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From YouTube: County Board Work Session - March 7, 2023
Description
FY24 Budget - Department of Environmental Services
A
Okay,
we'll
go
ahead
and
convene
our
work
session
to
order
welcome
everyone.
We
are
pleased
to
be
conducting
the
second
work
session
of
our
FY
2024
budget
cycle.
Today,
we're
going
to
be
doing
all
things
Department
of
Environmental
Services,
which
is
a
big
organization
and
a
lot
of
lines
of
business.
So
we
will
also
have
an
opportunity
to
hear
from
representatives
from
our
climate
change,
energy
and
environment
commission,
as
well
as
our
Transportation
Commission
and
fiscal
Affairs
advisory
commission
and,
in
addition,
board.
Colleagues,
we
also
will
have
plenty
of
time,
hopefully
for
your
questions.
B
But
two.
A
And
you'll
also
have
an
opportunity
for
questions
for
both
staff
and
our
commissioners.
So
for
those
who
are
following
not
here,
we
also
have
our
presentations
that
will
accompany
today's
work
session
that
are
available
along
with
all
other
budget
information
at
our
budget
and
finance
webpage
at
arlingtonva.us.
To
get
us
started,
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Mr
Schwartz,
who
will
introduce
staff.
E
Thank
you,
Mark
and
and
I
will
get
in
the
way
so
I'm,
Greg,
Emanuel,
director
and
joining
me
today
are
most
of
the
Deputy
directors,
Bureau
Chiefs
and
budget
gurus
across
those
many
Des
funds
I'll
cover.
Today
they
are
just
kind
of
the
pointy
end
of
the
Spear
of
roughly
800
staff
members
out
there
working
and
delivering
our
services
today,
plus
our
contract
services.
So
we're
going
to
cover
some
general
topics
on
safety
and
sustainability.
E
First
equity
and
scooters
and
I'll
go
more
deeply
into
the
specifics
of
the
general
fund
and
within
that
I'm
going
to
give
kind
of
a
brief
status
remarks
on
all
things
happening
at
Arlington
Transit.
Since
there's
a
lot
of
boring,
Community
interests
there
and
then
Mr
chairman.
We
can
break
after
the
general
fund
to
work
in
those
tuition.
Members.
E
E
We
completed
an
important
resiliency
project
with
a
16
inch
water
line,
interconnect
with
the
Fairfax
water
system.
That's
a
first
step
for
emergency
use.
If
we
have
Supply
challenges
from
the
aqueduct
and
for
our
most
valuable
asset,
our
people,
we
had
this
the
lowest
total
case
safety
incident
rate
since
2011.
E
That
is
the
lowest
rate
in
recent
history
and
it's
really
about
keeping
our
people
safe
as
they
work
in
dangerous
field
conditions
every
day
and
while
our
internet
rate
was
down
our
lost
work
days
jumped
up.
So
we
are
putting
some
more
attention
to
basically
the
case
management
of
those
incidents
so
with
all
those
competing
priorities
in
the
department.
How
do
we
approach
the
budget?
E
We
also
continued
our
focus
on
implementing
this
EP
roadmap
and
the
resources
that
go
with
those
to
meet
those
goals
and,
of
course,
we're
still
responding
to
kind
of
the
new
post-covered
Norms,
with
increasing
inflationary
costs
and
that's
reflected
on
our
household
Solid
Waste
rate
going
up,
Transit
ridership
continues
to
evolve
and,
at
the
same
time,
we're
looking
at
the
future
of
transit
for
the
next
10
years
with
the
transit
strategic
plan.
E
You
have
to
remain
really
open
and
flexible
about
how
we're
going
to
deliver
our
services
if
our
revenues
are
down
or
Community
or
Community
or
employer
behaviors
change
for
the
long
term,
especially
for
areas
like
parking,
computer
services
and
Transit
with
the
new
Maplewood
solar
farm
going
up
racial.
This
past
December
this
chart
demonstrates
the
amount
of
energy
we
are
using
in
Arlington
and
where
the
power
is
consumed.
E
So
Maplewood
produces
an
amount
more
than
80
percent
of
our
energy
use
to
reach
100
renewable
goal
for
County
operations.
We
also
rely
on
Dominion,
Energy,
Virginia's,
green
power
program
options
and,
of
course,
our
on-site
solar
installations
at
Paris
County
facilities
for
the
balance,
but,
of
course
it's
more
than
about
Maplewood,
and
we
continue
to
make
progress
across
the
entire
Arc
of
energy
users,
policy
and
project
areas,
big
and
small.
E
So,
on
the
smaller
end,
an
example
So
based
on
the
mechanical
and
electrical
specifics
of
conceptual
design,
Alternatives
and
System
test
fits
just
last
Friday.
We
decided
to
move
ahead
with
a
gas
to
electric
boiler,
conversion
for
the
3700
South
Four
Mile,
Run,
building
that
houses
cultural
affairs
on
the
bigger
potential
area.
We've
established
Partnerships
with
nrel
the
national
renewable
energy
lab
for
technical
support
on
a
Barcroft
Apartments
energy
upgrades
Grant
proposal.
E
We
just
received
our
third
electric
school
bus
in
our
joint
efforts
with
APS.
The
first
two
are
in
service
with
positive
reviews.
So
far
we
have
big
infrastructure
challenges
at
the
Trade
Center.
If
we
want
to
go
further
there
in
many
areas
we
are
leading
regionally,
but
we
aren't
letting
up.
Five
million
square
feet
of
sustainable
design
was
entitled
around
reconstruction
in
22.
E
Under
our
green
billion
Senate
programs
between
Arlington
government
and
APS,
we
have
the
most
Leeds
certified
and
Net
Zero
Energy
buildings
in
the
region
and
our
Fleet
EV
transition
is
leading
our
regional
peers
on
a
percentage
basis
more
on
that
later
in
our
single
family
neighborhoods
people
continue
to
invest
in
solar
systems
and
EV
charges
with
our
non-profit
partner,
solar,
United
neighbors,
with
104
solar
ads
in
22.,
and
so,
while
those
energy
Investments
are
embedded
throughout
the
whole
County
budget.
Here's
a
few
more
direct
and
obvious
Investments.
E
The
first
ad
65
000
in
23
and
150
000
in
24
to
pay
go
funds
to
accelerate
the
pace
of
facility
energy
Investments,
with
a
closer
study
of
electrification
at
the
Madison
Community
Center
and
retrofit
to
another
facility
TBD,
then
another
6,
165,
023
and
185
and
24
to
accelerate
public
accessible
EV
charging.
Now
that
we're
starting
to
get
some
firm
numbers
in
on
specific
site
designs
and
then
another
200
000
for
studying,
Community
Choice
aggregation
in
more
detail.
E
E
We
are
also
focused,
though
not
just
on
the
sedans
but
the
overall
size
of
the
fleet,
so
from
22
to
23,
we've
reduced
our
non-public
safety
lightly
overall
by
10
vehicles,
15
vehicle
reduction,
sedans
and
then
some
shifts
to
small
SUVs,
because,
as
you
drive
around
the
roads,
the
fleet,
the
fleet
vehicle
options
out
there
keep
changing.
E
E
Our
department
continues
to
focus
on
Dei
initiatives
both
internally
and
in
our
approach
delivering
services.
The
transit
strategic
plan
is
currently
underway
and
the
Arlington
CUNY
Community
Services
strategic
plan
will
start
soon.
Both
these
plans
will
include
an
equity
lens
will
continue
to
analyze
the
services.
Do
we
deliver
in
our
community
with
an
equity
lens
Envision.
Zero
is
an
example
that
hold
on
that
thought
for
two
slides.
E
The
addition
our
desdi
committee
work
continues
to
unfold.
We
now
have
some
new
members
on
a
22-member
team.
Each
subcommittee
has
been
paired
with
a
sponsor
from
the
Des
executive
leadership
team
and
we're
making
heavy
use
of
Consultants
to
support
our
evolving
work.
Trying
some
unique
training
methods
that
work,
particularly
in
the
trace
environment,.
E
One
of
the
six
goals
of
our
business
Euro
program
is
to
prioritize
Transportation
safety
investments
equitably
in
the
most
vulnerable
communities
and
I,
don't
want
to
steal,
Christine
Baker's
Thunder.
This
is
just
a
sneak
peek
and
our
team
is
finalizing
that
Transportation
Equity
analysis
with
comparison,
Equity
indicators
to
crash
data
to
determine
how
and
if
imbalance
is
a
social
opportunity
or
locations
of
origin
related
to
Transportation
safety.
So
we'll
share
all
those
findings
coming
up
in
the
spring
and
create
a
plan
to
address
the
findings.
E
So
again,
our
computer
services
team
provides
Arlington
residents,
employees
and
businesses
and
visitors
with
those
information
and
services
to
support
a
vibrant
and
liberal
community.
So
we'll
be
updating
our
commuter
assistance
program
strategic
plan.
It's
an
opportunity
to
look
at
the
program
as
a
blank
slate,
a
look
at
the
objectives,
the
marketplace,
travel,
behaviors,
needs
and
priorities
and
make
those
unbiased
choices
across
the
bottom.
There
you
can
see
we've
been
working
hard
to
meeting
the
mobility
needs
of
all,
including
five
million.
E
Excuse
me:
five
dollar
annual
Capital
Bike
Share
membership
to
those
on
state
and
federal
assistance
programs
ensuring
the
e-bikes,
e-scooters
and
motorized
skateboards
are
provided
throughout
the
county,
with
discounts
for
those
who
may
need
assistance,
commuter
stores
to
provide
access
to
customers,
including
those
who
live
in
their
lives
in
a
kind
of
a
cash
basis
and
Outreach
throughout
the
year,
with
over
160
events,
to
explain
and
promote
those
Transit
benefits
and
all
transit
bike
and
walk
options
available,
So
speaking
of
micro
Mobility.
E
We
are
aware
of
this
concerns
over
our
scooter
parking
and
continue
to
work
with
our
vendors
on
these
issues.
The
operator
companies
have
to
abide
by
the
program
requirements
which
include
parking
scooters
in
a
safe
location
within
the
public
right-of-way.
Not
all
of
their
users
comply,
so
we
have
set
it
up.
So
the
public
can
now
use
the
report,
a
problem
app
to
report
those
misparked
scooters
and
that
will
alert
the
scooter
operator
companies
to
collect
their
devices.
E
This
is
a
recent
Evolution
again
using
the
app
the
residents
can
just
drop
a
pin.
Then
now
I'm
using
our
qsat
app
request
automatically
goes
to
the
right
scooter.
Company
from
the
drop
down
menu
and
then
they've
got
two
hours
to
get
after
it
previously.
Our
Mobility
team
was
in
the
middle
of
that,
and
this
is
just
much
more
efficient,
And
Timely.
E
E
So
again
we
looked
where
we
can
find
efficiencies
and
savings
when
we
are
faced
with
budget
reductions
with
minimal
impact
to
our
service
delivery.
E
So
we're
proposing
eliminating
two
vacant
positions
in
our
facilities:
Bureau
an
accounting
technician
in
a
facilities,
project
specialist.
We
think
we
can
absorb
those
and
we'll
have
minimal
impacts,
we're
also
proposing
reducing
our
motor
pool
vehicle
from
17
to
14
based
on
usage
and
then
hopefully,
the
three
three
e-bikes
will
replace
those
three
vehicles
in
usage.
E
E
I
previously
mentioned
the
200
000
for
energy
and
the
one-time
funding
to
supplement
the
ongoing
error
budget
on
the
transit
side,
we
propose
adding
115
000
for
additional
security
at
our
Shirlington
bus
station,
where
we've
had
some
issues
with
break-ins
after
hours
and
safety
concerns
raised
from
our
bus
drivers,
using
the
facilities
there
and
in
operations
we're
adding
a
one-time
funding
to
fund
inflationary
increases
for
heavy
equipment
replacement.
E
Quick
look
at
some
of
our
other
larger
Revenue
sources
in
the
general
fund
for
art,
Revenue,
we're
increasing
our
Revenue
projections
slightly
compared
to
last
year.
Parking
meter
revenue
for
the
last
couple
years
has
shown
to
steady
recovery.
We've
seen
it
kind
of
leveling
off
in
23
and
we're
tracking
a
little
bit
behind
our
23
budget.
So
our
24
budget
reflects
that
Commuter.
Store
fees
of
course
come
from
commissions
and
that's
tied
to
public
transit
ridership.
So
we
are
lowering
our
budget
Revenue
a
little
bit
compared
to
23.
E
and
as
we
increase
the
base
budget
for
permit
and
right-of-way
fees
by
475.
Excuse
me,
470,
000,
to
align
with
the
recent
Trends
and
expected
continued
robust
construction
timeline.
E
In
addition,
the
fees
themselves
had
an
inflationary
adjustment
of
5.2
percent
to
cover
cost,
to
cost
recover
the
salary
and
contractual
increases
we'll
hit
the
household,
Solid,
Waste
rate
and
a
couple
of
slides
in
more
detail
and
then
finally,
there,
with
a
little
red
new
thing.
We
added
a
new
topsoil
fee
for
residents
to
be
able
to
come
to
the
Trade,
Center
and
purchase
for
forty
dollars,
a
cubic
yard,
the
top
soil
that
meets
the
new
criteria
of
our
LDA
2.0.
E
There
are
obviously
a
lot
of
Dynamics
in
parking
in
the
community
right
now
from
telework
policies
and
declining
parking
inventory
due
to
capital
projects
temporarily
or
long
term,
bike
lanes
and
toses,
and
all
those
Dynamics
and
trade-offs
we
make
in
the
right-of-way
parking
rates
will
last
raise
in
19
and,
of
course,
we're
getting
underway
with
our
grant
funded
performance
parking
project,
any
Revenue
impacts
we
may
see
from
that
are
not
yet
included
in
this
Revenue
projection.
Since
that
is
not
the
goal
of
the
demonstration
project.
E
Okay,
a
deeper
dive
on
the
household
Solid
Waste
rate
you've,
seen
at
the
slide
that
the
managers
roll
out
we're
at
the
close
of
two
variable
very
favorable
multi-year
contracts,
which
are
the
primary
drivers
in
this
year's
proposed
increases.
E
So
this
graphic
shows
the
puts
and
takes
the
annual
rate
is
proposed
increased
by
just
over
a
hundred
dollars.
Refuse
collection
costs
are
increasing.
Our
base
contract
with
ads
was
up
and
based
on
negotiated
rates
for
their
first
option
year.
The
cost
increasing
based
on
inflation,
driver
shortages,
supply
chain
issues,
increased
Fuel
and
Equipment
costs.
Our
ads
contract
is
eight
years
old
in
our
annual
contract
had
been
negotiated
at
a
CPI
adjustment
of
only
50
percent.
E
E
Finally,
we
are
working
with
ads
to
finalize
the
contract,
we're
in
negotiations
right
now
and
before
the
board
adopts.
We
may
be
coming
back
with
a
little
bit
of
adjustment
off
this
rate.
We'll
see
we
just
don't
want
to
negotiate
in
public
on
that.
E
The
hundred
dollar
rate
will
bring.
Excuse
me
the
100
proposed
increase
will
bring
it
to
just
to
408.54
cents
and
while
that
is
a
significant
one-year
increase,
The
graft
on
the
upper
the
graph
shows
here
that
we've
been
basically
flat
since
2017.,
even
with
a
successful
edition
of
yard,
waste
and
foodways.
E
E
Next
I'll
highlight
a
few
of
the
many
Dynamics
in
transit
since
last
summer,
we've
been
working
through
this
Transit
strategic
plan,
as
required
by
drpt
our
funding
partner.
The
tsp
process
is
using
ridership
data
from
before
and
after
and
during
the
pandemic
service
performance
data
and
Community
engagement
to
inform
our
path
for
the
next
10
years.
E
So
the
the
team
has
conducted
Gap
analysis
to
project
where
a
service
might
be
improved
to
compare
current
bus
deployment
patterns
against
projected
population,
job
and
development
Trends,
and
they
also
evaluated
where
art
could
expand
the
span
of
service
hours
or
increase.
The
bus
frequency
and
the
public
engagement
team
has
conducted
four
opportunities
for
feedback
on
our
bus
service
and
priorities
with
virtual
meetings,
online
forums
and
in-person
events,
so
that
we
make
sure
that
we're
collecting
the
input
and
Equitable
way
in
reaching
everyone
and
we'll
be
launching
another
round
of
common
opportunity.
E
On
ridership,
it's
continuing
to
recover
slowly
but
remains
persistently
below
the
pre-pandemic
levels.
Given
those
employment,
behavioral
changes
with
telework.
So
again
the
Gold
Line
in
the
middle
kind
of
shows
this
year's
ridership
somewhere
between
the
fy20
brown
Highs
at
the
top
pre-pandemic
and
then
the
green
lows
of
the
pandemic
in
21..
E
The
notes
on
the
right
indicate
year
to
date,
comparisons
so
we're
on
track
to
meet
our
budget
projections
for
FY
23
revenue
and
we've
increased
our
24
Revenue
budget
just
slightly
based
on
those
results
again
we're
kind
of
in
that
ongoing,
cautiously
optimistic
mode,
but
uncertain
then
on
the
timing
and
the
slope
of
recovery
additionally
and
perhaps
Justice,
if
not
more
important,
Metro's,
better
bus
plans
and
then
the
Metro
General
funding
pressure
is
in
25
may
impact
our
local
Service
delivery
and
put
more
pressure
on
art
to
fill
any
gaps.
E
E
E
So
fy24
includes
a
full
year
of
funding.
It's
included,
then
for
the
41
and
45
expansion
to
ensure
that
neighborhood
maintains
that
existing
service
levels
previous
or
excuse
me
currently
provided
by
the
metro
16g
at
that
988
000
additional.
It's
a
significant
driver
of
increases
in
our
Transit
budget,
but
that
portion
is
not
recovered
by
revenue
or
drpt
and
is
being
paid
for
by
TCF
funding.
E
They
have
the
flexibility
now
to
use
both
the
student
ID
and
an
I
ride
card,
but
we're
also
still
trying
to
get
those
I
write
cards
out
there
to
everyone
to
have
a
better
metric
tracking,
and
so
we
set
ourselves
up
for
success
with
our
students,
hoping
that
they
will
soon
be
able
to
transfer
to
Metrobus.
E
Once
we
execute
a
memorable
agreement,
we've
been
making
steady
progress
with
Metrobus
on
that
and
our
plan
to
get
it
to
the
board
of
April
or
May,
which
would
then
allow
us
to
start
Metro
Bus
free
for
students.
Hopefully,
before
the
end
of
the
school
year,
the
total
FY
24
budget
for
student
Fairless
pilot
is
going
to
be
434
000,
which
includes
360
000
in
the
Metro
budget.
To
pay
for
that
student
transfer
of
two
dollars
a
ride.
E
The
art
no
fair
program
is
a
significant
contributor
to
getting
the
students
back
on
Transit,
as
shown
in
this
chart,
the
number
of
student
writers
since
December
2020
when
the
pandemic
had
them
not
in
school.
E
We've
had
over
92
000
student
writers
since
the
start
of
the
pilot
in
February
2022
through
2023
in
January,
also
in
the
month
of
January.
If
you
kind
of
compare
that
to
a
monthly
average
of
the
quarter,
119
prior
to
the
pandemic,
we're
up
higher
more
than
20
percent
of
where
we
were
at
pre-pandemic,
which
is
great.
E
E
We
pre-load
those
cards
with
150
worth
of
trip
to
date.
40
of
our
eligible
residents
have
picked
up
that
free
smart
drip
card
and
we're
exploring
opportunities
for
another
Free
Fair
program
by
reprogramming.
Remaining
grant
money
from
I-66
commuter
Choice
grant
that
we
have
so
more
on
that
later,
we'll
bring
that
to
the
board
at
the
appropriate
time.
E
E
E
So
fundamental,
of
course,
to
this
ongoing
and
future
discussion
is
our
projected
service
plan.
E
E
A
Thank
you,
Mr
Emanuel
and
now
like
to
take
this
opportunity
since
I.
Think
most
of
the
comments
from
our
commissions
are
pertaining
to
general
fund
activities,
so
we
only
have
space
for
a
couple
of
you
at
a
time.
So
why
don't
we
start
off
with
Joan
McIntyre
and
Chris
Slatt
we'll
have
you
two
up
first
and
then
we'll
get
to
fact
in
two
parts.
F
Okay,
thank
you
good
evening
just
to
for
the
record
I'm
Joan
McIntyre,
chair
of
the
climate
change,
energy
and
environment,
commission
and.
B
I
appreciate
and
thank
you
for
inviting
me
to
make
comments
overall,
you
know
looking
at
the
budget
there's
a
lot
of
good
things
in
there,
but
I
think
overall,
there's
probably
more
that
can
be
done
to
address
the
climate
crisis.
B
What's
been
done
in
terms
of
getting
to
the
100
renewable
energy
for
our
electricity
for
the
county
operations,
the
solar
Co-op
continues
to
be
very
successful
and
the
County's
making
progress
and
putting
solar
on
those
facilities
where
it's
necessary
and
working
towards
the
EV
charger
infrastructure,
both
and
and
also
EV
vehicles
for
the
the
conversion
of
the
fleet,
so
all
good
and
and
commendable,
and
we're
certainly
very
much
looking
forward
to
working
with
Bel
Egger
as
he
takes
on
his
position
in
the
new
office
of
climate
coordination
and
policy,
a
little
bit
disappointed
that
they're
actually
dropping
the
second
position.
B
There
I
think
you
know
at
the
time
of
what
we're
having
to
deal
with.
We
need
the
resources
there
in
order
to
progress
and
overall,
the
art
budget
itself
seems
to
be
sedained
fairly
stable
on
that.
So
again,
looking
at
that
and
conditioned
what
the
aspectives
appreciate
getting
some
of
the
extra
details
of
what
they're
looking
at
at
facilities,
we'd
like
to
actually
get
more
information
of
what
facilities
continue
to
go
under
renovation
and
retrofits
and
which
ones
actually
have
gas
systems.
That
should
be
changed.
B
That
would
be
generally
part
of
of
General
retrofitting
of
buildings
overall
I
think
in
terms
of
the
1
million
one
thing
that
seems
to
be
really
missing
and
which
I
know
we
talked
a
lot
last
year
is
getting
to
the
other
96
percent
of
carbon
emissions,
which
is
the
general
public
and
that
that's
something
that
I
think
we
need
to
be
putting
a
lot
more
tension,
especially
with
the
investment
reduction
act
that
there's
a
lot
of
money
out
there
that
people
and
Property
Owners
can
take
advantage
of.
B
If
this
isn't
easy,
it's
extremely
complex
and
people
are
going
to
need
the
help.
I
know
the
air
team
has
a
number
of
proposals
in
terms
of
Outreach.
We
kind
of
talked
about
having
a
One-Stop
shop,
but
the
real
kind
of
priority
needs
to
be.
You
know,
geared
towards
low-income,
moderate
income,
small
businesses
and
and
again
lots
of
funding
out
there.
B
But
you
know
making
kind
of
actually
helping
people
make
it
through
all
the
bureaucracy,
and
that
is
is
pretty
incredible,
so
I
think,
every
month,
funding
that
we
put
in
there
is
going
to
pay
back
Arlington
and
the
Arlington
Community
by
lots.
More
I
can't
give
you
the
numbers,
but
I
would
suspect
it
would
be
pretty
pretty
great
and
in
some
cases
for
a
lot
of
people.
B
It's
just
that
extra
assistance
of
trying
to
understand,
because
it's
complicated
it's
complicated
even
for
those
of
us
that
have
a
little
sense
of
of
what
what
things
are
all
about.
So
that's
one
area
that
I
think
we
really
need
to
be
kind
of
continuing
to
work
on
to
make
sure
that
that
we're
really
moving
for
Progress.
B
Looking
forward
to
hearing
more
about
the
Strategic
Transit
plan
transit
strategy
plan,
as
it
comes
forward,
I
mean
we're
clearly
support,
moving
towards
a
very
ambitious
and
robust
Transit
strategy
that
really
can
help
people
get
out
of
their
cars,
because
that's
a
crucial
element
of
of
getting
to
carbon
neutrality
is,
we
just
got
to
get
out
of
the
cars
and
we
just
need
something:
that's
extremely
convenient
and
affordable
for
people
and
again,
you
know
I
think
we'll
have
lots
more
discussions
on
the
art
bus
transition.
B
B
B
But
the
question
is:
is
how
is
it
going
to
be
funded
and
is
it
going
to
be
really
additive
and
is
there
opportunities
even
to
be
creative,
to
think
about
it
in
terms
of
equity
issues,
and
you
know
what
types
of
things
that
kind
of
low
moderate
people
face
when
you
know
kind
of
having
to
deal
with
some
of
these,
these
issues
so
would
expect
some
creativity
in
general.
B
B
A
Thank
you
for
your
comments,
we'll
appreciate
it
and
chair
of
our
Transportation
Commission
Mr
Slatt.
Thank.
G
You
very
much
Chris
Slatt,
chair
of
the
Transportation
Commission
I,
will
try
and
be
very
brief.
G
We
are
often
more
focused
on
the
capital
budget,
but
there's
always
operating
budget
implications
here
so
first
off
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
county,
we
have
a
very
ambitious
Capital
program
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
through
our
operating
budget,
we
are
maintaining
the
capacity
to
actually
Implement
that
Capital
program
as
far
as
having
enough
project
managers
and
public
engagement
Specialists
and
you
know
paying
them
enough
to
retain
them
and
keep
that
that
institutional
knowledge
to
really
be
able
to
do
projects
Justice.
G
So
that's
I,
think
very
important
part
of
the
operating
budget.
We
also
want
to
ensure
there's
sufficient
maintenance
funding.
We
are
building
a
lot
of
great
infrastructure
from
protected
bike,
Lanes
to
Transit,
Transit,
dedicated
Transit
lanes
and
other
things
in
the
county.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
being
able
to
use
them
well
by
maintaining
them
properly.
G
We
had
heard
some
reports
from
staff
in
the
past
that
we
might
have
been
able
to
implement
more
protected
bike
Lanes
through
repaving,
except
we
didn't
have
enough
money
in
the
maintenance
budget
to
maintain
those
protected
bike.
Lanes
had
we
built
them,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
get
into
a
similar
situation
in
the
future.
Repaving
is
a
really
high
impact,
low
low
cost
way
for
us
to
implement
infrastructure,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
we
can
take
hold
advantage
of
those
opportunities
when
we
have
them.
G
I
do
want
to
reiterate
the
Transportation
commission's
position
on
the
16m.
We
wrote
to
you
when
we
were
applying
for
the
nvtc
grant
to
say
we
think
it's
really
important,
that
we
actually
hit
that
six
minute,
Headway
number
that
we
have
promised
the
Columbia
Pike
community
in
the
past.
This
is
a
very
long
history
of
him.
You
know
trying
to
improve
Transit
service
on
the
Pike
and
the
you
know.
The
commission
feels
that
it's
not
something
that
should
rely
on
a
grant.
G
It's
something
that
we
should
make
sure
that
we
can
do,
even
if
that
outside
money
doesn't
come
through.
So
I
wanted
to
get
that
in
that
in
there
and
then,
of
course,
everybody's
thinking
about
this,
the
art,
Transit
strategic
plan
and
also
the
zero
emission
bus
study-
and
we
just
want
to
reiterate,
make
sure
that
we're
really
focused
on
the
Riders.
G
We
think
that
the
best
way
for
art
to
reduce
emissions
is
to
get
people
out
of
their
single
occupancy
vehicles
and
get
people
around
sustainably,
and
there
is
a
certain
tension
right
now
where
the
technology
is
on
the
Zero
emission
buses.
G
You
know,
can
they
do
the
work
without
impacting
things
like
reliability
or
flexibility
in
operations
or
having
enough
space
to
store
the
buses?
So
the
commission
just
want
to
make
wants
to
make
sure
that
we
don't.
You
know,
leave
the
Riders
sitting
at
the
bus.
Stop
as
we
chase.
G
You
know
a
glossy
headline,
or
you
know
the
ability
to
say
that
oh
we've
converted
everything
to
zero
Mission,
never
mind
the
fact
that
people
have
now
bought
cars
because
they
couldn't
reliably
get
around
via
our
bus
service,
because
we
didn't
have
the
flexibility
to
replace
a
bus
that
was
out
of
service,
because
the
only
remaining
bus
doesn't
have
the
range
for
that
route
or
all
those
sorts
of
things.
We
also
think
it's
really
important
to
keep
in
mind
the
weight
of
these
vehicles.
G
We
have
seen,
especially
on
Columbia
Pike,
our
existing
buses,
already
kind
of
tear
up
the
pavement,
often
from
the
weight
of
you
know,
going
over
and
over
the
same
spot
and
what
we've
seen
a
lot
of
the
increases
in
range
in
the
battery
electric
buses
have
been
through
bigger
batteries,
not
necessarily
more
energy,
dense
batteries,
and
that
additional
weight
does
have
important
consequences
that
we
need
to
be
aware
of.
So
hopefully
that
met
my
hope
of
being
brief
and
that's
all
I
have
for
the
TC.
Thank
you.
A
H
Think
I'm
going
to
start.
Thank
you
very
much.
Jillian
virgis
Vice,
chair
of
the
fiscal
Affairs
advisory
commission.
We
at
fact
decided
this
year
to
focus
specifically
on
Transit
and
vision,
zero
separately
from
the
rest
of
D.
H
Yes,
because
we
we
think
that
it's
such
an
those
two
are
such
important
programs
and
we
met
first
of
all,
the
the
fat
subcommittee
like
would
like
to
thank
Des
staff
for
their
time
and
for
the
immense
amount
of
thought
and
and
immense
amount
of
thinking
that
went
into
this
budget
and
for
their
time
meeting
with
us
and
and
talking
through
our
questions.
H
Last
night
we
met
and
as
a
com
as
a
commission,
we
unanimously
adopted
one
recommendation.
This
one
is
that
we
recommend
that
the
County
Board
adopt
the
county
manager's
proposed
budget
for
Arlington,
Transit
and
related
to
Vision
zero,
with
additional
funding
to
adjust,
Arlington
Transit
service,
to
increase
ridership
and
to
work
with
APS
to
eliminate
the
need
to
run
school
buses
for
older
students
in
certain
areas
and
to
better
serve
families
getting
just
to
and
from
schools.
Now
this
is
a
little
different.
H
We
often
have
recommendations
that
that
speak
directly
to
the
proposed
budget.
This
we
wanted
to
emphasize
really
the
need
to
to
increase
ridership
on
Arlington
Transit.
We
do
know
that
the
the
transit
strategic
plan
is
is
coming
up.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
the
adjustments
that
that
come
there
will
increase
ridership
and
specifically
work
with
APS,
because
we
see
this
as
not
only
an
area
that
meets
our
safety
and
sustainability
sustainability
goals,
but
also
can
save
us
money.
H
H
H
We
very
much
appreciate
the
the
work
that's
gone
into
Vision
zero
and
we
appreciate
that
that
this
is
a
relatively
new
program.
That's
still
ramping
up,
so
we
don't
have
any
recommendations
to
increase
or
otherwise
change
the
funding
on
Vision
zero.
But
we
really
appreciate
staff's
work
there
and
the
investment
in
the
work
that's
going
on
there
and
also
the
willingness
to
do
quick,
build
projects,
pilot
projects
and
and
be
nimble
with
those.
H
H
First
of
all
performance
measures:
we
we
at
the
fiscal,
Affairs
advisory
commission
our
office,
but
often
focused
on
performance
measures,
because
you,
you
know
you
manage
to
what
you
measure
and
we
appreciate
that
the
Arlington
County
budget
has
a
lot
of
performance
measures,
but
a
lot
of
times
those
are
focused
on
output
not
or
on
workload
and
they're,
not
exactly
the
the
targets
that
are
as
useful
and
a
lot
of
that,
especially
in
the
areas
of
Transit
and
vision.
H
Zero
is
because
we
don't
have
a
denominator
like
we
talk
about
how
many
bus
stops
we're
making
Ada
accessible,
but
not
how
many
bus
stops
are
not
today,
Ada
accessible,
I
know,
staff
is
working
towards
that,
but
that's
a
future
consideration
we'd
like
to
see
that
in
the
budget
number
two.
We
continue
to
encourage
you
guys
to
work
with
Arlington
Public
Schools
as
as
mentioned
future
consideration.
H
Number
three:
is
we
look
forward
to
seeing
more
public-facing
data
on
Equity
both
on
Transit
service
and
with
the
vision,
zero
dashboard
I'm
very
excited
to
see
this
slide
that
Mr
Emanuel
presented
earlier
and
then
finally,
we
encourage
Arlington
transit
to
collect
and
analyze.
Customer
service
data:
we
understand
that
that's
my
part
of
the
transit
strategic
plan
and
we
think
that
going
forward
as
we
continue
to
try
to
increase
ridership,
that
it
makes
sense
to
continue
looking
at
that
and
making
sure
that
we're
serving
our
customers
needs.
H
I
The
the
we
have
a
single
recommendation
as
well
for
the
non-transit
portion
of
Des,
and
that
is
that
the
the
board
endorsed
the
county
manager's
proposal.
It
was
an
11
to
1
vote
in
this
instance.
The
one
person
against
it
simply
believed
that
the
budget
for
Des
is
too
large
and
Express
General
concerns
about
fiscal
restraint,
so
I,
I
honestly
believe
that
is
often
the
case.
When
we
talk
to
you,
the
future
considerations
are
perhaps
a
little
more
important
than
than
the
than
the
vote
is.
I
The
first
one
is
not
really
a
future
consideration,
but
just
a
recognition
that
the
county
manager
has
done,
and
the
staff
that
work
for
him
and
at
DES
have
done
a
terrific
job
in
putting
together
a
budget
that,
in
the
you
know,
fiscal
realities
we
face
makes
appropriate
investments
in
the
right
places,
while
recognizing
that
fiscal
reality
they're.
A
terrific
group
of
people
for
us
to
work
with
I
want
to
Echo
everything
that
Jillian
said
about
that.
I
The
fact
believes
that
continued
investment
to
move
to
the
Future
considerations-
the
genuine
ones-
fact
believes
that
the
the
Investments
that
the
county
is
beginning
to
make
in
storm
water
are
urgently
needed
and
that
you
will
continue.
You
will
need
urgently
to
continue
to
make
those
kinds
of
investments
in
the
future
that
exists
in
each
of
the
three
categories
of
stormwater
Capital
capacity,
maintenance,
capital
and
stream
quality.
I
Climate
change
is
going
to
continue
to
create
the
challenges
for
all
of
us
around
the
globe
related
to
weather
risks
that
we
don't
know
in
the
next
100
Year
storm
will
come
to
Arlington.
The
county
has
done
a
really
excellent
job
in
meeting
the
pollutant
reduction
loadings
that
are
required
by
the
total
maximum
daily
load
program
in
its
in
the
County's
ms4
permit.
But
the
challenges
there
will
continue
to
grow.
I
You
know
almost
exponentially
in
the
next
permit
cycle.
That's
going
to
be
tough
to
meet
the
Des
staff
is
up
to
it,
but
it
will
require
continued
efforts
on
their
part
and
your
part
to
make
sure
we
have
the
the
funding
necessary
to
do
that.
I
think
the
board
made.
I
What
can
be
described
as
a
courageous
decision
to
endorse
the
aggressive
recommendation
that
the
county
staff
made
about
investing
in
this
area,
and
we
just
hope
that
that
that
courage
will
continue
as
we
move
forward
the
we
also
added
a
a
notion
of
looking
for
ways
for
looking
for
Creative
Solutions
to
deal
with
storm
water
challenges
such
as
the
possibility
of
repurposing
Street
space
for
storm
water
purposes,
and
that
was
Jillian's
notion.
So,
if
you
have
any
questions
about
that,
I'll
definitely
defer
to
her
I've
already
said
more
than
I
know
about
it.
I
Regarding
the
household
Solid,
Waste
rate,
I.
Think
Greg
Emanuel
made
all
the
right
points
about
the
issues
that
are
involved
here
with
the
fact
is
completely
aware
that
the
the
total
tax
base
for
people
who
live
in
Arlington
County
is
favorable
as
compared
to
surrounding
jurisdictions.
We're
aware
that
we
that
Arlington
residents
have
had
the
benefit
of
a
really
great
contract
on
household
Solid
Waste
for
the
last
several
years
and
applaudits
are
due
to
the
staff
for
that.
I
We're
similarly
aware
that
the
real
estate
tax
rate
isn't
going
up
this
year,
but
real
estate
values
are,
and
most
homeowners
are
going
to
see,
increases
in
the
real
estate
taxes
that
they
pay.
The
household
Solid
Waste
rate
is,
by
definition,
regressive,
and
it's
going
to,
you
know,
hurt
more
for
those
in
the
lower
income
strata.
So
we
simply
encourage
the
board
and
the
county
staff
to
be
mindful
of
that
and
consider
whether
there
might
be
ways
to
ameliorate
the
effects
of
that
for
people
least
able
to
afford
it.
I
There
may
be
a
more
customer
service,
oriented
Department
in
Arlington
County
government
than
Des,
but
I'm,
not
aware
of
it,
and
so
measuring
customer
satisfaction
seems
to
me
would
be
a
really
important
part
of
showing
how
well
the
department
is
meeting
its
overarching
Mission,
there's
a
lot
of
really
good
stuff,
a
tremendous
information
that
shows
how
hard
they
work
and
the
good
job
that
they're
doing
in
those
in
those
performance
measures.
But
we
think
that
customer
service
could
be
a
valuable
element
of
it.
I
And
finally,
I'll
say
that
we
raised
last
night
a
discussion
about
whether
there
is
additional
information
about
the
percentage
and
type
of
household
Solid
Waste
collected
at
the
curb
as
recycling
materials
that
actually
ends
up
being
incinerated
rather
than
recycle,
because
it's
contaminated
in
some
way
that
information
could
be
useful
to
the
department
and
certainly
to
those
of
us
less
familiar
with
the
program
in
determining
whether
it's
best
best
developed
to
try
to
to
create
to
try
to
hit
our
goal
of
recycling
as
much
as
we
possibly
can
and
I'll
say
in
a
lot
of
these
instances
where
we
don't
where
we
suggest,
we
don't
have
information,
it
doesn't
mean
that
Des
doesn't
have
it.
I
A
You
Mr
Rob,
chair
Robertson,
and
you
outline
what
is
always
the
problem
with
these
work
sessions
that
come
so
early
in
the
budget
year.
It
doesn't
give
you
very
much
time
so
we
appreciate
your
your
Herculean
efforts
to
actually
provide
this
very,
very
pinpoint
and
thoughtful
guidance
to
us.
So
why
don't?
We
have
a
little
conversation
at
this
point
with
members
of
the
board
on
anything.
That's
been
presented
thus
far
or
raised
by
our
advisory
commissions.
Before
we
move
to
the
other
funds,
start
off
with
MS
Crystal
great.
J
So
I
have
two
buckets
of
questions,
transportation
and
non-transportation
or
Transit,
and
on
Transit,
but
maybe
to
start
with
a
couple
of
more
straightforward
ones.
With
regard
to
the
parking
meters,
you
know
to
Mr
Emanuel
that
the
rates
were
last
raised
in
2019,
which
is
often
when
you
tell
us
when
rates
for
last
race
is
a
precursor
to
letting
us
know
that
rates
are
going
to
be
raised
in
the
proposed
budget,
but
I
I,
don't
think
they
are
right.
J
Okay,
great
just
wanted
to
clarify
I
am
thinking
a
lot
about
the
this
question
of
Education,
which
I
think
chair
Robertson
made
a
good
point
about
regarding
the
solid
waste
rate,
and
it
does
occur
to
me
that
one
of
the
best
points
of
Education
we
have
with
close
to
900
community
members
has
been
that
rock
and
recycle
program,
which
is
not
a
lot
of
cost.
Savings
proposed
I
wanted
to
ask
just
as
we
think
about
that.
J
J
Okay,
great
I
am
thinking
a
lot
about
wanting
to
do
that:
public
education
and
particular
the
EM.
The
facts
point
about
you
know
knowing
how
much
of
our
stream
is
being
incinerated
rather
than
recycled,
I.
Think
educating
the
community
about
how
to
do
food
scraps
for
examples
we've
talked
about,
but
also
how
to
participate
in
that
co-mingled
recycle
program
or
where
to
recycle
glass
et
cetera,
there's
sort
of
an
ongoing
need
for
Education
there
so
appreciate
that
I
will
yield
it
and
come
back
on
Transit.
Thank.
K
K
Second
it'll
be
covered
later
in
the
presentation,
but
a
big
thank
you
on
the
electric
vehicle
analysis,
it's
mostly
in
the
ladder
slides,
but
the
the
19
specific
exceptions,
as
you
probably
can
guess,
always
reassures
me,
a
ton
that
we're
doing
what
we
can
and
so
a
big
thank
you
there
I
want
to
I
will
follow
up.
These
are
budget
but
they're
also
a
little
programmatic
I'll.
K
Thank
you
to
miss
Wang
and
the
the
work
on
adjusting
time
schedules
on
Carlin
Springs
I
just
want
to
follow
up
to
see
about
one
additional
route
and
I'll
ask
for
a
meeting
on
that
on
parking.
This
may
be
a
question.
K
I
was
fairly
clearly
reminded
of
the
questions
with
respect
to
parking
and
the
equitability
of
enforcement,
with
respect
to
neighborhoods
and
so
I'd
love
to
just
see
if
I
could
get
a
conversation
with
the
right
staff,
people
I
know
we're
doing
the
performance
parking,
but
I
really
just
feel
like
a
responsibility
there
and
I
guess
credit
I
also
I
won't
have
as
many
questions
but
a
big
thank
you
both
to
Joan
and
to
Chris.
K
Both
of
you
are
chairs,
who
tactfully
and
deftly
articulated
the
bus
question
I
think
it's
not
for
this
meeting,
but
it
I
I,
I'm,
hoping
that
I
can
do
a
two
by
two
or
a
briefing
on
that.
The
question
I
really
I'll
have
a
couple
questions
in
the
climate
area,
and
that
is
about.
K
We
mentioned
the
2050
goal
and
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
history
to
that.
But
I
wanted
to
kind
of
understand
a
little
bit
the
2035
goal,
and
you
know
the
96
point
that
that
Miss
McIntyre
made
was
their
intentionality
about
2050,
as
opposed
to
2035.
I
know
2050
is
a
higher
and
sort
of
trans
Transcendent
goal,
but
that
96
in
the
2035
is
you
know.
I
always
feel
like
if
I'm
gonna,
long-term
goals
without
interim
benchmarks
are
challenging.
K
E
Well,
I'll
try
to
summarize
by
saying
the
roadmap
kind
of
lays
that
out
and
how
we're
going
to
get
to
those
goals
and
lays
out
some
of
the
milestones
and
I.
Don't
I,
don't
know
if
we
have
that
our
backup
slides
on
the
roadmap,
but
that
that's
that's,
probably
the
best
place
to
look
to
know
those
interim
milestones
and
some
of
our
near-term
actions.
Some
of
the
midterm
actions
of
some
of
the
longer
term
actions.
K
L
Thank
you,
I
have
a
number
I'll
try
to
I
think
some
of
them
are
really
quick
though
I
was.
It
was
interesting.
The
water
system
breaks
it
marks.
You
have
the
number
of
water
system
breaks
and
a
note
saying
that
in
all
of
things
it
includes-
and
it
varies
from
year
to
year,
breaking
at
basic
based
on
temperature
fluctuations,
which
I
totally
get
that
looking
at
the
numbers.
It
doesn't
look
to
me
like
it's
fluctuating
all
that
much
are
those
in
thousands.
L
E
It's
on
it's.
It
is
consistent
on
one
angle
because
of
the
age
of
the
system
and
it
says
a
systems
age,
but
we
do
see
sometimes
time
you
know
like
in
the
cold
we
get
hit
with
a.
L
Lot
at
one
time,
so
it's
when
it
happens
when.
E
It
happens,
all
right
got
it
and
that's
when
our
crews
get
really
stretched.
Yes,
yes,
yes
and
then,
but
we
do
have
a
fallback
and
some
really
cold
snaps,
where
we
pull
in
contractors
to
help
out.
But
even
then
we
get
stretched
to
the
resources.
L
Yeah,
no
thank
you.
I
totally
get
it
and
I
do
appreciate
somewhere
in
here,
I
mark
down
the
the
warning
just
reminding
us
how
old
some
of
these
systems
are
and
that
it's
it's
a
major
issue.
People
think
it's,
because
we've
got
more
and
more
people
coming
here,
but
it's
actually
just
because
it's
really
old
systems
and
even
if
nobody
else
came
we'd,
have
trouble
and
on
the
water.
L
Just
just
checking
my
understanding
on
the
Water
Treatment
Plant,
where
it's
I
think
you
said
we
have
45
capacity
left
so
we're
at
55
capacity.
People
are
always
concerned
about.
Do
our
systems
have
capacity
and
I
keep
reassuring
them.
That
I
think
it
does
and
I
hear
anything
yet.
So
we
don't
really
have
only
kind
of
used
about
half
of
our
water
treatment
capacity.
That's.
M
Correct
we've
with
the
40
MGD
plant,
we're
we're
well
under
within
the
21
22
MGD,
and
we
could
speak
more
of
that.
I
just
want
to
point
out
Libby
on
your
other
question.
It
doesn't
appear
on
page
849
that
it
varies,
but
I
would
note
in
in
2015
that
was
at
55.9
breaks
per
hundred
and
that's
one
reason.
It
looks
normalized,
but
we
do
have
winners
when
the
when
the
climate
is
severe
and
we
have
multiple
challenges.
L
N
Thank
you,
Mr
chair.
Thank
you
for
the
very
comprehensive,
always
a
very.
This
is
the
Department
of
everything
under
the
sun
right.
So
so
it's
it's
kind
of
difficult
to
have
a
comprehensive
and
that's
comprehensive
conversation
about
everything
you
guys
do
and
thank
you
for
doing
that
and
doing
that,
all
in
all
in
a
very
satisfactory
way.
A
couple
of
things
on
on
Transportation,
just
a
statements.
Three
bikes
are
very
few
for
a
pilot.
N
Sorry,
the
whole
point
of
the
box
is
to
be
available
and
people
see
that
they
have
an
option.
So
maybe
we
want
to
increase
that
to
maybe
10
and
it's
not
such
a
I
know
I
hope
it's
not
such
a
great
expense
to
do
that.
I
really
encourage
you
to
to
to
look
at
this.
The
second
thing,
on
the
scooters
great
that
we
can.
N
The
second
thing
is
on
scooters:
it's
great
to
be
able
to
pinpoint
them
on
an
app
problem.
Is
that
a
lot
of
people
don't
have
the
app
Etc
so
or
don't
know
that?
So
maybe
we
could
ask
our
operators
to
put
a
sticker
on
the
bike
that,
if
you
find
this
bike
in
the
wrong
place,
then
you
know
here
is
how
how
you
can
do
that
I
hope
they
will
be
amenable
to
the
idea
and
on
on
16m
on
Columbia
Pike.
N
So
we
are,
we
we
I
mean
a
county
has
applied
for
a
grant
to
to
make
this
headways
on
on
peak
times
at
six
six
minutes.
We
are
in
good
hope
that
we
will
get
that
Grant
right,
so
how
how
fast
will
be?
So
when
is
16mm
going
to
be
implemented
at
the
12
minutes
at
Headway,
and
then
how
fast
are
we
going
to
graduate
to
six
minutes?
N
E
Again,
it
will
depend
on
tooth
again
the
schedule
that
when
we
were
here
last
year
the
Ramada
told
us
it
was
going
to
be
like
March
and
then
they
they
changed.
Their
game
plan
for
I'm
gonna
go
into
all
those
details,
but
now
it's
going
to
be
June
somewhere
late,
June
or
early
July
for
the
implementation,
but
it
will
again
depend
on
them
having
drivers
and
how
many
drivers
they
have
to
get
to
the
six
minute
headways-
and
we
have
you
know,
obviously
funding
options
to
to
do
that.
E
D
D
J
Very
involved
in
this,
so
first
I
wanted
to
just
thank
our
staff,
took
a
fair
bit
of
negotiation
directly
with
woman,
including
our
board
members
representing
Virginia
that
that
16m
will
be
starting
no
later
than
July
1.
I.
Look
forward
to
being
on
that
first
ride.
I
will
say:
I
think
my
understanding
with
nvtc
first
time
in
a
number
of
years
with
regard
to
that
program
with
the
use
of
the
transform
66
dollars,
is
significantly
oversubscribed.
J
I
think
they're,
probably
projects
totally
about
double
the
amount
of
funding
available,
and
so
my
understanding
is
that
the
the
staff
at
mvtc
has
gone
to
the
different
jurisdictions
to
encourage
them
to
Envision
what
the
projects
may
look
like
with
smaller
budgets,
and
so
I
do
think
that
there
is
going
to
be
an
opportunity
for
us
to
eventually
look
to
to
meet
that
with
local
monies
that
may
be
necessary
or
Envision.
Something
similar
I
think
is
Mr.
J
Emanuel
was
talking
about
six-minute
headways
during
peak
times,
for
example,
and
12
and
off
peak,
so
we'll
have
some
decision
making
I
I,
don't
I
would
love
to
say
that
I
am
optimistic
and
I.
Think
all
of
us
who
sit
on
nbtc
will
certainly
be
champions
for
Arlington's
projects,
but
realistically
I
think
we
and
other
jurisdictions
are
going
to
be
invited
to
think
how
we
can
get
those
projects
funded,
if
not
at
the
full
scale.
N
Thank
you
just
just
wanting
to
underscore
the
fact
that
there
is
a
logistical
problem
with
finding
the
drivers
for
this
kind
of
service,
and
there
is
a
this
is
a
huge
in
increment
in
availability,
and
actually
this
is
a
real
Improvement
in
level
of
service.
The
moment
that
every
six
every
six
months,
every
six
minutes
a
bus.
You
know,
because,
along
the
pike,
people
will
have
a
completely
different
sense
of
availability
of
service.
N
This
is
really
critical
to
get
it
right
and
when
we
get
the
money
and
knock
on
wood
and
cross
fingers,
we
it
would
be
really
a
shame
to
to
stumble
upon
the
logistical
problem
of
finding
the
drivers
for
that
and
having
to
postpone
yet
another
time
on
this
talking
about
level
of
service.
So
I
saw
on
your
your
slides,
I,
don't
remember
one,
but
one
of
the
riderships
that
is
increasing
is
actually
students
on
Art,
right
and
and
not.
Coincidentally.
N
In
my
opinion,
art
75,
which
serves
South,
Carolina,
Springs
and
specifically
the
the
Kenmore
Middle
School,
is
the
one
with
the
least
attrition
of
Sir
of
ridership.
N
So
there
I
just
guess
that
there
is
a
correlation
between
making
art
service
available
to
students
and
be
very
intentional
about
that
and
actually
art
service
working
with
with
more
Riders
right
now.
So
I
think
that
this
is
an
important
Insight
that
I
get
I
got
from
your
presentation
today
and
I
want
to
follow
up
with
that.
A
All
right
well,
have
you
yield
the
floor
for
now
and
get
back
to
everybody
for
another
round
in
just
a
moment,
a
couple
of
easy,
quick
questions
before
a
bigger
one,
so
Mr
Emanuel
in
the
director's
office.
There's
a
34
increase
around
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars,
despite
only
an
additional
half
FTE.
Can
you
just
describe
what
that
that
is.
E
That's
just
a
budgeting
Dynamic,
where
the
one-time
bonus,
I,
think
for
budgeting
purposes
up
to
look
to
Emily
here,
I
think
we
just
put
it
all
in
the
director's
office.
That's
where
it
landed.
It's
just.
L
A
Thank
you
good
question.
Well,
if
I
didn't,
if
I
didn't
bring
it
up,
somebody
else
in
the
community
would
and
as
it
relates
to
scooters,
you
know
it's
my
understanding
that
that,
as
part
of
the
agreement
right
now,
they
all
have
to
contain
their
contact
information
that
that
people
can
use
in
the
event
that
they
report
a
problem
to
speak
to
Mr
Karen
Thomas's
point,
but
I
have
a
different
concern.
A
Having
been
one
who
was
reported,
a
Miss
Park
scooter
directly
to
the
company
as
per
what
I'm
supposed
to
do.
I
was
surprised
and
said
that
in
each
case
it
took
over
a
week
for
it
to
be
moved,
and
so
the
question
is:
are
we
in
any
way
compiling
tracking
data
to
see
whether
or
not
companies
are
actually
compliant
with
the
agreement
that
they
have
with
Arlington
County?
And
secondarily,
are
we
asking
them
for
any
information
on
whether
or
not
that
varies
by
neighborhood
or
varies
by
sector?
A
In
both
cases
where
I
reported
it
was
a
residential,
neighborhood
I
wonder
if
their
rates
of
moving
Vehicles
is
different
in
other
residential
neighborhoods
or
in
commercial
areas?
Specifically,
you
know
I
think,
the
more
that
we
can
hold
them
accountable
for
providing
this
information
the
better
we
can
manage
what
has
become
an
issue
for
some
people
and
for
my
last
one
before
I
yield
the
four
when
I
get
into
the
household
Solid
Waste
rate
a
bit.
A
Thank
you,
Mr
Robertson
for
really
talking
about
the
regressivity
of
it,
and
you
know
how
contextually
can
understand
it,
but
it's
still
not
an
insignificant
deal
and
I
was
just
having
a
little
bit
of
trouble.
Making
the
numbers
add
up
so
I
understand
that
we're
shifting.
A
123
000
in
current
glass
recycling
costs
that
I
guess
were
absorbed
from
the
general
fund
into
the
household
Solid
Waste
rate.
The
narrative
says
that
the
contractual
increase
amounts
to
about
2.1
million
dollars
together,
that's
about
2.2
million
dollars,
but
the
revenue
increase
that
we're
collecting
is
about
3.3
million.
So
just
help
me
understand
the
math
on
all
that.
C
Well,
it's
full
cost
recovery,
so
an
additional
in
addition
to
all
the
contractual
increases
we
also
have
Personnel
charges
and
heavy
equipment
fuel.
So
all
those
charge
and
leaf
collection
are
all
loaded
into
the
cost
of
that
rate.
So
does
that
answer
your
question
so.
A
C
There's
and
this
slide
hopefully
breaks
down
all
the
pieces
that
go
into
that
hundred
dollar
increase.
We've
tried
to
break
it
down
by
the
various
buckets,
so
a
dollar
and
82
cents
for
salaries
and
benefits,
and
then
the
big
drivers
you
can
see
are
the
disposal
costs
and
the
Murph
contract.
All.
A
C
A
So
I
think
that's
why
I'm
going
to
follow
up
later,
but
that's
why
I
think
I'm
having
a
hard
time
with
math
here.
Clearly
the
reconderance
of
the
increase
in
costs
are
coming.
There's.
C
There's
also
a
revenue
component
that
is
offsetting
some
of
the
contractual
increases,
so
we
do
get
some
revenue
from
our
recyclable
materials,
which
I
think
is
probably
confusing.
The
expenditure
increase
in
the
budget
versus
these
amounts,
which
are
shown
on
a
net
basis,
all.
J
Thank
you,
a
couple
of
Transit
questions.
Could
you
I
think
slide?
29
mentioned
about
a
million
dollars
added
for
art,
41
and
45
expansion,
but
in
one
time
I
think
we're
pulling
that
up
now
and
yet
it
says,
but
it's
to
maintain
existing
service,
but
yet
increases
our
frequency.
So
the
idea
is
that
we're
picking
up
with
art,
41
and
45
some
current
I
guess
the
sentence
says:
increases
art
frequency
to
maintain
existing
service
levels.
So
explain
that
to
me.
E
J
O
So
the
16th
hold
it
okay,
so
the
16g
and
the
16h
run
in
15
minute
frequencies,
and
so
we
would
have
to
increase
the
41
and
45
to
match
those.
The
six,
the
art
41
45,
are
running
at
20
minutes
in
some
sense,
and
so
we're
just
building
up
those
frequencies
to
match
them.
So.
J
O
It
is,
it
is,
so
we're
not
necessarily
matching
the
16m.
The
idea
is
that
we're
trying
to
move
people
out
of
the
neighborhoods
to
get
to
Columbia
Pike,
and
so
they
can
take
advantage
of
the
more
frequent
service
so.
J
It's
sort
of
to
maintain
the
match
between
our
local
service
and
Metro
correct,
so
it's
better
than
maintaining
existing
Services.
It
is
bad.
It's
improving
our
local
to
match
the
69..
Absolutely
fantastic
I'm
really
excited
to
hear
that
as
a
41,
Rider
I,
don't
necessarily
connect
to
the
16m,
but
I
will
benefit
from
that.
Nonetheless,
so
thrilled
to
see
that-
and
thank
you,
here's
a
much
broader
question
and
I
think
one
that
maybe
would
probably
be
better
answered
in
a
follow-up.
J
But
I
am
you
know
intrigued
by
by
the
fact
recommendation
about
working
with
APS
to
eliminate
school
bus
routes
for
older
students
entirely
I
know
that
part
of
the
reason
we
were
a
little
slower
than
inpatient
board
members
might
have
liked
to
implement
that
student's.
J
Right-Free
pilot
was
that
there
was
a
desire
to
kind
of
set
it
up
in
a
way
that
we
could
collect
a
lot
of
data
about
routes
and
which
students
from
which
schools
were
riding
so
I
would
be
interested
to
know
just
to
what
I
know
it's
still
new,
but
what
we've
learned
from
the
pilot
to
date
about
routes
and
times,
and
maybe
let
me
phrase
it
this
way.
J
How
far
are
we
away
from
being
able
to
set
as
a
goal
for
this
collaboration,
reducing
school
bus
routes
right
now,
I
know
we've
sort
of
treated
it
as
a
pilot.
Everyone
benefits,
let's
gather
some
data,
you
know.
Are
we
still
at
the
beginning
of
our
journey
and
have
a
lot
more
data
together,
or
can
we
see
within
sight
based
on
what
we're
learning
that
it
actually
might
be
possible
within
a
certain
time
Horizon
to
to
start?
J
You
know
achieving
that
dream
of
providing
service
via
art
instead
of
school
bus
again
very
much
for
follow-up
and
unless
anybody's
got
something
off
the
cuff.
But
thank
you.
E
I
can
give
you
just
a
preliminary
anecdotal
results
of
conversation
that
we
had
with
schools
on
this
particular
question,
anticipating
it
Renee,
Harper
and
others
on
her
team.
We
meet
with
them
every
two
weeks
to
talk
all
things
together
and
we
asked
this
question
in
anecdotally.
They
have
dropped
some
of
their
total
numbers
of
school
buses.
They
were
up
or
above
200
for
a
moment
either
down
like
at
182
or
something
right
now,
but
it's
not
necessarily
a
direct
result
of
that.
There's
a
lot
of
other
operational
management
things
we're
doing
so.
E
We
can't
isolate
out
how
much
of
any
that
was
due
to
ours,
providing
service
or
them
making
other
adjustments
within
their
operations,
but
they
certainly
do
appreciate
what
we're
offering
and
I
think
some
cases.
It's
just
an
added
benefit
to
student
writers.
Anecdotally,
we're
hearing
that
they
really
appreciate
the
ability
to
get
the
late
bus.
You
know,
after
their
school
activity
that
wasn't
there
before
going
where
they
wanted
to
go,
and
then
art
provides
that
connection.
And
of
course,
then,
if
we
are
successful
with
wamata,
then
that
may
also
provide
that
connection
for
others.
K
Be
Franti,
chair,
Miss,
Burgess
I,
just
want
to
I've
got
as
gently
as
Twitter
can
ever
remind
you
about
things.
You've
said
you'll
work
on
the
bus
stops
and
sidewalks
yesterday,
I
got
a
reminder
along
those
lines,
so
I
want
to
follow
up
in
a
in
a
way
offline,
but
also
trying
to
keep
it
within
the
budget
context.
So
thank
you
for
that.
K
For
mentioning
that
a
question
is
is
on
is
on
the
the
Community
energy
plan
two
hundred
thousand
and
the
1
million
wanted
to
just
I
I,
didn't
quite
catch
a
sense
of
what
the
one-time
200
000
is
for,
and
I
didn't
know.
K
If,
if
one
of
you
could
speak
to
the
the
235
000
that
is
left
in
the
in
the
1
million,
both
we
want
to
be
thoughtful
in
how
we're
investing,
but
the
science
continues
to
grind
us
with
respect
to
climate,
so
maybe
the
200
000
first
and
then
the
the
overall
1
million
in
climate
work.
Second,
if
you
all
could
speak
to
that
and
I,
don't
know
whether
that's
Mr
Moon,
who
or
Mr
Emanuel
200.
M
000
I
think
we,
you
know
the
thing
we've
done
with
them.
Is
it
with
air,
is
to
ask
what
they
needed
for
studies
and
other
things,
so
that
200
000
supplements
current
current
initiatives
in
air
to
make
sure
we
have
enough
for
actions
inside
with
the
decarbonization
tool,
with
everything
else
we're
doing
with
studies
I
think
part
of
that
is
to
make
sure
we
leverage
the
opportunities
with
the
grants
that
you've
heard
earlier
and
some
other
initiatives
inside
of
the
air
budget
to
make
sure
we
don't
slow
down
as
you've
heard.
M
M
It
was
intentional
to
leave
some
additional
funding
for
two
things:
some
some
additional
opportunities
in
FY
24
and
for
some
additional
input
from
the
new
climate
policy
officer
as
they
come
on
board
and
just
to
leave
some
space
there
for
some
additional
needs
in
the
future.
It
was
pretty
much
great.
K
Thank
you.
I'll
also
perhaps
want
to
follow
up.
I
know.
The
budget
includes
the
number
of
EV
charging
stations
and
mindful
that,
there's
some
communities
that
have
wanted
to
engage,
put
their
own
condominium
money
and
and
if
there's
any
leveraging
there
I'd
be
excited
about
that
as
well.
E
I
M
Really
for
our
own
public
facing
charging
that
we've
got
in
the
metrics
that
you
see
in
the
air
budget,
so
I
think
that's
a
new
metric
this
year
that
we've
actually
put
in
but
I,
would
say
for
the
most
exciting
opportunity
we've
seen.
There
is
the
new
Dominion
Energy
programs
that
air
has
discussing
both
Stephen
Burr
and
Dimitri
McBride
with
their
new
program
for
EV
charging,
where
they
will
actually
for
the
first
time
help
offset
some
of
the
what's.
M
What's
normally
been
a
headwind
for
communities
and
multi-family,
helping
to
install
those
infrastructure
costs
and
offsetting
some
of
that,
we
think
that's
a
that
could
be
a
real
game.
Changer
and
I.
Think
the
air
team
will
be
bringing
forth
more
information
in
the
in
the
coming
fiscal
year
on
that
or,
if
not
sooner
great,.
K
Well,
thanks
and
thanks,
Ms
McBride
and
your
team
for
all
you've
been
doing.
I
know
that
I
I
occasionally
try
to
follow
up
with
conversations
that
get
fairly
into
the
weeds
I'll
avoid
that
here,
but
I
will
want
to
do
that
at
some
point,
as
appropriate
thanks
Mr
chair
thank.
L
Thank
you,
I
think
I
heard
you
say
in
the
presentation
that
now
they're
not
only
requiring
the
I
ride
cars
from
students,
but
they
can
use
a
student
ID.
They
don't
have
to
have
the
I
write
card.
That's
wonderful
because
it's
I
think
got
held
up
by
not
getting
the
cards
out
and
I
understand
what
you
want
to
keep
so
I
just
want
to
check
on
my
understanding.
That's
great
I
know
it
won't
work
for
wamara,
I,
joined,
Ms,
Crystal
and
being
concerned
about
eliminating,
Rock
and
recycle.
L
It's
not
it's.
It's
not
only
sort
of
educating
people
which
is
great
I,
think
people
get
excited
about
it.
Kids
and
I
think
one
of
the
issues
we
have.
Let
me
know
if
I'm
wrong,
I
think
we're
having
trouble
finding
people
to
work
at
DES
kinds
of
jobs.
Right
I
mean
I,
think
they're,
pretty
excited,
there's
a
lot
of
cool
stuff
that
goes
on
people,
don't
understand
or
appreciate
it.
Well,
you
gotta
you've
got
all
these
kids
coming
getting
excited.
So
why
don't
you
do
some
job
recruitment?
What
I
mean
I
just
think.
L
There's
a
lot
there
also
Des,
which
I've
said
before
I
think
suffers
from
the
fact
that
so
much
of
what
you
do
is
underground
and
it
concerns
things.
People
don't
want
to
think
about
and
they're
just
getting
rid
of
so
and
they
don't
think
about
it.
Unless
it's
not
working
right,
so
people
just
throw
away
the
trash
as
long
as
it
gets
picked
up,
they
forget
about
it.
You
know:
toilets
water,
flushes
everything
goes
away.
We
don't
even
think
about
it.
We
can
turn
on
the
tap.
L
We
can
do
it,
we
don't
even
think
about
it,
and
then
we
get
upset
and
wondering
why
we're
spending
so
much
money
so
anyway.
This
just
seems
Rock
and
recycle
seems
like
an
incredible
public
relations,
opportunity
and
I'd
like
you
to
see
it
actually,
maybe
even
bump
it
up
a
little
bit
so
and
it's
only
20
000
right
so
anyway,
I'm
just
going
to
join,
join
her
in
that
and
then
I'm
would
be
interested
in
and
maybe
I
missed
it
in
here
in
the
performance
measures.
L
How
will
we
do
recycling
so
we
get
some
money
from
recycling?
How
much
is
it?
How
much
is
it
over
the
years
and
that's
been
fasting
so
for
a
while
nobody
would
take
paper
and
then
we
got
cardboard
boxes
delivered
everywhere
and
suddenly
paper
went
up
in
value
and
then
plastic
bags,
but
things
go
up
and
down
and
that
sort
of
information
is
fascinating
and
maybe
maybe
we
have
that
you
could.
If
you've
got
it
handy,
you
could
send
it
to
me
later.
L
If
you
don't
have
it
I
think
in
the
future
it
would
be
good
to
know
and
it
would
be
cool
for
our
taxpayers.
I
mean
for
people.
You
can
put
this
in
the
Rock
and
recycle
right
everybody's
trying
to
do
the
right
thing
they
need
to
get.
You
know
positive
reinforcement,
look
at
how
much
we
made
because
the
good
citizens
of
Arlington
have
been
recycling
all
right,
I'm
off
my
my
my
little
diatribe
here
and
done.
A
A
N
Thank
you.
I
have
a
question
on
air
if
this
is
of
budget
Affair,
if
this
is
still
inside
the
scope
here
so
in
in
fiscal
year,
22
expands
for
air
actual
was
1.4
million.
We
adopted
2.2
and
now
we're
about
down
to
2.079.
Can
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
I
need
to
understand
that
yeah.
M
I
think
Tyler
Tyler
may
be
able
to
help
it,
but
I
think
what
happened
with
that
going
down
is
there
was
one-time
dollars
that
were
attributable
to
the
air
budget,
so
those
those
were
for
one
time
so
now
we've
incrementally
reduced
that
back
down,
because
there's
one-time
studies
and
initiatives
were
funded
so
I
know.
It
looks
like
that.
We've
reduced
that
in
the
budget,
but
yeah
I.
N
Won't
just
make
to
understand
what
what
how
this
is
structured.
C
And
I
will
add:
on
last
year
we
had
some
one-time
money
for
historically
would
have
been
more
Pago.
Energy
initiatives
so
has
to
be
looked
at
sort
of
holistically
on
the
Pago
side,
where
we
have
had
increased
funding
this
year
for
energy
initiatives,
the
more
operating
one-time
money
last
year
that
was
removed,
we're
replacing
most
of
that
with
the
additional
200
000..
N
Okay,
talking
of
which
so
the
the
the
deployment
of
the
V
charging
station
and
public
facilities
is
under
the
facilities
management
right,
that's
correct,
so
do
we
have
and-
and
there
isn't,
an
aggressive
number
and
I
understand
that
we
are
building
an
equal,
almost
inequal
numbers,
the
the
infrastructure
that
is
needed
for
our
EVS,
the
sedans.
You
know
whatever
is
chargeable
right
now,
including
the
15
bikes,
as
we
said
before
so.
N
M
M
But
the
client
I
think
the
climate
action
fun
slide
that
we
we
had
presented
earlier
kind
of
speaks
to
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
the
courthouse,
Plaza
a
lot
and
then
Central,
Library
and
fy24,
and
community
centers
in
the
future
for
the
public
facing,
but
currently
with
the
with
the
spaces
we
have
at
the
mezzanine
level
here
and
with
other
facil
other
spaces
they're
not
and
they're.
Actually
the
rate
is
charged
differently
through
the
charger,
so
we
currently
don't
have
that
ability,
but
it's
something
we
can
potentially
say
in
the
future.
A
All
right
before
we
go
to
round
three,
if
necessary,
question
about
the
info
on
Recycling
and
diversion
rates
on
pages
4,
49
and
450,
with
the
with
the
supporting
measures
so
looking
at
what
we're
able
to
divert
from
Arlington
County
agencies
which
we're
estimating
at
around
50
percent.
Yet
an
overall
rate
on
the
preceding
page
of
53
percent
am
I.
Are
those
both
measuring
the
same
things
and
do
I
take
away
that
Arlington
County
is
lagging
behind
our
entire
community
and
driving
down
our
overall
diversion
rate.
M
I
think
the
two
different,
the
50,
the
53
percent,
is
the
county
overall
recycling
as
you've
indicated,
but
it's
a
blend
of
what
we
do
with
County
facilities
and
the
curbside
recycling
and
other
things
all
added.
So
we
could.
We
could
provide
more
detail
of
what
that
rolls
up
from,
but
I
think
the
there
is
different
for
facilities
like
we
don't
offer
some
of
the
things
in
facilities
that
we
offer
curbside.
Also
so
I
think
you
know
we
could
Mr
Grabowski
and
we
could
provide
some
additional
detail
on
that.
But.
P
They
are
different
numbers,
actually,
the
residential
Community
performs
the
best
and
then
County
facilities
and
then
basically
the
commercial
multi-family
below
that,
and
then
last
probably
is
APS.
But
I
probably
shouldn't
say
that,
but
again
it
is
two
different
numbers.
So
again
the
overall
rate
is
County
Wide
and
then
the
50
is
what
county
facilities.
M
P
Again,
our
highest
performance
is
the
the
residential
because
we
have
the
broadest
ex
number
of
programs.
We
do
food
scraps
collection,
we
do
E-Waste
collection
curbside.
We
do
a
whole
bunch
of
things.
We
also
have
Organics
broadly
for
leaf
collection,
other
things,
even
though
we
do
incorporate
in
the
county
rate.
What
parks
does
from
Organics
perspective,
there's
just
much
more
opportunities
in
a
residential
and
also
they're,
just
bigger
from
a
32
000.
A
P
The
zero
waste
plan
you'll
see
that
in
2024,
with
a
vote
that
you'll
be
doing
in
the
June
of
2024,
a
large
part
of
what
the
zero
waste
plan
to
allow
us
get
to
the
90
diversion
really
is
focused
on
organic,
specifically
food
scraps
broadly
throughout
the
community.
That's
the
only
way
we
get
there
and
I'll
suggest
overall
doing
a
better
job
recycling
to
an
earlier
question
about
what
we
actually
burn.
P
Some
of
that
material
actually
is
recyclable,
and
we
do
waste
audits
for
the
residential
Community
quarterly
to
understand
what
goes
in
trash
that
could
be
in
some
other
recycling
stream
and
again
we'll
be
using
that
information
to
formulate
an
education
program
broadly
for
the
community.
Multi-Family
residential
just
do
better
job
recycling
overall,
but
also
to
incorporate
additional
programs
that
allow
us
to
get
to
that
90
diversion
rate.
So.
A
L
M
Yeah
I
think
in
the
in
the
capital
plan
you'll
see
bus
stops,
I
think
it's
on
page
anyway.
We're
about
a
thousand
and
five
we've
done
about
500
we're
doing
30
stops
a
year
but
Lynn's
joined
me.
So
she
can
add.
O
The
total
number
of
stops
are
a
little
over
a
thousand
we're
about
halfway
there.
At
this
point
at
this
we've
really
gotten
all
of
the
low-hanging
fruit
we've
gotten
the
easier
things
done,
we're
now
reaching
a
phase
where
we
we
need
to
get
easements
utility
relocations.
So
it's
going
to
slow
down
just
a
little
bit
we're
programmed
to
do
about
30
per
year,
but
we're
hoping
that
we
can
get
more
done.
O
We've
determined
that
they're
going
to
take
some
things
that
that
need
to
get
in
hand
like
trying
to
get
easements
in
a
in
an
increased
way,
but
that's
that's
where
we
are
right
now.
L
Okay,
and
do
we
think
at
all
I
mean
I
think
we
know.
Maybe
we
don't
the
location
of
folks
who
might
most
need
an
accessible
bus.
Stop.
Do
we
then
kind
of
focus
on
those
you
know
if
you're
only
doing
30
a
year,
it
would
seem
to
me
that
you
might
want
to
want
to
do
that
and
I
see
this
one
here,
yeah
go
anyway.
Q
Yeah,
just
wanna
also
sort
of
elaborate
on
the
number
we
are
getting
to
the
locations
where
we
really
seriously
looking
for
other
consideration,
because
you
know
dig
once
and
try
to
improve
if
there
are
Vision
zero
safety
Improvement.
If
there
are
other
things
that
can
be
combined
with
the
transit
station
or
Transit,
stop,
we
work
very
closely
among
the
bureaus
to
try
to
make
those
projects
worthwhile.
In
the
meantime,
when
you
add
components
to
that,
that
does
add
complexity,
and
sometimes
you
suffer
a
little
bit
on
the
pace.
Okay,.
L
Thank
you,
yeah
30
per
year
for
500
sounds
like
a
long
time,
but
but
thank
you
and
then
another
question:
could
you
talk
a
little
bit
and
maybe
miss
one?
This
is
for
you
this
the
star
program.
Where
is
that
at
because
I
know
there
have
been
some
the
contract?
There
have
been
some
controversies.
What's
going
on
with
that
program
right
now,
I.
O
Can
give
you
an
update
on
that,
so
we
provided
a
proposed
proposals
last
year
with
regard
to
some
changes
that
we'd
like
to
make
on
the
writer
for
the
writer
guide
and
the
usage
of
the
system
to
make
the
system
more
efficient,
and
our
next
move
was
to
go
out
for
public
engagement
about
the
proposals.
We
are
transit
services
manager
position
is
just
recently
filled,
and
so
we
were
literally
at
that
point
before
we
were
going
to
go
out
to
the
public.
So
we
anticipate
that
coming
up
in
the
next
couple
of
months.
L
A
E
Will
endeavor
to
proceed
through
this
an
accelerated
pace
all
right,
so
starting
with
stormwater?
These
shows
are
recently
completed.
Work
like
Donaldson,
run
trip,
B
and
others
underway,
including
Boston
Pond
formal,
run,
dredging
Cardinal,
School
vault,
slides
we're
now
working
with
a
handful
of
homeowners
on
a
voluntary
basis
to
acquire
how
to
acquire
low-lying
Properties
by
negotiated
purchase
and
sale
agreements,
and
this
image
shows
one
of
our
first
ones.
Demolition
is
complete
and
we
also
work
with
DPR
to
try
something
new,
a
micro
Forest
and
it's.
E
This
is
in
a
neighborhood
downhill
from
Tuckahoe
Park
we're
proposing
a
Sanitary
District
tax
static
at
1.7
cents.
This
will
be
the
last
year
of
the
tax
before
we
transition
to
the
utility
fee,
beginning
with
the
First
Billing
in
May
24.
E
So,
overall,
the
budget
increases
by
617,
000
or
4
percent.
583
of
that
is
increase
is
anticipated.
Debt
Service,
supporting
our
Capital
program,
o
m
increases
one
and
a
half
million,
driven
primarily
by
Personnel,
increases
overhead
charges
and
budget
ads.
E
We're
also
adding
115
000
of
one-time
funding
for
grant
writing
and
administration
to
pursue
opportunities
for
a
capital
program.
Yeah
146
for
flow
monitoring
and
rain
gauges
and
100
100
000
increase
in
funding
for
dpr's
tree
planting
program
for
two
reasons:
increasing
the
number
of
trees
from
820
to
900
annually,
as
well
as
inflationary
contract
increases.
E
So
that
brings
us
a
total
going
from
storm
water
to
tree
planting
to
388
000
annually.
E
E
Our
typical
homeowner
again
on
the
green
line,
we'll
see
that
one
time
Jump
next
year
and
then
the
rate
and
slope
will
vary
by
the
program
needs
depending
on
debt
service
and,
of
course,
the
pace
of
execution
or
a
capital
program,
including
the
voluntary
acquisition
program.
Where
the
timing
is
a
little
uncertain
and
then
for
anyone
listening
today
whom
we
have
missed
it,
we
had
a
work
session
here
on
the
31st
of
January
to
discuss
the
recommended
fee
structure,
credit
program
and
implementation
schedule
or
the
fee
that's
shown
on
the
flow
chart.
E
Wrapping
around
the
slide.
The
bottom
will
transition
to
a
utility
fee,
beginning
in
calendar
year
24.,
so
we've
advertised
a
resolution
on
the
stormwater
utility
and
credit
program
for
adoption
April
that
will
include
adoption
of
the
credit
program,
practices
and
credit
amounts.
So
owners
can
begin
to
implement
the
credit
actions
and
then
apply
on
the
first
of
November
of
this
year.
E
They
can
find
out
everything
they
need
to
know
on
our
stormwater
utility
project,
page
to
how
that
is
going
to
work
and
then
the
first
bill
for
calendar
year
24
will
go
to
property
owners
in
May
of
24..
A
F
E
Thanks
to
the
great
efforts
of
our
regional
Partners,
including
the
icprb
and
Arlington's
night,
only
and
an
organized
Congressional
effort,
we
can
take
initial
steps
to
protect
our
access
to
safe
and
plentable
drinking
water,
specifically,
the
Water
Resources
development
Act
of
2022
authorized
a
study
of
secondary
drinking
water
source
for
the
national
capital
region,
as
well
as
providing
important
access
to
financing
with
the
aqueduct
we're
working
hard
to
increase
our
resilience
and
with
Fairfax
Waters
help
recently
completed
a
16
inch,
4
million
gallons
per
day,
interconnect
with
Fairfax
water.
E
E
Those
increases
are
driven
by
Debt
Service,
increasing
600
000.,
no
M,
where
the
increase
is
net;
2.7
million,
which
is
2
million
for
personnel,
increases,
300
000
for
water
purchase,
600,
000
row
rate
charges
and
the
inflationary
increases
for
chemicals
at
the
plant.
Another
800
000
water
meters,
300
000
other
contracts
for
those
of
you
with
great
public
math
and
listening.
E
So
this
slide
shows
the
major
strategies
we
use
to
mitigate
those
rate
increases.
Some
of
the
bigger
ones
relate
to
our
Capital
program,
where
we
plan
to
use
more
fund
balance
than
we
had
previously
planned
and
based
on
our
program
execution
delays
we're
seeing
in
our
supply
chain
with
our
contractors.
We
also
decided
to
defer
issuing
bonds
for
one
year
based
on
the
current
timing
of
the
execution
of
the
MacMillan
clearwell
project
that
the
aqueduct
I
talked
about
that
last
year.
E
Again,
the
Maplewood
solar
farm
is
generating
those
rebates,
which
also
then
benefits
the
Utility
Fund,
since
the
plant
is
the
largest
electricity
user
and
then
that
enables
us
to
offset
most
of
the
non-personal
increases
of
the
plant
are
related
to
the
chemicals
in
the
biosolids
hauling,
plus
we
again
sharpened
our
pencils
on
chargebacks
to
Capital
and
other
funds
to
make
sure
we're
taking
appropriate
credit
for
time
spent
on
the
non-utilities
areas.
E
We
are
proposing
additional
funding
in
three
targeted
areas
shown
here
and
the
customer
service
area
we're
proposed
to
adding
One
customer
service
rep
at
the
call
center
to
help
us
mitigate
increasing
call,
wait
times
for
customers
and
to
enhance
the
customer
experience
and
to
fax
comments
on
metrics.
This
is
a
perfect
example,
or
we
have
great
data
and
we
take
action
in
the
budget
to
improve
that
customer
experience.
E
We're
also
doing
a
version
upgrade
for
the
billing
information
system
to
enhance
security,
because
utilities
is
part
of
the
e-wide
county-wide
EB
conversion.
This
year
it
includes
four
replacement:
Vehicles
watertrudes
water
sewer
streets,
two
Vans,
two
pickups
more
on
that
in
a
few
slides.
When
we
get
to
the
auto
funds
and
at
the
plant,
we
are
also
adding
back
a
staff
member
at
the
warehouse.
E
We
had
transferred
that
slot
over
to
a
need
and
Teno,
which
was
a
good
move,
but
we
couldn't
do
without
that
additional
body,
a
quick
look
at
our
proposed
revenue
and
the
fee
changes.
There
are
on
board
reports
for
the
board's
consideration.
E
The
rates
are
proposed
to
increase
comprising
a
two
percent
Revenue
increase.
That
equates
to
an
average
household
increase
of
about
26
dollars
per
year
or
3.5
percent,
where
that
median
mythical
48
000
gallon
user
for
commercial
and
multi-family.
It's
about
a
three,
a
two
percent
annual
impact,
we're
also
proposing
to
increase
meter
installation
charges,
as
well
as
infrastructure
availability,
availability
fees.
They
are
both
based
on
the
recommendations
from
the
2021
rate
study,
where
we
do
that
incrementally.
E
So
this
provides
the
context
for
our
proposed
rates
and
our
general
Regional
competitiveness.
Again
we're
shown
in
the
green
line
here
where
they,
even
with
the
proposed
changes,
we
still
remain
among
the
most
economical
Utilities
in
the
national
capital
region,
foreign
to
the
auto
fund.
Unless
there
are
any
questions
on
utilities,.
E
End
so
year
to
year,
we
move
around
with
the
auto
fund,
depending
on,
what's
due
for
replacement,
how
much
it
costs
We
are
continuing
to
experience
significant
inflation
pressure
for
heavy
equipment
so,
for
example,
a
medium
dump
truck
to
configure
to
fight
snow
in
2020
12.
It
cost
about
a
hundred
thousand.
Now
it's
175.
E
E
So
assuming
our
fy24
orders
arrive,
we
should
be
around
66
electric
sedans
and
our
non-public
safety
Fleet,
representing
58
of
the
total
113
in
that
category
over
time,
we're
seeing
in
the
market
SUVs
Vans
only
trucks
will
create
more
opportunities.
At
some
point,
we
might
want
to
adjust
our
metric
accordingly,
just
saying
all
light
Vehicles,
that's
something
we're
looking
at.
If
you
do
look
at
our
Fleet
as
a
whole,
including
Public
Safety,
our
current
AV
count
stands
at
31
and
we've
got
two
pickup
trucks
in
order
and
Public
Safety
has
been
great.
E
So
part
of
the
board's
Direction
was
to
report
back
to
the
board
on
what
we're
not
able
to
replace
with
electric
and
23
39
were
not
ordered
zb's,
mostly
that's
due
to
heavy
equipment
not
being
available
in
electric
options.
We
did
have
one
van
and
DPR,
where
the
electric
mileage
constraints
were
an
issue
due
to
the
field
trips
and
events
travel
outside
the
county,
so
that
didn't
work
for
them
in
the
small
pickup
realm.
The
for
lightning
has
shown
a
great
promise
and
also
uncertainty
at
the
moment.
E
Cruise
on
into
the
Boston
garage,
which
operates
as
two
separate
Financial
entities
floors,
one
through
seven
and
then
the
eighth
floor-
that
post-pandemic
telework
Dynamic
on
the
floors,
one
to
seven
continues,
which
impacts
the
revenues
as
the
parking
of
daily
Parkers
are
down.
We
do
see
a
pretty
big
Rebound
in
revenues
in
22,
with
a
60
increase
this
year,
we're
kind
of
tracking
that
and
tapering
that
down
to
only
a
20
increase
good
news,
but
still
a
slower
recovery
than
we
anticipated.
E
So,
given
that
our
budget
of
Revenue
is
still
lower
than
our
pre-pandemic
revenue
of
4.2
million,
we
may
need
to
use
the
economic
stability
Reserve
to
fund
the
garage
operations.
On
the
eighth
floor,
we're
in
a
much
better
position,
it's
a
different
Dynamic.
The
revenue
was
not
as
dramatic
because
the
ice
bucket
maintained
those
operations
just
a
different
dynamic.
E
All
right
at
the
Boston
garage,
we
are
budging
for
the
replacement
of
our
payment
equipment
in
the
garage
funding
from
garage
revenues.
That's
the
transaction
equipment,
the
gate,
computers,
the
pan,
quick
kiosk.
The
equipment
has
begun
to
fail
and
the
replacement
parts
are
no
longer
available.
In
fact,
one
lane
in
the
garage
is
currently
closed.
There
was
a
car
fire
that
damaged
to
the
equipment,
can't
be
repaired,
we're
actually
getting
underway
with
that
all
as
soon
as
possible,
we're
also
in
the
transition
from
one
contractor
to
the
next.
E
The
transition
period
is
starting
now
and
by
the
end
of
April.
Sp
plus
will
be
replacing
ABM.
E
So
nearing
the
end
here,
I'm
going
to
try
to
wrap
it
all
up
into
a
future
considerations,
kind
of
going
back
to
the
whole
department,
a
lot
of
Dynamics
playing
out
that
will
affect
future
budgets
and
Service
delivery
for
new
projects
and
maintenance,
and
we
continue
experiencing
long
lead
times
for
equipment,
particularly
that
which
is
manufactured
and
the
inflation
is
pretty
cute
and
sometimes
random
areas
somewhat
unpredictable
as
we
pursue
our
cep
roadmap
and
our
aggressive
carbon
neutrality
goals.
E
So
are
many
other
people,
both
public
and
private,
so
the
manufacturer
and
delivery
and
part
stream
and
the
maintenance
contracts
for
things
like
charging
equipment
aren't
really
where
we
want
them
to
be
yet
or
predictable.
The
ongoing
telework
with
lower
traffic
volumes,
I'll,
say
two
things
you
know
in
the
lower
Peaks.
It
creates
an
opportunity
for
us
in
some
ways,
because
we
can
kind
of
transform
the
right
away,
but
then
it's
challenges
for
a
Transit
ridership
at
the
same
time.
E
So
we'll
know
more
about
Metro's,
better
bus
and
we'll
see
how
it
affects
our
service
going
forward
like
last
year.
We
are
still
having
certain
skill.
Sets
are
very
hard
to
fill
in
those
vacancies
of
capital.
I
mean
this
execution
rate.
The
board,
for
example,
authorized
an
EV
person
for
facilities
management.
Last
year
it
took
us
almost
a
year
to
get
that
person
on
board.
They
just
recently
came
on
board
vehicle
and
driver
safety.
Technology
is
another
fascinating
area.
E
Not
Everyone
likes
their
vehicle,
telling
them
what
they're
doing
wrong,
and
you
know
whether
it's
rolling
through
a
stop
sign
or
not
signaling
a
lane
change.
But
then
again
you
know.
Keeping
the
vehicle
safe
and
keeping
your
CDL
license
is
really
important,
and
so
our
drivers
might
appreciate
knowing
that
they're
starting
to
drift
across
the
lane.
So
those
are
some
of
the
Dynamics.
E
On
a
positive
note,
we
really
I
think
integrated
Equity
analysis
pretty
well
in
our
program:
delivery,
the
CMR
for
Christine,
when
we
report
on
division,
zero
and
of
course
we
continue
to
have
more
work
to
do
to
figure
out
exactly
how
we're
working
things
internally
within
our
team
and
within
their
needs.
So
we'll
continue
to
evolve
there
that
wraps
it
up
back
to
questions.
A
Thank
you,
and
you
know
why
don't
we
perhaps
leave
that
future
consideration
slide
up
there?
It
might
spur
some
thinking
or
some
thoughts,
but
we
also
just
went
through
the
utilities
fund.
The
Auto.
F
K
Thank
you,
Mr
chair,
I
saved
up
seven.
No,
no,
no
questions.
I
I
did
want
a
couple
of
questions.
Actually
in
the
water
area,
I
think
fiscal
year,
22
saw
a
little
tick
up
in
system
breaks
from
45
to
59
and
I
wondered
if
you
could
talk
about
the
background.
You
know
in
the
course
there's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
of
infrastructure.
We
had
the
Chain
Bridge
work
that
was
done.
I
think
it's
two
years
ago
now,
but
it's
on
page,
a49
and
I
know
it
off
the
top.
K
You
can
follow
up
later
I,
just
it's
hard
to
prove
a
negative
and
folks
often
are
worried
about
our
water
system
and
proving
that
that
we're
lining
and
relining
and
using
the
Technologies
is
key.
But
I
just
wondered
on
this
specific
point.
If
you
had
any
context
for
this
light,
uptick
yeah.
M
I
think
we'll
follow
up
on
that
specific
year,
but
I
would
say
this
is
for
sanitary
sewer
overflows
in
our
system,
and
we
have
a
pretty
aggressive
lining
program.
M
So
I
think
that
number
varies
over
year
to
year,
based
on
you
know,
High
flows
in
the
system,
rainfall
events
and
multiple
factors,
but
these
these
are
just
monitored,
and
so
it
did
tick
up,
I'm,
not
sure
on
the
22,
what
the
actual
tick
up
reasons
were,
but
it
varies
over
time,
but
we
we
have
invested
the
thing
that
we're
doing
to
prevent
those
sewer
overflows
is
lining
our
sewer
system,
which
we've
made
great
Headway
at
this
point,
so
I
think
we'll
have
probably
more
to
more
to
provide
you
in
that
as
part
of
the
Pago
presentation,
maybe
with
utilities
great
thank
you.
M
A
J
So
just
one
quick
question:
I
was
thinking
this
might
show
up
in
the
auto
find
Mr
manual.
I
thought
I
heard
you
mention
that
there
was
a
the
plan
is
to
decrease
our
non-public
safety
Fleet
by
15
Vehicles.
Is
that
right,
and
is
that?
Would
that
show
up
in
the
auto
fund?
And
if
so,
is
there
not
cost
savings
associated
with
that.
E
Well
so,
for
example,
we
cut
the
three
vehicles
in
you
know
here
on
quartz
grow
West,
so
that
does
show
up,
but
the
math
gets
a
little
more
complicated.
When
you
start
talking
about
conversions
of
vehicles
again,
the
fleet
that's
publicly
available
are
readily
available
to
us
from
the
from
the
manufacturers
continues
to
kind
of
drift
away
from
sedans
to
you
know
if
you've
tried
to
rent
a
car
lately,
but
they
have
like
small,
medium
extra
large
SUVs
of
all
right.
You
know
we're
in
that
small
compact
SUV
space
and
they're.
E
R
You
were
actually
spot
on
with
the
statement
about
the
sedan
transition.
Manufacturers
have
stopped
making
sedans
so
like
Ford,
Focus
used
to
be
our
bread
and
butter,
a
16,
000
sedan
and
a
lot
of
us
grew
up
with
sedans
right
four
doors
and
a
roof
line.
Some
of
us
had
station
wagons
right
well
now
they
talk
about
SUVs.
So,
but
what
is
an
SUV?
It's
just
a
sport
utility
vehicle.
R
J
Sorry
so
I
think
what
I'm
struggling
to
figure
out
is
is
this?
Is
this
a
policy
choice
that
we're
making
or
programmat
interests
are
making
to
actually
reduce
our
Fleet
because
we're
finding
people
can
accounting
employees
can
do
their
work
without
needing
a
vehicle,
or
is
this
sort
of
a
reflection
of
where
the
Market's
going
and
we're
hoping
to
add
back
those
15
at
some
point?
So.
R
So
what
I
can
purchase
as
a
fleet
manager
is
what's
available
on
the
market
right
and
as
consumers
act
on
their
desire
to
buy
SUVs
and
manufacturers,
make
fewer
sedans
I
can't
buy
sedans,
and
so,
as
we
replace
with
sedans.
The
number
changes
to
look
like
we're,
actually
reducing
the
sedans.
It's
just
a
question
of
having
to
buy
SUVs.
R
K
R
J
It
yeah
I,
mean
I,
think
I
I
will
say.
The
challenge
with
SUVs
is
not
just
the
cost,
but
that
we
know
they
are
more
dangerous
on
the
roads
right.
So
I
think
there
are.
We
are
really
challenged
in
terms
of
our
vision,
zero
goals,
not
only
as
a
consumer
of
these
right,
but
it's
a
system
that
is
trying
to
plan
for
more
of
these
on
the
road.
So
I
I
was
glad
to
see
the
the
comment
about
the
instruction
of
e-bikes
appreciate.
J
J
Zero
goes
so
so,
hopefully,
that's
something
that
we
can
be
thinking
about
doing,
especially
because
I
totally
I
mean
I
think
even
as
a
layperson
I
can
see
that
change
in
the
market,
and
so
if
there
are
ways
that
we
can
avoid
being
forced
by
the
market
to
put
our
folks
in
in
less
safe
vehicles
or
at
least
less
safe
for
pedestrians
and
cyclists,
that
that
would
be
great.
So
thank
you,
I
think,
I'm
tracking
now
and
I
appreciate
it.
The
input
or
the
insight.
A
A
Have
been
studies
that
have
been
done
and
not
that
we
need
to
get
into
this
here,
but
as
fewer
people
have
sedans
in
their
own
personal
lives,
putting
them
into
sedans
for
random
points
and
times
does
not
actually
lead
to
increasing.
But
that's
a
larger
conversation
from
another
day.
I
wanted
to
piggyback
on
Miss
Crystal's
question,
to
figure
out
whether
or
not
this
number
could
future
be
influenced
in
the
future,
based
on
remote
work
issues
and
Dynamics
with
fewer
people
actually
being
here.
E
I'll
try
to
be
succinct
here
on
an
annual
basis.
Chris
works
with
each
departmental
vehicle,
rep
and
challenges
them
on
their
mileage
and
whether
or
not
they
really
need
that
vehicle
or
if
they
can
go,
you
know
reduce
down.
We
provide
annual
stats.
I
I
push
my
colleagues
as
much
as
I
can,
while
maintaining
good
relationships
with
them.
So
I
assure
you
that
we
have
those
conversations
on
an
ongoing,
rather
aggressive
basis,
to
get
people
to
drop
vehicles
or
to
pick
up
an
older
one
or
to
hold
back.
E
You
know,
because
well,
the
greenest
option
is
to
get
rid
of
the
vehicle.
Sometimes
the
next
greenish
option
is
to
hold
off
on
the
purchase
and
just
see
if
you're
really
still
going
to
need
it.
You
know
it's
like
okay,
so
you're
not
comfortable
now,
but
maybe
next
year.
Just
hang
on
to
this
one,
because
your
mileage
is
low.
So
we
have
ongoing
and
aggressive
discussions
on
that.
M
The
only
thing
I
would
add
with
that
is
this
is
not
the
first
year
we've
reduced
the
motor
pool.
It's
constantly
be,
you
know
we
work
with
the
the
facilities,
maintenance,
Bureau
of
staff,
and
so
just
the
introduction
of
what
we're
talking
about
with
the
e-bikes.
If
that
has
a
has
an
impact
over
the
next
fiscal
year,
we
could
come
back
with
some
additional
recommendations,
but
it's
it's
something.
We're
constantly
monitoring
at
this
point.
L
A
L
Yeah,
thank
you.
I,
don't
have
any
questions
on
stormwater
management
fund,
but
just
want
to
recognize
how
far
we've
come
since
that
storm
in
2019
I
mean
I.
Think
it
was
we
were
talking.
This
is
all
we
were
talking
about
for
a
while,
and
we've
made
a
huge
lift
and
now
we're
kind
of
on
I.
Don't
know
if
it's
cruise
control,
there's
probably
a
water
metaphor
with
boats
or
something
but
anyway,
thank
you
for
the
work,
because
I
think
that's.
It's
really
important.
L
It's
good
to
see
it
continuing
forward,
because
we
all
know
we're
going
to
get
those
storms
again.
I
had
a
question
about
resiliency
I,
think
we've
got
the
32
million,
gallon
gallons
of
water
storage
and
water
tanks
and
then
we're
connecting
up
with
Fairfax,
so
32
million
gallons.
If
we
like
suddenly
had
to
only
use
the
water
we
had
in
storage
for
some
odd
reason,
how
long
would
that
last
Arlington.
L
D
E
We
think,
with
this
new
interconnect,
it
would
be
roughly
about
15
to
20
percent
of
our
typical
demand.
That's
why
I
mentioned
very
briefly
I'm
winning
a
lot
more
than
that,
so
I
can
sleep
better
at
night
and
for
you
know,
for
the
community
to
sleep
better
at
night.
So
we
will
we're
just
kind
of
an
initial
phases
of
discussion
there
on
an
alignment
study
and
a
scaling
got
a
great
relationship
with
the
Fairfax
water
team
and
we
will
be
bringing
hopefully
more
to
the
board
in
the
future.
Yep.
L
That
would
be
great
it'd,
be
a
fun
Community
exercise
sometime
to
say:
okay,
let's
pretend
there's
an
emergency.
Everybody
uses
little
water
as
possible
for
a
day
and,
let's
see
how
we
do
be
interesting.
Thank
you.
I
have
another
question
question
on
water.
Are
we
measuring
pfos
in
our
water
at
this
point.
E
E
L
Cbc's
got
like
a
four-hour
program
coming
up
and
I,
don't
think
I
can
give
four
hours,
but
I
might
ask
you
guys
for
a
45
minute
briefing
and
then
seeing
as
our
chair
is
busy.
I'll
ask
one
more
question:
it's
my
understanding.
We're
working
on
capturing
methane
gas
from
the
water
treatment
plant
to
be
used
into
this.
Is
this
the
case?
I
didn't
see
anything
about
it
here
with
my.
So
is
that
happening,
and
is
that
costing
us
money
as
we
try
to
work
on
that.
M
For
the
RNG
usage-
yes,
the
Mike
Collins
advisors
this
week
that
the
the
the
sales
Master
Plan
the
plant
has
now
hit
the
streets,
so
we're
underway
with
the
design
trying
to
secure
a
a
design,
build
type
contract
for
that
to
move
forward.
But
I
would
say
that
element
of
providing
the
gas
and
designing
that
and
implementing
it
is
is
just
started
with
that
phase
of
the
project
and
then
equally
Lynn
Rivers
is
looking
to
secure
that
RNG
contract
for
the
transit
Fleet
that
we
also
discussed
recently.
M
So
those
two
elements
are
working
kind
of
concurrently,
but
a
big
milestone
that
the
the
Water
Pollution
Control
plan
is
embarked
on
with
the
getting
that
procurement
on
the.
M
Well,
it's
already
the
budget
I
think
there's
170
million
dollars
for
that
project
already
budgeted.
L
N
You
Mr,
chair,
I,
I,
have
to
say
great
news
on
the
Fairfax
interconnect
I
just
remember
as
a
resident
of
gravity
to
that
that
that
it
takes
like
what
15
minutes
or
less
less
than
15
minutes
to
for
for
a
that.
The
pressure
drops
if
there
is
a
major
Interruption
of
the
supply
from
the
LA,
carlea
Reservoir
right,
so
I
hope
this
is
and
and
I
know,
that's
far
less
time
when
we
talk
about
Rosslyn
or
other
places.
So
that's
that's
good
news.
N
Oh
back
on
on
the
on
the
Sudan
Fleet
I
mean
there
are
two
things.
First
of
all,
the
conversion
brings
also
savings
on
maintenance
and
the
availability
of
the
fleet
is
better.
One
thing
that
TVs
accomplish
is
this:
they
are
more
available,
they
don't
have
to
be
I
mean
their
maintenance
is
shorter
and
or
at
least
it's
said
that
shorter.
Maybe
there
is,
there
are
other
insights,
so
that
adds
an
additional
efficiency
parameters.
So
do
we
account
for
this
kind
of
savings
and
to
miss
Crystal's
remarks?
N
Evs,
unfortunately,
are
heavier
Vehicles,
even
if
they
are
small
their
way
heavier
than
their
equivalence
in
in
the
other
world.
So
this
is
what
this
is,
how
I
interpret
the
the
higher
safety
standards
and
implementing
you
know
using
modern
Technologies
to
make
driving
safer.
N
So
I
guess
that
in
our
respect,
when
we
buy
these
vehicles,
we
include
these
specifically
because
these
are
vehicles
that
if
something
happens,
is
far
more,
you
know
impactful
an
additional
wrinkle
to
that
we
we
are
spending
a
lot
of
money
on
EV
infrastructure
to
to
charge
our
EVS.
N
One
part
that
makes
EVS
more
available
is
to
be
able
to
charge
them
fast,
so
not
only
with
trickle
charging,
which
we
can
obviously
manage
very
well,
but
also
you
know
fast
charging
and
I've
seen
that
you
are
including
two
safety
vehicles
in
the
in
the
new
conversion.
Fleet,
so
I
find
it
I
find
this
fascinating
interesting
that
we
can
make
inroads
in
safety
vehicle
conversion.
So
if
you
can
comment
on
that.
M
The
only
thing
I'll
comment,
I
would
the
first
thing
I
think
the
automotive
Fleet
I
mean
I,
think
it's
given
it
weren't.
M
They
weren't
the
two
positions
that
were
frozen
as
part
of
the
automotive
fund
work,
mechanics
necessarily,
but
there
was
a
node
in
there
on
page
903
that
we're
gonna
continue
to
monitor
it,
but
I
think
it
did
give
additional
Comfort
or-
or
you
know,
in
the
area
of
EVS,
that
we
think
that,
with
the
addition
of
the
fleet
that
that
may
incrementally
reduce
but
I
think
we're
gonna
have
to
monitor
what
that
looks
like
in
the
future.
M
As
we
try
to
understand
and
train
it's
a
as
we've
talked
to
Transit
properties,
it's
a
whole
retraining
of
the
workforce.
If
we
get
a
high
higher
penetration
of
rate
in
our
Fleet,
as
we
do
that
it's
going
to
change
what
our
mechanics
have
to
do
so
appreciate
that
and
I
think
Chris
Allison
who
joined
us
earlier
is
tracking
that
and
well
aware
of
that
consideration.
N
A
All
right
so
a
couple
long-term
questions
for
me
and
then
back
to
Mr
Durante.
So,
as
you
think
about
the
future
and
we're
mindful
of
the
big
jump
in
the
household
Solid
Waste
rate
this
year
and
Mr
Robertson's
useful
reminder
about
the
regressivity
of
such
attacks.
Are
we
exploring
other
mechanisms?
Maybe
thinking
about
collecting
for
household
Solid
Waste
like
unit
based
pricing?
A
That
I
know
is
done
in
some
European
and
Asian
countries,
because,
as
it
exists
now,
there
is
absolutely
no
incentive
for
anyone
to
do
the
right
thing
other
than
their
own
conscience
and
Desiring
to
you
know
be
ecologically
forward-thinking.
There
is
no
actual
price
incentive,
since
all
of
the
costs
are
spared
equal
or
spread
around
equally.
M
Yeah
I
think
one
thing
I
would
just
say:
unit
based
actually
way
in
some
communities
have
looked
at
weighing
the
solid
waste
as
it
gets
collected
and
building
on
that,
that's
something
is
there.
A
waste
plan
is
considering
a
lot
of
different
considerations
on
what
on
what
we're
going
to
have
to
do
to
achieve
the
you
know,
long-term
goal
of
being
a
zero
waste.
Community
I
would
say
that
that
is,
creates
its
own
technology
and
system
challenges
and
I'm
I.
M
Don't
think
we're
actively
pursuing
that
right
now,
Mr
Dorsey,
but
I
think
we
would
perhaps
consider
that
in
the
future
as
part
of
the
zero
waste
plan
and
whatever
it
takes
to
get
get
that
you
know,
consideration
done
to
incentivize
individuals
to
potentially
recycle
more
to
get
to
that
goal.
M
To
reduce
waste
in
that
in
the
shifting
from
cart
to
cart
is
is
one
of
the
things
we
want
to
incentivize
so
whether
it's
unit
based
charging
per
the
solid
waste
that's
put
in
that
cart
or
other
incentives
that
will
still
get
us
there
in
a
different
fashion.
So
I
don't
think
that's
an
active
tool,
but
we
can
follow
up
with
you.
K
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair
and
mostly
I,
wanted
to
to
just
see
if
I
understood
the
compensation
proposal.
Notwithstanding
the
the
you
know,
the
2000
spread
equally,
not
just
in
the
director's
office,
but
it's
a
four
percent.
The
Proposal
is
a
four
percent
Plus
four
and
a
half
plus
the
one
time
and
I
know
that
you
will
conclude
with
this
Mr
chair,
but
thinking
about
the
245
people
in
water,
in
that
in
that
fund
and
and
the
800
people,
we
we
don't
always.
K
L
Question
I
love
that
picture
of
the
soon
to
be
solar
array
on
top
of
all
the
buses,
shading
them
protecting
them.
Producing
energy
and
I've
often
thought
I
mean.
Could
this
be
a
model
because
many
in
my
lifetime
I've
been
in
really
hot
parking
lots
in
the
baking
sun
and
looking
for
shade
somewhere
I
mean
the
Pentagon
parking
lot?
You
could
probably
cover
that.
That's
not
us,
because
there
are
lots
of
parking.
Lots
like
right
here
is
that
sort
of
are
we
sort
of
heading
in
that
direction?
L
This
is
just
sort
of
a
general
question
because
I
got
you
guys
here,
but
that
always
just
seemed
like
a
beautiful
solution
to
a
couple
of
problems.
I
don't
know,
maybe
it's
harder
than
it
was
we'll
find
out
if
it
works.
I
guess
that's
where
we
are
okay,
I'll
answer
the
question
for
you.
Thank
you.
E
A
L
A
Unfortunately,
it
means
that
when
you
hear
from
them
it
is
typically
because
something
has
broken
down
which
creates
not
just
an
urgency
in
remediating
the
issue,
but
dealing
with
someone
who
is
really
really
at
a
high
point
of
stress.
So
I
love
the
investments
in
customer
service
to
facilitate
and
help
that
and
just
overall
I
know
we
ask
a
lot
of
you
actually
I'm
not
going
to
apologize
for
that
I
mean
it's.
A
It's
it's
big
and,
and
we
need
the
department
of
everything
under
the
sun
to
to
deliver
in
all
of
the
ways
that
are
going
to
make
our
community
better.
But
we
thank
you
so
much
for
for
sharing
these
these
plans
and
also
how
you're
really
operationalizing
this
within
the
upcoming
budget.
So
thank
you
all.