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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: March 2019
Description
ATV's monthly conversation with County Board members on the major issues discussed at March's Board meeting.
March's Topics:
1. Amazon’s performance agreement
2. Housing Resolution
3. Child Care Initiative
4. Queens Court loan documents and site plan amendment
5. Bicycle Element of the Master Transportation Plan
A
Hello
and
welcome
to
County
Board
wrap-up
I'm,
your
host
Cara
O'donnell
and
we'll
be
talking
today
with
Arlington
County,
Board,
Chair,
Christian
Dorsey,
as
well
as
board
member
Eric
guts.
All
about
the
actions
the
board
took
at
its
March
meeting
and
what
those
actions
mean
to
you,
your
neighborhood
and
our
community
Christian
Eric.
Thank
you
both
very
much
for
being
here
today.
A
Well,
you
know,
let's
start
off
with
the
topic
that
has
been
on
everyone's
mind
for
the
last
I
mean
I,
can't
imagine,
but
of
course,
the
board
had
its
vote
at
the
March
meeting
on
the
Amazon
performance
agreement.
Now
it
was
a
rather
long
meeting
shall
we
say
a
bit
drawn-out,
but
give
us
the
highlights
real
as
it
were.
You
know
I.
B
Think
the
highlight
must
be
that
the
board
voted
500
to
approve
the
performance
agreement
and
that
that
belies
what
was
a
very
contentious
meeting
in
terms
of
the
perspectives
that
we
heard
we
had
roughly
a
hundred
members
of
our
community
come
out
to
speak.
You
know
if
you
were
doing
a
tale
of
or
doing
an
accounting
of
who
was
for
who
or
who
was
against.
B
It
was
probably
5050,
but
really
what
it
was
important
for
us
to
do
was
to
have
a
very
public
conversation,
not
just
for
people
in
the
room,
but
for
people
who
may
be
tuning
in
to
understand
what
this
performance
agreement
is.
Since
that
was
a
something
that
had
not
necessarily
penetrated
everyone.
Exactly.
A
A
B
That
part
was
actually
very
simple:
it's
whether
or
not
Arlington
would
give
in
a
direct
financial
incentive
to
Amazon
to
build
an
occupy
square
footage
in
Crystal,
City
and
Pentagon
City,
so
our
agreement
very
creative
and
innovative
and
hailed
as
a
model
for
how
community
should
pursue
economic
development.
We
didn't
divert
any
resources
from
any
existing
programs.
We
didn't
take
the
property
tax
and
and
give
that
to
Amazon.
B
We
came
up
with
new
money
if
you
will
so
if
Amazon
helps
contribute
to
a
growth
in
the
transient
occupancy
tax,
the
tax
paid
by
hotel
visitors,
if
that
tax
grows,
and
only
if
it
grows
Amazon,
will
be
eligible
for
a
small
percentage
of
that
growth.
In
this
case,
15%
of
just
the
growth
in
that
tax,
so
two
conditions
have
to
be
met.
B
It
has
to
grow
in
order
for
Amazon
to
be
eligible
for
money,
and
then
they
also
have
to
build
and
occupy
square
footage
according
to
a
schedule
that
was
laid
out
in
the
agreement.
Now
all
told
we
project
that
that
could
be
twenty
three
million
dollars,
but
the
important
thing
is:
that's
not
guaranteed
it's
pay
for
performance.
If
the
tax
grows
and
if
they
occupy
the
square
footage,
then
they
will
be
eligible
for
that
small
increment
I
think.
A
B
A
C
The
indirect
incentives-
and
you
know
people
sometimes
hear
these
big
huge
numbers,
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
and
it's
true.
There
are
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
that
we're
gonna
get
from
the
state
and
there's
money
that
we
are
putting
in
there
all
towards
infrastructure
things
that
we've
already
said
as
a
community
that
we're
gonna
do
that.
The
board
has
already
adopted
in
our
capital
improvement
plan
and
the
the
big
win
for
Arlington
in
this
is
also
that
we
are
getting
that
additional
money
from
the
state
that
we
never
would
have
gotten.
C
We
had
one
member
of
the
public
who
testified
on
Saturday,
I,
think
I,
think
that
was
actually
a
highlight.
We
all
agree,
miss
June,
O'connell
I
think
she
nailed
that
she
said
take
the
money
from
the
state
because
we
wouldn't
otherwise
get
it.
So
we're
gonna
use
that
to
invest
in
things
like
a
second
Metro
entrance
improvements
to
the
to
Route,
one
that
are
going
to
make
it
more
pedestrian,
friendly,
bicycling
infrastructure,
other
things
in
the
air,
both
in
the
area
and
and
and
the
surrounding
Crystal
City
Pentagon
city
neighborhoods.
C
A
As
you
mentioned,
you
know
there
are
a
lot
of
opinions
out
there
on
this
project
and
you
and
all
the
entire
board
has
been
out
for
the
last
couple
of
months,
since
the
announcement
was
made
that
Arlington
had
been
selected
back
in
November
to
engage
with
Arlington
ian's
and
to
hear
some
of
their
concerns.
What
are
some
of
the
at
the
high
level
concerns
that
you
kind
of
heard
the
themes
that
you
heard
across
the
board
throughout
the
process
you.
B
C
Think
it's
well
said:
Christian
and
I
would
say
the
universal
theme
that
I
heard
was
people
want
to
know
kind
of
what
you
just
said.
Christian
is
that
that
we
know
what
we're
doing
that
we
have
a
plan,
let's
face
it:
housing,
affordability
and
the
shortage
of
housing.
That
was
an
issue
long
before
we
ever
talked
about
Amazon
coming
and
it's
an
issue.
We
have
to
deal
with
making
sure
that
we
that
we're
making
investments
in
our
transportation
infrastructure.
C
That
was
something
that
we
know
we
have
to
do,
and
we
need
to
do
it
and
now
we've
got
more
resources
to
do
it.
We
also
and
I
think,
maybe
in
in
the
case
of
schools,
we
have
crowded
schools.
We
know
we
need
to
build
more
schools.
We're
working.
The
County
Board
is
working
with
the
school
board
to
make
sure
that
we
find
the
options
to
do
that,
but
also
what
Amazon
coming
it's
not
only
about
the
additional
tax
revenue.
C
Let's
look
at
these
issues:
let's
talk
about
what
do
we
need
to
do
to
make
sure
that
we're
meeting
these
challenges
and
I
think
by
and
large
I
think
what
we
all
found
and
are
in
one
way
or
the
other,
no
matter
what
group
that
you're
talking
to
there's
a
sense
of
optimism
that
this
is
this
is
taking
us
into
the
future
and
we
can
meet
the
challenges
that
we
face.
I
know.
A
B
It's
important
to
remember
that
when
Amazon
was
looking
to
cite
a
headquarters
location-
and
there
was
this
big
number
of
50,000
jobs,
that
was
a
projection.
You
know
that's
not
something
that
they
know
that
they're
it
iteratively
going
to
do
it's
going
to
be
based
on
how
their
business
grows
if
it
grows
so
I
think
the
decision
to
pull
out
of
New
York
just
means
Amazon
looks
at
all
of
the
other
places
that
they
have
targeted.
B
So
we
know
Arlington
is
one
but
they're
still
in
Seattle
and
my
understanding,
they
have
about
17
other
communities
in
the
country
where
they
have
investments,
so
they
have
the
room
to
grow,
to
meet
their
needs
for
the
foreseeable
future.
And
if
that
changes-
and
they
invest
more
here
in
Arlington
over
time-
that's
a
conversation
we
can
have
at
a
later
date.
Now.
C
A
C
I
think
that
you
know
Arlington,
it's
really
the
philosophy
that
we
had
all
the
way
through
this
going
back
to
the
very
early
stages,
when
the
state
first
put
forth
our
bid
and
then
entered
negotiations
with
Amazon,
we
as
a
board,
we
maintained
from
the
get-go
we're
gonna
stay
the
course
we
believe
in
who
we
are
we're
not
bending
over
backwards,
we're
not
doing
anything
crazy.
We
don't
have
to.
C
We
have
already
the
infrastructure
of
the
community
that
they
sought
after
we've
got
the
talent
that
they
want
and
I
think
we're
sticking
with
that
philosophy
that
we've
got
it
all
going
on
right
here.
You
want
to
come,
be
a
part
of
our
community,
then
we're
gonna
welcome
them.
If
they
want
to
grow,
we're
gonna,
encourage
them
to
grow
as
fast
and
as
much
as
they
can
and
we're
also.
C
You
and
but,
and
we're
also
going
to
continue
to
look
at
you
know.
We've
used
this
analogy
that
if
we've
been
whale
hunting
and
we
caught
the
whale
well
now
we've
got
lots
of
other
fish
to
go
after
and
make
sure
that
we're
that
we're
addressing
the
needs
of
our
small
businesses
and
growing
the
businesses
that
are
already
here
and
and
helping
them
to
grow.
So
we've
always
taken
that
balance
and
I
think
we're
just
going
to
keep
going
with
that.
Now.
A
B
You
know
the
the
performance
agreement
and
public
conversations
that
we've
had
over
the
last
couple
of
months
have
been
unusual
for
Arlington.
We
don't
typically
do
all
of
this
from
this
point
forward.
It
starts
to
get
very
familiar,
so
Amazon
is
going
to
occupy
some
leased
space
in
Crystal
City
they're,
going
to
be
bringing
in
employees
by
the
hundreds
this
year,
not
anything
larger
than
that,
and
then
they
have
a
phase
up
of
the
number
of
employees.
A
We've
all
gone
alright.
Well,
we
will
obviously
be
continuing
the
conversation
as
those
site
plans
move
forward
and
the
company
continues
to,
you
know,
become
a
part
of
our
Linton's
community,
spawn
that
we're
gonna
take
a
short
break
and
when
we
return
we'll
talk
about
some
of
the
other
key
actions
the
board
took
at
its
March
meeting.
It
wasn't
just
Amazon
all
the
time
stay
with
us.
A
Welcome
back
I'm
Kara
O'donnell,
your
host
for
county
board
wrap-up
with
me
today,
our
County
Board
Chair,
Christian
Dorsia
and
board
member
eric
gut
sha,
giving
us
that
behind-the-scenes
look
at
the
key
decisions
the
County
Board
took
at
its
March
meeting.
Now
before
the
break.
We
were
obviously
talking
about
the
Amazon
HQ,
but
what
folks
may
have
missed
in
the
conversation
is.
This
gave
life
to
a
whole
new
initiative
to
help
deal
with
the
housing
challenges
that
we
had
been
discussing
before.
Tell
me
a
little
bit
about
housing,
Arlington,
ok,.
C
I'm
so
excited
about
the
housing,
Arlington
initiative
and
I
think
it's
really
exemplary
of
what
is
somewhat
unique
and
so
special
about
Arlington
that
we,
our
history,
has
been
one
of
citizen
driven
planning,
and
this
is
all
about.
How
are
we
going
to
make
sure
that
we
meet
the
housing
needs?
So
there's
no
question
in
the
conversation
about
Amazon
and
even
before
we,
you
know
Amazon's
arrival
housing
has
been
top
of
mind
for
Arlington
ian's.
C
We
have
it's
very
hard,
almost
no
matter
what
income
level
you're
at
but
very
hard
to
find
housing
in
Arlington
and
we've
had
these
sort
of
disparate
programs
we've
had
through
our
affordable
housing
master
plan
and
our
affordable
housing
investment
fund.
That
developers
contribute
to
you
that
we
contribute
from
the
general
fund
to
each
year.
Looking
at
developing
subsidized
committed,
affordable
units
for
those
making
usually
below
60%
of
area
median
income.
C
We
have
other
programs
that
look
look
at
other
ways
of
for
permanent,
supportive
housing
and
other
aspects
of
the
population,
but
we've
never
really
taken
a
holistic
look.
So
this
is
all
about
looking
holistically.
This
initiative
will
be
it's
the
it's.
The
ask
of
the
board
of
our
staff
that
they
will
be
coming
back
to
us
in
in
April,
with
a
set
of
options,
to
begin
to
look
at
these
community
conversations
about
what
are
the
different
tools.
C
We've
been
talking
about:
missing
middle
housing,
for
housing,
of
different
housing
options
and
types
for
those
in
the
middle
income
of
80
to
120
percent
of
area
income,
and
it's
all
gonna
be
grounded,
and
this
is
what's
so
neat
in.
Look
in
I
tore
its
equity
stability
and
adaptability
and
those
are
the
key
guiding
principles.
It's
really
going
to
be
exciting
and
folks
should
stay
tuned
and
and
look
forward
to
the
opportunity
to
talk
about
how
we
can
modernize
our
zoning
ordinance.
B
This
is
something
that
we've
been
planning
to
do
for
a
while:
it's
bringing
together
all
of
the
various
desires
of
board
members
and
what
we're
hearing
from
the
community
to
really
get
at
the
the
current
issues
that
are
facing
people
when
it
comes
to
housing,
affordability,
Amazon,
certainly
I,
think
accelerated
and
gave
it
a
little
bit
more
juice.
But
that's
the
same
with
a
lot
of
these
conversations
that
we're
having
in
our
in
our
region.
The
amazon
announcement
is
really
I.
B
A
B
We
realized
that
there's
some
structural
barriers
to
creating
childcare
slots
and
we
had
an
intensive
community,
focused
effort
to
understand
what
those
barriers
were
and
what
we
could
do
to
eliminate
and
reduce
them.
So
you
know
a
couple
of
years
ago
we
looked
at
just
where
we
allow
for
new
businesses
to
locate
and
Maeda
made
a
change
where
we
allow
childcare
to
be
considered
a
retail
use
as
part
of
zoning
approvals.
B
And
then
this
is
looking
even
more
deeply
at
the
zoning
ordinance
and
recognizing
that
in
some
cases
we
had
limits
on
the
number
of
slots
that
could
be
in
a
certain
facility
and
that
was
disconnected
from
state
requirements
as
well
as
federal
best
practices.
So
just
imagine
aligning
Arlington
with
the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia
and
with
national
best
practices
has
created
the
ability
for
a
lot
more
slots
to
be
created
in
Arlington,
and
then
we
also
removed
a
very
key
educational
barrier,
which
was
preventing
people
from
employing
qualified
qualified
childcare
workers.
B
So
there
are
a
lot
of
different
things
that
we
did
increasing
the
number
of
slots
available,
reducing
the
ratios
for
the
number
of
qualified
caregivers
per
child
to
better
align
with
best
practices
and
and
state
standards,
and
all
of
these
we
expect
will
at
least
encourage
more
more
childcare
slots
to
become
available.
So
we
were
attacking
supply,
but
we've
also
removed
an
educational
barrier
that
didn't
make
any
sense
and
changed
it
so
that
it
could
focus
on
providing
quality
childcare.
B
A
Gonna
say
a
whole
new
level
of
opportunity
for
our
linked
onehans.
Looking
for
that
coveted
childcare
options,
all
right,
well,
moving
on
the
board
took
approved
this
site
plan
for
the
Queen's
court.
Development
back
in
2017
I
think
it
was,
but
it
came
up
to
again
at
this
month's
meeting.
What
was
the
new
development
here?
Nothing.
C
Of
this
is
you
know
the
the
this
is
the
day-to-day
kind
of
frankly
nitty-gritty
running
of
the
County
government.
That
sometimes
the
board
has
you
know
has
to
take.
You
know.
Legal
action
really
is
what
it
amounts
to,
because
staff
is
driving.
We
have
excellent
staff
that
negotiate
the
terms
of
of
our
affordable
housing
investment
fund
contribution,
the
gap,
financing
that
we
offer
to
these
affordable
housing
projects
and
the
loan
documents
can
get
very
sophisticated
and
very
complicated
and
there's
lots
of
rules,
and
it
goes
to
the
state-
and
this
was
really
just
our
action.
B
Now
the
loans
been
approved,
so
the
project
can
can
fully
proceed
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
gonna
mean
the
replacement
of
thirty
nine
units
of
affordable
housing
with
nearly
two
hundred
and
fifty
units
of
affordable
housing
in
the
Rosslyn
area,
so
close
to
transit.
So
you
know
we're
glad
to
see
that
we've
taken
the
sort
of
final
hurdle
in
getting
this
project
moving
towards
construction.
All.
A
Right
I'm
sure
that
will
be
a
coveted
location
once
it's
completed
now,
the
board
also
set
a
couple
of
important
public
hearings
for
April,
one
about
our
bicycle
infrastructure
and
the
other
about
our
parks
and
open
spaces.
What
can
you
tell
me
about
this
bicycle
element
with
the
master
transportation
plan,
so.
B
You
know,
Arlington
is,
is
known
as
a
community
that
has
very
much
embraced
cycling
as
a
transportation
option,
and
one
of
the
ways
in
which
that's
manifest
is
that
we
have
an
element
of
our
master
transportation
plan
which
includes
bicycles,
and
so
you
know
one
we're
sending
a
very
clear
signal
that
this
is
not
just
about
recreation.
This
is
not
just
about.
You
know,
people
who
may
choose
cycling
as
an
advocation.
B
So
again,
with
our
staff,
they've
worked
with
the
community
on
coming
up
with
an
important
update
to
the
bicycle
plan,
to
identify
areas
where
we
need
to
prioritize
new
connections,
improve
existing
connections
and
and
and
look
at
ways
of
designing
roads
so
that
they
can
be
safer
for
cars,
pedestrians,
bicyclists
alike.
Now,.
B
A
C
C
Then
that
gets
people
out
of
their
cars
and
off
the
roads.
So
it's
we're
really
seeing
that
the
the
the
the
rapid
increase
in
the
number
of
people
who
are
choosing
to
bike,
and
so
this
is
really
our
way
of
saying
we're.
Gonna,
take
this
element
of
our
master
transportation
plan,
we're
going
to
update
it
to
make
sure
that
we
are
not
just
looking
at.
How
do
we
accommodate
where
we
are
today?
C
But
how
are
we
going
to
future
growth
continue
to
use
an
encourage
that
continued
shifting
of
folks
to
biking
it
can
be
for
recreational
purposes?
It
could
be
to
get
to
work
to
do
your
daily
errands.
So
it's
all
it's
kind
of
all
of
the
above
all
of
those
different
reasons,
all
different
age
groups,
folks
of
all
different
abilities-
you
don't
even
you
don't
have
to
be-
you
know,
wearing
spandex
and
having
a
serious
bike
to
be
a
biker
in
Arlington
right.
C
You
can
you
don't
even
have
to
be
a
full
time,
but
you
can
use
Capital
Bikeshare,
so
you
can
just
you
know,
an
occasional
biker,
but
every
time
someone
makes
a
choice
to
bike
somewhere.
They
are
choosing
not
to
not
to
use
a
car
up
potentially,
and
so
that's
a
when
that
makes
the
overall
transportation
network
function
better.
So
this
is
really
just
our
way
of
saying:
hey
we're
gonna
we're
gonna
plan
for
the
future,
and
it
is
it's.
A
B
No
you're,
absolutely
right,
I
mean
you
know
when
we
last
did
this.
There
really
wasn't
Capital
Bikeshare.
So
really
the
only
the
only
part
of
a
bicycle
plan
was
to
look
at
those
people
who
owned
a
personal
bicycle
and
who
were
willing
to
use
it.
Now
we
have
people
who
don't
even
have
to
own
it
and
they
can
do
Capital
Bikeshare.
There
are
dhoklas
systems
of
electric
bikes,
even
I,
guess
the
Dhokla
system
of
non
electric
bikes.
That
market
has
gone
away,
but
we've
got
the
electric
bikes
and
we've
also
got
scooters.
B
Yeah,
so
we
have
to
all
of
this
has
gone
into
the
thinking
for
the
current
update,
how
to
make
sure
all
of
these
various
uses
contribute
to
the
goals
that
that
Eric
talked
about
solving
that
first
last
mile
problem
giving
people
the
option
to
not
have
a
single
occupancy
vehicle
as
method
their
primary
method
of
travel.
You
know
the
more
the
more
options
that
we
have,
the
more
you
you
reduce
the
need
for
people
to
make.
B
A
C
Truth
is
that
the
one
thing
that
is
a
constant
and
that
this
plan
is
focused
on
is
the
connectivity
of
the
network
and
making
sure
you
have
your
trails
and
your
bike
lanes
and
all
that
infrastructure
all
connects
and
goes
from
where
you
want
to
go
to
where
you
want
to
where
you
are
to
where
you
want
to
get
to,
and
so
so
it's
really
we're
building
in
the
future.
Here.
B
A
Brings
us
to
the
end
of
another
county
board
wrap-up.
Thank
you
very
much,
Christian
and
Eric
for
joining
us
today
to
go
over
some
of
the
big
decisions
the
board
took
at
its
March
meeting.
We'll
see
you
again
next
month,
when
we'll
be
talking
about
the
board's
adoption
of
the
fiscal
year,
2020
budget,
as
well
as
the
calendar
year,
tax
rate,
among
other
things,
remember
all
of
the
county
board.
Meetings
are
open
to
the
public
and
they're
live
streamed
and
archived
on
our
website.