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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: November 2019
Description
ATV's monthly conversation with Arlington County Board members on the major issues discussed at November's Board meeting
Topics
• FY 2021 Budget guidance
• Bonus density changes
• Harris Teeter Site Plan
• Jennie Dean Park contract
• Regulating e-scooters
• General Assembly package
A
Hello
and
welcome
to
County
Board
wrap
up
our
look
at
the
key
actions.
The
board
takes
at
its
monthly
meeting,
I'm
Tara
O'donnell
and
today
I'm
going
to
be
chatting
with
County
Board
Chair
Christian
Dorsey,
as
well
as
board
member
Eric
guts,
all
about
the
decisions
they
made
at
the
November
meeting
that
impact
you
your
family
and
our
community.
Well,
let's
start
off.
We
are
in
budget
season,
yet
again
are.
A
B
I
think
the
top
line,
probably,
is
that,
after
a
couple
of
years
of
looking
at
really
constrained
budgets
where
we
were
expecting
revenue
that
was
in
no
way
sufficient
to
deal
with
continuing
our
existing
levels
of
service.
The
outlook
is
different
this
year
and
the
managers
forecast
look
like
we
should
have
sufficient
revenues
to
have
a
continuing
services
budget
without
requiring
any
dramatic
changes
in
program
delivery
or
increases
in
the
tax
rate.
B
So
much
it
doesn't
appear
that
Amazon
is
really
driving
this
at
all
and
we
wouldn't
expect
it
to
they've
hired
about
a
hundred
employees,
thus
far
most
of
them
I
think
we're
already
within
the
region.
So
there
really
hasn't
been
any.
You
know
real
shifting
of
people,
nor
have
they
made
any
substantial
capital
investments
yet.
B
So
this
is
really
not
about
the
Amazon
effect,
but
just
what
is
cyclical
strength
in
mostly
the
commercial
real
estate
market,
which,
as
we
know,
was
depressor
of
of
revenues
over
the
past
few
years,
and
now
that's
shifted
and
hopefully
will
continue
to
shift
upwards,
which
is
also
good
news
for
residential
taxpayers.
It
means
that
overall,
our
budget
outlook
has
improved
how.
B
So
you
know
schools
is
it
an
unknown?
They
run
their
own
parallel
budget
process.
So
we
don't
yet
know
whether
or
not
they're
in
the
same
position
that
we're
looking
at
we're
expected.
Revenues
should
allow
for
them
to
deliver
their
program.
That
remains
to
be
seen,
but
with
Metro.
The
good
news
is
that
we
have
at
least
predictability
in
metros
needs,
so
that
has
been
baked
in
so
to
speak
to
our
budget
outlook.
B
B
A
C
It's
a
little
early
right
now
in
terms
of
other
than
we
had
some
specific
advocacy
around.
The
recently
adopted
closeout
funding,
which
is
where
we
take
what's
left
over
from
last
year,
and
we
and
we
carry
that
forward
into
next
year.
We
had
some
advocacy
from
our
affordable
housing
and
safety
in
that
community,
but
what
we
will
be
you
know
as
we
gear
up
for
this
cycle
that
is
just
beginning
now.
C
The
manager
will
come
forward
with
his
officially
proposed
budget
in
February,
and
then
we
will
have
a
couple
of
months
there
until
we
ultimately
adopt
in
April
the
budget,
where
we
certainly
expect
to
hear
from
all
aspects
of
the
community.
That's
that
will
be
the
school's
community
at
will
be
our
nonprofits.
That
would
be
the
business
community.
That
will
be
all
the
stakeholders
throughout
the
community
who
are
gonna.
C
The
need
for
storm
to
update
our
stormwater
infrastructure
that
has
we've
known
about
for
quite
some
time,
but
it
was
really
quite
evident
and
the
funding
that
we
are
the
the
flooding
that
we
had
last
summer.
So
we're
looking
forward
to
the
discussion
around
that
and
just
so.
Everyone
understands
that
it's
we've
got
the
budget
first
and
then,
following
on
to
that,
will
be
the
capital
improvement
cycle
which,
which
we
ultimately
adopt
in
June.
So.
A
B
C
It
is,
and
I
actually
I
actually
think
that
the
the
hot
topic
that
we're
going
to
end
up
finding
as
we
move
through
this
cycle
is
going
to
be
balancing
the
growth
in
revenue,
which,
fortunately,
is
largely
on
the
commercial
side,
but
that
also
could
includes
commercial
residential
rental
apartments.
Multifamily
units,
which
means
the
higher
the
taxes,
are
on
those
the
more
that
impacts
rents,
and
we
know
that
there
is
pressure
on
upward
pressure
on
rents
and
so,
ultimately,
I
think
our
conversation
at
the
board
is
going
to
be.
A
C
C
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
had,
as
we
move
forward
with
implementation
of
the
housing
Arlington
initiative,
that
we
had
the
maximum
flexibility
to
target
across
the
spectrum
of
income,
so
not
just
those
at
the
very
bottom
and
those
making
below
sixty
percent
of
area
median
income,
but
actually
able
to
look
at
tools
that
would
allow
us
to
address
those
making
up
to
a
higher
level,
whether
that's
120
or
150
percent.
We
weren't
very
specific
on
what
the
upper
level
is,
and
so
that
was
one
important
change
that
we
made.
C
We
also-
and
it's
it's
very,
a
very
technical
kind
of
amendment,
but
we
we
adjusted
where
we
are,
how
we
handle
the
maximum
allowed
bonus
density
for
developers
that
are
willing
to
provide
a
formal
housing
that
had
a
cap
on
it,
and
we
frequently
found
in
that
cap
where
there
were
sites
and
applications
that
were
coming
in
for
redevelopment
where
actually
the
community
could
agree.
There
was
more
room
on
this
site,
actually
provide
more
housing,
but
our
zoning
ordinance
was
not
did
not
give
us
that
flexibility
and
allow
us
to
do
that.
C
So
we
wanted
to
modernize
the
zoning
ordinance
and
allow
when
we
could
consider
that
additional
density,
where
the
the
plans
allow
for
it
and
where
the
site
can
support
it
and
the
infrastructure
can
support
it.
And
so
we
wanted
to
do
that
as
well
and
then
likewise
sort
of
the
the
inverse
the
yin
to
the
yang.
If
you
will
on
that
was
where
we
allow
for
bonus
height
we
had
previously,
and
the
zoning
warrants
allowed,
for.
C
Frankly,
we
we
know
that
we're
gonna
be
delivering
and
working
on
how
to
produce
and
deliver
a
whole
lot
more
housing,
but
how
we
grow
matters,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
doing
that
in
a
way
that
the
planning
surrounds
that,
so
that
we're
providing
for
all
of
the
infrastructure,
everything
from
stormwater
in
schools
and
roads
and
transportation
facilities.
All
of
those
things
all
need
to
be
accounted
for,
and
the
density
that
we
approved
now.
A
B
B
You
know
we
did
have
conversations
about
height
and
changes
to
height
and
considering
you
know
what
the
board
could
consider
at
a
particular
time
and
that's
a
little
bit
more
wonky
and
is
more
limited
based
on
different
planning
areas
and
different
plans
that
govern
a
particular
area.
But
this
one
is
something
that
applies
countywide.
We.
A
We're
back
when
County
Board,
wrap
up
and
with
me
here
today
is
board
chair,
Christian
Dorsey,
as
well
as
board
member
Eric
Cutshaw,
and
we're
talking
about
the
decisions
the
board
made
in
its
November
meeting
now
in
a
moment,
we'll
take
a
look
at
the
future
of
Jenny
Dean
Park,
but
let's
start
with
the
planned
transformation
of
an
entire
block
of
North
glebe
Road
and
we've
been
talking
about
this
Harris
Teeter
site
for
a
long
time.
The
things
are
finally
moving
along.
Let's
talk
about
that.
Well,.
C
The
board
heard
this
this
time
around
and
we
did
vote
to
approve
it.
It's
an
exciting
project
for
folks
that
know
where
the
Harris
to
the
current
Harris
Teeter
is
on
the
west
side
of
glebe
Road
in
Ballston.
That
area
will
be
redeveloping.
Now
there
will
keep
the
existing
Harris
Teeter
in
place
while
they
developed
a
new
one.
C
That
will
be
where
the
existing
parking
lot
is
and
then
the
new
this,
the
new
Harris
Teeter,
will
be
surrounded
by
three
different
buildings
that
have
732
new
market
rate
apartment
units
and
what
the
community
is
getting
out
of
it
is.
We
are
getting
the
implementation
of
a
plan
that
we
have
long
had
for
this
site,
it's
known
as
the
West
Quincy
addendum
to
the
sector
plan
and
what
it
has
is.
It's
got
a
new
park
that
will
be
that
will
help
to
connect
this
site
to
the
surrounding
neighborhood.
C
The
buildings
will
taper
in
height
towards
the
lower
density,
a
neighbor
that
surrounded
we've
got
some
new
streets
that
will
be
coming
through
the
site
to
allow
for
good
circulation
and
we've
also
got
obviously
the
return
of
a
a
new
and
improved
Harris
Teeter.
It's
going
to
be
a
modern
format
store.
They
have
told
us
so
I
think
it
could
be
very
exciting.
It's
going
to
be
there
to
help
serve
this
part
of
the
county
as
it
continues
to
to
grow
and
they
and
the
developers
help
to
fulfill
our
plans
and.
A
Say,
there's
been
a
lot
of
growth
in
that
area,
not
just
even
the
Boston
Quarter
project
across
the
street,
but
there
have
been
a
lot
of
new
residential
ground-level
retail
type
things
all
along
that
stretch.
So
what
have
you
heard
from
the
residents
about?
How
much
are
they
looking
forward
to
this
particular
project?
I.
C
Think
that
you
know
there
was
some
work
that
the
developer
had
to
had
to
do
throughout
our
public
engagement
process
to
bring
the
plan
more
into
compliance
there.
Their
proposal
more
into
compliance
with
their
plans
and
some
of
the
immediate
neighbors
had
specific
concerns
that
actually
the
developer
worked
very
hard
to
try
to
ameliorate
in
particular,
we
and
it
shows
the
value
of
the
process.
At
our
hearing,
the
developer
offered
up
some
additional
green.
C
Feet
yeah
that
they
offered
up
at
our
hearing,
which
was
in
response
directly
to
some
of
the
concerns
of
the
immediate
neighbors
who
are
in
an
existing
high-rise
building.
That
actually
can
that
looks
down
upon
the
roof
of
this,
so
they
wanted
to
make
the
roof
look
better,
but
that
also
fulfills
our
sustainability
goals,
because
a
green
roof
helps
to
mitigate
the
heat
island
effect.
When
you
have
development
helps
to
filter
the
water
helps
to
slow
rainwater
down
so
helps
us
with
our
stormwater
requirements.
C
We
also
had
the
opportunity,
through
this
project,
the
developer
will
be
making
a
contribution
of
4.1
million
dollars
to
our
affordable
housing
and
investment
fund,
and
so
that's
going
to
help,
and
that
also
was
you
know.
Affordable
housing
is
a
much
sought
after
goal
of
the
community,
so
by
and
large
the
surrounding
community,
the
neighborhoods
were
supportive
of
this.
C
B
Mean
there
were
people
who
wanted
to
see
maybe
some
better
architecture
or
some
different
choices
made,
but
when
you
step
back
from
a
macro
level,
you
know
the
one
thing
that
everybody
agreed
with
was
that
a
Harris
Teeter
about
a
third
larger
than
the
existing
one
was
going
to
be
welcome
to
everyone,
and
you
know,
certainly
when
you're
getting
at
an
almost
2/3
of
an
acre
park.
There
was
a
lot
to
like
here
and
balance
I.
Think
people
did
appreciate
that
you
know.
B
B
They
want
to
be
aggressive
and
I,
think
they're,
gonna,
probably
start
as
early
as
possible,
but
I
do
want
to
underscore
what
Eric
said
at
the
very
beginning,
their
entire
plan.
Since
this
Harris
Teeter
is
one
of
the
more
successful
ones
in
the
company's
portfolio,
it
will
remain
open
at
all
times
through
redevelopment,
so
they
are
going
to
build
the
new
store
first,
while
keeping
the
existing
one
open,
transfer
full
operations
to
the
new
store
and
then
develop
around
it.
C
Right
and
also
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
the
county
does
not
actually
have
control
over
when
they
choose
to
start
construction.
Now
they
have
a.
They
have
entitlement
to
to
begin
construction,
it's
up
to
them
on
their
timeline.
Although
I
think,
as
Christian
said,
they
clearly
have
all
indications
that
they're
looking
forward
to
to
get
started
quickly.
But
just
so
everyone
knows
that's
not
in
our
control
and.
B
This
is
about
a
15
and
a
half
million
dollar
contract
to
do
the
first
phase
of
reconstruction
of
Jenny
being
Park,
and
this
is
something
that
we've
talked
about
for
a
while
too,
as
part
of
the
four
mile
run
valley,
master
plan
and
and
park
planning
process
and
I'll
just
get
to
the
basics.
You
know:
Jenny
bean
is
an
almost
thirteen
acre
park
and
as
part
of
this,
we
are
getting
two
new
lighted
diamond
fields
as
well
as
playgrounds
for
children
of
you,
know
young
ages
and
then
middle
ages.
B
A
new
basketball
court,
some
gender-neutral
bathrooms
picnic
pavilions,
some
historical
interpretive
elements.
This
is
really
going
to
be
a
crown
jewel
park
in
Arlington
and
it
recognizes
that
we've
neglected
Jenny
bean
Park
for
far
too
long,
and
it's
it's
at
the
cusp
of
you
know
the
convergence
of
the
Green
Valley
neighborhood
with
Shirlington
and
really
serves
as
a
huge
regional
magnet
for
athletics
and
leisure
casual
recreation.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
this
park
is
able
to
serve
all
of
its
multiple
stakeholders.
Well
and
I'm,
just
excited
because
I
think
there's
going
to
be.
B
A
B
More
than
just
upgrade
so
the
the
fields
exist
and
you
know
lighting
exists,
even
though
it's
inadequate
and
the
basketball
court
and
tennis
court
exists
presently,
but
those
will
all
be
improved,
but
then
you're
gonna
get
some
new
pavilions
which
are
going
to
allow
for
people
to
have
that
sort
of
casual
use.
They're
going
to
be
some
historical,
interpretive
elements
which
have
never
existed
before,
which
pay
homage
to
the
Green
Valley
community
and
the
neighborhood's
history.
C
B
C
Forgot,
the
Overlook
exactly
it's
gonna,
be
an
overlook
and
we're
actually
undo
some
stream
restoration
to
make
sure
that
that
the
stream
bank
is
stabilized.
If
you
go
there
now
it's
sort
of
outside
the
fence-
and
you
don't
really
it's
there,
but
you
don't
really.
You
know,
interact
with
it
in
any
particular
way
and
and
so
I
think
it's
by
really
we're
slightly
adjusting
the
location
of
and
the
orientation
of
the
ball
fields,
and
that
opens
up
there's
going
to
really
be
I.
C
A
Welcome
back
to
county
board
wrap-up,
where
each
month
we
chat
with
the
board
members
about
key
actions.
The
board's
taken
at
its
regular
meeting
with
us
today,
our
board
chair,
Christian
Dorsey,
as
well
as
board
member
eric
gut
sha,
and
what
we've
been
talking
about
these
scooters
for
owns.
But
the
regulations
have
now
come
in
throughout
this
whole
process.
What
would
you
say
is
the
most
surprising
thing
that
came
out
of
the
whole
study
and
then,
when
the
regulations
were
put
into
place
here,
that's.
B
A
great
question,
I
said
three
surprising
things
for
me:
one
I
kind
of
had
you
know:
I
thought
it
was
a
better
than
50%
chance
when
we
began
this
pilot
that,
by
the
end
of
the
pilot,
this
would
no
longer
be
a
viable
business
model
so
that
it
is
that's
a
surprise
but
to
I
think
the
way
in
which
people
are
using
them
has
also
been
a
surprise.
Our
data
collected
during
the
pilot
has
revealed
that
these
are
replacing
largely
vehicle
to
car
trips,
so
people
are
using
them
not
to
substitute
for
public
transit.
B
If,
in
fact,
the
counties
don't
act
in
certain
regulatory
areas
by
the
end
of
the
calendar
year,
so
that
that's
a
really
important
message
that
never
really
penetrated
you
know
a
lot
of
people
in
our
community
besieged
us
to
ban
them,
and
it
was
tough
to
break
through
that.
No,
we
can't
do
that.
We
have
to
figure
out
how
it
works.
A
Helps
to
work
in
a
way
that
makes
as
many
people
happy
as
possible
yeah
now
one
thing
I
thought
that
was
interesting
is
there
has
been
a
lot
of
controversy
back
and
forth
over
whether
or
not
these
scooters
should
be
allowed
on
sidewalks
and
whether
they
were
allowed
to
were
not.
People
were
writing
them
on
site
yeah.
So
the
idea
of
speed
restrictions
now
on
the
sidewalk
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
that.
Yeah.
B
Sure
so
you
know
to
say
quickly
and
Eric
you
jump
you
jump
in
here.
You
know
the
sidewalk
thing
was
something
that
was
very
difficult
because
during
the
pilot,
we
actually
had
a
statutory
ban
on
having
the
scooters
ride
on
the
sidewalks,
but
what
we
found
was
without
any
adequate
enforcement
mechanism.
That
was
something
that
was
clearly
floated
frequently
and
we
were
powerless
to
to
stop
it
without
devoting
significant
resources
to
enforcement
of
scooters,
which
would
bring
up
its
own
host
of
concerns.
B
So
the
question
for
us
was
given
the
behavior:
how
do
you
best
deal
with
the
situation
where
you
either
have
to
spend
tons
to
enforce
the
ban,
or
do
you
try
something
else,
and
we've
opted
for
at
least
the
time
being,
to
try
and
create
a
culture
of
compliance
around
having
people
ride
at
lower
speeds?
In
being
more
mindful
that
the
sidewalks
create
greater
conflicts,
which
would
require
you
to
be,
if
you're,
on
a
scooter,
more
vigilant
and
to
slow
down,
and
we
think
that
we've
got
some
tools
that
can
make
that
that
that
works.
B
C
Definitely
a
delicate
balancing
act.
We
heard
at
the
public
hearing
a
lot
of
testimony
from
disabled
members
of
the
community
who
are
worried
from
seniors.
We
had
a
letter
from
Commission
on
Aging
that
was
worried
about
you
know
when
someone
who's
older
and
maybe
a
little
bit
more
frail
gets
if
they
were
to
be
bumped
into
by
one
of
somebody
on
these
skewers,
but
especially
moving
at
a
high
rate
of
speed.
You
know
you
or
I
we
might
get
knocked
over.
We
get
up.
C
That
allows
us
to
accept
this
as
an
innovative
technology
that
does
actually
meet
real
needs
in
the
community
for
that
very
critical
in
our
transportation
environment
that
that,
what's
known
as
first
mile
last
mile,
which
which
creates
new
opportunities
for
for
people
to
get
where
they
need
to
go
in
and
around
the
community,
but
to
do
it
in
a
safe
way
and
I
really
think
that
that's
actually
for
me.
What
this
whole
conversation,
we
had
a
great
conversation
among
among
board
members
where
it's
it's
just.
C
We
are
in
a
moment
in
time
right
now
where
this
is
still
relatively
new,
but
we
are
really
looking
down
the
road
where
we
headed
that
culture
of
compliance.
The
idea
of
that
there's
going
to
be
multiple
modes
of
travel
and
by
the
way,
these
regulations,
we
talked
about
scooters
and
East.
Scooters
is
certainly
the
most
visible,
but
if
this
also
applies
to
e-bikes
and
actually
we,
it
made
sense
to
consolidate
this
with
our
existing
bicycle
right.
Traditional,
you
know,
pedal
powered
bicycle
regulations,
and
so
we've
consolidated
to
sort
of
future-proof
this.
C
If
you
or
future-ready
it
where,
as
we
move
forward
and
perhaps
other
sorts
of
technologies,
come
online,
that
we
have
a
model
here
that
says
we
want
to
be
able
to
for
people
to
get
around,
but
we
want
them
to
do
so
safely.
We
want
to
respect
each
other.
The
golden
rule
is
if
you're
moving
faster
than
somebody
else.
You
don't
run
them
over
and
you
signal
when
passing
and
you
be,
and
you
have
advocate
you
exercise
judgment
and
etiquette,
and
that's.
B
A
C
Is
part
of
the
the
advocate
right?
It's
not
appropriate,
and
this
was
a
very
compelling
testimony
from
a
few
disabled
members
of
members
of
our
disability.
Advisory
Commission,
who
very
eloquent
spoke
to
the
fact
that
when
we
see
scooters
just
laying
across
the
sidewalk,
if
you're
in
a
wheelchair
you
it's
not
as
easy
to
just
go
around
numb
or
jump
over
them
or
do
whatever,
and
so
it's
just
not
appropriate,
and
so
we
have
laid
out
very
clear
guidelines
on
where
they
can
be
either.
In
Corral's,
our
our
Department
of
Transportation
staff
are
working
on.
C
B
That's
really
the
thing
that
most
of
us
deal
with
and
while
I
think
it's
great,
that
we
have
an
ability
to
ticket
and
fine
and
then
ultimately
penalize
the
vendors.
If
this
happens
repeatedly,
I
just
like
to
make
a
personal
plea:
if
someone
encounters
a
scooter,
that's
that's
obstructing
the
right-of-way
that
could
cause
a
hazard
for
someone
who
is
low
vision,
mobility,
impaired
or
or
whatever.
B
A
C
The
priors
are
going
to
continue
to
be
you
know,
transportation
funding
is
is
certainly
top
of
mind.
Folks
that
were
following
along
last
session
last
year,
recall
that
we
had
a
major
breakthrough
and
that
the
General
Assembly
did
adopt
a
funding
package
that
allowed
us
to
stabilize
the
funding
for
Metro.
Unfortunately,
that
funding
largely
came
from
funding
that
was
going
towards
the
Northern
Virginia
Transportation
Alliance,
which
is
Earth
or
Authority,
which
is
critical
to
funding
other
projects.
C
So
it
was
a
little
bit
of
stealing
from
Paul
to
pay
Peter
and
so
we're
looking
forward
to
an
opportunity
to
rectify
that.
We
we
need,
you
know
some
new
funny,
because
we
don't
want
to
see
other
worthwhile
projects
being
starved
for
funding
and
the
name
of
Metro,
but
certainly
we
will
continue
to
put
to
put
an
emphasis
on
on
Metro.
We
also
it's
a
it's
a
high
priority
for
us
for
affordable
housing,
and
this
is
a
it's
a
regional
problem
and
it
needs
regional
solutions.
C
It's
actually
that
the
we
think
of
it
regionally,
but
the
truth
is
and
I
know
this
from
spending
time
with
our
brethren
throughout
the
state
and
the
Virginia
Association
of
counties
actually
all
jurisdictions
and
while
our
experiencing
affordable
housing
as
a
as
a
crisis.
Frankly,
and
so
even
though
comparatively
some
other
jurisdictions
might
seem
affordable
to
us,
it
really
is
all
relative,
and
so
we
need
new
tools
and
and
new
sources
of
money.
A
And
that
brings
us
to
the
end
of
this
month.
County
Board
wrap
up
Christian
Eric.
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