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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: FY 19 Budget Adopted
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ATV's monthly conversation with County Board members on the major issues discussed at April's Board meeting.
A
Hi
I'm
Cara
O'donnell,
and
this
is
County
Board
wrap-up,
our
monthly,
deep
dive
into
the
actions
taken
by
the
Arlington
County
Board
at
its
monthly
meeting,
as
well
as
hot
topics
around
our
community.
Today,
we're
joined
by
County,
Board,
Chair,
Katie
crystal
and
board
member
Eric,
Cutshaw,
Katie
and
Eric.
Thank
you
both
for
joining
us
today.
Well,
it's
start
up.
We
have
been
talking
about
the
budget
for
the
last
couple
of
months
now
here
on
board
rep,
but
we
have
actually.
We
have
now
passed
the
budget.
Let's
talk
about
what
actually
transpired
here
absolutely.
B
So
after
11
work
sessions,
many
opportunities
to
have
conversations
with
members
of
the
community,
a
public
hearing
on
the
tax
rate
of
public
hearing
on
the
budget
itself
and
countless
conversations
among
board
members.
We
took
an
action
last
Saturday
to
pass
our
fiscal
19
budget.
It
wasn't
an
easy
year,
as
you
and
others
know,
our
projected
needs
are
growing
faster
than
our
assessed
property
values
that
opened
up
a
gap
this
year
and
it's
opening
up
a
bigger
gap
in
the
years
to
come.
So
I
think.
B
Did
make
some
changes
along
the
way
we
did
identify,
rather
with
a
manager,
helped
identify
a
small
pool
of
what
are
sometimes
described
as
one-time
money.
It's
different,
of
course,
than
ongoing
money
money,
and
so
you
want
to
do
different
things
with
it.
You
don't,
for
example,
one
of
fund
salaries
or
add
new
FTE
with
one-time
money,
but
it
does
mean
that
we
can
take
on
some
priorities
for
the
purposes
of
projects
in
fiscal
19.
The
best
example
of
that
I
think
and
I
know.
A
B
Well,
the
piece
on
schools
is
an
important
one
and
I
think
really
emblematic
of
what
I
was
just
alluding
to
we're
in
the
point
where
there's
there's
no
more
money
to
be
found
right,
everything
is
hard
choices
and
trade-offs.
We
were
able
to
identify
about
2.5
million
dollars
additional
in
money,
one-time
money
for
public
schools
by
shaving
back
the
planned
renovation
budget
for
the
county
office
building
the
Ellen
Bosman
actually
recently
dedicated
County
office
building
the
county
received
some
some
some
pots
of
funds
as
a
result
of
reciting,
the
least
for
the
next.
B
Some
years
of
this
building,
some
of
that
money
was
rent
rebates,
basically,
rent
breaks
for
signing
a
long-term
lease,
that's
money
that
had
been
programmed
for
the
renovations
to
this
building
to
these
workspaces,
but
also
could
go
to
the
general
fund
or
could
go
to
schools.
So
we
shaved
that
budget
back
by
two
point:
five
million
dollars
with
the
savings
from
it
going
to
schools
instead,
okay
and.
B
And
I
will
say
we
have
good
news
and
bad
news
out
of
the
General
Assembly,
the
good
news.
In
fact,
the
great
news
is
that
we
have
a
watershed
moment
of
a
dedicated
funding
source
for
Metro
that
has
now
been
matched
by
the
district
in
Maryland.
It
will
be
critical
in
Metro
being
able
to
get
to
and
realize
and
sustain
a
state
of
good
repair,
which
is
essential.
That's
the
good
news.
The
bad
news
is
where
the
money
comes
from.
B
The
the
partisan
majority
in
the
House
of
Delegates
did
not
accept
that,
and
instead,
where
this
dedicated
funding
will
be
coming
from,
these
localities,
like
Arlington,
will
be
on
the
hook
to
pain,
about
eight
million
more
on
top
of
the
seventy-five
million,
we
already
pay
from
Arlington
County
and
major
cuts
to
our
regional
funding
for
Road
and
transportation
projects,
so
we'll
be
seeing
the
impacts
of
that
through
opportunities
foregone
or
delayed,
and
we'll
see
more
of
it
during
our
capital
improvement
planning
process
which
kicks
off
next
month.
We.
A
C
I
think
would
be
remiss
if
we
didn't
mention
the
shredder
right.
We
spent
tongue-in-cheek,
it
wasn't
a
lot
of
money,
but
it
was,
and
it
really
shows
how
the
process
can
work,
that
we
it's
really
important,
that
we
hear
from
the
community
and
what
matters
to
them.
And
frankly,
we
heard
from
quite
a
few
folks
that
the
service
offered
by
the
county,
while
I,
don't
think
any
of
us
on
the
board,
really
thought
this
was
an
essential
core
government
function.
C
It
was
a
piece
of
equipment
that
we
already
owned
and
so
to
just
keep
it
going
for
the
life
of
that
equipment
for
a
few
more
years.
Hopefully
we
restored.
You
know
that
money,
a
small
amount
of
money
to
the
budget,
because
we
heard
from
folks
that
it
was
important
similarly
on
something
that
is
sort
of
larger
scale.
We
heard
from
a
lot
of
folks
from
Arlington
independent
media.
There
was
some
rather
significant
cuts
that
were
that
were
proposed
and
again
we.
This
is
a
transitional
kind
of
budget
right.
C
We
are
moving
into
an
era
of
more
constraints
as
Miss
crystal
just
very
adequately
just
described,
and
so
I
think
that
that's
how
we
looked
at
the
issue
with
Arlington
independent
media
is
that
there
are
some
structural
changes
that
are
happening,
that
the
organization
will
need
to
adapt
to,
but
we
didn't
ultimately
feel
it
was
appropriate
to
sort
of
leave
them
in
a
lurch.
If
you
will
so,
we
are
going
to
continue
to
work
with
them
and
come
up
with
a
transition
plan
where
they
will
be
sustainable
on
into
the
future.
C
It's
an
in
value
service.
They,
you
know
our
best
community
independent
media
in
ten
years
running
recognized
nationally.
So
we
wanted
to
do
that.
There's
a
was
also.
We
restored
money
for
planning
for
Lehigh
way.
You
know
that
is
the
Lee
highway
corridor,
the
civic
associations
in
the
community,
the
business
community
along
the
the
corridor.
C
There
have
spent
years
in
the
making
getting
ready
for
a
major
planning
initiative
there,
and
we
on
the
board
wanted
to
make
sure
that
was
going
to
move
move
forward
with
the
full
depth
and
breadth
of
the
scope
that
was
originally
envisioned.
And
so
we
were
able
to
restore
most
not
all
but
most
of
the
money.
For
that
and
we're
looking
forward
to
that
effort
and.
B
Think
to
some
extent
that's
right,
although
one
of
the
things
I
mentioned
in
my
final
comments
as
we
passed,
the
budget
is
I.
I
wouldn't
actually
consider
this
budget.
You
know
a
conservative
or
steer
one
I
would
describe
it,
I
think
as
sustainably
progressive.
We
are
continuing
to
invest
in
the
core
values
in
Arlington
County,
we're
continuing
to
invest
in
the
people
that
make
this
one
of
the
best
educated,
best,
policed
and
best
supported
counties
in
America.
There
are
raises
for
our
public
safety.
There
are
significant
raises
for
our
teachers.
B
There
are
continued
investments
in
some
of
the
challenges
that
face
our
community,
whether
it's
child
care,
affordability
or
the
opioid
crisis
or
mental
health
needs.
I.
Think
it's
really
important
for
us
to
emphasize
we're
not
backing
off
of
our
core
commitments,
but
for
a
long
time
we
have
measured
the
strength
of
those
commitments
in
terms
of
dollars,
invested
and
I.
Think
it's
important
that
we
enter
an
era
where
we
start
measuring
our
commitments
in
terms
of
outcomes
achieved,
and
that
really
is
going
to
be
the
the
watchword
for
the
coming
years.