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From YouTube: Board Wrap Up: October 2017
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Board Vice-Chair Katie Cristol and her guest, Board Member Libby Garvey discuss important decisions made at the October Board meeting.
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A
Hello
and
welcome
to
County
Board
wrap-up,
our
monthly
look
at
some
of
the
important
decisions
the
Arlington
County
Board
takes
at
its
monthly
meetings.
I'm
Kara
Donnell
your
host
and
with
me
here
today
sitting
in
for
board,
chair
Jay
Fassett
is
our
Lincoln
County
Board
Vice
Chair
Katie
crystal
along
with
her
board
colleague,
Libby
Garvey,
and
on
today's
show,
we're
gonna
be
talking
about
the
upcoming
budget,
glup
sand,
RTA's
next
gen
9,
1,
1
and
alot.
More
we're
gonna
explain
what
that
means.
A
We
will
explain
what
that
means,
because
it's
a
lot
of
acronyms
all
the
time
Katie
Libby.
Thank
you
both
for
being
here.
Let's
start
out,
we
can't
believe
it
is
budget
season
again.
It
seems
like
we
talk
about
this
all
the
time,
but
the
county
manager
did
share
his
budget
forecast
with
the
board
at
this
past
month
meeting.
And
how
would
you
characterize
the
outlook
for
the
next
fiscal
year
where.
B
Do
things
stand
at
this
point
sure,
so
we
are
looking
at
a
budget
gap,
at
least
on
the
county
side
of
the
ledger
and
we're
anticipating
schools
will
identify
their
own
budget
gap
as
well.
That
doesn't
mean
that
the
economic
picture
isn't
a
good
one
in
Arlington
County.
We
do
expect
modest
growth
and
assessments.
The
county
manager
is
assuming
at
this
time
no
change
to
the
tax
rate.
B
We
do
have
the
lowest
tax
rate
in
Northern
Virginia,
and
we
intend
to
keep
it
in
that
sphere,
but
even
assuming
that
operations
and
services
largely
continue
at
the
existing
levels.
With
the
expansion
of
some
transit
service
on
Columbia
Pike,
we
are
expecting
pressures
from
both
an
increase
in
the
funding
required
to
Metro
and
then
from
the
increase
required
in
meeting
the
needs
of
more
students
at
our
public
schools.
I.
A
B
So
the
manager
has
not
yet
proposed
a
budget
that
will
come
a
little
bit
later
in
the
process.
Our
next
action
as
a
board
is
to
give
direction
to
the
manager.
Basically,
what
that
does
is
set
some
parameters
around
what
it
is
that
we
expect
him
to
bring
to
us
with
his
recommendations,
which
then
will
spend
the
spring
deliberating
on
really
unpacking
a
lot
of
deep
dives
and
deliberative
conversations,
our
own,
the
adopted
budget.
We
hope
so
it
is
correct
that
we've
not
yet
seen
ApS
is
or
the
superintendent's
proposed
budget.
B
They
go
through
that
same
cycle,
the
superintendent
first,
the
board
gives
direction.
The
superintendent
purpose
is
a
budget,
and
then
the
school
board
adopts
it.
Theirs
happens
a
little
faster
than
ours
does
so
that
we
can
take
the
information
about
their
means
and
roll
it
into
or
incorporate
it
into.
The
overall
adopted
County
budget
and.
C
I
think
what
you're
gonna,
what
you
heard,
though
that's
a
little
different,
because
this
is
gonna
be
I.
Think
my
twenty
second
budget
kept
the
school
I
think
we're
doing
a
lot
more
talking
about
long
term.
We
weren't,
you
know
looking
ahead
sort
of
a
sense
that
we
can't
keep
doing
things
just
the
way
we've
been
doing
them.
We
need
to
do
them
a
little
differently
and
we're
not
gonna
want
to
do
that
suddenly,
but
to
kind
of
look
at.
Are
there
some
ways
we
can
do
things
differently?
C
Get
some
efficiencies
change
a
little
bit,
how
we
approach
things
and
while
metro
and
the
schools
they
are
the
elephant,
the
room,
if
you
want,
but
it's
an
elephant,
we
talk
about
a
lot.
Absolutely
we
talk
about
a
lot
and
for
schools.
Not
only
is
it
the
increase
in
students,
it's
the
new
schools.
So
when
you
put
in
a
new
school,
so
increasing
students
is
like
you
have
to
hire
teachers.
C
A
B
The
manager
has
been
in
conversation
with
his
department
heads
for
a
number
of
months,
and
now
we've
started
to
a
rather
staff
has
started
to
take
this
question
to
the
public.
What
can
we
live
without?
What's
really
important
for
us
to
protect?
Are
there
areas
that
we'd
like
to
see
grow
and
at
the
expense
of
which
other
programs,
the
county
manager's
office,
has
been
engaging
in
a
series
of
roundtables
all
around
the
county?
B
I
know
there
was
one
last
night,
just
at
a
lynx
tim
brown
community
center
on
lee
highway
to
ask
people
exactly
those
questions
he's
also
been
meeting
with
our
commissions,
who
are
folks
who
study
particular
areas.
The
budget
really
deeply
and
often
have
especially
informed
feedback
to
give
us
about.
As
Libby
was
saying
what
things
we
might
do
differently,
what
areas
we
could
refine
and
what
areas
really
needs
some
attention
in
this
upcoming
budget
now.
A
B
They
actually
began
last
year
and
last
year
they
were
often
joint
with
APs
I.
Do
think
that
a
number
of
them
has
expanded
and
grown
this
year,
because
I
think
our
citizens
are
interested
in
coming
to
participate.
The
other
way
that
we
take
feedback,
of
course,
is
by
comments
online,
which
is
something
that
we
always
encourage
people
to
do.
We
know
we
know
not.
Everybody
can
attend
a
meeting
at
7
p.m.
B
C
These
smaller
groups,
we
think,
can
get
better
conversation
going
and
people
really
a
little
bit
more
intimate,
and
you
can
really
talk
about
things
because
sometimes
we
just
it
feels
a
little
bit
like
it's
theater.
We
say
this,
they
say
you
know
and
but
to
really
communicate.
I
think
we're
trying
to
do
that.
More
and
I
think
that's
really
healthy.
Have.
C
A
B
They're
an
exciting
opportunity
for
Arlington
to
think
about
how
to
introduce
some
affordability
into
our
single-family
neighborhoods
and
how
to
allow
more
people
to
age
in
place.
We
know
that
the
average
rent
for
an
accessory
dwellings,
the
ones
that
we
have
is
about
$1,000
a
month
which
is
much
more
affordable
than
a
lot
of
other
rental
housing
options.
We
also
know
it's
a
great
income
stream
and
in
fact
the
majority
of
people
who
have
these
accessory
dwellings
are
seniors.
B
So
it's
a
great
way
to
bring
in
a
little
bit
of
an
income
stream
off
your
house
and
it's
a
great
way
to
introduce
diversity
and
a
little
more
affordability
of
housing
forms
into
our
neighborhoods.
That
said,
we
want
to
do
that
in
a
way
that
protects
what
people
love
about
the
neighborhoods.
The
way
they
look
and
feel
the
number
of
cars
they
might
express,
I
expect
on
their
streets
and
the
number
of
kids
we
expect
for
our
schools.
A
B
When
single-family
homes-
and
you
know-
and
because
this
is
a
zone,
awareness
amendment
that
would
apply
to
most
of
our
single-family
neighborhoods,
it's
important
to
know
they're,
not
all
concentrated
around
transit.
So
often
when
we
add
more
people
more
housing
units,
we
do
so
in
a
really
coordinated
way
where
those
people
can
take
transit
and
don't
have
to
rely
on
cars.
The
accessory
dwellings
will
be
permitted
and
in
neighborhoods
or
the
access
to
transit
isn't
quite
as
robust,
ok,.
A
B
So
the
advertisement
of
the
scope
of
changes
that
we
might
consider
before
the
board,
the
actual
advertisement
itself-
is
required
by
state
law,
but
the
board
waiting
in
to
shape
what
the
language
of
that
advertisement
is.
Isn't
it's
a
practice?
That's
evolved
in
Arlington,
because
we've
learned
that
you
cannot
take
a
policy
action
outside
the
scope
of
what
you've
advertised
so
doing
these
RTA's.
These
requests
to
advertise
hearings
lets
us
as
board
members
shape
the
parameters
of
what
it
is
that
we
will
then
be
considering
with
the
community
I
think
it
allows
for
a
discussion.
C
The
advertisement
and
one
of
the
things
we
talked
a
lot
we're
always
consulting
our
attorney
because,
as
Katie
said,
we
can't
go
broader.
We
can
go
narrower
from
what
gets
advertised,
okay,
so
and
and
every
now,
and
then
we'll
advertise
something
in
realized
which
we
did
I
think
with
the
exotic
species.
So
you
always
said
you
got
to
go
back.
You
have
to
even
riad
vert
eyes
if
you
want
to
make
something
broader,
but
if
you
make
it
smaller,
it's
okay,
so
we
try.
C
C
B
What
we
advertised
is
public
hearings
by
the
Planning,
Commission
and
County
Board,
and
those
will
take
place
in
November.
It's
an
opportunity
to
further
refine
the
proposed
zoning
ordinance
amendments
which
I
should
mention,
are
actually
the
recommendations
of
a
workgroup.
We're
really
grateful
to
our
citizen
leaders,
our
commissioners
and
those
who
have
engaged
with
them
through
an
accessory
dwellings,
workgroup
that
did
recommend
these
changes
to
us.
So
the
conversation
continues.
There'll
be
formal
hearings
by
the
Planning
Commission
and
the
county
board
in
November
and
we'll
look
forward
to
making
some
changes
in
November.
C
A
Welcome
back
to
County
Board
wrap
up
where
we're
chatting
today
with
County
Board,
Vice
Chair
Katie
crystal
and
board
member
Libby
Garvey
about
some
of
those
key
issues
that
came
before
the
County
Board
at
its
October
meeting.
Welcome
back
to
both
of
you.
Now
we
mentioned
we
teased
the
glup
or
rather
general
land-use
plan
for
those
not
on
the
acronym
train
and
the
board
set
up
public
hearings
on
three
different
general
land-use
plan.
Amendment
requests:
let's
specifically
talk
about
the
Washington
Boulevard.
What
is
on
the
table
here?
Absolutely.
B
Well,
it
probably
makes
sense
to
back
up
and
talk
about
what
is
the
glove
anyway
right.
So
the
glove
is
our
general
land-use
plan.
As
you
mentioned,
it
is
essentially
the
primary
policy
guide
for
development
and
how
land
will
be
used
in
Arlington.
It
establishes
the
extent
and
the
location
of
different
land
uses
whether
they
be
mixed
commercial,
residential
and
we
are
actually
required
by
state
law
to
have
a
general
land
use
plan.
So
it's
a
guiding
document
that
we
really
return
to
often
when
it
comes
to
development
and
redevelopment
of
property
in
Arlington
County.
B
We
the
reason
we're
considering
an
amendment
to
the
glove
or
the
reason
we
consider
an
amendment
for
any
amendment
to
the
glove
is
that
we
have
a
request
from
property
owners
for
parcels
that
lie
outside
of
an
existing
sector
plan,
in
this
case
the
Virginia
square
sector
plan.
So
generally,
if
you're
gonna
redevelop
a
parcel
in
Rosslyn
or
Boston,
or
Virginia
Square
or
somewhere
along
the
route
1
corridor
in
Pentagon,
City
or
Crystal
City.
We
have
policy
guidance
that
the
community
has
worked
together
to
shape
exactly
in
the
form
of
sector
plans
or
area
plans.
B
This
is
an
area
this
area
around
Washington,
Boulevard
and
Kirkwood.
That
is
a
little
bit
outside
of
that
community
process,
and
so
it
merits
its
own
community
process
and
that's
what
we're
considering
today
is
those
three
different
parcels,
two
of
which
are
currently
the
home
of
some
major
Civic
and
community
institutions,
the
American
Legion
and
the
YMCA.
So
that's
what's
on
the
table
right
now,
what.
C
To
what
we
call
up,
glup,
which
which
is
to
increase
the
density
and
increase
with
it,
because
yet
another
yeah,
yet
another
acronym,
you
know-
and
it's
can
us
talking
about
so
we
have
your
sector
plans
and
site
plans
in
certain
areas.
Other
areas
we
don't
and
it's
usually
where
there's
a
lot
of
density
and
growth
and
basically
we're
growing
and
becoming
more
urban.
And
if
you
drive
along
that
section
of
Kirkwood
along
Washington
Boulevard,
it's
clear
that
we're
about
to
get
more
a
little
more
dense,
a
little
more.
C
It's
kind
of
the
the
Veterans
of
Foreign
Wars,
the
VFW's
post
there
that
was
built
in
the
40s
I
think
it
was,
and
the
Y
is
clearly
you
know
really
needs
to
be
renovated
and
changed
in
the
whole
area
has
a
feel
of
decades
ago.
So
we're
gonna
they're
asking
for
more
nesting
in
part
because
both
of
those
nonprofits
like
many
nonprofits,
they
are
cash-poor
and
resource
rich.
C
So
the
the
property
they're
on
has
become
really
quite
valuable,
because
this
is
a
very
desirable
place
to
be,
but
they
don't
have
a
lot
of
cash
to
make
the
improvements
that
they
need
to.
So
what
they
would
like
to
do
is
partner
with
a
developer
and
be
able
to
get
more
value
on
that
land,
which
generally
means
building
up
some
and
it's
I.
Think
if
you
look
along
Washington
Boulevard,
that's
very
appropriate,
but
you
need
to
be
careful
that
you
step
down
and
protect
the
neighborhoods,
which
is
what
we
always
want
to
do.
C
B
B
More
important
point
right,
and
so
we
really
are
seeing
this
is
an
opportunity
to
create
a
more
pedestrian
oriented
place
that
better
reflects
that
sort
of
welcoming
environment,
more
harmonious
transition
to
the
neighborhood
that
we've
so
deliberately
tried
to
achieve
in
other
parts
of
the
county.
So
you
know
it's
I,
think
about
it.
Not
only
is
the
opportunity
to
modernize
these
civic
institutions
but
to
achieve
that
sort
of
pedestrian
bike
accessible
nature
that
we
see
elsewhere,
even
just
in
Virginia
Square,.
C
And
we
do
hear
from
folks
who
are
concerned
about
the
debt
with
the
density
which
we
understand,
but
you
know
Virginia
is
what
they
call
a
by
Wright
State
and
if
we
don't
allow
a
little
more
density
on
these
sites,
I
think
both
the
VFW
and
the
wire
likely
to
not
be
able
to
afford
to
do
the
upgrades
that
they
need
to
do
and
it
may
actually
force
them
into
selling
the
property.
If
they
sell
the
property
it
could
be
bought
by
any
sort
of
non.
C
You
know
a
profit-making
put
and
suddenly
we're
gonna
lose
these
two.
You
know
really
valuable
community
resources,
so
sometimes
I
think
Pete
and
I
had
totally
understand
it.
People
don't
want
things
to
change,
but
unfortunately,
that's
not
really
an
option.
It's
something's
got
to
change
so
we're
trying
to
manage
it
as
well
as
we
can
for
the
good
of
everybody
and.
B
B
Where
the
RTA
meets
a
glove
change,
so
we
did
advertise
some
changes
and
we'd
encourage
people
who
are
interested,
especially
those
who
live
in
the
neighborhood
or
those
who
care
about
the
future
of
these
institutions
to
check
out
the
proposed
plan
that
staff
has
developed.
It's
pretty
comprehensive,
it's
more
than
just
your
average
board
report.
You
know
dry
words
on
a
page.
There
are
a
lot
of
maps
there
a
lot
of
circulation
plans.
B
There
are
a
lot
of
visions
for
how
the
mature
trees
would
be
expected
to
be
protected,
and-
and
so
that's
a
it's
a
little
bit
more
accessible,
sometimes
than
our
average
board
report
might
be.
We'd
encourage
those
who
are
interested
to
check
out
that
special
proposed
special
glove
plus
study
for
Washington,
Boulevard
and
Kirkwood
right.
C
A
C
Well,
good,
it's
it's
I!
Think
it's
great!
You
know
we
remember
back
to
9/11,
and
one
of
the
issues
was
what
they
call
interoperability,
which
meant
that
sometimes
the
firemen
who
were
there
safe
from
Arlington
couldn't
talk
to
the
firemen
from
the
district
or
from
Alexander,
because
everybody
came
to
the
scene
of
that
event
and
what
we
found
was
the
radius
people
couldn't
emergency
responders,
couldn't
always
talk
to
each
other
and
they'd
be
end
up
using
cell
phones
rather
than
their
own
radios.
C
So
that
was
where
one
of
them,
one
of
the
lessons
from
911,
was
that
we
need
to
be
able
to
work
together
better
and
we
need
to
have
equipment
that
can
work
across
jurisdictions.
So
everybody's
been
improving
in
the
region
on
that
and
we've
actually
come
quite
a
long
way
and
of
course
we
buy
for,
like
our
911
systems
and
emergency
emergency
call
systems
that
over
ears
changes
and
needs
to
be
upgraded
and
we're
at
that
point
so
Alexandria
and
we
cooperate
with
Alexandria
quite
a
bit.
C
In
fact,
with
some
of
our
fire
stations
really
on,
the
border
run
run
to
calls
in
Alexandria
almost
more
than
they
do
in
Arlington.
Yet
there
are
lling
ttan,
but
also
Alexandria
fire
stations
run
calls
in,
and
it's
one
of
those
things
that
the
more
we
work
together,
the
better
it
is,
and
we
realize
both
Arlington
and
Alexandria
at
the
same
place
needing
to
upgrade
their
systems
and
get
it
in
the
budget
and
behind
it
present.
Why
don't
we
work
together
and
really
make
it
seamless?
C
So
when
we
get,
we
have
a
memo
vendor
at
a
Memorandum
of
Understanding
which
our
board
okay,
that's
got
to
be
okayed
by
the
City
Council
in
Alexandria,
and
then
it
has
to
be
worked
out.
Administrative
Lee,
but
what
will
happen
it
happens
now,
but
not
as
easily
once
we
get
the
same
system
together,
an
emergency
call
in
Arlington.
If
there's
a
problem
for
us
respond,
it
could
go
instantly
to
Alexandria
and
vice
versa.
So
the
the
person
on
the
end
of
the
line
having
the
emergency
won't
be
aware
of
it,
but
it
will.
C
The
call
will
be
instantly
taken
to
the
place
that
can
respond
the
fastest
and
the
best.
It
also
gives
us
backup.
So
we
have
our
own
911
one
Center
and
we
have
a
backup
system,
because
every
now
and
then
something
happens
and
should
that
be
a
problem,
then
it'll
go
instantly
to
Alexandria
and
Alexandra
can
respond
for
us
and
handle
the
calls,
or
vice
versa.
Sometimes
you
have
an
evacuation
of
a
building.
C
Sometimes
something
happens
and
the
more
backup
you
have
the
more
resilient
the
system
is
so
it
also
will
save
money
because
we're
going
together.
So
it's
making
us
I
think
better
service
for
money
in
an
area.
That's
really
important.
It's
important
for
our
9-1-1
calls
to
be
able
to
handle,
be
handled
efficiently
and
well
and
I
think
we're
gonna
prove
that
and.
A
C
Right
and
we
have
always
cooperated
what
it
is
doing
is
making
the
cooperation
even
easier.
We
always
have
supported
each
other
and
in
fact
the
region
does.
If
you
look
at,
we
have
agreements
their
agreements
actually
throughout
the
region.
I'm
on
that
Council
of
Governments,
emergency
preparedness,
Council
and
one
of
the
things
we
look
at
a
little
bit
is
the
agreements
around
the
whole
region.
C
B
One
other
interesting
development
about
the
next
generation
on
one,
in
addition
to
the
improvements
of
the
interoperability
or
mutual
aid
agreements
that
we
have.
That
Libby
mentioned
is
the
next
generation
piece
of
that
which
is
to
try
to
create
911
systems.
And
you
see
it
happening
all
across
the
United
States
that
are
more
responsive
to
our
wireless
age.
So
allowing
people
to
text
to
911,
for
example,
or
send
videos
and.
A
C
A
And
speed
better
odds
is
better
for
speed
of
response
with
emergency
services
at
the
bottom
line.
All
right!
Well,
that's
one
important
upgrade,
but
another
upgrade
that
is
going
that
was
approved
was
to
kind
of
a
beloved
institution
for
Arlen
Toni
ins,
and
that
is
Central
Library.
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
of
you
know
what
are
some
of
the
updates
that
are
gonna
happen?
Why
are
they
needed?
What?
What
can
the
public
expect?
Absolutely
so.
C
You
know
our
library
is
about
so
much
more
than
lending
books
or
having
computers.
We
I
think
we
want
an
award
just
recently
for
the
lending
library
for
the
egg
for
the
tool.
So
we
have
a
tool
shed.
You
can
borrow
garden
tools,
we
have
an
energy
lending
library
which
we
also
won
an
award
for,
and
that,
like
you,
can
borrow
lend
one
of
these
machines
that
I'm
gonna
forget
the
word.
C
C
A
A
Wonderful
well,
that
brings
us
to
the
end
of
another
County
Board
wrap
up
Katie
and
Libby.
Thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
again
today
to
talk
about
some
of
the
actions
from
the
October
board
meeting.
We
will
see
you
again
next
month
and
remember
that
all
County
Board
meetings
are
indeed
open
to
the
public
and
they're
live
streamed
right
here
on
ATV.
You
can
find
the
schedule
and
information
on
speaking
at
a
board
meeting
on
our
website
at
county
board.
A
Arlington
Va
us
to
learn
how
you
can
get
involved
in
county
government
or
to
make
sure
your
voice
is
heard
on
the
issues
visit
us
at
topics.
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Va
us
/
engage
our
civic
engagement
web
page.
That's
where
you
can
share
your
ideas
and
learn
how
to
get
involved
in
the
county
issues
we'll
be
back
with
another
county
board,
wrap-up
after
Thanksgiving,
so
enjoy
the
holiday.
We'll
see
you
again
soon.