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From YouTube: County Board Wrap Up, July 2015
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ATV's monthly update providing insight on all the actions and activity of the most recent County Board meeting. County Board Chair Mary Hynes joins us to talk about the July 2015 board meeting, focusing on a new Retail Plan, sector plans for the Courthouse and Rosslyn neighborhoods, Fire Station #8, new Capital Bikeshare stations, the hiring of a new County Auditor, and a slate of new grants for local arts organizations.
A
A
B
A
B
You
know
it
lays
out
a
vision
for
how
we
want
retail,
to
inform
what
happens
on
the
street.
Good
retail
is,
is
transformative
and
a
good
street
makes
people
want
to
be
there
and
so
retail
thrives,
and
so
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
sort
of
get
that
balance
right
so
that
people
are
comfortable
on
the
street.
Our
businesses
can
thrive
and
everybody
has
a
good
time
in
these
sectors.
So.
B
That
whole
community
that's
right,
and
so
this
is
a
vision
of
the
kinds
of
things
that
are
most
appropriate
in
different
parts
and
we
start
by
building
on
the
sector
plans
and
on
our
metro
stations,
where
we
want
activity
to
happen,
and
then
you
kind
of
move
back
from
there
into
a
little
less
intense
kinds
of
retail
along
the
side
streets.
So.
B
That's
a
great
question:
no,
it's
not
a
regulation.
So
it's
really
a
policy
document
and
a
vision.
Kind
of
document
it'll
provide
guidance,
especially
for
site
plan
buildings,
which
are
the
things
when
developers
come
to
us
and
they
want
to
do
more
than
they
could
do
with
their
property
under
the
zoning
that
they
have
right
now.
B
So
when
we
do
these
tall
buildings
or
different
kinds
of
buildings,
and
we
added
then
the
then
the
by
right
allows,
we
can
then
bring
our
sensibility
about
what
kind
of
space
they
need
to
provide
and
what
kinds
of
retail
or
retail
equivalents,
which
is
a
new
term,
might
be
able
to
go
in
those
places.
You.
B
A
B
Yep
they're
places
now
where
people
bring
their
dogs
to
play
during
the
day.
Doctors
offices
can
be
retail
equivalents,
so
they're
folk
there
places
where
people
come
and
go
there's
some
activities.
So
it's
not
a
dead
zone
on
a
street
but
they're
not
really
selling
anything.
But
there
are
you
buddy
at
their
essential
services,
there
are
essential
services
and
they
operate
in
the
same
way
that
we
like
retail,
which
is
it
they
encourage
people
to
come
and
go,
and
up
till
now
those
things
really
weren't.
B
A
B
We've
taken
the
plan,
the
old
retail
action
plan
was
really
just
about
the
rosslyn
ballston
corridor.
So
now
we've
said:
there's
some
principles
about
retail
that
makes
sense
in
all
of
our
high-density
places.
So
this
rolls
beyond
the
rosslyn
ballston
into
the
route
one,
but
it
also
takes
shirlington
into
account,
thinks
about
columbia,
pike
and
the
form
based
code
and
how
that
works.
But
I
think
there's
also
guidance
there
for
over
time.
In
some
of
our
older
other
shopping
places
about
the
kinds
of
things
we
might
want
to
think
about.
Should
those
redevelop
so.
B
Sounding
to
shape
it
that's
right
and-
and
we
kind
of
ended
up
saying
you
know
good
good,
directed
retail.
You
know
that
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
if
you
think
about
market
common,
where
a
single
owner
basically
controlled
what
retail
went
in
there
and
made
a
cluster
that
that
owner
thought
would
attract
people
in
some
of
our
other
sectors.
We
don't
have
a
single
owner,
so
this
is
partly
a
way
for
the
county
to
say
we
want
to
create
some
of
these
nodes
because
we
know
when.
B
A
B
Well,
you
know
part
of
it
is
it
really
did
take
three
work
three
years
that
Economic
Development
Commission
started
brought
this
to
the
board's
attention.
Nearly
four
years
ago,
they've
done
a
little
bit
of
looking.
We've
got
a
lot
more
street
vending
going
on.
We've
got
food
trucks,
we
got
a
lot
of
things
are
happening
in
this
street
level
realm,
and
so
it
really
did.
We
really
did
say,
let's
pause
and
look
at
it
and
then
I
think
retails
been
changing.
B
You
know
the
rise
of
e-commerce,
the
the
change
all
of
this,
so
it's
like
is.
If
we
are
this
dense
place,
where
people
live
work
shop
and
play.
How
do
we
position
ourselves
as
the
landscape
changes
to
be
able
to
be
flexible
and
responsive
and
yet
still
have
a
guiding
philosophy,
and
that
there's
a
lot
of
players
who
have
to
be.
C
B
D
C
A
Welcome
back
to
County
Board
wrap
up
with
Mary
Hines
she's,
taking
us
through
the
major
items
at
the
July
board
meeting
Mary.
We
just
spoke
about
the
retail
plan,
which
was
a
major
effort
and
multi-year
effort,
and
there
were
two
other
major
plans
that
you
all
acted
on
in
this
meeting.
What
is,
is
there
commonality
between
them,
yeah.
B
There
really
is,
I
mean
we
talked
about
both
the
courthouse
sector
and
the
rosslyn
sector
of
arlington,
both
there's
actually
three
plans
involved
and
all
three
are
about
trying
to
move
from
where
we
are
to
make
these
places
better
places
for
people
to
live,
to
work,
to
shop,
to
go
to
school,
actually
on
one
of
them.
So
so
our
whole
intention
is
to
round
out
what
we're
offering
here
and
give
a
vision
for
the
future
that
we
can
build
on
for
many
years
to
come.
I.
A
B
At
courthouse,
we
took
the
first
step
to
completion
of
the
plan.
It's
called
the
request
to
advertise
when
the
board
says
this
is
ready
enough.
We
want
to
bring
it
to
the
public
and
then
there'll
be
some
period
of
time
before
we
finish
it
up
and
in
this
case,
it'll
be
back
to
us
in
September.
It
started
about
a
year
and
a
half.
B
Two
years
ago,
we've
had
a
community
group
working
with
staff,
and
this
part
this
is
really
an
update
to
the
courthouse
plan
that
tries
to
envision
in
much
more
detail
than
we've
done
before
all
of
the
buildings
around.
What
will
eventually
become
the
plaza,
which
is
now
the
surface
parking
lot
and.
B
B
Is
it?
Is
it
because
it
envisions,
you
know
we're
in
a
rented
building
now
I'm
urban,
the
least
building
a
lot
of
people?
Don't
know
that,
and
so
this
envisions
a
time
when
we
could
get
to
a
new
courthouse
that
would
have
a
really
a
county
seat
of
government.
We
have
a
courthouse
like
a
county
seat
of
government
that
would
have
a
civic
presence
on
the
square,
with
lots
of
transparency
and
welcoming
it
and
the
places
that
our
residents
need
in
our
business.
B
That
time
will
act
on
it,
that's
right
and
the
plan
has,
as
you
might
imagine
so,
there's
park
elements
and
there's
road
and
connectivity.
It
envisions
a
new
entrance
coming
up
from
the
metro
that
would
bring
you
right
to
the
square
instead
of
putting
you
at
wilson
boulevard
where,
where
the
entrance
does
right
now
talks
about
his
historic
preservation
to
there's
a
couple
of
really
kind
of
cool
1920
facades
on
wilson
boulevard
that
we
really
want
to
hold
on
to
so
again
it's
it's.
B
B
B
B
That
way,
and
then,
at
the
top
of
the
hill,
the
second
plan
we
called
wraps
the
Western
Rosslyn
area
plan,
which
included
land
the
County
School
Board,
owns
we're
there
now
planning
to
put
a
new
HP
Woodlawn,
as
well
as
where
our
fire
station
is,
and
so
we
did
a
small
plan
there
to
sort
of,
because
schools
are
ready
to
move
forward
on
a
school.
We
really
wanted
to
do
some
intensive
finer-grained
planning
in
that
part.
So
let's
talk
about
the
bigger
one.
First,
it's.
A
B
Projects
the
realize
Rosslyn,
the
sector
plan
update,
is
really
about
our
vision,
so
another
long-range
another
long-range
versus
a
more
fine-grained
likely
to
happen,
probably
in
the
next
five
to
seven
years
plan.
So
in
the
long
range
plan
for
Rosslyn,
we
looked
at
four
dimensions.
We
looked
at
parks
and
open
space.
We
looked
at
roadway
and
other
connectivity.
B
Sir,
and
so
now
what
this
plan
does
is
say,
you
know
what
great
places
operate
on
multiple
dimensions,
so
there's
the
streetscape
and
and
that
sort
of
people
dimension
walking
around
that
you
have
to
pay
attention
to,
and
then
there's
the
top
and
how
does
the
top
let
light
and
air
in
provide?
What
are
the
most
amazing
views
almost
in
the
region
and
take
advantage
of
the
fact
that
those
views
have
economic
value
to
the
people
who
own
those
parcels?
B
At
the
same
time,
we
care
about
how
we
look
from
across
the
river
and
what
Roslin
says
to
the
rest
of
the
region
about
the
place
that
Arlington
is
and
then
you
have
to
think
the
other
dimension
is
because
we
want
more
people
to
live
there.
What
do
people
need
in
order
for
it
to
be
a
great
place
to
live,
and
that
gets
you
immediately
to
how
to
sidewalks
works?
Is
there
enough
Park?
Is
there
enough
access
to
the
river
all
of
those
kinds
of
things,
so
this
plan
really
looked
on
all
those
dimensions?
B
Six
commissions
come
and
testify
because
it
touched
the
worth
of
six
commissions.
We
had.
You
know
the
business
community
obviously
deeply
engaged
in
this,
because
it
sets
a
framework
for
moving
forward
and
then
finally,
you
know
the
people
who
live
there
now
advocating
for
people
living
there
and
what
they're
going
to
need.
There
are
people.
B
Know,
there's
about
11,000
people
who
live
in
Rosslyn
right
now
and
that's
up
about
4,000
from
five
years
ago.
So
people
are
moving
to
Rosslyn
is
so
the
plan.
There
was
incredible
unanimity
on
90%
of
the
plan
and
the
bulk
of
the
board's
conversation
was
about
height
and
density
and
wanting
to
to
get
to
enough
guidance
that
that
we
could
preserve,
there's
a
new
theory
being
advanced
called
peaks
and
valleys
that
everything
shouldn't
be
at
the
same
height
and
that
across
the
district.
Having
ups
and
downs
that
variety
gives.
C
B
So
we
worked
really
hard
and
I
think.
Actually
it
was
a
50
vote
and
I
and
everybody
clapped
at
the
end
whether
they
were
a
property
owner
or
a
resident
and
I
think
nobody
got
everything
but
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
really
good
bones
on
this
that
are
going
to
let
this
this
sector
really
move
forward,
because,
quite
honestly
about
twenty
three
percent
of
our
revenue
comes
off
of
Rosslyn.
Well,.
B
Exactly
so
so
quickly
wraps,
which
was
the
other
one
that
more
fine-grained
one
was
also
a
50
vote.
It
has
a
new
fire
station
replacement
of
fire
station
10.
It
has
a
rien
visioned
park
that
we're
going
to
do
a
process
starting
in
August
with
the
school
system
and
with
our
other
partner
there,
the
Arlington
partnership
for
affordable
housing
to
plan
all
of
the
recreational
amenities
that
will
be
available
to
this
community.
B
B
A
C
A
B
B
B
Which
is
a
historic
black
fire
station,
lots
and
lots
of
history?
There
that's
really
important,
but
it's
awfully
close
to
the
Cherrydale
fire
station
and
because
we've
got
two
of
them
on
lee
highway,
both
of
them
kind
of
get
hung
up
in
lee
highway
traffic,
and
so
the
chief,
the
fire
chief
and
others,
have
been
looking
for
a
new
location
for
fire
station
aid
that
would
potentially
move
it
further
north
and
help
a
little
bit.
Would.
B
Mid-County
that
doesn't
have
the
good
response
time,
so
the
board
identified
that
in
2014
in
our
CIP
and
we're
working
our
way
through.
What's
a
sighting
process,
do
we
have
another
site
could
be
good.
Now
the
county
has
known
for
a
while
that
it
probably
is
going
to
need
another
station
further
north
and
it's
been
purchasing
property
at
the
corner
of
Old,
Dominion
and
26th,
which
is
people
know
where
the
mulch
pile
and
the.
B
B
Is
the
goal?
The
goal
is
better
coverage
so
couple
of
months
ago,
a
month
ago,
we
started
this
process
and
it's
fair
to
say
that
the
folks
who
live
close
to
where
fire
aid
is
now
don't
want
it
to
move
and
the
folks
who
have
the
mulch
pile
in
the
salt
dome.
They
want
a
park,
they
actually
don't
want
to
fire
station.
A
B
So
we're
working
our
way
through
that
process,
kind
of
evaluating
other
sites
and
we've
had
a
number
of
community
meetings
where
people
have
come
in
and
expressed
these
sentiments.
The
process
isn't
done
yet
it'll
come
to
the
board
sometime
I
think
before
the
end
of
the
year.
What
the
best
site
is
for
the
board
to
approve-
and
that
is
the
board's
responsibility
to
ultimately
make
the
choice
so
that
staff
can
move
forward
with
the
next
phase
of
planning.
But
that's
really
that's
really
what
this
is
all
about,
so
we're
in
the
analysis
phase.
B
History
is
no
matter
what
happens
if,
whether
fire
a
shin
fire
eight
moves
or
stays
we're
going
to
have
to
have
a
planning
process
for
that
parcel
of
land
that
the
county
owns.
So
we're
committed
that
story
that
commemoration
has
to
happen.
Similarly,
for
the
people
of
Old
Dominion,
civic
association,
next
to
the
salt
dome,
we
said
you
know
we
are
committed
to
a
park
of
at
least
an
acre.
We
have
to
master
plan,
we
own
seven
acres.
We.
A
B
Plan
we
have
the
mulch
pile
there.
We,
the
salt,
dome
anybody
who's
driven
by
that
salt
dome
on
Old.
Dominion
knows
it
needs
to
be
replaced.
So
we
got
to
figure
out
how
to
use
that
land
properly.
It
is
in
the
back
part
of
the
property
where
donelson
run
starts,
so
there's
a
lot
of
pieces
moving
there.
We
can't
master
plan
till
we
make
the
decision
about
whether
there's
a
fire
station
there
or
not,
and.
B
That
is,
we
need
that
billet
we
need
all
of
them,
and
so
our
commitment
is
there
will
be
a
park
and
that
so
the
process
is
going
to
continue.
There's
more
meetings
scheduled
in
in
the
fall
and
as
I
said,
I
expect
this
to
come
to
the
board
before
the
end
of
the
year
for
a
final
decision
definitely
more
to.
A
B
You
know
taxpayers
are
always
interested
in
whether
or
not
we're
using
their
money
as
efficiently
and
effectively
as
they
think
we
should-
and
I
would
say
quite
honestly
so
our
board
members
interested
in
that
and
so
as
County
management
interested
in
that.
So
we
have
an
internal
audit
function
here
inside
of
County
government.
This
adds
another
person
who
reports
to
the
board
to
look
at
program,
performance
and
program,
effectiveness
and
and
those
those
two
bodies
will
work
together.
B
B
You
know
you
know:
we've
got
14
years
of
triple
triple
a
where
they
look
at
our
financial
management
and
how
we
do
things.
We
have
a
great
deal
of
confidence
that
we're
doing
things
well,
but
you
know
you
can
always
learn
new
things
and
more
information
on
efficiency
and
effectiveness
is
more
tools.
A
B
Right
this
is
a
really
interesting
multi-jurisdictional
and
multi-agency
partnership,
because
national
park
service,
of
course
owns
the
Parkway
and
there
are
some
other
national
players
federal
players.
So
we've
been
working
for
a
while,
and
this
money
actually
came
from
the
federal
government.
To
put
me.
B
Right
even
better
too
well,
we
have
to
match
it,
but
but
a
lot
of
it
came
from
them
to
put
eight
stations
along
the
Parkway
and
most
exciting.
I.
Think
for
for
a
number
of
people
is
that
Arlington
National
Cemetery
will
now
have
bikes
bike-share
stations,
which
means
people
can
hop
on
a
bike
and
traverse.
A
B
You
know
a
great
place
worries
about
aesthetics,
to
write
and
I.
My
personal
view
is
the
arts
are
part
of
what
make
us
human
and
so
when
we
can
have
folks
in
our
community
who
are
making
art,
it
just
enriches
us
all
around.
There's
a
lot
of
jobs
actually
attached
to
the
arts
too,
but
we
have
had
I,
don't
know
20
year
tradition
of
doing
these
grants
most
of
them
go
for
operational
support.
B
That's
the
hardest
thing
to
get
when
you're,
an
arts
group
and
having
your
community
support
you
even
if
it's
to
the
tune
of
you,
know
less
than
20,000
which,
by
the
way
that's
what
most
of
these
are
means.
That
other
other
funders
look
at
you
and
say:
oh
you're,
grounded
in
a
place
you're.
You
know
we
we
can
fund
you
as
well,
so
we
were
able
to
give
17
financial
grants.
Three
individual
artist,
grants
and
26
organizations
got
in-kind
support
of
space,
costuming,
other
kinds
of
things,
and
yet.
B
C
A
B
A
A
And
thank
you
all
once
again
for
joining
us
for
the
county
board
wrap
up.
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them.
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