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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up | February 2016
Description
ATV's monthly update providing insight on all the actions and activity of the most recent County Board meeting. In this month's show, County Board Chair Libby Garvey joins us to take a deep dive into the FY 2017 Proposed Budget, as well as to talk about a new re-development plan for Columbia Pike, look at funding for Neighborhood Conservation Program projects, and issues surrounding Child Care regulations.
A
Welcome
to
County
Board
wrap
up
the
monthly
show
where
we
take
a
deep
dive
into
some
of
the
issues
the
County
Board
considered
this
month
with
me
here
today
is
Arlington
County
Board,
Chair,
Livvy
Garvey
she'll
give
us
some
insight
into
key
decisions.
The
board
made
at
its
februari
meeting
and
how
those
decisions
affect
you,
your
family
and
our
whole
community
on
today's
show
we'll
be
discussing
the
proposed
FY
2017
budget,
a
new
development
plan
on
columbia,
pike
funding
for
the
neighborhood
conservation
program
and
some
issues
surrounding
child
care
regulations.
Libby.
Thank
you.
B
You
know
I
think
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
the
process
works
and
it's
very
interesting.
You
know
we
have
two
new
board
members,
but
the
board
gives
direction
to
the
manager
in
the
fall.
So
it
was
the
old
aboard
that
gave
direction
the
manager
on
how
to
prepare
his
budget
I
think
they
were
basic
sort
of
directions.
That
I
think
the
current
board
is
absolutely
fine
with
and
I.
Just
you
know,
number
of
those
are
like
to
protect
the
health
and
safety
of
our
residents.
B
A
B
B
About
yours
sure,
so
one
of
the
things
that
they're
all
kinds
of
laws
of
the
state
that
we
have
to
adhere
to
with
the
budget
process
and
one
of
them,
is
that
we
have
to
advertise
the
tax
rate,
and
that
is
say
what
the
tax
rate
might
be
and
the
way
the
right.
The
state
code
is
written.
We
can
advertise
at
a
certain
rate
and
we
can
go
lower
than
that.
But
we
can
never
go
higher.
I,
see.
B
So
this
is
the
absolute,
so
it
isn't
where
we
want
to
be,
but
I
have
found.
This
is
I,
think
my
20th
budget
and
in
my
years
I
thought
you
know
things
can
happen
and
it's
always
good
to
give
yourself
some
flexibility.
So
in
general,
when
I
all
the
boards
I've
been
with
we,
you
know
over
time.
We've
wanted
to
have
the
tax
rate
set
a
little
bit
higher
than
you
think,
you're
going
to
want.
A
B
A
B
B
B
How
much
water
they
use
a
year
and
all
of
these
things,
but
so
we
there
that
that's
the
person
right
in
the
middle,
that's
what
they
would
do
for
some
people
is
less
for
some
people
as
more
now.
A
B
The
superintendent
is
pretending
his
budget,
I
believe
tonight
as
well
as
we're
filming
here,
but
I
think
most
likely
because
they
are
the
schools,
continue
to
experience
and
increase
in
the
student
population
and
again
it's
sort
of
good
news.
Bad
news.
We've
got
great
schools
and
because
of
that
people
like
to
come
here
and
they
like
to
stay
here
and
have
their
children
here
and
raise
them
and
keep
them
in
the
schools.
B
So
we
keep
getting
more
and
more
students
in
the
schools
and
that
cost
more
also
we've
been
opening
new
schools,
and
that
also
is
costly.
I
think
we
get.
You
know
the
schools,
why?
What
I'm
malcolm
baldrige
award
for
efficiency
and
it
would
use
excellence
yeah.
So
I
think
we're
getting
a
really
good
value
for
that
money,
but
good
education
costs
a
fair
amount
and.
B
Community
hugely
important-
and
you
know
we're
trying
to
we're
working
very
hard
to
attract.
I
hope
we'll
probably
talk
about
that.
Our
vacancy
rate,
within
with
our
commercial
enterprises
here
and
we're
working
to
transition
to
being
really
a
cyber
hub
to
some
extent
and
having
a
lot
of
sort
of
knowledge-based
industries.
Here
those
people
want
good
schools
and,
if
we're
going
to
attract
and
keep
those
companies,
we've
got
to
provide
the
good
schools.
Well,.
A
A
C
A
Welcome
back
to
County
Board
wrap
up
we're
here
with
County
Board
Chair
Libby
Garvey,
talking
about
the
proposed
budget
for
fiscal
year,
twenty
seventeen,
so
the
board
received
the
managers
proposed
budget.
This
last
meeting
we
did
and
part
of
it
included
a
very
ambitious
plan
to
bolster
Public
Safety
and
tell
us
about
that
proposal.
Why?
Yes,.
B
B
We
have
been
for
a
number
of
years
with
our
fire
trucks
down
one
staffed.
The
standard
is
to
have
for
firemen
on
a
truck,
and
there
are
two
companies
that
have
only
had
three
and
we've
really
been
looking
for
a
while
and
for
a
way
to
bring
that
up.
It's
it's
a
matter
of
I
mean
people
are
safe,
but
we've
got
folks
working
overtime
to
try
and
make
that
they
get
tired.
It's
just
not
a
good
long-term
solution,
so
we
really
need
to
get
to
that
standard.
B
So
will
be
an
increase
in
the
fees
which
will
match
more
what
they
ought
to
be
and
with
that
increase
revenue
will
get
more
of
the
fire
fire
season.
So
we
we
try
to
keep
parody
in
the
region
and
I
actually
I
realized
I,
think
I
misspoke
a
little
bit
earlier.
I
talked
about
our
tax
rate
being
the
lowest
in
the
state,
I
I'm,
not
sure
about
that.
I
dunno
it's
among
the
lowest
in
the
region.
B
It
is,
it
is,
and
the
sheriff
has
been
asking
for
it
increased
quite
a
large
increase
in
staff
and
we're
sort
of
slowly
working
towards
that.
So
where
it,
what
kind
of
incremental
approach
and
then
police
I
we're
getting
back
up
with
this
proposal
to
where
we
were
in
1998,
I,
believe
in
staffing
and
again,
while
we're
very
safe.
This
is
a
happen
in
place
and
it's
an
exciting
place
to
be,
but
you've
got
a
lot
of
people
and
you
want
to
make
sure
you
stay
safe
and
keep
it
secure
again.
B
We've
had
people
work
in
a
lot
of
overtime,
what
kind
of
wears
them
out
and
we
really
just
need
to
have
a
certain
standard
level,
I
think
so
that
our
you
know
our
public
safety
folks
don't
get
too
tired
and
worn
out
and
what
a
comfortable
place
you
know.
Sometimes
people
will
say:
well,
you're
really
safe.
What
do
you
need
more
for?
Well,
you
do
have
standards
and
safety
is
one
of
those
things
you
don't
want
to
get
to
the
point
where
you
realize
you've
got
a
problem.
E
A
B
One
of
the
things
he
talked
about,
which
was
sort
of
interesting
I,
think
to
all
of
us,
including
the
manager,
was
streetlights.
It
turns
out.
We
have
not
had
a
fund
for
streetlights.
It's
always
this
we've
been
repairing
streetlights
apparently,
but
when
something
happens,
there's
not
a
set
fund,
so
you
have
to
find
it
different
places
and
just
haven't
had
a
good
handle
on
it
and
I
think
getting
to
us
a
sort
of
intentional
way
of
treating
that
kind
of
infrastructure
is
important.
They
can
hit
a
priority
then
and
when
I'm,
making
it
a
priority.
B
A
B
A
number
of
years
ago
we
had
a
survey
and
one
of
the
things
that
people
were
most
concerned
about
were
the
condition
of
our
streets
and
our
roads.
And
that's
you
know
it's
a
basic
service
that
we
should
provide
and
when
we
looked
at
it
and
looked
at
the
Gredos,
indeed,
we
had
been
slipping
because
we
had
been
cutting
back
on
the
maintenance,
curbs
and
sidewalks
is
another
back.
We
had
two
teams
that
were
out.
You
know
fixing
sidewalks,
it's
not
like
they're
falling
apart,
but
they
you
know,
sidewalks
apartment.
B
These
maintenance
and
what
happened
was
we
had
two
teen?
They
got
pulled
off
there.
There
were
none,
then,
and
then
you,
if
you
don't
do
maintenance.
It
starts
to
show
up
after
well,
so
the
managers
putting
back
in
another
one
crew,
notnot
both
of
them
but
one
crew,
to
kind
of
keep.
So
we
can
start
keeping
up
with
a
main
and.
B
A
B
Well,
that's
important
because
back
to
when
we're
talking
about
the
tax
rates
right,
so
we
we
are
very
lucky
in
Arlington
and
that
our
taxes
that
once
we
get
in
on
real
estate,
half
of
it
as
residential
in
half
of
it,
is
business.
So
that
leaves
less
burden
on
our
homeowners,
because
half
of
it
is
carried
by
our
business
community
and.
B
We're
suburban
in
some
ways,
but
we're
really
very
urban
as
well
so
and
what
we
found
is
really
I
came
on
the
board
in
2012
and
in
that
time,
all
of
a
sudden
we
started
having
many
companies
leaving
in
institutions,
government
offices
leaving
and
we
had
basically
a
perfect
storm.
We
hit
brac,
we
had
base.
B
E
B
So
we
are
working
hard
now
to
we're
trying
to
keep
our
federal
tenants
and
the
large
tenants
we
have
and
also
to
attract
newer
ones
and
and
really
looking
at
diversifying
our
economy,
so
we're
in
a
transition
time,
and
we
need
to
have
all
the
tools
we
can
both
to
keep
companies
here
and
to
and
to
attract
other
ones
to
come
and
all
around
the
region.
Everybody
is
offering.
Has
all
these
things
they
can
offer,
sometimes
its
tax
abatements.
Sometimes
it's
a
reduction.
Sometimes
it's
an
outright.
B
B
B
B
One
of
the
things
we've
done
in
the
past
is
that
we
have
a
lot
of
different
commissions
and
we've
had
what's
called
Commission
night
and
the
Commission's
will
come
and
each
speaks
for
three
minutes
and
I
can
tell
you
as
a
board
member
I'm
sitting
at
the
table
and
they're
like
three
people
and
they're
talking
for
three
minutes
and
I'm
trying
to
keep
it
straight
and
then
they
get
up
and
leave
in
three
more
calm
and
then
three
more.
We
did
that
with
18
different
groups
in
one
night
yeah.
That's
that's.
B
Just
don't
think
it
does
just
as
to
what
we're
here.
I
mean
it
just
isn't
a
good
way,
I
think
for
people
to
process
information.
So
this
year
we're
trying
having
the
the
Commission's
come
when
their
departments
are
presenting.
So,
for
example,
when
we
have
say
Parks
and
Rec
presenting
then
we'll
have
the
Sports
Commission
and
we'll
have
the
Parks
and
Rec
summation.
E
B
Makes
a
little
bit
more
sense,
so
I'm
hoping
that
that
will
actually
lead
to
better
kind
of
dialogue
and
understanding
on
everybody's
part,
as
we
kind
of
try
to
process
and
what
we
hear
from
the
various
departments
is
their
presentation
of
what
their
budget
is,
how
they're
proposing
to
spend
the
money
any
increases
and
why
they
need
them.
I'm
kind
of
justifying
it
to
us.
It's
a
fascinating
time
because
you
really
start
to
find
out
what's
called
in
the
county
and
I
and
I
really
like
having
the
input
from
the
citizens
as
well.
So.
B
And
that
was
another
one
of
the
one
of
the
directions
we
gave
to
the
manager.
Actually,
we
said
we
wanted
to
have
fine
if
there
was
a
way
to
make
it
easier
for
people
to
participate.
So
what
we've
traditionally
done
is
that
you
and
it's
by
law.
Actually,
we
have
to
have
a
hearing,
a
public
hearing
on
the
tax
rate,
and
we
have
to
have
a
public
hearing
on
the
budget.
B
In
addition,
people
have
only
had
one
night
to
come
and
if
you
were
busy
that
night
or
something
happened,
that
was
it,
you
couldn't
come
so
we're
now
combining
them
and
doing
so.
We
have
two
nights
again
like
we
have
in
the
past,
but
you
can
talk
about
either
tax
rate
or
budget
at
each
one
of
those
legally.
A
B
For
there
are
people,
I'm
sure,
whose
every
now
and
then
we
will
get
email
blasts
where
you
get
the
same
email
from
50
people.
So
you
know
we're
aware
that,
but
we
keep.
We
keep
a
careful
tally
of
how
many
people
are
writing
in
and
what
they're
saying
yes,
no
and
it
all
kind
of
feeds
into.
In
the
end.
I
guess
it's
a
bit
of
an
art
deciding
what
you're
going
to
do,
but
it
helps
to
have
all
that
visa.
A
B
B
B
B
A
What
your
fella
and
way
easier
to
follow?
Thank
you!
So
much
doing
it.
That
was
a
lot
of
information
about
the
proposed
budget
from
County
Board
Chair
Libby
Garvey.
If
you
want
to
learn
more
visit,
the
county
website
at
arlington,
VA,
dot
us
search
for
FY
2017
budget.
When
we
return
we'll
talk
to
the
chair
about
a
new
development
that
the
board
approved
at
the
corner
of
columbia,
pike
and
south
george
mason,
dr
you.
E
A
B
That's
a
very
important
site
to
south
arlington.
I
mean
that's
my
neighborhood.
It
hasn't
been.
It's
been
there
for
about
50
years
without
much
happening.
It
clearly
needs
to
have
some
work,
so
I
we're
really
excited
about
it.
I
think
the
neighborhood
is
looking
forward
to
it.
That
said,
there
are
some
concerns
in
that
there
are
a
lot
of
people
that
depend
on
that
grocery
store
for
high-quality,
low-cost
food.
This
is
the
current.
This
is.
B
Food
star
and
then
actually
there
is
a
much-beloved
martial
arts
school
there
and
in
talking
to
the
developer,
I
mean
personally
I'm
very
concerned
that
we
maintain
the
ability
for
people
to
get
high-quality
low-cost
food.
For
you
know
fresh
fresh
food
there
and
I've
gotten
some
assurances
they're
going
to
work
on
that
and
I
think
they're
working
hard
to
find
make
sure
that
the
martial
arts
person
can
come
back.
That
school
can
come
back
because
people
just
love
that
and
it
doesn't
it
it's
an
important
part
of
the
neighborhood.
We
want
to
get
better.
A
B
Well,
neighborhood
conservation
is
it's
actually
democracy
is
that
it's
very
most
demented
Emma
cratic.
So
the
idea
is
that
neighborhoods
know
better
what
they
need,
whether
they're
park
needs
help
with
any
sidewalks
or
what
what
would
improve
their
neighborhood,
and
we
have
a
whole
process
set
up
in
a
committee
that
things
that
they
get
proposals
and
they
work
through
and
comes
out
and
then
comes
to
the
board
and
we
do
fund
these
projects.
B
Le
gustas
markup
and
there
were
people
that
felt
that
they
hadn't
been
heard
and
that
the
process
hadn't
worked
correctly
and
you
know
and
listening
to
everyone.
It
seemed
that
by
far
the
majority
of
the
people
in
the
neighborhood
wanted
to
have
the
project
move
forward,
it
seemed
that
the
process
had
been
followed.
I
think
a
number
of
board
members
said.
Maybe
we
need
to
look
at
the
process
a
little
bit,
but
the
process
that
we
have
now
is
what
we've
got
and
that
seemed
to
have
been
followed.
So
we're
going
to
be
moving
forward.
B
Who
were
concerned
still
do
really
have
a
lot
of
avenues
to
to
comment
and
make
it
make
it
better
for
them,
and
we
were
told
that
a
lot
of
adjustments
already
had
been
made
and
that's
kind
of
part
of
the
beauty
of
the
process.
So
I'm
very
hopeful
that
in
the
end,
everybody's
going
to
be
happy
with
the
park.
So.
E
B
A
E
B
Be
and
be
respectful
as
I
say,
long
overdue,
and
that
was
my
one
that
we
talked
so
much
about
Nelly
Custis
and
we
did
have
a
good
board
conversation.
I
thought
was
really
useful,
but
the
Callaway
cemeteries
kind
of
didn't
get
I
thought
as
much
attention
as
it
may
be
deserved,
but
we're
going
to
make
it
beautiful
and
will
and.
A
B
There
were
a
couple
of
things:
one
was
a
child
care
group
coming
asked
for
a
permit
needing
a
permit.
They,
they
need
part
that
we
usually
have
about
a
childcare,
a
permit
for
childcare.
Every
meeting
I
mean
we
have
a
lot
of
these,
and
this
was
on
our
consent
item.
But
a
citizen
pulled
it
off
concerned
about
noise
and
trash
and
all
kinds
of
things
going
on
at
the
site
from
the
Zener.
F
B
B
What's
the
best
way
to
get
some
leverage
on
really
it's
the
church
to
do
what
they
need
to
do
to
make
sure
they're,
they're
good
neighbors,
not
too
much
noise,
picking
up
the
trash
that
kind
of
thing
and
at
first
it
seemed
that
maybe
putting
some
leverage
and
not
giving
the
permit
to
the
child
care
center
might
be
the
way
to
go,
and
then
it
became
pretty
clear
to
the
majority.
The
board
that
that
was
not
really
appropriate
and
the
child
care
center
was
doing
performing
a
good
service
and
actually
working
to
make
the
situation.
B
E
C
B
B
A
lot
of
works
gone
on
it
and
I
guess
I
could
say.
Unfortunately
there
are
32.
Pages
of
different
regulations
were
put
out
for
public
comment
typical
arlington
way,
but
in
those
pages
there
had
been
some
due
diligence
that
really
hadn't
been
done.
So
there's
some
very
inappropriate
things
and
those
regulation.
A
F
B
A
reaction
and
I
think
board
members
to
just
felt
this
is
just
it
was
really
over
each.
It
was
a
case
of
government
overreach
telling
tearing
pelling
parents
what
they're
supposed
to
feed
their
children-
and
you
know
it's
just
going
way
beyond
what
government
ought
to
be
doing
for
this.
So
we
directed
staff
to
take
this
down
and
you
know
and
give
some
thought
to
how
they
do
it
and
so
I
think
that
will
happen.
I
think
probably
people
meaning
well
but
getting
carried.
B
Attention-
and
we
can
do
that
in
arlington
some
times
we
really
just
I,
think
need
to
get
a
little
clearer
about
what
is
the
role
of
government,
and
there
are
things
that
we
should
be
doing
and
we
need
to
be
doing
those
and
doing
those
well,
and
there
are
things
that
really
aren't
in
our
role
and
I
think
we
need
to
not
try
to
get
into
those
areas.
So.
A
We
will
be
taking
a
fresh
look
at.
We
will
be
proposal.
Yes,
yes,
yeah!
Well!
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
That's
a
wrap
for
county
board,
wrap
up
with
board
chair
Libby
Garvey.
We
hope
to
see
you
back
here
next
month
for
another
in-depth
look
at
the
important
actions
that
the
county
board
takes
at
its
march
meeting.
E
D
D
G
F
Think
it
was
back
in
2008,
my
supervisor
had
gotten
an
email
from
bernard
carpenter,
wanting
to
inquire
how
the
Church
trustees
could
designate
this
cemetery
as
a
historic
site.
So
we
talked
on
the
phone
a
few
days
later
and
ever
since
then,
we've
been
collaborating
and
it's
taken
several
years,
but
we
finally
have
the
cemetery
as
a
local,
historic
district.
H
Because
of
all
the
growth
that's
going
on
around
arlington
right
now
and
all
the
development,
we
were
really
concerned
that
our
cemetery
might
be
in
jeopardy.
So
obviously
this
is
a
family-based
church.
So
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
the
people
who
are
integers
their
family
members
aren't
here,
and
we
felt
that
you
know
we
wanted
to
protect
their
bodies
and
not
have
this
piece
of
land
being
used
in
the
development
mode.
It.
F
Was
a
really
challenging
process
because
there
was
not
a
lot
of
information
known
about
the
cemetery.
The
the
church
had
very
few
historic
records
that
have
been
saved
over
time,
and
so
we
really
had
to
start
from
scratch,
and
so
that
involved
a
lot
of
really
extensive
genealogical
research,
and
so
we
were
looking
at
census,
records
marriage
records,
death
records
maps,
all
sorts
of
things
to
really
try
to
piece
together.
The
story
of
the
people
who
are
here.
I
When
we
originally
came
out
here,
the
cemetery
was
quite
overgrown
along
tree
lines.
We
saw
about
35
to
40
markers
and
over
a
couple
of
months
of
doing
intensive
probing.
We
found
over
95
individual
graves
that
were
out
here.
Some
had
names,
some
did
not
literally
we
probed
every
six
inches
when
you're.
Looking
for
markers,
you
can't
think
in
terms
of
a
large
tombstone.
You
have
to
think
about
small
things:
people
that
don't
have
much
money
or
are
much
resources
in
order
to
mark
their
deceased
a
lot
of
times.