May 24, 2021 Town Council

THANK YOU, MARY LINCOLN, WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

[3. ROLL CALL]

MAYOR HOLLOWAY HERE.

COCKREL HERE.

COUNCILMAN MCFADDEN HERE.

COUNCILMAN LLOYD HERE.

COUNCILMAN MEZA AND COUNCILMAN THOMPSON HERE.

APPROVAL OF CA UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES, REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL THE 26 AND WORK SESSION OF MAY THE 10TH 2021.

UH,

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES –Regular Meeting of April 26th and Work Session May 10th, 2021]

DO I HEAR A MOTION, MR. MAYOR? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL AND THE WORK SESSION MINUTES OF MAY THE 10TH, 2021 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

HERE'S A SECOND.

I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COCKREL YES.

UH, CAL SCHOLARSHIPS ADDITIONAL.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS.

OH, I'M SORRY.

ADDITIONS

[5. ADDITION/DELETION OF ITEMS]

AND DELETIONS FROM THE AGENDA.

DO WE HAVE ANY YES, MR. MAYOR, UM, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE REMOVING EIGHT B SO THAT, UH, WHICH IS THE, UH, PROPOSED REMOVAL OF THE CREDIT CARD FEES AND PAYMENTS DUE TO THE TOWN FOR USING CREDIT CARDS.

UM, AND THE REASON FOR IT IS BECAUSE I THINK CURRENTLY COUNCIL'S SPLIT ON THIS TOPIC.

ALTHOUGH AFTER TALKING WITH, UH, MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK WE ALL HAVE GENERAL CONSENSUS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO EFFECTIVELY OPTIMIZE, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR PAYMENT METHODS AND OUR BILL PAY, UM, AND MAKING THE SERVICE EASIER FOR OUR CUSTOMERS THROUGH OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

UM, BUT I THINK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK AND A WORK SESSION MIGHT GET A FEW OF US A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO A CONSENSUS ON THIS ONE RATHER THAN BEING SPLIT.

SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE IT BACK TO OUR WORK SESSION.

SECOND HERE'S A SECOND.

I THINK IT HAS TO BE UNANIMOUS TO TAKE IT OFF.

UH, IS THAT RIGHT? UH, MR. NAPIER DOES HAVE TO BE A UNANIMOUS TO REMOVE THE, UH, ITEM FROM THE AGENDA.

UM, I THINK WE'LL GET IT ANYWAY.

YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE AND LET US REPHRASE THAT.

UM, IF, UH, IF BY CONSENSUS TOWN COUNCIL AGREES, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A FORMAL VOTE, BUT, UH, IF, UH, THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE IT TO A FORMAL VOTE, SINCE IT'S THE DAY OF THE MEETING, IT WOULD BE UNANIMOUS.

SO CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, MARY ELLEN, PLEASE ON TAKING IT OFF, TAKE IT BACK TO THE WORK SESSION, TAKING IT BACK TO ONE SESSION WORKS.

VICE MAYOR COCKREL YES.

NICE SNELL SCHOLARSHIP

[6. RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS A. Award of Town Scholarships]

AWARDS.

MARILYN.

YOU WANT TO NAME OFF THE, UH, WE'LL DO ONE AT A TIME.

UM, SO WE CAN TAKE PICTURES FIRST.

UH, MAYOR, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GLIMPSE WAS SAY A FEW WORDS.

YEP.

MR. MAYOR.

UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS, UH, THIS YEAR FOR APPLYING.

I TRULY ENJOY DOING THIS EVERY YEAR.

YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE THIS EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL AND IT'S, IT JUST, IT'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR.

UM, I'M AMAZED AT THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THESE APPLICANTS, THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR LIFE.

YOU KNOW, AT THAT AGE I HAD NO CLUE, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON SOON GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL DO GREAT THINGS WITH YOUR LIFE.

I WANT IT TO ECHO SOME OF WHAT GARY SAID AS WELL.

UM, WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT APPLICANTS AND, UH, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING BECAUSE LIKE, GARY, I DON'T THINK I KNEW WHAT I WANTED TO DO EITHER.

ACTUALLY I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO, BUT ANYWAYS, JUST THANK YOU GUYS AND CONGRATULATIONS.

AND IT'S A HIGHLIGHT OF MY YEAR AS WELL.

IT'S ONE OF THE MORE POSITIVE THINGS WE GET TO DO AND GARY AND I BOTH DO IT EVERY YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT NEXT YEAR, TOO.

RIGHT HERE.

GO AHEAD AND LOCK THAT DOWN NOW.

OF THE ONES WHO WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND ALSO, UH, MAYOR AND STUFF, WE APPRECIATE ALSO WHAT COUNCIL HAS DONE FROM THE STAFF STANDPOINT, BECAUSE WE REALIZE IT.

AND I WANT TO ALSO SAY THANKS TO COUNCILMAN THOMPSON AND GLITZY FOR TAKING THE TIME AS PART

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ALL RIGHT, GARY.

AND, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THINK THIS YEAR WE'RE GIVING THREE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS AWAY AND, UM, IT WAS DONATED BY AN ANONYMOUS PERSON.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, GARY AND LATASHA.

UM, I KNOW THAT WAS A DIFFICULT TASK PICKING THREE.

I MEAN, IT'S A SHAME THAT WE COULDN'T GIVE EVERYONE A, A SCHOLARSHIP, BUT, UM, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING THAT AND GOOD LUCK TO, UH, THE RECIPIENTS, UM, AS, UH, GARY AND LATASHA STATED, UH, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AT THAT AGE.

AND, AND, UH, I BELIEVE SOME OF US STILL DON'T SO, UH, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA COME ONE DAY.

SO OUR DEPUTY DEPUTY CLERK, MARY-ELLEN, SHE'LL CALL YOUR NAME AND WHEN SHE CALLS YOUR NAME ONE AT A TIME COME, UH, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE SCHOLARSHIP.

AND IF THE FAMILY WANTS TO TAKE PICTURES, UM, BY ALL MEANS YOU COULD COME UP HERE AS WELL AND TAKE IT WITH, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CASTLE HOUSE, COME ON UP.

MICHAEL KELLY.

I'D LIKE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

TELL US WHAT COLLEGE YOU'RE GOING TO AND YOUR MAJOR HE MIGHT NEED ONE.

OH, EVERYBODY'S LEAVING THE MEETING OVER

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MOVING ON OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

SO, MARILYN, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES, THERE ARE TWO, UM, SHEILA SMITH.

HOW YOU DOING? GOOD.

THANKS.

GOOD EVENING.

I AM SHEILA SMITH, SEVEN OH SIX PARK VIEW DRIVE HERE IN FRONT ROYAL, AND I WAS HERE LAST MONTH, ASKING THE COUNCIL TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS ABOUT ALLEVIATING THE DEBRIS IN THE YARD.

NEXT TO ME, SEVEN OH FOUR PARKVIEW DRIVE.

SO FAR NOTHING VISIBLE HAS HAPPENED.

NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CLEAN UP OR ANYTHING BEEN REMOVED, EXCEPT ONE THING THE BATHTUB HAS BEEN REMOVED.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE YARD OR WHETHER IT'S UNDER THE PORCH, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED.

THE DOGS ARE BARKING AFTER 10 O'CLOCK.

UH, THIS WEEK I HAD TO CALL THE I DESIGNATED CONTROL NEIGHBOR.

I HAD TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN BARKING FROM PROBABLY ABOUT NINE 30 UNTIL WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED TO COME TO FIND OUT THAT THE, UM, TENANTS WERE NOT THERE, THE DOGS WERE LOCKED UP IN THE HOUSE.

SO THE, UH, THE, AND I KNOW THAT THE ANIMAL CONTROL IS IN CHARGE OF THE BARKING DOGS, BUT IT'S SUMMERTIME IT'S GETTING TO BE SUMMERTIME.

AND THE SMELL HAS JUST GONE TO ARISE FROM THE RED CLAY.

THERE'S NO STRAW THERE'S NO.

HEY, YOU KNOW, SO, AND, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE RODENS OF COURSE.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I'VE BEEN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OVER 40 SOME YEARS TO HAVE IT BROUGHT UP, KEPT UP TO A PRESENTABLE TOWN CODE AND TAXES DID COME OUT JUST WITH BILLS FOR TAXES.

WELL, I WAS GONNA ASK PLEASE, UM, CHRIS, UM, WAS THERE ANY NOTICING OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER? YES.

I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ENJOY COMES INTO.

SO A COUPLE OF NOTICES HAVE BEEN SENT FOR IT.

WOULD YOU MIND SAYING YOUR NAME FIRST ROCK, A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ACTING, ACTING DIRECTOR RIGHT NOW.

UH, SO YEAH, A COUPLE OF NOTICES HAVE GONE OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

UH, MOST RECENTLY, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO AFTER MS. SMITH SPOKE LAST TIME, UH, ACTUALLY SENT TO THE TENANT THEMSELVES TO REQUEST, TO REMOVE EXPLAINING THAT THE TOWN WILL DO A LARGE ITEM COLLECTION, FREE OF CHARGE.

UM, HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY RESPONSES BACK FROM THE TENANT.

THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO RESPOND.

IS THAT WHAT IT IS? OR 30 DAYS TO APPEAL? CORRECT.

AND IT'S BEEN THREE WEEKS? YES.

SO IF WE CAN STAY ON TOP OF IT, UH, FOR MS. SMITH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

SO BASED OFF THE ACTIONS YOU ALL DO WITH THE CODE AMENDMENT TONIGHT, ACTUALLY GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE LEEWAY OR, OR ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE TOWN MANAGER'S OFFICE TO GET ACTION COMPLETED.

TRANSPARENT AND WE'LL CONTROL IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE DOGS BEING LEFT OUT, UH, FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIMES.

ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH.

CHIEF GALEN QUESTION.

I JUST WANT TO ASK ABOUT BARKING DOG.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THAT WHAT, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT BARKING? THE BARKING DOGS ACTUALLY ARE NOT ANIMAL CONTROL IF THEY'RE IN TOWN.

WE, YEAH, CAUSE IT'S JUST A NOISE COMPLAINT.

SO IF YOU, ANYTIME THE DOGS ARE BARKING, JUST CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL COME OUT FOR THAT

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AND, AND ANYTIME THERE'S A CONCERN WITH THE ANIMALS WELFARE, IF THEY'RE NOT BEING FED, IF THEY'RE BEING STAKED OUT, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT JUST FOR THE STRAIGHT NOISE COMPLAINTS THAT THE BARKING DOG IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST NOISE COMPLAINT.

SO WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THOSE, BUT YEAH, THE STUFF WITH THE DOGS BEING OUT THERE THAT WOULD GO TO, TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL.

SO CHEAP REFUND.

SO BASICALLY IF, IF DOGS ARE BARKING, SOMEBODY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOES NOT TO OPEN THE DOOR AND CHECKS OR TELLS THEM YOUR DOG.

AND TYPICALLY THE, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THEY'LL BRING THEM IN.

BUT, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS NO ONE THERE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE DOG AND THEY'RE THAT LOUD.

YOU CAN HEAR HIM IN YOUR, YOUR HOUSE FROM THEM BEING IN THEIR HOUSE.

SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO IF IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN SO WELL? AND IT DEPENDS ON THE DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION.

IF THE DOGS ARE BEING TYPICALLY THERE, THEY'D BRING THEM BACK INSIDE.

IF THE DOGS ARE OUTSIDE, IT COULD BECOME A WELFARE ISSUE.

TYPICALLY THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S THE CASE.

IF THEY'RE BEING, IF THEY'RE BEING STAKED OUT FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, THEN WE WOULD TURN IT OVER TO ANIMAL CONTROL.

WE WOULD HANDLE IT FROM THERE.

CAN YOU, UH, HAVE OFFICER GO BY THERE TOMORROW? JUST A LITTLE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HEARD THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME COMPLAINTS AND ADVISE THEM THAT THEY CAN'T DO IT.

AND IF, IF WE GET A CALL, WE'LL COME OUT AT NIGHT.

THANKS.

UH, CHIEF SIR, MIGHT WANT TO CONTACT MAYBE ANIMAL CONTROL.

CAUSE I KNOW WHEN I'VE GONE PAST THERE WHERE THE DOGS HOUSES WERE OUTSIDE, THAT FENCED IN AREA HAS NOW BEEN COVERED IN BLUE TARP.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL BEING PUT OUT THERE WHILE UNDER THAT TARP.

IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT.

AND THAT'S RIGHT.

TROLL DID WELL WHEN IT MAKES IT HARDER FOR ANIMAL CONTROL, YOU KNOW, OR ANYBODY THAT, TO MAKE A COMPLAINT TO SEE IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING FED IN WATER, THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING.

ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO, UH, ADDRESS, UM, MRS. SMITH'S, UH, CONCERNS.

WE ARE TAKING JACKSON TONIGHT ON AND VOTING.

OWEN'S GIVEN, UH, THE, UM, CHRIS BROUGHT SOME, SOME MORE LEEWAY AS FAR AS, UM, BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION, UM, ON THE SPOT THANK YOU.

WHO DO WE HAVE NEXT? ANDY HICKMAN.

HELLO, UH, ANDY HECKMAN FIVE ONE EIGHT RANDOLPH AVENUE.

AND JUST, UH, QUICKLY WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

I ASSUME IT'S LARGELY UNTHINKABLE, BUT OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT.

I AM COMING BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT I FEEL A BARRIER OF ENTRY FOR ME IS JUST LIKE LACK OF EDUCATION, JUST GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S SOME TYPE OF ONBOARDING OR TRAINING PROCESS THAT'S PROVIDED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ONCE THEY ARE, UH, VOTED OR APPROVED.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE COULD BE, UM, A WAY FOR THAT TRAINING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS, IF THEY CHOOSE A SORT OF LIKE OPT-IN OR APPLY AS A WAY TO JUST KIND OF GET A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF A TOWN GOVERNMENT.

SO I GUESS THE TWO QUESTIONS ARE, DOES THAT EXIST IN, COULD IT BE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO OPT IN? THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? I DO WANT TO JUST, UH, SHARE THAT THE VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, IT'S A WEBSITE THAT YOU COULD GO ON AND THERE IS INFORMATION FOR YOU TO REVIEW THAT KIND OF GIVES LOCAL GOVERNMENT ONE-ON-ONE.

AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL.

THAT'D BE A GOOD START FOR YOU AND THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR INTEREST AND MR. MAYOR, ONE QUICK THING TO ADD TO THAT, UH, FOR MR. HICKMAN AS WELL.

AND I THINK I SHARED THIS AT ONE OF OUR OTHER MEETINGS, UH, THAT WHEN WE WENT RIGHT ALONG, BUT I'M NEVER GOING TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR ANY OF OUR BOARDS AS WELL.

UM, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FOR GREAT APPLICANTS.

AND, UM, FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW I GOT MOST OF MY EXPOSURE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAS THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOING FROM THERE, BUT I ALWAYS WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR, YOU KNOW, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, ZONING BOARDS OR PLANNING COMMISSION CURRENTLY, UM, ACCEPTING ADVOCATES FOR THE ADA, UH, BOARD, BUT GREAT WAYS TO GET INVOLVED,

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UH, AS WELL.

SO FIND INFORMATION ON THAT, IS THAT FROM THE WEBSITE, LIKE THE TOWN'S WEBSITE FOR THOSE CONDITIONS, CORRECT.

IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, UM, YOU'LL SEE IT THERE, RIGHT.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU MY CAR TO, UM, TO LET YOU CONTACT ME, UH, MR. HICKMAN SOMETIMES TOO, OR I'VE I'VE, AS I'VE BEEN ENCOURAGING, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR TOWN CITIZENS TO APPLY FOR SOME OF THESE BOARDS.

SOMETIMES IT IS JUST THAT THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT BOARD DOES.

AND SO WE'VE LIKE I'VE CONNECTED THEM WITH THE TOWN STAFF THAT OVERSEES THAT, AND THEN THEY COULD CALL THEM AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS ENTAIL? AND JUST ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

UM, AND THEN ALSO TO EVEN ASKING SOME OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE ALREADY SERVING ON THAT BOARD, LIKE, WHAT'S THE TIME COMMITMENT WHAT'S THIS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY TAKING TIME OUT TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND SAY, I'M INTERESTED SO GLAD, GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ENOUGH OF THAT.

I ACTUALLY, UH, UH, MET HIM, UH, IN WOODSTOCK.

I BELIEVE IT WAS.

AND HE WAS TELLING ME WANTING TO GET INVOLVED.

THAT'S GREAT.

IF IT, IF, IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO, UH, CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION OF, UH, MR. HICKMAN'S PROPOSAL TO, UH, MAYBE DO SOME SORT OF DAY, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

UH, I, I'VE GOT TO IMAGINE THERE'S THERE'S HOLIDAYS FOR EVERYTHING, NATIONAL COKE CAKE DAY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THERE HAS TO BE A NATIONAL TOWN GOVERNMENT DAY, I WOULD GUESS.

UM, AND SO IF WE COULD COORDINATE SOMETHING WITH ALONG THOSE LINES, WE COULD DO IT AT THE PAVILION EVEN, BUT HAVE SOME OF THE TOWN EMPLOYEES SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE I AM, THIS IS WHAT I DO.

UM, THIS IS WHAT I SEE DAY TO DAY, AND THEN WE COULD COME OUT.

IT MIGHT BE PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEAR IN SEPARATE CONTEXTS IS, UM, THAT, THAT FOLKS JUST FEEL A LITTLE BIT, UM, AT A LOSS AT HOW TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOWN, UM, BEYOND, YOU KNOW, THE, JUST THE LOCAL PAPERS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

THEY STILL FEEL SOMEHOW, UH, THE, THE INFORMATION IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, INACCESSIBLE.

AND PART OF THAT IS JUST, UM, THE CRUSH OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND IT IT'S, IT TAKES SOME EFFORT TO GET PLUGGED INTO THAT INFORMATION, BUT I, I WOULD VALUE AND SUPPORT US BEING MORE PROACTIVE IN THAT MANNER.

SURE.

PERFECT.

JUST ONE THOUGHT TO CONSIDER, UM, WITH THE PROPOSAL IS THAT THE BENEFIT IS THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO STRUCTURE ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL LIKE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT WOULD BE, YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME SORT OF A SYSTEM SET UP FOR ONBOARDING COUNCILMEN.

AND IF THERE WASN'T INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT PRIVATE IN THAT TRAINING OR ONBOARDING AND OPENING THAT UP, OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO JUST OPEN THE FLOOD GATES AND LIKE FLOOD SORT OF THAT TRAINING, BUT IF IT COULD BE SOME SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS HOP THROUGH A COUPLE OF EXTRA HOOPS, JUST SO THAT ACTUALLY REALLY COMMITTED, UH, AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY EXTRA WORK.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

SOUNDS GOOD.

TWO, TWO OF THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS WERE DOWN THERE DANCE, AND THEN I, IN A WAY I RECOGNIZE THEM ONE AT A WHITE TUX ON THAT'S.

THANK YOU, MR. HICKMAN.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO.

COME ON UP.

WILLY WILLIAM HALL, FOUR ZERO NINE EAST MAIN STREET, FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA CSE TREATS, UH, LIGHT TO SAY GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

CO-COUNSEL MR. DOW MANAGER DOWN ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL EVENING THAT OUR SENIORS HAD ON MAIN STREET THIS PAST WEEKEND.

IT WAS VERY MAGICAL AND IT CAME TO BE BECAUSE OF ALL THE HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES WITH ALL OF US INVOLVED.

AND I THINK THE KIDS ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS TO HEART AND IT'LL CHERISH THEM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME THE MAGIC THAT HAPPENED ON MAIN STREET BECAUSE THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE MOST AMAZING PROBLEM THEY'VE EVER HAD.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MORE OF THESE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE ARE HERE TOGETHER AND LET'S BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU, MR. STEVEN.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, JACOB, LAURIE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP MORNING OF NIGHT THROUGH GETTING INTO END, MAKE MAKING SURE THIS WAS SPECTACULAR EVENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANKS WILLIAM.

I JUST WANTED, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ADD DURING MY COUNSEL PORTION, BUT, UM, AND TH TH THE PEOPLE LEFT AT THOSE

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HE STOOD OUT.

UM, BUT I D I WANTED TO JUST ECHO THAT.

THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE I KNOW BACK IN FEBRUARY, WHEN I ASKED ABOUT, COULD WE LET THEM USE, UM, THE GAZEBO PAVILION AREA? UM, IT REALLY WAS A REALLY INTERESTING EVENING.

UM, MR. EGGS JOINED ME AS WELL, AND WE WERE, WE WERE CHAPERONING, UM, BUT IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL.

THEY REALLY MAY, THEY RE THERE WAS LIGHTS IN THE TREE AND THERE WAS A RED CARPET, AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY FABULOUS EVENING.

AND, AND, UM, AND EVERYTHING WAS DONATED, UH, FOOD.

UH, JUST ANYWAY, I CAN'T GO ON AND ON ENOUGH TO SAY, BUT IT WAS KIND OF REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THE GAZEBO AND THE PAVILION AREA IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT THAN WHAT IT USUALLY LOOKS.

I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS LIKE OUTSIDE PATIO KIND OF PARTY.

SO ANYWAY, THANKS EVERYBODY.

AND WILLIE, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU HAVE SO, AND THEN HE MOVES.

IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL IT? LET ME GO DANCING.

UH, OH, ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

AND, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS

[8A. An Ordinance Amendment to Town Code Chapters 170-2 and 170-3 Pertaining to Adding the Word “Designee” throughout the Chapter.]

ARE FIRST.

ONE IS ON AS TO, UH, AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO TELL THEM CODE CHAPTER ONE 70 DASH TWO AND ONE 70 DASH THREE, PERTAINING TO ADDING WORD DESIGNEE THROUGHOUT THE CHAPTER.

MARY ELLEN, COULD YOU READ A SUMMARY, PLEASE? COUNSEL HAS TO AMEND TOWN CODE CHAPTERS, ONE 70 DASH, TWO REMOVAL OF HIGH GRASS, WEEDS, AND FOREIGN GROWTH, AND ONE 70 DASH THREE REMOVAL OF TRASH TOWN ACTION ON FAILURE OF OWNER TO REMOVE, TO ADD THE WORD DESIGNEE THROUGHOUT THE AMENDMENT.

IF APPROVED WOULD SAVE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TIME WITH PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATION AND RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS, OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WANTING TO SPEAK ANYBODY HERE WANTING TO SPEAK? AND THEN I CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPENED UP THE COUNCIL.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE CHAPTERS, ONE 70 DASH TWO REMOVAL OF HIGH GRASS, WEEDS, AND FOREIGN GROWTH, AND ONE 70 DASH THREE REMOVAL OF TRASH TOWN ACTION.

ONE FAILURE OF OWNER TO REMOVE, TO ADD THE WORD DESIGNEE THROUGHOUT AS PRESENTED.

SECOND HERE'S A SECOND.

HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COCKREL YES.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TOWN CODE CHAPTER ONE 58 DASH SIX, PERTAINING TO ADOPTION BY A REFERENCE OF STATE MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS.

[8C. An Ordinance Amendment to Town Code Chapter 158-6 pertaining to Adoption by Reference of the State Motor Vehicular Laws]

SUMMARY, PLEASE COUNSEL IS REQUESTED TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE CHAPTER ONE 58 DASH SIX, PERTAINING TO THE ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF STATE MOTOR VEHICULAR LAWS AS PRESENTED ANNUALLY.

THE TOWN MUST READOPT SECTION ONE 58 DASH SIX OF THE TOWN CODE, WHICH LEGALLY ALLOWS THE TOWN TO INCORPORATE ALL THE CHANGES TO THE STATE CODE TRAFFIC LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THE YEAR.

COCKREL COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE.

OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK? IS ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK THE PUBLIC HEARING, BEING KNOWN? I PLEASED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE CHAPTER ONE, THE DA DASH SIX, PERTAINING TO THE ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF STATE MOTOR VEHICULAR LAWS AS PRESENTED SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ROLL CALL PLEASE? VICE MAYOR.

COUNCILMAN MEZA COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

YES.

PUBLIC HEARING PASSES.

NEXT.

WE HAVE REPORTS REPORT

[6A. Report of Town Manager]

THE TOWN MANAGER, STEVEN, GOOD EVENING, MARY GDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PREPARATION.

THEY'RE DOING A TRAIL.

STEVEN IS YOUR MIC ON, THERE'S A SURVEY THAT THEY'RE ASKING, UM, UH, CITIZENS TO TAKE AND YOU CAN GO TO VIRGINIA.GOV.

THAT'S GOV.

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UH, THEY'RE DOING THE STUDY.

IT'S NOW GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

IT'S GOING TO END IN NOVEMBER OF 2021 AT THIS YEAR.

AND, AND ALSO IT'S A STRETCH OF 48.5 MILES.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN AND WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO SHARE THE INFORMATION.

SO THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, THEY COULD TAKE THE, UH, THE SURVEY.

UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

UH, WHAT'S THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE, ANY ANYBODY? WOW.

THE NEXT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS HERE.

[6C. Report of the Mayor]

REPORT TO THE MAYOR.

UM, I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH, UH, LAST WEEK I, UH, ATTENDED A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY, UH, RE OF REOPENING OF LAKE AND COMPANY, UM, SALON UP ON SHANDOR AVENUE.

UM, BLAKE AND HER HUSBAND, UH, THEY'VE HAD THE SHOP, UH, I BELIEVE FOR 13 YEARS.

AND, UH, I THINK IT SAYS A LOT FOR A SMALL BUSINESS LIKE THAT TO SURVIVE DURING THIS PANDEMIC WHEN SO MANY FAILED OR I SHOULDN'T SAY FAILED, UM, COULDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE OF, UH, THE PANDEMIC.

UM, SO I THINK IT SAYS A LOT, UH, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A RE GRAND OPENING AND THEY EVEN REMODELED.

SO THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.

SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANY, ANYBODY ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR? I HAVE ONE MORE THING.

I WANT TO REMIND, UH, THE CITIZENS THAT TOWN HALL WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY FOR MEMORIAL DAY.

THANK YOU, STEVEN.

[10. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

A MOTION, MR. MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRESENTED.

HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

VICE MAYOR COCKEREL.

YES.

CLOSED MEETING TO HEAR MOTION.

SO WE HAVE NO BUSINESS ITEMS. NEXT.

WE HAVE A

[12. CLOSED MEETING]

I MOVE TOWN.

COUNCIL WILL GO INTO CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2 DASH THREE SEVEN ONE ONE OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES, A, THE PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINING, OR RESIGNATION OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICER'S APPOINTEES OR EMPLOYEES OF A PUBLIC BODY UNDER SUBSECTION EIGHT.ONE B FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL UNDER SUBSECTION A DON EIGHT SECOND, A SECOND.

WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.