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I AM GONNA CALL THE FRONT ROW REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER FOR TUESDAY, MAY 28TH.[1. MOMENT OF SILENCE]
WE'RE GONNA START FIRST WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE.NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO NEXT TO OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I'M GONNA ASK THAT, UM, OUR TOWN SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS JOIN, UH, JOIN US IF THEY'LL COME FORWARD TOWARDS THE PODIUM.
[2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
EVERYBODY WILL STAND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER LIBERTY.[3. ROLL CALL]
MS. PRESLEY, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL FOR US? MAYOR COCKRELL.[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEXT ITEM IS OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES.DO I HEAR A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR? I MOVE THAT COUNCIL, APPROVE THE COUNCIL MEETING.
APRIL 22ND JOINT WORK SESSION WITH PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 29TH AND REGULAR WORK SESSIONS OF MAY 6TH AND MAY 13TH, 2024 AS PRESENTED SECOND.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? RIGHT?
NEXT, ARE, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA? OKAY, SINCE THERE ARE NONE, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG
[6. RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS/REPORTS/PRESENTATIONS]
TO, UH, OUR, UH, ITEM SIX, AND THAT'S OUR RECOGNITIONS AWARDS, REPORTS, AND PRESENTATIONS.AND SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF TONIGHT WITH PROBABLY, UH, WHAT MANY OF US WOULD DEEM UP HERE AS SOME OF OUR FAVORITE, UH, PARTS OF OUR MEETING.
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE AWARDING THREE SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO, UH, READ SOME INFORMATION, SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OF OUR RECIPIENTS, AND THEN HAVE THEM ALL COME FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SO, I DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS IS HERE, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU.
SO THE FIRST RECIPIENT IS KAYA BEAKER.
I HOPE I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY.
KAYA PLANS TO ATTEND LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AND MAJOR IN NURSING.
SHE CURRENTLY WORKS AS A CNA AT HIDDEN SPRING SENIOR LIVING.
WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE PARTICIPATED IN MANY SPORTS AS A CHEERLEADER TRACK AND FIELD, AND ALSO MANAGING BOYS BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL TEAMS. SHE ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENTS OF AMERICA.
A COUPLE OF EXCERPTS FROM A QUOTE FROM KAYA ABOUT LIVING IN FRONT ROYAL.
SHE SAID, LIVING IN FRONT ROW HAS GIVEN ME SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAD NO IDEA I COULD HAVE WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
I WILL ATTEND LIBERTY UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL BECAUSE OF SKYLINE'S TRACK TEAM GOING AWAY TO COMPETE AT MEETS.
INTRODUCE ME TO MY DREAM SCHOOL.
MANY PEOPLE FROM THIS TOWN BELIEVE THAT IF YOU STAY IN FRONT ROW, YOU'LL NEVER BE ANYTHING, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE IT ALL AND REMAIN IN THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN.
NEXT WE HAVE BLAKE RAMSEY BLAKE.
PLANS TO ATTEND VIRGINIA MILITARY ACADEMY MAJORING IN BUSINESS.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S NOT VIRGINIA MILITARY ACADEMY.
I KNEW THAT AS SOON AS I SAID IT, I WAS LIKE, THAT DOESN'T WORK.
MAJORING IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS WITH A MINOR IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH ASPIRATIONS TO SERVE AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE US ARMY.
BLAKE RECENTLY COMMITTED TO JOIN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
NOT ONLY WAS HE DUAL ENROLLED AT LAUREL RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BUT HE FOUND TIME TO PLAY BASEBALL, PARTICIPATE IN CROSS COUNTRY AS WELL AS TRACK AND FIELD.
BLAKE MOVED TO THE AREA IN 2013 AND TO THE TOWN IN 2014.
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SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF BLAKE'S ESSAY ABOUT FRONT ROYAL WERE THE PLEASURES OF DRIVING OVER BEAUTIFUL WINDING ROADS, SEEING MAIN STREET TRANSFORM THROUGH THE YEARS TO BECOME A FAMILY AND TOURIST ATTRACTION, AND THE MEMORIES CREATED AT THE BOWLING ALLEY, SKATING RINK AND MOVIE THEATER.NOT TO MENTION THE POST-GAME CELEBRATIONS AT SPLUNK'S FOR BURGERS, FRIES, AND ICE CREAM.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS DYLAN BRADDOCK.
DYLAN PLANS TO GO TO WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY TO PURSUE A DEGREE IN FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.
WHEN FINISHED, HE WILL BE A LICENSED FIREFIGHTER AND PARAMEDIC.
HE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ATTAIN HIS FLIGHT PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION.
I KNOW THAT CAP COUNTY WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR, UH, THAT DYLAN WANTS TO EVENTUALLY WORK FOR WARREN COUNTY AS A FIREFIGHTER AND PARAMEDIC.
WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, DYLAN PARTICIPATED ON THE SOCCER AND YEARBOOK TEAM, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATED IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE PAGE PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS, AS WELL AS ATTENDED MANY SEMINARS ON TOPICS SUCH AS NATIONAL DEFENSE, ENGINEERING, AND URBAN SUSTAINABILITY.
MOST NOTABLY WAS THAT DYLAN VOLUNTEERED WITH THE WARREN COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE VOLUNTEERING NEARLY 2000 HOURS, SOME EXCERPTS OF DYLAN'S DESCRIBING LIVING IN FRONT ROYAL, WHO HAS LIVED HERE HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
SAID, I'VE SEEN BOTH THE GOOD AND BAD, THE CALM AND EXPANSION OF OUR TOWN.
WHAT REALLY SHAPED ME THOUGH, WAS THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I GREW UP PLAYING, PAYING VISITS TO THE FIRE STATIONS AND POLICE STATIONS.
SEEING THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS WHEN I WAS YOUNG MADE ME REALIZE THAT I WANTED MORE THAN ANYTHING TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR RECIPIENTS.
I KNOW THAT DYLAN WENT TO RMA BLAKE, WERE YOU, UH, WARREN COUNTY HIGH? YES.
UM, SHE'S, SHE GRADUATED FROM SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, UM, IF THE RECIPIENTS WILL COME FORWARD AND COUNSEL WILL JOIN YOU DOWN THERE.
WE'RE GONNA PRESENT YOUR SCHOLARSHIP TO YOU.
ARE WE NEXT? UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING TWO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE, HAVE, UH, NOTICED THAT WE'VE DONE THAT, UM, STARTING THIS YEAR.
AND SO OUR FIRST BUSINESS THAT WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE IS THE FRONT ROW FEDERAL CREDIT UNION.
AND I'M GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION BEFORE WE HAVE, UM, THE TWO LADIES COME FORWARD.
SO THIS IS A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING 75 YEARS, WHEREAS FRONT ROYAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION WAS ESTABLISHED ON MAY 7TH, 1949 TO SERVE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE AMERICAN SCOS CORPORATION, TEXTILE WORKERS UNION, AMERICAN LOCAL NUMBER 3 71, AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WHEREAS THE CREDIT UNION HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY BY EXPANDING ITS CHARTER IN 1977, TO INCLUDE ALL RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
AND WHEREAS FRONT ROYAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION FURTHER ENHANCED MEMBER CONVENIENCE BY OPENING ITS SOUTH STREET BRANCH IN JULY, 2004.
AND WHEREAS THE CREDIT UNION CONTINUED ITS GROWTH BY EXPANDING ITS FIELD OF MEMBERSHIP IN 2006 TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALS RESIDING, WORSHIPING, ATTENDING SCHOOL, OR WORKING WITHIN WARREN COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS FRONT ROW FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CURRENTLY OPERATES TO BRANCHES STAFFED BY DEDICATED EMPLOYEES, COMMITTED TO EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS THE CREDIT UNION CELEBRATES ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2024, REFLECTING
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ON ITS RICH HISTORY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY'S FINANCIAL NEEDS.NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE MARIN TOWN COUNCIL WILL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT FRONT ROYAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CELEBRATED 75 YEARS OF BUSINESS IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL ON MAY, ON MARCH 7TH, 2024.
SO SHERRY AND KIM, DO YOU GUYS WANNA COME FORWARD? AND I'M GOING TO, UH, I I DON'T WANT TO, I WANNA MAKE SURE I SAY YOUR LAST NAMES, BUT I DON'T WANNA CALL YOU BY YOUR MAIDEN NAMES SINCE I'VE, SINCE I'VE KNOWN YOU THAT WELL,
NEXT UP LEAVES YOU GUYS GUESTS AND DOESN'T IT, SOME OF YOU'RE LIKE BOYAGE BUSINESSES IN FRONT ROW.
I BET YOU COULD GUESS THIS ONE THERE.
THIS IS STOKES GENERAL STORE AND THIS PROCLAMATION IS CELEBRATING 78 YEARS.
WHEREAS ALVIN STOKES DECIDED TO OPEN A GENERAL STORE IN A FORMER BLACKSMITH SHOP DURING THE DARK DAYS OF WORLD WAR II AMIDST RATIONING AND SHORTAGES.
AND WHEREAS THE PRESENT BUILDING LOCATED AT 5 33 EAST MAIN STREET WAS ERECTED IN 1946, WHERE MILITARY SUPPLIES, GAS CANS AND BOOTS WERE SOLD ALONG WITH THE MOVING COMPANY AND STORAGE FACILITY.
AND WHEREAS THREE GENERATIONS HAS OWNED SOAKS GENERAL STORE SELLING ITEMS AND WORK WEAR FOR THE WORKING MAN, INCLUDING A LARGE SELECTION OF BOOTS WITH THEIR BIGGEST DRAW BEING A LARGE WHEEL OF SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
AND SO ANDY STOKES IS GONNA COME FORWARD.
ANDY, I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE THIRD GENERATION.
THANK, I JUST WANNA SAY I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
COUNCILMAN GLENN WOOD, UM, SUGGESTED THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY, UM, TRYING TO RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.
BUT AGAIN, UH, I ATTEND A LOT OF RIBBON CUTTINGS THAT ARE ABOUT BUSINESSES THAT ARE JUST OPENING.
SO TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CELEBRATE THOSE BUSINESSES THAT NOT ONLY OPENED BUT STAYED HERE, UM, IS AMAZING.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 75 AND 78 YEARS, THAT'S A TRUE COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITIZENS.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL, UM, ALL OF YOU THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.
SO NEXT UP OUR, OUR, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE HAVE, UM, SIX TONIGHT.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA, UM, GONNA BE BUSY.
MS. PRESSLEY, I'M ASSUMING THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP FOR ANY OF THEM.
NO, NOT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO MY THOUGHT IS THAT THERE'S NO NEED FOR ME TO READ
[7.A. Special Use Permit for Short-Term Rental at 1400 Old Winchester Pike]
SO WE'RE GONNA START THE FIRST ONE, UM, WHICH IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 1400 OLD[00:15:01]
WINCHESTER PIKE.UM, MS. PRESLEY, I, I'LL JUST READ THE SUMMARY.
COUNSEL HAS REQUESTED TO CONSIDER A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY KAREN RENOSO FOR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL AT 1400 OLD WINCHESTER PIKE TAX MAP, TWO ZERO A 12 DASH EIGHT DASH THREE.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO RENT THE WHOLE HOUSE WITH THREE BEDROOMS AND NO MORE THAN SIX OCCUPANTS AT A TIME.
STAFF CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION ON MARCH 27TH, 2024, AND FOUND IT TO BE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE TOWN CODE.
OFF STREET PARKING IS AVAILABLE AND SUFFICIENT FOR THE EXPANSION OF USE.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED R TWO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
SO I AM GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MS. PRESLEY SAID NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.
I AM GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNSEL TO APPROVE AS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY KAREN RESO FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 1400 OLD WINCHESTER PIKE TAX MAP.
SECTION 20 A 12 DASH EIGHT DASH THREE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY, UM, ANY DISCUSSION BY COUNSEL? YES.
UH, I GUESS FOR, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING.
UH, WAS THAT ADDRESSED AT ALL? WELL, THE APPLICATION IS FOR THREE BEDROOMS. MM-HMM.
AND BY CODE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THREE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED PARKING SPACES FOR OFF STREET PARKING CAN ACCOMMODATE AT THE CARPORT AREA.
SO THE AREA TO THE RIGHT IS JUST ADDITIONAL PARKING, NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
IT, IT WAS IN REGARD TO SAFETY, UH, IS WHAT, UH, MY CONCERN WAS WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
THE TOWN DOES NOT REGULATE SAFETY, UH, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE REQUIREMENT OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS FOR MR. WARE.
WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US A REVIEW OF, OF THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION? JUST FOR, FOR COUNSEL'S KNOWLEDGE AND THE PUBLIC'S? THE APPLICATION WAS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, ON APRIL 17TH, 2024.
PLANNING COMMISSION DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
THAT'S THE OTHER, WE'LL GO BACK TO FIRST ONE.
SO THEY MADE IT APRIL 17TH, PLANNING COMMISSION MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH NO CONDITIONS ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
THE HOUSE IS LOCATED THERE ALONG OLD WINCHESTER PIKE AT THE CORNER OF A INTERSECTION WITH THE QUEENS HIGHWAY THERE ALONG THE RIVER.
THERE'S A FRONT VIEW OF THE HOUSE.
UH, THE PARKING AREA LOCATED THERE AT THE CARPORT AREA CAN ACCOMMODATE THREE VEHICLES AS REQUIRED BY THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR LODGING HOUSES.
UH, THERE'S A SIDE VIEW OF IT.
AND AGAIN, THE PARKING THERE AT THE CARPORT AREA THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THREE VEHICLES.
UH, THEY DID FURNISH A SURVEY PLANT AS REQUIRED AND PART OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS WHEN THEY CHANGED FROM RESIDENTIAL, THAT'S TWO PARKING SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT FOR UNDER LODGING.
IT'S ONE PARKING SPACE PER ROOM.
SO WITH THE THREE BEDROOMS, THERE'RE REQUIRED THREE PARKING SPACES, WHICH CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AT THE CARPORT.
WE DID THE INSPECTION AND THE PAST COMPLETE INSPECTION OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL, UM, MS. PRESSLEY, CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL? VICE MAYOR OCK? YES.
COUNCILMAN RAPPAPORT ABSTAIN COUNCIL ME.
[7.B. Special Use Permit for Short-Term Rental at 331 Kerfoot Avenue]
THE NEXT ITEM IS SEVEN B AND THAT'S A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR SHORT-TERM[00:20:01]
RENTAL AT 3 31 CUR FOOT AVENUE.AND THE SUMMARY FOR THAT, UM, IS COUNSEL HAS REQUESTED CONSIDER A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY CHRIS KING ARCHER REQUESTING A SHORT-TERM RENTAL LOCATED AT 3 31 HEREFORD AVENUE, TAX MAP NUMBER 20 A SIX DASH SEVEN DASH NINE DASH ONE AND TWO.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO RENT THE WHOLE HOUSE, WHICH INCLUDES FOUR BEDROOMS WITH NO MORE THAN EIGHT OCCUPANTS AT A TIME.
THE PROPERTY DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE OFF STREET PARKING.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.
THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE OFF STREET PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE FOUR SPACES TO BE INSPECTED BY STAFF PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THE SPECIAL YEARS PERMIT.
PROPERTY IS ZONED R ONE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UM, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MS. PRESLEY, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, WE HAVE NO ONE.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, PROBABLY BEFORE I OPEN UP THE COUNSEL, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET MR. WARE, UM, GIVE A REVIEW OF THIS APPLICATION.
UM, AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL AGAIN.
SO IT'S A CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO LODGING.
SO YOUR CODE REQUIRES ONE PARKING SPACE PER ROOM.
UH, PLANNING COMMISSION DID MAKE THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL ON SEPTEMBER OR APRIL THE 17TH WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THE APPLICANT WOULD COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF OFF STREET PARKING.
IT'S LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF CURVE FOOT AVENUE AND BROWN AVENUE.
UH, THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HOME AND THE PARKING AREA THERE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THREE VEHICLES.
IT'S FOR A WHOLE HOUSE RENTAL FOR FOUR BEDROOMS, THUS REQUIRING FOUR PARKING SPACES.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UH, THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, UM, CAN'T REMEMBER THIS ONE.
IS THIS OWNER OCCUPIED? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING BY THE APPLICANT IT WILL NOT BE OWNER OCCUPIED WHEN THEY DO THE RENTAL.
THEY ARE FULL-TIME RESIDENTS THERE.
THEY PLAN ON RENTING, UH, DOING SHORT-TERM RENTAL WHEN THEY ARE NOT AT THE RESIDENCE, BUT IT IS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
IT IS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE AND THEY WILL JUST DO A FULL HOUSE RENTAL WHEN THEY ARE NOT THERE.
OKAY, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL AT THIS TIME FOR A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNSEL APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY CHRIS KING ARCHER REQUESTING A SHORT-TERM RENTAL LOCATED AT 3 31 KER FOOT AVENUE TAX MAP NUMBER 20 A SIX DASH SEVEN DASH NINE DASH ONE AND TWO.
SO, UH, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR AS TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UM, AND THERE IS NO MENTION OF ANY CONDITIONS IN THE MOTION.
SO, UM, IS, UM, IS THERE A DISCUSSION FROM COUNSEL? IS THERE A SECOND? THERE WAS A SECOND.
WAYNE SECONDED, BUT HIS, HIS MICROPHONE'S NOT OKAY.
NOW, MADAM MAYOR, UH, I ADDED THIS AT THE WORK SESSION.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND STAFF'S LIKELY FRUSTRATION.
UM, HOWEVER I'VE SAID FOR MY TERM ON COUNCIL SINCE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE SHORT TERM RENTALS, UM, THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT THE PARKING CONDITIONS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF THE STREETS IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL DON'T EVEN HAVE OFF STREET PARKING, WHICH AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, AS A RESIDENTIAL LONG-TERM RENTAL, THERE ARE NO CONDITIONS.
SO THIS APPLICANT COULD RENT THIS LONG-TERM FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, A YEAR, 10 YEARS TO ANYONE THAT COULD HAVE FIVE TO 10 CARS.
AND WE'D HAVE NO WAY TO REGULATE THAT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CURRENT CODE READS PER BEDROOM, BUT I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT'S FEASIBLE AS A FREQUENT FLYER OF AIRBNBS.
I KNOW THAT TYPICALLY WHEN OUR PARTY OF EIGHT RENTS AN AIRBNB, ONLY THE ADULTS IN THE HOME ARE DRIVING A VEHICLE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY ONE TO TWO VEHICLES.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO REQUIRE FOUR SPACES FOR THIS ONE, AS WE HAVE NOT FOR MANY OF THE ONES PRIOR TO THIS AS WELL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I WAS JUST GONNA ADD THAT IT IS ON THE CORNER, UM, WHERE IT SEEMS TO HAVE SUFFICIENT ON STREET PARKING THAT WOULD NOT INHIBIT ANYBODY ELSE ON THE STREET.
SO ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, MS. PRESLEY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO A VOTE.
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COUNCILMAN RAPPAPORT? YES.COUNCILWOMAN DEAN DEMON PAYNE? YES.
NEXT UP IS, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
[7.C. Special Use Permit for Ground Floor Dwelling at 519 Short Street]
SEVEN C, WHICH IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR GROUND FLOOR DWELLING AT FIVE 19 SHORT STREET.UM, COUNSEL HAS REQUESTED TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM SHORT STREET PROPERTIES LLC FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW GROUND FLOOR DWELLING UNIT AT FIVE 19 SHORT STREET TAX MAP NUMBER 20 A EIGHT DASH 19 DASH SIX DASH NINE AND 10.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C ONE COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE APPLICANT MUST MAINTAIN ALL NECESSARY ZONING AND BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE ALTERATION REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE APPLICANT MUST ESTABLISH THE USE PURSUANT TO OBTAINING AN OCCUPANCY OCCUPANCY PERMIT WITH WARREN COUNTY.
SO I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MS. PRESLEY, I'M ASSUMING NOBODY'S SIGNED UP.
NO ONE'S FINE SPEAK IN THIS SHORT AMOUNT.
UH, IS IT, WOULD ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. UM, WARE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, UH, FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THIS APPLICATION.
THE APPLICATION, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION DID MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON APRIL 17TH.
UH, THAT'S THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY, UH, FIVE 19 SHORT STREET.
THAT'S THE HOUSE THAT, UH, HAD SOME FIRE DAMAGE TO IT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BEEN BOARDED UP AND BEEN VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THERE'S A SIDE VIEW WITH THE DRIVEWAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE HAS BEEN BOARDED UP, AS I SAID BEFORE, UH, FROM FIRE DAMAGE.
UH, THEY DID SOME, UH, SUPPLY, UH, SURVEY PLAT WITH THAT ALSO.
SO THE REASON THIS COMES BEFORE YOU FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR THIS APPLICATION, SO YOU UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT, UH, 1 75 1 26 OF YOUR CODE STATES, IF A LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING USE IS DISCONTINUED FOR A PERIOD OF EXCEEDING TWO YEARS AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF THIS CHAPTER, IT SHALL BE DEEMED ABANDONED IN ANY USE THEREAFTER, SHALL CONFORM TO USE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER.
SO IT IS IN THE C ONE DISTRICT, IT WAS FORMERLY A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE, BUT THE USE DISCONTINUED.
THE FOLLOWING USES ARE PERMITTED IN THE C ONE DISTRICT ONLY BY APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APARTMENT OR DWELLING UNITS WITH FOUR MORE OR WHERE LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
SO IN IN ESSENCE, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO DO RENOVATIONS OF THE BUILDING, THE FIRE, FIRE DAMAGE AND TURN THAT INTO A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
BUT YOU NEED TO ESTABLISH THE USE OF THE PROPERTY FIRST TO GRANT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
'CAUSE THE USE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
MR. WARE ARE THE, ARE THE, UM, FROM THE PICTURES RIGHT, WE CAN SEE THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES BESIDE OF IT, RIGHT? YES.
THERE IS AN APARTMENT STRUCTURE.
UH, NEXT DOOR TO THAT, TO THE RIGHT SIDE THERE.
I WAS MAINLY ASKING 'CAUSE IT'S IN A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, BUT THERE'S RESIDENTIAL USES.
THAT SECTION OF THE TOWN IS ZONED COMMERCIAL.
RIGHT? THERE IS RESIDENTIAL USES HERE.
SO THERE'S COMMERCIAL BEHIND IT.
I WILL, UH, DOES, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WARE? GO AHEAD.
DO YOU KNOW MR. WARE, HAVE THEY REMOVED THE INOPERABLE VEHICLES FROM THAT GARAGE OR IN ON THE HOUSE SIDE OF THE GARAGE? I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT, NO.
IN VISITING THE PROPERTY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GONE BY, BUT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPERTY IN THE DRIVEWAY WAS A, A BOAT AND SEVERAL, IT LOOKED LIKE INOPERABLE VEHICLES.
AND THE APPLICANT, I BELIEVE TOLD US THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT REMOVED BEFORE UM, THE TRANSACTION TOOK PLACE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECTLY STATED.
JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A RENTAL PERSPECTIVE.
UH, FAMILY IN THERE AND THEN IN THE BACKYARD IS A JUNKYARD AND NOT THE BEST LOOKING THING.
BUT ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WARE? OKAY, I WILL, UH, OPEN IT UP.
AND, AND DON'T GO ANYWHERE 'CAUSE YOU GOT A FEW MORE
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I MOVE THAT COUNSEL APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FROM SHORT STREET PROPERTIES LLC TO ALLOW A GROUND FLOOR DWELLING UNIT AT FIVE 19 SHORT STREET TAX MAP NUMBER 20 A EIGHT DASH 19 DASH SIX DASH NINE AND 10 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
ONE, THE APPLICANT MUST OBTAIN ALL NECESSARY ZONING AND BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE ALTERATION REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND TWO, THE APPLICANT MUST ESTABLISH THE USE PURSUANT TO OBTAINING AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT WITH WARREN COUNTY.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? UM, MADAM MAYOR AT THE WORK SESSION? I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER WE COULD PUT A CONDITION ON, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS, BUT A, A CONDITION TO WHERE THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THE RENOVATION WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT IT DIDN'T DRAG ON AND I WAS TOLD TO HOLD OFF UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHERS THEIR THOUGHTS MAYBE ON, ON THE TIMING, ON, ON THOSE RENOVATIONS.
THAT WOULD BE A MOTION TO AMEND.
BEFORE I MOTION TO AMEND THOUGH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT IS A REASONABLE TIME IF, IF MY FELLOW COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE ANY IDEA A YEAR OR TWO YEARS? SO I, I UNDERSTAND FROM MR. SONNET THAT YES, THAT COULD BE PART OF THE MOTION TO HAVE A TIMEFRAME.
CAN CONDITIONS HAVE TO HAVE A RATIONAL BASIS.
AND I, I THINK THERE'S A RATIONAL BASIS FOR THIS.
I AM, UM, FINE WITH AMENDING THE MOTION.
I'M ALSO OKAY WITH APPROVING IT AS IS KNOWING THE APPLICANTS.
UM, THEY BOTH OWN AND OPERATE BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND HAVE PROBABLY SINCE BEFORE I WAS BORN.
UM, AND THEY BOTH HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY, SO I CAN'T IMAGINE THEM PUTTING AN LLC IN THEIR NAME FOR A PROPERTY THAT THEY PLAN TO LET SET THEIR, I ALSO DON'T THINK THEY WOULD PURCHASE IT IF THEY COULDN'T TURN A PROFIT ON IT.
SO IT DOESN'T BENEFIT THE APPLICANT AT ALL TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY IF IT'S NOT AN INCOME REVENUE STREAM.
UM, AND THEY BOTH OWN AND OPERATE BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL.
SO,
I DON'T KNOW THEIR, OBVIOUSLY THEIR FINANCIALS, BUT, UH, THE REALITY IS, IS WHAT WE HAVE IS, UH, AN ABANDONED BUILDING AND WE GOT A GUY THAT WANTS TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE, MOVE WITH IT TONIGHT.
TO ADD TO COUNCILMAN RAPPAPORT'S STATEMENT, UM, I MENTIONED THIS AT OUR LAST WORK SESSION AND ALSO IN THE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE.
THIS KIND OF LOOPS IN TO WHERE WE ARE ON DEVELOPMENT AS A COMMUNITY.
UM, PRESERVATION LEADS TO REVITALIZATION.
SO WE HAVE A HOUSING ISSUE HERE IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, AND I THINK IT'S VERY COMMENDABLE THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING OPPORTUNITIES WITH WHAT ALREADY EXISTS HERE, UM, AND REVITALIZING THOSE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
MS. KAKI, UH, KIND OF IS BASED ON WHAT COUNCILMAN WOOD ASKED, UM, THE CONDITION ABOUT, UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THE MOTION MUST OBTAIN UNNECESSARY ZONING AND BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE ALTERATION REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE.
WOULD THAT, UM, THOSE ZONING PERMITS, WOULD THAT INCLUDE REMOVING INOPERABLE VEHICLES FROM THE PROPERTY? WOULD THAT BE PART OF THAT? THAT'S A ZONING VIOLATION.
THAT'S EVEN LOGGED SEPARATELY IN OUR SYSTEM, BUT OKAY.
WE WOULD, WE ALREADY START WORKING WITH THEM.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEAH, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.
UM, I NOTICED OF COURSE A LOT LINES ON, A LOT ON, ON THE, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK, LIKE GO RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE, OF THE DWELLINGS.
UH, IS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT HOW THESE LOT LINES ARE IN THE FUTURE FOR ANYTHING? I MEAN, AS FAR AS LOOKS LIKE, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE ON OUR MAP RIGHT HERE, LOOK, IF HE'S ARE, IF HE'S OUR PROPERTY LINES, SOME, SOME OF 'EM GO RIGHT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE,
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OF THE HOUSE OR IS THAT LOOKING AT THE WRONG ONE, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE A CONCERN UNLESS THEY GO COMPLETELY REDEVELOP.I KNOW IN THE FUTURE LOTS, BUT IF YOU LOOK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE OVERHEAD SHOWS THE PROPERTY LINE GOING RIGHT THROUGH THE, WHERE IT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL.
WE PUT COMMERCIAL ZONING OVER AN AREA OR AN NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S TRADITIONALLY RESIDENTIAL.
THE INTENTION, THE ONLY WAY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS IS DOWN THE ROAD IF SOMEBODY BUYS SEVERAL PARCELS AND DOES A SOMEWHAT LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF, IF EVERYBODY ELSE WAS SEEN IT BESIDES ME TOO.
UH, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY COULD SELL, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY COULD DO, I MEAN, I'M LIKE YOU, THEY COULDN'T DO SOMETHING WITH LOT NINE AND SOMETHING WITH LOT 10 BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE LARGE ENOUGH AND NOT A RESIDENTIAL USE WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO COURT COUNCIL.
UNLESS THERE IS A NEED FOR AMENDING IT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE, UH, WITH THE CONDITION OF THEM, UH, OBTAINING ALL NECESSARY ZONING BUILDING PERMITS AND ESTABLISHING, UM, AND GETTING PURSUANT TO OBTAINING AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT WITH WARREN COUNTY.
MS. OH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, ALSO FOR COUNCIL DEAN COUNCILWOMAN, DEAN MINKO PAYNE'S COMMENT THAT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE CONDITION.
THEY DID MENTION AT OUR WORK SESSION THAT THE ONLY REASON THAT IT WAS COMING BEFORE US AT THIS STAGE IN THE PROCESS, WHICH IS KIND OF PREMATURE TYPICALLY WAS TO ENSURE BEFORE THEY INVESTED IN THE PROPERTY THAT THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE PASSED.
SO I THINK THEY'VE, THEY'RE WAITING ON US TO GET STARTED, KIND OF, WHICH IS REASSURING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO SET LIKE MANY PROPERTIES HAVE.
MS. PRESLEY, WANNA DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MAYOR
COUNCILMAN DE DAMON PAYNE? YES.
[7.D. Special Use Permit for Ground Floor Dwelling at 514 S. Royal Avenue]
SEVEN D OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR GROUND FLOOR DWELLING AT FIVE 14 SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE COUNCIL IS REQUESTED TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM EDWIN S WRIGHT, WHERE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW GROUND FLOOR DWELLING UNIT AT FIVE 14 SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE TAX MAP NUMBER 20 A SEVEN DASH NINE DASH B DASH 11 A 12 AND 13 CONDITIONED UPON THE FOLLOWING, THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE OFF STREET PARKING PER TOWN CODE 1 48 DASH EIGHT 70 PARKING AND LOADING AREAS.THE PROPERTY IS ZONE C ONE COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ENTRANCE CORRIDOR.
SO I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MS. PRESLEY, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP, SIR.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE HEARING AND ASK MR. WARE TO GIVE US A LITTLE REVIEW OF THIS APPLICATION, UH, SUMMARIZATION FOR THIS APPLICATION, UH, FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS TO ALLOW A GROUND FLOOR DWELLING UNIT AT FIVE 12 SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL BASED ON THOSE THREE CONDITIONS.
UH, THERE'S A LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY AT FIVE 14 SOUTH ROYAL, A VERY FAMILIAR STRUCTURE HERE IN TOWN.
THE BRICK BUILDING THERE ON SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE.
THAT'S THE FRONT AND THERE'S A REAR OFF PROCTOR LANE.
UH, ANOTHER SHOT WITH, UH, THERE'S ONE PARKING SPACE IN THE FRONT OF THE, UH, STRUCTURE THERE OFF SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE.
UH, THEY DID PROVIDE A FLOOR PLAN FOR YOU FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE, UH, TWO FLOORS, THE UPPER FLOORS.
AND THEY ALSO ARE USING A DWELLING UNIT IN THE, UH, GROUND FLOOR OF THE BASEMENT.
SO AGAIN, UH, FOR THIS APPLICATION, THE REASON THEY'RE HERE, THIS IS A DISCONTINUANCE 1 75, 1 26.
IF ILLEGALLY NON-CONFORMING USE IS DISCONTINUED FOR A PERIOD EXCEEDING TWO YEARS AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF THIS CHAPTER, IT SHALL BE DEEMED ABANDONED AND ANY USE THEREAFTER SHALL CONFORM TO USE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER.
SO, AS PREVIOUSLY, UH, YEARS AGO AS A RESIDENTIAL UNIT ZONE COMMERCIAL WENT TO COMMERCIAL USE, THAT USE HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, THUS REQUIRING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TWO DWELLING UNITS IN IT, ONE ON THE BASEMENT, THE GROUND FLOOR, AND ONE IN THE, UH, TWO FLOORS ABOVE.
UH, PARKING IS ONLY ONE PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE NOW, SO WHEN THEY CHANGE IT TO RESIDENTIAL USE, UH, THEY NEED TWO PER DWELLING UNIT.
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TWO PARKING SPACES FOR THE UPPER LEVEL AND TWO PARKING SPACES FOR THE BASEMENT OR THE GROUND FLOOR.A TOTAL OF FOUR PARKING SPACES IS REQUIRED BY YOUR CODE.
UH, THEY DID SUBMIT A PARKING PLAN, UH, SO THEY, UH, UH, PLAN ON INSTALLING THREE PARKING SPACES OFF OF SOUTH ROYAL AND THREE PARKING SPACES OFF OF PROCTOR LANE FOR A TOTAL OF SIX WHEN THEY'RE REQUIRED FOUR.
SO THEY PLAN ON INSTALLING SIX, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE FOUR FOR TWO FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT.
UM, SO YOU HAD A FLOOR PLAN OF IT, THE APPLICATION AND THE SURVEY PLAN AND A PARKING PLAN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WHERE WILL THE PARKING BE OFF OF SOUTH ROYAL? I'M JUST, I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THAT.
THEY'RE IN THE FRONT SO I GET OFF FRONT.
THEY CAN GET, THEY GET UH, THREE PARKING SPACES THERE.
AND FROM THE STREET, UH, IN FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND THEY PLAN ON INSTALLING THREE HERE AT PROCTOR LANE TO BENEFIT, UH, THE GROUND FLOOR DWELLING UNIT.
COUNSEL, UM, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, I CAN'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW FAR THE PARKING RECESS IS BACK.
UH, I KNOW THAT WHEN IT WAS THAT AREA THERE, WHEN IT WAS SIMON PETRIE'S, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD LIKE DIAGONAL PARKING, UH, NEXT DOOR.
UM, SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, UH, ON THE STREET WHEN THEY BACK OUT IS THAT THEY DO HAVE AN EXISTING PARKING SPACE THERE NOW.
THEY HAVE EXISTING PARKING ONE FOR ONE PARKING SPACE THAT PAVED AREA HERE.
AND, AND IN THAT PICTURE, WHERE'S THE THREE PARKING SPACES THAT'LL BE EXPANDED UP HERE IN THE FRONT.
THEY'LL PUT THREE PARKING SPACES THERE.
THE, THE SPOT THERE NOW IS LIKE PARALLEL TO THE STREET PARKING.
SO HERE THIS WILL BE, UH, 90 DEGREE PARKING TO THE STREET, NOT PARALLEL TO THE STREET.
AND THEY DO A GREEN SPACE HERE.
THERE'S STILL, YEAH, ZONING DOES NOT REGULATE SAFETY.
THAT'S NOT, YEAH, THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM.
BUT I THOUGHT I JUST ASKED IF THEY, THEY MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS FAR, AS FAR AS SIZES.
THAT'S WHAT WE REGULATE FROM THAT IN THE DISTANCE OFF OF THE BUILDING, SO OKAY.
WHETHER THEY PARK BACK OUT ON THE STREET, WE DO NOT REGULATE THAT.
SO, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO BACK OUT, GOING THROUGH HERE, BUT, OKAY.
COUNSEL, HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FOR THIS? NO.
OTHER, OH, UM, YEAH, I'M SORRY.
WE NEED A MOTION BEFORE WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAYOR MAKE A MOTION? MAYOR.
I MOVE THAT COUNSEL APPROVE A REQUEST FROM EDWIN S WRIGHT FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW GROUND FLOOR DWELLING UNIT AT FIVE 14 SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE TAX MAP.
20 A SEVEN DASH 19 DASH B DASH 11 A 12 AND 13 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE OFF STREET PARKING FOR TOWN CODE 1 48, 8 70 PARKING AND LOADING AREAS SECOND KIM.
NOW DISCUSSION, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A QUESTION FOR MS. PRESLEY OR MR. SONNET BUT JUST FOR A RECORD OF THE MEETING MINUTES, UH, THERE'S A CORRECTION TO THE TAX MAP NUMBER THAT WAS READ.
IT SHOULD BE DASH NINE NOT 19.
I DON'T WANNA VOTE ON THE WRONG TAX MAP NUMBER.
DOES IT NEED TO BE AMENDED OR JUST MAKE NOTE OF IT? JUST MAKE NOTE OF IT.
ANY DISCUSSION? I'M NOT GONNA ADDRESS THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF STREET PARKING.
SINCE THE APPLICANT UM, CHOSE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WILLINGLY, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THESE, UM, BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES.
THE OLD HOME PLACE LOOKS GREAT.
ALRIGHT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
WE DO ROLL CALL VICE MAYOR OCK? YES.
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COUNCILMAN INGRAM? YES.[7.E. Special Use Permit for Ground Floor Dwelling at 512 S. Royal Avenue]
OUR LAST PUBLIC, NOPE.UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR GROUND FOR DWELLING AT FIVE 12 SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE.
COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM EDWIN S RAY FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW GROUND FLOOR DWELLING UNIT AT FIVE 12 SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE TAX MAP NUMBER 20 A SEVEN DASH NINE DASH B DASH NINE 10 AND 11 CONDITIONED UPON THE FOLLOWING, THE APPLICANT MUST OBTAIN ON THIS SERIES ZONING AND BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE ALTERATION REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE APPLICANT MUST ESTABLISH THE USE PURSUANT TO OBTAINING AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT WITH WARREN COUNTY.
THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE OFF STREET PARKING TO BE INSPECTED BY STAFF PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED SEA WINE COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE INSURANCE CORRIDOR.
I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MS. PRESLEY, THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M GONNA ASK MR. WARE, UM, TO GIVE US A REVIEW OF THIS PROPERTY.
THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT AGAIN TO ALLOW FOR A GROUND FLOOR DWELLING UNIT.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID VOTE IN APRIL 17TH OF THIS YEAR, UH, TO MAKE, UH, RECOGNITION OF APPROVAL WITH THOSE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY STATED.
THIS IS THE BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF SOUTH ROYAL AND TOURIST LANE.
SEE THAT'S THE GRAY BUILDING I'M REFERRED TO.
THERE'S ALREADY, UH, AN THERE IN THE FRONT.
UH, THERE'S A VIEW FROM THE REAR FROM PROCTOR LANE.
UH, THERE'S THE FLOOR PLAN FOR UNIT A AND ALSO FOR UNIT B THAT WOULD BE, UH, FACING PROCTOR LANE.
UH, THEY DID SUBMIT A PARKING PLAN.
UH, THEY WOULD, THE FRONT OF THE LOT THERE IN SOUTH ROYAL BE WOULD BE CONVERTED TO GREEN SPACE.
THEY WOULD PROVIDE PARKING IN THE REAR OF PROCTOR LANE FOR FIVE PARKING SPACES.
SO EACH DWELLING UNIT BY YOUR CODE REQUIRES TWO.
THEY'D HAVE TWO DWELLING UNITS THERE REQUIRING FOUR.
THEY ARE PLANNING TO INSTALL FIVE OFF PROCTOR LANE AND NO PARKING SPACES ON SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR TOWN STAFF? MY MY QUESTION IS REALLY KIND OF DIFFERENT, BUT IF ONCE THESE ARE, UM, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A GROUND FLOOR DWELLING, JUST HYPOTHETICALLY 10 YEARS FROM NOW, UM, THEY WANT TO USE IT FOR UH, YOU KNOW, C ONE FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
IS THERE ANYTHING, DO THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO, TO CHANGE THAT BACK? DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT? IS THAT A BAD QUESTION?
I'LL, I'LL ADDRESS THAT IF I MAY.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A BY RIGHT USE.
SO NO, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME BACK.
SO THEY, BUT IT WOULD BE A CHANGE OF USE.
SO THEY ONLY NEED PERMISSION FOR THIS TO BECOME A GROUND FLOOR DWELLING UNIT.
THEY WOULD NOT NEED PERMISSION IF THEY CHOSE TO THEN, UM, TO REFER, YOU KNOW, REVERT BACK TO BEING COURSE ANYTHING THAT'S A MATTER OF RIGHT.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THIS COUNCIL FOR ANYTHING.
JUST THEY WOULD DO A CHANGE OF USE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.
I WAS JUST ASKING 'CAUSE IT IS IN AN AREA WITH LOTS OF COMMERCIALS.
SO IF THEY CHOSE IT IN THE FUTURE THAT IT WAS A BETTER USE AS LONG AS IT LINES WITH THE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
IN THAT DISTRICT, THEY CAN DO THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAD A QUESTION.
UM, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THIS AREA IS A PLACE WHERE SOME PEOPLE OPPOSED TO THE SHORT TERMINALS ARE IN FAVOR OF THEM SINCE IT IS A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, WOULD THERE NEED TO BE ANOTHER SUP FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL AFTER GROUND FLOOR DWELLING? YES.
IF THEY JUST DECIDED TO CHANGE THE USE, THAT WOULD BE SO AS A GROUND FLOOR DWELLING, IT'S FOR LONG-TERM USE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY.
UH, MS. PRESSLEY, CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL? WE NEED A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNSEL APPROVE A SPECIAL
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USE PERMIT FROM AN EDWARD EDWIN S WRIGHT FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A GROUND FLOOR DWELLING UNIT AT FIVE 12 SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE TAX MAP NUMBER 20 A SEVEN DASH NINE DASH B DASH NINE 10 AND 11 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.ONE, THE APPLICANT MUST, UH, OBTAIN ALL NECESSARY ZONING AND BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE ALTERATION REPAIR OF THE STRUCTURE.
TWO, THE APPLICANT MUST ESTABLISH THE USE PERMIT TO OBTAINING AN OCCUPANCY PER PERMIT WITH WARREN COUNTY.
THREE, THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE OFF STREET PARKING TO BE INSPECTED BY STAFF PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT VICE.
OKAY, NOW IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, I'LL JUST ADD THAT I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE MORE GREEN SPACE BEING ADDED.
SO DESPITE THE PARKING, SEEING GREEN SPACE IN FRONT OF THAT ALONG THAT ENTRY CORRIDOR WILL BE NICE.
AGAIN, THE, UH, STRUCTURE LOOKS GREAT.
UH, TURN TO SHAQ INTO SOMETHING THAT IS VERY APPEALING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NOW WE'RE READY.
COUNCILWOMAN D DEMON PAYNE? YES.
[7.F. Ordinance to Amend Town Code Chapter 66 Animals Generally to Remove Contradictory Language Currently in Town Code Chapter 175 Zoning]
SEVEN F, WHICH IS OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NIGHT, UM, IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TOWN CODE CHAPTER 66 6 ANIMALS GENERALLY TO REMOVE CONTRADICTORY LANGUAGE.CODE CHAPTER 1 75 ZONING COUNCILS REQUESTED TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TOWN CODE CHAPTER 66 ANIMALS GENERALLY TO REMOVE CONTRADICTORY LANGUAGE.
CODE CHAPTER 1 75 ZONING HAS PRESENTED STAFF RESEARCHED URBAN AGRICULTURAL REGULATIONS AND DETERMINED THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THESE REQUIREMENTS IS WITHIN CHAPTER 66 OF THE TOWN CODE, NOT CHAPTER 1 75.
CHAPTER 66 REGULATES ANIMALS WITH IN TOWN LIMITS.
IF APPROVED STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO REMOVE CONTRADICTORY LANGUAGE BETWEEN THE TWO CHAPTERS AND CONDENSE THE REQUIREMENTS INTO ONE PLACE.
SO IT'S REALLY MORE OF A, WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER LIKE CLEANING UP OF OUR TOWN.
BUT ANYWAY, I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK? BRENDAN, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SCRATCHED YOUR FACE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GETTING READY.
THAT'S SO SINCE NO ONE HAS WISHES TO SPEAK, MR. I'M GONNA CLOSE BY THE HEARING.
MR. WARY, THERE'S NOTHING YOU NEED TO SHARE ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? WE'VE DONE ALL OF OUR DISCUSS DISCUSSING AT THE WORK SESSION.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL.
I THINK ANYONE, ANYONE JUST SEEMS LIKE A SLAM DUNK TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
I THINK SHE MEANS FOR A MOTION.
OH, WELL, SINCE I'VE SAID TWO, WHY NOT? UH, THE TRIFECTA, I, IF I CAN JUMP IN REAL QUICK.
IF, IF THE MOTION TO BE PLACED ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE, UM, IF IT COULD INSTEAD OF APPROVE, READ, ADOPT, AND THEN, UM, IN THE DEFINITION OF DOMESTICATED HOUSEHOLD PETS INSTEAD OF NORMALLY THE WORD SHOULD BE TRADITIONALLY.
YOU GOT THAT MR. APORT TRADITIONALLY AND ADOPT TRADITIONALLY AND ADOPT DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE, I I MET A MAYOR.
I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TOWN CODE.
INSTEAD OF APPROVE IT'S ADOPT.
I MOVE THAT COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TOWN CODE CHAPTER 66 ANIMALS GENERALLY TO REMOVE CONTRADICTORY LANGUAGE CURRENTLY IN TOWN.
CODE CHAPTER 1 75 ZONING AS PRESENTED.
WHAT IS THAT? CORRECT? WELL, INSTEAD OF GENERALLY TRADITIONAL TRADITION WITH THE CHANGE IN THE DEFINITION OF DOMESTICATED HOUSEHOLD PETS CHANGING THE WORD NORMALLY TO THE
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WORD TRADITIONALLY.SO NORMALLY HE'S NOT EVEN IN THE MOTION.
I THINK HE GENERALLY YEAH, IT'S NOT IN THE MOTION.
SO DO YOU WANT GENERALLY TO BE IT IT, GO AHEAD.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A ERROR IN DRAFTING, LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY.
THE, THE WORD SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY INSTEAD OF NORMALLY THAT'S NOT IN THE MOTION THOUGH.
WOULD YOU HELP US OUT? WHICH WORD TO THE MOTION? WELL, I THINK THE RECORD REFLECTS WHAT THE INTENT IS.
IF IT'S AGREEABLE TO THE, SO THIS LANGUAGE WILL COUNCIL WILL BE CHANGED FROM WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TONIGHT CONTINGENT ON HIS MOTION.
WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE ONE WORD FROM WHAT'S PROPOSED.
WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE ONE WORD.
NO, AND I THINK HE SAID IT SECOND.
ANY COUNCILMAN WOULD ALREADY SECONDED IT.
I THINK, I THINK THE RECORD'S CLEAR WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR.
ANY DISCUSSION OTHER THAN WHICH WORDS TO USE? UM, I, YES MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO STATE, I DON'T WANNA HOLD UP THE PROCESS DE DEFINITELY OF THEM CLEANING UP THE LANGUAGE AND, UM, AND THE CODE, BUT I DO WANT US TO REVISIT IN THE FUTURE THE COMMERCIAL EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING, UM, AN ANIMALS OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL THEM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO SELL THEIR, UH, HONEYCOMB OR THEIR HONEY OR ANY OF THAT STUFF THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IF THEY'RE NOT INFRINGING UPON THEIR NEIGHBORS.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, I THINK I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT, THAT I WANT US TO REVISIT THE COMMERCIAL USES THAT MAY COME ALONG WITH THAT AND, AND CONSIDER ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HAVE SOME OF THAT.
MAD MAYOR, AS I STATED IN THE MANY WORK SESSIONS BEFORE THIS ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED LANGUAGE, UM, IT'S NOT JUST HOUSEKEEPING FOR ANYBODY THAT HAS THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF THEM OR IS WATCHING AT HOME.
IT'S ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE STRUCK OR THE ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, WHICH, UM, COUNCILWOMAN DEIDA MONICA PAYNE ALLUDED TO THE ONE ISSUE THAT I'VE RAISED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, WHICH IS THIS ON 66 DASH FOUR.
UM, IT ALLOWS CHICKEN AND BEES UNDER THIS SECTION FOR DOMESTIC USE ONLY.
NO COMMERCIAL USE SUCH AS SELLING EGGS, SELLING CHICKENS FOR MEAT OR SELLING OF HONEY OR BEES WAX SHALL BE ALLOWED.
UM, AND I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT, NOR DO I AGREE WITH THE CURRENT REGULATIONS FOR, UM, THE INCREASE OF NUMBER OF CHICKENS FROM FOUR TO SIX WITH THE NEW RESTRICTIONS ON THE COOPS.
UM, AND LANGUAGE REGARDING THE FEED FOR THE CHICKENS.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF WORK SESSIONS ABOUT THIS, SO IT'S COUNCIL'S DESIRE.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TONIGHT.
HOWEVER, UM, FOR FORMER COUNCILMAN SCOTT LLOYD AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME, I WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING FOR YOUR CHICKEN RIGHTS.
UM, WE ARE, PEOPLE COME HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN URBAN AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY AND THEY HAVE LAND DESPITE BEING IN THE TOWN LIMITS, AND THEY COME HERE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY FROM THEIR OWN HOMESTEAD, WHETHER THAT BE A QUARTER OF AN ACRE, A HALF AN ACRE, OR AN ACRE.
WE HAVE LOTS THAT ALLOW THAT IN THE TOWN LIMITS.
AND I WOULD GO AS FAR AS TO SAY THEY COULD HAVE EVEN LARGER ANIMALS THAN WHAT'S IN OUR CODE.
UM, SO I WILL JUST REITERATE THAT I HAVE GOTTEN NO POSITIVE FEEDBACK REGARDING THIS AND I WILL NOT GIVE UP.
SO MAYBE WITH THE FUTURE COUNSEL.
I'LL JUST ADD THAT, UH, AT OUR WORK SESSION WE HAD A PROFESSIONAL COME IN AND, UH, I BELIEVE HIS LAST NAME WAS CHARLES.
AND UH, HE, UH, PRETTY MUCH SAID THAT IT'S PRETTY MUCH DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR COOPS CLEAN AND, AND, UH, TO KEEP, UH, THE, THE, THE, UH, CHICKEN'S SAFE, UH, WITH THREE TO FOUR, BUT HE WOULDN'T GO PAST SIX.
AND UH, THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT KEEPING THE LIMIT TO SIX CHICKENS, NOT ONLY FOR, UH, THE CASE OF BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT BY THE CODE SO THAT WE ARE OUR, UH, CODE INSPECTORS AREN'T, UH, TASKED WITH ADDITIONAL WORK.
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UH, FOR THE, UM, CONDITION AND SAFETY OF THE CHICKENS, THE ANIMALS.SO, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I BELIEVE IN THE PROFESSIONAL THAT, THAT, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING BROUGHT TO US AND UH, I'LL STAND BY THAT.
ANY, ANY, SORRY, I WAS GONNA SAY NO, YOU GO AHEAD.
I, WHAT IS THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT OF ALL THIS IN THIS IS AN ACCESSORY USE RESIDE ZONE.
SO THEIR PRIMARY USE IS THE, THIS IS PERMITTED YOUR MIC.
YEAH, WE CAN, BUT THAT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN ME HAVING A BUSINESS LICENSE AND DOING SOME WORK OUT OF MY HOME.
I MEAN IT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SETTING UP A FARMER'S MARKET IN YOUR BACKYARD, BUT MORE OR LESS THE ABILITY, WHICH YOU SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO WELL, BUT MORE OR LESS THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO, YOU KNOW, SELL SOME GOODS LEGALLY.
AND TYPICALLY WITH THOSE MS. KAKI, COULD YOU USE JOHN'S MIC? 'CAUSE I I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HEARD ANYTHING YOU SAID ORIGINALLY EITHER, BUT, ALRIGHT.
SO WITH THE HOME OCCUPATIONS, TYPICALLY ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS IS THAT IT, THERE CANNOT BE THE APPEARANCE OF A BUSINESS OPERATING WITHIN THE HOME.
UM, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S JUST NOT IN THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, IF ANY OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG, WHICH I THINK SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT AND THAT ARE WATCHING FROM HOME HAVE BEEN, UM, MY ISSUE IS NOT WITH THE NUMBER OF CHICKENS ANYMORE.
WE HAVE INCREASED THAT FROM FOUR TO SIX, WHICH I THINK IS MORE SUITABLE FOR A LOT OF THE LARGE FAMILIES, UM, IN OUR TOWN.
MY ISSUE IS WITH THE COOP SPACE AND THE PROFESSIONAL DID SAY ON RECORD AT OUR WORK SESSION MEETING THE PROFESSIONAL WHO CAME FROM VIRGINIA TECH, WHICH IS NOT A CITY NEAR LIKE OUR TOWN, BUT HE DID SAY ON RECORD THAT CHICKENS TEND TO BE MUCH HEALTHIER WHEN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FREE RANGE.
AND WHEN I SPEAK ABOUT FREE RANGE, THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO SPOKE AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS PRIOR, A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING WHO HAS A SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE WITH CLIPPED CHICKENS WHO FREE RANGE IN HER BACKYARD.
SHE WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO BUILD THREE TIMES THE COOP SPACE THAT SHE HAS WITH THIS.
AND JUST TO SPEAK TO STAFF'S TIME AND INSPECTIONS AND THE WASTE OF THEIR TIME.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE STAFF WHO HAVE FOR OVER ONE YEAR BEEN CHASING A ROOSTER AROUND THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL WHEN A COMPLAINT IS CAUGHT IN THAT THE ROOSTER HAS CRO EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SO STAFF'S TIME IS ALREADY BEING WASTED IN WAYS THAT DO NOT MATTER OR BENEFIT THE TOWN AND THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS COMMUNITY IN A WAY IN WHICH BEING ABLE TO GROW AND SELL THEIR OWN EGGS WOOD WHEN WE ALL SAW EGGS AT $6 A DOZEN.
SIR, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? CALL THE QUESTION.
SO ARE WE READY TO, WE READY TO VOTE? AND I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE ROOSTER, I GOT LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD SAY THAT WAS TOTALLY, UH, USELESS.
JUST IT SEEMED LIKE PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING WASN'T IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S USELESS, BUT WE ARE DISPATCHING STAFF TO GO LOOK FOR A ROOSTER AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFF'S TIME FOR THE AMOUNT OF CHICKENS IN THE COOP SPACE.
I JUST THINK IT, IT'S A LITTLE CONTRADICTORY.
IF A ROOSTER WAS WAKING ME UP AT 4:00 AM AND I LIVED, YOU KNOW, IN A SUBDIVISION, I WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT EITHER.
BUT THAT'S ALREADY AGAINST THE TOWN CODE.
WELL, WE, I THINK, I HOPE THIS DOES, I HOPE THAT THIS DOESN'T START INCLUDING BRING, BRINGING COWS AND HORSE HORSES IN THE TOWN.
I MEAN, YOU GOTTA DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE AND, UH, I THINK WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON THOUGH DOES ADDRESS LARGE ANIMALS.
SO MS. PRESSLEY, I BELIEVE WE'RE READY.
COUNCILWOMAN D DEMON PAYNE? NO.
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GO TO THE REPORT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE WILL, UM, ANYBODY WISHES TO? ANYBODY WANNA GO FIRST? MAYOR.YEAH, WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE TO EVERY WE DO.
I WAS THINKING WHEN YOU COLLECTED THEM EARLIER, THERE WAS LITERALLY NOBODY'S NAMES FOR ME.
ALRIGHT, WHO IS OUR, UM, WELL BEFORE YOU DO THAT, THEN LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY OF OUR, UM, EXPECTATIONS.
[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS]
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE AGENDA.IT IS THE DUTY OF THE MAYOR TO CONDUCT THIS MEETING IN AN ORDERLY MANNER.
PERSONS ADDRESSING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE ASKED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO THOSE RELEVANT TO THE BUSINESS OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL.
NO PERSONS AND ATTENDANCE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO VOICE REMARKS EXCEPT AS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR OR THE CLERK OF COUNCIL.
UPON RECOGNITION BY THE MAYOR OR THE CLERK OF COUNCIL, THE SPEAKER SHALL STATE THEIR NAME, ADDRESS AND INDICATE IF THEY'RE A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SHALL NOT ADDRESS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEING HELD DURING THE SAME MEETING.
STAY WITHIN THE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
AFTER THAT TIME HAS EXPIRED, THE MICROPHONE WILL BE CUT OFF.
REFRAIN FROM WORDS OR STATEMENTS WHICH ARE DEFAMATORY TO SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS OR DISPLAY OTHER DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT INCLUDING OBSCENITY AND VULGARITY GROUPS WHO ARE INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE DETRIMENTAL TO OR DISTURBING.
THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING WILL BE WORN TO REFRAIN FROM SUCH CONDUCT ANY ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCE AFTER THE WARNING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND MAYOR WILL HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO ASK, UH, CHIEF, UM, OF THE FRONT ROW POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REMOVE THE INDIVIDUAL GROUP OR CLEAR THE ROOM SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE TOWN.
MS. PRESLEY, UM, WHO IS THE FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? GREG BUTLER.
MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW MOMENTS OF YOUR TIME.
I'M NOT A TOWN RESIDENT, I'M A COUNTY RESIDENT AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF A YOU NEED TO STATE YOUR ADDRESS TOO.
GREG BUTLER, 4 7 8 POCO BELLA DRIVE.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING A GROUP THAT'S COMMONLY KNOWN AS WARREN COUNTY.
MO AND MCOM STANDS FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
WE'RE A GROUP OF MORE THAN A DOZEN COMMUNITY MINDED FOLKS WHO ARE LICENSED BY THE FCC AS AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.
SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT HOBBY AS HAM RADIO, UM, WE ARE, OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A RESOURCE FOR COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN IN THE EVENT THAT A DISASTER OR AN EMERGENCY DESTROYS OR DEGRADES NORMAL COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS.
AND OUR LICENSING THROUGH THE FCC ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.
WE ARE NOT SPONTANEOUS VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE GONNA SHOW UP IN A DISASTER AND SAY, I'VE GOT MY RADIO, CAN I HELP? WE ARE VETTED VOLUNTEERS WITH WARREN COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE, WHICH IS WHY I AND ALL OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE AN ID BADGE THAT SHOWS THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO BE IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
THE, THE PRODUCT THAT WE OFFER, THE COMMUNICATION SUPPORT THAT WE OFFER, COMES AT ABSOLUTELY NO EXPENSE TO EITHER THE COUNTY OR THE TOWN'S BUDGET.
EACH JUNE, UH, THERE IS AN EVENT, NATIONAL EVENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY A CONTINENTAL EVENT OPERATED THROUGH CANADA AND THE US UH, SINCE THE END OF, IT'S AT THE END OF JUNE SINCE 1933.
AND NORMALLY THERE'S ABOUT 40,000 OR MORE PARTICIPANTS ACROSS THE TWO COUNTRIES.
AND THE GOAL OF THAT EVENT IS TO OPERATE IN A PUBLIC LOCATION SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT WE DO AND TO, AND TO CONTACT OTHER STATIONS AROUND THE CONTINENT.
AND THE PURPOSE, OF COURSE, IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE SCIENCE SKILL AND THE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE PROVIDE.
SO I'M HERE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR, WHAT'S CALLED AMATEUR RADIO FIELD DAY AT THE END OF JUNE.
AND, UM, MS. PRESLEY HAS PERSONALIZED INVITATIONS FOR EACH OF YOU.
SHE MAY HAVE ALREADY HANDED THEM TO YOU.
UM, BUT OUR FRIEND BACK THERE IN THE BACK WITH THE BADGE INFORMED ME THAT THE DATE THAT WE HAVE, AND WE DON'T GET TO SELECT IT BECAUSE IT'S A NATIONWIDE EVENT, HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME DATE AS YOUR OPEN HOUSE.
UM, OUR, OUR PERMIT THROUGH COUNTY PARKS, UH, ALLOWS US TO OPERATE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THE EVENT ITSELF BEING A NATIONWIDE EVENT, UH, WE'RE ALLOWED TO OPERATE FROM TWO O'CLOCK ON, UH, SATURDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK ON SUNDAY.
SO OUR PERMIT FROM THE COUNTY ALLOWS US TO INVITE THE GUESTS UNTIL 9:00 PM ON ON SATURDAY.
WE, IF WE HAVE ENOUGH OPERATORS AND ENOUGH INTEREST AND THE WEATHER COOPERATES, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAY OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
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SUNDAY.SO IF, WHEN YOUR EVENT FOR THE TOWN IS DONE OR IF WE'RE STILL THERE ON SUNDAY, WE WOULD WELCOME YOU TO TO, UH, COME SEE WHAT WE DO.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOCATED AT THE PARKING LOT FOR THE FANTASY LAND PLAYGROUND.
UM, WE'LL BE IN THE PARKING LOT AND IN A LITTLE BIT IN THE GRASSY AREA ADJACENT TO, TO, UH, COMMERCE AVENUE.
LOOK FOR THE GREAT BIG MILITARY DEUCE AND A HALF VEHICLE THAT WILL ALERT YOU THAT WE'RE THERE AND, UH, YOUR, THE INVITATIONS EXTENDED TO YOU, TO EVERYONE BEHIND ME AND TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING ONLINE.
BUT, UM, IF YOU COME AND YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE WOULD EVEN HELP YOU MAKE A RADIO CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY.
SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE AT SOME POINT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
IS THIS SONG THE SAME ORDER AS THE OLD REACT USED TO BE.
UM, I'M NOT KEENLY FAMILIAR WITH REACT BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET, UH, HEAVILY INVOLVED IN AMATEUR RADIO UNTIL I THOUGHT REACT WERE, UM, CITIZENS BAND OPERATORS.
AM I MISTAKEN? NO, YOU'RE CORRECT, BUT THEY USED TO HELP.
WELL, THERE ARE SOME REACT GROUPS, I GUESS, AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT DO HELP THEIR COMMUNITIES.
OURS IS MORE OF A FORMALIZED, UH, ARRANGEMENT AND WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH COUNTY FIRE, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WONDERFUL TO, TO US, AND WE TRY TO RECIPROCATE BY BEING SUPPORTIVE.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL NEVER NEED US, BUT IF YOU DO, WE'RE THERE.
WHO ELSE WAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? TOM SAYER.
THOMAS AIR FRONT, ROYAL VIRGINIA, 8 35 CHAND SHORES ROAD.
UH, CELEBRATE WITH JOE WALTZ HERE.
WHAT JOE WALTZ AND WE DID BACK IN THE DAY ON COUNCIL WAS REALLY GOOD TIMES.
WE PRODUCED THE LOWEST ELECTRIC UTILITY RATES, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE IN THE WHOLE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
AND THE COUNCILS AFTER US WERE PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT WE DID, WHICH WAS FINE, BUT THEY WERE VERY GOOD TIMES.
APPARENTLY THE JENNIFER BARRY BROWN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE SETTLED FOR THE $150,000 MOTION MADE IN A TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL MAYOR ORDER.
THAT'S BEFORE, THAT'S BEFORE THIS COUNCIL.
THIS COUNCIL KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT AND WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP NESS JUST LIKE WE DID THE LAST MEETING.
I'D ADVISE NOT TO CUT THE SPEAKER OFF.
UH, WHETHER COUNSEL RESPONDS TO THE SPEAKERS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MATTER.
UM, IT'S A PERSONNEL MATTER, IT'S CONFIDENTIAL, AND I ADVISE COUNSEL TO NOT RESPOND AT, AT THIS POINT.
I, I MEAN, TO NOT RESPOND ON THIS TOPIC AT ALL, UNDERSTAND.
MS. PRESS, IF YOU CAN START THE TIMER.
I'LL START FROM THE BEGINNING THERE.
APPARENTLY THE JENNIFER BARRY BROWN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE SETTLED FOR THE $150,000 MOTION MADE IN THE TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION ON 6 13 22.
THE VRSA TO VIRGINIA RISK SHARING ASSOCIATION APPARENTLY PAID HER ATTORNEY FEES, WHICH WAS LESS THAN $150,000, MEANING JENNIFER BROWN RECEIVED $150,000 AND HER ATTORNEY FEES WERE PAID BY VRSA.
SO IF YOU LIVE IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROW, THE TOWN COUNCIL USED THE SPECIAL TOWN COUNCIL PRESENT UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO USE YOUR EARNED INCOME TO PAY HER SETTLEMENT.
SO THE LAST THING I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE.
UM, THIS IS NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANYTHING, BUT I'VE BEEN HEARING A FEW RUMORS OUT THERE, HERE AND THERE AND, AND, UH, IT SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY SOLID THAT A CHICK-FIL-A IS COMING FINALLY TO WARREN COUNTY, UH, BECOMING NEXT YEAR IN THE YEAR 2025 OUT IN THE 5 22 QUARTER.
SO I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND GOD BLESS Y'ALL.
ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION? MATTHEW PURDY, 1 38 TRENT TRAIL COURT.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF A MAN WANTS TO HAVE CHICKENS, LET 'EM HAVE CHICKENS.
LET 'EM HAVE COWS, LET HAVE GOATS.
NEVER HEARD OF A TOWN GOING SOUTH BECAUSE THEY HAD TOO MANY CHICKENS, COWS, GOATS, CAPYBARAS.
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SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE
[9.B. Report of Councilmembers]
ON TO SECTION NINE AND WE'LL START WITH THE REPORT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.AND I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU ALL.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST, SECOND, OR NOT AT ALL? OKAY.
ANYBODY WISH TO? I'LL KEEP MINE BRIEF.
I ATTENDED THE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE ON MAY 15TH.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE DRAFT STUDY FOR THE 6 0 6 EAST WEST CONNECTOR.
UM, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THAT HAS COME IN, UM, AND THERE IS A SURVEY BEING DONE FOR THE FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STRASSBURG ROAD NIGHTMARE OF AN INTERSECTION THAT WE GOT TO BE THE GUINEA PIG ON.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, HAVE INVITED STAKEHOLDERS AND ADAM FROM VDOT TO OUR NEXT TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, AND THERE WAS, LET ME SEE, UM, AN UPDATE.
THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY TAKING, UM, SURVEYS FOR THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, MUCH LIKE THE TOWN DID, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.
UM, AND WITH THAT, MATT WENDELL FROM THE COUNTY HAD SUGGESTED THAT THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN BE REDONE AND THE COUNTY IS VERY MUCH LEANING TOWARDS WITH STRAIGHT FROM THE SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY STAFF, UM, AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION, MEANING THAT THEY DO NOT INTEND TO BE BRINGING IN ANY MORE SUBDIVISIONS SUCH AS THE GOLF COURSES THAT I KNOW THE TOWN PROVIDES SERVICES TO OUT THROUGH THE CORRIDOR.
UM, AND ALSO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, LEEWAY THAT HAS BEEN MADE WITH EMERGENCY PERSONNEL FOR THE 66 EMERGENCY ACCESS WHEN THE TRAIN IS BLOCKING THE 6 0 6 CORRIDOR THAT THE AMBULANCE WOULD BE ABLE TO OBTAIN, UM, ANY MEDICAL EMERGENCIES NEEDED RIGHT OFF OF THAT INTERSECTION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTIES IN PLAY THE STATE AND FEDERAL, UM, FOR THAT.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO REPORT FOR THIS.
ANYBODY, ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SHARE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? MAYOR, IF I MAY? SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, THE CNC FROZEN TREATS.
I THINK THEY'RE, UH, THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE NINTH, UH, FAMILY FUN DAY.
THAT WAS A FEW WEEKENDS AGO IN DOWNTOWN FRONT ROYAL.
UH, THE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE SEEMED TO ENJOY THAT.
UM, ALSO OUR FRIEND AT JEAN'S JEWELERS JUST, UM, SURPASSED HER 26TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND, UM, BLAKE AND COMPANY JUST CELEBRATED SWEET 16.
AND KUDOS TO BOTH OF THOSE, UH, LADIES WHO ARE ENTREPRENEURS AND PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY ARE SUCCESSFUL AT BUSINESS, BUT THEY GIVE BACK A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, IN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND LASTLY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, UH, IF YOU WEREN'T THERE YESTERDAY, YOU MISSED A WONDERFUL MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE, UM, ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN.
UM, I WANT TO THANK PERSONALLY, UH, ROD MCDOUGALL, SKIP ROGERS, AND JOE MCFADDEN FOR PUTTING ON AN AWESOME SHOW THAT, UM, RECOGNIZED, UM, THAT SOME GAVE ALL FOR OUR FREEDOM TODAY.
ANYBODY ELSE? UH, JUST TWO THINGS, MADAM MAYOR, UH, IF I MAY, UM, I TOO WAS ALSO AT THE JOINT TRANSPORTATION, UH, MEETING WITH COUNCILMAN MORRIS ON, UH, MAY 15TH.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
I MEAN, FROM WHAT MY NOTES, UH, INDICATE, SHE COVERED ALL THE, ALL THE TOPICS THERE, UM, UH, PRETTY EXTENSIVELY.
UM, I DID, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THOUGH, THAT I, I ALSO WENT TO, UH, UH, AN EVENT WHICH HAPPENED TO BE THE SAME DAY AS FAMILY FUN DAY.
BUT THIS WAS AT THE, UH, THE AIRPORT FOR THE WINGS AND WHEELS, UH, EVENT.
UM, DESPITE THE CONCERNS FOR WEATHER, THERE'S ACTUALLY A GOOD TURNOUT BOTH CARS, UH, TRUCKS AND, AND AIRPLANES.
UM, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A SIGN OF GOOD THINGS TO COME OUT THERE FOR THE AIRPORT.
UH, THEY DO HAVE A COURTESY CAR NOW, BUT WHEN I WAS OUT THERE FOR THE EVENT, I BELIEVE IT WAS BEING WORKED ON, SO IT WASN'T FULLY OPERATIONAL, BUT, UH, THE AIRPORT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MAKING SOME GOOD STRIDES.
SO I, YOU KNOW, AS A PILOT MYSELF, UM, YOU KNOW, I I IT'S GONNA BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO? MADAM MAYOR? MM-HMM.
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ARE OFF, BUT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS SO LONG AGO, BUT I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FROM MONEY PIT RECORDING, UM, WHICH IS A RECORDING STUDIO DOWN ON MAIN STREET.AND, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT IF YOU HAVE THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT IT, HE'S GOT ALL KINDS OF MEMORABILIA IN THERE OF MUSIC.
SO IF YOU'RE A MUSIC AFICIONADO OF POP CULTURE, YOU'D REALLY ENJOY VISITING THERE.
UM, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL TALENT, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT COMES OUT OF THERE.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR PROGRESSIVE AUTOMOTIVE.
AND, AND IT WAS GREAT AGAIN TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE OWNER WAS JOINED BY HIS FAMILY AND, AND LOTS OF CUSTOMERS AND HAS A GREAT REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM EXPANDING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I ATTENDED THE JOINT PLANNING COMMISSION TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
I ALSO TOURED THE BAYMONT HOTEL, WHICH IS COMING UP FOR DISCUSSION.
I, I DO LIKE TO, I DON'T MAKE ANY PROMISES WHEN I GO OUT AND VISIT ANYONE, BUT I DO LIKE TO GO OUT AND SEE, UM, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND TO TALK WITH PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEIR VISIONS ARE.
AND I ATTENDED THE BRIDGE DEDICATION TO LIEUTENANT WILLIAM PATRICK FARRELL.
AND AGAIN, IT WAS AN HONOR TO MEET THE FAMILY FOR, OF SOMEBODY WHO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY GAVE THEIR LIFE AND SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE, AGAIN, GIVEN SO MUCH TO US TO ALLOW US TO BE HERE WITH OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH TODAY.
ANYBODY ELSE? I GUESS, UH, YOU'RE IT, I GUESS.
I'M IT YOU ARE IT, UH, LET'S SEE.
ON, UH, SATURDAY, UH, I WAS JUST STROLLING DOWN MAIN STREET AND FOUND MYSELF, UH, I RAN INTO DE YVONNE, THE KING
AND, UH, HE SAID, I'M GOING IN.
AND I SAID, YOU'RE GOING IN WHERE? HE SAYS, INTO THE ART STUDIO.
SO APPARENTLY, UH, THE MELISSA ICHI UI STUDIO HAD A, HAD A, UH, A NEW ART DISPLAY GOING ON.
IT WAS CALLED LANDSCAPE OF DESIRE, AND IT'S THESE ARTISTS FROM THE SHEOR VALLEY.
UH, THERE WERE 43, UH, ARTISTS.
UH, THE ART WAS A LITTLE BIT OUTTA MY RANGE, BUT, UH, FINANCIALLY, BUT, UH, UH, IT WAS A VERY GOOD SHOW.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF, A LITTLE BIT, UH, FOR EVERYBODY.
SO WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOUR DESIRE WAS, UH, IT WAS THERE.
AND, UM, SO, UH, I WANTED TO SAY THAT WAS A GREAT ADDITION.
IT CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT ADDITION IN MAIN STREET 'CAUSE IT BRINGS IN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SPENDING MONEY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THE RESTAURANTS AND WHATNOT.
UH, JUST SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS, UH, THE, IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO GO IN, UH, IT'S GONNA BE RUNNING FROM NOW THROUGH JULY THE 13TH.
UH, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 11:00 AM AND 6:00 PM FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY.
UH, SECONDLY, UH, I ATTENDED THE WINE AND CRAFT FESTIVAL.
UH, WEATHER WASN'T THE GREATEST, BUT, UH, THE VENDORS THAT WERE THERE, I THINK DID VERY WELL.
UH, THE CROWDS WAS A LITTLE, WAS A BIT SMALLER THAN USUAL, BUT, UM, I THOUGHT EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME.
UH, I FOUND MYSELF LISTENING TO THE, UH, BAND.
IT WAS CALLED ZERO BACK TO ZERO, AND THEY'RE FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
AND DOWN ON THE OTHER END WAS, UH, SHAY, UH, SHAY, UH, PARKER PARKER.
AND, UH, HE WAS DOING HIS THING DOWN THERE.
UH, AND I FOUND MYSELF BOOGIEING TO THE MUSIC.
YOU WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN A VIDEO OF THAT, WOULDN'T YOU? YES, I DID.
WELL, YOU MISSED, APPARENTLY YOU MISSED IT.
UH, THE LAST THING IS, UH, I DID ATTEND THE, UH, MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY, UH, UH, THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS JOE MCFADDEN, AND HE SHARED SOME PERSONAL THINGS THAT
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REALLY, UH, IT MUST HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM.UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE LOST 58,000, UH, GIS IN THE VIETNAM WAR, UH, AND, UH, HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF VETERANS WERE, UH, HURT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THE WOUNDED WARRIORS, UH, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE FOLKS IN OUR MINDS.
UM, SO, UH, YOU CAN TELL THAT I WAS A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT, BUT THE REALITY IS, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER AND THANK OUR VETERANS.
BUT THE REALITY OF YESTERDAY WAS THE ONES THAT WERE FALLEN HEROES.
AND, UH, THANK YOU JOE MCFADDEN AND ROB MCDOUGALL AND SKIP ROGERS FOR SHARING YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY.
[9.C. Report of the Mayor]
OF THE MAYOR.IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A BUSY MONTH, I FEEL LIKE WHEN I LISTEN TO YOUR ALL'S THINGS.
UH, SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE ATTENDED AND, AND MANY IN ADDITION.
APRIL 27TH, I PARTICIPATED IN THE FRONT ROW ROTARY PUB CRAWL DOWN MAIN STREET.
AND THIS EVENT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CLUB TO RAISE FUNDS WITH THEIR MISSION, MISSION OF ERADICATING POLIO AROUND THE WORLD.
UM, CHIEF MCGILLIS, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE TOWNS PLANNING COMMISSIONER MICHAEL WILLIAMS AND I PARTICIPATED ALONG WITH KEN EVANS AND SHERIFF KLEIN.
SHERIFF KLINE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE FIRST, BUT IT WAS FUN NONETHELESS.
UH, APRIL 27TH, I, NOPE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE NEXT DAY.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN APRIL 28TH, SORRY.
UM, I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR PROGRESSIVE AUTOMOTIVE'S NEW LOCATION ON COMMERCE AVENUE AFTER OUTGROWING THE RURAL AVENUE LOCATION AS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DE DO.
PAYNE MENTIONED SOMETHING NOTEWORTHY ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR RIBBON CUTTING TO ME WAS HOW MANY OF RUSSELL'S CUSTOMERS WERE THERE TO CELEBRATE WITH HIM.
AND I THINK THAT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY OF SERVICE HIS BUSINESS PROVIDES, THAT HIS CUSTOMERS WERE THERE TO SUPPORT HIM ON THAT DAY.
APRIL 29TH, THE TOWN COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION HAD A JOINT MEETING, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE TWO BODIES COLLABORATE AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
APRIL 30TH, I HAD THE PLEASURE TO ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THE CBM MORTGAGE TEAM MERGING WITH SUPREME LENDING, WITH THE INTENT TO PROVIDE MORE SERVICES TO THEIR CLIENTS.
UH, THIS RIBBON CUTTING WAS A, UH, SPECIAL FOR ME, UH, BECAUSE COREY MICHAEL, THE OWNER OF CBM, WAS A FORMER FOURTH GRADE STUDENT OF MINE, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRAG ON COREY AND MY OBSERVATIONS THAT AT A YOUNG AGE, WHAT A HARDWORKING YOUNG MAN WITH IMPECCABLE CHARACTER.
UH, EVEN AT 10 YEARS OLD MAY 11TH, I HAD THE PLEASURE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH STREET BRIDGE DEDICATION AND MEMORY OF THE LATE FRONT ROW POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LIEUTENANT PAT RO, WHO LOST HIS LIFE AFTER BATTLING AN ILLNESS, BROUGHT AND, UH, BY HAD SUFFERED WHILE ARRESTING A SUSPECT THAT VERY SAME DAY I ATTENDED THE REACHING OUT NOW EVENTS, UH, CALLED SAFE AT HOME, I GOT TO WATCH A LITTLE LEAGUE GAME, THEN SKYLINE VERSUS WARREN COUNTY BASEBALL.
I ACTUALLY LEFT BEFORE THE ALUMNI GAME.
UM, BUT REACHING OUT NOW DOES SO MUCH GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITIES, SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH IN A POSITIVE WAY.
IF, IF, IF THERE WAS, IF THERE WAS LESS I HAD.
SO MAY 12TH, I PARTICIPATED IN THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE FIRST FARM TO MARKET ON MAIN STREET.
UM, IT START WAS STARTED BY DOWNTOWN FRONT ROYAL INCORPORATED, AND THEY WILL BE HELD EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH SUNDAY FROM NINE TO TWO BY THE GAZEBO AREA ON MAIN STREET.
UH, THE VENDORS WILL BE POSTED AHEAD OF TIME, BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN THAT VERY FIRST SUNDAY, UH, I THINK ALL THE VENDORS WERE SOLD OUT, SO IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I'M NOT SURE HOW YESTERDAY WENT, BUT, UM, AND I'M STILL FEEDING THE SOURDOUGH BREAD STARTER THAT I PURCHASED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKE SOME WHO MADE BREAD.
NOW THAT SCHOOL'S OUT, UH, MAY 16TH, I ATTENDED TWO RIBBON CUTTINGS TOO ONE DAY.
THE FIRST WAS FOR A SERVICE TITLE ON ALCOBA MORTGAGE THAT'S
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NOW LOCATED IN THE OLD BROWNAND THEN I TRAVELED OUT TO THE DOUBLETREE FOR THEIR RIBBON CUTTING, CELEBRATING THE RENOVATIONS AND CHANGES MADE THERE.
THEN ON MAY 18TH, I ATTENDED THE WINE AND CRAFT FESTIVAL DOWNTOWN.
AND AS SOMEBODY ELSE SUGGESTED, I REALLY THOUGHT THE RAIN WAS GOING TO DISCOURAGE ATTENDEES, BUT THE SUN CAME OUT AND MAINE AND CHESTER STREET WERE PACKED.
APPARENTLY I MISSED THE, UM, DANCING THAT COUNCILMAN RAPPAPORT MENTIONED.
UH, MAY 23RD, I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR BLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE.
REBECCA SETTLE, WHO'S A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER WHO ACTUALLY LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MANY SERVICES SUCH AS MED MANAGEMENT AND COUNSELING TO NAME A COUPLE.
AND I KNOW WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY, AND OF COURSE OUR COMMUNITY, HAVING ANOTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDER WHO CAN FOCUS ON THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH WILL BE A POSITIVE ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I, BEFORE I MOVE ON, I JUST WANNA SAY, IF YOU WERE LISTENING AT ALL TO ALL OF THOSE RIBBON CUTTINGS, I JUST HOPE THAT SENDS THE MESSAGE THAT I WANT YOU ALL TO HEAR IS THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE OPENING BUSINESSES, OR THEY'RE EXPANDING.
AND I JUST THINK THAT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE POSITIVE DIRECTION THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR TOWN.
UM, THIS MONTH I ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE TO ATTEND THREE LOCAL GRADUATION CEREMONIES.
FIRST AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, THEN AT WARREN COUNTY, AND THEN THIS PAST WEEKEND AT RANDOLPH MACON ACADEMY.
UM, THE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT ALONG WITH SOME OF THE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS FOR NOT JUST THE CHILDREN, BUT THEIR FAMILIES WERE, UM, PRESENT AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE CEREMONIES.
AND IT'S NO SECRET THAT MY PASSION IS EDUCATION, BUT SEEING THE FACES AND HEARING OF ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CLASS OF 2024 AT EVERY SCHOOL GIVES ME CONFIDENCE IN WHAT IS AHEAD, NOT ONLY IN THEIR FUTURE, BUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE MOR MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT THE WARREN COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS MY FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT CITIZENS SUCH AS ROB MCDOUGALL AND FORMER COUN, FORMER COUNCILMAN SKIP ROGERS, AS WELL AS MALCOLM BARR, WHO ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE CEREMONY BACK, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THEY PLANNED AND CARRIED OUT THIS IMPORTANT EVENT FOR OUR CITIZENS.
AND FORMER COUNCILMAN JOE MCFADDEN WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER OF THE EVENT.
AS COUNCILMAN RAPPAPORT REPORTED, JOE WHO SERVED IN THE MARINES AND NOW IN THE ARMY RESERVES SHARED STORIES ABOUT THE MEN HE SERVED WITH, WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, LOSING THEIR LIVES SO THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY.
AND IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL, UH, CEREMONY AND I'M SO GLAD THAT, THAT, UM, PEOPLE MAKE THE EFFORT TO, UM, PLAN THOSE EVENTS FOR US ALL TO ATTEND.
AND REMEMBER LASTLY, THIS IS SOMETHING COMING UP.
I WANNA MAKE EVERY CITIZEN AWARE AND INVITE EVERYONE TO THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL'S FIRST ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE.
WHEN WE HELD OUR COUNCIL RETREAT EARLIER THIS YEAR, OUT OF THAT RETREAT, WE SET GOALS FOR FY 2024.
ONE OF THOSE GOALS UNDER OUR PRACTICE, GOOD GOVERNMENTS, WAS TO SPONSOR AN OPEN HOUSE EVENT TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO INTERACT WITH STAFF AND COUNSEL ON THE SERVICES THE TOWN PROVIDES TO ITS CITIZENS.
SO ON SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND, FROM 12 TO THREE AT THE GAZEBO TOWN COMMONS AREA, WE WILL HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS, INFORMATION, GIVEAWAYS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WILL BE REPRESENTED WITH OUR AMAZING TOWN STAFF AS WELL AS TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, AND WE HOPE OUR CITIZENS WILL COME DOWN.
I THINK I FORGOT TO SAY FREE HOT DOGS.
I MEANT TO, UM, FREE HOT DOGS.
UM, WHAT WE, UH, WE REALLY HOPE YOU'LL COME AND JOIN US FOR WHAT WE HOPE BECOMES A YEARLY OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.
IT REALLY SHOULD BE A GREAT DAY.
SO LET'S START PRAYING FOR SUNSHINE NOW.
IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH,
[10. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]
10 IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. UH, DO, UM, I HEAR A MOTION, MADAM MAYOR.SO, UM, WITH THAT MOTION, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS THERE ARE APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, BEFORE, UH, TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, UH, NEW PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS AFTER WE TAKE ACTION TONIGHT IS MEGAN MARRAZZO.
RIGHT? MEGAN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
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SO MEGAN, UM, IS ON AS PART OF THIS MOTION AND ALSO, UM, GARY GILLESPIE.UM, AND GARY WAS NOT FEELING WELL AND COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT WANTED BE TO MAKE SURE TO LET COUNSEL KNOW HOW GRATEFUL HE IS TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE HIS COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, GARY'S A FORMER, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SERVED WITH MYSELF.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL JUST ADD TO THE DISCUSSION THAT I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THESE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THIS COUNCIL WITH COUNCILMAN GARY GILLESPIE AT THE TIME.
UM, AND HE WAS, I BELIEVE, A SENIOR MEMBER OF COUNCIL.
AND AFTER, UM, HIS TERM WAS UP AND HE DIDN'T SEEK REELECTION, HE PROMISED AND VOWED THE COMMUNITY ON THIS DAS TO STAY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY THAT HE COULD.
UM, AND THE COUNCIL SAW A LOT OF TURNOVER, UM, FOR THE YEARS TO COME AFTER COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE, UM, DIDN'T SEEK REELECTION, AND IT WAS PRETTY HARD TO FIND SOLID GROUND AS A COUNCIL FOR A LONG TIME.
AND NOW I FEEL LIKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS SEEING THE SAME WITH A HIGH RATE OF TURNOVER FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
UM, AND SO I THINK ADDING COUNCIL, FORMER COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE AND MEGAN, WHOM I KNOW AS WELL, SHE'S WHAT WE REFER TO AS A TRANSPLANT.
SHE'S NOT FROM HERE OR LOCAL, BUT, UM, SHE DEFINITELY HAS A PASSION TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THEIR APPOINTMENTS AND AS YOU MENTIONED, I THINK THEY DESERVED SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
UM, AND IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL, I THINK THIS WOULD ALSO BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO SAY THAT.
UM, WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE, UM, ONE SPOT, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TWO, UM, POSITIONS ON OUR, UH, L-B-B-C-A, WHICH IS OUR LOCAL BOARD OF BUILDING CODE APPEALS.
AND SO IF YOU TWO WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE REACH OUT.
WE WE'RE TAKING APPLICATIONS, BUT AT THIS TIME, THE MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
UH, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, MS. PRESSLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE, WOULD YOU VICE MAYOR SELO? YES.
COUNCILWOMAN D DEMON PAYNE? YES.
[11.A. Request to Waive the Sidewalk Requirement for 831 W. 16th Street]
ITEM UP IS 11 A, WHICH IS A REQUEST TO WAIVE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT FOR, UM, 8 31 WEST 16TH STREET.COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO WAIVE A SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT FOR ERRAND HIKE AT 8 31 WEST 16TH STREET FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THE REASON FOR THE WAIVER IS THE LACK OF SIDEWALKS ALONG WEST 16TH STREET SIDEWALKS ARE NOT NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO TOWN CODE 1 48 DASH EIGHT 50 D.
THE REQUIREMENT MAY BE WAIVED ON THE VOTE OF TOWN COUNCIL IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, UM, ITEM AT OUR WORK SESSION ON MAY 6TH.
BUT TONIGHT, UM, WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION.
SO, UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNSEL, APPROVE THE REQUEST FROM ERIN HIKE FOR A WAIVER OF THE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT AT 8 31 WEST 16TH STREET.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD JUST ASK THAT ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING OR ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPERS WHO SEE THIS, UNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS AREA, THE CLOSEST SIDEWALK IS OVER A THOUSAND FEET AWAY.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE WAVING SIDEWALKS OR WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE WALKABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
AND WE DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH AT OUR WORK SESSION MEETING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MR. P? I'LL, I'LL FURTHER ADD THAT.
UH, IF YOU, THIS IS IN THE ROYAL VILLAGE AREA.
IF YOU GO THROUGH THAT AREA, YOU'LL FIND THAT, UH, SIDEWALKS ARE NON-EXISTENT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, MS. PRESLEY, ROLL CALL.
COUNCILMAN DE DEMON PAYNE? YES.
[11.B. Town Manager Contract Renewal]
11 B IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN MANAGER CONTRACT.UM, AS, UM, IT'S BEEN PART OF OUR PUBLIC AGENDA SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT.
UM, THIS WITH APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT, UM, THIS EXTENDS MR. WALT'S, UH, CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS, WHICH I'M PERSONALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
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HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH, UM, THREE TOWN MANAGERS IN MY TIME ON COUNCIL.UM, AND SO IN MY, MY OPINION IS WE, WE HAVE, HAVE HAD A LOT OF, UH, INSTABILITY AND WE HAVE STABILITY NOW.
UM, SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH MR. WALTZ TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM.
MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL, APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO TOWN MANAGER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND JOSEPH WALTZ AS PRESENTED WITH THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND THE TOWN.
THAT SHOULD SEND A SEND A MESSAGE, DOESN'T IT? ALRIGHT.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? I THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO SAY THAT.
UM, IT MUST BE REFRESHING TO SEE HOW EAGER THIS COUNCIL IS TO, UM, AMEND YOUR CONTRACT.
I WAS PART OF THE COUNCIL THAT LITERALLY CALLED YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND BEGGED AND PLEADED FOR YOU TO COME BACK TO FRONT ROYAL BECAUSE, UM, YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR FORMER SERVICE AND YOUR CURRENT SERVICE SHOWS THAT YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND THE TOWN.
AND YOU'RE INVESTED HERE, UM, AS WELL AS YOUR FAMILY.
IT'S NICE TO BUMP INTO YOU AT, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN CARNIVALS AND EVENTS.
UM, NOT AS A TOWN MANAGER, BUT AS YOU KNOW, A CONSTITUENT ENJOYING YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU LIVE IN AND SERVE.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING.
UM, YOUR HARD WORK DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOES.
ANYBODY ELSE? MADAM MAYOR? I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE, UM, MR. WALTZ'S CALM, COOL DEMEANOR, HIS PATIENCE WITH US AS WE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS A LOT OF THINGS AND SOMETIMES GET A LITTLE UNRULY.
I FEEL LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HE, HE'S A GOOD LEADER FOR HIS STAFF AND HE, AND HE HAS AN INCREDIBLE JOB AHEAD OF HIM.
AND I THINK THAT THE RESULTS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW.
SO I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS FROM STAFF ABOUT YOU, JOE, SO YOU MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, WELL JOE, I'LL JUST SAY THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE.
IT'S NICE TO SEE WE HAVE SOMEBODY.
ALRIGHT, MS. PRESLEY, DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCILMAN DE DEMON PAYNE? YES.
YEAH, YOU'RE STUCK WITH US FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.
[12. Closed Session]
OUR LAST ITEM IS A CLOSED MEETING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED.I MOVE THAT TOWN COUNCIL CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A EIGHT OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA FOR CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE DISSOLUTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND THE COUNTY OF WARREN.
MS. PRESLEY ROLL CALL VICE MAYOR OTT.
COUNCILMAN D DAMCO PAYNE? YES.