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A
I
will
go
ahead
and
begin
this
evening.
Welcome
everyone.
We
are
delighted
to
have
you
with
us
this
evening,
during
what
I
know
is
an
especially
busy
season
for
members
of
the
general
assembly,
as
you
prepare
your
own
legislative
priorities.
A
So
as
per
our
custom
as
we
welcome
in
the
holiday
season,
we
have
this
time
with
you
all
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
Arlington
County's
priorities
are
likely
to
be
adopted
legislative
package
and
to
hear
from
you
all
to
learn
what
we
can
about
the
the
likely
Cadence
and
priorities
for
the
upcoming
session.
I
think
it
might
behoove
us
all,
particularly
for
those
who
may
be
watching
if
we
did
a
round
of
introductions.
So
let's
do
that.
D
Good
evening
I'm
Barbara
favoa
and
I'm
a
state
senator
representing
the
31st
Senate
District,
which
currently
has
a
large
part
of
Arlington
but
I
also
have
a
tail
and
it
goes
up
the
Potomac,
so
I
have
parts
of
Fairfax
and
parts
of
Loudon,
but
in
2023
I
will
be
running
only
in
Arlington,
my
entire
Senate
District
will
be
in
Arlington
I
chair
the
rehabilitation
and
Social
Services
committee
I
sit
on
Transportation
rules,
local
government
and
agriculture
in
the
environment.
That's
one
committee
and
I'm
the
Senate
Whip
and
I.
E
Hi,
my
name
is
Alfonso.
Lopez
I
represent
the
49th
House
of
delegates
District,
which
is
South
Arlington
Eastern
Fairfax
in
the
upcoming
year.
The
district
has
changed
slightly:
it's
basically
everything
south
of
Route
50
in
Arlington,
but
west
of
395,
with
no
longer
parts
of
Fairfax.
Now
parts
of
Alexandria
I'm
on
the
Commerce
and
trade
committee,
Congress
and
labor
committee,
and
then
also
on
Ag
and
natural
resources.
Chesapeake
Bay,
as
well
as
CTI,
also
I'm,
the
founder
of
the
Latino
caucus
and
the
Virginia
environment
and
renewable
energy
caucus.
G
Good
evening
I'm
rip
Sullivan
I
represent
the
48th
District
in
the
house
of
delegates,
which
is
a
part
of
Fairfax
County
McLean
and
a
large
chunk
of
North
Arlington,
and
also
into
South
Arlington
down
into
National
Landing.
That,
unfortunately,
is
going
to
change
next
year,
where
I've
been
redistricted
into
the
new
District
Six,
which
is
completely
in
Fairfax
County.
G
But
I
have
taken
upon
myself
to
declare
myself
an
honorary
arlingtonian.
You
can't
get
rid
of
me
that
easily
how
I
vote,
what
I'm
interested
in?
How
much
I
want
to
do.
Good
things
for
the
for
Arlington
County
and
the
people
of
Arlington
County
will
not
change
regardless
of
what
the
shape
of
my
district
might
be.
What
do
I
serve
on
I?
Don't
remember:
Commerce
and
energy,
finance
and
courts.
J
Arlington,
County
and
I
believe
we
have
one
more
person
joining
virtually.
K
K
47Th
District
going
into
my
14th
session
I.
My
district
is
Central
Arlington
with
redistricting.
It
pretty
much
stayed
the
same,
but
it
it
pushed
a
little
bit
more,
more
West
and
North
part
of
the
county
and
pushed
me
out
of
the
district
out
of
South
Arlington
and
will
be
known
as
the
first
district,
which
it
makes
it
easier
to
remember.
A
Delighted
that
you
can
and
I
can
imagine
at
least
one
delegate
is
taking
notes
about
how
efficient
it
is
when
people
can
participate
remotely
right,
we're
very
glad
as
well,
that
you're
not
spreading
your
germs,
and
we
wish
you
a
speedy,
complete
recovery.
A
Well,
colleagues
welcome
we're
really
glad
again
to
have
this
time
together,
I
think
in
the
interest
of
time,
because
we
are
indeed
Limited
did
by
the
tyranny
of
schedules
for
for
for
some
of
us
I'm
going
to
propose.
We
do
as
follows,
which
is
condense
all
of
Arlington's
legislative
priorities
into
one
presentation
we'll
take
turns
among
us
as
board
members
and
then
do
the
same
for
the
general
assembly
allowing
for
discussion
so
rather
than
going
item
by
item
to
discuss
so
I
will
be
taking
notes,
as
others
talk
and
and
hope.
A
The
folks
will
join
me
so
that
we
can
have
a
robust
discussion
at
the
conclusion
of
each
section,
but
we
will
take
the
prerogative
as
hosts
and
launch
in
I'll
begin
with
just
a
couple
of
comments.
A
You
can
see
that
our
legislative
package
is
organized
as
usual
into
quite
a
few
issue
areas,
but
one
of
the
things
we
wanted
to
do
this
year
and
with
Miss
craden's
help
has
really
Advanced
a
couple
of
overarching
principles,
legislative
principles
that
are
most
important
to
us,
that
cut
across
these
issues
and
indeed,
are
probably
more
important
than
any
one
of
these
individual
issues.
So
to
briefly
touch
on
those,
as
you
might
imagine,
as
I
know,
you
all
are
probably
seeing
at
the
state
level
and
certainly
many
constituencies
in
Arlington
are
experiencing.
A
A
I
know:
we've
talked
about
that
with
Senator
football
and
others
when
it
comes
to,
for
example,
mental
health
care
providers,
which
is
a
key
need,
but
that
is,
of
course,
cross-cutting,
and
we
are
grateful
for
your
partnership
in
helping
us
deliver
a
high
standard
of
services,
but
by
getting
more
people
into
those
positions
and
where
possible,
streamlining
the
the
burdens
or
demands
on
things
like
certification,
filling
funding,
our
commitments
to
local
governments.
A
I
know
we
are
in
like-minded
company
here,
but,
as
you
can
imagine,
it
causes
Us
near
physical
pain,
be
here
talk
of
a
state
budget
surplus.
When
we
know
there
are
things,
for
example,
like
commitments
to
our
public
schools
that
remain
very
much
underfunded.
So
again,
we
know
your
fellow
Travelers
on
those
issues
that
remains
among
our
top
priorities
and
maintaining
intent
throughout
the
legislative
process.
We're
fortunate
to
have
many
good
legal
Minds
among
our
delegation.
A
This
could
probably
be
summarized
as
help
us
fight
back
against
the
law
of
unintended
consequences
when
code
sections
get
opened,
making
sure
that
legislative
proposals
are
done
with
a
scalpel
and
not
a
hammer
so
that
we
don't
end
up
dealing
with
distorted
intensive
code
sections
and
then
finally,
obviously
the
moment
that
we
are
all
in
is
one
in
which
we
are
trying
to
find
our
way
back
to
a
new
normal
to
which
such
a
thing
or,
to
the
extent
such
a
thing
might
exist,
but
any
priorities
or
any
efforts
that
that
you
all
can
make
at
the
state
level
to
help
us
on
the
economic
recovery,
whether
that
is,
of
course,
issues
like
office
vacant
and
see,
or
even
just
investment
in
things
like
tourism,
which
of
course
has
been
a
key
priority
for
Arlington.
A
So
we've
seen
a
lot
of
partnership
from
the
state
on
those
issues
over
the
past
two
years
coming
out
of
the
pandemic,
we
hope
it'll
be
an
area
where
we
can
continue
to
partner.
So
those
are
a
couple
of
our
overarching
priorities,
but
I
am
next
going
to
turn
to
Ms
Garvey
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
a
couple
of
our
priorities
in
human
services.
I
You
and
I'm
going
to
take
over
right,
in
fact,
even
sort
of
repeat
or
emphasize
what
you
said.
Madam
chair
on
a
number
of
the
issues,
because
the
you
know
as
the
overarching
principles.
If
you
read
the
first
one,
it's
really
all
about
Workforce
and
if
you
look
at
the
top
one
on
our
Human
Services
number,
one
I
am
not
going
to
go
through
all
of
them,
but
the
first
one
is
to
address
the
critical
Workforce
shortages.
I
You
know
the
Community
Services
Board
is
it
needs
money
to
do
Recruitment
and
Retention,
and
it's
absolutely
critical
I
think
you've
all
heard
about
the
problem
that
we're
having
with
the
workforce
in
Behavioral
Health
I,
will
briefly
take
off
my
Arlington
board
hat
and
put
on
my
Northern
Virginia
Community
Regional,
Commission
hat
I'm,
part
of
a
group
with
Dr
Bill
Hazel
and
we're
looking
at
the
issue
of
Workforce
and
may
end
up
coming
to
the
legislature,
not
this
year,
but
in
the
future,
I'm
just
trying
to
plant
a
seed
to
work
on
some
internship
programs
and
way
to
really
work
on
the
pipeline
of
people
working
in
Behavioral
Health.
I
So
that
there's
really
a
substantive
Pipeline
and
that's
a
number
of
the
other
issues
here
addressing
that
same
issue,
I'll
go
I'll
skip
to
the
the
third
one
state
hospital
bed,
crisis.
I.
Think
we've
all
heard
the
horror
stories
of
people
that
you
know
they
are
their
Mental
Health
crisis
and
they
have
to
be
driven
miles
and
miles
away.
It
takes
time,
sometimes
our
local
officers,
police
officers
have
to
go
law.
I
I
The
problem
with
the
state
hospital
bed,
the
crisis-
is
there
because
there
aren't
enough
people
to
do
the
work,
so
that
comes
back
again
to
the
workforce,
shortage,
which
is
really
crucial
for
us
to
to
address
and
then
getting
away
a
little
bit
from
getting
the
workforce
there,
but
actually
improving
the
workforce,
which
is
part
of
it
is,
is
the
Staffing
standards
and
licensure
requirements
for
long-term
care.
We
just
need
to
provide
living
wages
and
sick
days
and
overtime,
pay
and
training
for
workers,
particularly
in
infection
prevention,
that
second
one
is
down
there.
I
You
know
I
think
we
all
saw
during
the
covid
pandemic
it
just
really
that
pandemic
I
think
made
clear
a
lot
of
problems
that
we've
had
for
a
long
time
and
made
them
very
clear
again
so
I'll
just
you
know,
rather
than
keep
going
on
and
on
it's
really
all
about
the
workforce
and
any
kind
of
ways
funding
and
then
also
finding
ways
to
maybe
do
internships
or
looking
at
licensure
requirements
as
well
to
get
people
into
that
Pipeline
and
into
the
career
and
make
it
so
that
they
can
advance
in
the
career
not
not
get
stuck
somewhere
and
find
that
a
worthwhile
career
for
them
to
have,
and
then
looking
at
long-term
care
standards,
I
think
is
also
crucial.
B
Thank
you
for
that
prompt
and
reminder.
Madam
chair,
I
appreciate
it.
So
I'll
just
try
to
go
through
these
rather
quickly,
as
it
relates
to
land
use
and
know
that
there's
been
a
lot
of
conversations,
particularly
out
of
the
executive
branch
on
land
use
as
it
relates
to
localities.
B
But
we
we
we
remind
everyone
that
this
is
primarily
a
local
concern
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
maintain
all
ability
and
autonomy
to
regulate
land
use
in
the
way
in
which
the
local
residents
of
Arlington
see
fit
and
that
we
preserve
opportunities
to
penalize
activity
that
encroach
or
impinge
on
the
quiet
enjoyment
of
life
and
property
of
others.
And
so
we
we
certainly
don't
want
to
see
in
the
guise
of
trying
to
facilitate
creation
of
new
housing
and
new
development,
which
broadly
we're
in
support
of.
B
We
certainly
know
through
experience
locally
and
I,
think
people
are
coming
to
this
nationally,
that
it
is
the
inadequate
pipeline
of
resources
that
has
kind
of
made
these
housing
stalls
that
are
kind
of
apparent
in
many
places,
a
real
problem
when
it
comes
to
keeping
up
with
the
supply
necessary
on
an
annual
basis.
Thank
you
for
the
what's
that.
Thank
you
for
that.
E
B
B
We
know
individually,
you
all
worked
and
and
spoke
so
well
to
the
needs
that
were
apparent
during
the
pandemic
and
from
that
we
know
that
there
are
great
many
supports
that
we
can
provide
for
tenants
to
not
only
help
mitigate
real
adverse
consequences
that
come
from
their
Tendencies,
but
to
ensure
that,
in
the
event
of
their
falling
in
a
rear
edge,
we
have
protections
to
keep
them
safe
from
eviction,
especially
the
most
vulnerable
residents.
Moving
over
to
finance
I
think
I
can
sort
of
put
this
all
in
a
general
bucket.
B
Let's
not
lose
anything
that
we
have
local
governments.
You
all
know
this,
but
it
just
Bears
repeating
publicly.
We
can't
diversify
our
Revenue
the
way
some
people
may
believe
that
a
company
can
we
have
relatively
fixed
sources
and
limited
ability
from
an
annual
basis
to
control
those
sources,
and
so
we
are
very
much
interested
in
preserving
it,
because
any
shortfalls
falls
on
people
who
may
not
necessarily
be
able
to
Bear
it,
and
we
do
see
that
there's
some
opportunities
for
taxation
to
become
modernized
and
made
more
Equitable
a
couple
of
opportunities
there.
B
B
So
you
know
those
those
exemptions
come
at
a
cost
and
certainly
while
they
may
prove
popular
with
one
constituency
that
produces
a
lot
of
pain
on
other
constituencies
and
local
governments
needing
to
pick
up
the
slack
so
just
encourage
thoughtful
approaches
to
taxation
that
there
be
a
careful
attention
to
any
exemptions
that
are
proposed.
Having
pay
for
us
and
adequate
sufficient
Revenue,
Replacements
I.
Don't
think
we
would
take
the
approach
that
taxes
need
to
be
exactly
what
they
are
always
but
making
sure
there
is
some
attempt
at
Revenue.
B
A
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
Dorsey
many
of
our
transportation
priorities
this
year
can
be
summarized
as
much
as
Mr
Dorsey
noted
on
finance
protect
what
we
have
I
know.
Our
delegation
includes
champions
for
Metro
funding
and
streams
of
funding,
particularly
the
commitments
made
to
the
development
of
Amazon
hq2.
Those
are
major
projects
on
which
we
are
relying
to
mitigate
the
impact
of
welcoming
headquarters,
which
we
are
excited
about.
A
Nevertheless,
the
Commonwealth's
commitment
to
supporting
the
improvements
to
Route
One,
the
the
improved
bus
route
expansions
along
the
transit
way
are
are
major
Investments,
on
which
we
are
relying,
and
we
really
appreciate
your
help
in
protecting
those
a
couple
of
areas
to
to
Really
highlight
among
these
priorities.
I
would
be
remiss
my
my
friends
on
the
authority
would
be
upset.
A
Indeed,
if
I
were
not
to
highlight
to
everyone's
attention,
as
nearly
everyone
at
the
table
on
our
delegation,
where
Veterans
of
that
2018
process,
either
in
the
general
assembly
or
serving
on
transport
patient
boards
at
the
time
that
effort
to
participate
in
the
regional
Capital
funding
agreement
for
Metro,
that
funding
source
was
diverted
from
the
northern
Virginia
Transportation
Authority
of
the
102
million
dollars
diverted
only
63
million
has
been
replaced.
That
translates
into
a
lot
of
good
projects
in
our
Northern
Virginia
Community,
still
going
undone
specifically
for
us
in
Arlington.
A
That
means
what
are
sometimes
affectionately
called
the
30
percent
funds
in
nvta,
which
are
local
dollars
that
come
straight
back
to
us,
that
we
use
for
a
lot
of
really
important.
Neighborhood
complete
streets
projects
and
similar
have
still
been
really
dramatically
windowed
down
relative
to
where
they
were
in
2018,
and
so
the
authority
continues
to
make
it
a
priority
to
see
the
the
full
restoration
of
those
diverted
funds
and-
and
we
Echo
it
as
well
in
our
local
agenda.
A
I'll,
also
note
an
area
of
work
that
is
really
important
to
us
and
and
we're
excited
to
hear
some
movement.
Perhaps
at
the
state
level
is
Vision
zero.
We
know
this
is
a
Virginia
priority
as
well
I'm
trying
to
remember
the
the
the
term
Governor
Northern
didn't
use
Vision
zero.
It
was
like
zero
zero
Transportation
deaths
when
they
announced
it,
maybe
in
2018,
and
that
becomes
a
that
has
become
a
huge
priority
for
us.
We
know
often
is
the
case.
A
You
know
when
there's
an
area
where
Arlington
is
falling
short
of
being
able
to
fund
everything,
we
want
to
do
that's
even
more
extreme
for
our
localities,
all
around
the
Commonwealth,
and
so
we
know,
there's
been
some
conversation
about
thinking
about
dedicated
funding
for
really
safety
focused
improvements
on
local
roads,
especially
your
VDOT,
controlled
roads
everywhere
else,
and
that's
an
area
we
strongly
support.
We've
seen
how
important
those
projects
are
and
being
able
to
respond
quickly
when
there
are
crashes
has
become
for
us
in
Arlington.
A
Also
within
that
bucket
of
vision.
Zero.
Two
years
ago
you
granted
local
Authority
for
automated
speed
enforcement
in
school
zones
and
work
zones.
Thank
you.
We've
taken
really
extensive
advantage
of
that.
We
would
love
to
be
able
to
to
pursue
that
in
other
parts
of
the
county.
Automated
enforcement
is
helpful
not
only
in
reducing
speeds,
which
are
one
of
the
major,
your
contributors
to
Serious
crashes.
A
It's
also
helpful
in
reducing
the
interface
between
police
officers
and
residents,
which
has
been
a
priority
for
both
our
both
our
police
practices
group
and
for
the
fact
that
we
continue
to
struggle
with
police
Staffing
all
right
over
to
Mr
defranti,
to
talk
about
Criminal,
Justice,
Reform
and
education.
Thank.
F
You,
madam
chair,
I'll,
move
pretty
quickly
through
these.
The
first
in
criminal
justice
is
one
I
want
to
mention.
I.
Think
that
there's
consensus
regarding
in
Arlington
regarding
the
need
to
fund
prosecutors
offices
through
not
just
felonies,
but
make
it
a
broader,
not
not
just
based
on
felonies,
but
make
it
a
broader
assessment,
and
so
we
support
efforts
to
include
misdemeanors
as
well,
and
that
can
lead
to
a
a
focus
that
is
more
on
crime
prevention
and
diversion,
rather
than
a
punitive
type
approach.
F
F
F
The
the
one
I
want
to
mention
is
is
certainly
there's
expertise
at
this
table
as
well:
Senator,
favola
and
others
on
sexual
and
gender-based
violence.
I
wonder
if
there's
possibility
there
for
some
for
funding-
or
you
know
I'm
just
trying
to
think
of
what
can
work
across
the
aisle,
and
so
that's
one
I
wanted
to
highlight
on
education.
F
Our
chairs
mentioned
I
think
we
have
broad
consensus
on
and
I
was
at
the
Commonwealth
Institute
had
a
one-day
Summit
and
there's,
of
course,
talking
about
the
need
to
allow
for
additional
funding
and
not
and
for
provide
that
match
for
positions,
and
that's
referred
to
in
teacher
pay
raises
both
position.
Teachers
as
well
as
positions
of
support
at
schools.
I
know
that'll,
be
a
big
issue,
I'm
not
holding
my
breath,
but
I
certainly
think
it's
an
important
one
that
we
all
support
on
the
board.
F
Mental
health
is
a
big
issue
and
expanding
funding,
as
well
so
of
the
general
government
priorities.
The
one
I
really
wanted
to
sort
of
the
two
that
I
wanted
to
pick
out
for
possibilities.
I
know
you've
already
had
one
filing
deadline,
but
I
think
most
of
you
know
about
oral
fiber
and
as
as
one
of
our
advocacy
groups,
but
it
is
a
share.
F
We
have
done
a
whole
body
of
work
with
respect
to
broadband
access
and
we're
doing
a
we
have
a
nofa
out
to
and
we're
working
with
a
consultant
to
assess,
get
much
more
specific
on
where
we
don't
have
the
Broadband
access
that
we
need
to
significant
significant
extent
it's
in
the
49th,
but
there
are
other
parts
of
the
County
as
well.
So
that's
one
where
we
really
would
love
to
move
forward
and
ready
to
engage
with
you
on
that
and
then
the
fourth
of
those
is
a
good
government
piece.
F
It's
not
that
not
a
second
of
disrespect
for
the
importance
of
electronic
meetings.
I
know
that
delegate
Bennett
Park
are
all
five
of
us
on
the
board.
Have
shared,
have
tried
to
offer
how
we
can
help
and
appreciate
your
great
work
last
year
and
your
ongoing
work
there,
but
job
order
construction
contracts,
there's
a
good
government
piece.
F
Essentially,
as
there
has
been
inflation,
these
are
specific
type
of
contract
where
we
don't
want
to
get
bogged
down
into
sort
of
a
procedural
way
of
addressing
this,
when
instead
we
could
just
lift
that
cap,
and
so
that's
one
I,
don't
know
if
if
we
could
engage
in
conversations
going
forward
there,
but
those
are
the
the
ones
I
wanted
to
highlight
thanks
Madam
chair
thank.
A
I
So
this,
what
we
have
here
falls
into
two
sort
of
buckets:
I,
look
at
it
as
the
one
sort
of
adequate
funding
which
you're
kind
of
used
to
these.
These
issues
that
keep
coming
up
over
and
over
because
the
state
doesn't
pay
its
bills
and
I
know
the
state's
got
a
fair
amount
of
money
this
year.
So
maybe
paying
your
bills
on.
I
You
know
adequately
supporting
us
on
what
we
do
would
be
a
really
good,
a
good
thing
to
do,
and
and
also
supporting
jail
diversion
efforts
which
are
somewhat
new
but
have
been
around
for
quite
a
long
time,
but
really
important
for
mental
health
and
folks
that
have
issues
with
substance
abusing
to
have
them
get
proper
care
and
not
just
get
caught
up
in
the
criminal
justice
system.
And
then
we
get
into
the
Brave
New
World
kind
of
thing.
I've
I've
actually
been
learning
more
about
technology
and
how
it
interacts.
I
There's
Next,
Generation
9-1-1
that
there
should
be
other
ways
to
be
able
to
use
9-1-1
rather
than
just
the
usual.
You
know
the
telephone
kind
of
thing
that
people
are
used
to
and
that
this
money
that
goes
to
help
upgrade
to
the
next
generation
of
9-1-1
can
not
be
an
unfunded
mandate.
Please
and
and
we'll
be
covered
again.
The
state
should
pay
his
bills
and
then
the
last
two
are
kind
of
updating
the
code.
I
So
harassment
of
operations
center
harassment
can
take
many
different
forms
that
aren't
necessarily
considered
in
the
code
that
was
written
a
while
ago
like
texting
and
that
and
that
sort
of
thing.
I
So
that
has
been
a
real
problem
and
then
one
that
our
law
enforcement
came
to
us
with
and
we
have
Miss
cranan
has
really
been
helping
this
working
this
a
lot
along
the
state
and
we've
got
the
police
groups
and
other
law
enforcements
supporting
it,
and
this
is
dealing
with
the
issue
called
swatting
I
never
knew
what
swatting
was
anyway.
That's
it's
apparently
done
in
gaming
communities
a
lot.
I
We
had
a
bad
incident
of
it
here
and
that's
where,
if
you
report
falsely
and
get
people
to
come
out,
you
get
in
trouble.
But
if
you
get
someone
to
report,
falsely
you
don't
get
in
trouble
so
that
we
had
an
issue
and
there
have
been
some
other
schools
around
the
state.
But
we
had
one
particularly
at
Yorktown,
where
there
was
a
call
placed
to
the
principal
telling
the
principal
that
there
was
a
major
incident.
The
principal
called
out.
I
We
had
all
of
our
law
enforcement
there
and
it
was
all
a
false
alarm
and
then
we
find
out
who
it
is
and
there's
no
way
to
actually
get
them
punished
for
it
or
have
them,
suffer
any
consequences
and
that's
a
problem
that
needs
to
be
fixed
in
the
code
again.
Just
updating
the
code
to
what
the
reality
of
life
with
technology
is.
These
days.
A
C
You
know
we
are
talking
here.
Arlington
has
been
just
just
recently
recognized
as
a
an
a
score
in
a
global
climate
action
as
a
global
climate
action
leader.
So
we
we
report
on
the
top
12
percent
of
more
than
10
000
localities,
who
actually
measure
their
carbon
footprint,
and
we
are
interested
in
everything
that
can
be
done
to
to
to
continue
on
that
path
into
a
line
actually
with
the
rest
of
the
Commonwealth.
C
It
is
extremely
important
for
us
to
to
set
the
Commonwealth
on
the
on
on
to
continue
setting
the
wealth,
I
should
say
on
a
firm
footing
to
100
renewable
energy.
A
big
part
of
that
and
I
know
that
this
is
a
this
will
be.
A
difficult
conversation
to
have
is
the
is
the
continuation
of
the
regi,
the
the
regional
greenhouse
gas
initiative.
C
Reggie
is
not
only
a
flood,
as
you
perfectly
know,
it's
not
only
a
flat,
you
know
flooding
mitigation
fund.
It
also
provides
a
lot
to
retrofit,
affordable
housing
and
we
made
significant.
As
you
all
know,
we
made
significant
investments
in
Legacy,
affordable
housing
in
a
preservation
of
affordable
housing,
and
we
would
literally
see
Reggie
as
a
potential
funding
source
to
strengthen
these
buildings
like
Barcroft
or
you
know,
Park
Shirlington
Etc.
C
This
would
be
an
excellent
addition
to
our
efforts
to
to
make
that
kind
of
housing,
really
sustainable
and
and
and
keep
it
viable
for
for
long
term.
C
Public-Private
Partnerships
is
the
next
Point
expand
their
building
authority
of
local
jurisdictions
to
encourage
and
support
private
sector
efforts.
We
do
that.
We
saw
how
powerful
it
is.
Just
this
week
we
will
learn
from
from
the
majors
office
that
our
collaboration
with
Amazon
and
Dominion
green
energy-
we
have
the
the
Maplewood
solar
farm-
is
now
100,
almost
100
percent
operational,
so
we
are
going
to
be
drawing
already
83
of
our
total
government.
You
know
carlington
County
operations
consumptions
from
from
this
renewable
source.
This
brings
us
thanks
to
these
Partnerships.
C
This
brings
us
accelerates
us
two
years,
two
years
in
advance
of
achieving
our
goal
as
a
government
to
draw
our
power
from
100
renewable
energy
and
this
kind
of
Spirit
and
the
kind
of
ability
to
do
that.
We
want
to
see
that
you
know
materializing
when
we
talk
about
about
Regional
Green
Banks,
where
a
lot
of
regulations
comes
to
be
unlocked
so
that
we
can
make
it
feasible
here.
C
It's
very
important
for
us
and
I
I
believe
to
many
in
in
across
the
Commonwealth,
especially
in
Northern
Virginia,
to
to
see
us
in
a
position
to
be
able
to
implement,
improved
and
stretch
building
codes.
The
Commonwealth
is
very
behind
in
adopting
International
building
codes,
and
we
would
be
really
we
could
lead
the
the
way
there
if
only
we
were
allowed
to
do
that.
Electric
vehicle
infrastructure
will
hear
it
from
every
single
constituents.
C
Benchmarking
I'm,
particularly
interested
in
including
this
in
in
our
list
of
of
legislative
priorities.
It's
very
important
to
be
able
to
have
an
honest
conversation
with
every
developer
and
every
10
and
every
operator
here
in
in
the
common
in
Arlington
how
their
building
is
performing
and
to
be
able
to
have
us
a
an
honest
base
of
negotiation
about
their
card
on
footprint
today
and
and
and
in
the
future.
Renewable
energy
choice
is
the
next
one
also
called,
as
is
a
community
CCA
Community
Choice.
C
C
A
very
tangible
part
of
our
green
agenda-
pun
intended
is
preserving
expanded
tree
canopy
and
I
know
that
all
of
you
have
been
involved
in
trying
to
accomplish
what
we
have
been
asking,
which
is
the
the
ability
to
have
a
more
of
a
regulatory
footprint
in
how
we
regulate
our
own
Urban
forest
and
how
we
can
you
know,
enact
policies
that
preserve
the
urban
Forest,
especially
the
maturing
trees.
This
hasn't
been
accomplished
so
far,
and
we
are
continuing
to
ask
for
that
last
is
on
the
list.
C
Is
the
stormwater
local
assistance
fund,
slav
called?
Yes,
we
are
we're
asking
for
an
increase
in
slot
funding.
This
supports
projects
that
that
provide
that
that
that
are
rig
that
are
making
us
more
compliant
with
the
total
maximal
daily
loads
in
compliance
with
the
Chesapeake
Bay
preservation
regime.
C
Most
importantly,
we
are
asking
that
future
proposals
are
also
scored
with
criteria
that
assign
points
to
projects
that
support
that
also
support
local
storm,
water,
resiliency
and
local
priorities
and
needs
in
that
sense
that
are
not
only.
You
know,
benchmarked
on
what
they
do
to
the
TDL
to
the
tdlm,
but
that,
but
they
are
also
scored
about
how
beneficial
they
are
in
the
stormwater
management
of
our
locality
in
general.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You,
okay,
so
a
whirlwind
tour
of
our
legislative
package,
I'm,
going
to
pause
just
for
a
few
moments
to
ask
if
there
are
questions,
perhaps
linkages
that
you
all
see
with
with
priorities
of
your
own
or
other
things
that
you'd
suggest
we
have
or
bear
in
mind
regarding
our
package
as
the
session
comes
forward.
E
One
thing
with
regard
to
the
public-private
Partnerships
PPE,
the
Virginia
ppea
act
or
bill
is
incredibly
permissive
and
so
I'm
actually
thinking
about
putting
a
study
in
this
year
to
sort
of
narrowly
ask
jaylark
to
come
back
and
give
us
ways
that
ppea
in
Virginia
could
be
used
to
address
affordable
housing
and
school
Construction.
E
Now
it's
being
done
in
other
states
right
now
and
if
other
states
are
doing
I,
think
we
can
do
it
as
well
in
a
way
that
you
know
is
it
works
for
Virginia,
and
so
you
know
PP.
The
the
ppta
has
worked
incredibly
well
with.
You
know
the
silver
line,
with
everything
we've
done
in
Virginia
regarding
transportation
and
Transit,
but
I
think
we
can
be
a
little
bit
more
Innovative
with
this
as
well.
A
D
You
I,
I,
will
just
say
and
I
think
you
have
captured
the
theme
of
the
next
general
assembly
session.
I
mean
very
much
it's
going
to
be
very
much
a
defensive
kind
of
posture
that
we'll
be
in
you
know
there
will
be
a
continued
conversation
on
tax
and
spend,
even
though
we
have
seen
considerable
growth
in
our
ongoing
revenue
streams.
We
expect
the
governor
will
come
forward
with.
D
He
will
come
forward
with
some
budget
amendments
in
December
and
there'll,
be
a
conversation
on
you
know
again
what
kind
of
tax
breaks
we'll
be
giving
to
Virginians,
and
we
have
to
in
my
view
that
all
of
that
has
to
be
balanced
against
some
very
important
bills
that
we've
left
unpaid
and
we
have
continued
to
need
investments
in
our
public
education
system
and
our
mental
health
system.
We'd
like
to
see
our
jails
with
much
more
rehabilitative
programs
and-
and
we
don't
want
to
charge
prisoners-
you
know
inflated
commissary
prices.
D
D
We
should
increase
continue
to
increase
the
pay
for
our
Health
Care
Professionals,
especially
those
working
at
our
state
hospitals,
Medicaid
reimbursements,
lower
than
it
should
be
so
I
can
go
on
and
on
anyways
on
a
positive
note,
I
have
heard
at
least
one
of
our
co-chairs
of
the
finance
committee
say
that
it's
possible
and
likely
that
we'll
be
able
to
protect
the
one
percent
tax
that
you're
enjoying
on
on
groceries,
which
all
of
that
is,
you
know,
a
local
Revenue
stream
for
you.
D
So
we
think
that
we
can
protect
that
I
can
just
comment
briefly
on
your
package
and
sort
of
what
what
I
think
is
going
to
go
on
in
the
general
assembly.
D
You
know,
Human
Services,
you
hit
some
really
important
topics.
We're
going
to
continue
to
build
up
our
social
safety
net
in
the
mental
health
area.
Virginia
has
the
most
number
of
Psych
beds
per
person
of
any
state
in
the
country
yeah.
So
we
we
are
not
short
and
they're
open,
no
overall,
so
and
they're.
You
know
they
do
it
like
you
know,
per
100
000
people
they.
You
know
they
when,
when
they're
doing
the
analysis,
they
they
equalize
for
population
in
the
per
person
formula,
but
so
something's
not
quite
right.
D
We
have
to
do
a
lot
more
early
prevention.
We
have
to
do
more,
Same
Day
Access.
We
have
to
have
better
opportunities.
So
when
hospitals
discharge
people,
we've
got
good
follow-up
and
case
management,
so
they
don't
end
up
back
in
hospital.
So
we're
we're
going
to
work
really
hard
on
that.
On
that
piece,
it's
possible
changing
the
trajectory
a
little
bit.
It's
possible.
We
may
be
able
to
make
progress
on
the
whole
tdo
front.
D
I
am
carrying
a
couple
bills
that
both
the
hospital
Association
and
the
association
of
sheriffs
have
come
to
an
agreement
on
we.
We
would
like
the
hospitals
to
take
custody
of
our
tdo
patients
when
they
arrive
at
the
hospital,
so
law
enforcement
doesn't
have
to
sit
in
the
emergency
room
in
the
waiting
room
now,
I,
don't
know
how
robust
the
bill
will
be
when
it
actually
gets
out
of
committee,
because
there's
a
lot
of
give
and
take
going
on
right
now.
D
I
do
have
a
bill
on
barrier
crimes
which
would
allow
in
the
space
of
peer
counselors.
It
would
allow
some
barrier
crimes
to
be
removed,
not
a
whole
list,
but
we'd
be
looking
at
you
know,
probably
theft
and
drug
related
crimes,
drug
possession
with
intent
to
distribute
those
crimes
might
be
removed
as
barrier
crime.
So
we
can
actually
so
agencies
can
hire
peer
counselors.
There
will
be
an
effort
to
look
at
the
licensing
procedures
for
Professionals
in
the
counseling
space.
D
We
may
want
to
streamline
those
so
there'll
likely
be
budget
language
directing
agencies
to
re-look
at
the
licensing
procedures.
Governor
Younkin
did
come
out
with
a
streamlined
procedure
for
social
work,
licensers,
so
so
I'm
hoping
that
we
can
make
some
progress
with
your
priorities.
They
seem
to
be
shared
by
other
jurisdictions
and
they
are,
you
know,
perkling
up
a
Statewide
priorities
too.
I
I
ask
a
question:
please
yeah,
on
the
hospital
beds
where
you
started
so
I
think
what
I
heard
you
say
is
statistics
show
that
Virginia's
got
plenty
of
psychiatric
beds
because
we're
compared
to
other
states
compared
to
other
states.
I
D
Well,
we're
trying
to
figure
it
out.
Is
it
because
people
are
using
the
psych
beds?
They
have
no
other
options.
You
know,
there's
no
other
community-based
care
in
that
Community
they're
waiting
to
their
it's
a
crisis.
Point
we're
trying
to
figure
out
what
what's
going
on.
There
will
be
more
funding
for
crisis
stabilization
for
crises
receiving
centers.
All
of
those
things
will
help
divert
patients
from
using
psych
beds.
So
we
are
trying
to
build
an
infrastructure
that
we
haven't
had
before.
D
Many
do
yeah
many
have
other
they're,
not
using
csas,
particularly
or
Community
Services
Board,
the
Community
Services
Board
model.
You
know
they
have
their
governed
differently,
we're
sort
of
a
state
supervised
but
locally
administered
system.
So
our
localities
have
a
lot
of
latitude
in
how
they
spend
mental
health
dollars,
and
you
know
what
the
whole
program
looks
like.
So.
A
D
A
Just
a
clarifying
question
as
well
so
psych
beds
includes
both
those
provided
by
the
private
sector
as
well
as
ones
in
the
state,
hospitals
or
exclusively
in
the
state
hospitals.
No,
it
was.
It
was
counting
everything
and
that
is
licensed
bed,
which
is
to
say,
like
the
issued
certificate
of
public
needs,
but
those
would
be
licensed
beds.
So
is
there
a
possibility?
A
I
mean
I,
know,
for
example,
that
there
are
a
number
of
license
beds
that
are
not
in
real
terms
beds
right
now,
because
they're
insufficient
staff,
for
example,
when
the
state
hospitals
were
closed
last
year,
so
I
imagine
those
are
still
considered
licensed
beds.
A
D
D
But
one
of
the
things
we're
looking
at
is
the
you
know
the
crisis
receiving
centers
may
be
able
to.
We
may
be
able
to
allocate
some
psych
beds
to
accompany
those
receiving
centers,
even
though
they
would
keep
people
for
you
know
with
a
three-day
period,
the
72
hour
period
or
so
so
we're
looking
at
different
things,
just
throwing
that
out
there,
and-
and
we
appreciate
your
interest
in
this.
D
We
appreciate
the
time
that
your
staff
has
spent
on
this
and
I
know
that
your
community
services
board
I
used
to
be
lays
onto
that
board.
For
many
many
years
has
really
delved
in
you're
working
with
Virginia
Hospital
Center
on
some
interesting
things.
So
I
appreciate
that
we
do
we
do
need.
You
know
some
outpatient,
Behavioral,
Health
Services
desperately
the
other
thing.
I
was
just
going
to
mention
and
I'll
be
brief
about
this.
D
I
do
have
a
bill
that
is
supported
pretty
widely
now
and
it
would
set
up
a
substance,
use
disorder,
slash
opioid
fund
for
the
jails
to
draw
down.
So
we
can
move
the
jails
all
of
our
jails,
towards
implementing
a
medically
assisted
detox
program
and
and
treatment
before
the
offenders
actually
leave.
Now
the
grant
is
going
to
be
pretty
comprehensive.
So
if
jails
are
in
the
planning
stages,
that's
okay,
because
we
understand
they
may
not
be
able
to
hire
the
Personnel
to
to
give
a
complete
program.
D
So
so
that's
that
land
use
and
housing
I
will
just
say
that
there
I
hear
from
different
circles
developers
will
be
asking
the
governor
to
weigh
in
on
the
local
Authority,
especially
when
it
you
know,
comes
to
multiple
housing
projects,
projects
that
may
have
multiple
units
in
or
affordable
housing.
So
I
think
you
really
have
to
make
that
a
vaco
and
vml
priority.
D
A
And
hopefully
those
development
interests
will
understand
that
if
they
establish
the
precedent
of
land
use
decisions
being
made
at
the
state,
it's
quite
likely
that
future
General
assemblies
and
governors
might
like
to
make
land
use
decisions
that
the
developers
don't
like.
So.
D
I
know
I,
know
yeah.
No,
it's
just
you're
gonna
lose
control
of
a
lot
of
things
linking
Transportation.
You
know
your
mixed
use,
development,
you
know
housing
and
land
use
is
just
an
integral
part
of
how
you
grow.
Your.
D
You
know
how
you
provide
services,
so
you
really
can't
lose
that
Wow
Let's
see
tax
and
spend
we'll
try
to
protect
your
taxing
Authority.
That
would
be
a
good
thing
to
protect
on
Transportation.
You
know:
there's
the
federal
infrastructure
money
is
should
be
flowing,
so
you
I'm,
expecting
you
are
going
to
get
some
Transportation
dollars,
we're
not
going
to
let
Metro
be
underfunded.
J
A
An
excellent
opportunity
to
know
I
mean
I
think
certainly
for
the
work
we
do
at
the
northern
Virginia
Transportation
Commission
has
talked
a
lot
about
the
challenges,
and
this
we
are
well
not
is
by
no
means
unique
about
this
nationally
Federal
Transportation
dollars
almost
exclusively
Capital
and
the
Metro
for
thankfully,
and
thanks
to
the
work
of
Summer
on
this
table,
now
has
an
ongoing
Capital
funding
agreement.
But
our
challenges,
of
course,
are
on
the
operating
side.
You
know
we
know
that
Transportation,
like
roads
always
requires
public
investment.
D
We
probably
don't
have
the
volume
back
taking
Metro
right
now,
so
that's
where
your
problem
is
and
we
get
that
yeah,
so
we're
going
to
have
to
help
and
and
sexual
assault
area
I
have
a
bill
and
actually
delegate
Parker's,
also
carrying
it
in
the
house
where
we're
going
to
try
to
put
a
little
bit
more
oversight
when
it
comes
to
the
transfer
of
firearms.
D
If
somebody's
the
subject
of
protective
order
or
has
actually
been
convicted
of
an
assault
and
battery
of
a
family
member,
they
have
to
give
up
their
their
firearm
and
and
the
state
is
for
three
years
with
the
way
the
language
reads:
is
they
they
shall
not
possess
and
they
can
transfer
the
firearm
to
anybody,
but
by
law
they're
supposed
to
transfer
to
somebody
who
can
legally.
You
know
possess
that
firearm,
but
there's
no
oversight
over
that.
D
So
we're
working
with
interest
groups
to
figure
out
you
know,
there's
a
form
that
they
file
with
the
court
and
then,
after
that,
there's
not
much
else
and
we're
hearing
from
a
lot
of
the
groups
that
work
with.
You
know
victims,
advocacy,
programs
and
and
they're
just
saying
that
they
feel
their
clients
are
at
risk
that
the
the
guns
end
up
in
in
the
wrong
hands
and
we
have
to
you
know,
have
better
procedures.
If
somebody
is
going
to
transfer
a
firearm
because
he
he
or
she
can't
possess
it.
H
To
mention
on
the
budget
where
we
are
our
revenues
well
ahead
of
official
forecast
for
this
year,
850
million
ahead
at
the
end
of
October,
so
that
we're
anticipating
a
recession,
although
people
don't
know
when
or
its
depth
or
duration,
but
the
staff
of
the
Senate,
finance
and
Appropriations
can
be
estimates.
Additional
revenues
of
2.1
billion
in
fiscal
year,
23
and
682
million
in
fiscal
year
24.
H
But
we
have
some
major
budget
pressures
with,
must
do
items
and
I
think
that
we're
we're
in
a
strong
position
to
weather
a
recession,
but
we're
probably
going
to
need
to
prioritize
further
one-time
items
with
additional
resources,
rather
than
get
involved
in
a
lot
of
ongoing
spending.
Although
the
needs,
as
senator
from
all
the
outline,
because
they're
certainly
there
for
mental
health
and
education
along
with
other
areas
and
I,
did
want
to
mention
just
a
few
bills.
H
If
that
I'm
curious
on
the
County's
reaction
last
year,
we
made
it
a
an
offense
again
for
over
loud
mufflers
and
I,
had
a
bill
grafted
to
prevent
people
from
selling
products
to
enhance
the
noise
in
the
muffler.
So
I
want
to
get
your
reaction
on
that
and
then
I
also
have,
in
terms
of
you,
had
LGBT
rights
in
here.
H
We're
going
to
try
and
repeal
the
so-called
marriage
Amendment
again,
but
rather
than
put
an
affirmative
right
to
marry
in
the
Constitution,
just
do
a
straight
out
repeal
and
then
put
a
a
code
change
that
you
couldn't
discriminate.
The
issuance
of
marriage
license
is
based
on
someone's
sex
or
gender.
A
That's
fantastic,
I
think
we'd
love
to
back
you
on
that
and
there
may
be
bipartisans
yeah.
So
many
of
us
have
memories
of
that
bill
in
2003,
four
right,
so
the
amendment.
So
what
a
terrific
effort
I'll
just
note
on
the
speaking
of
myself
and
I,
see
colleagues
may
want
to
chime
in
on
the
Mufflers
issue.
That's
terrific
I
think
we
really
appreciated
the
reworking
of
the
bill
last
session
and
our
police
have
sought
to
enforce
that
more.
It
is
a
huge
quality
of
life
issue
that
we
hear
about
a
lot
from
our
residents.
A
I
think
the
idea
of
going
upstream
and
penalizing
the
sale
of
the
equipment
that
is
then
allowing
people
to
modify
their
cars
to
make
that
sound
sounds
like
an
even
better
idea.
As
you
can
imagine,
our
police
two
struggle
to
enforce.
Someone
calls
to
complain
and
by
the
time
the
officer
gets
there.
The
vehicles
log
on
so
I'm
really
pleased
to
hear
that
and
I
think
we
can
talk
with
miss
cranan
about
ensuring
that
our
legislative
priorities
are
defined
broadly
enough,
that
we
can
lend
our
full
support
to
that.
C
You
ma'am
chair.
This
is
really
very
interesting
Senator,
because
it
is
true
that
this
whole
aftermarket
you
know,
Market,
is
completely
unregulated,
so
and
we're
trying
to
fight
here
based
on
whatever
the
OEM,
the
original
you
know,
equipment,
manufacturer,
specs,
are
and
and
trying
to
to
control.
C
For
that
I
wonder
what
this
means
if
this
is
viable,
legally
viable,
what
this
means
for
other
noise
makers,
so
not
only
noise
makers
but
also
huge
polluters
like,
for
example,
you
know
gas
powered
gas
blowers
and
other
you
know,
kinds
of
products
that
are
problematic
in
in
many
ways,
and
constituents
have
been
bringing
them
up
all
the
time.
H
I
think
that's
a
step
further.
Another
issue:
I
I,
don't
want
to
speak
for
my
friends
in
the
house,
but
I
think
that
would
be
challenging
to
to
regulate
with
the
current
composition
in
the
house.
C
So
so
the
intention
is
to
to
try
to
regulate
an
aftermarket.
Auto
Parts,
Auto
Parts,
not
an
entire
product,
I
understand
all.
B
And
so
you
know,
forgive
me
for
not
being
current
on
this,
but
I
believe
it's
true
that
we
haven't
taken
the
step
of
adding
any
regulations
to
our
vehicle
inspection
system,
as
it
relates
to
the
aftermarket
mufflers,
and
if,
if
that
is
in
fact
true
why
in
the
world,
don't
we
do
that
I
mean,
isn't
that
the
simplest
way
to
do
this?
K
Can
I
can
I
make
a
comment?
Yes,
please
I
jump
in
here.
Not
not
all
of
us
supported
the
the
change
that
Senator
Evan
was
referring
to
of
going
back
to
using
noise
as
a
pretext
to
pull
people
over
I'm
still
concerned
about
that,
but
to
your
point,
Mr
Dorsey.
That
would
be
helpful
for
for
Virginians
for
people
that
have
to
go
get
their
car
inspected
for
Virginia,
but
for
other
residents,
D.C
and
Maryland,
especially
up
here.
K
A
lot
of
the
cars
that
are
going
through
would
not
have
to
go
for
a
inspection
before
Virginia,
but
but
it
is,
but
it
is
an
improvement
and
I
and
I
do
think
that
it
is
a
better
way
and
Senator
Evan
what
you
talked
about
with
going
after
the
manufacturer.
That
is
a
better
way
than
I
think
that
what
we
landed
on
last
session.
I
Yeah
I
think
going
after
the
manufacturer
there's
a
way
to
do.
That
is
probably
a
good
idea
too,
because
if
something
can
be
put
on
a
car,
it
can
be
taken
off,
go
through
inspection,
come
out
of
inspection
and
then
be
put
back
on
again,
so
I
think
anything
we
can
do
to
kind
of
prevent.
That
would
be.
A
Thank
you,
Senator.
That's
really
exciting
and
I
think
as
we're
sort
of
naturally
segwaying
into
learning
some
about
some
of
your
priorities.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
starting
with
delegates,
Bennett,
Parker
and
Sullivan,
because
my
understanding
is,
you
have
you're
a
little
bit
time
constrained.
A
L
Thank
you,
chair
Crystal,
so
I
will
follow
the
lead
of
my
colleagues
and
ask
for
your
feedback
on
electronic
meetings.
Obviously
it's
in
your
package,
but
I
thought
I
would
share
some
of
the
specifics
of
what
I'm
working
on
with
stakeholders
like
the
northern
Virginia
aging
Network,
for
whom
this
is
a
top
legislative
priority
and
the
arc
I
honestly
wasn't
planning
on
working
on
this
legislation
this
year.
But
they
brought
a
number
of
concerns
to
me
and
so
we're
looking
at
sort
of
three
primary
changes.
L
L
L
We
just
met
with
your
school
board
last
week
and
they
raised
this
and
talked
about
the
dramatic
drop
in
participation
since
going
back
to
in-person
meetings
and
how
hard
it
is
to
engage
parents
and
others,
as
well
as
the
ability
that
they've
had
to
do
things
like
provide
an
instantaneous,
closed,
captioning
and
instantaneous
translation.
That
is
much
more
difficult
in
an
in-person
environment.
So
that's
the
first
change.
L
The
second
would
be
changing
the
requirement
that
there
has
to
be
an
in-person
Quorum
in
order
for
an
individual
member
to
participate,
remotely
again
hearing
from
advisory
bodies
in
my
home
jurisdiction
of
Alexandria,
that
they're
struggling
to
maintain
that
in-person,
Quorum
and
also
hearing
from
The
Arc
that
they
have
members
with
disabilities
who
are
feeling
as
though
they
should
actually
be
resigning
from
these
advisory
bodies,
because
while
they
have
an
exception
that
allows
them
participate
to
participate,
remotely
they're
contributing
or
they
feel
as
though
they're
contributing
to
the
lack
of
an
in-person,
Quorum
and
I.
L
Think
that's
a
tremendously
unfortunate
consequence
of
the
way
the
law
is
written
and
something
I
hope
that
no
one
would
want
to
see
happen
that
that
change
about
this
in-person
Quorum
for
individual
participation
avoid
as
we're
currently
working
on
also
apply
to
elected
bodies
and
I.
Think
that
is
a
little
bit
potentially
of
a
challenge,
but
I
think
it's
important,
especially
for
a
body
like
yours,
of
five,
where
a
quorum
would
be
three
members
and,
for
example,
in
sorry,
to
keep
referring
to
your
jurisdiction
to
the
South.
L
But
in
Alexandria
we
just
had
a
member
of
our
city
council
give
birth,
who
is
using
remote
participation
for
the
first
month.
Afterwards,
we
simultaneously
had
a
member
who
was
traveling
for
work
because,
of
course,
elected
positions
in
Virginia.
L
Don't
exactly
pay
a
lot
and
if
you
know,
if
those
members
were
on
your
board,
you
would
just
need
one
more
member,
like
say,
delegate
hope
to
have
the
flu
or
something
where
that
meeting
could
then
not
happen,
and
it
would
get
canceled
last
minute
and
the
work
of
the
public
would
not
be
able
to
happen,
and
so
I'm
not
sure
how
that's
sort
of
in
the
public
interest
and
again
sort
of
trying
to
address
these
circumstances
and,
of
course,
there's
still
restriction
on
the
ability
of
individuals
to
participate
remotely.
L
So
it's
not
something
that
could
be
abused
and
then
the
Third
change
would
be
to
have
public
bodies
actually
adopt
those
electronic
meeting
and
remote
participation
policies
annually.
In
order
to
allow
for
more
public
input
into
that
process.
As
things
may
change,
so
I'd
welcome
your
feedback
on
those
changes
and
then,
additionally,
working
on
some
legislation
related
to
eviction
prevention
and
related
housing
issues.
L
So
working
with
delegate
price
on
her
legislation
to
again
extend
the
five-day
payer,
quick
notice
to
14
days,
to
empower,
secondly,
to
empower
localities
to
take
action
against
negligent
landlords
who
are
not
keeping
units
in
safe
and
habitable
conditions.
We
know
we
have
that
issue
in
Northern
Virginia.
That
legislation
of
course
was
introduced
this
year
and
vetoed
by
the
governor
but
I'm
trying
to
come
back
at
that
and
then
working
on
a
variety
of
other
bills
on
a
bunch
of
different
topics.
I.
L
Health
bill
I
have
an
ABC,
Reform
Bill,
trying
to
get
at
the
fact
that
folks,
with
felony
are
currently
not
able
to
work
as
bartenders.
This
is
actually
something
that
was
brought
to
me
by
I.
Think
an
Arlington
restaurant
as
restaurants
are
facing
Staffing
shortages
and
things
like
that,
as
well
as
obviously
a
Criminal
Justice
Reform
issue
and
then
also
have
a
bill
to
expand
voting
access
by
increasing
or
allowing
curbside
voting
for
individuals
with
intellectual
disabilities.
A
As
we
start
on
the
electronic
meetings,
piece
and
I
know,
this
is
when
we
work
closely
together
with
you.
Delegate,
Benedict
Parker
and
I've
also
worked
closely
as
Clemson
with
a
lot
of
our
commission
chairs,
who
feel
really
passionately
about
this
too
I'm
so
glad
that
work
continues
to
move
forward.
A
Two
thoughts,
I
I,
would
strongly
support
changing
the
requirement
for
in-person,
Quorum
I.
Think
that
might
beg
the
question
about
at
that
point.
Is
it
sort
of
the
same
thing
as
flexibility
for
an
all-virtual
meeting,
because
the
in-person
Quorum
is
what
makes
it
a
hybrid
meeting
if
an
in-person
Quorum
isn't
required,
then
everyone
could
be
virtual,
so
you
know,
however,
that's
defined
but
strongly
supportive.
However,
we
get
there.
The
one
thing
I
would
note,
I
think
that
we
learned
or
I
learned
in
collaboration
with
our
Clark
and
County
attorney
and
I.
A
Imagine
the
county
manager
heard
some
too
is
the
we
really
appreciate
all
of
the
expanded
authorities,
the
more
complex
they
get.
The
more
our
advisor
groups
start
to
struggle,
and
so
you
know
I
think
the
the
annual
adoption
of
meeting
procedures,
for
example,
you
know
if
that's
a
a
chip
that
we
trade
in
exchange
for,
for
example,
flexibility
for
all
virtual
meetings
for
appointed
advisory
bodies
worth
doing,
but
but
that
that
will
come
with
some
administrative
burden
and
I
think
what
we
are
finding.
A
We
have
arguably
a
few
too
many
Commissions
in
Arlington,
more
than
50.
and
when
you,
when
you
try
to
communicate
anything
out
across
50
different
entities
and
all
of
the
ath
Liaisons
there's
just
things
get
lost
in
translation
and
there
is
an
opportunity
for
confusion.
So
you
know
I
feel
internally
conflicted
about
it.
I
mean
I
know
your
work
has
been
so
extensive.
We're
probably
only
going
to
get
there
Step
wise
the
challenges
that
you
know,
I
think
that
just
creates
more
complexity.
So
yeah.
D
It
might
be
worth
finding
some
Partners
who
really
would
support
this.
I
know
we
have
a
member
in
the
Senate
who
maybe
could
be
moved
to
support
just
the
volunteer
advisory
committees.
They
certainly
and.
A
Indeed,
we
we've
been
doing
exactly
that.
We
are
our
commissions,
wrote
a
letter
that
I
know,
delegate,
benefit
used
and
stand
ready
to
testify.
I
believe
some
of
the
testified
at
committees
talking
about
what
this
means
for
them
as
advisory
groups
on
issues
I'm
so
compelling
about
the
disability
advocacy
our
veterans,
advisory
military
Affairs
talked
a
lot
about
what
that
meant
for
them
is
active
duty,
Personnel,
our
Commission
on
Aging
and
Planning,
Commission
and
others.
So
they
definitely
stand
ready
to
testify
and
otherwise,
and
the
diversity.
D
That
the
virtual
platform
has
you
know
allowed
for
enabled
is
something
that
shouldn't
be
underestimated,
because
we
have
a
very
diverse
Community
here.
We've
had
very
diverse
communities
throughout
Northern,
Virginia
and
I
would
argue
in
throughout
the
whole
Commonwealth
and
to
make
it
easier
to
have
different
voices
sitting
at
the
table
is
is
really
worth
the
struggle,
so
I
don't
think
we
should
give
this
up.
You
know:
Elizabeth
has
been
a
real
Warrior
on
this
and
she's
going
to
have
to
keep
going
at
it.
D
B
Oh,
that's:
okay
and
delegate.
Bennett
Parker
I
mean
I,
just
appreciate
you're,
really
being
such
a
principal
Steward
of
this,
and
while
you're
working,
incrementally
and
I
have
no
quibble
with
that,
you
are
best
to
Divine.
What
is
the
appropriate
strategy?
B
I
just
want
to
give
you
support
and
uplift,
and
just
say
that
we
should
really
be
speaking
about
the
broad
principle
that
this
is
rooted
in
is
really
retrograde
back
to
a
time
when
Virginia
didn't
trust,
local
governments
to
be
able
to
operate
confidently
and
efficiently,
and
it's
entirely
at
odds
with
the
way
of
the
freaking
modern
world.
We're
in
a
media
Market
where
the
January
6
committee
can
conduct
its
sensitive
and
confidential
sensitive
hearings.
You
know
entirely
online.
B
The
District
of
Columbia
City
Council
can
every
part
of
the
media
Market
that
we're
in
can
can
transition
to
Major
important
billion
dollar
business
being
conducted
entirely
through
a
meetings
that
don't
take
place
with
anyone
in
the
same
room
and
somehow
we
have
to
figure
out
how
to
nibble
around
the
edges
of
satisfying
various
Quorum
requirements.
It's
absurd
and
I
just
want
us
to
make
sure
we
don't
lose
sight
of
how
absurd
it
is.
B
You
know
that
not
everyone
is
invested
in
the
technology
that
we
have
to
be
able
to
ensure
that
seamless,
you
know
synchronous
engagement
of
people,
regardless
of
where
they
are,
but
for
those
of
us
who
have
figured
out
that
we
shouldn't
be
penalized
from
being
able
to
deploy
it
because
you
know,
I
am
reminded
that
we
now
have
Veterans
of
our
advisory
commission
system
people
who
have
been
a
part
of
our
advisory
system
for
three
years
who
have
never
known
what
it's
like
to
be
in
a
room
with
their
colleagues
yet
nonetheless
have
been
very
effective
at
getting
work
done
and
now
we're
moving
to
a
place
where
we
say
well.
B
D
Frequently
is
from
the
Press:
they
they
just
feel
they
miss
out
on
something.
If
people
aren't
there,
they
don't
see
the
you
know
the
whispering
or
the
you
know
the
the
coalitions
that
may
be
forming
or
whatever
I
don't
know
exactly
what
their
argument
is,
but
that's
some
of
the
pushback
we
get
just
wanted
to
lay
that
out.
I.
I
Appreciate
it
it's
hard
to
whisper
over
Zoom,
but
do
you
have
chat
you
do
have
chat?
This
is
true.
Press
could
see
the
chat
anyway.
I
I
did
have
that
Mr
grossey.
Did
you
have
something
else
you
want
to
say?
I
was
going
to
a
couple
of
things,
so
thank
you
so
much
Miss,
Bennett
Parker
for
doing
this
I
mean
I've,
been
watching
this
and
you're
absolutely
persistent.
It's
absolutely
the
way
to
go
what
a
huge
difference.
It's
it's
made
for
a
lot
of
people
already
I
had
a
couple
of
thoughts,
one.
I
How
much
does
the
access
to
broadband
play
in
here
in
that
some
portions
of
the
state
that
might
not
be
thinking?
This
is
good
because
they
can't
do
it
anyway
and
whereas
I
think
our
rural
friends
actually
would
probably
find
it
most
useful,
because
they've
got
the
farthest
to
drive
to
come
together.
Is
that
is
that
an
issue
that
access
to
broadband
at
the
moment
so.
L
L
It's
just
permission
and,
of
course,
local
governing
bodies
can
set
additional
rules.
You
know,
pursuant
to
their
communities
and
circumstances
as
they
see
fit,
but
the
state
law
is
the
ceiling.
I.
Think
to
your
point.
Certainly
we
got
support
last
year
from
rural
communities
because
of
the
issues
of
them
having
to
drive
for
two
hours.
L
I
know
is
speaking
to
someone
actually
yesterday
who
their
governing
body
has
several
vacancies
on
their
bza,
which
is
one
of
the
bodies
carved
out
of
the
bill
by
the
Senate
this
year
by
Senator
who's,
not
here
and
they're,
not
able
to
you
know,
someone
has
to
drive
an
hour
and
a
half
to
get
to
those
meetings,
and
so
the
bza
hasn't
been
able
to
meet
because
they're
not
able
to
get
someone
willing
to
step
up
and
volunteer
to
do
that.
So
I
think.
Certainly
there
are
advantages
to
rural
communities.
L
I
So
I
think
it'd
be
great.
If
you
I
mean
make
sure
that
you
can
put
in
rules
about
how
you
have
to
be
able
press
has
to
be
able
to
see
the
chat
or
whatever
and
the
fact
matter
is
even
meeting
in
person.
We
could
be
texting
that
people
wouldn't
I
mean
it's
just.
It
really
seems
kind
of
bogus
what
the
Press
is
saying.
I'm
part
of
the
reason
I
brought
up
the
the
I,
don't
want
to
sound
too
arrogant
that
we
up
here
in
Northern
Virginia,
who
do
all
of
this.
I
You
know
we've
got
all
this
technology,
so
we
can
do
all
of
this
again.
It
may
be
that
some
people
just
can't
do
it
and
it's
not
that
they
don't
want
to
get
into
the
21st
century,
say
the
neck,
which
argues
for
getting
Broadband
everywhere,
which
I
think
would
be
really
crucial.
Another
argument
that
I
don't
hear
that
often
that
I
think
is
huge
too,
is
the.
Is
the
environment
how
much
gas
we
spend
all
the
time
just
driving
our
cars
to
all
come
together
to
a
meeting?
I
It's
just
it's
such
a
waste
in
many
ways,
so
that
you,
you
know
if
they're
they're,
folks
that
are
swayed
by
that
argument
a
little
bit.
That
is
another
argument,
I
think
for
doing
this.
It
really
saves
a
lot
of
wasted
carbon
into
the
air
that
really
doesn't
need
to
get
into
the
air
because
we
can
get
together
virtually
thank
you
and
thanks
for
all
your
work
on
this
one.
Thank
you.
Let.
A
Us
know
how
we
can
help,
as
you
can
tell
we've
got
opinions,
our
commissions
have
opinions
and
we
stand
ready
to
keep
being
part
of
that
Coalition.
Thank
you,
delegate.
Sullivan.
Before
we
lose
you
would
you
like
to
share
any
particular
priorities,
that
of
which
we
should
be
aware.
G
G
It
seems
sometimes
so
I
I
remember
like
it
was
yesterday
being
at
this
meeting
a
year
ago
and
I
think
I
remember
just
because
I'm
still
getting
over
the
pain
and
shock,
but
we
started
talking
then
about
how
the
next
session
was
going
to
be
all
about
defense
yeah
and
it
was,
and
we
had
a
lot
of
success
defending
things
and
I
agree
with
Senator
favola
that
this
session
is
going
to
be
exactly
the
same
in
many
many
ways
which
is
not
to
say
we're
not
going
to
make
progress.
G
G
Defending
the
progress
we've
made
in
on
climate
and
the
environment
is
certainly
my
biggest
priority.
There
are
some
very
important
pieces
of
legislation
that
are
clearly
in
on
the
target
list.
Put
it
that
way
from
Folks,
at
least
on
the
other
side
of
the
aisle
that
I
sit
down
and
actually
we
all
sit
on
them,
so
I'll
be
spending
a
lot
of
time.
Ranting,
probably
a
little
bit
Mr
Dorsey
on
the
floor,
but
probably
losing
in
my
chamber,
like
I,
did
last
time
on
the
clean
economy
act.
G
You
know
Reggie
is
sort
of
on
on
a
different
path,
but
I
assume
someone
will
put
in
a
builder
appeal
like
they
did
last
year
and
while
it's
not
on
your
list,
it's
on
mine,
the
clean
cars
legislation,
which
is
currently
the
topic
I
think
of
eight
bills
in
the
Senate
already
introduced.
Pretty
soon,
the
entire
caucus
will
have
introduced
it
to
repeal
the
clean
car
bill
that
we
passed
a
couple
years
ago.
G
So
that's
my
number
one
priority
I
also
want
to
take
just
a
moment
to
comment
on
the
on
this
discussion.
We've
been
having
about
this,
the
Surplus
we
all
I,
think
all
know
there
are
so
many
good
things
we
could
do
with
this
alleged
Surplus
I,
the
one
that
sticks
in
my
craw
and
I.
G
You
know
that
38.5
million
dollars
is
burned
into
my
brain
I
I've,
never
seen
quite
such
a
Cavalier
attitude
about
Transportation
funds
from
Richmond
or
from
let's
just
say,
people
from
Northern
Virginia
who
are
now
in
Richmond.
Oh
gee,
there's
plenty
of
money
in
transportation.
We
don't
need
to
worry
about
it.
Let's
cut
the
gas
tax
gee,
there's
plenty
of
money
in
transportation.
We
don't
need
to
worry
about.
G
We
just
can't
let
that
happen
and
I
think
everyone
around
this
table
is
going
to
be
very
active
in
trying
to
point
out
that,
to
the
extent
we
have
a
surplus,
we've
got
lots
of
needs,
Transportation
being
always
at
the
top
of
of
just
about
every
list,
certainly
in
Northern
Virginia.
So
those
will
be
some
of
my
my
priorities.
Broadly
speaking,
I
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
all
of
my
bills.
G
G
I
would
like
to
think
that'll
be
non-controversial,
but
you
never
know,
but
I'm
optimistic
about
that,
and
hopefully
that'll
that'll
make
their
lives
easier
and
unclog
the
the
9-1-1
lines
I'll
be
working.
Mr,
Karen,
Thomas
on
on
EV
infrastructure,
stuff,
I'm
doing
a
couple
things
one
I'm
trying
to
make
sure
that
Virginia
is
availing
itself
of
all
the
available
Federal
money
and
I
think
I'm
knocking
what
as
I
say
this
at
least
so
far.
G
The
answer
is
that
we
are,
but
I
also
believe
that
the
state
ought
to
have
some
skin
in
the
game
and
I
believe
that
the
state,
the
federal
money
is
going
to
be,
at
least
in
the
short
term,
focused
on
the
highway
corridors,
which
tend
to
be
in
the
more
urban
areas,
or
at
least
it
won't
be.
It
won't
penetrate
very
far
into
the
rural
areas.
So
I
mean
if
we're
going
to
make
EVS
work
and
we
have
to
make
EVS
work.
G
We
need
to
be
focused
on
the
whole
state,
so
I'm
going
to
be
trying
to
get
the
state
to
spend
some
of
this
great
Surplus
on
expanding
our
efforts
on
EB
infrastructure
charging
stations
into
into
rural
areas
of
Virginia
I'll
be
doing
some
things
in
the
criminal
justice
space.
As
some
of
you
may
know,
I've
I've
somehow
become
involved
in
wrongful
incarceration
issues,
I'll
be
putting
in
a
bill
having
to
do
with
retention
of
evidence.
G
So
many
of
so
many
of
these
exonerations
do
have
to
do
with
you
know
new
technologies
and
ability
to
subsequently
test
things,
and
it's
particularly
heartbreaking
when
the
evidence
is
gone.
I'm
sensitive
to
not
creating
unfunded
mandates,
I
I
can
I
could
read
your
mind.
G
And
so
I'm,
specifically
looking
into
that
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
if
it,
if,
if
there
are
funds
needed
we'll
we'll
seek
them
in
the
in
the
election
space,
here's
one
that
shouldn't
be
controversial
but
mark
my
words,
I'm
gonna
put
in
What's
called
the
uniform,
faithful
electors
act
been
adopted
in
a
lot
of
other
states.
G
This
simply
stands
for
the
the
radical
premise
that
when
a
state
votes
and
elects
certain
electors
during
a
presidential
election,
those
electors
must
vote
for
who
they
had
pledged
to
vote
for
it.
You
would
think
it
would
be
controversial.
I'll
be
interested
to
see
whether
whether
it
becomes
controversial
you
know.
I,
don't
know
is
that
true.
G
Oh
yeah
you're
talking
about
the
Rogue
legislature,
stuff,
yeah
and
then
finally,
I'll
just
mention
two
things:
I'm
gonna
go
back
into
the
gun
or
the
or
the
ones
again
Bill
one's,
not
but
yeah
I
tilted
it
my
share
of
windmills
over
the
years.
You
know
we
already.
If
someone
is
convicted
within
a
certain
amount
of
time
of
of
drug
offenses,
they
lose
their
ability
to
possess
or
or
buy
firearms
for
for
a
period
of
time.
G
The
same
participants
in
in
what
typically
are
gun
safety
debates
is
I.
I
have
never
understood
why
anyone
not
in
law
enforcement
should
be
walking
around
the
streets
in
body
armor,
whether
that's
at
demonstrations.
We
all
know
what
happened
in
Richmond
a
couple
years
ago.
You
know
that
huge
demonstration
or
or
whether
just
walking
down
the
street,
so
it's
been
done
in
at
least
one
state
they've
tried
it
with
the
feds
I'm
going
to
try
to
say
that
try
to
create
a
law
that
says
you
cannot.
G
You
can
wear
body
armor
on
your
own
personal
property.
If
you
want,
you
want
to
walk
around
your
house
and
body
armor,
because
you're
worried
about
a
home
invasion
or
around
your
your
property.
That's
fine,
but
not
down
Clarendon
Boulevard,
not
to
a
a
demonstration
or
just
not
walking
down
the
street.
It
can
be
intimidating.
G
Of
course,
that's
I
believe
sometimes
why
it's
done
and
obviously
can
also
be
used
in
crisis
situations
and
I
view
this
really
more
than
anything
as
a
law
enforcement
safety
bill,
most
recently
and
tragically
in
Buffalo,
the
shooter
in
Buffalo.
They
couldn't
take
him
down
because
he
was
wearing
body,
armor
I,
think
a
police
officer
lost
his
life
or
a
security
guard
lost
his
life
as
a
result,
and
and
law
enforcement
should
not
encounter
in
a
crisis
situation.
Someone
who
is
prepared
for
battle.
A
B
Mean
I,
don't
know
when
delegate
Sullivan
has
to
leave
I
just
want
to
you
know,
say
you
know,
good
luck
to
you
and
your
new
sixth
district,
but
you're.
B
You
I
just
gotta
rip,
you
know,
delegate
Sullivan,
I'm,
sorry,
you
know,
we've
always
been
geographically
a
small
piece
of
your
your
portfolio,
but
you've
never
made
us
feel
as
though
that
were
the
case,
and
so
just
you
know,
for
the
better
part
of
the
past
decade.
Thank
you
for
for
carefully.
B
You
know
making
Arlington
such
a
huge
priority
and
we're
going
to
take
you
at
your
word
that
you'll
still
you'll
still
be
your
friend
to
us
with
your
new
District,
but
we
have
been
so
proud
to
have
you
represent
us
and
thank
you.
It's.
A
Another
session,
thank
you,
well,
I,
actually,
I'm
so
glad
you.
You
mentioned
that
Mr
Darcy,
because
I
did
want
to
take
the
opportunity
before
we
lose
jolly
and
someone
as
well
as
they'll,
get
medic
Parker
I.
Think
not
only
the
two
of
you
but
I
believe
Senator
I've
been.
This
may
be
your
last
Roundtable
with
us,
no
you're
keeping
a
little
bit
of
Arlington
yeah.
A
A
Put
it
better
than
I
could
that
you're,
outsized
representation
of
us
and
I
think
you
know
not
only
in
sharing
our
values,
which
is
abundantly
clear,
with
the
efforts
you've
you've
made
on
gun
violence
prevention,
as
well
as
the
environment
and
delegate
Bennett
Parker
your
commitment
certainly
to
violence
against
women
among
other
issues,
but
also
in
tactically
when
you've
needed
us
we've
been
there.
You've
been
there
for
us
on
open
meetings,
as
we've
talked
about
or
on
renaming,
Langston
Boulevard,
for
example.
A
So
I
think
you
you
all
both
punched
above
your
weight
when
it
comes
to
Arlington's
interest
and
I,
for
one
am
disappointed
to
know
that
we're
losing
losing
the
two
of
you
and
hope
you,
you
will
continue
to
feel,
feel
the
pull
in
the
tide
us
in
Arlington.
Thankfully,
we
have
a
pretty
All-Star
delegation,
that's
remaining
with
us,
but
unless
I
we
don't
get
the
opportunity
to
say
that
before
you
you
both
have
to
take
off.
Thank
you.
G
A
All
right,
I
think
looking
to
see
what's
Patrick
Yeah
is
next
and
then
I
think.
If
we
want
to
hear
other
legislative
priorities
from
from
you
as
well
delegate
hope,
would
you
like
to
go
next
and
share
anything
on
your
radar
that
we
should
be
especially
attuned
to.
K
K
It
seems
like,
but
I
do
want
to
make
a
comment
on
on
the
whole
Workforce
issue
that
we're
seeing
I'm
very
happy
to
to
see
that
Governor
Younkin
has
made
some
positive
statements
about
mental
health
and
putting
in
his
budget
I'm
disappointed
that
he's
conflating,
gun,
violence,
prevention
and
gun
violence
and
behavior
health.
But
notwithstanding
that
I
do
I,
I
am
hopeful
that
he'll
put
some
significant
Revenue
into
into
the
budget
for
for
mental
health.
K
One
of
the
things
to
keep
in
mind
is
that
we
did
put
a
significant
amount
of
money,
Governor
northam's
budget
for
State
facilities
for
Staffing
and
Governor
youngin
in
his
budget
amendments
he
he
did
pull
back
on
some
of
that
and
the
amounts
that
we
were
paying
for
for
the
hospital
beds
for
the
for
the
staff
was
significantly
decreased.
K
Where
you
you
prevent
the
crisis
in
the
first
place,
and
so
if
we
can
see
some
more
Revenue
put
into
csbs,
maybe
put
some
more
reimbursement
for
providers,
then
I
think
you're
going
to
see
some
significant
changes
when
it
comes
to
our
hospital
bed
situation.
I
can
tell
you,
in
spite
of
all
the
money
that
we
put
in
for
the
last
couple
years
and
and
the
mental
health
bed
crisis
I
do
not
see
any
significant
change.
K
In
fact,
I
would
tell
you
I,
think
it's
worse
today
than
it
was
two
years
ago
and
I
I
went
on
to
the
Virginia
hospital
and
and
I
did
see
several
people's
handcuffed
to
gurneys
waiting
for
days
and
we've
all
heard
those
stories,
and
so
it's
not
any
better,
and
so
we
need
to
put
some
some
significant
money
in
there.
So
those
are
two
things.
K
I
think
that
you
should
look
for
when
the
governor
puts
out
his
his
Amendment
a
couple
of
bills
that
that
I'll
be
bringing
back
some
bills
that
that
either
were
vetoed
or
or
didn't
get
over.
The
Finish
Line
one
is
to
repeal
the
tobacco
surcharge.
That
bill
is
going
to
come
back
where
we,
where
we
charge
up
tobacco
users
50
above
anyone
else
who
doesn't
use
tobacco
on
their
health
care
premiums
and
what
we
have
found.
What
that
does
is
in
fact
it
doesn't
get
them
to
stop
smoking.
K
It
just
gets
them
to
be
uninsured
and
having
them
in
the
insured
Market.
There
are
believe
it
or
not:
20
30
40
50
year
olds
that
are
healthy,
that
are
smokers
but
they're
sitting
on
the
sidelines,
because
the
costs
are
just
too
prohibitive,
so
putting
them
back
in
there
will
lower
Insurance
costs
for
everyone
and
I've
been
in
touch
with
the
governor's
office
and
and
they'd,
be
supportive
of
of
that
bill.
K
Coming
back,
I'm
also
going
to
bring
back
a
bill
related
to
doing
some
regulation
for
the
Department
of
Health
of
local
swimming
pools.
Arlington
does
this
already,
but
there's
a
number
of
jurisdictions
that
don't
and
right
now
the
Department
of
Health
only
regulates
pools
and
hotels
and
not
in
community
pools,
and
so,
when
you
think
about
the
deaths
that
come
from,
especially
from
from
younger
people
in
our
pools,
could
be
a
whole
variety
of
different
reasons.
K
K
That
bill
is
going
to
come
back
and
and
there's
some
federal
money
that,
thanks
to
Bobby
Scott,
put
some
money
down
it's
about
30
million
dollars
that
Virginia
is
getting
I
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
no
other
employers
that
try
to
take
advantage
of
of
paying
people
with
disabilities
a
sub
minimum
wage,
Senator,
Evan
and
I
are
going
to
bring
a
bill
to
regulate
vaping.
My
wishful
thinking
is
I
wish.
K
We
have
a
number
of
people
that
are
waiting
for
to
be
released
into
the
community
and
they're
just
sitting
there
and
they've
been
sitting
there
for
weeks,
if
not
months,
to
be
released
and
so
I'm
going
to
start
a
conversation,
at
least
with
the
csbs
to
see
if
we
can
get
people
released,
that
are
ready
to
be
discharged,
but
have
nowhere
to
go,
and,
lastly,
I'll
be
doing
some
stuff
on
prison
reform.
These
are
things
that
I've
been
doing
for
a
number
of
years.
K
Hopefully
we'll
bring
up
a
bill
on
oversight
to
to
repeal
solitary
confinement
and
to
repeal
the
commissions
that
jails
and
prisons
are
charging
to
families.
This
is
above
the
amount
of
money
that
they
just
are
able
to
raise.
It's
a
tremendous
power
that
the
legislative
branch
should
bequeathed
to
jails
and
prisons
to
allow
them
to
raise
revenue.
No
other
agency
has
that
ability
to
do
that,
except
for
jails
and
prisons,
and
they
don't
need
to
get
permission.
They
can
raise
whatever
amounts
they
want.
K
Just
by
tweaking
dialing
the
commission
up
or
down
to
raise
as
much
money
as
they
need,
and
so
I'd
like
to
put
an
end
to
that
and
and
I'm
going
to
start
with
the
commissions
I
know,
there's
an
effort
to
do
with
Communications
and
other
efforts
as
well,
but
but
that's
one
that
I'm
that
I'm
really
focused
on
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
stop
there
and
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
A
Thank
you,
so
much
till
I
get
hope.
I
will
say
for
despite
your
disclaimer
that
you
are
not
well
organized
those
sound
like
a
pretty
good
list
of
priorities.
So
we
really
appreciate
that,
and
just
as
I
look
around
to
see,
if
my
colleagues
wanted
to
add
anything,
I
I
really
appreciated
that
observation
about
you
know.
Despite
additional
funding,
there
seems
to
be
limited
or
in
fact
the
opposite
of
progress
with
regard
to
serving
those
in
acute
Mental,
Health,
crisis
and
I
would
say:
I
think
that
really
mirrors
our
experience
locally.
A
One
of
the
things
that
it
keeps
coming
back
to
right
is
that
Staffing
issue,
and
it
just
illustrate
the
point
and
offer
to
the
extent
it's
helpful.
You
know
to
have
this
example
in
your
own
efforts.
We
have
an
incredible
emergency
crisis
response
Center
as
part
of
our
department
of
human
services.
That
is
exactly
the
type
of
facility
we're
describing
to
keep
people
out
of
you
know
this
acute
inpatient
or
committed
stays.
A
We
have
not
been
able
to
open
it
and
roll
it
out
to
the
degree
that
we've
hoped
because
of
Staffing,
and
so
you
know,
I
think
those
those
efforts
to
to
reinvest
in
you
know
whether
they
are
recruitment
bonuses
they
can
can
help
csbs
hire
you
know,
ongoing
money
to
csbs,
of
course,
is
the
gold
standard
to
help
us
pay
for
those
positions
or
the
or
the
training
that
Senator
favola
talked
about
and
I
know.
You've
been
focused
on
two
delegate,
hope
I
think
that's
part
of
the
solution.
A
Out
of
that,
you
know
terrible
conundrum
in
which
we
find
ourselves
that
I
think
you
articulated
really
well.
So
thank
you
for
your
focus
on
that.
Yes,.
C
So
prefacing
that,
just
with
a
with
an
unrelated
item,
so
thank
you
so
much
for
thinking
about
regulating
The,
Vaping
retail
industry.
That's
that
that
is
really
very
important
and
I'm
I'm
All
intrigued
to
hear
more
about
that.
I
wanted
to
get
back
to
something
that
you
grew
up
in
a
patron.
A
co-patron
of
several
bills
and
initiative
said
to
allow
us
to
have
more
jurisdiction
on
tree
canopy
and
trickery
preservation.
So
is
there
any
Horizon
for
that
in
this
session
or
what
is.
K
The
Horizon
yeah
nothing
that
I'm
working
on.
You
know
that.
Certainly
the
Dynamics
in
the
house
are
a
little
bit
different
home
developers,
home
builders.
We
have
a
very
difficult
time
trying
to
get
a
bill
out
of
general
laws,
and
you
know
I'm
hopeful
that
we
can
make
some
progress
but
I
just
I'm,
just
not
confident
with
the
makeup
of
the
house
that
will
get
anything
through.
A
E
It's
all
right-
this
is
fascinating,
actually
I've,
always
loved
learning
from
folks
in
the
delegation,
because
they're
such
amazing
experts
in
a
wide
range
of
areas,
but
sometimes
they
know
so
much
in
one
area.
So
you
know
listening
to
Barbara.
Listening
to
Patrick
talk
about
health
cares
and
education.
E
E
You're
the
filed
42.,
so
we
pre-filed
42
bills
and
we
have
can
only
put
in
15
this
year.
So
you
see
my
personal
hell
dilemma
whatever
you
want
to
call
it.
One
of
them
is
going
to
be
the
public
defender,
pay
parity
act.
Another
is
going
to
be
a
you
know.
I've
seen
the
a
couple,
a
couple
gun
bills
that
I've
put
in
several
over
the
years
several
have
been
passed
several
if
not
one
is
and
I
also
understand
the
realities
of
the
of
the
house.
E
Just
to
reiterate
what
rip
said:
defense
defense,
defense,
pushing
the
boulders
like
Sisyphus
up
the
mountain
side
and
eventually
we
will
win.
The
idea
is
a
firearm
insurance
bill
for
automatic
weapons
requiring
insurance.
If
you
have
or
buy
a
automatic
weapon
and
I
understand
the
dynamic,
but
the
dialogue,
the
conversation
should
at
least
be
had
similar
permits
for
proof
of
of
of
actual
safety
training.
E
If
you
have
an
open,
carry
or
concealed
carry
permit
right
now,
you'd
be
surprised
how
easy
it
is
to
get
around
any
kind
of
proof
that
you
know
how
to
use
the
gun
you
can
apply
for
the
concealed.
E
Carry
you
can
apply
for
the
open
carry,
but
do
we
know
if
you
actually
know
how
to
use
the
gun
guarantee
the
right
of
counsel
for
folks
in
evictions
suits,
and
then
some
people
know
that
my
background
is
I've
done
a
great
deal
in
the
environment,
affordable,
housing,
procurements
issues,
education,
immigration,
new
Americans
issues.
One
thing
that
has
really
infuriated
me
over
since
2016
is
the
attempt
and
the
success
last
year
to
ban
books
in
schools.
Sb
656
needs
to
be
overturned
as
a
part
of
that
also,
is
this
a
little
Insidious?
E
You
have
to
actually
go
not
to
the
footnote,
but
the
sub
footnote
to
find
that
when
they
Define
what
is
considered
sexually
prurient,
it
includes
simply
homosexuality,
simply
the
mention
of
homosexuality,
so
my
legislation
would
actually
get
rid
of
that
one
word
out
of
the
definition,
and
so
hopefully
that
takes
some
of
the
teeth
out
of
some
of
these
ugly
wrong-headed
bills.
We
keep
seeing
out
of
some
members
of
the
general
assembly.
E
Another
thing
that
I'm
been
working
on
and
working
with
Chevon
is.
There
are
a
considerable
number
of
amazing
young
students
who
want
to
take
IB
and
AP
tests,
but
don't
have
the
money
to
take
the
tests
it's
79
per
and
so
working
with
the
state
to
actually
fund
those
tests
for
children
who
qualify
for
free
and
reduce
lunch.
E
Then
a
victims,
director
sort
of
justice
that
I've
been
working
with
the
working
with
the
Commonwealth's
Attorney
in
the
affordable
housing
area.
I
had
a
bill
last
year
that
got
fairly
far,
but
it's
regarding
the
residential
landlord
tenant
act.
If
a
building
is
condemned,
the
tenant
should
not
have
to
pay
rent
and
also
the
albo
rule,
which
basically
said
that
the
state
should
not
have
to
spend
any
of
its
public
dollars
on
undocumented
immigrants.
E
Now
we've
just
gone
through
covet
19.,
covid-19
or
tuberculosis,
or
anything
else
doesn't
care
if
you're,
undocumented
or
not,
and
so
the
idea
of
a
state
in
something
like
covid-19,
not
expending
resources
for
undocumented
individuals
is
absurd,
and
the
fact
that
we
had
to
get
a
special
dispensation
in
the
code
to
tackle
this
in
cover
19.
when
the
actual
law
itself
is
problematic,
is
why
I'm
putting
that
bill
in
also,
despite
the
progress
we've
made
on
child
labor
on
Tobacco
farms
in
Virginia,
we
still
have
it
in
the
code.
E
I'm
still
working
to
get
that
done.
Then
several
environmental
bills
that
I'm
working
on
with
the
with
various
active
activists
and
organizations,
including
one
that
I've
worked
on
for
a
few
years
now
regarding
above
ground,
chemical
storage
tanks
and
the
fact
that
these
storage
tanks
are
incredibly
prevalent
and
our
regs
are
not
sufficient
for
the
times.
E
In
fact,
our
regs
are
behind
West
Virginia
and
we
all
might
remember
the
Elk
River
situation
when
the
state
government
was
shut
down
for
over
a
week
because
they
could
not
turn
on
the
faucets,
because
the
river
that
fed
the
drinking
water
system
for
the
state
capitol,
West
Virginia
had
been
contaminated
because
of
leaking
above
ground
storage
tanks
with
toxic
chemicals
that
went
into
the
water
supply.
We
have
thousands
of
these
tanks
around
Virginia
that
don't
have
proper
Rags
addressing
them.
E
Something
else
that
I've
been
working
on
with
some
friends
of
mine
I
had
it
last
year,
and
it's
just
an
idea
that
I
want
to
continue
talking
about.
We
all
know
the
issue:
it's
a
Virginia
local
journalism,
sustainability
act,
it's
a
tax
credit
for
media
Outlets
that
hire
local
journalists
and
keep
them
on
staff
and
then
also
for
companies
that
advertise
with
local
journalism
outfits.
E
It
got
a
lot
of
good
press
last
year,
interestingly,
but
we
will
keep
fighting
on
that
one
and
then
one
thing
we
need
to
increase
the
higher
historic
preservation:
real
Rehabilitation
tax
credit,
it's
10
million
right
now,
it's
a
significant
tool
from
developers
to
sort
of
revitalize
certain
areas
of
Virginia
that
could
definitely
use
it
and
develop
inner
cities
in
in
Virginia
and
I.
Think
it's.
We
need
to
address
that.
E
I
have
an
environmental
justice,
Constitutional
Amendment,
which
I
have
been
working
on
for
a
few
years
now
and
then.
Finally,
the
one
thing
that
brings
Republicans
and
Democrats
together
across
Northern
Virginia
and
in
Arlington
and
I'm
glad
you
guys
put
it
on
your
list:
predatory,
Towing
this
year,
I'm
working
with
Senator
favola
to
address
the
fact
that
for
some
reason,
you're
only
allowed
to
have
a
civil
lawsuit
against
a
predatory,
towing
company.
E
But
This
only
affects
Northern
Virginia
and
we're
not
applying
the
consumer
protection
act
on
allowing
the
consumer
protection
act,
which
is
used
in
other
states
to
address
these
issues,
but
we
can't
use
it
in
plenty
District
8..
So
we
want
our
legislation
we'll
address
that
and
get
a
lot
of
good
press
as
well
last
year,
and
hopefully
it
will
move
farther
this
year.
So
is
that
my
15
limit,
that's
more
than
my
15
limit.
E
I
have
to
make
choices,
but
if
not
I'll
hand
some
of
these
bills
over
to
some
of
the
newer
members
of
my
caucus.
Once
again,
our
job
is
to
continue
fighting
for
the
issues
and
the
policies
that
we
know
are
right
and
are
what
need
to
move
Virginia
forward
and
what
we
will
be
doing.
A
lot
of
the
time
on
the
floor
is
simply
playing
defense
to
some
folks
who
are
trying
to
out.
D
So
I
will
just
say,
though
I
mean.
Obviously
the
Senate
is
going
to
be
playing
defense
with
all
these
bills
that
we're
going
to
get
come
over
to
us
from
the
house,
but
Senate's
also
gonna
play
offense
in
a
strategic
way.
We
are
going
to
get
bills
on
the
floor.
D
You
know
the
Democrats
are
controlling
the
Committees.
We
will
be
able
to
vote
out
bills
that
we
believe
are
needed
for
the
Commonwealth.
We
believe
that
it
would
serve
the
entire
Commonwealth
and
that
their
Common
Sense
bills,
and
we
will
get
them
to
the
floor
now,
we'll
even
pass
them
now.
D
They
won't
go
anywhere
in
the
house,
but
to
have
that
conversation
and
to
to
you
know,
listen
to
the
opposition
will
be
well
worth
our
while
Senator
Eben
is
the
co-chair
of
the
gun,
violence
prevention
caucus,
a
number
of
us
will
be
carrying
Common
Sense,
gun
safety
bills
and
we'll
we'll
see
what
happens.
D
Certainly
we're
we're
gonna
have
to
be
a
brick
wall
once
again
when
it
comes
to
women's
health
care
and
access
to
abortion
care
they've
been
a
slew
of
bills
filed
that
are
just
Draconian
and
their
impact.
They
would
be
harmful.
D
You
know
we're
really
going
back
to
the
Dark
Ages,
so
those
bills
will
be
defeated.
We
expect
that
though
some
of
them
will
pass
the
house,
they
will
be
defeated
in
the
Senate,
but
we
have
to
we're.
Gonna
have
to
stand
strong
on
those
on
those
bills
and
I.
Don't
know
if
we'll
be
able
to
much
sure
we'll
be
able
to
be
proactive
in
terms
of
abortion
care
access
in
the
Senate
I.
Don't
have
a
solid
21
votes
in
the
Senate
on
that
topic.
A
Well,
we
appreciate
the
advocacy
and
we
have
written
our
legislative
priority
in
the
broadest
terms
possible
to
advocate
for
every
possible
bill
that
might
further
rights
and
certainly
to
stand
with
you
all,
as
you
attempt
to
end
the
path
of
any
bills
that
would
impinge
upon
them.
This
is
a
huge
priority
for
us
and
for
our
constituency
that
the
ability
to
access
abortion
care
is
a
matter
of
public
health.
A
We
feel
that
with
deep
conviction
and
in
conversation
with
our
public
health
staff,
we
have
a
clinic
in
Arlington
that
provides
contraceptive
care
and
it
really
matters
a
lot
to
us
that
people
be
able
to
access
the
full
range
of
services
as
they
make
the
right
decisions
for
themselves
and
their
families.
A
We
know
the
research
is
incredibly
clear
that
denying
pregnant
people
the
ability
to
terminate
their
pregnancies
has
deleterious
consequences
for
not
only
their
own
health,
but
for
the
health
and
lifelong
outcomes
of
other
children
they
may
already
have,
and
a
host
of
other
population
level
impacts
concern.
So
I
know
this
community
cares
deeply
about
it,
and,
and
we
will
certainly
look
for
any
ways
we
can
to
join.
A
We
are
really
looking
to
the
Senate,
of
course,
to
make
sure
that
Virginia
continues
to
be
a
place
of
safety
and
and
not
join
some
of
our
neighbors
and.
D
This
is
really
an
issue
that
you
know
permeates
a
lot
of
different
sectors
of
our
society.
I
mean
employers
are
not
interested
in
moving
to
a
state
that
you
know
is
not
going
to
treat
women
with
respect
and
not
going
to
provide
access
to
health
care
that
women
need
and
it
it's
just
not
what
employers
today.
That's
not
the
environment,
they
want
so
we're
gonna
we're
gonna
do
what
we
can.
D
There
are
some
some
bills
that
you
know
some
democratic
lawmakers
myself
have
included
included,
have
you
know
filed
so
we'll
see
how
you
know
again,
we'll
see
what
gets
to
the
senate
floor.
Anything
that
gets
to
the
senate
floor
we'll
make
sure
we
have
the
votes
to
vote
it
out
of
the
Senate
you
all
can
enjoy
it
in
the
house.
F
Problem
just
listening
to
to
you
delegate,
hope
and
and
to
listening
to
the
detailed
pieces
of
your
legislation,
the
strategy
and
the
approaching
the
the
repeal
of
the
marriage
that
you
mentioned:
Senator,
Evan
and
and
the
passion
that
I
I
think
I'm
glad
that
you
guys
are
here
and
since
they're
gone,
I'll
say
that
you
guys
are
the
best
delegation.
F
We
could
possibly
have
I
will
say
this,
it's
different,
but
the
details
on
how
hard
you
work
I've,
seen
over
the
over
the
years
every
year,
I
see
more
of
the
work
that
you
guys
do,
and
you
know
on
a
45-day
session
on
Day
43
when
you're
trying
to
fight
the
the
next
iteration
of
an
anti-choice
or
anti-commonsense
gun
safety
bill.
Maybe
you'll!
Remember
that
really
important
to
us
and
we're
right
with
you
like.
F
We
might
not
be
in
the
room,
but
we
and
Arlington
residents
are
with
you
when
you
have
to
fight
those
bills,
because
sometimes
on
day,
43
it's
hard
to
find
that
energy,
and
so
it
just
that's.
That's
my
editorial
I
know
that
our
chair
will
also
thank
our
representative,
Miss
Klein,
and
thank
you
so
much
for
your
Relentless
work
and
I.
Don't
need
to
say
anything
more,
but
I
hope
that
little
emotion
at
least
shows
we're
damn
lucky
to
have
you
guys
represent
representing
us.
F
D
We've
always
been
very
happy
with
the
support
we've
received
from
Arlington
County.
Your
requests
have
been
reasonable,
they've
been
well
researched,
well,
grounded
and
your
staff
is
always
very
responsive
and
from
your
county
manager
and
County
attorney
to
your
legislative
liaison,
your
new
legislative
liaison.
So
so
we
thank
you
for
that
great
support.
We
really
enjoy
working
with
Alana.
So
that's
great,
it's
wonderful,
I
guess
we'll
have
to
continue
our
conversations,
because
lawmaking
is
a
process,
and
you
know
so
we're
at
the
very
early
stages.
D
Most
of
us
haven't
sent
many
bills
to
the
clerk,
yet
so
keep
monitoring
our
bills.
Let
us
know
I
can
only
my
strongest
advice
is
align
yourself
with
Partners.
You
may
not
usually
align
yourself
with
that.
Might
help
you
with
some
of
these
issues,
and
you
may
have
partners
that
you
don't
know
of
yet,
but.
A
Thank
you,
Senator
favola
I'll.
Let
go
the
things
too,
to
miss
cranen
for
her
work
in
putting
together
this
package,
and
one
group
of
folks
we
maybe
haven't
called
out
yet
is
the
many
people
in
Arlington
County
who
participate
in
the
formation
of
the
legislative
process
package,
whether
that's
our
commissions,
our
stakeholder
groups,
like
The,
League
of
Women
Voters
and
the
NAACP.
A
You
know
we
we
care
a
lot
about
public
input.
As
we
know
you
I'll
do
too,
and
so
we've
really
appreciated
those
who've
taken
the
time
to
weigh
in
on
the
package
as
Miss
Cranium
developed
it
and
throughout
so
I
believe,
unless
there
are
further
items
for
the
good
of
the
order
that
does
bring
us
to
conclusion.
We
appreciate
your
time
and
we
look
forward
to
seeing
you
all
in
Richmond
as
you
go
forth
on
all
of
these
priorities.
Thank
you.
We
are
adjourned.