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I SAID THAT MEETING WITH THE MILLENNIUM, IT'S LIKE, SO YEAH.[Town Council Work Session on November 6, 2023.]
WE ARE LIVE.I JUST WANNA, UM, WE JUST CAME OUT OF OUR CLOSED AND I'M JUST WAITING FOR OKAY.
SO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM TONIGHT IS THREE A AND IT'S THE MOA BETWEEN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, THE COUNTY OF WARREN.
I'M REACHING OUT NOW FOR THE OPERATION OF THE ST.
MYERS STUDENT UNION AND ACTIVITY CENTER BY REVITALIZING THE FORMER RAMINI ST.
MYERS YOUTH CENTER, UM, LOCATED AT 2 0 1 EAST EIGHTH STREET.
I'M GONNA READ THE SUMMARY AND THEN, UM, GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK OR SO.
SO COUNSEL HAS REQUESTED TO APPROVE A, A ME MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH REACHING OUT NOW, INCORPORATED RON, A 5 0 1 C THREE TAX EXEMPT NONPROFIT IN WARREN COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING TO REACHING OUT NOW, UH, ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS TO BE USED FOR A PILOT PROGRAM OF PROVIDING SERVICES AT THE COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY AND FOR THE COUNTY TO RECOMMIT TO OPERATING A RECREATIONAL FACILITY AT THE PROPERTY.
COUNSEL RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC DURING A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 28TH, 2023, REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR FUNDING FROM REACHING OUT NOW INCORPORATED TO REVITALIZE THE FORMER RAYMOND EAST ST.
MYERS YOUTH CENTER, LOCATED AT 2 0 1 EAST EIGHTH STREET INTO A STUDENT UNION.
THE CURRENT REQUEST IS FOR 25,000 IMMEDIATELY AND AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 WITHIN THE 20 23, 20 24, UH, JUDGE YEAR.
THE FUTURE REQUEST FOR FUNDING IN FY 20 24, 20 25.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE.
UM, IN THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, WE DISCUSSED AN MOAA PROPOSED MOA, UM, AND THEN, UH, UH, MR. SONNET SENT THAT MOA OVER TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR REVIEW.
UM, AND THAT I BELIEVE WAS RECEIVED OCTOBER 4TH.
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THOSE DATES, I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER OCTOBER 2ND, OCTOBER 4TH, ONE OF THOSE DATES.
AND THEN ON, UM, AT THE LIAISON MEETING, UH, WITH THE TOWN AND COUNTY.
UM, IN OUR DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS, UM, THE COUNTY, UH, ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT US HAVING A THREE WAY AGREEMENT, MEANING THAT THE TOWN, THE COUNTY AND RON WOULD ALL BE PART OF THE SAME MOA.
AND SO THEY HAD, UM, THEY SHARED WITH, UH, MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN RAPPAPORT AND MR. WALTZ AT THE TIME.
UM, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, WHY IT NEEDED TO BE A THREE-WAY.
AND SO AT THAT TIME, UM, I, NOT VERY WELL I MIGHT ADD CONVEYED WHY WE THOUGHT WE WERE, UM, WHY WE WERE LOOKING TO DO IT THAT WAY AND WHY WE HAD WRITTEN IT THAT WAY.
AND THEN MR. WALTZ ASKED THE COUNTY TO, UM, 'CAUSE WE KIND OF TALKED AROUND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT DIDN'T REALLY GET, UM, WE DIDN'T MAKE PROGRESS NECESSARILY.
AND SO MR. WALTZ SAID HE WOULD LIKE, UM, HE SAID, JUST SEND US A WRITTEN RESPONSE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY'S, UM, REACTION TO THE MOA OR, OR IN THAT RESPECT.
AND SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD NOT GOTTEN ONE OF THOSE.
AND SO LAST WEEK REACHING OUT NOW REACHED OUT TO, UM, UH, MR. SONNET AND MYSELF, AND MAYBE YOU ALL, I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS ON THE ORIGINAL EMAIL OF LAST WEEK.
THEY SAW THE MOA ON OCTOBER 27TH.
SO NOW WE HAD SENT THAT OVER TO THE COUNTY ON OCTOBER 4TH, BUT REACHING OUT NOW, SAW IT ON OCTOBER 27TH.
AND SO THEN, UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, SAMANTHA BARBER EMAILED US AND, UM, UH, QUESTIONED ABOUT THE THREE-WAY AGREEMENT.
AND SO, UM, MR. SONA AND I, I CALLED MS. BARBER, ASKED IF SHE, WE'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH US AND SO WE COULD EXPLAIN TO HER OUR REASONING FOR WHY IT WAS WRITTEN LIKE IT WAS.
AND SO WE MET WITH HER, I WANNA SAY IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY.
WE MET WITH MS. BARBER AND TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF HER BOARD, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE MOA AND WE EXPLAINED, UM, WHY WE FELT THE, UH, THREE, UM, THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO HAVE THREE, THE COUNTY TOWN AND REACHING OUT NOW ON THE SAME MOA.
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IT WAS THERE THAT WE EXPLAINED THAT THE MOA SPELLS OUT EVERYTHING.WE AGREED, WELL, EVERYTHING THAT WAS REQUESTED OF US.
AND THEN WITH THE ASSUMPTION WITH THE COUNTY AND WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING.
AND SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, BUT THIS IS MORE FOR THE PUBLIC'S, UM, KNOWLEDGES.
SO THE COUNTY IS, UM, GOING, IS PROVIDING THE BUILDING.
UM, AND THEY DONE QUITE A BIT OF RENOVATIONS AND ARE STILL DOING RENOVATION THERE, AND SPENT QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO BRING THAT BUILDING BACK TO, UM, BACK TO THE QUALITY TO BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR, SO REACHING OUT NOW COULD USE THAT.
SO IN THE MOA IT TALKS ABOUT THE COUNTY PROVIDING THE BUILDING.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF 2001.
UM, AND IN THAT VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, IT WAS THERE THAT WHEN THE TOWN SIGNED OVER ALL THE FACILITIES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, THAT EACH OF THOSE FACILITIES NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR, UH, RECREATION.
AND SO THE MOA JUST SPELLS OUT THAT, THAT THE TOWN IS, UH, WILLING TO, UH, GIVE THE $25,000 IMMEDIATELY AND $50,000 BEFORE THE END OF THIS BUDGET CYCLE.
AND THAT WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE ARE DONATING THIS MONEY AND THAT THE COUNTY STILL HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUILDING, AND THAT WE ARE IN NO WAY, UM, NOW TAKING OVER RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUILDING.
AND SO THIS IS JUST OUR OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT IN THERE, THIS IS STILL THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND THIS IS STILL OUR RESPONSIBILITY, SO THAT THERE'S NO CONFUSION OF ANYBODY THINKING THAT WE SUDDENLY ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUILDING.
SO WE HAD A LONG, WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING, REACHING OUT NOW, SHARED SOME THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THE MOA.
SO, UM, THEY SENT, THEY SHARED FEEDBACK AND THEY SENT FEEDBACK.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, YOU RECEIVED ANOTHER EMAIL FROM MS. BARBER ABOUT MEETING WITH THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY.
UM, AND SO, UM, TODAY, MR. UH, SONNET WAS CONTACTED, UH, BY THE COUNTY'S ATTORNEY.
AND, UM, AND THEY MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TWEAKS.
THEY, AND, UH, OR I WON'T SAY TWEAKS, THEY HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT.
THEY'LL HAVE TO PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA, UM, AND DISCUSS WHAT THEY WANT.
BUT WE MET WITH REACHING OUT NOW AGAIN TODAY WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THEIR BOARD JUST TO FINALIZE THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
'CAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS LIKE JANUARY 15TH INSTEAD OF JANUARY 1ST AND THE NAME AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, THERE WAS QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THERE WAS QUESTION ABOUT LIKE, UH, HAVING THE THREE-WAY AND IF ONE PARTY BACKS OUT AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE MOA, IT SAYS IT IS THE TOWN'S INTENT TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING NOW.
UM, AND BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE DECIDED IN THE BUDGET CYCLE AFTER JANUARY, THE FUNDING FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S ANY COVERING BODY.
EVEN THE COUNTY IS IN THAT SAME BOAT.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T ALLOCATE MONEY BEFORE YOU'VE ACTUALLY APPROVED YOUR BUDGET, IF THAT MAKES SENSE OR NOT.
SO, UM, BUT I KNOW THIS COUNCIL'S INTENT TO SUPPORT THIS AND SUPPORT THE FUNDING.
SO THAT IS THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT.
UM, MR. SONNETT, UM, I BELIEVE, UM, PASSED OUT ANOTHER, THE, THE MOA THAT'S BEEN UPDATED.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO LOOK THROUGH IT.
I WILL TELL YOU SOME OF THE, OR MAYBE MR. SONIC CAN TELL YOU ANY KIND OF CHECK.
MEYER'S STUDENT UNION AND ACTIVITIES CENTER.
LIKE I SAID, THE DATE OF RON TO BE COMING TO COUNCIL WOULD BE JANUARY 15TH INSTEAD OF JANUARY 1ST.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'LL BE IN A COUPLE MONTHS THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK.
BUT IT'S JUST THE TIMING OF BUDGET.
UM, AND I, UM, SO UNDER EIGHT WHERE IT SAYS DONATION OF FUNDS BY THE TOWN WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE FUNDING POLICY, YOU'LL SEE THAT MINE'S IN RENT.
SO IT'LL SAY, IT SAYS, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO OBLIGATE THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO REACHING OUT.
NOW, DURING FUTURE, FUTURE FISCAL YEARS, ANY SUCH APPROPRIATION SHALL BE VOLUNTARY.
I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT LANGUAGE IS NOT NECESSARILY TO SUGGEST THAT WE
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WON'T, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO FUND IT IN FUTURE YEARS.IT'S JUST SIMPLY, AS I SAID, FUNDS ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DISCRETIONARY.
THEY'RE OBLIGATED, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT'S JUST SAYING WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T PLAN TO DO IT.
IT'S, IT'S JUST BEING VERY CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO IT.
AND THAT, THAT WORDING, AGAIN, WE SHARE WITH THE REACHING OUT NOW BOARD TODAY.
UM, AND SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT, THAT, AND MR. SONNET, YOU CAN, UM, CORROBORATE OR HOWEVER, HOWEVER YOU WANNA SAY IT, BUT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THIS EVENING THAT REACHING OUT NOW IS OKAY WITH THIS MOA.
LIKE I SAID, THEY'VE HELPED US TWEAK IT SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.
UM, SO IT IS COUNSEL'S, IT'S, IT'S MR. SON, WHAT DO YOU WANNA ADD? RIGHT? SO, RETRACING OUR STEPS JUST VERY QUICKLY.
SO COUNSEL AUTHORIZED ME SEND OUT THE ORIGINAL DRAFT TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, WHICH I DID.
UM, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THERE WAS A MEETING WITH REACHING OUT NOW INC.
WHICH RESULTED IN A FEW EDITS.
THAT VERSION IS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
UH, WHAT I CIRCULATED JUST NOW IS BASICALLY THE SAME DRAFT THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKETS WITH A COUPLE OF RED LINES.
AND THE FACT THAT, UM, REACHING OUT NOW, DIDN'T WANT JANUARY ONE AS THE DATE TO PRESENT, UH, A FUTURE REQUEST REQUEST.
AND SO THAT JUST GOT CHANGED TO JANUARY 15TH.
UM, SO IT'S ON AS AN, UH, ACTION ITEM FOR TONIGHT.
AND I, AND I WON'T SPEAK FOR THE MAYOR, BUT IT, IT GET THIS MOVING RIGHT THERE.
THERE ARE OTHER DEADLINES, UH, AS FAR AS MOVING INTO THE BUILDING AND SO ON.
UH, THE OTHER THING I CIRCULATED IS, UH, UH, AN AMENDED MOTION, RIGHT? SO THAT MAY MAY BE MORE, UM, PALATABLE TO COUNSEL IF COUNSEL CHOOSES STAFF.
SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A MOTION DISCUSSED.
BUT I DID WANNA OFFER THAT SO YOU ALL KNOW THAT WHEN THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US, AND THEN WE WERE KIND OF ON PAUSE 'CAUSE THEY SAID WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IN THE BUILDING SOONER, AND THEN IT WAS GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, UM, I HAD CONTACTED, UH, MR. DALEY AND OR DR.
DALEY, AND HE TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HOPEFUL THAT REACHING OUT NOW WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IN THE BUILDING EVEN BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, LIKE SOMETIME IN DECEMBER.
AND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENED, I ASKED MR. S, LET'S FAST TRACK THIS, MAINLY BECAUSE I KNEW THAT WE ONLY, WELL WE ONLY HAD ONE WORK SESSION IN OCTOBER, AND WE HAVE TWO IN NOVEMBER.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, IN DECEMBER WE HAVE ONE WORK SESSION AND ONE MEETING.
AND SO IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THE FUNDING TO THEM, BECAUSE IF THEY, YOU KNOW, OUR FUNDING IS GONNA BE FOR FURNISHING, STAFF SUPPLIES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND SO IF THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO USE OUR FUNDING TO, TO UH, GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WAS TO WAIT, FULL TRANSPARENCY.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, MAYBE THERE, UH, THE REQUEST WAS THAT WE WAIT TO I'LL TOUCH, GO AHEAD.
YOU TOUCH ON, I TOUCHED ON THAT.
SO MY CONVERSATION TODAY WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THERE WAS A REQUEST, UH, SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD THAT THE TOWN NOT ACT TONIGHT.
AND THAT THE COUNTY WILL TAKE IT UP AT THEIR NEXT MEETING, WHICH THEY HAVE A WORK SESSION NEXT.
SO I WANT TUESDAY, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT COUNSEL'S CLEAR THAT THAT REQUEST CAME TODAY.
SECONDLY, THE OTHER PARTY OF THE AGREEMENT REACHING OUT NOW INC THEY ARE GOOD AS OF FIVE O'CLOCK.
OKAY? THEY ARE GOOD WITH WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS BEFORE US.
IF COUNSEL IS OKAY WITH THIS MOA, WE COULD TAKE ACTION ON IT AND, AND WHICH WOULD BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING, WE COULD TAKE ACTION ON IT AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO THAT OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER 28TH.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOESN'T MEET UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY.
AND SO IF THEY MEET, THEY DISCUSS WHAT THEY WANNA CHANGE, CHANGE, THEN THEY'VE GOTTA SEND IT BACK TO US.
YOU KNOW, I I JUST REALLY MORE IMPORTANTLY, I I WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
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THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET THIS GOING.UM, THE ATTORNEY JUST SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO TAKE ACTION ON TONIGHT.
YEAH, WELL, BUT HERE'S THE THING IS, AND THAT'S FINE.
I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE A MOTION IF, IF WE, IF THE TOWN'S OKAY WITH WHAT'S IN HERE AND REACHING OUT NOW IS OKAY WITH WHAT'S IN HERE.
THE COUNTY COULD THEN TAKE IT AND TELL US WHAT THEY WANNA CHANGE, BUT AT LEAST, SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE A MOTION.
WELL, YEAH, THE MO THE MOTION MIGHT EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNSEL APPROVE A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MOA WITH REACHING OUT NOW INC.
RON AND WARREN COUNTY AS PRESENTED WITH THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE MOA ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN FOLLOWING EXECUTION BY REACHING OUT NOW INC.
AND PROVIDED THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL CHANGES TO THE MOA AS DETERMINED BY THE TOWN ATTORNEY.
SECOND, FOR DISCUSSION, I'LL JUST ADD, THE REASON I'D LIKE TO TAKE ACTION IS BECAUSE WE DON'T MEET OFTEN IN THE WINTER.
UM, I KNOW MOST OF YOU GUYS WAS YOUR FIRST TIME THIS YEAR AND WE'VE MET A LOT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
THIS NOW OUR PART IS DONE, ASSUMING THIS MOTION PASSES REACHING OUT NOW IS COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
NOW THE COUNTY CAN DO THEIR PART WHEN THEY MEET, WHICH IS WHENEVER.
BUT WE'VE DONE OUR PART, IT'S JUST RATIFYING A CONTRACT AT THIS POINT.
AND THIS MOTION ALLOWS, THIS MOTION ALLOWS, UM, ME THE OPPORTUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE ARE NO MATERIAL CHANGES, MEANING LIKE BIG CHANGES, SO IF THE COUNTY GETS HOLD TO, YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK AT IT AND THERE'S MAJOR CHANGES, THEN OBVIOUSLY I'LL NEED, WE'LL NEED TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL, HOPEFULLY FOR ONCE WE CAN EXECUTE IT.
BUT IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S REALLY NO CHANGES, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER MEETING TO TAKE ACTION'S.
UH, SECTION 11 VERSUS TERMINATION, UH, IT SAYS SECTION 16, SHOULD THAT SAY SECTION 12 INSTEAD SECTION 15, UM, ONCE AGAIN DATE SECTION 1111 REFERRING TO SECOND ONE.
THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE TERMINATED BY ANY PARTY UPON DELIVERY OF A NOTICE OF INTENT TO TERMINATE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 16 NOTICES 1612 AS NOTICES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW SOMETHING ALWAYS GETS THROUGH.
I WAS GONNA SAY I'M USUALLY, YEAH, LORI IS USUALLY HOT ON THAT.
I THINK I GOT CAUGHT UP IN THAT.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THERE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NOT A MATERIAL CHANGE, A CLARIFICATION, RIGHT? LIKE THAT WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE TYPO.
SO ANY MORE DI LET'S HAVE ANYBODY WANT OTHER DISCUSSION TO TALK ABOUT IT? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THE, UH, DISCUSSION BETWEEN TOWN AND SAM HAS BEEN ONGOING.
I THINK IT'S BEEN, UH, IT'S BEEN A REAL CHALLENGING, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
WE HAVE WONDERFUL AGREEMENT BETWEEN REACHING OUT NOW AND OUR TOWN AND I'M, I SAY, HEY, UH, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE WHAT WE CAN AND THE COUNTY CAN, UH, ON THEIR TIMETABLE, UH, TAKE A LOOK AND, AND MAKE CHANGES AND IT WILL COME BACK.
IF IT'S MADE LIKE MORE MATERIAL CHANGES, WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.
BUT IF NOT, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE, I JUST DON'T WANT US, IT, IT'S COUNSEL'S PREROGATIVE WHAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO.
WE JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO GET CAUGHT UP ANY LONGER.
AND YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, THIS HAS BEEN A, A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOWN AND COUNTY TO WORK TOGETHER ON SOMETHING AND SEE SOMETHING POSITIVE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT NOW HAS BEEN GREAT ABOUT MEETING WITH US AND TELLING US WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND THEY ARE VERY GRATEFUL, AS AM I ALL THE WORK THE COUNTY HAS DONE ON THE BUILDING TO, TO HAVE IT READY.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE ALL KNOW GOVERNMENT MOVES SLOW.
AND I JUST WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, WOULD, WELL THEY HAD TO REHAB THE BUILDING.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANT POINT OF WHY IT TOOK SOME TIME, WAS WE WEREN'T GONNA, YOU KNOW, GIVE OUT MONEY BEFORE THEY HAD A PLACE TO GO.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.
I I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THE, UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY OUT THERE ABOUT THE NAME CHANGE, ABOUT A NAME CHANGE.
WHAT IS, DID SHE MENTION THAT AT ALL WHEN SHE MET? I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT BRINGING THAT UP TO, THAT'S NOT INFLUENCING MY VOTE OR MY MOTION OR ANYTHING.
SO WE DID, WE DID, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES.
UM, UH, AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY AWARE OF SOME OF THE, BUT MY
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UNDERSTANDING, MR. SONNET, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THEIR INTENT IS TO KEEP THE ST MYS NAME ST MYS STUDENT UNION AND ACTIVITY CENTER.THAT WAS THE LAST, THAT THAT WASN'T THE NAME OF IT.
THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE NAMED.
SO I, IF I MAY YEP, ABSOLUTELY.
I DON'T RECALL WHAT REACHING OUT NOW SPECIFICALLY SAID ABOUT USING, INCORPORATING THE WORD YOUTH.
BUT, UH, THE FEEDBACK, AND I'M NOT SURE THE SOURCE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY RECEIVED, IT WAS THE STUDENTS WAS TO AVOID THAT IN THE NAME TO AVOID YOU CENTER.
SO THEY, SO, AND, AND THIS, AGAIN, I'M NOT, I'M NOT FOR AGAINST, I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT FROM THE BEGINNING OF WHEN THEY STARTED COMING TO TOWN, THEY SAID THAT IN TALKING TO KIDS THAT BECAUSE THEY HAD THESE FOCUS GROUPS THAT THE YOUTH CENTER, THE KIDS WEREN'T REALLY, THEY FELT LIKE THAT SOUNDED LIKE TOO YOUNG AND THE STUDENT UNION.
'CAUSE THAT'S MORE LIKE IN LINE WITH COLLEGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS CONVERSATION, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER THE FIRST MOU DRAFT THAT YOU GOT, IT SAID FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY STUDENT UNION AND ACTIVITY CENTER.
THAT'S WHAT IT SAID ORIGINALLY.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT THIS COUNCIL APPROVED TO SEND OVER TO THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN LIKE I SAID, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE ASKING ABOUT LIKE, UM, THE, THE NAME AND, AND THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
AND SO REACHING OUT NOW, WHAT THEY SAID TO ME IS THEY ABSOLUTELY WANNA KEEP THE LEGACY OF THAT NAME.
UM, AND SO THEY WERE DEFINITELY PLANNING ON KEEPING ST.
MEYERS IN IT, BUT THEY WERE GONNA, UM, CALL IT STUDENT UNION AND THEY ADDED ACTIVITIES CENTERS SO THAT IT WASN'T JUST STUDENT UNION.
THAT WASN'T THE PIECE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT.
I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE KEEPING THE NAME, KEEPING THE ST.
AND THEY ARE THEY DEDICATED THAT THEY ARE, AND ACTUALLY WE SAW A PICTURE TODAY OF THE SIGN THAT'S IN THE YOU CENTER INSIDE MM-HMM.
AND IT ACTUALLY SAID MORGAN COUNTY FRONT ROYAL OR FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY YOUTH CENTER.
BUT THEN I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION, I THINK ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING IS WHERE IT NAMES THIS.
AND I KNOW WAYNE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, BECAUSE THIS WAS A CONVERSATION I HAD LAST WEEK AND AGAIN TODAY, THAT I FELT LIKE THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IF THE ST.
MEYER'S NAME DID NOT STAY WITH THIS.
BECAUSE THAT BUILDING AND THE WHOLE, THE ACTUAL YOUTH CENTER FROM FAR AGO WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A THING WITHOUT MR. ST.
MYERS AND HIS WIFE AND, AND ALL THE INVOLVEMENT THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE PLAQUE, THE PLAQUE'S GOING TO STAY IN THE BUILDING.
THAT'S UNDER PARAGRAPH SIX, IF I MAY POINT THAT OUT.
UM, THE REDEDICATION WILL RECOGNIZE THE ORIGINAL DEDICATION THAT'S IN PARAGRAPH SIX.
SO, UH, ARE WE GOING AROUND THE TABLE NOW? OR ABS Y'ALL? I'M, THIS IS DISCUSSION YOU ALL, WHATEVER YOU WANNA SAY.
SO NO ONE WANTS THIS MORE THAN I DO.
NO ONE WANTS THIS MORE THAN LANE AND I DO, UH, BECAUSE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT WE WERE, WE WERE THE ORIGINAL.
I WENT THERE, BUT I, POTATO CHIPS, WE WERE THE ORIGINALS CHARTER MEMBERS.
CHARTER MEMBER
THE, THE, THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE A, A ISSUE WITH HERE IS BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M LOOKING BETWEEN THE LINES THAT, AND I GOT THIS AT THE LIAISON MEETING AS WELL, THAT THERE, THERE, THERE IS THE CONCERN THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SIGN A TRY.
THE COUNTY DIDN'T WANT TO SIGN THE TRIAL.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING TONIGHT.
THAT THEY, THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
CAN I JUST SAY THEY, THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE REASONING WHY WE INCLUDED IT.
AND I'VE SINCE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF THE BOARD SUPERVISORS NUMBERS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WORDING THAT WE HAVE IN HERE TALKS ABOUT THEIR OBLIGATION AND THEY
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DIDN'T UNDERSTAND LIKE, WHY DO WE HAVE, THEY DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN EXISTING, WHY DO WE HAVE, WHY, WHY WOULD WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE OBLIGATION WHEN THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT? WHICH IS TRUE.BUT WHAT I'VE SAID THEN, AND MR. SONNET, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SHARED WITH RON AND I'VE SHARED SINCE IS WITH, UM, SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS THAT THE, ALL WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE COVERING THE FACT THAT WE ARE SAYING US DONATING THIS MONEY MM-HMM.
BECAUSE THE VOLUNTARY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THAT IS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY NOW.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS GIVING MONEY FOR THAT.
AND SO I THINK THERE WAS PROBABLY MISU MISCOMMUNICATION EVEN ON OUR PART AS TO WHY WE INCLUDED THOSE WORDS IN THERE.
BUT IF WE DON'T INCLUDE THOSE WORDS IN THERE, THEN THAT DOESN'T PREVENT ANYBODY FROM COMING BACK LATER AND SAYING, YOU ALL ARE NOW INVOLVED WITH THE YOUTH CENTER.
SO YOU'RE FUND, YOU CAN HELP FUND IT NOW.
SO, OKAY, SO WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS? YOU HAVE A A TRIAL PARTY AGREEMENT.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CAN'T GET THE THIRD PARTY TO AGREE TO THIS DOCUMENT? IT'LL BE LIKE TOURISM.
SO THAT, THAT'S THIS, THIS IS MY, MY CONCERN.
BECAUSE I WANT THE TOWN TO PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY.
WE'VE HAD ENOUGH PHONE CALLS ABOUT IT.
AND SO, UM, TO MOVE ON IT TONIGHT IS TO BASICALLY SAY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS.
I HEARD TWEAKING, SOME TWEAKING THAT THE AMENDED MOTION GIVES LORI THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE.
IF YOU'RE DIRECTING THAT AT ME, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS.
WELL, WE, WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY HAD THE MOU SINCE OCTOBER 4TH.
AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A WRITTEN, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK.
THE REASON I'M OTHER THAN TODAY BECAUSE IT'S ON OUR AGENDA.
THAT'S THE FIRST FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN SAYING YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN BUSY.
THEY'VE HAD A LOT GOING ON HERE.
I WASN'T PROVIDED WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT, IF ANYTHING THEY DON'T LIKE.
AND THAT'S WHY I MADE THE AMENDED MOTION.
IT GIVES LORI THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE IT IF THERE ARE NO MATERIAL CHANGES, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE TOWN AND THIS COUNSEL AND OUR ATTORNEY AND STAFF TO HAVE TO SHOW UP HERE FOR A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING DURING THE HOLIDAYS TO THEN EXECUTE A RATIFIED CONTRACT BECAUSE THEY'VE COME TO TERMS WITH IT AT THIS POINT.
IF THEY WANNA MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO IT, LORI HAS THE AUTHORITY NOW UNDER THIS MOTION TO EXECUTE IT AS LONG AS IT'S NO MATERIAL CHANGES.
SO THIS PREVENTS US FROM HAVING TO COME BACK AND HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND WE'RE NOT THE ONE THAT DOESN'T MAKE, DOESN'T MAKE US LOOK LIKE WE'RE DELAYING IT.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THE DELAYING, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, DID THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TELL REACHING OUT NOW OR THE PUBLIC THAT THE COUNTY WAS ASKING US NOT TO TAKE ACTION ON IT? YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.
AND SO THAT'S NOT FAIR THAT WE DELAY OUR PART, THAT WE ALL, FOR THE MOST PART AGREE ON AND KNOW THAT WE WANT TO DO.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT AT ALL.
WHAT I AM QUESTIONING IS THE MONEY WILL NEVER, WILL NOT MOVE IF THE COUNTY DOESN'T ACCEPT THEIR PART.
I MEAN, THIS PIECE OF PAPER ISN'T WORTH ANYTHING WITHOUT THEIR SIGNATURE.
WELL, I CAN'T IMAGINE, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.
BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT ANYBODY WOULD WANNA TURN DOWN $75,000 THAT WE ARE.
I MEAN, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU ASKED FOR THE FIRST MEETING THAT, THAT WE HAD WITH RON.
I WAS WITH YOU WITH RON, AND THEY PROPOSED THIS, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY IT WAS TWO $50,000 INSTALLMENTS AND NOW IT'S 25 50 AND ANOTHER 50 IS WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
AND THIS COUNCIL, AND I AM SO PROUD OF THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL AGREED THAT THIS WAS A GOOD THING TO DO.
EVEN THOUGH WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME CITIZENS ASK US WHY WE'RE PAYING TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO.
BUT EVERYBODY HERE THINKS THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE WANTING TO DO.
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ALTERNATIVE IS WE DON'T DO IT.AND THEN THEY, IF, IF I'M SAYING THE ALTERNATIVE IS IF WE SIGN IT, RON SIGNS IT AND THE COUNTY DOESN'T WANNA SIGN IT, THEN YOU JUST SET IT.
WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT THE MON, WHY WOULDN'T ANYBODY WANT THE MONEY TO MOVE? YEAH.
I FEEL, I FEEL FOR RON AND SAMANTHA BARBER.
BECAUSE THEY'RE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.
AND SHE DOESN'T WANNA BE IN THE MIDDLE.
WHY? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I GOT OUT OF THE RIGHT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, MR. REP WHERE, YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ACCUSATIONS THAT THE TOWN WAS GONNA HOLD THIS THING UP AND THAT WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING THAT WAS GONNA MESS THIS UP.
THE TOWN HERE, YOU ALL ARE WE, WE AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, I THINK IT WAS OUR OCTOBER 2ND MEETING THAT WE SAID, HERE IT IS.
WE'RE READY, WE'RE READY TO GO.
I JUST WANNA GET THEM THE MONEY.
BUT IF COUNCIL WANTS TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, UM, WE HAVE A WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK.
THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING THOUGH.
'CAUSE THE COUNTY WON'T HAVE MET UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY.
SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING NEXT MONDAY.
WE CAN WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER 28TH.
BUT HERE'S THE THING, IF SOMEBODY SENDS US TWEAKS THEN, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GO AND CLOSED AGAIN FOR AN MA 'CAUSE THAT'S A LEGAL DOCUMENT.
SO THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET THAT TWEAK THAT AGAIN, IT COULD LITERALLY BE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER.
AND I THINK THEY, I KEEP HEARING A DATE DECEMBER 6TH.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY OPTIMISTIC, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT THEM IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'VE GOTTA WAIT AROUND FOR US.
OR GOD FORBID SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, MAYBE JANUARY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, BUT, BUT WHATEVER COUNCIL WANTS TO BE, I ALSO DON'T APPRECIATE, I KNOW MYSELF AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT ME AS MUCH, UM, HAVE RECEIVED SOME PRETTY DISHEARTENING PHONE CALLS ABOUT OUR LACK OF ACTION ON THIS AS IF WE'VE DRUG OUR FEET OR BEEN CONFUSED OR PERPLEXED AT WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO, WHICH WAS NEVER THE CASE.
WE WERE ALREADY WELL INTO A BUDGET SEASON WHEN THEY CAME FORWARD AND ASKED US FOR MONEY.
THIS IS A GOVERNMENT, THERE IS A WAY THAT IT WORKS.
THERE ARE OPERATIONS, OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, CAN'T DROP THINGS AND REALLOCATE TIME TO REALLOCATE MONEY IN A BUDGET ON THE, WHICH BJ DID IT VERY FAST AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT WE'VE NEVER ONCE DELAYED OUR SUPPORT OF THIS STUDENT UNION.
AND SO TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING, ASKING WHY THE COUNCIL'S NOT RELEASING THE FUNDS IN A TIMELY MANNER IS A LITTLE BIT, UM, FRUSTRATING.
AND SO I THINK THIS MOTION AND THIS VOTE TONIGHT FURTHER SOLIDIFIES THAT THE TOWN ISN'T DRAGGING THEIR FEET OR, YOU KNOW, TEPID SO TO SPEAK WITH OUR SUPPORT OF THIS YOUTH CENTER.
NO, AND I CONTINUE, I KNOW IT'S ANNOYING AT TIMES.
AND, AND HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS.
I MEAN, IT JUST BECOMES, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'VE HAD A CONTRACT WHERE THERE'S SOME SORT OF ISSUE WITH IT, IT'LL COME BACK TO BITE YOU.
SO IT'S NOT SO LIKE PUTTING THEM THROUGH, ASKING THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT WAS ALL IN THE GOOD INTENTION OF LEARNING ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATION AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE VIABLE SO THAT WE DON'T START A PROJECT THAT THAT WILL FAIL.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND I THINK RON IS A PHENOMENAL, AND THE MORE HONESTLY, THE MORE, EVEN IN THE LAST WEEK MEETING WITH THEM AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY ARE A GREAT GROUP AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE A, AND THEY'RE SO PATIENT, THEY'VE BEEN SO PATIENT WITH EVERYTHING.
IF THERE, IF THEY'RE, IF WE, IF WE PUSH, IF WE, IF WE MOVE THIS THROUGH, UH, THEN, UH, LET'S SAY THEY TAKE ON, UH, WHAT DID SHE SAY THEY WERE GONNA MEET AGAIN? UH, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SHOULD BE MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT BECAUSE OF ITS SELECTION NIGHT.
THEN THEY WOULD NORMALLY MEET ON WEDNESDAY, BUT I THINK THEY'RE NOT MEETING UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY AND WE WILL HAVE HAD ANOTHER WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK.
SO IF THEY, UNLESS THEY HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING TO GO OVER THIS, IF THEY, IF THEY, IF THEY UH, UM, TAKE THE DOCUMENT AND THEY, AND THEY TWEAK IT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE, THEN THAT'S GONNA COME BACK OVER AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
UNLESS IT'S HERE'S THE MAYOR AUTHORITY NOT NO MATERIAL CHANGES.
LIKE IF IT'S JUST SOME MINOR TWEAKS, I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS CLARIFY CLARIFYING LANGUAGE
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IS NOT A MATERIAL CHANGE, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, BUT THE MAJOR LANGUAGE, LIKE WHAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO REQUEST THE NEXT ONE AND WHAT THE COUNTY IS PROVIDING.I MEAN, I I, IF ANY OF THAT CHANGES, THEN ABSOLUTELY WE'LL HAVE TO BRING IT BACK.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THERE, IT'S, I MEAN, PRETTY SPELLED OUT WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD, THEY, WE, EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THERE IS WHAT THEY ASKED OF US.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE DENIED ANY OF IT.
I THINK, I THINK RIGHT NOW, BRUCE, I THINK THIS IS THE QUICKEST WAY FOR THEM TO GET MONEY FROM US.
AND WE WANNA TALK ABOUT, IF, IF THIS DOESN'T PASS THROUGH, THEN I THINK WE'LL CROSS EVERY BRIDGE WHEN WE GET HERE.
AND I STILL WANT TO SUPPORT IT, BUT I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
I I IF THEY, IF THEY SHOOT THIS DOWN THEN I WOULD BE SHOCKED.
BUT I MEAN I I, I STILL WANNA SUPPORT THIS, UM, UH, NO MATTER WHAT.
SO, BUT I SAID IF IT COMES TIME TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE NEXT, NEXT MONTH PERHAPS THAT'S FINE.
BUT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY GONNA, BUT I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE THE QUICKEST WAY FOR US TO, TO GET, TO GET THEM, UH, THEIR FUNDING.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, NO COMMENT.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH IT? NOT OKAY WITH IT OR? WELL, I'M FINE WITH GIVING 'EM THE MONEY.
I'M OBSESSING THEY GOT THE NAME.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN ING EAST SAMARAS YOU SENT SINCE THAT'S WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE WHAT'S ON THEIR AGREEMENT.
WELL ACTUALLY IT'S WHATEVER THEY, THEY CAN, THEY CAN CALL IT, YOU KNOW, THEY, YEAH.
AND, AND AGAIN, THERE'S A REASON WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T END THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T WARN AND THEIR ORGANIZATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH MR. SONIC, YOU WOULD AGREE BOTH CONVERSATIONS WE HAD.
'CAUSE I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT UP.
AND THEY, THEY SAID THEY ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, THEY WANNA RE YOU KNOW, RETAIN THAT LEGACY.
MYERS, LIKE I SAID, WHAT WAS INSIDE THE BUILDING SAID FRONT WHERE WARREN COUNTY YOUTH CENTER.
SO I THINK THEY THOUGHT THAT AND THEY KNEW THE BUILDING WAS NAMED THAT.
SO ANYWAY, UM, I'LL AGREE THOUGH, THAT YOUTH CENTER DOES SOUND A LITTLE MORE JUVENILE THAN A STUDENT UNION.
I THINK THE STUDENT UNION PART CAME FROM THE KIDS IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
AND I ENJOYED LIKE WE GOT TO VOTE ON THE NAME OF SKYLINE AS A STUDENT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE SCHOOL, THEY SENT BALLOTS OUT.
AND FOR KIDS TO FEEL INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, LIKE THE NAMING, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HAWKS, BY THE WAY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LOSING VOTES HIGH.
IT SHOULD, IT, SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE ACTION? IF SOMEBODY CALLS A QUESTION, YOU VOTE ALL THE QUESTION.
COUNCILMAN THE DEMON PAYNE? YES.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL SHARE WITH RON THAT, THAT WE ARE, WE ARE READY TO SIGN AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL.
'CAUSE I, I REALLY DO THINK THIS IS A, SUCH A POSITIVE THING.
UM, AND I'M, I'M GRATEFUL OR GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
ITEM THREE BFY 24 BUDGET AMENDMENT TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING FOR THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND APPROVE THE GIVEAWAY OF TREATS TO THE PUBLIC.
AND MR. UH, VJ I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY MR. WAL, MR. VJ ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THE KID WOULD SAY KINDERGARTEN.
SO EAC OR ACES SUPP APPLIED OR GRANT GOOD JOB.
WELL, THE, UH, THE APPLICATION WAS UNDER EAC BUT UH, UH, THEY APPLIED FOR A GRANT.
AND IN ORDER TO, UH, FOR THE TOWN TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS, WE WOULD NEED TO DO A FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET AMENDMENT.
AND ALSO, UH, THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY THE TREES AND BY THE TOWN PURCHASING 'EM, THEY'VE BECOME TOWN PROPERTY AND ONLY TOWN COUNCIL CAN GIVE A WAY TOWN PROPERTY.
SO, WELL WE CAN ALWAYS AMEND A BUDGET TO RECEIVE MONEY ON THIS UP
SO IT'S, UH, BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE THE FUNDS AND THEN ESEC WILL, UH, FOLLOW THE PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THE FEES AND THEN GIVE THOSE AWAY AT THE END.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE BROUGHT IT TO A VOTE TONIGHT FOR THERE BE COMPLIANCE OF GIVING THEM AWAY SATURDAY.
AND I BELIEVE CARRIE, REMEMBER THEY GAVE SOME AWAY AT THE PUBLIC POWER WEEK?
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ACES DID SO.I I'M, I'M, I MIGHT BE BURST IN LINE TODAY, BUT JUST KIDDING.
UM, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY TREES IT'S GONNA BE? I HAVE NO IDEA.
ACTUALLY THEY GOT, THEY WERE, I WANNA SAY THEY WERE CREPE ME WEREN'T THEY SKIPPED, WEREN'T TAKING DIFFERENT KINDS.
FIVE DIFFERENT, THEY'RE NATIVE TREES.
NO, IT WASN'T, WE WOULDN'T TAKE IT.
AH, SHOOT, I DON'T LIKE RED MAPLE OR SOMETHING.
IT'S RED MAPLE, EASTERN REDWOOD FLOWERING DOGWOOD OR SWAMP WHITE OAK.
ONE, I'LL BE ON TOWN SATURDAY
SO COUNCIL, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION AND UH, YEAH, A MOTION.
ANYBODY WANNA MOVE? MAKE PROGRESS.
I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE A FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET AMENDMENT TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, VIRGINIA TREES FOR CLEAN WATER GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,862 AND 50 CENTS TO BE USED TO PURCHASE TREES AND TO ALLOW THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ACES TO GIVE AWAY TO TREES TO THE PUBLIC.
OKAY, WE HAVE FIRST AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANNA SAY IF THIS IS REALLY LIKE WE'RE TAKING THE MONEY IN AND WE'RE GIVING THE TREES OUT.
SO IT IS OF NO COST TO THE TAXPAYERS AND WE ACTUALLY IMPROVE, UM, OUR TOWN BY, UH, BY THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE ECOSYSTEM.
SO WATER RUNOFF, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, ACES, THAT'S, THIS IS EXACTLY, UH, THE TYPES OF THINGS WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE DOING.
GOOD FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT THOUGH.
YEAH, THEY'RE A FANTASTIC COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE WE LUCK OUT.
ALRIGHT, SO MS. LEY, LET'S TAKE, WE CALL.
ITEM FOUR, PRESENTATION OF THE VDOT STAR STUDY FOR 3 45 22 CORRIDOR.
ALL RIGHT, LEMME TRY TO, UM, SO THE STAR STUDY IS A TARGETED STUDY BASICALLY TO IMPROVE SAFETY.
UM, AND THIS WAS INITIATED BY VDOT BACK IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
UH, BASICALLY THERE WERE 384 CRASHES IN THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN GUARD HILL ROAD AND COUNTRY CLUB ROAD WHERE THE ROUNDABOUT IS AT THE WALMART.
UM, I BELIEVE TWO OF THEM WERE FATAL, BUT UH, 30% OF THOSE WERE, UM, CRASHES WITH BODILY INJURY.
UM, SO WHAT THAT DID IS THAT TRIGGERED THE NEED FOR A, A CLOSER LOOK.
SO, UM, THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST TWO KIND OF PHASES.
SO THE FIRST PHASE WAS THE INFORMATION GATHERING, THE DATA COLLECTION, AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, PUBLIC OUTREACH ELEMENT.
AND THAT IS GONNA BE ROLLED OUT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
UM, ONCE THAT, UM, I GUESS SURVEY COMES OUT, THEY'RE GOING TO TARGET THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
UM, WHEN I GET IT, I WAS GOING TO, UM, PUT IT OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, SEND IT TO COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT BILL.
IF WE COULD WE PUT THE LINK ON THERE?
I MEANT, I MEANT THE THING THAT OUT ELECTRIC BILL.
BUT, UM, ONCE WE GET THAT, UM, PUBLIC OUTREACH, UM, SURVEY COMPLETED, UH, MY THOUGHT WAS IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THEM POTENTIALLY COME AND SPEAK WITH COUNSEL, UPDATE YOU IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO OVER WHAT THEY, WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDED CHANGES ARE.
UM, AND THEN THAT'LL CREATE A, THEY'LL HAVE ANOTHER PHASE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH ONCE WE HAVE THE, LIKE, THE SCENARIOS THAT WE WANT, UH, TO FIX THIS, UM, COMPLETED.
AND AT THAT POINT THEN WE START APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR, UM, SMART, I BELIEVE IT'S A SMART SCALE APPLICATION THAT'LL BE DUE IN AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR.
I LOVE THE GREEN ISLAND IDEA THAT GOES ALONG WITH LIKE WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO IMPLEMENT ON SOUTH STREET AND STUFF.
ROBBIE ALWAYS SAYS LIKE, IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE STUDIES THAT IT MAKES THE GR THE, THE APPLICATION GETS BASICALLY EXTRA POINTS OR EXTRA YEAH.
CREDIT FROM THE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE.
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THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS IF YOU HAVE A STAR STUDY, I THINK IT'S THE STAR STUDY.THE REGIONAL OFFICE GETS SO MUCH FUNDS THAT THEY CAN ALLOCATE THEMSELVES WITHOUT GOING, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT TRIGGER THEY NEED FOR THIS IS THE FATALITIES, FATALITIES INJURIES.
HAPPY CREEK PHASE TWO HAS BEEN SO HARD BECAUSE THERE HAVEN'T BEEN FATALITIES, THANK GOD, BUT YEAH, WELL I THINK THAT'S SOUTH STREET.
WE WERE ABLE TO, THAT WAS SOME FUNDING FOR THAT BECAUSE SADLY IT'S GOTTA TAKE, IT'S GOTTA TAKE SOMETHING TERRIBLE TO HAPPEN BEFORE YOU CAN GET, UM, PEOPLE TO COME UP OFF SOME MONEY.
SO COUNSEL, DO YOU GUYS, YES, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, I ASKED LAUREN TO PRESENT THIS TONIGHT JUST TO GIVE COUNSEL A KIND OF A PREVIEW OF WHAT A STAR STUDY IS BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HADN'T TAKEN A DEEP DIVE INTO A STAR STUDY BEFORE, SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, BUT ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE TRANSPORTATION STUDY OUT, UH, FOR THE EAST WEST CONNECTOR.
WHILE IT'S NOT A STAR STUDY IN ITSELF, BUT UH, VDOT DOES PUT SOME GOOD RESOURCES BEHIND DOING A STUDY.
AND SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD KIND OF GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT OUT OUT THERE.
AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS TO REQUEST THAT.
SO I THOUGHT IT'S BEEN, HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE? HOW LONG DID THAT STUDY TAKE? THE, THE ONE WE'RE PRESENTED TONIGHT? THIS ONE, UM, THIS STARTED BACK IN MAY.
OKAY, SO SO MAY SIX MONTHS IS WHAT THEY TOLD US.
SO AND THE ONE THAT WE'RE DOING WITH, UM, GENDER FARMS OR CHORES, SORRY, UM, HAS THAT, THAT HAS BEEN STUDIED OR STARTED OR NOT STARTED.
SO WE'VE SUBMITTED ALL THE DATA TO THEM.
UM, AND SIX MONTHS OR ABOUT THERE, IT'S SIX MONTHS FROM WHEN THEY START.
SO THEY GOT THE DATA ABOUT LAST WEEK I THINK.
SO IT SHOULD BE SIX MONTHS PROBABLY.
THEY CAME BACK AND THEY QUARTER NEXT YEAR.
THEY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AS TO SCOPE, BUT I'M GONNA TALK WITH MATT WENDLING AND KIND OF WORK THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN GET BACK TO THEM ON IT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHEN WE MIGHT EXPECT THAT TO, THERE WAS A FIRST QUARTER PROBABLY NEXT YEAR.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. CAPISH ABOUT THIS? THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT TOO.
SO NEXT UP IS, UM, UM, SO ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP NOW ARE GONNA BE ITEMS THAT WOULD BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
SO FIVE A IS THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINET AND EQUIPMENT MS. CAMPBELL.
AND YOU ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS. SO YOU JUST GET TO STICK AROUND UP HERE.
WE USUALLY DON'T GIVE YOU TOO HARD OF A TIME.
SO ITEM FIVE A IS FOR A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINET AND THE EQUIPMENT, UM, FROM A COMMON LIGHT TO REPLACE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND CABINET AND EQUIPMENT AT THE SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE IN ER ROAD INTERSECTION THAT WAS DAMAGED DURING A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $57,000 GOING THROUGH, THAT'S FOR THE WHOLE CABINET AND THE EQUIPMENT INSIDE.
I KNOW THIS IS A STUPID QUESTION, BUT I'M GONNA ASK IT ANYWAY.
WELL, THEY'RE INSURED, SO YEAH, WHY IS THAT? DID THEY I I I JUST AM CURIOUS IF IT WAS A VEHICLE AFTER INSURANCE.
YEAH, INSURANCE IS PAYING FOR IT.
WELL THE, WELL THE DRIVER'S INSURANCE.
THE DRIVER, THE DRIVER'S INSURANCE HAS TO PAY TO THIS.
SO WE ARE JUST, WE ARE JUST GONNA BE APPROVING TO BUY IT, BUT THE ACTUAL MONEY TO PAY FOR IT IS NOT GONNA COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
WELL, WE CAN COME BACK WITH A BUDGET AVAILABLE.
BUT YEAH, NO, I THAT YEAH, NO, NO, NO.
I SAID I BET THEIR INSURANCE DROPPED THEM AND THEN I FELT INSENSITIVE.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR, UM, REPLACE THAT ONE.
THE REASON WHY 'CAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WE REPLACED THE CABINET.
SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN REPLACED.
YES, WE, WE'VE ALREADY BILLED THE INSURANCE COMPANY, SO, OKAY.
WE HAD, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST TO REPLACE THE STOP THAT WE HAD BACKUP JUST FOR INSTANCES LIKE THIS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? NO.
SO MS. CAMPBELL THE PURCHASE OF A PICKUP TRUCK FOR THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT.
UH, YEAH, THIS IS UM, ACTUALLY TO REPLACE A 1998 CHEVY THREE QUARTERS ON REFUGE TRUCK FOR THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT TRUCK.
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OH, IT'S A PICKUP TRUCK.YEAH, I GOT, UH, WE'RE THIS PROCUREMENT IS A COOPERATIVE CONTRACTING THROUGH HAUL AUTOMATED AUTOMOTIVE.
UM, IT'S FOR $47,000 AND WE'LL ACTUALLY BE USING THE MONEY FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE, UM, AUCTION OF THE TWO REFUGE TRUCKS THAT WE SOLD LAST YEAR.
OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT JUST MAKING SURE.
ALL RIGHT, LAST, THIS IS YOUR LAST ITEM, UH, PURCHASE OF THE CAB IN CHASSIS FOR THE WATER SEWER MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, THIS, UH, IS TO REPLACE A UH, 2005 AND THREE 50 REGULAR PAN CHASTITY WITH THE UTILITY BOX FOR THE
THIS IS ALSO THROUGH COOPERATIVE CONTRACTING, UM, FROM PAUL AUTOMOTIVE.
AND THIS ONE ACTUALLY WILL BE PROCURING THE UTILITY BOX BODY SEPARATELY TO GO ON THIS PICKUP USING THE THREE QUOTES, SMALL PURCHASE PROCEDURES.
I JUST WANNA SAY IF THIS IS FOR A FORD F FOUR 50 AND IT'S ONLY 54,000, I'M JUST SAYING WE COULDN'T GO OUT.
1 53 50 RIGHT NOW WOULD BE, I THINK I SAW SOMETHING IN THE PAPER THE OTHER DAY.
THERE WAS SOME CARD, THERE WAS SOME TRUCK THAT WAS LIKE 98,000 AND I THOUGHT MY GOSH, THIS WORTH, I PAY FOR MY HOUSE BACK IN THE DAY.
THIS IS LIKE SHE SAID, THE COOPERATIVE CONTRACT, WHICH WAS THROUGH THE STATE.
THE UM, UM, THE PROBLEM WAS IS THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING BUT WITH A CONTRACT HADN'T COME OUT FOR US TO GET IT.
SO NOW WE'RE FINALLY ABLE TO GET THAT'S WHY DATA.
SO THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THOUGH YEAH.
WHAT THE MARKUP IS IS THAT, ANYWAY, SO YAY, YAY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? NOPE.
UM, YOU DON'T SEE MUCH IN THE ELECTRONICS PACKAGE.
SO THE FY 24 BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM BO TO BE USED FOR STREET MAINTENANCE, CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION PURPOSES, MR. WILSON.
SO I'M BRINGING SOME GOOD NEWS HERE.
THE, UH, IT'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM VDOT WITH STREET MAINTENANCE.
WHEN WE DID OUR BUDGET, WE OBVIOUSLY USED ESTIMATES, WE GOT THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS, NOW WE STARTED RECEIVING THE PAYMENTS.
SO WE WANNA ALLOCATE AN ADDITIONAL $288,000 TO PAVING.
BUILDING BACK THAT PAVING BUDGET.
LITERALLY CHIPPING AWAY IS WHAT THEY DID READ DOLLAR COUNTS, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
DJ'S WALKING AWAY SO I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WHAT DO YOU SAY? RIGHT? PJ'S LIKE COME OUTTA HERE, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OH MAN.
YOU USE YOUR ALL LOT OF TIME
THANK YOU FOR, I FIND INTERESTING MARTINSVILLE IS REALLY ONE OF THE FASTEST THANKS AREAS IN, IN VIRGINIA THAT'S GROWING RIGHT NOW.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING THEY GOT, THEY GOT SUBSTANTIALLY.
JOSH AND I WITH MARTINSVILLE GOT A UH, VML WHEN WE WERE IN NORFOLK AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE GROWING AT A RAPID RATE AND HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GETTING FROM THE STATE AS A RESULT OF THEIR GROWTH, WHICH I DON'T WANNA GROW AT THAT RATE TO GET MONEY FROM THE STATE, BUT GETTING MONEY FROM THE STATE GRADE INTEREST.
AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ON HERE, SOME PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH AT UM, REALLY, I KNOW THAT'S AT THE MAYORS INSTITUTE.
THEY WERE IN ONE OF THE CLASSES.
WE WERE ONE OF THE FASTEST, FASTEST GROWING IN IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA PRACTICAL.
WHAT INDUSTRY? WELL ACTUALLY NORTHERN VIRGINIA HAS BEEN DROPPING.
A LOT OF BEEN DROPPING IN NORTHERN.
SO, SO SIX A THE LAST ITEM TONIGHT, UM, IS ABOUT THE BRIDGE DEDICATION FOR LIEUTENANT PAT FER.
SO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, UM, VICE MAYOR SEA LOCK HAD BROUGHT, UM, THE, UM, IDEAS FORWARD TO COUNCIL ABOUT BRIDGE DEDICATIONS AND WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO, UM, CARRY OUT ONE, I WANNA SAY IT WAS IN SEPTEMBER.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU SEE THE SUMMARY, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, I JUST WANNA, SO VICE NURSE HAS ASKED THE COUNSEL DISCUSS A BRIDGE DEDICATION TO POLICE.
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PAT DIED FROM A DUTY RELATED ILLNESS, HEPATITIS B THAT HE CONTRACTED ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 1977, WHERE A SUSPECT BEGAN BITING AND SCRATCHING.HE DEVELOPED HIS CHRONIC HEPATITIS THAT CAUSED HIS HEALTH TO DETERIORATE UNTIL HIS DEATH ON JULY 24TH, 1991.
HE WORKED FOR THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST.
SO THE ACT, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS HE HAD ONLY BEEN WORKING FOR TWO MONTHS WHEN THE TOWN, WHAT HAPPENED? 1971 TO MARCH 9TH, 1982.
SO, UM, WE WENT THAT'S WHAT WE, JOE AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE SET UP THIS AGENDA.
I COULDN'T, I THINK YOU WERE, YOU WERE THINKING OR THE RAZER ROAD BRIDGE OR NO, NO, THE CHIEF AND I TALKED ABOUT IT AND I I'VE, I'VE MET OUR, I TALKED TO, UH, THE FAMILY, THE LIEUTENANT FERRELL'S FAMILY.
WE'D LIKE TO DO THE SOUTH STREET BRIDGE RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ACTUALLY, JOE, YOU DID SAY THAT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, I'VE GONE BACK, UM, THEY'RE THE ONLY TWO LINE OF DUTY DESKS WE'VE HAD IN TOWN.
UH, AND IF YOU GUYS AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH DOC SMITH LITTLE HISTORY LESSON, IF YOU'D LOOK AROUND TOWN STARTING NOW, DOC SMITH WAS THE POLICE CHIEF HERE.
UM, HE SAW A NEED FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN TO HAVE THINGS FOR CHRISTMAS.
SO I THINK HIS ROTARY CLUB IS DOING IT THIS YEAR.
BUT THAT'S HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THE DOC SMITH CHRISTMAS BASKET WAS FROM ONE OF OUR POLICE CHIEFS.
BUT SO OUR SCHOOL'S COLLECTING FOOD.
EVERY SCHOOL IS COLLECTING SOMETHING.
OURS IS DOING DESSERTS, SO, BUT IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THIS IS LONG OVERDUE.
WAS LONG OVERDUE FOR SERGEANT SMEDLEY AND IT'S LONG OVERDUE FOR FEDERAL.
SO DALLAS STREET BRIDGE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
I WAS JUST GONNA ASK THIS SIDE OF IT WHERE THERE'S LAND BECAUSE THIS SIDE OF IT, IT'S, WELL, THEY'RE BOTH OVER WATER.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THE SIGN.
SAME WAY WE DID THE OTHERS BACK IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGE.
I HOPE JODY AND MIND I TALKED TO THE SIDE SHOP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT WHEN I SAW 'EM DOWN AT THE FESTIVAL.
UM, SO WHEN DO WE, WHEN I GUESS WE CAN TALK LATER ABOUT WHEN, UM, WELL IT, IF COUNCIL'S IS ANYBODY, IS EVERYBODY AMENABLE TO TO, TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS? YEAH.
UM, TOO BAD WE DIDN'T DO IT EARLIER.
SINCE TODAY'S, TODAY I TRACK, OH GOSH.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE RIGHT.
KILLED YOU SEE THAT NOVEMBER 6TH TODAY, THE DAY THAT HE WAS, THAT, UH, 46 YEARS AGO.
HE'S GONNA TRY CONTRACTED AT THE, THE WHEN THE LADY BIDING MOST THAT IS NOT LADY.
I GUESS YOU WANNA CALL YEAH,
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AS SOON AS WE CAN.
YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING WHILE THE GROUND WAS STILL BEING ABLE TO GET A SIGN IN, SO I'M GONNA NEED, I'M GONNA NEED AT LEAST THREE WEEKS.
I WAS THINKING A MONTH, BUT YEAH.
I'D LIKE TO DO IT SOMETIME IN, YOU KNOW, LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER IF WE COULD, THE THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD PUT A RESOLUTION UP AT THE NOVEMBER 27TH MEETING LIKE WE DID WITH S MADLEY AND UM, I CAN GO AHEAD AND IF COUNSEL, I CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THE SIGN MADE.
AND SO LOGISTICALLY WE JUST GOTTA, AND IF THEY COULD MAKE AND COUNCIL'S OKAY WITH IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
CAN I JUST MAKE ONE SUGGESTION THOUGH? I KNOW THE LAST ONE WE DID DURING THE DAY, LIKE DURING THE WEEKS, I WOULD JUST ASK IF WE COULD DO THIS MAYBE ON A SATURDAY OR SOMETHING OR A LITTLE WE DID IT ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ANNIVERSARY, HIS FAMILY'S REQUEST.
WE DID IT ON THE, OR AN EVENING LATER.
AND I THINK THE OTHER THING WE DID IT TOO WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS LESS TRAFFIC TO, TO BASICALLY HOLD OUT TO ONE LANE.
BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING JOSH.
'CAUSE IT IT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, IT DOES MAKE IT HARD WHEN IT'S DURING THE DAY.
I FIND THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF THOSE SO WE'LL LOOK AT, THAT'D KIND OF BE UP TO ME AND MY EYES WOULD BE UP TO THE CHIEF.
IT'S JUST IF THE TRAFFIC WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE HARDER ON A SATURDAY.
I MEAN SOMEBODY TOOK A CONE OUT WHILE YOU WERE SPEAKING.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE TO.
NO, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE TO CLOSE THE LANE OF TRAFFIC WHEN WE DO THE SOUTH.
'CAUSE WE HAVE ROOM FOR THE WALKING TRAIL WHERE THERE'S GREEN GRASS.
YEAH, THAT ONE THERE WASN'T REALLY ANYWHERE FOR US TO STAND.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE ALL THAT OVER THERE BY THE GREENWAY.
ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT? THE GREENWAY? YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
AND PEOPLE COULD PARK IN THAT PARKING LOT.
SO I BELIEVE WE WILL NOT IMPACT TRAFFIC THAT DAY, WHATEVER DAY WE THINK.
AND IF LIKE THE SIGN SHOP MADE THE SIGN FOR HIS SIBLINGS.
TO THE FOR WIFE AND THROUGH THE DOOR.
UH, AND THE COPIES OF THE RESOLUTION
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THAT WE DO, MAYBE, UM, AND I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO BRING THIS UP AGAIN FOR LYING DUTY TO DEATH.I WAS GONNA SAY MAYBE SPEAK WITH THE FAMILY TOO.
'CAUSE I KNOW ON THE SECOND IS LIKE THERE'S CHRISTMAS PARADE AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ASK THEM WHEN THEY COULD BE.
I I, I WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER.
'CAUSE I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON THE FIRST WEEKEND.
DEC FIRST SATURDAY AND DECEMBER, I THINK FOR AT LEAST AROUND THIS AREA.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT SOON, DON'T WE MR. WE? YES.
STEVE COUNCILS NEXT WORK SESSION.
SO THERE IS NOTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA.
I THINK UNLESS MR. WELTZ HAS SOMETHING TO ADD.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL EITHER.