* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:09] LIKE TO CALL THE FRONT ROW REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER THE NINTH, 2020 TO ORDER, [1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY BILL LOCK. [2. MOMENT OF SILENCE] JOINED ME AT A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. ROLL [3. ROLL CALL] CALL PLEASE. MAYOR T WALL. YEP. VICE MAYOR C LOCKED. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL HERE. HUNTSMAN GILLESPIE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY, COUNCILMAN MEZA HERE. COUNCILMAN THOMPSON HERE. [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] NEXT ITEMS. AN ITEM NUMBER FOUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES OF OCTOBER, THE 26TH, 2020 WORK SESSION, MINUTES OF OCTOBER THE 26TH AND OCTOBER 29, 2022. I HEAR A MOTION, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER, THE 26TH, 2020, AND THE WORK SESSION MINUTES OF OCTOBER, THE 26TH AND 29TH, 2020 AS PRESENTED FEARS AND EMOTIONAL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIED. [5. RECEIPT OF PETITIONS and/or CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE PUBLIC] NEXT ITEM. DENIES ITEM NUMBER FIVE. RECEIVED IN PETITION. THE CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE PUBLIC MS. PRESIDENT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? SO WE HAVE TWO. THE FIRST ONE IS MELODY HOLTEC. MM. UH, BEFORE YOU BEGAN YOUR SPEAKING, I LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THIS EVENING THAT I WILL NOT TOLERATE SOMEONE CALL EACH OTHER'S NAMES OR WHATEVER THIS EVENING BE CORDIAL TO US, BE CORDIAL TO THE PUBLIC. AND IF NOT, I'M GOING TO ASK THE CHIEF TO REMOVE SOMEONE FROM THE, FROM THE AUDIENCE. IF HE COMES TO THE POINT, WE HAVE TO DO THAT. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MY NAME'S MELODY HOLTEC I'M AT 1879 CATLETT MOUNTAIN ROAD. UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT AS PRESIDENT OF THE FRONT ROYAL, UH, WARREN COUNTY TREE STEWARDS. UM, THE TREE STEWARDS, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, ARE, HAVE BEEN SERVING FRONT ROYAL FOR 23 YEARS NOW. UM, WE WERE HELPED STARTED BY THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WELL OVER 25 YEARS SERVING THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY. UM, TONIGHT I'M REPRESENTING, UH, NOT ONLY OUR ORGANIZATION BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED INPUT FROM FELLOW CITIZENS FROM THE FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY APPALACHIAN TRAIL. THE ALLIANCE FOR SHENANDOAH VALLEY, A GROUP CALLED SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS, THE SHENANDOAH RIVER KEEPERS. AND MOST RECENTLY IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES, THE ISAAC WALTON LAKE, UM, THESE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENT A VARIETY OF LOCAL NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. AND THERE ARE MANY VOLUNTEERS AND CITIZENS WHO SUPPORT HEALTHY LOCAL RIVERS AND ECOSYSTEMS HERE IN FRONT ROYAL. THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS, PURCHASING, PLANTING, PRUNING FLOWERS, AND TREES, AND WORKING ON PATHS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN ALONG HAPPY CREEK AND IN PUBLIC PARKS, THE VOLUNTEERS GIVE OF THEIR TIME AND MONEY TO DO THIS WORK AND MAKE THE TOWN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. THEY ALSO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND SIT ON A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE THEREFORE VERY SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED, NOT ONLY AT THE DESTRUCTION CREATED ALONG FRONT STREET AND COMMERCE, BUT AT THE TOTAL DISREGARD AND FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN PLACE TO ADVISE AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE TOWN DUE TO THIS LACK OF COMMUNICATION. THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT ARE LEFT WITH QUESTIONS WHO DETERMINED THAT THIS PARTICULAR WORK WAS EVEN NEEDED, WHO APPROVED IT? WHAT IS THE TOTAL DOLLAR [00:05:01] AMOUNT APPROVED FOR THE FULL SCOPE OF THE WORK AND HOW CAN WE PREVENT THESE TYPES OF DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE? WERE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES CONTACTED PRIOR TO MAKING THIS DECISION AND WAS THIS WORK SENT TO BED? WE FIND IT HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT A REPUTABLE ARBORIST OR TREE SERVICE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE RECOMMENDED THE COMPLETE CLEAR-CUTTING AND DENUDING OF THE CREEK BANKS. WE URGE THE TOWN TO CONSIDER MORE THAN OCCASIONAL FLOODING. THAT AREA IS IN A FLOOD PLAIN AFTER ALL, AND IN ALL OUR WORK PLANTING AND DOING TREES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE HAVE NOT RECORDED ANY EXCESSIVE DAMAGE TO THE STREET SIDES OF THE BANKS. THE RECENT WORK TO DATE HAS NOW ACTUALLY INCREASED THE DESTRUCTIVENESS OF FLOODING BY REMOVING TREES, ROOT SYSTEMS, UNDERGROWTH, AND ROCK VEINS, WHICH WERE FUNDED ORIGINALLY BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES. AND NOW IT'S CALLED THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES TO SLOW THE FLOW OF WATER AND CREATE TROUT HABITAT. AS IT STANDS. NOW, FLOODWATERS WILL INCREASE IN VELOCITY AS THE WATER FLOWS DOWNSTREAM, AFFECTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WALKWAYS ALONG THE ROYAL SHENANDOAH GREENWAY. THIS TOWN HAS A SIZEABLE INVESTMENT IN THE GREENWAY, AND IT WAS FINALLY COMPLETED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND AN INVESTMENT IN THE HAPPY CREEK ARBORETUM, WHICH PROVIDES TREES, SAMPLES, AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CITIZENS. THESE AREAS ARE NOW DIMINISHED BY EXPOSURE TO THE SITES AND NOISE FROM COMMERCE AVENUE TODAY, I WAS OVER THERE. AND WHAT YOU SEE FROM WHAT WAS ONCE A NICE PEACEFUL, QUIET LITTLE STREET AND THE RESIDENTS THERE NOW HAVE A VIEW OF COMMERCE AVENUE, NOISE, POLLUTION, EXPOSURE TO POLLUTION, AND A VIEW OF THE PARKING LOT ACROSS COMMERCE AVENUE. THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE WORKED LONG AND HARD TOGETHER WITH THE TOWN TO MAKE FRONT ROYAL, A TREE CITY USA FOR THE PAST 21 YEARS. THIS IS AN HONOR NOT AFFORDED TO EVERY TOWN. WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THE REPAIRING AND TREE CLEARING MAY AFFECT OUR STATUS GOING FORWARD. AND TO NOTE THAT BEING A TREE CITY USA ALSO IS A TOURIST ATTRACTION. WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE TOWN'S BLATANT DISREGARD FOR ITS VOLUNTEER CITIZENS AND THE VISITORS WHO FOUND BEAUTY ALONG HAPPY CREEK TO NOTE AN ANNUAL ARBOR DAY TREE? OH, WILLOW SPONSORED BY THE TOWN WAS REMOVED CLOSE TO THE STREET CORNER, DESPITE HAVING A PLAQUE CLEARLY IDENTIFYING ITS PLACE IN THE TOWN'S HISTORY, THE TREE STEWARDS PLANT AND ARBOR DAY TREE EVERY YEAR. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WE RECOMMEND A COMPLETE STOP WORK ORDER UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CAN BE PUT INTO PLACE TO RESTORE AND REPLANT THE CREEK BANK. WE'D RECOMMEND A CONCERTED EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE TOWN TO INCLUDE ITS CITIZENS IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY THIS POOR DECISION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU WITH AN UPDATE BEFORE ANY OTHER FURTHER DAMAGE IS DONE. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE OPEN TO HAVING A MEETING AND WE HAVE MANY ADVISERS AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP ADVISE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. PAUL GAPPER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, PAUL GABBERT, ONE, TWO, TWO, ONE VALLEY VIEW DRIVE. I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS JUST, UH, LET ME TURN MY PAN ON AND THEN WE'LL GET TO IT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. UH, LET'S GET DOWN TO WHAT IT REALLY IS. AND THAT IS THAT THE SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT INCLUDING YOU, MR. MAYOR, BUT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THEMSELVES ALLOW THE INTERIM TOWN MANAGER TO DO JUST THAT. WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. THEY TURNED HER BACK WHEN THE INTERIM TOWN MANAGER BLATANTLY DISRESPECTS THE RULES, REGULATIONS, PERMITS, AND CONTRACTS. HE REWRITES THE DEFINITION OF WORDS AND YOU, THE [00:10:01] COUNCIL ALLOWS TO AMIR. I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AGAIN TONIGHT AND LISTEN TO PAUL GAVIN, GO OFF IN OUR TOWN MANAGER. WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD. IT IS MY OPINION. IT IS NOT FIRST AMENDMENT IN MY OPINION. AND I'M ADDRESSING COUNSEL TO PLEASE, I'VE ASKED YOU BEFORE. OKAY. PLEASE DENY. DO NOT USE THE NAMES AND THE INTERIM TOWN MANAGER. NO, SIR. I DIDN'T USE HIS NAME. THE APPLICATION IS STILL THERE. OKAY, GO AHEAD. BUT HOLD IT TO A MINIMUM, PLEASE CLEAR CUTTING ALONG THE BANKS OF HAPPY CREEK BETWEEN COMMERCE AVENUE AND FRONT STREET IS HAPPENING. ALTHOUGH SOMEONE SAYS IT'S NOT ACCORDING TO, UH, MANY CITIZENS, LOCAL URBAN FOREST SLASH MANTLE SCIENTIST, URBAN FOREST, UH, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE WHO RECOMMENDS AVOIDANCE OF REMOVING TREES, NATIVE VEGETATION. BUT SOMEONE SEEMS TO THINK THAT HE HAS MORE KNOWLEDGE IN THIS THAN ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. THIS WILL CREATE MORE FLOODING DOWNSTREAM, ESPECIALLY DOWN AROUND THE, UH, UH, PINK CROSBY STADIUM. THIS IS JUST ONLY GOING TO LET THE FLOW OF WATER INCREASE ANYBODY. ANYBODY KNOWS THAT. ALSO IT WAS SAID THAT NO TREES THAT ONLY TREES, A FOUR INCHES AND SMALLER AND DIAMOND DIAMETER ARE BEING CUT DOWN. I MEASURED TODAY, NINE INCHES, 11 INCHES, 11 AND A HALF, 12 AND 12. AND IF ANYBODY FROM THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MEET ME DOWN THERE TOMORROW, I CAN SHOW YOU THAT THE TRUTH WAS NOT SPOKEN HERE. SOMEONE, IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL BY WHOSE DEFINITION. WHAT ABOUT YOUR OPINION OF THE CITIZENS? THIS PROJECT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. THE SIX OF YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ECOSYSTEM. NO MATTER HOW SMALL ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE CREEK, YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON PROTECTING THE ECOSYSTEM OVER CLEAR, CUTTING AND ADDING SOME ROCKS, NEVER IN 15 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED HERE. HAVE I EVER SEEN THAT PART OF TOWN FLOOD FROM THAT PART OF THE RIVER? SO WHILE I WAS ALL IN THIS DONE FOR FLOODING PURPOSES, THE AREA COULD HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP BY REMOVING SOME OVERGROWTH, BUT YOU LET THE PERSON IN CHARGE DO IT HIS WAY WITH YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU FROM ALL THE CITIZENS WHO APPRECIATED AND LIKED THE AREA THE WAY IT WAS. BUT WE MUST REMEMBER. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WAY THE SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAN SITTING THERE HAS WANTED IN THIS TOWN. IT'S NEVER MATTERED WHAT THE CITIZENS HAVE WANTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CARAVAN. CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO ME AND I WAS NOT CALLING ANYBODY OUT. I HAD THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND I HAVE FREE SPEECH AND I SHARED RESPECTFUL, INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFUL. AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY, JAKE. I THINK IT'S TIME TO, FOR YOU TO BE QUIET RIGHT NEXT NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. YOU'RE WELCOME. UM, THE LAST SPEAKER IS WILLIAM HUCK. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, DON COUNCIL MEMBERS, DAN MANAGER, AND ATTORNEY. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I'M HERE BECAUSE THE END OF THIS MONTH IS GOING TO BE THE END OF Y'ALL'S CLOSURES OF MAIN STREET. SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I BELIEVE FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, IT HAS BEEN THE MOST POSITIVE THING THAT WE HAVE HAD IN OUR COMMUNITY AND QUITE SOME TIME. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH BATTLE TO HAVE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, UP UPS AND DOWNS, UH, FOR MANY OF US INVOLVED, BUT IT HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS. NOT ONLY FOR THE BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET BEFORE OUR COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO THOSE OF THEM THAT HAVE COME TO OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE UNITY THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS AMONG ITSELF. SO I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO, MIGHT TO PLEASE ALLOW US TO CARRY THIS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR ON Y'ALL'S TENURE AND ALLOW US TO TAKE THIS UP WITH THE NEW COUNCIL AND JANUARY FOR, FOR A PERMANENT CLOSURE OF MAIN STREET ON THE WEEKENDS, IT IS, IT IS A BENEFIT AND A SUCCESS TO ALL OF US. IF THEY COME IN OUR ICE CREAM SHOP, OR IF THEY GO INTO THE BAKERY OR IF THEY GO IN TO THE OTHER RETAIL STORES WE HAVE ON MAIN STREET OR NOT THEM COMING, WALKING OUR STREETS AND SEEING THE BEAUTIFUL [00:15:01] DOWNTOWN HISTORIC MAIN STREET THAT FRONT ROW HAS TO OFFER. AND ITSELF IS A BLESSING TO THESE PEOPLE, THESE VISITORS, THESE TOURISTS THAT ARE CONTINUING TO BRING THEIR FAMILY BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY WEEKEND AND WEEK OUT. SO IT IS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S MORALE TO BE ABLE TO COME DOWN AND WALK IN A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC DISTRICT. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THIS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND PICK IT UP IN JANUARY WITH THE NEW COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU MR. ANYONE ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. NEXT [6a. Report of Special Committees or Town Officials and Interim Town Manager * Recognition of Appreciation to First Bank * Stars of the Month for September and October] I HAVE DENIES REPORTS, UH, REPORT THIS SPECIAL MEETING AND TOWN OFFICIALS AND, OR THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM, WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, HAPPY CREEK, UH, PROJECT AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, CLEAR THE RECORD AND, UH, PUT OUT SOME FACTS. UM, MR. BOYER, WOULD YOU, YEAH, YOU CAN JUST SIT THERE IF YOU'D LIKE, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO THE TOWN CUTTING DOWN A WILLOW TREE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT THE WILLOW TREE GOT PUSHED? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP. LOOK CLOSER. YES. UH, IT WAS BROUGHT UP THE OTHER DAY. WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS DOWN. SO I CHECKED WITH OUR HORTICULTURE STAFF AND IT WAS CUT DOWN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO BECAUSE THE TREE WAS DEAD AND JUST THE STUMP IS LEFT. SO OUR ATTENTION IS TO REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER WEAPON. AND JUST TO CLARIFY ANOTHER POINT, UM, YOU ARE ONLY CUTTING DOWN FOUR INCHES AND LESS BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY SIZE THAT GO THROUGH THE CHIPPER, RIGHT? YES. TO MR. GABBERT, THERE'S SOMEONE AT BENCH THAT HAS TO BE SLOPED. SO THEY HAD TO COME OUT THAT WERE BIGGER THAN FOUR. OKAY. SO, UM, ON APRIL 13TH MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, YOU APPROVED A DQ CONSENT ORDER ISSUANCE, UH, AFTER HAVING A WORK SESSION, THE SUMMARY, UH, OF THE, UH, APPROVAL. THIS IS, UH, COUNSEL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE A CONSENT ORDER FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEQ TO IMPLEMENT SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO CORRECT ISSUES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN VIOLATIONS OF THE VIRGINIA POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM. ALSO KNOWN AS V P D E S PERMIT ISSUES TO THE TOWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. BASICALLY THAT'S THE BYPASSES. AND YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE HIGH NUMBER OF BYPASSES OVER THE YEARS, UH, THESE VIOLATIONS ARE DUE LARGELY TO HIGH FLOWS THROUGH THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS WHEN STORM WATER AND GROUNDWATER LEAK INTO THE SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM. THESE, UH, THESE FLOWS RESULTED IN A DISCHARGE, THE SUSPENDED SOLIDS TO THE SHANDO RIVER IN AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ALLOWED BY THE V V P D E S PERMIT. AS A RESULT OF THESE VIOLATIONS, DEQ AND TOWN STAFF MET TO DISCUSS ACTIONS TO THE TOWN CAN TAKE TO REDUCE THE HIGH FLOWS, UH, TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE PERMIT VIOLATION THAT VIOLATIONS. THESE ARE DOCUMENTED ON THE CONSENT ORDER, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A CIVIL CHARGE OF $38,615 DEQ ALLOW DECREASE Q AGREED TO ALLOW THE TOWN TO PERFORM A SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT KNOWN AS THE SEP IN LIEU OF PAYING THE FULL CIVIL PENALTY TO THE TREASURER OF VIRGINIA. THE SEP PROPOSED BY THE TOWN AS A STREAM BANK AND CHANNEL RESTORATION PROJECT IN HAPPY CREEK BETWEEN EAST PROSPECT STREET AND SOUTH STREET. THE CIVIL PENALTIES, THE CIVIL PENALTY THAT WE DID PAY WAS $3,915. UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, UH, IF YOU RECALL, WHILE YOU MAY NOT, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT RECALL IN JULY OF 2019 AND IDENTICAL PROJECT, LIKE THIS WAS DONE IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, UM, AT EAST EIGHTH STREET AND EAST SIXTH STREET STREAM BANK IMPROVEMENT AND STREAM CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WAS DONE. THE PROJECT WAS PERFORMED TO REDUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING DURING HIGH FLOW EVENTS, DUE TO ACCUMULATE, UH, MATERIALS, DEBRIS, AND VEGETATIVE GROWTH IN STREAM CHANNEL. SOME ROCK FROM STREAM CHANNEL WAS MOVED TO BUILD UP AN ARMOR. THE STREAM BANKS PROJECT WERE COVERED UNDER V M R C IN US CORPS OF ENGINEER PERMITS. VERY LIMITED SOIL DISTURBANCE WAS NEEDED. PROJECT WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, AND LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE PLEASED WITH THE ADDITIONAL FLOOD PROTECTION. UM, THE PERMITS THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER, IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY AN ENGINEERING FIRM. I DIDN'T DO IT. UM, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ENGINEER THAT IS WORKING ON THE PROJECT HAS A BS, A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BIOLOGY, AND ALSO HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN BIOLOGY. HE'S GOT 33 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. UH, HIS WORK FOCUS IS JUST THIS SPECIFICALLY, THIS KIND OF WORK, ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING FOR N P D E S PERMIT [00:20:01] PROGRAMS IN EPA, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT PERMITTING. UH, AGAIN, JUST TO GO OVER SOME, SOME GREATER CLARIFICATION, UH, DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY PARTICIPANT, UH, PRECIPITATION STREAM FLOWS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE ENACT TO ERODE STREAM BANK AREAS ADJACENT TO SOUTH COMMERCE STREET, FRONT STREET AND WALKING AND BIKING TRAIL AND NEARBY BRIDGE ABUTMENTS, THE ONGOING EROSION RESULTS IN THE CONVEYANCE IN DEPTH DEPOSITION OF SOIL AND OTHER STREAM BANK SOLIDS INTO DOWNSTREAM SECTIONS, A HAPPY CREEK AND SHANDO RIVER, A LOCAL RECREATIONAL AND BOATING RESOURCE, WHICH ALSO SERVES AS A SOURCE OF WATER FOR DOWNSTREAM COMMUNITIES. ONCE IN THE RIVER, THE SEDIMENT FROM HAPPY CREEK CAN BE CONVEYED DOWNSTREAM CUMULATED IN AREAS OF LOW RIVER VELOCITY VELOCITY. THESE DEPOSITIONS CAN DEGRADE WATER QUALITY AND AQUATIC HABITAT FRONT ROYAL FRONT ROYALS PROJECT INVOLVES THE RESTORATION AND STABILIZATION OF THE STREAM CHANNEL AND STREAM BANK IN SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF HAPPY CREEK TO REDUCE ADDITIONAL EROSION AND THE ASSOCIATED SOLID, UH, DEPOSITION DOWNSTREAM AREAS OF HAPPY CREEK AND SHANDO RIVER RIPPER APP WILL BE ADDED TO SECTIONS OF THE BANK TO FURTHER PROTECT THE BANK FROM EROSION PROJECT WILL ALSO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING BY REMOVING OBSTACLES TO FLOW AND INCREASE IN THE BANK HEIGHT IN LOW AREAS. THE SHADOW RIVER IS A LOCAL RECREATIONAL FISHERY AND BOATING RESOURCE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO AQUATIC HABITAT WILL ALSO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC. THE HAPPY CREEK STREAM BANK RESTORATION AND EROSION PROJECT WILL SERVE TO PREVENT, UH, CONTINUED EROSION AND SEDIMENT BASED POLLUTION. OTHER SHANNONDELL RIVER ENHANCEMENT OF THE APPEARANCE OF HAPPY CREEK WILL SERVE TO THE DETRIMENT TO THE DETRIMENT OF LOCALIZED LITTER DISPOSAL. SO AS FAR AS SOME PERMANENT GOES AGAIN, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT PERMITS WERE REQUIRED. UM, THERE ARE JOINT PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO THE VIRGINIA MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION, ALSO KNOWN AS VMS C THE U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DEQ ON SEPTEMBER 9TH AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA DAILY AND AD WAS RUN FOR 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS SO THAT THE, UH, VMRC COULD, UH, OBTAIN PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS. UH, NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED. UH, THE PERMITS WERE ISSUED FROM THE VIRGINIA MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION, UM, THE COVERS WORK WITHIN THE STREAM. SO THAT COVERS WORK WITH INDUSTRY BELOW ORDINARY HIGH WATER LEVELS. IT DOES NOT REGULATE WORK ON STREAM BANKS. IT WAS ISSUED ON OCTOBER 7TH, IN 2020, THE U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. UM, THEY HANDLE BANK STABILIZATION. SO, UH, THAT COVERS WORK PERFORMED IN STREAM AND BANK STABILIZATION THAT WAS ISSUED OCTOBER 3RD, 2020, UH, THE WORK THAT'S DONE PERFORMED DATE, INITIAL BRUSH AND TREE CLEARING HAS BEEN DONE. TREE STUMP, ROOT REMOVAL, AND SOME GRADING TO, UH, PREPARE SITE FOR FABRY, NO FILTER FABRIC AND RIP RAP NOTE. THE, UM, ABOUT THE ARBOR DAY TREE, I DID WANT TO DRAW THAT AGAIN TO THE TENSION THAT TREE WAS DEAD AND REMOVED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WAS NOT EVEN PART OF THIS PROJECT. UM, INSTALLATION OF SILT FENCE HAS BEEN PUT UP AND MINIMAL STABILIZATION OF EXPOSED SOIL TO PREVENT EROSION AND DEPOSITION IN THE CREEK. I'M ALMOST WRAPPING UP HERE, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, CURRENT CURRENT STATUS, THE PROJECT WORK REQUIRED MORE SOIL DISTURBANCE THAN INITIALLY ANTICIPATED REQUIRED COUNTY SOIL DISTURBANCE PERMITTING AS CONFIRMED BY THE COUNTY BUILDING, UH, OFFICE ON OCTOBER 30TH, EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN IN LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT APPLICATION PROVIDED TO WARREN COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 5TH FOR REVIEW COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTY PENDING ANY REQUIRED REVISIONS WILL BE MADE IN RESUBMITTED FOR COUNTY APPROVAL. JUST A FOOTNOTE. I THINK THE GREATEST, UM, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ENGINEER, UH, AGAIN, IT JUST SO HAPPENED. THE EXACT SAME ENGINEER WENT THROUGH THIS EXACT SAME PROCESS IN 2019. AND SO, UM, UH, THE COUNTY DID NOT REQUIRE AN ENS PLAN. UH, THEY SIGNED OFF ON THE PROJECT AND DIDN'T REQUIRE AN ENS PLAN, UH, FOR SOME REASON THIS TIME. AND MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE LARGER PORTION OF LAND, THE LAND'S BEEN DISTURBED, BUT NOW AN ENS PLAN, UH, WAS REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, WE SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS A STOP WORK ORDERS AND OFFICIAL STOP WORK ORDER ON THE PROJECT. THE COUNTY HAS ISSUE TO STOP WORK ORDER. UM, WE HAVE, UH, NUMEROUS TIMES MADE ATTEMPTS TO RELAY OUR CONCERN AS IT RELATES TO THE POSSIBLE FLOODING THAT'S COMING AT THE END OF THE END OF THE WEEK. UM, WE WANTED TO PUT DOWN THE, THE FILTER PAPER [00:25:01] AS WELL AS THE RIP RAP IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISTURBED. UM, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENT BACK YET FROM THE COUNTY. UM, AND I HAD ONE LAST COMMENT TO MAKE. UM, I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY TO THE CITIZENS IN THE, IN THE PUBLIC, THE WORK'S NOT FINISHED. UM, I DO BELIEVE TRULY IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL, UM, A BEAUTIFUL CHANNEL. IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL, HAPPY CREEK WITH THE RIP RAP ON THE SIDES AND THE, UH, THE UNDERBRUSH OF, OF FOUR INCHES AND BELOW REMOVED. UM, I DO BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PARENTS. AND IF THERE IS ANY LACK OF COMMUNICATION, AGAIN, THE TOWN PUT OUT PUBLIC NOTICES. WE PUT ANOTHER PUBLIC NOTICE OUT ON THE 15TH. UH, WE HAD THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WE HAD OUR MEETING ON THE 13TH OF APRIL, BUT IF, IF ORGANIZATIONS, UM, FRANKLY, WE JUST DIDN'T ANTICIPATE, I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU, I JUST DIDN'T ANTICIPATE ANY CONCERNS WITH THE PROJECT CONSIDERING WE ALREADY DID THE PROJECT LAST YEAR ON HAPPY CREEK. AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PRAISE FROM CITIZENS BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT LOOKED AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS AS IT RELATES TO F UH, MITIGATING FLOODING. SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT MEMBERS KIND OF HOPE WE CLEAR THE RECORD. I MISSED HOTEL, HAPPY TO, I GOT YOUR EMAIL THIS MORNING. UM, I DIDN'T GET MY BEST NEWS. MY BEST NEWS. I'M MARRIED MY DAUGHTER OFF YESTERDAY, SO I WASN'T IN THIS MORNING, BUT I'LL, I'LL EMAIL YOU AND WE'LL TRY TO GET MEETINGS SET UP. SO YOU AND I CAN SIT DOWN AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE BETTER UNDERSTANDING, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF A CONSENT ORDER. UM, AND THIS WASN'T A PET PROJECT, THE MATT TEDRICK OR PET PROJECT OF ANY OF YOURS. UM, IT WAS A WAY TO PREVENT, UH, FLOODING AND YES, THAT AREA HAS FLOODED. UM, AND WE'VE SEEN IT, SEEN IT FLOODED BEFORE. ISN'T THAT ACCURATE, MR. BOYER? I DON'T WANT IT TO COME FROM ME. OKAY. EROSION WOULD BE THE BIGGER ISSUE, LONG COMMERCE. OKAY. WITH THAT, UM, WITH THAT I WANT TO DO, LET'S SEE, FIRST BANK. WELL, GENE, YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. I'M SORRY. OH, OKAY. SO MEMBERS, COUNCIL, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TODAY. UM, AS YOU KNOW, FOR S ON 17TH STREET, UH, THERE, THERE AT THE CORNER OF 17TH AND, AND ROYAL, UH, WE WANTED TO PUT A SLIP SLIP LANE IN, AND, UM, JANUARY OF, I GUESS IT WAS JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, UH, WE STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH FIRST BANK THAT IT WAS THE CORNER AND VERY GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND TALK TO THEIR ENGINEER. AND, UM, AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, FIRST BANK DONATED, UM, THE PORTION OF LAND FOR THE SLIP LANE TO THE TOWN, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. UM, I THINK IN, IN AN EFFORT TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR GOOD CORPORATE, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN, THEY, THEY DECIDED TO, UM, TO DO THAT. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE AMY MARIE, WHO'S THE BRANCH MANAGER HERE, SUSAN ROSS, WHO IS THE COMMERCIAL LENDER. AND WE HAVE GREG HOOVER. WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF RETAIL OPERATIONS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. AND I BELIEVE MR. MAYOR, YOU WANTED TO PRESENT THIS PLAQUE TO THEM. IT READS IN SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR DONATING LAND ON WEST 17TH STREET THAT HAS GREATLY ENHANCED THE SAFETY AND THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZES FIRST BANK AS A CORPORATE COMMUNITY PARTNER PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR FRONT ROYAL AND EUGENE T. WALL. THANK YOU, MR. HOOPER. UH, MR. HOOPER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, MR. HOOPER? YOU GUYS CERTAINLY WITH GREAT. WE'RE GLAD IT WORKED OUT AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WOW. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS, UM, IN MEETINGS AND BEING ABLE TO PRESENT AN AWARD TO, UH, THE STAR OF THE MONTH. AND, UH, FOR OCTOBER, I'M HONORED TO PRESENT AN AWARD TO MISS ROBBIE TAYLOR. [00:30:01] WHO'S THE MANAGER OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. UH, THIS WAS SUBMITTED BY A FELLOW CITIZEN, SAID ROBBIE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT SHE AND A COWORKER ATTENDED A TRAINING WHERE THEY WERE POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO COVID-19 AND OTHER ATTENDEES LATER, UH, TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS PER THE VIRGINIA OCCUPANCY'S SAFETY HEALTH GUIDELINES, ALSO KNOWN AS AND THE TOWN POLICY ROBBIE AND HER COWORKER NEED TO BE, UH, NEED TO BE AWARE AND SELF MONITOR FOR SYMPTOMS. ROBBIE WENT THE EXTRA MILE THOUGH, UM, AND COMPOSE THE ATTACHED NOTICE FOR HER EMPLOYEES, PLUS INSTITUTED ADVANCED PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO KEEP HER PEOPLE SAFE. I AM CONTINUOUSLY IMPRESSED BY THIS YOUNG LADY AND HER INITIATIVES TO GET THINGS DONE, GET THINGS DONE RIGHT, AND PRIORITIZE HER EMPLOYEES AND OUR SAFETY. SO THIS WAS SUBMITTED, UH, BACK IN EARLY OCTOBER. SO IT'S MY HONOR TO GIVE ROBBIE TAYLOR THE STAR OF THE MONTH AWARD. ONE MORE, BRING YOUR FAMILY UP, PLEASE. SO, UM, TONY ROGERS, THIS IS A REAL SPECIAL ONE AS WELL. UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW, NO, TONY IS ALL, HAS A GREAT ATTITUDE DOING IS DOING HIS JOB, AND WE GET SO MANY COMPLIMENTS FROM CITIZENS. UM, HE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE IN MAY, UH, GAVE HIM A CERTIFICATE IN MAY. HE WAS RECOGNIZED BY A CITIZEN FOR TAKING, UH, AND RESPONDING TO HER CALL SO QUICKLY REGARDING AN UNCOVERED WATER METER VALVE ON HER EMPTY LOT ON FLAGSTICK COURT. AND SHE ADVISED THAT WAS A DANGEROUS AND SAFETY ISSUE. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HER WORDS TO YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE TOWN OF PORT ROYAL AND FOR WARREN COUNTY. I APPRECIATE YOU. WELL, THEN ON OCTOBER 7TH, I RECEIVED ANOTHER COMPLIMENT, UH, ABOUT TONY SAID FROM A CITIZEN OR FROM A COUNTY EMPLOYEE. RATHER I WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO SHOW MY DEPARTMENT'S APPRECIATION FOR TONY ROGERS AND THE ASSISTANCE THAT HE PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY. UH, HE WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL DURING A FIRE PUMP INSPECTION THAT HE HAD DONE AT SAMUEL'S LIBRARY, SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY THIS MORNING, AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU BOTH KNEW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATED IT. UH, PLEASE LET HIM KNOW HOW THANKFUL WE ARE NOW. SO THIS IS THE STAR OF THE MONTH. SO WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS. I HAVEN'T DONE THIS AS INTERIM MAYOR, BUT I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GIVE TO STAR OF THE MONTHS. I JUST COULDN'T GIVE TONY JUST A CERTIFICATE. I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE IT MORE PUBLICLY AND REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, TONY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND JUST A FINAL REMINDER TOWN OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON VETERAN'S DAY. AND WITH THAT, I WILL, UM, IN MY REPORT TAKING THIS CHEATER [6b. Requests and inquiries of Councilmembers.] ACTUALLY I'VE DENIED HIS REQUEST OR THE INQUIRES FROM ANY TASK COUNCIL PERSON WHO WAS RECEIVING ME. YES, MR. MAYOR, UH, THIS WEEK BRINGS TWO EVENTS TO MY LIFE THAT ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME TOMORROW. THE MARINE CORPS CELEBRATES 245 YEARS OF ORGANIZATION. AND UNDER BEGINNING OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO SERVE 20 PLUS YEARS IN THE MARINE CORPS. AND ALL I CAN SAY IS SEPARATE FIVE, SECOND EVENT OCCURS ON WEDNESDAY IS VETERANS DAY, A SECOND EVENT. I HAVE BEEN IN FIVE COMBAT ZONES. I WELL AWARE OF WHAT VETERANS DO IN THIS WORLD. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION ON HAND THAT COUNCIL HAS GIVEN OUT PREVIOUSLY TO RECOGNIZE THAT DAY. SO TO THAT I SAY HURRAH TO ALL VETERANS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? SO, YES, MR. MAYOR, UM, I HAVE NOTHING PREPARED TONIGHT. UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THOUGH. UH, I WANT TO SAY PERSONALLY, THANK TONY AND ROBBIE. I KNOW THEM BOTH PERSONALLY AND THEY'RE GREAT, NICE PEOPLE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK FOR THE TOWN. AND, UM, SECONDLY, I WANT TO WISH, UM, ALL THE VETERANS OUT THERE, A HAPPY VETERANS [00:35:01] DAY AND, UH, IF YOU KNOW, A VETERAN, GIVE HIM A CALL AND JUST THANK THEM PERSONALLY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YES. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ECHO COUNCILMAN AND GILLESPIE'S COMMENTS AND CONGRATS TO ROBBIE AND TONY, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK. UH, IT'S REALLY NICE FOR YOUR ONE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME OUT HERE, BUT TO, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND TO BE ABLE TO SAY, THANK YOU. UM, I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UM, THE NEW COUNCIL THAT IS SLATED TO MOVE IN IN JANUARY. UM, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE PUBLICLY LAURIE COCKRELL, CHRIS HOLLOWAY, SCOTT LLOYD, AND JOE MCFADDEN, AS THERE'LL BE TAKING THEIR SEATS IN JANUARY. AND, UM, AND REPRESENTING THIS COUNCIL, IT IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, WORK TO CAMPAIGN. UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS A, IT IS A MAJOR INVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE SAT ON THIS COUNCIL BEFORE, AND THEN YOU'RE THINKING TO YOURSELF, MY GOSH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS AGAIN. AND YOU'RE OUT THERE CAMPAIGNING AND KNOCKING ON DOORS. UM, BUT THEY DID THAT. AND, UM, THEY GOT A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND YEAH, WE'LL BE UP HERE REPRESENTING THIS COUNCIL. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR CREW MEMBERS, CHRIS HOLLOWAY, AND LORI COCKRELL FOR, FOR, UH, FOR CHAMPIONING FOR THE COUNCIL AND BEING WILLING TO, TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ON MR. HUCK'S REQUEST FOR THE CLOSURE OF MAIN STREET EXCEEDING TO THE END OF THE YEAR. SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT AND WORK COUNCIL OR IN OUR WORK SESSION. UM, I'M HAPPY TO EXTEND IT. UH, I THINK OUR ORIGINAL CONCERNS, THE REASON WHY WE KIND OF HAD A CUT OFF DATE NOW WAS BECAUSE WE'VE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN ANY KIND OF OUTSIDE SEATING, UH, WITH HEATERS, UM, AS THE WEATHER STARTED TO GET WORSE. AND SO I KNOW AT LEAST OUR INITIAL TRAIN OF THOUGHT WAS IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UTILIZED, THEN, UM, LET'S OPEN IT BACK UP. SO I DON'T, I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF COUNCIL HERE, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT TO A WORK SESSION AND CERTAINLY DISCUSS THAT. UM, AND THEN GET A RESPONSE QUICKLY ON THAT ONE AS WELL. I PERSONALLY HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN CLOSED. UM, AND I KNOW MY KIDS ENJOY RUNNING THROUGH THE ROADS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE SHOPS AS WELL. SO I'M CERTAINLY SURE THAT THEY'D APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE PUBLIC RESPONSE PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. UM, IF YOU LOOK ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT UNDER NUMBER FIVE, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO ADD CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, UH, TO THE AGENDA, SO THAT INDIVIDUALS COMING OUT TO SPEAK AND TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE RULES FOR DECORUM. UM, LAST COUNCIL SESSION OR LAST REGULAR MEETING. UM, UH, THE COMMENTS, I BELIEVE WE'RE INCREDIBLY UNFAIR TOWARDS OUR TOWN MANAGER AND IT WAS, UM, QUICKLY REFUTED WITH THE FACTS IN HOW, UM, UH, HOW THE EDA WAS ADVERTISED FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING REZONING. AND LIKEWISE TONIGHT, UM, I APPRECIATE MR. TEDRIC'S DILIGENCE AND BEING PREPARED TO SHARE THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED FOR, UM, HAPPY CREEK CLEARING OR THE, UM, THE CREEK BED CLEARING. UM, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM THAT WAS SHARED WITH US TONIGHT WITH OPPORTUNITIES, UH, IN PARTNERING WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL, UH, AGENCIES TO FIND OUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD APPROACH CLEARING, UH, CREEK BEDS. UM, AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE AND I WELCOME THAT FEEDBACK AND CRITICISM. UH, IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF WE MADE A MISTAKE AND THERE'S SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY, I DEFINITELY SEE THE VALUE IN THAT. AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND FEEL COMFORTABLE EXPRESSING THOSE CONCERNS, EXPRESSING CONCERNS, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, UM, ASKING COUNCIL TO RETHINK POSITIONS THAT THEY'VE TAKEN TAKE HAVE TAKEN IN THE PAST. THOSE ARE ALL COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE FOR CITIZENS IN, YOU KNOW, KEEPING COUNCIL IN CHECK, IF YOU WILL. UM, AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE COMMENTS IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTARY SECTION OF OUR, OF OUR MEETINGS. UM, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSITIVE TO THE CRITICISM OF THE TOWN MANAGER POSITION RIGHT NOW, NOT BECAUSE OF MR. TODRICK. UM, I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD PREFER IT NOT TO BE THE CASE, BUT I KNOW THAT HE CAN, UM, HE HAS THICK SKIN AND THAT HE WOULD TAKE THE, TAKE THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH TOWN MANAGER INTERVIEWS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH INTERVIEWS TO HIRE A REPLACEMENT FOR MR. TIDRICK, WHICH SOME INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE THAT THAT HAPPENS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER IN OUR INTERVIEWS WITH EVERY CANDIDATE THAT WE'VE TALKED TO, IT COMES UP, UM, IT, THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR COMMUNITY, HOW WE'VE WORKED THROUGH SENSITIVE TOPICS PAST THESE MEETINGS ALWAYS COME UP IN OUR INTERVIEW WITH TOWN MANAGERS. AND AS MUCH AS WE'RE LOOKING TO RECRUIT [00:40:01] THE BEST INDIVIDUAL TO OUR TOWN MANAGER POSITION, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF, THAT THEY WANT TO BUY INTO, THAT THEY WANT TO SERVE IN THAT PARTICULAR ROLE. AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT THE COMMENTARY THAT IS INCREDIBLY ACCUSATORY, ESPECIALLY IMPLY IN NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, FROM AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS SERVING THIS COMMUNITY AND THE TOWN IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE, IT DOESN'T DO US ANY FAVORS AND HIRING ANOTHER TOWN MANAGER EVERY SINGLE TIME WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH OUR APPLICANTS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT AS MUCH AS THIS CAN GET CONTENTIOUS, SOMETIMES PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL ARE REPRESENTING THIS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST COUNCIL, NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY, PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE ALL ARE REPRESENTING THIS COMMUNITY. AND THOSE LOOKING TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY ARE LOOKING AT OUR BEHAVIOR TO SEE IF THIS IS A PLACE THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO JOIN AND SETTLE WITH FAMILY. SO AGAIN, I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSITIVE TO THE COMMENTARY THAT IS COMING OUT OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT IS IMPLYING, UM, UH, MALICIOUS INTENT, ESPECIALLY ON MY BEHALF OR ANY OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR TOWN MANAGER. BUT I'M ASKING EVERYBODY TO PLEASE REFLECT UPON THE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM THAT THEY'RE GONNA BRING FORWARD. I'M NOT DISSUADING IT. UM, I'M JUST ASKING THAT EVERYBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, PITCH THEIR CONCERNS IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY IMPLY, UM, SOME SORT OF POOR BEHAVIOR OR INTENTIONAL, UH, NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES ON ONE'S BEHALF. UM, I THINK THIS WOULD HELP US SOLIDIFY A POSITION OR SOLIDIFY A CANDIDATE FOR TOWN, UH, FOR TOWN MANAGER. AND, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, IT WILL ENABLE US TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, PEACE IN THESE MEETINGS. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YES, MR. MAYOR. UM, I LIKE TO ALSO THANK TONY AND ROBBIE FOR ALL THEY DO. UM, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. YOU DO A GREAT JOB, TONY. I KNOW YOU PERSONALLY, UM, ALWAYS HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE, ALWAYS HAPPY GO, LUCKY GUY. UM, AND ALSO, UH, JAKE, UH, WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, CAMPAIGNING AND IT IS, IT'S A LOT OF WORK. UH, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE DOING IT TWO YEARS LATER INSTEAD OF FOUR. UM, AND IT'S NOT CHEAP. UM, BUT I WOULD HONESTLY LIKE TO THINK, UM, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED ME, MY FAMILY, AND ESPECIALLY THE CITIZENS WERE HAVING THE CONFIDENCE TO VOTE ME IN. UM, I THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I PROMISE I'LL DO MY BEST NOT TO LET YOU DOWN. SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YES. I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, ROBBIE AND TONY FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO AND FOR ALWAYS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, BECAUSE I ALWAYS HEARD GOOD THINGS, ESPECIALLY TONY'S MORE FRONT-FACING I THINK SO I HEAR A LOT THERE BY THEM. THANK YOU ALL FOR REPRESENTING AS WELL. ANYONE ELSE NEXT [6c. Report of the Mayor] TIME IS REPORT THE MAYOR. UH, GET, I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO OR ANY AUDIENCE THAT SERVED IN ANY MILITARY, UH SCRIMISHES TO LEARN THEIR LIFETIME OR EVEN BEEN IN THE MILITARY. MY FATHER-IN-LAW WAS IN PHILIPPINES FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS, DOING WORLD WAR II CAME HOME SAFELY, BUT, UH, MY BROTHER WAS IN THE KOREAN WAR. AND SO I LIKE TO HONOR ALL THE VETERANS HERE TONIGHT, NOT ONLY IN OUR AUDIENCE, BUT ALL THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS VIDEO AND ALL THOSE VETERANS THAT ARE OUT IN THE PUBLIC IN FRONT ROYAL AND ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT OUR MILITARY, WITHOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM, WE WOULD NOT BE IN HAVE FREEDOM TODAY. WE WOULD BE IN BONDAGE TO SOMEONE AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE PERSONALLY, OR THEIR LIVES THAT THEY SAW PEOPLE GAVE THEIR LIVES. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT CAME HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. AND I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING EXCITE IS AND I'S PROPOSAL AND ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS OF ITEMS TO THE AGENDA HEARING NONE. WE'LL GO [8. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS] TO ITEM EIGHT. ITEM MADE TONIGHT IS CAPSULE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS, SO SOURCE PURCHASE OF GOODS, SERVICES, AND REHAB HABITATE OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT FILTER SYSTEM. A SECOND THING, SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF NEPTUNE WATER METERS, DEED OF EASEMENT, A DEED OF GIFT OF EASEMENT FROM SANITARY UTILITIES FROM CHRIS RAMSEY, INC, AND BID FOR DIC AND ROAD SALT FOR THIS PAST, THIS COMING UP WINTER, THEY'RE HERE. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRESENTED SECOND AND MOTION. SECOND. ANYBODY WON'T TAKE ANYTHING OFF OF THE AGENDA, IF NOT ROLL CALL PLEASE. VICE MAYOR C LOT. YES. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL. SALESMEN GILLESPIE. YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. [00:45:01] YES. COUNCILMAN MEZA COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. YES. MOTION CARRIED. [9. PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT] WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. TONIGHT ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE FIRST ONE WILL BE NUMBER ITEM NUMBER NINE. UH, IF YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COME FORTH AND AT THE PODIUM, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND SPEAK WITH ON ONLY PUT THAT PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING HERE THIS EVENING. SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FIRST ONE. AND THE FIRST ONE IS PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONT ROW BREWING COMPANY TO USE KID LANES. WHO'D YOU READ THE SUMMARY, PLEASE. COUNSEL'S REQUESTED TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT AND APPROVE IF DESIRED, PERTAINING TO A PROPOSED LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND THE FRONT ROW BREWING COMPANY LOCATED AT ONE 22 EAST MAIN STREET. IF APPROVED THE AGREEMENT WILL AUTHORIZE AN ENCROACHMENT ONTO KID LANE FOR EXTENDED OUTDOOR USE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, BEGINNING AT 3:00 PM UNTIL MONDAY MORNING AT 9:00 AM AND FEDERAL HOLIDAYS FOR FIVE YEARS AS PRESENTED. AND WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. JUST OPEN UP THE FLOOR. UH, COULD YOU CALL THEM SPEAKERS NAMES PLEASE? DAVID DOWNS. GOOD EVENING. ALAN COUNCIL, DAVID DOWNS, 14 CHESTER STREET, FRONT WOLF, VIRGINIA. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY CAPACITY AS THE FOUNDER OF THE VIRGINIA BEER MUSEUM, UH, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS AGO AND A TOWN TAXPAYER FOR OVER THREE DECADES. I SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE TO GIVE EXCLUSIVE, UH, LEASE, UM, RIGHTS FOR KID LANE TO THE FRONT ROW BREWING COMPANY, A PRIVATELY OWNED FOR-PROFIT BREWERY TO ENABLE THEM TO SELL MORE BEER ON BEHALF OF THE VIRGINIA BEER MUSEUM. I'D LIKE TO DONATE THE $1 LICENSE FEE TO ENCOURAGE TOURISM AND ASSIST LOCAL BUSINESS. I KNOW IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT I'M SINCERE IN MY EFFORTS IN HOPING TO SUPPORT TOURISM IN FRONT ROYAL. THE BREWERY'S REQUEST IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE VIRGINIA BEER MUSEUM'S REQUEST. THE BREWERY IS ASKING TO USE TOWN IN THE MUSEUM WAS MERELY ASKING TO USE PRIVATE PROPERTY TO SELL MORE BEER PENALIZING THEM FOR WANTING TO USE PUBLIC PROPERTY WOULD NOT BE FAIR. THIS COUNCIL ALREADY KNOWS THAT NO ADDITIONAL PARKING IS CAPACITY IS NEEDED BASED ON TWO STUDIES FROM 2017 AND THE MORE RECENT ONE FROM 2019. SO PLEASE DO NOT PENALIZE THE BREWERY FOR A NON-ISSUE THAT WOULD NOT BE FAIR. PLEASE DO NOT PENALIZE THE BREWING COMPANY FOR HAVING THE SAME 4.8 OUT OF FIVE STAR FACEBOOK RATINGS AS THE VIRGINIA BEER MUSEUM USING SOCIAL MEDIA METRICS TO DETERMINE SUCCESS WOULD NOT BE FAIR. FINALLY, I ASK THAT YOU NOT PENALIZE THE BREWING COMPANY FOR ALREADY BEING EXEMPT FROM OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UNLIKE THE MUSEUM, A FEW YARDS AWAY, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT ASK TO BE EXEMPT. THEY WERE FORTUITOUSLY A MAIN STREET PROPERTY AND THEREFORE EXEMPT BY TALENT CODE, WHATEVER YOU DO DO NOT COMPARE PROPERTY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BREWERY AS THE BASIS FOR WHICH A BUSINESS YOU SUPPORT, BECAUSE THAT TOO WOULD NOT BE FAIR BECAUSE THE TOWN COUNCIL SHOULD PROMOTE LOCAL BUSINESS. AND HAS HISTORICALLY GIVEN SPEECHES COMMENTS THAT YOU ENCOURAGE AND WANT TO PROMOTE TOURISM. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DO THE FAIR THING AND GRANT THIS REQUEST SIGNS DRAGGING ANOTHER LOCAL BUSINESS AND TO FEDERAL COURT PROMOTING OUR TOWN WOULD NOT BE FAIR. THE DOLLAR THAT YOUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MR. DOWNS. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. CARRIE AND TIM BARNHART. CARRIE BARNHARDT ONE 22 EAST MAIN STREET. UM, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF FRONT ROYAL BREWING COMPANY. AND I MADE THIS REQUEST TO THE TOWN COUNCIL TO EXTEND OUR PROPERTY SO THAT WE CAN, UM, PUT OUR TENTS, AT LEAST PART OF OUR TENTS ON KID LANE. AND WE'RE DOING THIS REALLY PREEMPTIVELY, [00:50:02] UM, BECAUSE, UH, WITH THE COVID SITUATION, MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS DO LIKE TO SIT OUTSIDE. UM, WE HAVE MANY CUSTOMERS THAT ARE COMING FROM AREAS THAT HAVE HIGHER COVID IMPACT THAN WE DO HERE. UM, AND THEY WON'T SIT INSIDE. WE'RE ALSO ONLY AT 40%, UM, CAPACITY INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE REMOVAL OF THE BAR SEATING, UM, AND THAT WE EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT YEAR. SO IS A LITTLE PREEMPTIVE. UM, HOWEVER, UH, BESIDES COVID WE ALSO FIND THAT OUR CUSTOMERS REALLY LIKE, UH, THE KID LANE AREA, BECAUSE THEY CAN BRING THEIR DOGS, UM, THEIR CHILDREN THERE'S LARGER TABLES, AND IT REALLY HELPS IN THAT CAPACITY. THE BREWING COMPANY GETS ABOUT FIVE TO 600 PEOPLE, UM, EACH WEEKEND, UH, EACH WEEK AND A DAY. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT FIVE TO 600 PEOPLE ON A SATURDAY AND A SUNDAY. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS WILL ALSO FREQUENT OTHER BUSINESSES IN TOWN, UH, AS WELL. SO I THINK WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB, UH, AS DAVID SAID, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK DAVID FOR HIS GENEROUS SUPPORT, UM, THAT EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS, UM, BUT THE, UH, WE, WE THINK THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB IN HELPING TOURISM, UM, AND THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A GOOD PRODUCT TO THE TOWN AND THUS, UH, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE TO THE TOWN. UM, AS WE DID THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP UP, UM, THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT. UM, JUST LIKE WILLIAM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE MAIN STREET AND KID LANE, UH, DURING THE, THE, UM, DURING THE COVID SHUTDOWN, UM, BECAUSE IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR US. SO JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT. UM, IT'S ABOUT THREE FEET ONTO KID LANE. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT PEOPLE DO. UM, OTHER RESTAURANTS DO, UM, ON MAIN STREET, THEY'RE JUST EXTENDING THEIR AREAS SO THEY CAN PUT TABLES OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR AREA. SO IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE INVITING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND WE AGAIN APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES ARE FRONT ROYAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BARNHART, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? OH, ONE MORE. ROB MACDOUGAL. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF TOWN COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROBERT MCDOUGAL. I LIVE AT 2370 SHANDO SHORES ROAD IN FRONT ROYAL, AND MY BUSINESS TRANSFORMED DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED AT ONE 18 EAST MAIN STREET, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO KID LANE AND NEIGHBORS, THE FRONT ROW BREWING COMPANY, AND IS ONE OF THREE MAIN STREET BUILDINGS THAT MY BUSINESS OWNS. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE FRONT ROOM OF BREWING COMPANY HAS BECOME AN OUTSTANDING ADDITION AND DRAW TO BOTH FRONT-WHEEL AND WARREN COUNTY. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY FULL SUPPORT FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM CONCERNING FEMORAL BREWING. COMPANY'S PROPOSED LEASE OF A PORTION OF KIDDE LANE. TO ME, THIS IS SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO AS LONG AS OUTSIDE SO LONG AS OUTSIDE DINING POLICIES DO NOT POSE A SAFETY HAZARD OR PLACED AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYER, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE SUPPORTED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE. THE CURRENT AND FUTURE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR DOWNTOWN DEPENDS DIRECTLY ON OUR ABILITY TO CREATE A DESTINATION SPACE THAT IS INVITING FOR LOCALS AND VISITORS ALIKE. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR CREATIVITY AND BOLDNESS AND FACILITATING MANY OF THE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE DOWNTOWN THIS PAST YEAR, HIGHLIGHTED BY THE WEEKEND CLOSURE OF MAIN STREET AND THE EXPANDED OPTIONS FOR OUTDOOR DINING AND SHOPPING. THESE MEASURES HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AND A PROVEN JUST HOW POPULAR OUR DOWNTOWN CAN BE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE IT IN A SLOW AND WALKABLE MANNER. I THINK I SPEAK FOR MANY BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS AND HOPING THAT SUCH SUCH MEASURES SURVIVE THIS COUNCIL AND BECOME A PERMANENT FIXTURE IN OUR TOWN. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, AND I EARNESTLY RESPECT AND APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO FRONT ROW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MCDOUGAL. ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. DID ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK THIRD TIME? ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CASTLE. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE A FIVE-YEAR LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING COMPANY AUTHORIZING ENCROACHMENT ONTO KID LANE PUBLIC ALLEY FOR EXTENDED OUTDOOR SEATING AS PRESENTED. SECOND MOTION HAS A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YES. MR. MAYOR. I JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU. UH, THE BARNHARTS FOR COMING OUT, UM, TONIGHT AND, UH, AGAIN, CHAMPION WAYS TO CONTINUE TO ACCESS OR TO CONTINUE [00:55:01] TO OFFER ACCESS TO THE BREWING COMPANY IS ABSOLUTELY BEEN FANTASTIC. UM, I LOVE HAVING THAT AS AN OPTION, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN. AND I THINK THAT YOUR GUYS' CREATIVITY DURING COVID AND, UH, PROVIDING ACCESS ON MAIN STREET AND KID LANE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. UM, AND I KNOW, WELL, AT LEAST INTERNALLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR WORK SESSIONS, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S STILL CONTINUED ACCESS THROUGH KID LANE, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T DISRUPT THE CARDIO STUDIO, THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. UM, AND I KNOW THAT MOST COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE VISITED DURING THE HOURS WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE EXPANDED OUT WITH TENTS AND EVERYTHING, TO JUST GET A GAUGE ON HOW THAT WOULD LOOK IN THE FIELD THAT THAT MIGHT BE FOR, FOR PASSER BUYERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THERE. AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THAT, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, OR AT LEAST I KNOW AND TRUST THAT, UH, YOU WILL ALWAYS MAKE IT LOOK NICE AS YOU'VE DONE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR WAYS, UM, TO KEEP YOUR BUSINESSES VIABLE AND PROVIDE OPTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, TO EAT OUT. SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YOU'RE A NON ROLL CALL, PLEASE. NICE TO MEET YOU SEE LOT? YES. COUNCILMAN COCKRILL. YES. COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE. YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. YES. COUNCILMAN MEZA. YES. ON THOMPSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES. [10. PUBLIC HEARING – Rezoning Application by EDA for Rezoning of Approximately 62.7 Acres from R-1 to I-2 at the End of Progress Drive (1st Reading)] NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 10 ON YOUR AGENDA SHEET, PUBLIC HEARING REZONING APPLICATION FOR THE EDA REZONING, APPROXIMATE 62.7 ACRES FROM AT THE END OF PROGRESS. DRY, SAME THINGS APPLY THIS EVENING. UH, YOU COME UP FORWARD, GIVE YOUR NAME, GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU CAN SPEAK FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME YOU NEED. IN THIS CASE, WOULD YOU READ THE SUMMARY, PLEASE? COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE A REZONING APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND THE COUNTY OF WARREN ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 62.7 ACRES ADJACENT AND CONNECTING TO HAPPY CREEK TECHNOLOGY PARK. THE REQUEST IS TO IMPROVE SITES STATUS FROM TIER ONE TO TIER TWO OF THE VIRGINIA BUSINESS READY SITES, PROGRAM, AND POSSIBLE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE ADJACENT HEAVY CREEK TECHNOLOGY PARK. UH, MR. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU OPEN PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE IS A TYPO. YOU WANT ME TO DISCUSS IT NOW OR AFTER? UH, YEAH, NO GO. YEAH. OKAY. CORRECT. ON PAGE PAGE TWO, WHICH IS THE ZONING MAP, UM, IT, IT CURRENTLY HAS, UH, A ONE AND TIM WAS, IT WAS, UM, I WROTE IT DOWN. IT WAS PUSHED TO BE ZONED AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BEEN IN. THERE ARE ONE A, SO THE LIGHT GREEN SECTION IN THE MIDDLE, THE TOP DARK RING, WHICH IS A ONE THAT IS CORRECT. THE MIDDLE, MIDDLE A ONE IS ACTUALLY OUR . SO THE WRONG MAP GOT INSERTED INTO THE PRESENTATION. UH THAT'S ALL IT HAPPENS TO ME. UH, MR. DIEDRICH WAS IT ADVERTISED PROPERLY WITH THOSE CHANGES OR THOSE THINGS? IT WAS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT CHANGE, UH, TO STOP OUT THE PUBLIC HEARING, HE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO, SORRY. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. SO THE ONE Y'ALL JUST WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ALIEN, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK THIRD TIME? WE WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. THE THIRD TIME, ANY, ANY SPEAKERS WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD TO SAVE ME, SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, TURNED OVER TO CANCEL THEIR EMOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVED THAT CAN FLOW FROM WHEN IT'S FIRST READING THE REQUEST FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND THE COUNTY OF WARREN ALSO REFER TO AS THEIR FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, EDA TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 62.7 ACRES TAX MAP 28 TWO TWO ONE DASH ONE AND 28 22 DASH ONE B SORRY, ADJACENT AND CONNECTING TO HAPPY CREEK TECHNOLOGY PARK TO IMPROVE SITE STATUS FROM TIER ONE TO TIER TWO OF THEIR VIRGINIA BUSINESS READINESS READY SITES, PROGRAM, AND POSSIBLE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE ADJACENT HAPPY CREEK TECHNOLOGY PARK. SECOND MOTION TO SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE MOVE ON WAS WONDERING IF THE, UH, MS. THOMPSON AND MR. HOLLOWAY WOULD BE WILLING TO ADD AT THE END OF THAT SENTENCE AND RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE OF FOUR PROFFERS AS PART OF THE REZONING, THE PLANNING DIRECTORS THOUGHT THAT MIGHT [01:00:01] BE LANGUAGE TO PUT IN THERE, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO ADD THAT. OKAY. WE'VE ADDED THAT SECTION TO THE, TO THE MOTION. UM, ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO CVN ON THIS? I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT IN REVIEWING THIS PROPOSAL AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND INTEREST THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC WAR JOBS, I THINK THIS IS THE WAY TO GO ALSO, UM, RATHER THAN IT BEING RESIDENTIAL, UM, WHICH CAN ADD BURDENS ON OTHER, UM, THINGS. I, I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ROLL CALL PLEASE. VICE MAYOR. LOT. YES. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL. YES. COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE. YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. NELSON MEZA YES. COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. YES. MOTION CARRIED. NEXT PUBLIC [11. PUBLIC HEARING – FY21 Budget Amendment – Outstanding Purchase Orders] HEARING TONIGHT IS ITEM 11 ON YOUR AGENDA IS F Y 21 BUDGET AMENDMENTS, OUTSTANDING PURCHASE ORDERS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK TO SAVE ME? SORRY. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. UM, JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HERE, THE SAVING, UH, THESE OUTSTANDING PURCHASE ORDERS ARE VERY, UM, LARGE BECAUSE OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND OTHERS. AND THE WHOLE TOTAL, UH, TOTAL IS 12 MILLION, $469,371 AND 92 CENTS. BUT THESE ARE, THESE ARE ALREADY OBLIGATED PURCHASE ORDERS, AND WE JUST NEED TO APPROVE THEM HERE THIS EVENING. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TO SAVE HIM? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? OKAY. JUST TIME WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD SECOND TIME? ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, SIR, 30 LAST TIME ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD TO SPEAK. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. TURN IT OVER TO COUNSEL. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2020, 21 BUDGET CONCERNING THE LIST OF OUTSTANDING PURCHASE ORDERS THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS COMPILED TOLD ME. OH MAN, $469,371 AND 92 CENTS. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND MOTION. SECOND. ANYBODY WANT TO DISCUSS ANY ITEMS HERE? NONE ROLL CALL PLEASE. THANKS, MAYOR SILA. YES. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL. YES. COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE. YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. YES. COUNCILMAN MEZA. YES. COUNCIL AND THOMPSON. YES. OH, SHE CARRIED. [12. COUNCIL APPROVAL – Amendment to Chapter 4-1 and 4-1.1 of Town Code Pertaining to Location of Meetings and Remote Participation of Meetings for All Public Bodies. (2nd Reading)] NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 12, CANCEL APPROVAL. AMENDMENT OF CHARTER CHARTER FOUR DASH ONE AND FOUR DASH 1.1 AT THE TOWN CODE PERTAINING TO THE LOCATION AND MEETINGS AND PROMOTE PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS BY ALL PUBLIC BODIES. WOULD YOU READ THE SUMMARY, PLEASE? COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO ADOPT ON THAT SECOND AND FINAL READING AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER FOUR DASH ONE AND FOUR DASH 1.1 OF THE FRONT ROYAL TOWN CODE THAT WOULD CLARIFY WHEN AND WHERE TOWN COUNCIL MEETS AND INCLUDE ALL PUBLIC BODIES TO PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS REMOTELY BY ELECTRONIC MEANS IS PRESENTED THERE. MOTION. YES. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL ADOPT ON THE SECOND AND FINAL READING IN ORDINANCE TO MEN, CHAPTER FOUR DASH ONE IN FOUR-ONE.ONE OF THE PR OLD TOWN CODE THAT WOULD CLARIFY WHEN AND WHERE TOWN COUNCIL MEETS AND INCLUDE ALL PUBLIC BODIES TO PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS REMOTELY BY ELECTRONIC MEANS AS PRESENTED. SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ROLL CALL PLEASE. VICE MAYOR. C LOC COUNCILMAN COCKRELL AND GILLESPIE. YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. YES. COUNCILMAN MEZA. YES. COUNCIL AND THOMPSON. YES. OH, SHE [13. COUNCIL APPROVAL - Deed of Easement from ELP RIVERTON, LLC to the Town for Water/sewer Easements and Rights-of-way Acquisition for Facilities Serving Land Unit 5, Riverton Commons Land Condominium, located in Riverton Commons.] CARRIED. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 13. ITEM 13 IS THE DATE OF EASEMENT OF ELP, RIVERTON, LLC, TO THE TOWN OF HER ROLE, WATER AND SEWER. HE'S BEEN LIKE RIGHT AWAY OF ACQUISITION FOR FACILITY SERVING LAND, UH, LOT NUMBER FIVE OR UNIT FIVE RIVERTON COMMONS, LAND, CONDOMINIUMS, LOCATION, AND RIVERTON COMMENTS. WOULD YOU READ THE SUMMARY PLEASE? IT IS PROPOSED THE TOWN ACQUIRE WATER AND SEWER EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY OVER PORTIONS OF LAND UNIT FIVE RIVERTON COMMONS, LAND CONDOMINIUM LOCATED IN RIVERTON COMMENTS FOR EIGHT ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE TO WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES TO BE OWNED BY THE TOWN NECESSARY TO PROVIDE UTILITY SERVICE TO THIS PARCEL LAND UNIT FIVE IS TO BE LOCATION OF THE NEW TIPALTI AND FIVE [01:05:01] GUYS RESTAURANTS. MR. MAYOR, I MOVED THAT TOWN EXCEPT THE DEED OF EASEMENT CONVEYING WATER, SEWER LINES, EASEMENT RIGHT OF WAY OVER PORTIONS OF LAND UNIT FIVE, RIVERTON COMMONS, LAND CON CONDOMINIUM TAX MAT NUMBER 12 DASH 11 DASH FIVE OWNED BY ELP RIVERTON, LLC, TO THE TOWN, WITH THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE DEED ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN. EVERY MOTION IS SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE ROLL CALL PLEASE. VICE MAYOR SILA. YES. COUNCILMAN COCKRELL. YES. GILLESPIE. YES. COUNCILMAN HOLLOWAY. MEZA YES. COUNCILMAN THOMPSON. YES. OH, SHE DIDN'T CARRY THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECORD CATS ON MEETING THE SAVING THIS [14. CLOSED MEETING – Public Alley/Rights of Way and Personnel] TIME. WE'LL GO INTO A CLOSE MEETING, A SELLER RESET REDIS INTO A CLOSED MEETING, PLEASE. I BELIEVE THE TOWN COUNCIL GO INTO CLOSE MEETING ONE REGARDING A TOWN PUBLIC ALLEY AND RIGHTS OF WAY. THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF TOWN COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO.DOT TWO DASH THREE SEVEN ELEVEN.DOT THREE N TWO FOR THE DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION WERE INTERVIEWS OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES SPECIFIC TO THE DOWN MAYNARD'S MANAGER'S POSITION FOR EMPLOYMENT, ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, SALARIES, OR RESIGNATION OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICER'S APPOINTEES OR EMPLOYEES OF THE PUBLIC BODY PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2 DASH THREE SEVEN ELEVEN.EIGHT.ONE OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. YEAH, HAVE SECOND. SECOND. MY MOTION IS SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. SO SHE CARRIED. THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING. UH, WE'LL BE GOING INTO A CLOSED MEETING AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.