
really
becoming
quite
a
bicycle,
friendly
community
and
there's
great
information
on
our
bike.
Arlington
webpage.
If
you'd
like
to
check
that
out
again,
October
68
I'm
planning
to
attend
I
won't
be
at
the
whole
thing,
but
I'm
gonna
help
out
and
I'm
gonna
attend
and
you
may
want
to
just
go
online
check
out
some
of
the
sessions
and
visit
some
of
those
so
I
hope
to
see
people.
C
They
are
supporting
Phoenix
bikes,
it's
a
real
honor
for
us
to
be
hosting
that
and
then
last
really
more
of
a
personal
note.
I
had
the
privilege
of
attending
the
screening
of
Ken
Burns
new
film,
the
Vietnam
War
of
which
WETA
here
in
Arlington
is
a
sponsor,
and
the
screening
was
at
the
Kennedy,
Center
Opera,
House
I,
hope
everybody
is
watching
this
series
or
planning
to
watch
it.
C
It
started
on
Sunday,
but
you
can
pull
up
these
episodes
anytime
for
those
of
us
in
my
generation
and
older
this
really
it's
it's
a
different
kind
of
history
series
because
we
lived
it,
but
no
matter
what
your
age.
It's
really
easy
to
see
how
this
recent
history
affects
us
today
and
has
really
important
lessons
that
we
all
ignore
at
our
peril.
The
evening
began
with
Ken
Burns
asking
the
Vietnam
vets
in
the
auditorium
to
stand.
C
There
were
only
about
20
of
us
in
the
audience,
I'd
say
standing
and
we
got
applauded
and
I
shook
hands
with
the
two
veterans
applauding
you
know
the
two
veterans
that
were
standing
near
me
40
years
ago.
That
kind
of
interaction
would
have
been
very,
very
different
and
it
was
clear
to
me
distant.
It
was
clear
all
of
us
just
from
the
start,
how
much
a
better
understanding
and
appreciation
of
everyone
involved
in
that
horrible
conflict,
no
matter
what
role
they
played
and
out.
If
you
were
living
in
American,
the
United
States.
C
At
that
time
you
had
a
role
to
play
that
we'd
all
gotten
to
a
different
place,
and
then
we
saw
clips
of
the
series
and
it
would
conclude
with
a
panel
discussion
which
included
Vietnam
veterans,
former
senators,
secretaries,
John
Kerry
and
Chuck
Hagel
and
Senator
John
McCain
and
then
I'll.
Just
a
couple
points
I
took
notes
there
and
I
will
tell
you
when
they,
when
the
gentlemen
came
out
for
the
panel
anyway,
I
I
found
myself
more
emotionally
involved
in
that
evening
than
ever
before.
Never
have
I
gotten
choked
up
on
a
panel
discussion.
C
People
come
out
for
it
discussion.
They
got
a
standing
ovation
before
we
even
started
so
John
McCain
said
that
in
Vietnam
it
was
one
of
those
Wars
that
it
really
was
mostly
the
poor
people
that
it
was
those
who
couldn't
go
to
college
that
were
drafted.
It
was
mostly
the
poor
and
he
said,
and
that
was
wrong,
so
John
McCain
said,
if
they're,
if
there's
a
fighter,
a
war
to
fight,
there
are
three
things
that
you
need
to
make
happen.
One
everybody
in
the
country
should
fight
not
just
some
to
tell
the
truth.
C
Three,
you
know
why
you
were
fighting
and
never
forget
it
lessons
that
we
really
need
to
keep
in
mind.
They
were
painfully
painfully
learned
and
I
fear,
sometimes
we're
not
not
not
really
learning
him
yet.
Finally,
Ken
Burns
said
he
struggled
to
find
redeemable
aspects
in
this
war
and
in
the
end
he
found
too.
It
was
not
easy
to
find
something
redeemable
about
this
war
first.
This
was
a
time
when
the
American
people
rose
up
against
what
their
government
was
doing
and
they
changed
their
government.
C
M
You
know
first
just
really
wanted
to
know
really
wanted
to
to
say
another
word.
We
moved
quickly
and
it
was
included
in
consent
to
make
the
award
and
and
just
really
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
emphasize
the
degree
to
which
that
allocation,
which
is
as
we
learned
the
first
of
its
kind
in
Virginia,
was
not
actually
just
a
political
point,
but
in
fact
serves
a
real
need
in
our
community
and
one
that
is
having
cascading
impacts.
M
We
have
heard
members
of
our
community
express
real
concerns
about
using
core
county
services
that
ensure
the
safety
of
vulnerable
children
and
adults
such
as
child
and
adult
protective
services
and
mental
health,
emergency
responses
and
in
a
particularly
troubling
statistic.
The
calls
to
our
County
Domestic
Violence
hotline
have
declined
by
about
a
third
since
January,
particularly
among
callers,
whose
primary
language
is
not
English
and
so
I
share.
All
of
that
just
to
provide
a
little
more
color
on
why
we
think
this
allocation
is
so
important.
M
We
know
that
when
residents
avoid
accessing
core
protective
services,
the
safety
of
our
most
vulnerable
people,
adults
and
kids
are
at
risk.
So
that's
why
it's
a
little
insight
into
why
and
then
I
really
wanted
to
take
it
mostly
an
opportunity
to
just
underscore
how
residents
can
access
these
services,
because,
as
this
has
gotten
more
attention,
I
think
we're
starting
to
hear
from
folks
asking
either
how
they
can
help
or
how
to
access
these
services.
M
So
a
few
notes
here
before
us
and
a
couple
of
comments
we
wanted
to
make
if
you
or
someone
you
know,
is
a
gnarling
tone
e'en
who
is
in
need
of
assistance.
Becky
woloson
with
legal
aid,
Justice
Center
will
be
in
charge
of
the
program
for
Arlington
residents.
So
that's
a
number
we'll
be
aiming
to
disseminate
far
and
wide
for
anyone
seeking
the
services
that
these
dollars
will
help
fund.
M
Mr.
ferzetti
mentioned
our
statement
on
deferred
action
for
childhood
arrivals,
and
we
wanted
to
just
get
really
pragmatic
for
a
second
and
I
wanted
to
use
this
venue
of
the
board
meeting
to
really
make
sure
that
the
many
doctor
recipients
in
our
own
community
and
understand
you
know
whose
benefits
are
set
to
expire
on
or
before
March
5th
2018.
Your
renewal
must
be
filed
by
October
5th
2017,
which
is
really
soon,
and
there
are
two
clinics
happening
in
our
community.
M
There
are
a
number
of
community
clinics
happening
around
the
region,
but
in
our
community
on
Thursday
at
2
p.m.
at
our
Department
of
Human
Services,
and
on
Saturday
at
3:30
p.m.
at
Walter,
Reed,
Community
Center.
We
will
seek
to
get
these
resources,
or
this
flyer
added
to
our
website
as
well
and
wanted
to
make
sure
that
knowledge
was
was
circulating
in
the
community.
These
free
daca
clinics
are
available
for
daca
recipients,
seeking
to
figure
out
their
next
legal
steps
and
apply
for
renewal
against
that
relatively
urgent
deadline.
M
One
last
and
related
comment:
we
have
been
hearing
I've
been
hearing
from
a
number
of
folks
in
our
community
concerned
about
recent
coverage
around
something
that
was
being
described
as
operation
mega.
This
was
an
idea
or
Sue's
me.
Rather
an
enforcement
action
that
I
believe
was
linked
leaked
through
a
DHS
memo.
It
was
being
reported
as
a
plan.
Nationwide
enforcement
effort
by
ice
are
getting
as
many
as
eighty
five
hundred
individuals.
We
have
been
following
it
closely.
I
know
our
counterparts
on
the
school
board
have
been
following
it
closely.
At
this
time.
M
Ice
has
canceled
the
operation
citing
the
disruption
that
it
might
cause
among
those
seeking
assistance
from
the
damage
caused
by
hurricanes
or
Mun
Harvey
in
Florida
and
Texas,
but
we
do
want
to
underscore,
as
we
often
have
to
do
to
residents
that,
even
if
there
is
not
a
national
operation
on
the
books,
ice
will
continue
to
take
enforcement
actions.
There
has
not
been
a
suspension
of
enforcement,
so
we
share
that.
I
share.
All
of
that,
because
I
want
the
county
government
and
certainly
this
board
to
be
a
place
that
residents
can
look
for
clearer
information.
M
The
latest
information
that
we
have
at
a
time
when
there
is
so
much
uncertainty,
so
I
appreciate
that
the
foremen
patience
of
my
colleagues
while
I
did
that
so
in
closing
I.
Just
I
wanted
to
thank
the
number
of
Arlington
Ian's
who've
engaged
with
us
who,
throughout
the
process
of
the
legal
assistance
people
who
have
advocated
for
it.
A
Alright,
thank
you
very
much
there
or
just
before
we
get
to
the
appointments.
I
do
have
four
events
and
announcements
to
make
these
are
events
or
that
will
be
occurring
between
now
and
the
next
board
meeting.
The
first
is
the
Four
Mile
Run
restoration,
ribbon-cutting
on
September
23rd
all
are
invited
to
celebrate
the
completion
of
this
exciting
project,
it'll
be
occurring
at
the
new
viewing
platform.
A
A
A
The
third
is
the
II
care.
We
do
this
twice
a
year
where
it's
the
popular
event
held
at
this
year
on
Saturday
October
14
at
Yorktown,
high
school
from
8:30
a.m.
to
1:00
p.m.
please
note.
This
is
a
different
location
than
normal.
Normally,
it's
been
down
at
Thomas,
Jefferson
middle
school,
the
community
center,
but
there's
work
going
on
down
there.
A
There
is
no
longer
a
surface
parking
lot
in
which
to
hold
this
event,
so
it
is
being
moved
to
Yorktown
High
School
Arlington
residents
can
safely
dispose
of
all
kinds
of
household
hazardous
materials,
all
kinds
of
liquids,
small
metal
items,
electronics,
shoes,
clothing,
hi
glasses,
among
others.
We
also
accept
bicycles
for
bikes
for
the
world
and
some
appliances
and
medical
equipment.
Some
will
require
a
small
fee,
but
please
check
out
the
list
of
what's
accepted
on
the
website.
A
By
going
to
Arlington
Va
us
our
primary
website
address
and
then
just
put
in
the
search
e
care,
II
care
and
finally,
on
October
15th,
a
Sunday
from
2:00
to
6:00
at
Kenmore
middle
school,
we
will
have
Latino
America
the
Latino
American
festival.
It's
a
celebration
of
Hispanic
Heritage
Month
with
live
music,
authentic,
Latino
food,
artistic
representations,
games
for
kids
and
much
more,
and
there
is
information.
That's
a
that's
the
flyer
that's
out
in
the
community
at
this
point.
Okay,
that's
the
end
of
my
announcements.
Let's
go
to
the
advisory
group
appointments.
A
Appoint
Sheri
freer,
no
second
is
required.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say
aye
opposed,
carries
five
zero
and
now
colleagues,
under
this
same
area
of
appointments,
I'm
going
to
move.
Let
me
move
this
change
in
the
charge
and
then
I'll
go
ahead
and
explain
it
afterwards,
but
I
will
move
that
we
both
I
move.
These
changes
to
the
previously
known
as
advisory
board
on
trespass
vehicle
towing.
A
So
one
of
the
changes
is
to
change
the
name
to
trespass
towing
advisory
board,
along
with
the
rest
of
the
edits
that
are
on
the
sheet
in
front
of
us.
Do
I
hear
a
second
seconded
by
mr.
Dorsey
and
then
let
me
explain
what
we're
doing
here.
The
changes
that
we
that
are
being
proposed
to
the
charge
and
the
composition
of
the
advisory
board,
dealing
with
trespass
vehicle
towing,
really
weren't,
necessitated
by
action
earlier
this
year
by
the
Virginia
General
Assembly.
A
At
the
same
time
we're
taking
the
opportunity
to
amend
the
name
from
the
Advisory
Board
of
on
trespass
vehicle
towing
to
what
we
had
been
calling
it
for
several
years
anyway.
The
trespass
towing
advisory
board,
TTAB,
keep
in
mind.
We
have
a
second
towing
related
board,
but
it
deals
with
the
police
tows,
so
the
county
has
a
contract
or
multiple
contracts
to
deal
with
the
towing
of
vehicles
on
County
property.
This
is,
in
fact,
the
more
well-known
committee
that
deals
with
our
ordinance
and
policies
and
procedures
as
it
relates
to
towing
from
private
property.
A
However,
with
the
law
that
was
the
bill,
that
was
just
passed
this
last
session
that
went
into
effect
on
July
1
of
this
year,
the
county
no
longer
has
the
ability
to
appoint
non-voting
members
to
broaden
that
conversation
and
beyond
that.
The
legislature
went
further
in
micromanaging
this
this
this
group
to
say
that
the
chairman
of
the
group
must
rotate
annually
from
among
the
three
groups
represented
towing
tours
the
police
and
the
general
public.
A
A
Other
the
changes
in
our
ordinance
that
we
adopted
last
year
or
at
the
end
of
the
year
before,
are
available
on
the
tows
toing
website.
It
is
really
a
very
good
source
for
people
interested
in
this
issue.
Sometimes
that
happens
right
after
you've
been
towed.
You
become
especially
interested
in
this
in
this
issue
and
the
future.
The
state
requires
this
group
to
meet
at
a
minimum
one
time
a
year.
A
They
can
meet
more
often,
but
they
have
to
meet
at
least
once
and
it
is
there
my
expectation
that
they
will
be
having
a
public
comment
period,
the
beginning
of
each
these
meetings,
so
that
it
will
provide
a
limited
but
real
venue
for
those
who
have
a
question
or
concern
or
want
to
bring
something
up
to
to
speak
before
the
group
will
see
how
useful
the
group
ends
up
being.
And
finally,
just
beyond
that,
this
information,
this
staff
in
the
manager's
office
and
and
Department
of
Environmental
Services,
tell
me
they
will
be
engaging.
A
B
Mr.
chairman,
so
not
related
to
whether
we
passed
the
motion,
but
somehow,
as
this
charge
is
communicated
publicly,
can
we
be
a
little
bit
more
clear
that
this
is
required
since
I?
Only
speaking
for
myself,
I
will
not
be
casting
an
affirmative
vote,
because
I
believe
in
this
I
actually
think
it's
a
terrible
directive
by
the
state,
not
the
the
least
of
which,
because
you
know,
without
having
those
non-voting
citizen
representatives
on
this
board.
When
the
rotation
comes
to
a
member
of
the
public.
B
In
an
effort
to
make
the
board
a
productive
body,
they
have
to
take
off
their
advocate
hat
while
they
put
on
their
chairperson
hat
on
many
levels.
This
is
a
horrible
thing
that
we
are
required
to
do,
and
I
do
want
to
make
sure
for
our
public
who's,
not
necessarily
tuned
in
to
the
machinations
of
the
Commonwealth
and
or
watching
this
meeting
that
they
know
very
clearly.
This
does
not
express
this
does
not
express
the
will
of
the
board
good.
M
Mr.
chair
and
I
think
that
it
would
ever
be
the
will
of
this
board
to
put
in
charge
of
a
body
designed
to
facilitate
and
address
conflicts
with
a
particular
sector
of
our
economy.
That
we
would
put
a
representative
of
that
sector
in
charge
is
just
so
out
of
practice
of
anything.
I
have
to
imagine
that
we
consider
so
really
what
associate
my
remarks
with
those
and
when
we
think
about
communicating
about
these
changes
would
agree
very
much
that
we
should
take
pains
to
do
so.
F
Continuing
in
the
same
vein,
you
know
that
the
the
the
answer-
not
that
there's
ever
gonna
be
one.
But
you
know
the
source
of
this
is
the
Virginia
General
Assembly
and
the
governor,
and
so
efforts
need
to
be
made
more.
Efforts
need
to
be
made
to
work
with
our
delegation
to
the
Virginia
General
Assembly
to
to
discuss
whether
or
not
there
might
be
able
to
be
changes
made
to
this.
But
money
talks
in
Richmond
as
it
does
everybody
everywhere
else.
Thank
You.
A
M
A
It
is
is
a
mandate,
it's
not
the
content
and
the
revisions
to
the
makeup
of
this
body,
which
is
meant
to
advise
the
government
and
meant
to
represent
consumers
as
well
as
have
input
from
the
industry
doesn't
really
meet
muster.
The
only
other
thing
I'll
say
is
I
think
the
governor
actually
was
very
much
on
our
side,
but
felt
boxed
in
by
the
end
I
think
he
he
had
every
intention
of
trying
to
be
supportive
of
us.
A
In
the
end,
the
industry
here,
the
the
tow
industry,
the
tow
businesses
and
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
were
very
strongly
behind
these
changes
to
change
the
makeup
of
this
body
so
that
it
happened
so
we're
now
implementing
it.
It'll
be
really
odd.
If
I'm
the
deciding
vote
here,
we
go
the
motions
before
the
board.
All
this.
B
Question
mr.
chairman,
if
I
just
could
I
just
want
to
again,
I
will
be
supporting
your
motion
just
because
it
needs
to
be
done
not
from
the
not
for
the
purposes
of
the
state
mandate,
but
I
do
believe
in
our
effort
to
be
very
clear
and
transparent
with
our
public.
We
need
to
make
sure
they
see
the
language
which
is
approved
by
law.
As
we
had
a
discussion
at
this
past
Saturday's
board
meeting
there
are
times
when
state
law
and
County
code
are
inconsistent.
B
Often
that's
a
matter
of
technical
cleanup
that
can
wait
until
another
time.
This
is
a
case
where
I
would
hate
for
someone
to
actually
view
the
details
behind
the
tea
tab
and
not
see
current
information.
So
it's
only
for
that
reason
will
I
cast
an
affirmative
as
opposed
to
an
anti
or
an
abstention
vote
today.
Thank.
A
F
F
But
let
me
just
read
the
pertinent
part
of
this:
unless
the
2018
General
Assembly
approves
increased
revenues
for
multimodal
transportation
needs
that
are
separate,
reliable
and
permanent,
including
dedicated
funding
for
Metro
Virginia,
will
face
a
congestion
and
mobility
crisis
that
will
strangle
economic
growth,
threaten
Public,
Safety
and
and
negatively
affect
the
quality
of
life
of
all
residents.
So
this
is
a
very
strong
statement
by
the
Vaiko
board
at
our
August
meeting.
F
It's
going
to
be
considered
by
the
full
Vaco
body
in
November
at
the
annual
meeting
and
of
course
I
do
want
to
just
mention
that
Katie
crystal
my
colleague,
who's
on
the
board
of
the
Virginia
Municipal
League
VML
has
worked
successfully
to
get
similar
or
analogous
language,
not
exactly
over.
On
the
municipal
side
of
things.
We've
of
course
have
to
acknowledge
that
such
funding
will
not
be
easy
to
secure
and
that
it
must
come
with
compensating
reforms
to
Metro
governance
oversight,
expenses
and
employee
productivity,
Thank
You.
Mr.
chair
thank.
B
Speaking
of
Metro,
so
just
I'm
gonna
focus
my
report
on
some
good
news,
but
just
to
address
the
the
topical
conversations
that
are
out
there.
Regarding
funding
and
governance.
There
is
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
talk,
mostly
being
transmitted
through
the
media
among
the
executives
of
the
district
Marilyn
and
and
the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia.
Regarding
funding,
there
are
proposals
on
the
table.
The
most
recent
one
by
the
governor
of
Maryland
mr.
B
Hogan
to
have
each
of
the
jurisdictions,
along
with
the
federal
government,
kick
in
an
additional
125
million
dollars
for
Metro,
which
over
four
years
or
for
four
years,
and
that
proposal
will
be
responded
to
by
I
think
our
governor
in
the
coming
days.
All
of
this
is
in
response
to
what
is
mr.
Vyse
dad
has
outlined
is
a
very
clearly
understood
need
for
Metro
that
various
groups
who
represent
various
interests
across
the
Commonwealth
in
our
region
have
all
agreed
to.
B
These
are
conversations
which
are
just
going
to
be
subject
to
the
political
process,
and
we
at
Metro
can
only
hope
that
there
is
some
sort
of
a
clear
path
forward
that
comes
soon.
Regarding
governance.
Again,
there
are
multiple
ideas
and
thoughts:
miss
Garvey,
miss
crystal
and
I
served
on
the
Northern
Virginia
Transportation
Commission.
We
have
put
our
thoughts
into
the
hopper,
but
those
exist
along
with
you
more
than
I
can
count
at
this
point
about
what
needs
to
be
done
with
Metro
governance,
but
to
speak
to
some
actual
good
news.
Some
some
data,
some
results.
B
The
year-long
initiative,
known
as
back
to
good,
is
producing
some
data,
which
shows
you
know
in
some
areas,
some
pretty
dramatic
improvements
for
the
user
experience
with
a
customer
experience
at
Metro.
You
can
see
from
the
slide
before
you
and
I'll
just
highlight
a
couple
of
things
overall,
on-time
performance
for
Metro
customers
in
August
of
this
year
was
it
89%,
which
is
well
above
target
and,
quite
frankly,
well
above
anything,
Metro
is
experienced
in
quite
a
long
time,
and
that
is
measured
by
a
feature
for
Metro
riders
that
she
looks
at
their
specific
trip.
B
So
this
is
a
very
granular
and
very
exact.
Look
at
on-time
performance,
but
also
like
the
highlight
that
overall,
across
Metro
crime
is
down,
while
within
Arlington
the
stations
that
we
have
there's
relatively
or
there's,
there's
virtually
no
crime
to
speak
of.
Of
course,
our
riders
travel
all
throughout
the
system
and
they're
experiencing
a
safer
system
overall
that
also
translate
and
translates
into
fire
and
smoke.
Incidents
which
are
down
20%
escalator.
B
Reliability
is
at
a
95
percent
level,
which
is
also
unheard
of
in
metros,
modern
history
and
the
railcar
reliability,
which
is
measured
and
distance
between
delays
and
having
various
other
issues
with
the
condition
of
rail
cars
is,
is
up.
50
percent,
and
mostly
this
is
attributable
to
the
deployment
of
many
new
rail
cars
in
the
metro
system.
B
If
we
can
move
to
the
next
slide,
I'd
like
to
really
put
what
this
this
on-time
performance
means
for
actual
customers
in
the
system
and
looking
at
three
different
route
segments,
Pentagon,
City
to
Rosslyn,
Boston
to
Metro,
Center
and
then
Crystal
City
to
Gallery
Place
in
the
a.m.
period,
Pentagon
City
to
Rosslyn
up
8
percent
Crystal
City
to
gallery
up
22
percent
and
Boston
to
Metro
Center
up
23%
year.
B
Over
year,
this
is
the
difference
that
we
had
pre
safe
track
and
post
and
then
in
the
PM
you
also
had
some
increases
less
substantial
overall,
but
still
significant,
plus
11
17
and
12
percentage
points
respectively.
So
this
is
all
to
say
that
there
are
a
lot
of
indicators
that
Metro
is
moving
in
the
right
direction
and
on
your
behalf,
I'm
gonna
make
sure
that
it
remains
so
thanks.
Thank.
C
C
Really
have
a
regional
report,
but
I
was
struck
listening
here
that
I
think.
Sometimes
you
know
our
residents.
They
know
that
what
we
do
for
the
county,
they
have
some
and
I
think.
Sometimes
these
regional
Commission's
that
were
on
just
kind
of
seem
like
something
that's
sort
of
added
and
a
nice
thing,
but
not
particularly
important,
and
it
has
struck
me
more
and
more.
How
really
crucial
our
participation
is
with
these
regional
groups.
C
John
did
just
and
I
was
with
him
at
the
Vaco
conference
and
he
did
an
excellent
job
working
with
some
of
our
rural
colleagues,
who
may
not
be
very
interested
in
Metro
and
we're
really
finding
some
common
ground
and
I
think
it's
so
important
to
to
work
together
and
I
always
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
mr.
Dorsey,
because
we
all
give
this
kind
of
time,
but
nothing
takes
time.
The
way
Metro
does
and
Christian.
Thank
you
again
for
your
excellent
work.
I
know
it's
a
lot
of
work
and.
N
G
You
mr.
chairman
I
have
two
items
this
afternoon.
First
I'd
like
to
give
you
an
update
on
our
public
engagement
efforts,
and
so
during
the
spring
and
summer,
the
Arlington
County
Engagement
Team,
as
well
as
an
interdepartmental
staff
group,
has
held
multiple
meetings
with
community
leaders
to
gather
their
insights
about
how
they
view
the
public
engagement
process
for
County
government
and
specifically
for
capital
projects
and
explore
opportunities
to
improve
our
public
engagement
process.
G
The
team
has
held
sessions
internally
with
staff
that
include
planners
engineers,
leadership
teams,
everybody
and
met
with
each
of
you
on
the
board
individually
to
discuss
our
past
efforts
from
all
that
we
developed
a
an
action
plan
which
we
posted
online
for
comment.
The
comment
period
went
through
September
13th,
that
input
period
has
ended
and
right
now
we're
in
the
process
of
reviewing
the
feedback
and
I'll
be
back
to
you
with
a
progress
report
and
I.
G
Think
that
we're
planning
on
having
a
work
session
with
the
board
sometime
in
the
fall
to
discuss
the
results
of
that
and
also
I,
think
you've
noticed
something
that,
starting
with
September's
board
reports,
we
have
a
public
engagement
section.
We've
included
there,
which
pulls
together
all
the
information
about
how
we've
engaged
with
the
community
and
our
outreach
strategies,
and
so
we
as
I,
said
on
Saturday
when
asked
by
mr.
Garvey.
G
This
is
a
network.
That's
an
in
building
wireless
system
enabling
our
police,
fire
and
emergency
medical
responders
to
have
effective
use
of
not
only
their
radios
but
if
they're
using
digital
media
and
have
that
be
effective
in
their
buildings.
And
this
basically
allows
us
to
avoid
the
problem
where
radio
signals
simply
can't
get
out
of
buildings.
And
we
weren't
in
a
position
to
insist
on
this.
G
It
was
a
resolution
where
we
urge
developers
to
work
with
us
and,
as
it's
been
mentioned
in
the
past,
these
circumstances
really
arrives
from
the
the
fact
of
building
construction
materials
where
we
have
concrete
and
steel
and
energy-saving
features
that
can
sometimes
get
in
the
way
of
those
signals.
And
you
know
what
a
wanted
report
is
that,
right
now,
four
years
after
the
board
passed
that
resolution,
we
have
eight
systems
in
operation
11
under
construction
and
15,
whose
plans
have
been
approved,
but
not
yet
begun
construction.
G
So
those
are
all
I,
think
it's
true
to
say
that
every
site
plan
that's
come
before
the
board
in
the
last
three
years.
Has
the
developers
have
voluntarily
agreed
to
include
this,
which
is
fantastic.
I
also
wanted
to
know
that
three
county
buildings,
the
Sequoia
Plaza
Arlington
Mill
and
the
homeless
services
center,
as
well
as
eight
of
our
schools,
currently
have
this
technology.
G
And
so,
while
these
numbers
are
a
fraction
of
the
buildings
we
have
in
the
community,
we
had
to
start
somewhere.
So
what
I
wanted
to
do
is
reprieve
a
video
that
we
did
I
think
a
little
bit
over
a
year
ago.
They
talks
about
how
this
system
works,
and
it's
a
video
that
was
put
together
by
Arlington
TV
and
our
Department
of
Technology
Services,
and
with
that
we're
gonna
roll.
The
video.
O
Currently,
modern
buildings
are
constructed
with
advanced,
energy-efficient
materials
that
interfere
with
the
RF
signal
used
by
first
responders.
Now,
with
the
new
first
responders
met.
Our
emergency
responders
are
able
to
achieve
clear
and
uninterrupted
communications
in
buildings
and
other
areas
that
have
poor
radio
communications.
O
So
how
does
the
first
responders
network
when
a
radio
transmission
is
sent
a
distributed?
Antenna
system
or
das
converts
it
to
an
optical
signal
that
is
transmitted
through
the
fiber
network
and
then
retransmitted
throughout
the
building
via
a
network
of
indoor
antennas?
If
there
ever
is
any
interruption
in
the
operation
of
the
system,
the
das
will
alert
the
building
of
a
malfunction,
and
the
building
managers
will
notify
the
emergency
command
center
to
inform
them
of
the
situation.
O
Buildings
that
are
part
of
the
first
responders
net
that
have
a
das
installed
can
be
easily
recognized
by
the
certified
building
seal
that
is
awarded
to
them
by
the
county.
But
this
system
goes
beyond
public
safety.
Major
wireless
carriers
are
working
with
das
owners
everyday
to
help
improve
cell
phone
and
data
coverage
in
their
buildings
and
surrounding
areas
as
well.
A
F
G
I
mean
progress
has
picked
up
so
the
extent
that
we
have
new
construction
with
schools
coming
online
and
2019.
Those
will
be
added
and
the
all
the
high
schools
and
middle
schools
have
been
included
and
as
as
is
appropriate
when
we
go
back
and
do
work
on
each
of
the
superintendent
and
I
have
talked
about
it
as
I
go
back
and
do
work
on
some
of
the
other
schools.
G
F
A
Number
78
of
site
plan,
number
86
relating
to
a
black
box
theater
and
one
matter
requiring
consultation
with
the
county
attorney
concerning
the
county
boards
authority
to
change
the
names
of
roads
in
the
county.
Do
I
hear
a
second
all,
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say:
aye,
those
carries
5-0
all
right.
We
are
adjourned.
Moving
into
a
closed
meeting,
we'll
be
back
around
6:30.