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At Wednesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, Martha Heeter, executive director of PlanRVA, and Alec Brebner, executive director of the Crater PDC, provided a summary of the roles and responsibilities of their organizations and discussed some of their activities as they relate to #Cfield.
B
B
So
I
I
just
wanted
to
say
before
I
turn
it
over
to
alec
that
you
know
we
certainly
respect
the
boundaries
that
our
organizations
serve
as
it
relates
to
chesterfield
county.
But
I
think
it's
safe
to
say
that
both
of
us
feel
like
we
serve
the
whole
of
the
county
and
we
work
pretty
hard
to
coordinate,
to
make
sure
not
just
alec
and
I,
but
our
staff
members
are
talking
to
each
other
on
a
regular
basis.
So
alec
do
you
want
to
kick
off
the
first
part
thanks.
C
So
much
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
come,
speak
to
you
all
before
today
and
let's
say
first
that
I'm
alec
brebner
from
cpdc
not
to
be
confused
with
ccpd,
that
you
just
heard
from
y'all.
Don't
get
enough
credit
for
the
onslaught
of
alphabet
soup
that
you
experience
on
the
diet
on
a
regular
basis.
C
But
the
crater
planning
district
commission
is
a
small
shop
in
petersburg
that
smaller
than
plant
rva,
but
similar
in
that
we
provide
regional
services
throughout
an
11
county
region
from
from
chesterfield
county
all
the
way
south
to
the
north
carolina
state
line,
and
I
would
start
first
just
by
giving
you
a
couple
updates
on
things
that
we're
working
on
and
a
couple
important
notes
that
I
would
share
the
crater
pdc
houses,
something
called
the
procurement
assistance
center
and,
like
most
small
government
shops.
Government
communication
is
always
a
work
in
progress.
C
A
procurement
assistance
center
is
as
a
government-funded
installation
department
of
defense
funding.
Actually
that
provides
consulting
services
and
support
to
businesses
that
would
seek
to
compete
for
public
sector
contracts,
state
federal
local,
and
so
we
have
two
staff
persons.
One
joanne
tompkins
is
retiring.
At
the
end
of
the
month,
so,
if
you
know
joanne,
please
wish
her
well
she's,
put
in
16
very
earnest
years
for
the
pdc
and
has
been
a
wonderful
employee,
she's
being
replaced
by
lin
mann.
C
Who's
moving
up
from
the
procurement
specialist
position
and
margaret
edmond
is
joining
the
team
just
this
this
week
and
so
we're
pleased
to
continue
continuity
of
operations
in
that
department.
The
ptac
supports
4
000
jobs
annually,
which
is
jobs
created
and
jobs,
retained
and
60
of
our
clientele
is
in
chesterfield
county.
So
we
are
by
the
federal
formula
helping
to
provide
and
support
two
thousand
jobs
in
your
community.
C
The
next
topic
that
we
wanted
to
touch
about
touch
on
is
transportation
and
martha,
and
I
both
have
pretty
in-depth
transportation
operations
which
most
of
you,
if
not
all
you
are
quite
familiar
with.
I
would
touch
base
just
start
with
the
little
diagram
or
rendering
that
I
distributed
a
minute
ago.
Crater
pdc
is
a
small
shop.
That's
pleased
to
play
a
small
role
in
helping
get
the
fall
line
trail
up
and
running.
The
fall
line.
C
We
were
pleased
to
get
a
two
million
dollar
commitment
from
the
congressionally
designated
spending
programs
that
were
out
there
through
senator
kane's
office
and
that
two
million
dollars
would
help
to
build
this
southern
leg
and
it's
an
exciting
project.
This
fall
on
trail
because
it
has
the
opportunity
to
not
only
connect
virginia
state
university
to
the
city
of
petersburg
by
foot
bike,
but
also
to
be
a
postcard
image
for
virginia
state
in
the
region.
So
that's
an
exciting
thing.
C
That's
happening,
there's
actually
two
more
potential
footbridges
coming
over
the
optomets
too,
in
chesterfield
county
or
near
it,
which
is
exciting
as
well.
Chesterfield
county
is
working
with
the
city
of
petersburg
and
dinwiddie
county
friends
of
the
lower
appomattox
river,
which
is
a
small
non-profit,
that's
housed
at
my
building
in
petersburg
and
us
as
a
supporting
role
to
help
get
some
improvements
in
the
ferndale
park
area,
with
a
bridge
across
to
the
radcliff
conservation
area.
C
In
addition,
we
have
a
long-range
transportation
plan
underway
for
our
region.
It
will
be
a
performance
base
for
the
first
time
and
our
next
task
after
that
will
be
a
multi-modal
plan
which
will
help
to
pull
together
this
idea
of
a
regional
biped
network.
That's
complemented
strongly
by
these
bridges
that
were
that
we're
helping
to
get
underway
here
so
I'll
turn
it
back
to
martha
to
give
a
transportation
update
on
her
space.
B
Thank
you
alec,
so,
as
you
probably
are
aware,
we're
actually
on
the
final
day
of
the
outreach
process
for
our
regional
bike
pad
plan,
so
that
covers
the
plant
rva
region,
chesterfield,
of
course,
henrico
richmond,
new
camp
powhatan,
charles
city
hanover
in
goochland,
and
we're
really
grateful
for
the
support.
I
know.
Barb
smith
and
janet
llewellyn
have
been
really
major
contributors
to
that
plan
and
really
being
able
to
take
the
county's
plans
for
bicycle
and
pedestrian
facilities
and
fold
that
into
the
regional
set
of
priorities.
B
B
B
B
So
we
did
that
big
announcement
in
december,
and
then
they
were
those
those
projects
were
announced
again
in
january,
at
pha's
annual
framework
update
and
as
of
today,
I
can
say
that
all
of
the
projects
that
were
awarded
are
moving
forward
and
we
have
a
spring
round
for
applications
that
are
due
april
1st.
So
just
really
excited
about
that.
We'll
continue
to
keep
you
posted
as
we
have
news
of
ground,
breakings
or
other
types
of
dedication,
ceremonies
for
projects
that
are
here
in
the
county.
B
C
Thanks
yeah
we're
a
little
bit
behind
the
progress
that
plan
rva
has
but
we're
moving
forward
quickly.
We
expect
to
have
a
request
for
proposals
out
for
affordable
housing
projects
in
next
month
and,
as
you
might
know,
chetchfield
county
is
by
far
and
away
our
biggest
locality,
and
so
chesterfield
county
will
have
probably
a
sizeable
investment
in
affordable
housing
and
it's
in
its
space.
C
Next
couple
topics
we'll
talk
about
are
along
the
lines
of
emergency
management,
environment
and
resiliency
I'll
start
with
the
hazard
mitigation
plan.
There
is
a
richmond
crater
hazard
mitigation
plan,
martha
and
my
staff
work
very
closely
together
to
get
that
done.
The
plan
rva
is
the
lead
on
it
and
we're
providing
a
support
and
an
in-kind
matter
to
help
to
offset
the
cost
of
the
grant
and
actively
involved
in
the
public
meetings
and
in
the
conversations
with
the
consultants
from
salters
creek
consulting
who
are
leading
that
effort.
That
is
nearing
completion.
C
Now
we
had
a
very
good
meeting
for
well
attended
by
localities
just
last
week
and
are
getting
close
to
submittal
of
a
plan
to
fema
which
is
required
for
adoption.
But,
more
importantly,
we
need
to
make
contact
with
all
the
localities
in
our
space,
because
this
is
a
federal
requirement
in
order
to
maintain
eligibility
for
disaster
preparedness
funding.
C
And
so
it's
a
useful
document,
and
it
includes
the
topic
of
resilience
for
the
first
time
and
the
reason
why
the
idea
of
resilience
is
important
is
to,
if
you
think,
back
to
an
ice
storm
that
hit
virginia
last
winter,
which
is
2021.
Now
there
was
an
ice
storm
that
that
impaired
the
911
system
and
in
woody
county
and
and
it
also
impaired
the
potable
water
distribution
system
in
hopewell.
C
So
thinking
about
the
resilience
of
our
infrastructure
systems
and
our
public
service
systems
is
really
important,
and
this
plan
helps
to
open
up
avenues
to
funding
to
support
more
robust
systems
in
that
space.
So
when
I
talk
about
every
locality,
we're
talking
about
the
nine
members
of
plant,
rva
plus
11,
more
members
in
crater,
which
is
an
overlap
of
two
and
then
we
have
seven
towns
in
our
space,
all
below
2000
that
we'll
be
reaching
out
to
as
well.
B
I
don't
think
we
talk
about
this
enough,
but
this
region
is
really
unique
and
I,
when
I
say
region
this
time
I
mean
plant,
rvs
and
crater
region.
I
think
we're
one
among
maybe
the
only
in
the
country
that
has
a
voluntary
alliance
of
emergency
management
professionals.
So
just
wanted
to
share
with
you
that
this
week
is
emergency
management
professionals
week
and
wanted
to
recognize
jess
robeson
who
chairs
our
regional
emergency
management
alliance.
B
She
is,
I
don't
think,
in
town
right
now,
because
she's,
I
think
today
busy
getting
an
award
from
the
virginia
emergency
managers
alliance
for
a
project
that
she
really
kind
of
spearheaded
in
promoting
public
outreach
and
awareness
around
preparedness,
and
it's
the
campaign
that
we
call
plan
safe.
So
just
wanted
to
share
that
with
you.
I
hope
it
doesn't
get
ahead
of
your
social
media
people,
but
we
are
just
really
grateful
for
her
leadership
and
she's
been
involved
in
the
alliance.
B
You
know.
I
think
that
this
region
has
seen
over
the
last
couple
of
seasons,
the
impacts
of
of
rain
water
and
the
challenges
and
perils
that
we
have
in
our
region
around
flooding,
and
so
this
is
a
way
to
get
more
information
in
the
hands
of
citizens
about
how
they
can
think
about
mitigation
strategies
for
their
own
personal
property.
B
The
idea
is
to
be
able
to
mitigate
loss
of
property
and
certainly
of
life
in
instances
where
that
occurs.
So
you
know
the
river
is
such
a
strong
asset
in
our
region,
but
it's
also
sometimes
a
dangerous
place,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
public
are
aware
of
the
challenges
of
crossing
low
water
bridges.
B
B
The
first
was
in
2017
and
the
second
will
be
released
in
the
next
couple
of
months.
We're
finishing
up
the
data
compilation
now
and
just
dan
has
been
really
instrumental
in
thinking
about
how
we
can
take
this
regional
data
framework
for
the
city
of
richmond,
henrico
and
chesterfield
county
and
synthesize
it
in
a
way
that
works
at
the
local
and
neighborhood
level.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
thanks
for
that.
B
Certainly,
since
we've
been
in
our
current
space
and
appreciative
of
your
leadership
on
that-
and
I
also
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
know
I
called
out
a
couple
of
different
staff
members
in
our
updates,
but
we,
as
I
was
thinking
through,
I
kept
kind
of
scribbling
down
notes.
We
work
with
a
lot
of
members
of
your
staff,
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
thanks
also
to
debbie
basey
matt,
harris
jeff,
minks,
susan
pollard,
kevin
bruni,
mary
martin
selby,
dr
casey,
of
course,
sarah
hall
and
many
many
others.
B
B
C
Last
thing,
I
would
say,
is
that
marth
and
I
work
pretty
closely
together,
as
you
might
can
tell
by
now
it's
a
big,
complex
region
when
you
think
about
the
tri-cities
and
richmond
region
together
and
we're
pleased
to
do
that.
We're
that's
that's
what
we
do
for
a
living
is
to
try
to
coordinate
and
bring
folks
together
for
dialogue
and
discussion,
and
so
we're
pleased
to
do
that
in
our
separate
regions
and
when
appropriate,
to
bring
folks
together
across
a
larger
area
too,
and
it's
been
an
honor
and
privilege
to
work
with
martha.
C
So
it's
been
my
pleasure
to
work
with
each
and
every
one
of
you
too,
since
I've
gotten
to
know
several
of
you
and
several
and
many
of
the
staff
members
at
the
chesterfield
county
too,
and
it's
I've
been
always
impressed
with
the
professionalism
and
and
especially
you
have
a
large
and
very
streamlined
a
very
efficient
organization
too.
So
it's
been
my
pleasure
to
work
with
everyone
here.
A
What
members
well,
on
behalf
of
the
board,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
you
both
for
all
your
work,
because
I
mean
these
organizations
bring
everyone
together.
It's
the
only
organization,
I'm
aware
of
where
we
all
get
into
a
room
from
all
of
these
different
localities,
and
we
talk
about
what
the
region
could
and
should
look
like
on
a.
C
A
Basis-
and
I
think
it's
valuable
to
us
for
for
that
reason,
so,
flooding
emergency
management,
housing,
transportation,
you
name
it
the
needs
are
endless
and
and
the
need
for
cooperation
is,
is
also
there
as
well.
So
really
really
really
appreciate
your
work
and
I'm
sorry
to
see
that
you're
going.
Mr
bremner
and
I
wish
you
the
very
best
out
in
lynchburg,
dr
casey.
D
It's
larger
than
two
states,
probably
the
size
of
connecticut,
and
I
know
mr
carroll
drives
through
connecticut
and
it's
a
long
drive
to
get
to
rhode,
island
but
and
chesterfield
is
really
the
center
point
of
the
two
districts
so
again,
quite
a
challenge
for,
for
them
quite
a
challenge
for
us
to
be
managing
and
mindful
of
that
large
of
a
territory.
So
thank
you
and
we
wish
you
the
best.