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Description
ATV's monthly conversation with County Board members on the major issues discussed at June's Board meeting.
A
B
Convened
an
joint
facilities
Advisory
Commission
about
two
years
ago
now
it
was
one
of
the
key
recommendations
of
a
major
study
effort
that
went
on
in
2015
and
they've,
been
hard
at
work
to
think
about
the
long-range
future
of
Arlington
County
and
our
facilities
planning.
But
the
first
thing
we
ask
them
to
do
is
take
a
look
at
maybe
a
shorter
term
future
of
a
really
unique
and
exciting
parcel
that
the
county
was
acquiring
right
in
the
heart
of
Arlington
across
from
Washington
Lee
High
School.
B
It's
also
unique
in
that
it
is
industrially
zoned
land,
which
is
a
very
real
rarity
in
Arlington
County.
What
the
J
FAC
advised
us
was
that
a
separate
planning
process
should
get
underway
for
its
long
term
future,
as
you
can
imagine
something
so
centrally.
Located,
has
incredible
potential
to
meet
a
lot
of
our
long-term
facilities
needs,
but
they're
also
working
buildings
on
the
site.
B
Now,
with
only
a
little
bit
of
maintenance,
can
be
used
for
a
variety
of
needs,
and
so
the
joint
facilities,
Advisory
Commission,
gave
us
some
options
or
scenarios
about
how
those
buildings
could
be
used.
On
an
interim
say,
one
to
ten
year
basis,
this
need
of
the
schools
to
park
its
White
Fleet
ie,
it's
non
school
bus
vehicles
fits
squarely.
We
think
right
and
those
one
two
to
end
a
ten-year
interim
needs.
It's
a
use
of
the
surface
parking
lot
already
at
the
buck
site.
B
There
is
no
investment
required
really
to
ready
the
site
for
them,
and
we
think
this
will
be
a
pretty
minimal
use,
actually
pretty
familiar
to
the
types
of
uses
of
that
parking
lot
when
those
buildings
were
serving
other
things
in
the
neighborhood
already.
The
other
thing
that's
important
about
these.
What
this
weight
fleet
is
that
they
meet
needs,
whether
it's
delivering
meals
for
our
school
kids
supplies
for
teachers.
These
are
the
types
of
things
that
folks,
don't
always
think
about.
A
C
Know
I
think
it's
excuse
me
also
important
to
point
out
we're
only
talking
about
50
parking
spaces
here,
they're
already
striped
and
the
schools
I
think
is-
is
making
every
effort
to
reach
out
to
the
community.
They're
gonna
have
a
community
liaison
they'll
have
a
phone
number
if
there's
any
folks
from
the
immediate
neighborhood
neighborhood
who
working
at
any
time
so
schools,
just
like
the
county,
strives
to
be
a
good
neighbor.
A
B
Is
a
little
bit
TBA
or
TBD
to
be
determined
right?
We
know
again
we'd
plan
for
sort
of
these
1
to
10
year
uses.
The
goal
is
absolutely
to
come
up
with
a
master
plan
for
this
site
over
time.
That's
a
big
undertaking
for
our
community.
We
don't
do
anything
halfway
in
Arlington
and
if
we're
gonna
master
plan
it,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
it
with
full
information
about
all
of
our
needs,
counties
and
schools,
as
well
as
really
doing
a
deep
analysis
of
what
the
site
can
support
that
takes
consultants.
B
It
takes
engineering,
analyses,
traffic,
the
impact
analyses
and
because
it's
Arlington,
it
takes
a
lot
of
community
engagement
and
outreach.
So
we
have
not
had
the
bandwidth
to
undertake
that
fully
long-range
study
to
think
about
what
is
this
buck
site?
Gonna
look
like
in
2040,
that's
not
underway!
Yet
you
know,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we'll
have
to
prioritize
some
planning
processes
over
others.
B
C
It's
an
additional
term
in
two
years
with
with
annual
renewals
and
the
other
thing
I
would
just
chime
in
with
is
J
FAC,
as
Katie
mentioned,
the
joint
facilities,
Advisory
Commission,
jointly
appointed
by
schools
and
by
the
county,
so
another
example
of
how
we're
doing
a
better
job
of
collaborating
together.
Of
course,.