[1. MOMENT OF SILENCE]
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GOOD EVENING, LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, 2022.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
[2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
YOU.IF YOU WOULD NOW WITNESS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY NEW COUNCIL MEMBER WAYNE POCH.
[3. ROLL CALL ]
MS. PRES ROLL HALL, PLEASE.[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEXT? APPROVAL OF MINUTES, MR. MAYOR.I MOVE TO APPROVE THE, THE MEETING MINUTES OF THE JOINT WORK SESSION WITH FRIDA ON OCTOBER THE 17TH, THE REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER THE 24TH, THE SPECIAL MEETING OF NOVEMBER THE NINTH, AND THE WORK SESSION OF NOVEMBER THE 14TH, 2022 AS PRESENTED.
[5. ADDITION/DELETION OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA]
RIGHT OF NEXT S AND THE LESIONS OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA.[6. RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS/REPORTS/PRESENTATIONS]
RECOGNITIONS AWARDS, REPORTS, PRESENTATIONS, PROJECTS BY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ROBBIE VOER.ROBBIE, UH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNSEL.
UM, JUST TO GO OVER A FEW PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, AND I HAVE A FEW NEW THINGS.
UM, THE WATER LINE UPGRADES FOR BRAXTON ANDAS.
UM, THOSE ARE STILL ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST TIME.
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR BUSHONG CONTRACT AND GET YOUR MATERIAL ORDERED.
UM, OUR PLANS IS TO START EARLY OF JANUARY OF 2023.
UM, THE JOHN MARSHALL HIGHWAY, WE HAVE GOT THE, UH, SIGNED CONTRACT BACK FROM, UH, BOWMAN GRIFFITH THAT'S GONNA DO THE JOHN MARSHALL ORDER LINE, AND HE CURRENTLY HAS MATERIALS ON ORDER.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING MAYBE FEBRUARY, MARCH WE CAN START ON THAT ONE.
UH, BOTH THE PRV VAULTS, THE RICHMOND ROAD AND THE ROBIN HOOD LANE ARE BOTH ON ORDER.
UM, THE ROBIN HOOD LANE WAS THE ONE THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE, UH, ROAD GRADE HATCH.
UM, WE'RE HOPING HERE TO END OF THIS MO UH, END OF DECEMBER TO HAVE THAT IN.
UM, AND THEN MARCH FOR THE, UH, RICHMOND ROAD ONE.
UM, THE REDUNDANT WATERLINE, UM, LET'S SEE, WAS APPROVED OCTOBER 24TH FOR THE 18 MILLION WATER LINE UPGRADE PROJECT.
OUR INSTALLATION PROJECT, UH, CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING ON THE CONTRACTOR.
HE'S WORK, THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THEIR MATERIALS ORDERED, UM, AND THEIR PROJECTS SCHEDULED.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, FOR LAY DOWN YARDS, UH, TO STORE THE MATERIALS, SO THEY'LL HAVE THAT READY WHEN IT COMES.
UM, THE PAVING SECONDARY AND PRIMARY PAVING, UM, WE HAVE TWO LITTLE PIECES LEFT.
WE HAVE, UH, THE FINISH THIS WEEK AND ALL THE PAVING WILL BE DONE FOR, FOR FALL.
UM, THAT'LL COMPLETE THE 24 STREETS.
UM, THE LINE PAINTERS SHOWED UP TODAY, UM, BUT THEIR TRUCK, UH, BROKE DOWN, SO THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK TOMORROW AND START.
SO THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK THEY'LL BE DOING THE LINE PAINTING, UM, RULE AND COMMERCE SIXTH STREET, UM, AND ALL THOSE REMOUNTS, PUTTING ALL THOSE BACK.
UM, THE ANTI LITTER COUNCIL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, TWO, UH, TRASH CANS OF 96 GALLON BEAR PROOF TRASH CANS FOR THE LURAY BOAT LANDING.
UH, WE DID GET THE CONCRETE PADS POURED FOR THOSE, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, SO THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, FOR THOSE, UM, HAPPY CREEK STRING BANK, UH, EAC, UH, ON DECEMBER 19TH, UH, THERE WAS 30, UH, VOLUNTEERS FROM EAC.
UM, AN OLDER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE TREE STEWARDS BEAUTIFICATION, ISAAC WALTON LEAGUE, PINOT PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL, AND OTHER, UH, VOLUNTEERS.
UH, THEY PLANTED 450, UH, YOUNG SEEDLINGS ALONG THE CREEK.
UM, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PLANNING ON DECEMBER 10TH AT 10:00 AM UM, AT THE LIONS COMMUNITY PARK AND THE GERTRUD MILLER PARK.
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AND IT'LL BE A FLYER COME OUT FOR THAT.UM, SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
UM, THIS IS ALSO SNYDER THAT'S GONNA DO THE REDUNDANT ORDER LINES THAT DID ALL THE OTHER SEWER EMERGENCY POINT REPAIRS FOR US.
UM, IF APPROVED, THEN THEY'LL START ORDERING A MATERIAL AND TRYING TO GET A WORK SCHEDULE PUT TOGETHER.
UM, THAT PROJECT WAS, UH, JUST OVER 4.9 MILLION.
UM, AND THAT WAS FOR THE 25,000 FEET OF, UH, C I P P LINING.
AND THEN, UH, THE REPLACEMENT 192 SEWER LATERS.
UM, COUPLE NEW THINGS WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT.
I THOUGHT WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT SOME OF THE VDO PROJECTS.
UM, BACK YEARS AGO, UM, ROBERT HAD APPLIED FOR THE NORTH SHANDO AVENUE PROJECT LIGHTING.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT MUCH.
UM, BUT OUR KK HAS DONE, DONE MOST OF THE ENGINEERING FOR THAT.
UH, WE HAD TO CHANGE SOME OF THE POLE FOOTERS BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER UTILITIES THERE, SO THEY'RE FINISHING THAT UP.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING HERE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SO TO HAVE THAT.
UM, WE TAKE, OF COURSE, THE TOWN HAS SIGNED THE AGREEMENT.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT TO COME BACK FROM VDOT SIGNED.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE CAN START GETTING EVERYTHING PUT OUT TO BID.
UM, THE, A STREET BRIDGE, UM, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT A WHILE BACK, BUT THAT, UH, THE TOWN HAS SIGNED HER PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
WE WAS WAITING FOR VDO FOR THAT, UM, TO COME BACK FOR THAT.
UM, AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE REVENUE.
UM, THE, UH, BRIDGE, THE ENGINEER ESTIMATE WAS 2.8 FOR THAT.
UM, AND I'M SORRY, THE LIGHTS WAS 600,000 WAS THE ENGINEERING ESTIMATE FOR THAT.
UM, THE HAPPY CREEK PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION, UM, BDO STILL REVIEWING THOSE.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN, SEND US COMMENTS SO WE CAN UPDATE THE APPLICATION ACCORDINGLY.
UM, THE LAST CALL SYSTEM FOR THEM WAS FOR THAT.
NEXT, FROM THE, UH, PHASE ONE STOPPED U STREET WAS 12,733,000, UH, FOR THAT PHASE.
UM, THAT IS SMART SCALE, SO THAT'S 100% BEAT UP FUNDED.
UM, ONE THING I DID WANNA MENTION THAT WAS SMART SCALE.
UM, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT IF THAT IS THE CASE AND TOWN DOES GET THE FUNDING, UM, ENGINEERING WOULD NOT START UNTIL 2025 AND CONSTRUCTION WOULD NOT START UNTIL 2031.
UM, SO IT'S A LOT LONGER PROJECT.
UM, AND THE LAST ONE IS THE SOUTH STREET WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IN A WHILE, AND THAT'S ALSO SMART SCALE.
UM, THEY'RE JUST, UH, VDOT S CONSULTANTS JUST ABOUT DONE, UH, SURVEYING.
UM, AND THEY'VE JUST STARTED THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN.
UH, THE PLANS ARE TO BE DONE THIS COMING SPRING.
UM, AND THEN THEY'LL START WITH PUBLIC INPUT RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITIONS FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THAT SMART SCALE PROJECT WAS, UH, 3,241,000 FOR THE SOUTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAD, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING.
UH, MR. BOYER, UM, WHEN DO YOU, DO THEY HAVE AN IDEA ON WHEN CONSTRUCTION ON THE REDUNDANT WATER LINE IS, IS GONNA START? I WOULD, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY SPRING, SPRING TIME.
THEY GET ALL THE MATERIAL, THAT MUCH PIPE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GET EVERYTHING LAID OUT, CROSSING ONE, THE RIVER CROSSING AND GETTING ALL, I WOULD SAY SPRING, REALISTICALLY MARCH, APRIL OR SO.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA GET US A PROJECT SCHEDULE.
UH, I TALKED TO HER TODAY AND SHE'S WORKING ON IT, SO AS SOON AS WE GET THAT, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BETTER IDEA.
I'VE BEEN PUSHING REALLY HARD ON THE SOUTH STREET PROJECT AND THE LIGHTING.
IS THE LIGHTING GONNA BE UPDATED AS WELL AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS OTHER PLAN? CAUSE OF ALL THE PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS? YEAH, I KNOW VDO WAS LOOKING AT IT IN THE DESIGN AND THERE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE ISLANDS TO MAKE IT SAFER, BUT YEAH, IT'S GONNA LIMIT SOME OF THE LEFT TURNS TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC FLOW BETTER.
UM, ISLANDS AND I KNOW THEY WERE GONNA LOOK AT LIGHTING TOO, BECAUSE ALL THE FATALITIES.
ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, ROBBIE.
[7.A. Special Use Permit for Short-Term Rental at 200 E Main Street – Doug Ichiuji - Lauren Kopishke]
ALL RIGHT.FIRST WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 200 EAST MAIN STREET.
MS. PRES, COULD YOU READ A SUMMARY PLEASE? COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM DOUG GG G FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 200 EAST MAIN STREET.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONE C DASH TWO AND LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS REQUEST ON OCTOBER 19TH AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH NO CONDITIONS.
THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED UP.
THIS TIME WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE A REQUEST FROM DOUG AT, TO, FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR A SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 200 EAST MAIN STREET.
MS. PRES HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
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COUNCILWOMAN MORRIS.[7.B. special Use Permit for Short-Term Rental at 206 Lee Street – Minnick Group – Lauren Kopishke]
PUBLIC HEARING, SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 2 0 6 LEE STREET, MS. PRESLEY COUNCILS REQUESTED TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM THE MINUTE GROUP FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 2 0 6 LEE STREET.THE PROPERTY IS ZONED R DASH THREE AND LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 19 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, AND THIS IS ADDED TO THE SUMMARY TONIGHT, CONTINGENT UPON INSTALLATION OF A DRIVEWAY TO ACCOMMODATE THREE VEHICLES.
AND I ASK THAT THAT BE ADDED TO THE MOTION OF COUNSEL DESIRES.
I'M SORRY, I MISSED THE LAST PART.
FOR WHAT REASON? CONTINGENT UPON INSTALLATION OF A DRIVEWAY TO ACCOMMODATE THREE VEHICLES.
UM, AT THIS POINT I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE LIKE TO SPEAK? ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK? I HAVE TO, ANY QUESTIONS TO MY APPLICATION? OKAY.
AT THIS TIME, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNSEL APPROVE A REQUEST FROM THE MINUTE GROUP FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 2 0 6 LEE STREET, WITH THE CONDITION OF A DRIVEWAY TO ADD THREE PARKING SPACES.
SECOND, I HAVE A SECOND IN DISCUSSION.
UM, WHAT, WHAT, UM, I GUESS DID PLANNING COMMISSION COME UP WITH THE THREE, THE DRIVEWAY TO ACCOMMODATE THREE PARKING SPACES? LIKE WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT? IS IT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE HOME OR THE BEDROOMS, OR WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? IT'S, UH, ONE VEHICLE PARKING SPACE FOR ONE PER BEDROOM.
AND THEY ONLY HAVE ON STREET PARKING AT THIS TIME.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, WHAT IF SOMEBODY LIVED THERE? RIGHT? I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT KEEPS COMING UP.
SEEMS LIKE, YEAH, WE JUST APPROVED A SHORT TERM RENTAL MAIN STREET.
CHESTER STREET WHERE THE PARKING WAS AN ISSUE AS WELL.
I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE FOR THAT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE SUBSTANTIAL.
AND THIS HOUSE PEOPLE HAD LIVED IN.
UM, I BELIEVE MY WHOLE LIFE, UH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE PARKING FOR THREE CARS.
UM, I'M SORRY, DID YOU ASK FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING? OR HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU ESTIMATING? ARE YOU PREDICTING TO STAY THERE? ARE YOU EXPECTING MULTIPLE VEHICLES? UM, PART THE MAXIMUM I WOULD ASSUME TOO.
AND THEN OFF STREET PARK, I MEAN, ON STREET PARKING OR THERE'S NO DRIVEWAY.
THERE'S NO DRIVEWAY, THERE'S ON STREET PARKING, THERE'S JUST PARKING, THERE'S A BUMP OUT WHERE THE DRIVEWAY CAN GO ALREADY A CURB BUMP OUT.
AND SO WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT THERE HAS TO BE PARKING, WE CAN FIT THREE CAR SPACES BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE BEDROOMS. OKAY.
YOU CAN FIT IT OR YOU MEAN IT'S POSSIBLE.
I JUST, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN UNNECESSARY EXPENSE ON MY, IN MY OPINION.
UNDERSTANDING OPINION WHEN WE'VE COME UPON THIS BEFORE IS I JUST RECENTLY MOVED FROM A RESIDENTIAL HOME IN FRONT ROYAL THAT DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY OFF STREET PARKING, YOU KNOW, AND I COULD HAVE THREE CARS OR 10 CARS OVER AT ANY GIVEN POINT DURING THAT.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VARIATION BETWEEN A LONG-TERM RENTAL AND A SHORT TERM RENTAL AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING.
I JUST REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT THIS YET AGAIN, BECAUSE I, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS ADDRESSED AFTER THE LAST MEETING.
I'M SORRY THAT THIS IS COMING UP IN YOURS.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THAT MOTION.
OR DO WE HAVE TO TAKE, DO WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS FIRST MOTION PRESENT? I WOULD, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND JUST RE-READ THE MOTION.
DOES THAT REQUIRE A SPECIAL PARKING EXCEPTION, GEORGE? NO, I THINK IT WAS JUST ON CHESTER STREET BECAUSE OF THE DIS DISTRICT AND THE HISTORICAL.
UM, AND I DON'T HAVE THE, UH, I DON'T HAVE CHAPTER 1 48 IN FRONT OF ME AT THE MOMENT.
I THINK I, BUT CHAPTER 1 48 IS, UM, IS THE, THE PLANNING AND SUBDIVISION CHAPTER AND, UM, I THINK IT'S 1 48.
EIGHT 70 IS THE SECTION ON PARKING.
AND THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE IN THAT SECTION
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STATES, AND I'M PARAPHRASING, EVERY USE REQUIRES OFF STREET PARKING.NOW, IN THE CASE OF A U FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL, THAT'S A CHANGE OF USE.
AND THAT IS, THAT TRIGGERS, UH, A REVIEW OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.
AND, UM, AND CHAPTER 1 48, 8 70, UH, GOES INTO THE REQUIRED PARKING FOR ALL THE VARIOUS USES.
UM, IF A USE IS NOT LISTED, WHICH IN THE CASE OF A SHORT TERM RENTAL, IT IS NOT, IT'S WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO DETERMINE WHICH CATEGORY IS MOST APPROPRIATE.
I JUST WANNA DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
IT'S, IT'S DISCRETIONARY, BUT IT STILL MUST FALL IN ONE OF THE CATEGORIES.
SO, BUT IT'S STILL RESIDENTIAL.
BEFORE I SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE, BEFORE I CHANGE MY MOTION, I JUST WANNA ADD FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHEN THIS CAME UP FOR THE CHESTER STREET 12 CHESTER STREET, AND THEY NEEDED A PARKING EXCEPTION, WE ALSO CHANGED THAT TO INCLUDE A PULLOUT COUCH.
AND I DON'T THINK WE DISCUSSED AN EXTRA CAR FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT SLEEP ON THAT PULLOUT COUCH.
UM, SO I JUST THINK TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD, IF THIS WASN'T A SHORT TERM RENTAL AND IT WAS A LONG TERM RENTAL, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT HAVING THIS DISCUSSION OR REQUIRING THEM TO PUT A DRIVEWAY IN.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS, IF I CAN ADDRESS THE CHESTER STREET SITUATION, UM, IN THAT CASE, UH, THE FACTS WERE THAT THERE WAS PHYSICALLY NO PLACE FOR PARKING.
THE, THE, THE STRUCTURE TOOK UP BASICALLY THE ENTIRE LINE.
SO THERE WAS PHYSICALLY NO WAY TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.
THE OTHER WAY TO MEET IT IS IF YOU CAN FIND OFF STREET PARKING WITHIN 300 FEET, WHICH THIS HOME HAS ON THE STREET, BUT THAT'S NOT OFF STREET PARKING.
SO I, UM, I THINK WE CAN REDO THIS AND NOT INCLUDE THAT DRIVEWAY OPTION BECAUSE I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO INSTALL A DRIVEWAY, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
UM, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH IT AT ALL.
AND BECAUSE MAX, SHE'S SAYING PROBABLY TWO CARS, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT GONNA RENT OUT A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE TO THREE PEOPLE, NECESSARILY ALL AT THE SAME TIME ON YOUR AIRBNB.
DO YOU, ARE YOU RENTING IT AS A WHOLE UNIT? THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE HOUSE.
SO YOU'RE RENTING AS A WHOLE HOUSE.
IT MIGHT ONLY BE ONE CAR MOST OF THE TIME FOR A FAMILY THAT'S COMING IN OR SOMETHING.
SO I THINK THERE'S PARKING ON THE STREET FOR TWO, AND I THINK IT'S FINE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE, WE KEEP MAKING THIS SO COMPLICATED FOR PEOPLE TO DO THINGS WITH THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
AND I'M SORRY IF THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY THE PLACE TO ADDRESS IT, BUT I JUST, I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH IT.
AND I'D LIKE TO READ YOU THE MOTION WITHOUT THAT STIPULATION.
MR. MAYOR, UM, IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT IN THIS CASE, I UNDERSTAND WHY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS, IS, UH, IS ASKING FOR THIS, UM, THE, IT'S A ONE STREET PARKING THERE ANYWAY, BEFORE IT WAS A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.
UM, NOW, I MEAN, THEY COULD HAVE THREE COUPLES COME THERE, A SINGLE FAMILY OWN, LET ME SPEAK AMBER, AND THEY COULD HAVE THREE COUPLES TO COME THERE.
UM, SO THIS, IN THIS INSTANCE, THIS IS GONNA TAKE PARKING AND, AND I GET, IT'S A PUBLIC STREET, BUT THIS IS GONNA TAKE PARKING FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT, THAT ARE THERE.
AND, UM, IN, IN THIS INSTANCE, I MEAN, I, ME PERSONALLY, I I WOULD BE OKAY IF THEY PUT, UH, A DRIVEWAY IN, UM, THAT WOULD HOLD AT LEAST ONE CAR, SO THEY WOULD HAVE OFF STREET THERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, EVEN THE OTHER THANKSGIVING DAY, RIGHT? I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE OVER, AND WE HAD TO TAKE UP SEVERAL FACES ON OUR STREET.
ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS DO, WE'RE ALL VERY COURTEOUS OF EACH OTHER.
I DON'T SEE THAT AS A PROBLEM.
LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO, TWO CARS, MOST LIKELY AT MAX.
BUT AT ANY RATE, I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA BE, THE PARKING ON THAT STREET IS NOT SO THAT IT'S BUMPER TO BUMPER AND YOU HAVE TO LIKE SQUEEZE IN SPOTS.
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RESPECT.HAVE YOU BEEN DOWN THAT STREET? YEAH, I HAVE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO REITERATE THAT IT IS SHORT TERM.
SO IF, FOR INSTANCE, THREE COUPLES COME AND VISIT THIS HOME AT ONE TIME, THOSE THREE CARS ARE GONNA STAY.
DO YOU HAVE A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF NIGHTS THAT YOU RENTED OR THIS MINIMUM TO MAXIMUM, HOWEVER? RIGHT.
SO TYPICALLY THE MAXIMUM'S LESS THAN A WEEK ON A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
AND AGAIN, I'LL REITERATE THAT A FAMILY COULD LIVE IN THAT HOUSE WITH A 16 YEAR OLD DRIVER OR THREE DRIVERS THAT ARE ADULTS.
ONE, I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S POINT.
NOBODY WANTS TO TELL ANYBODY WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
PROPERTY, BUT I, THE WHOLE SHORT TERM RENTAL THING, WHEN IT CAME UP, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE, UM, INCONVENIENCE TO OTHER, UH, NEIGHBORS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE RESIDENCE NEARBY.
UM, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE PIECES TO THE ORDINANCE WAS ABOUT PARKING.
I RECOGNIZE WHEN WE DID THIS ON CHESTER STREET, WE ALL SAID, AS, AS MR. SONNET SAID, WE DIDN'T HAVE, THERE WERE, THERE WAS NO PARKING THERE, BUT THERE WAS PUBLIC PARKING NEARBY.
UM, I THINK LEE STREET, I'M, I'M LIKE GARY, UNLESS I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH LEE STREET TOO.
THERE ISN'T A TON OF EXTRA PARKING THERE.
UM, AND SO I CAN, I CAN SEE WHY PEOPLE WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
I'M LIKE, GARY, I DON'T, I I THINK THREE, UH, DRIVEWAY, IT'S A BIT MUCH FOR THREE IS A LITTLE EXCESSIVE.
UM, I THINK MAYBE A DRIVEWAY FOR ONE, UH, WOULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, I HOPEFULLY IT WOULDN'T BE AS COST PROHIBITIVE.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS I THINK ABOUT, AND I LATASHA I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, LIKE THANKSGIVING OR, OR EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE COME OVER TO VISIT YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE DURING THE DAY ALL DAY.
IT MIGHT BE FOR DINNER, IT MIGHT EVEN BE OVERNIGHT.
BUT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FOR, I KNOW YOU SAID MORE THAN TWO DAYS, BUT, AND IT CAN, I'M PRETTY SURE IT CAN'T BE MORE THAN 30, I THINK, FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL, BUT, UM, I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A SITUATION WHERE IT TOTALLY INCONVENIENCES EVERY NEIGHBOR.
UM, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, LEE STREET IS NEAR SOME BUSINESSES TOO, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM LINDSEY CHEVROLET.
SO ANYWAY, I ALSO HAVE A COMPLAINT SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT I THINK CAN HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LIKE, TO AN EXTENT, I THINK WE SHOULD LET THINGS GO.
IF YOU START GETTING A BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT PARKING, THEN REVISIT IT AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA NEED YOU TO GET THIS DRIVEWAY RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING OFF OF ASSUMPTIONS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA BECAUSE SHE'S NOT DONE THIS BEFORE.
SO WE HAVE NO DATA ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE TYPICALLY COME, HOW MANY CARS THEY TYPICALLY BRING.
SO I THINK THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY JUST MAKE THIS SIMPLE, NOT REQUIRE THAT AT THIS TIME, IF WE START GETTING COMPLAINTS IN RIGHT.
WE MAY OR MAY NOT, UM, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS IT FURTHER.
UM, TO MAKE SOMEBODY DO THIS RIGHT NOW AHEAD OF IT, WITH NO REAL DATA TO SUPPORT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, UM, DOESN'T SEEM FEASIBLE OR EFFECTIVE.
THERE ISN'T DATA, MR. MAYER, BUT THERE'S AN ORDINANCE, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD WANT.
UH, UH, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT, UH, UH, LATASHA HAS SAID, WAS THERE THERE COMMUNITY INPUT REGARDING ANY CONCERNS? PUBLIC HEARING? I DON'T THINK THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN ANY VOICE.
I, I, I WOULD, UH, AGREE THAT IF THERE IS ANY ISSUES IN THE FUTURE, THAT IT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, I, I WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, NOT STAND, UH, RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IT, IT'S SMALLER.
THERE'S CARS ON BOTH SIDES ALL THE TIME.
IF YOU PUT THREE CARS IN FRONT OF THAT RESIDENCE, IT'S GONNA TAKE UP US PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF THE NEXT RESIDENCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THAT'S MARSHALL STREET OFF OF STONEWALL DRIVE ON BOTH SIDES.
ANY GIVEN DAY OF THE WEEK TO SAY THAT THIS SHORT TERM IT'LL WOULD INCONVENIENCE OTHER PEOPLE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN SAYING IF SHE WERE TO OCCUPY THE HOME HERSELF AND OWN THREE VEHICLES, THAT SHE WEREN'T INCONVENIENCING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE A COMPLAINT BASIS SYSTEM FOR A REASON.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HAVING THREE PARKING SPACES, I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A NEW MOTION AND WE CAN TAKE IT TO A ROLL CALL, MR. MAYOR.
BUT, BUT WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE.
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WE HAVE ALSO AN ORDINANCE ON MAIN STREET THAT, I MEAN, THERE'S THE LIMITED PARKING ON A LOT OF THESE SMALL STREETS IS AN ISSUE THAT DOESN'T GET ADDRESSED.MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.
DID YOU NEED FOR ME TO READ IT? UM, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS.
AND COUNCILWOMAN THOMPSON? NO.
MR. MAY MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE A REQUEST FROM THE MINUTE GROUP FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 2 0 6 LEE STREET.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY DISCUSSION.
ROLL CALL ICE MAYOR C**K ROLL.
[7.C. Special Use Permit for Daycare at 1111 N. Shenandoah Avenue – LifePoint Church – Lauren Kopishke]
SPELL, USE PERMIT FOR DAYCARE AT 1111 SHANDWICK.MS. PRESTON COUNSEL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM LIFEPOINT CHURCH FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A DAYCARE TO BE LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CHURCH AT 1111 NORTH SHENANDOAH AVENUE.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C DASH ONE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST ON OCTOBER 19TH, BUT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, NUMBER ONE, THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS AUTHORIZED FOR A DAYCARE TO BE LOCATED AT 11 ONE NORTH SHANDO AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT WILL ADHERE TO ALL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS STIPULATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION.
THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN ANY NECESSARY PERMITS FOR WARREN COUNTY PRIOR TO COMMENCING THE USE, AND THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE STAFF WITH HOURS OF OPERATION AND A TRAFFIC FLOW DIAGRAM PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE USE.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK? NO ONE SIGNED UP.
ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK? I'M JOHN.
RIGHT THIS TIME I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU OPEN UP THE MR. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE A REQUEST FROM LAKE POINT CHURCH FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A DAYCARE TO BE LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CHURCH AT 1111 NORTH SHEO AVENUE, TAX MAP.
21 A 4 4 1 12 A 13 14 15 16 17 CONTED UPON THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS AUTHORIZED FOR A DAYCARE TO BE LOCATED AT 1111 NORTH SHANDO AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT WILL ADHERE TO ALL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS STIPULATED BY DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION, DPO R THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN ANY NECESSARY PERMITS FROM WARREN COUNTY PRIOR TO COMMENCING THE USE.
THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE STAFF WITH HOURS OF OPERATION AND A TRAFFIC FLOW DIAGRAM PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE USE.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING A DAYCARE.
UM, WE'LL SEE MORE PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET TO WORK CUZ THEY HAVE CHILDCARE, WHICH HASN'T BEEN ACCESSIBLE ALL THE TIME.
AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO THAT CHURCH AND IT REALLY LOOKS NICE.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT BACK AND RUNNING.
I WENT TO SCHOOL THERE WITH, UH, CHER SON, ACTUALLY.
UM, SO I HATE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE US FOR THIS AGAIN, SINCE IT'S ALREADY WHAT THE USE WAS INTENDED FOR AT ONE POINT PRIOR, BUT EXCITED TO SEE IT BACK UP AND RUNNING.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, HAVING YOU JOIN THE COMMUNITY WITH THAT DAYCARE CENTER.
ANYBODY ELSE? MR. MAYOR? I JUST WANT ALSO, UM, DESPERATELY NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY CHILDCARE AND, UM, MR. KENNY, HE'S MY, MY ORIGINAL PASTOR, JUST SO, UH, EVERYONE KNOWS HE'S A GOOD GUY.
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ALL RIGHT.[7.D. FY23 Budget Amendment for Outstanding Purchase Orders – BJ Wilson]
OF NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, FY 23 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR OUTSTANDING PURCHASE ORDERS.MS. PRESLEY COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,641,631 AND 39 CENTS TO CARRY FORWARD UNPAID BALANCES ON PURCHASE ORDERS NOT COMPLETED AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2022, AND TO CARRY FUNDS FORWARD TO FISCAL YEAR 2023.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING YOU HERE TO SPEAK, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN UP TO COUNSEL.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNSEL, APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,641,631 AND 39 CENTS TO CARRY FORWARD UNPAID BALANCES ON PURCHASE ORDERS, NOT COMPLETED AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2022.
AND TO CARRY FUNDS FORWARD TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.
SECOND INDI DISCUSSION? UH, YES, MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN, UH, I KNOW THE 14 MILLION SEEMS LIKE A, LIKE A PRETTY BIG NUMBER.
UM, BUT THE, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND, UM, WE'RE JUST PUSHING THEM FORWARD BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD COMPLETION OR THEY HAVE NOT STARTED YET.
[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS]
UH, NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTS AS THERE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES.MICHAEL SHOTTON OR SHOTTON SHOTTON.
I HAVE A, A PRINTOUT FOR EACH OF YOU IN CASE I, I RUN LONGER THAN I INTEND TO IF I COULD TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION THAT I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT.
IS IT OKAY IF I HAND YOU, UM, I'M SURE YOU HAND IT TO, UH, I'LL TAKE THERE AND SHE CAN PASS IT.
WOULD Y'ALL LIKE THESE NOW? THERE ARE SOME MAPS ON THERE THAT MIGHT HELP EXPLAIN.
UM, YEAH, WE'LL TAKE THEM AS WELL.
JUST TAKE ONE AND PASS THE, UM, AND YOU SKIP THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES.
YOU'LL SEE THE MAPS AT THE BACK.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, MY NAME IS MIKE SHOTTEN AND I SPOKE AT THE, UH, TOWN COUNCIL MEETING BACK IN JANUARY, UM, OF THIS YEAR, ABOUT JANUARY, FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, REGARDING AN ISSUE OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON WEST CRE ROAD, UM, AFTER A SNOW AND ICE EVENT.
I RECENTLY SAW THAT THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED AT A TOWN COUNCIL WAR POSSESSION ON OCTOBER 11TH OF THIS YEAR.
AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE ISSUE REGARDING SNOW REMOVAL FOR SAFE PASSAGE OF PEDESTRIANS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED DURING THE MEETING.
UM, AND MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION CENTERED AROUND THE ENFORCEMENT OF SNOW REMOVAL, UH, AND SIDEWALKS BY PROPERTY AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN ADDITION TO AN OUTREACH EFFORT, UM, FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO STEP UP AND ASSIST IN THE SIDEWALK CLEARING AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THAT DICTATE THE NEED.
UM, BUT, UH, SINCE HAVING RAISED THAT, UH, ISSUE, UM, IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE, THE REAL ISSUE, UM, IS ACTUALLY THERE'S NO SIDEWALK THERE.
UM, SO, UH, UH, OH GOSH, THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR TRYING TO WING IT HERE.
UH, IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT THE BIGGER ISSUE IN THE, UH, SPECIFIC SECTION OF WEST KAISER ROSE EXTENDS, UM, ARE, ARE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT? ALL OF YOU? UM, OKAY.
UM, SO I WANTED TO APPEAL TO YOU ALL, UM, FOR THE URGENT NEED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN RIGHT AWAY IN THAT SECTION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS THE ROUTE THAT MANY KIDS USE TO WALK TO SCHOOL ON THEIR WAY TO EITHER, UH, EITHER SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL OR SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THERE'S ALSO A REHABILITATION ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ON THAT ROAD.
AND DESPITE ITS CLOSED PROXIMITY TO TOWN, THERE'S NO SAFE OPTION TO GET TO TOWN OTHER THAN BY VEHICLE.
UH, SOMETHING ELSE VERY MUCH WORTH POINTING OUT IS THAT THAT SECTION OF ROAD BRIDGES TWO VERY POPULAR AND EXTENSIVELY SECTIONS OF THE GREENWAY, UH, BY WALKERS, JOGGERS, CYCLISTS, MOTHERS AND FATHERS PUSHING STROLLERS AND SENIOR CITIZENS USING THE GREENWAY TO ITS CURRENT POTENTIAL.
BUT AGAIN, THIS SECTION OF ROAD, WHICH IS USED IN ALL SCENARIOS, FORCES PEDESTRIANS INTO THE ROAD WITH VEHICLE TRAFFIC, UM, ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.
UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE SPECIFIC POINT IN TIME IS, UH, ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT TOUCHES ON NUMEROUS POINTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S COMING TOGETHER, UH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SLATED FOR FINAL REVISION VERY SOON.
UH, I SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH, UM, WITH A PLANNING DIRECT TOWN PLANNING DIRECT THEORY, AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT MANAGER FOR THE ADVISORY ORGANIZATION HELPING, UH, PUT TOGETHER THE COMP PLAN AT A, A RECENT OPEN HOUSE, UM, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY.
UH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, YOUR POINTS OF FOCUS FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT, UH, THINGS THAT, UH, SUCH AS CONNECT
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THE FUTURE RAIL TRAIL TRAILHEAD, UH, UP BY, I I CAN'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY ON THE NORTH END OF TOWN, UM, IN, UH, IMPROVING ACCESS FOR ALL TOWN AND COUNTY CITIZENS OF ALL DEMOGRAPHICS TO HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO TOWN DESPITE POSSIBLY NOT HAVING VEHICLE ACCESS.UH, IT SEEMS THAT GIVEN THE POPULAR GREENWAY, UH, THE POPULAR GREENWAY AND ALREADY LARGE AMOUNTS OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ALONG SKYLINE HIGH AND SKYLINE MIDDLE AND EASTHAM PARK, AND THE TENDENCY OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO CONNECT THOSE, UH, THOSE SECTIONS VIA WEST CREER, IT SEEMS THAT THE SIMPLE THAT SIMPLY EXTENDING THE GREENWAY FROM EAST CREER TO ALL, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LERAY AVENUE, ARE YOU GUYS FAMILIAR WITH THOSE TWO SECTIONS, UM, WOULD BE A WIN-WIN SCENARIO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOLVING A GAPING HOLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ALONG WITH, UH, UH, COMPLEMENTING THE INVESTMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEING MADE BY THE TOWN AND COUNTY TO EXTEND AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHAT DEFINES THE TERM GREENWAY IS THAT IT'S A MUCH SAFER STRUCTURE THAN THE STANDARD SIDEWALK, AND THAT IT HAS A RAISED CURB AND WIDER SAFE PASSAGE FOR STUDENTS AND PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES.
OF COURSE, FUNDING AND OWNERSHIP RIGHT AWAY IS ALWAYS A CONCERN.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PROPERTY OF SKYLINE HIGH ON THE SIDE OF SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, ON THAT SIDE OF WEST CREER IS OWNED BY THE NATIONAL PARK.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT WOULD BE THE SIDE THAT WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE FROM AN ENGINEERING AND DRAINAGE STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, FROM A LAYMAN'S ASSESSMENT.
UH, BUT KNOWING THAT IT'S PROPERTY PARK OF THE PROPERTY THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK IN OUR ADVANTAGE FROM, UH, UH, UM, FROM A PUBLIC GOOD KIND OF STANDPOINT AND APPEAL IN THAT WAY.
UM, REGARDING THE COST, THERE'S MORE THAN A FEW GRANT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE SPECIFICALLY FOR, AND I'M DOING AIR QUOTES CUZ I BELIEVE THIS IS THE NAME OF IT.
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS OR, UM, AN AVAILABLE TAP FUND T TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND TO BE YOUR REIMBURSEMENT, UM, AFTER INVESTMENT PROGRAM THROUGH VDOT, WHICH I THINK IS 70 30.
AND I, AGAIN, I'M KIND OF TALKING, UH, YOU KNOW, LAYMAN'S UNDERSTANDING OF THESE THINGS.
I DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE OR WHAT'S INVOLVING GETTING SUCH AN EFFORT OFF THE GROUND, BUT I HOPE THAT BY BROACHING THE SUBJECT AND RAISING THE QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO ASSIGN OR DESIGNATE PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT, UH, OF THE LACK OF SIDEWALKS ON THAT STRETCH OF LO ROAD.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'M FAR FROM THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS NOTICED THE PROBLEM.
I CAN TELL FROM SOME OF Y'ALL NODDING THAT YOU, YOU'RE VERY AWARE OF IT AS WELL.
UM, I'VE SPOKEN TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF AT THE SURROUNDING SCHOOLS AND ALSO, UH, ONE OF THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
UM, AND THEY RECO ALSO RECOGNIZE AND ECHOED, UM, THAT IT'S, IT'S LONGER OVERDUE BEING ADDRESSED.
UH, AND THE PAGES THAT I PROVIDED, I'VE INCLUDED, I JUST SAY A QUOTE, BUT THERE ARE TWO QUOTES IN PARTICULAR.
I DIDN'T WANNA PUT A MILLION OF 'EM IN THERE FROM INDIVIDUALS VOICING THEIR SPECIFIC CONCERNS.
ONE OF THEM BEING THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF, UM, WOODS COVE, UH, ASSISTED LIVING.
AND THE OTHER, I, I STRUCK THEIR NAME JUST FOR PRIVACY REASONS.
UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER, ANYTHING FURTHER THAT I CAN DO TO, UH, FOLLOW UP AND HELP FACILITATE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EAR AND, AND AGAIN, WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE, UH, IN THAT REGARD TO CRIME, MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
OH, SIR, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD CUZ YOU DIDN'T JUST BRING FORWARD A PROBLEM.
YOU WERE LIKE, HERE'S A PROBLEM AND HERE'S A, A SOLUTION.
AND I'VE DONE ALL THIS RESEARCH AND BY THE WAY, I THINK YOU GUYS CAN TAKE THE BALL FROM HERE,
I ABSOLUTELY, I DON'T WANNA TAKE ALL THE CREDIT FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN HERE.
I DID HAVE REALLY SMART PEOPLE THAT ALSO CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT SAW THE NEED, SO I DON'T WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT I DON'T WANNA THANK THEM FOR IT.
THANK, I THINK ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR REALLY CONSIDERING THAT.
ONE LAST COMMENT, UH, AS A RUNNER, FORMER RUNNER, AND, UH, I KNOW THE AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH FOR CHILDREN, UH, FOR FAMILIES, FOR WALKERS, FOR RUNNERS, UH, THAT'S A CORRIDOR.
UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT CORRIDOR AND IT, IT IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT CORRIDOR FOR NOT ONLY LEISURE TRANSPORTATION, UH, BUT FOR TRANSPORTATION AS YOU INDICATED IN TERMS OF OUR CHILDREN, UH, GOING TO SCHOOLS AND SO FORTH.
IT'S SO BUSY DURING PICKUP AND DROP OFF.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, COMMENTING TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE.
MUCH MORE ABOUT, I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.
THE REASON I WAS NODDING IS BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT GREAT LENGTH IN ONE OF OUR WORK SESSIONS.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF, UM, CONCERNS THERE AND THEN AT ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THE TOWN LIMITS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT GOT MISSED.
THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS WALK UP AND DOWN UP THE FOUR STILL DRIVE.
AND YOU WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE A SIDEWALK ALL WAY.
AND THE GYM CLASS AT SKYLINE ACTUALLY USES THAT.
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IT'S WHAT IS THE WHITE PIECE OF PAINTED LINE IS WHAT'S CONSIDERED TO BE THE REST OF THAT GREENWAY SIDEWALK.IT ACTUALLY DOES WRAP AROUND, BUT YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I, SEVERAL OF US ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT ADDRESSING.
AND THERE, THERE ARE PRIVATE HOUSES, AND I DON'T YOU BRING THIS UP TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I BRING UP THE OTHER SIDE THAT THE NATIONAL PARK, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO RUFFLE FEATHERS, FEATHERS FROM PRIVATE OWNERSHIP IN ANY WAY, BUT WE CAN RUFFLE THE GOVERNMENT.
UP NEXT, UH, BEFORE THE TOWN MANAGER, DJ, YOU HAVE ANYTHING
[9.B. Report of Councilmembers]
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING? YES, MR. MERRILLS? I'LL START.SINCE THE LAST MEETING, UM, I DID GET A CHANCE TO GO DOWN TO THE HAPPY CREEK PLANTING DAY.
UM, THEY LET ME PLANT A TREE AND ALTHOUGH IT FELT LIKE MORE LIKE A STICK TWIG, BUT I'M GONNA KEEP WATCHING IT AND HOPEFULLY, UH, I THINK IT WAS A CHOKE BERRY.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, JIM? I THINK IT WAS LIKE A CHOKE BERRY.
BUT ANYWAY, LOTS OF, UH, LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE.
UM, AND THERE IS ANOTHER DAY, DECEMBER 10TH, I, THEY HAD MULTIPLE BAGS OF TRASH THAT THEY HAD, UM, COLLECTED AND THERE WERE SOME HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THERE INVOLVED ALONG WITH A LOT OF ADULTS.
SO I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRIDGES DEDICATION.
UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY ON THE SAME DAY AS HEAVY CREEK.
UM, IF YOU, I IMAGINE EVERYBODY'S NOTICED THE BIG, UM, SIGNS OUTSIDE OF BOTH BRIDGES NOW.
BUT THAT WAS VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT JOSEPH WARREN, WHO OUR COUNTY IS NAMED FOR, I, UH, ACTUALLY USED HAVE TO TEACH JOSEPH WARREN A LITTLE BIT AND I LEARNED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT THERE THAT DAY.
UM, ALSO THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT WAS THE TREE LIGHTING THAT AT THE GAZEBO.
I WAS THOROUGHLY, UM, IMPRESSED.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, BUT IT WAS LARGE CROWD AND I THINK THAT IT WAS JUST A GREAT SHOWING OF HOW PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, UM, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING ELSE, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING AROUND THE HOLIDAYS.
AND OFFICER RACHEL MARTIN WAS THE ONE WHO, UM, FLIPPED THE SWITCH.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, RACHEL WAS HONORED AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, FOR HER HEROIC EFFORTS IN JUNE.
UH, AND JUST LAST THING THIS SATURDAY, DON'T FORGET, THE MERRY MARKET IS DOWNTOWN IN THE GAZEBO AREA FROM 12 TO SEVEN, I THINK.
AND THE PARADE, THE CHRISTMAS PARADE WILL BE AT 5:00 PM THERE'S TONS OF THINGS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY HOLIDAY THINGS.
I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN JUMP INTO ONE OF THOSE EVENTS, BUT LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY AT THE PARADE.
MR. MAYOR, I, I WANT TO, UM, THANK MICHAEL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND, AND GIVING YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
UM, UM, COUNCIL IS AWARE, UM, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES IN TOWN WE, WE, WE NEED TO WORK ON.
UM, WE, THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE HUGE STRIDES IN, IN TOWN AS FAR AS SIDEWALK STREETS AND, AND AND TOWN STAFF.
UM, WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME MORE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT, UM, SOMETHING WILL BE DONE.
UM, SO I JUST, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT COUNCIL CHANGE FROM TIME TO WOULD IT MAKE TO COME BACK? AND I'M JUST, MICHAEL, I'LL, I'LL BE IN ONE OF THOSE SEATS OUT THERE MAKING A PITCH WITH YOU THEN.
ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME OUR NEW COUNCILMAN WAYNE SEA LOT TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A NEW FAMILIAR FACE UP HERE ON THE DIAS.
AND, AND MR. SH, JUST SO YOU KNOW ABOUT PITCHING THE IDEA, THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME DIFFERENT FACES UP HERE, BUT EVERYBODY THAT'S UP HERE AND IN THIS ROOM, THE SAME FACE, THEY'RE JUST SITTING OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE JOINING US IN JANUARY, SO THEY'VE HEARD THE PITCH TOO, RIGHT? BRUCE AND JOSH, YOU'RE HEARING IT TOO, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
UH, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON, ON LORI AND HER COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, THIS
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PAST WEEKEND AND CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING.IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF FOLKS.
I'VE BEEN AT A NUMBER OF, AT THE LIGHTING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IT REALLY WAS A, UH, A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE AND, AND I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS AND I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UH, LAST THING I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS A COUPLE OF ARTICLES, FEW ARTICLES THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN THE, UH, PAPER OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST WEEK THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT A GREAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND AN OFFER, UH, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY DONE TO, UH, JOE WALZ, WHO IS A VERY WELL KNOWN ENTITY IN THIS TOWN.
HE'S BEEN OUR TOWN MANAGER PRIOR, AND, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES HAPPENED THAT, UH, HE HAS COME BACK.
UM, HE IS A GUY THAT, UH, IS KNOWN.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, THAT HIGHLY RESPECT HIM.
SO HE'S A GUY THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO, UH, TO EXTEND AN OFFER AND TO REALLY, UM, BRING TO CLOSURE, UH, A HIRING.
SO I WANNA, I WANNA ASK THE, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR TO, UH, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UH, IMMEDIATELY IF POSSIBLE, TO, UH, CONVENE A SPECIAL SESSION TO FINALIZE AN OFFER THAT WAS MADE TO HIM SO THAT, UH, THIS COMMUNITY CAN, UH, GET BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ISSUES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR OR SO WITH, UH, TOWN MANAGERS.
I THINK WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SOME STABILITY TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, SO I ASK THE COUNCIL TO MOVE ON THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE CLOSED RIGHT AFTER THIS.
[9.C. Report of the Mayor]
WE'RE GOING INTO CLOSE RIGHT NOW.YEAH, THIS PAST, UH, WEEKEND SATURDAY IS A HUGE, I LIKE, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UH, UH, ACTIVITIES DOWN THERE AND, AND, UH, AND THE CHRISTMAS PARADES THIS SATURDAY.
UM, WELL, YOU DON'T LET YOU GET YOURSELF INTO, SO, BUT ANYHOW, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
[10. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
ALL RIGHT.UP NEXT, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
WE ARE USUALLY THIS FAST ON THE DRAW, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY WAYNE'S GOT THE NEXT ONE.
AND WE HAD A SECOND IN DISCUSSION.
I KNOW WE SAID NO DISCUSSION, BUT I DID WANNA COMMENT ABOUT THE RETIRED TOWN BUCKET TRUCK.
UH, WE'VE MENTIONED THAT AT THE, UM, WORK SESSION, BUT THEN WHEN IT WAS PRINTED IN THE PRESS, NOBODY MENTIONED WHAT OUR COMMENTS WERE.
SO I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN THAT, UH, WE WERE REALLY, UM, HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS, UM, AND TRANSFER ONE OF OUR ASSETS JUST LIKE THEY'VE TRANSFERRED THINGS TO US.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT THE TOWN AND COUNTY DO WORK WELL TOGETHER.
THEY, THEY GAVE US, UM, WHERE'S MR. UH, WHERE'S, UM, I WAS GONNA SAY THE, UH, ACTUALLY THE, UM, THANK YOU.
THE RETIRED AMBULANCE WE COULD USE FOR, SO TWO OF 'EM.
[11. BUSINESS ITEMS ]
UH, WE HAVE ONE BUSINESS ITEM, REAPPOINTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.MS. PRES, COULD YOU TO READ THE SUMMARY PLEASE? COUNSEL'S REQUESTED TO REAPPOINT A MEMBER TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO A FOUR YEAR TERM ENDING DECEMBER 13TH, 2026.
OKAY, MR. MAYOR, I MOVED THE COUNCIL REAPPOINT HERSCHEL FI, TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO A TERM OF FOUR YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 13TH, 2026.
SECOND, I WAS THINKING ANY DISCUSSION, HE'S NOT HERE, BUT I'M, I'M GRATEFUL THAT HE WAS WILLING TO DO THAT.
HE WAS THERE LAST SATURDAY TOO.
YOU HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? LADIES? MAYOR CORO? YES.
[12. CLOSE MEETING]
THOMPSON? YES.UP NEXT OUR CLOSED MEETING, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT TOWN COUNCIL CONVENE AND GO INTO A CLOSED MEETING FOR ONE, THE
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DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINING OR RESIGNATION OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICERS, APPOINTEES OR EMPLOYEES OF ANY PUBLIC BODY, SPECIFICALLY THE TOWN MANAGER PURSUANT TO 2.2 DASH 37 11 A, ONE OF DAKOTA, VIRGINIA.AND TWO, THE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION AT AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
SPECIFICALLY AN OFFER TO LEASE TOWN PROPERTY PERSUA TO 2.2 DASH 3 7 11 A THREE OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
AND THREE, THE CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL.
SPECIFICALLY AN AGREEMENT WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL AS REQUESTED BY VIRGINIA CODE 24 2 DASH 2 26 UA TO 2.2 DASH 37 11 A EIGHT OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA FOLLOWING THE CLOSED MEETING.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT COUNSEL MAY TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN AN OPEN SESSION.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT COUNSEL MAY TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN AN OPEN SESSION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL PLEASE.
THAT CONCLUDE OUR REGULAR PORTION OF THE MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL.
THERE BEING NO EXECUTED TOWN MANAGER, CONTRACT APPOINT FINANCE DIRECTOR BJ WILSON AS INTERIM TOWN MANAGER, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY WITH THE SALARY INCREASE OF 10%.
WHO WAS THE SECOND? WHO? SECOND? WHO SECOND IT? GARY.
MR. GILL DID VICE ME CORO? YES.