Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

I'm quoting, what's his face, Alan, no, Gastronaut, dude. Shepard, Alan Shepard. Let's watch this firefighter now. All right. I call this meeting of the King George County Board of Supervisors to order. Would you please stand with me for the invocation led by Mr. Stroud and the play collegiate.

Let us pray. Father, we invite you to join us as we gather here to conduct business for our citizens of King George and ensure our efforts remain for their benefit. Please guide us in performing our role and provide us wisdom to ensure we make the best decisions for our citizens and their future. We thank you once again for this opportunity to serve and ask you to provide us with the ability to discern what we hear and the judgment necessary to act in accordance with your will. We ask you to keep your hands on our citizens, employees, and especially our law enforcement, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel as we protect and care for our citizens. In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the Republic for which it stands,

Thank you. So as you can see, our numbers look a little bit different tonight. Mr. Davis is home sick, unfortunately, and won't be joining us. Mr. Metz is on travel, and he's going to be dialing in and joining us online. Mr. Dines, you all got him? Have we made contact?

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Awesome. Thank you, sir. And I'm a little different. I brought the wrong computer tonight. I brought my work computer, and I don't even have the ID to log into that. We're working from paper, so stepping back to 1992. So, we'll make this work, though. We will kick it over to, or actually before we get to that point, are there any amendments to the agenda tonight?

None.

All right. Seeing none, we'll open it up to public comment. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person in order to afford everyone an opportunity to speak. Please provide your full name and district when submitting your public comment so that it can be properly included in the public record. First up, we have Pastor Davis.

I am Pastor Davis, Norman Davis, of the Dalgren District, and I'm here because I love you and I love this county. In the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 12, the Lord Jesus said, But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I strengthened till it be accomplished? which means bound. He had a goal and his eyes were on Jerusalem and going to the place where he would be crucified. Lord Jesus didn't come to bring judgment. Lord Jesus came to bear judgment. To bear our judgment. And verse 50 talks about this baptism. This refers to his own coming death. Talks about what was necessary for him to what he had to go through, the judgment of God, he had to go through to take our judgment, take our place. And he asked in the Garden of Gethsemane about, may this cup pass from me. The cup was the cup filled with sin. The Bible says that Jesus Christ became sin, not just for sin, but he became sin, that we could become the righteousness of God. His righteousness is put to our account and our sin is put to his account. This baptism is him bearing our sin and judgment. He was immersed. This is the wrath of God and the torment of hell that he went through that fell upon him on the cross so that we could have life and have it more abundantly. Oh, what a Savior. And the Bible talks about his atoning death. He took our place. He bare our judgment. And he became sin. Now the church is on a sojourn. We're passing through. And one of these days our sojourn will be over. And Jesus says in verse 49 of the same chapter, I am come to send fire on the earth. And what will I if it be already kindled? That fire on the earth, of course, is judgment. He didn't come the first time, the judge. He came to be judged, but the next time he comes, he will come as judge. And I'm here to encourage anyone who doesn't know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, just not knowing about Christ, but knowing and having a relationship with Christ, I'm here to encourage you to trust him because judgment will come. And the great provider The same chapter says, is the great divider. He will divide between the goat and the sheep, defeat the tares, save the lost, once and for all. God bless you. Thank you.

Thank you, Pastor. Next up, we have Ms. Lovell. I can come back to you if we need to.

Hi. My name is Ana Maria Lobo. I live in Presidential Lake. I want to thank you for all your service to the community, and I also want to thank you for the lower the assessment for this year's taxes. For a rate that was lower than it was in 2021, in 2021 was 40%. This year, I think it was more than this, 20%. People were happy because the taxes were lower this year than they were in the assessments. Also, I want to thank all of you for extending the tax deadline to July 6, but many people did not know about that extension. But I do pay my taxes in time. In June 16 meeting, I made the comment I would like the commissioner of revenue to work with the supervisors to hire people from Virginia to do the assessments, because I feel my taxes were wrong charging $90,000 for the land my house sits on and $80,000 for my two lots. The next day I got a call from Mrs. Packett. She said that she wasn't happy with my comments and she did not appreciate my comments. Also, she said that the company they hired was from Virginia. I told her that Mr. Andrews, the assessor, had called me and he said that he had changed the assessment on both of my properties. But he was very nice and polite and say that if I have more consent, he could meet with me because he was leaving. I don't know if Mrs. Packett knows that for the 2026 reassessments, King George initially hired one-plate NS approval group. In 2025, one-plate NS was acquired by Vision Government Solutions. And Vision carried out the actual fieldwork and evaluation process for the 2026 reassessment by this company, Vision Government Solutions, located in Hudson, Massachusetts. Also, a big thanks to Mrs. Lucy Tarheel and all the planning departments. This was a very difficult job to do. Our three labs are consolidated in presidential lakes, but in the county, they were not. they were not consolidated we have been trying to consolidate it for the last three years but we did not know how they give it they give it to me the paperwork and say that we needed to do it was also very expensive fortunately mrs lucy is very knowledgeable and giving us the step-by-step instructions on what to do this survey was not a regular one it's called a consolidation boundary line vacated plus It's been a gentleman for that one more boundary line that they remove what just it for me. A lot into one thing going on. And I really appreciated that because he says the paper that people have to have it. And thank you to the people. I have.

Thank you. All right next up we have a mishmash man.

Hello. I'm Lori Schlam of the James Madison District. I'm president of the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail, here to celebrate and really share something that is really exciting that's going on in our community. And it's kind of nice to have something good to share for a change. As everybody knows, the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail has been trying to be part of the state park system. I have... And the group has worked out how this can happen. We are up against time because Little Ark Baptist Church was given a $35,000 grant four years ago. It's about to run out this year. How can we make this happen? I called up Department of Conservation and Recreation. They said there are three obstacles with the trail. Number one is Little Ark. We need to get the trail out of that cemetery. For the thanks of Stu Ashton with the church and the people with the trail, we have worked that all out. DCR has accepted it and accepted the price that the owner of the trail was asking. Two things down. The other is the easement. Roger Williams, we have talked. He is now talking with Linda Frost with the Trust for Public Lands. they have come up with an agreement and roger quote said lori i will not stand in your way to make this part of the state park system something good again the third is the gun club i've talked to pete and i can't remember pete's last name but he gave me a wonderful tour and we have worked out something with fattis the concrete They're in the industrial park right here in King George. How to put up a security barrier wall. They put up the walls along 95. So let's join the community together to help things really come to the surface. It can be done. Again, something good. All right, that's straightened out, but there's something missing. So Stu Ashton and I went to Little Arthur. What can we do to speed this up? And he said, this is Apostle Larry Robinson. And he goes, well, it is the 250th anniversary of America. I said, well, yeah, that's good. That's something to celebrate. Number two, it's Little Ark's 150th anniversary. I said, well, that's good, too. And he goes, it's our third Jubilee. And I went, well, what's a Jubilee? So a Jubilee, and this is where, this is what is so special. Timing is correct for the trail. A jubilee is a year of liberty. It is a year to revert without payment to its original owner or its lawful heirs. We're thinking 150 years ago when there was slavery. We are returning back. We are making this church whole again. The jubilee was a time such complete remission and death. A year of release. The celebration will be in October. And they have a wonderful choir, little art. We are going to have one heck of a celebration of the signing. And we would like the entire community to be there. And then once we celebrate that the church has become whole again, we are moving the party over to Caledon State Park so we could celebrate the complete and final expansion of Caledon State Park.

All right. Thank you, ma'am. That's all the folks that I have signed up, pre-signed up. Is there anybody in the audience that would like to make a public comment at this time? All right. Seeing none. Are you coming up or are you going to the restroom? Awesome. Come on up, my buddy.

No, I love you guys. I'm Lee Robotham. Not speaking in my capacity on the service authority this evening and James Madison District. So we touched on it already, but 250 years. Happy birthday, America. It's fantastic. It's great, isn't it? It's wonderful to live in a country that we live in, in this constitutional republic with the longest ratified constitution in history anywhere throughout the world. It's amazing. I want to thank the supervisors, everything that you guys do to keep the values of King George and the values of King George alive. And I want to thank the first responders, the emergency personnel, the sheriff's office. Without these guys, the sheriff's team here, many people don't remember or don't think about it, but these guys put their lives on the line every day. And if some do or don't remember, I believe it was last year, maybe a year ago, MS-13 leader captured right up here in Woodbridge. That's a few miles from here. MS-13 contingent. in Fredericksburg, right down here by one of the little bridges and the river down here. These guys are right in our backyard. If it wasn't for the sheriff and these folks here, this place would be very, very different. So thank you. Again, to the supervisors, the sheriff, thank you guys, as you guys are what remains in between what we are now and what this state is trying to become. And As Virginia continues to systematically try and strip the liberties that we have away day after day, it's the folks, you guys up here, our senators who actually care about this nation and our other representatives in the Virginia House who try and take care of that every day on our behalf. And what's amazing is so many of the people in Virginia forget that a significant chunk of the founding principles that built this nation for 250 years of America here came from the state of Virginia. Madison, Monroe, Washington, a bunch of nation's founders, all found within miles of this podium. At one point, George Washington, I believe, I'm going back on some old history here. I could be wrong. Don't quote me. I'm sorry. He grew up in King George. His boyhood home out there in Fredericksburg, I think back in 1740, was King George. Fredericksburg wasn't here at the time. It was King, or it might have been across the river, whatever. Again, don't quote me, I'm sorry. So it's amazing to think about all that history here for America's 250th anniversary. So again, thank you to the supervisors and our county staff. And all those who continue to keep King George great and keep King George King George and keep those values here so that we don't become lost like many of these other counties that have fallen across this great nation. Thank you. And happy birthday, America.

All right. Anybody else want to make a public comment this time? Yeah, I agree. That's kind of hard to follow. Got anybody online?

No, Mr. Campbell.

All right, anybody get a correspondent.

Did you get that one from somebody outside of the county that was about data centers that they actually read? I don't know that one.

Do you have it?

Yeah, I do have it. Just give me one second to bring it up.

While she brings that up, Mr. Metz, did you have anything? Do you have any correspondence? It's been here. Too late, she found it.

Yes, I did find it. If you want to start my talk. So I'm just going to leave this. It's a little long. Ready? OK. My name is Sue Sargent. I live in Ward 3 of Fredericksburg 22401. Although I'm a Fredericksburg resident, I'm writing to support King George residents like Susan Park was spoken at your mic. I also worked as a preschool speech language pathologist for King George Public Schools. In the past year, Virginia residents have learned more about the data center industry. We don't want any more harm to Planning District 16 in the community, especially to our children. PGM Power Grid recently got a federal order from the U.S. Department of Energy to run their generators full-time in this Virginia heat wave. That's diesel. Harvard Business Review 11-525, silent killers for lung cancer, cardiovascular, and premature death. Data Center developers are pushing a covert operation land grab by this billion-dollar Goliath industry coming into our Virginia cities, towns, and counties. They will reshape the way Virginia will look with their rezoning of our land, the David's land. They are impacting the urban landscape of King George, Virginia, and the Eastern Seaboard. We Virginia ratepayers have caught on to their billion-dollar playbook of tricks. Propaganda refusing to put their promises into writing, as in the King George County Water Services Agreement and Performance Agreement standards. It's a land graph. This billion-dollar industry is getting our land rezoned, especially in King George, Plenty District 16, and in Virginia, the data center capital of the world. Learn from what other localities are having to deal with, like Spotsy Board of Supervisors. Thank you to Supervisor Jacob Lane Livingston for asking regional attorney for data centers Charlie Payne to put it in writing that any of his applicants won't hide a secret tenant bank inside a Spotsy data center. That's so the data center doesn't have to pay the depot taxes as done dirty to the Prince William Board of Supervisors and residents. Watch the regional web. Mr. Charlie had a hard time answering Supervisor Ling's persistent questions, didn't he? Loudon and Prince William counties got the Golden Goose revenue. It's too late for King George and other counties to join the game. The state now adjusts its local composite index allocation to a locality to fund its local public schools because the data center revenue makes you look wealthy in the Commonwealth's point of view. Potomac Local News 4226 covered the story. So once again, we see the bait and switch caused by this industry. The King George County local taxpayers, the King George County ratepayers will have to take on the burden of funding the billion-dollar industry. Please direct staff to develop policies and procedures on data centers to decommission, as Prince William is doing, and moratorium and any more applications. Please watch, and then they gave us a video to watch. And UMW and Fredericksburg did a video. That's it. The rest of the video.

All right. Any more correspondence? Seeing none, I will close public comment at this time and we will move on to the consent agenda. I'm sorry, report from the members of the board. I'll start with Mr. Metz.

Nothing else to report.

What was that? Oh, excellent. OK. Good to hear. Ms. Bender.

I have a few things. I made my notes here, so I'm going to try to move through these. First of all, today I attended, by Zoom, the local emergency planning committee meeting. Then we went over a very brief agenda. But what I wanted to point out was it went over the hazardous materials response plan review. where we have a whole plan in place. So if there's an event, it identifies to the public those places that might have hazardous materials. And we have to have a plan of how to respond to it with the fire rescue and the county staff. And that's in that plan that is a public interview. One thing that was added this year was for nuclear and material like that, because we are a distance of 50 mile radius from a plant in Maryland. and the Lake Anna plant. So if you want to check that out, check that out. But they just went over it. We didn't really have any new business. So I wanted to bring that to the attention. I did attend the Healthy Generations Budget Committee meeting, where we just went over their yearly budget. One other thing is I also attended, the day after our last meeting, Eastern Virginia Groundwater Advisory Committee. We made a motion to once again, and we passed a resolution to once again implore Governor Spanberger, and previously it was Governor Youngkin, to release SJ25, which Senator Stewart had to handle in pushing through the Senate in 2024. And this bill literally looks at, it's a one-year study done by DEQ to look at the state groundwater supply and the river supply and publish a report that then will be released to the public. One of the things with the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Committee is we're supposed to come up with a plan to how do we address aquifer depletion and, you know, rivers and all those things. But that report is vital because that information is in there. And DEQ would like it published, but both governors have not released it. So once again, in a public setting, besides the Eastern Virginia groundwater, I'm asking once again, please, Governor Spanager, release that report so we can see the data, the data should be out there in the public so we can make the proper decision in our community and elsewhere over the state of Virginia on groundwater supply aquifers in the river. Next thing I did receive also a phone call today once again the potholes are pretty big over by the gun store and the hardware store. I did put the owner of the property where the true value is in contact with Mister Beale And so that she can finally get a written opinion about that. And so I'm sure we'll be hearing about that in the future. But it is not the county's or VDOT's responsibility of the road. It is the land owner's responsibility. So I just want to put that out in the public, because I'm sure it'll be on Facebook soon, because the potholes are getting pretty big. And then you want to do this under with the wastewater? Well, I'll hit it. I do want to thank. Mr. Stewart, in his capacity as our state senator, for getting $3.5 million for the service authority's wastewater. So, I want to thank him once again for thinking of King George. And so, obviously, that will go to much needed repairs and other things for our, probably the Dahlgren plant. So, but the last thing I want to add is, since it's our America's 250, and I thought about this before, but I hadn't done it yet, I wanted to give a little, couple little fun facts about King George. from a lot of the history information that I have. And it relates to what we're going to have a presentation later about Barnesville. And so I wanted to give a little bit of history about Barnesville, very short. Barnesville was the ancestral home of the Ho family, which it was located on the beach of the Potomac River. It was a social center. And I love this quote, because this is taken from an article that James Mullen did for the Historical Society. Didn't have a date when he did it, but he did this a little two pager. And it said it was a social center for the prominent, wealthy, poor, and the humble, and often guided river travel before the days of lighthouses. The whole family operated a ferry taking people from Barnesville across the Potomac to the Maryland shore. Just a little fun fact. And then my last one goes to what Mr. Robotham said earlier, and also to the movie that has come out, Young Washington. And one funny thing, I heard a couple of King George residents, I think it was the premier rooms in Fredericksburg, And King George, the title came up when they were talking about Prairie Farm and that. Some people in the audience were like, that's wrong. And the person who is on the historical site said, no, it wasn't King George at that time. So if you go in our boardroom and look at the map, in 1720, King George had a different look than it did later, which is what we know today. But King George County was formed in 1720 from parts of Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Westmoreland, Richmond, and Stafford. And in 1766, when the Leedstown Resolutions were passed and signed, it was in King George. When Washington was living at the Boyhood Farm, it was in King George. And in 1778, what you see today is when that was formed. So there's a lot of things that happened in King George that might be in another county now that people don't realize. But George Washington did live in King George when he was a little boy, and they owned land here, Washington Mill Road. As you know, there was a mill there. But those are just my fun facts, and my goal is to do that for the rest of the meetings, to have a couple of fun facts about King George. So thank you.

All right. Mr. Stratton.

Thank you, sir. I think the speakers who came up tonight, you know, I've had people say that you get really nervous when they come up to speak, but you don't look nervous from up here. So we appreciate it. And Lee, definitely appreciate your comments. acknowledging yet again a 250th anniversary. So I had the opportunity on the 29th of June to tour Valor Ranch. So that was a good experience and met with Paige and Steve Rosado out there that run that. If you're not familiar with the ranch and what they do out there, then I encourage you to go out and visit them. It's 100% volunteer. So If anybody's looking for something to do, they have a lot of volunteer opportunities from accounting, business. I mean, there's a whole list of them. I think I actually brought that paper tonight. But they work to help not just veterans, but first responders, disabled. They work with a lot of children and kids. They've got a ton of animals out there and things for kids to do, a learning environment, and stuff like that. It was a good experience, and I encourage anybody that has time to volunteer to do something. Or if they know of somebody that needs help, then they ask you to send them their way and let them know that they're out there. But it was a good experience. Their phone number is 240-672-7952. I also had a meeting with Ms. Terry Morgan, her husband, since the last meeting. we were there for a little while. It was very good. I appreciate ma'am y'all coming out and, uh, able to exchange ideas. And, you know, I encourage, and I like it whenever people, you know, make the time I work, try to make the time for you, but I appreciate when you make the time to come and share your ideas and stuff with me. We don't have to agree on everything, but at least whenever we communicate, then, and we're able to do that. Then one, I learned, you know, and, and through that meeting, you know, I learned from that and I appreciate it. Uh, And, you know, we can exchange ideas. So I appreciate it when people do that. That's really all I've got, sir. Thank you.

All right. Thank you, sir. So as far as the board report, it was pretty much the standard stuff that I usually report as far as engagements and working with folks, mostly emails and phone calls past time. Let's see what else. I think that was really about it. It's been a fairly slow three weeks, so my wife was actually kind of getting spoiled with having me home that much, so it was kind of cool. But I did want to share some thoughts with you. We recently celebrated the 250th birthday of our great nation. Our county is roughly 306 years old, having been established in 1720. The county was officially formed from land split off from Richmond County and was named in honor of King George I of Great Britain. As we celebrate this birthday, let's look back. The Constitutional Convention ended on September 17, 1787. As the Convention was reaching its close, Benjamin Franklin rose with a speech in his hand. At 81 years old, Franklin was the oldest Convention delegate and one of America's most beloved leaders. Franklin handed the speech to his friend and fellow Pennsylvania delegate, James Wilson, who read it aloud to the Convention. Franklin himself admitted that the new Constitution wasn't perfect. but he asked his colleagues to approach the document with humility. Franklin praised the work of his fellow delegates and urged them to sign the new Constitution, asking anyone who may still have objections to on this occasion doubt a little of his own infallibility. Later that day, 39 delegates signed the new Constitution, but even following Franklin's powerful speech, George Mason, Elbridge Gerry, and Edmund Randolph refused. Together, these three dissenters were concerned that their fellow delegates had refused to write a bill of rights into the new Constitution, and they crafted a powerful national government that was destined to seize political power, swallow up the state, and abuse the rights of the American people. The convention's closing days were a sneak peek of a looming battle over the ratification of the Constitution. An excerpt of Franklin's speech said, We shall be divided by our little partial local interests. Our projects will be confounded. and we ourselves shall become a reproach, and by word, down to future ages. I therefore beg to leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of heaven and its blessings on our deliberations be held in the assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service. Pastors Shaw and Davis, we thank you guys very much for joining us each time we have a meeting. Division over page squabbles will kill our nation. They'll kill our state. They'll kill our county. I'm very thankful that we've managed to work through our differences on all levels up until now. And it'll continue to be my prayer that we see common ground that's beneficial to our residents and glorifying to our creator. Happy birthday, America. And soon, happy 306th birthday to King George County. Thank you all very much for being here tonight, guys. All right. That's all I've got. We'll move over to the consent agenda. Do I have a motion?

a motion to pass the consent agenda as presented.

Second. Motion properly seconded. Do we have any discussion? Seeing none, we'll take a roll call vote. Mr. Metz?

Aye.

Mr. Stroud? Aye. Ms. Bender? Aye. Chair votes aye. Motion carries. And we'll move on to the constitutional officer. Do we have a constitutional officer who would like to speak? Sure.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good evening, members of the board. Standing here tonight, I am filled with gratitude, pride, and more than a little emotion. After much thought and reflection, I've decided that after 36 years of law enforcement service, 34 of those serving King George County, the time has come for me to retire from my role as your sheriff. It is a tradition that if the sitting sheriff is planning to retire at the end of their term, they retire a year early. and turn the reins over to their highest-ranking deputy. I will be asking the King George County Circuit Court judge to appoint Major Patrick Weston to serve out my last year as sheriff. My last day as your sheriff will be December 31, 2026. Serving me as sheriff has been an honor of a lifetime. When I first took the oath, I promised to uphold the law, protect the community, and lead with integrity. Every day since, I've done my very best to keep that promise. Together, we have faced challenges, celebrated victories, and worked tirelessly to make our county a safe place to live, work, and raise our families. I'm incredibly proud of the men and women of the King George County Sheriff's Office. They are some of the most dedicated, courageous, and compassionate professionals I've ever known. They run towards danger when others run away. They show up at all hours, in all conditions, not for recognition, but because they care deeply for this community. It's been my privilege to serve alongside them. I would like to thank our community partners, civic leaders, and citizens for their trust. Law enforcement is strongest when it works hand in hand with the people it serves. Their support, their feedback, and even their criticism has helped us grow and improve. This retirement is not an end. It's not an ending, but a new chapter. While I may be stepping away from the office, I'll never stop caring about the community. I have complete confidence in Major Weston and in the deputies who will continue the mission with honor and dedication. Thank you for allowing me to serve. Thank you for your trust. And thank you for the opportunity to spend my career doing what I believe is one of the most important callings there is. May God bless you, and may God continue to watch over this community. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. I've been dreading this day, mostly because I don't want to see you slip away quietly. But we're excited because I know that you're leaving us in very, very capable hands. So thank you for the training program that you've set up over there. And we know we'll be safe. All right. Anybody else? No? All right. That'll be it for the constitutional officers at this time. We'll move on to the regular agenda. And we'll start off with a public hearing. Key George County Board of Supervisors will now hold a public hearing has been properly advertised receive public input regarding item 0, 7, that there are 2 applications. The that 2026 that is 0, 0, 3, 1, how Christ rezoning Thomas you have been carried right. P and ripples property owner applicant has requested the rezoning from C to general commercial to a 3 general agricultural of approximately 2.0 7 acres of land. The property's located east of 14002 Ridge Road and is further identified as tax parcel 26-93A. I'll hand it over to Ms. LeDuc.

Thank you, sir. You basically just did my staff report for me.

Sorry.

No, it's fine. It's good.

Jackie knows if you put it in front of me, I'll read it.

No, this should be a quick one. Mr. Hoff is here tonight if you have any questions for him. Like you said, the applicants have applied to rezone approximately 2.07 acres of land, that odd-looking red one over there on the map. From C2 to A3, the property is located just before the intersection of Ridge Road and Pine Hill Road and is surrounded by A2 and A3 zoned parcels. The applicants are proposing to construct a residential structure or a two-family dwelling on the property. The property lies within the Potomac River North Rural Development Area as designated in the comprehensive plan. A key policy in the comprehensive plan for this development area is to encourage very low density rural residential growth. and discourage higher density residential and commercial development. The application was reviewed by all county and state reviewing agencies, and no one had any concerns. The Planning Commission considered this application at their meeting on June 9 and voted unanimously to recommend approval. And Ordinance O-10-26 is included in your packet. Mr. Hauk is here tonight. I'll invite him to come up and speak and answer any questions you might have.

Welcome.

Good evening. My name is Keith Howe, Shiloh District. As everything's been presented, I don't understand why the property was made into commercial years ago, but it's not for me to understand. We have purchased the property, and we want to revert it back to its original state of A3. And we have hopes of building a duplex on it. Carrie, who she couldn't be here this evening to represent, but her mother wants to move here from New Jersey to age in place, so to speak. And the reason for the duplex is her sister wants to move here from Georgia to help take care of her mother for the rest of her life. So that's kind of... where we're at. I think we followed all the guidelines up to this point, and that's why we're here tonight. All right. Thank you, sir.

Anybody have any questions?

I have one quick one. I watched the Planning Commission meeting, and I don't know which side it is, but the neighbor had some concerns about buffers, and so I just wanted to Bring that up again because he did call me twice about that.

I don't think he came tonight, but okay his property would be From where we're standing his property would be to the right of the red property, which is ours He owns that corner lot right there Currently our property. I don't know how many people have actually ridden by to see it not see it, but it's currently a A bunch of trees, a bunch of growth there. We are wanting to keep as many trees, as much growth as possible. Where we're planning on putting the house, if we can leave what trees is there, he will never, nobody will ever even be able to see the house really.

I just had to ask because he did call me twice where he lived once before. that happened to him, so he was very concerned.

And I understand his concern, you know, but like I said, I'm not trying to do this to offend anybody. I want to leave as much vegetation and trees there as possible. I'm not going to clear-cut the property, you know, so.

I just, that's why I asked, but thank you very much.

Yes, ma'am.

Do you have any questions? Do not. All right. Mr. Metz, how about you? All right. Hearing none, I'll open the floor to public comment. Public comment will be limited to three minutes. Please state your name and address for the public record. Yes, go ahead. Public comment will be limited to a 3 minutes before everybody opting the police that your name and address for the record when you come up is there anybody who would like to comment on the public during this time. All right, you know anybody correspond. Which does get anybody online that want to make a comment. The chair, all right, I'll call the public comment this time. At the completion of public comment will now bring the matter back to the board for consideration.

Do we have the verbiage up there for a motion?

Mr. Chairman, you can just move to approve it as presented by staff.

I'll make a motion to approve it as presented by staff.

Second.

Okay, motion is seconded. Any discussion? Seeing none, roll call vote or can we just do, okay, roll call vote. Mr. Metz? While we wait on him, Mr. Stroud? Aye. Ms. Binder? Aye. Mr. Metz? Having had to dial in a couple times this year, I know it's a pain in the backside. Chair, but that motion carries either way but. All right. All right, the local comment comment clues and now close the public hearing and we will press on the presentation will hear from Mister. Chris Clark, Parks and Recreation.

Let's see if he got me turned up. All right. Good evening, Mr. Chair, members of the board. First, Mr. Chair, if I could request your permission to divert from the agenda for two quick announcements. That's OK with you? First, the sidewalk project in the middle school, the transportation alternatives project, the sidewalk itself has been completed. We are now being submitted to the signals crew. It is a contractor that works with VDOT to upgrade the walk signals and the crosswalks there at Dahlgren Road and Kings Highway. Their goal is to have that done by the time schools start, and that whole project will be completed. So the VDOT bridges crew is the ones who constructed the sidewalk at a very, very, very large cost savings rather than using a contractor. The second thing is this Saturday we continue America's 250th birthday. That's the Houston Sports Complex with the Visit King George Independence Celebration presented by Westbrook Homes. Gates will open at 6.30 and FIPS and the Funk will begin playing at 7. Multiple food trucks, vendors, and all sorts of fun. So we hope everyone will come out. Now on to the Dahlgren Area Master Plan, Parks Master Plan. Originally acquired from the Federal Lands to Parks Program, Barnesfield and Dahlgren Wayside Parks have served the community since the 1980s. Initial construction of Barnesville Park included 2 rectangular fields, 4 diamond fields, 2 small picnic shelters, a playground, a concession slash restroom building, and a fitness course. Over the last 4 years, Parks and Recreation has added a disc golf course, upgraded the lighting on Field A to LED, and replaced a 20-year-old playground. Currently, we utilize 30 of the 154 original acres. Dahlgren Wayside Park has picnic tables, and a beach area where approximately four of the now 7.7 acres are available for use. Other than the addition of a kayak rental station and some new paving that was part of the bridge construction, no improvements have been made to Darwin Wayside Park in the last 40 years. The master plan developed with significant input from the public, Parks and Recreation staff, and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee calls for over $34 million in improvements over the next 10 to 15 years. Public input was solicited in the spring of 2025 through Visual Preference Board and online surveys. Staff from McGill Associates, our consultant, visited the King George County School STEAM Night at King George High School, the Potomac Elementary pickup line, Barnes Field Park on a Little League night, and Sadell Brooks Jr. Park on a weeknight to meet families and get feedback on their proposal. McGill also met with the Parks and Rec Advisory Committee to get their input on possible amenities. Using initial data, McGill developed a preliminary plan that we put out for a second round of public input in the fall of 2025. The community's highest priorities are seen here. The concession stand and restrooms there at the ball fields are in need of significant improvement. They were built in the early 80s and are not current with ADA standards because they exist where they are now. We are fine, but to upgrade would be a very nice addition. A fishing pond, the fishing pond in the trail network, most folks don't know there is a pond directly behind the weigh station. The truck scales there. It was actually where they dredged material to make the ball fields. You could do things a little differently in the 80s than you can today. The next highest scored thing was to add to Weighside Park, whether it be picnic shelters, playgrounds, and those items. Sports fields then scored next. A community center. I think the community would love to see Parks and Recreation have a facility. I don't think Barnsville Park is our first location where we would want one, but as we get towards the end of that 15 years, hopefully the county may have grown that we would need a second facility and that might be a potential place to put them. Sports courts would include anything from tennis, basketball, pickleball, or whatever racket sport comes next. And then tent camping and RV camping both scored very high on the initial preference surveys, did not score as high when we did the second surveys in the fall. So those areas are included, which could be potential revenue makers. It's also something we would have to look at in timing with what the state plans to do with the Lake Caledon property, because we could very quickly oversaturate ourselves with camping areas if we both built at the same time. So the feedback gathered this map. It's a little difficult to see here, but you have a copy in front of the board members. There may be a couple more copies still at the table. I brought about 15 for the public tonight. And we will be producing more. I did find that in updating some things, I caused a mistake in the table of contents that we'll address when we print the next set of copies. But on it, you can see everything's phased. And we'll get into more of that. But the two purple areas are the camping areas. The green is the trail network. I've had folks in the cross-country world go, ooh, this might be a really cool place to have a cross-country course. adding additional ball fields and working with Little League, one of the problems we run into is every once in a while we'll have somebody come to us and say, hey, we want to host an adult softball tournament. But Little League puts temporary fences on the three softball fields that we have now because they need a 200-foot fence or a 225-foot fence. So then somebody has to come take them down and put them back up. Whereas if we were to build 2 more little league field in that bluish area below the one purple area we could have 3 little league size field and possibly leave that part of the property to little league where they would care for it in its entirety. And then would free up the other field. At wayside we've got the parking issues that we need to take care of. Thankfully this year they have not developed but they did when we close the park during the bridge construction A lot of that was due to the fact that it was the only beach within probably 150 miles that was open, and so everyone was coming. But we would like to use the entire section of the property, which would be that yellow dot on the far right. When you go back and find the original 1984 master plan, which I have in my office, that area actually included tennis courts, parking, and a picnic shelter. So those of us here long before me were already planning to use as much of the wayside property as possible. So as I said, it's a phase development plan that the advisory committee has recommended. And it's not set in stone. Obviously, there could be times that as our county continues to grow and change that we may need to rearrange the order of some of these items or change what they are. But the phase one initial needs that the advisory committee has noted are the restroom concession building being rebuilt and then adding kind of solidifying what the parking is at Wayside Park. And then from there the dog park trails in the pond, which would be a lower cost amenity And then continue to develop wayside and as we go through the rest of the items Funding for this plan can come from multiple sources over the last Couple years. We've had developers make proffers with from it from the data center world and on the residential side towards Parks and Recreation um we could use that money then as local match for the land water conservation fund which would help us essentially double our money staff staff plans to include phase one in the capital improvement plan for fy28 with the hope that the board will bless it and fund it um we will again also be requesting a sports crew sports turf crew leader to join our parks department Our parks division for the FY28 budget, this added position will help us meet increased staffing demands, some of which we have now, trying to keep up. But as these parks are used more, it will also give us someone who is specifically geared towards sports turf and improving that and give us a fifth member of the parks division.

And that's it. So I'm open to any questions. Anybody have a question?

On the map, can you point out where the pond is?

The pond is the green oval at the bottom left where the roadway cuts in there. That's the weigh station. So yes, there are actually the trail that kind of runs straight through the middle and then curves down towards it. That actually is an old road from when it was, I don't know how long, how many hundreds of years it may have been there. It tends to get blocked when trees fall because we don't monitor it regularly because we don't use that section of the park, but we would like to add that hopefully in the next five years.

So is there going to be any picnic tables or anything near the pond?

Yes, that's part of that. Part of those improvements is we add maybe a couple of small picnic shelters. It'll all be in how much we can budget, what the feeling is for the board that we have and what we can develop. Obviously, with a lot of parks improvements, And the restrooms there as well? We were not shooting for restrooms there. One of the big problems we have here is we are under a cooperative agreement with the base. And so the water for Barnesfield and for the museum and the wastewater go back to the base. They have told me, Mr. Winch has expressed to me that we're tapped out on the capacity that we can have. So that's going to be if we tie into the county system, we're looking at about a 2 mile run from sheet to the front entrance of Barnfield Park. Which obviously I think Mr. Hamilton was here to tell you it's about a million dollars a mile to run water lines at this point.

Yeah, I know that that goes back to why they own it. It's because that was their property before they turned it over to the federal parks to land program. It was the basis property.

Yeah, and the federal Lands to Parks program, and also we actually already have some land water conservation funding for part of Barnesfield. Both those programs require us to use these properties in perpetuity for recreational purposes.

One thing with this map, does that include the 166 acres that also has a covenant on it that people don't realize it's like those covenants?

Yes, so the green line through the middle that's between the yellow triangles and the purple, That is essentially the original property line between the two sites and so we go north from there. So the hard part was and one of the big decisions we had to make with McGill was the light green is the RPA area. It stops as you go north because we stopped having them do research because we were going to end up, we had the potential to spend all of our money on wetlands delineation and none on planing. So we sat down and kind of came up with a These are the areas we want to look at, and they went from that. So we don't have anything delineated, really, as we go up there, and that's why we mostly just have trails. You can't put trails through RPA.

If you go up to the National Forest, they have some of those, like, toilets that are dry toilets. I don't know if that's something feasible or not. I have no idea. If you have a pond where people are going to be out fishing and picnic tables, not have anywhere for them to...

use the restroom nearby so they create a problem and then we end up with other things going on yeah i mean that seems prudent yeah that would absolutely be something we look at i mean currently you know brooks park at actually at barnesville we have one um and near the sealston uh baseball field we have portable toilets um not the greatest thing to have but you know when before you can have water and put in flush restrooms that's a good place to start yeah

All right. All right, thanks a bunch. Mr. Metz, did you have anything before you leave?

Mr. Metz?

I'm guessing no, but I didn't want to overlook him.

I did have one question.

Oh, he does.

So, out of all of the interviews and surveys, where are we with boats?

With what?

You broke up again, Mr. Metz? If it were, are we with boats?

Yeah, I was just saying, was there any options for boat access at Barnesville? I know a dock was talked about or a loading ramp at one point.

Yeah, so we haven't really talked to experts, essentially, in boat launching, but the depth of the river makes motorized launching very difficult there because the Potomac essentially follows the bridge. So if you're used to the bridge going out, as it's level to the water, the water is essentially three feet deep. And then when the bridge peak kicks up, that's when the water depth goes down because that's the shipping channel. We would work, you know, whether or not we needed a – formal kayak launch there um that would be a potential or we could just you know we do have the kayaks there now and you know they're being used into the water so that you know just to launch off the soft sand is fine for kayaks and canoes okay thanks for addressing that and love the kayaks thank you for adding those you're welcome brian while we're uh while you're online did you want to uh

cast a vote at all on the public hearing item authority passed that you have an opinion one way or the other. Yeah, I'm sorry we've already passed the motion for the public hearing but did you want to I cast a vote one way or the other I just want to look at for technical reasons.

The president of the house.

You say that again. We'll let it go we'll move on all right action item. I were over action item 0, 7, 0, 4, close school insurance reimbursement fund and that's going to be presented by the job.

Good evening Mister chair members of the board. As part of the ongoing efforts to streamline financial operations and improve the transparency of both county and school financial. Myself and also the school finance supervisor we've been reviewing legacy funds and trying to see where we can clean up something and fund to 53 was established in 2018 and in anticipation of a potential tax changes associated with the affordable care act. However, the anticipated changes were never enacted, resulting in significantly lower costs than originally projected. In recent years, they have been utilized to fund 253 to pay for the federal access tax, but the expenditure has been like 250, sorry, $2,500 or less. So, in order to eliminate things and kind of separate things and clean up, The two of us are recommending that we close Fund 253 and transfer the remaining balance of $95,459.94 to the school operating fund, which will help us simplify financial reporting, reduce administrative complexity, and then allow the remaining resources to be utilized for ongoing school operations. So therefore, the recommended action, as I said, is to authorize the director of finance and procurement to close the school insurance reimbursement fund Fund 253 and transfer the remaining cash balance of $95,459.94 to the school operating fund during FY25-26. Thank you, ma'am.

Are there any questions?

I have a question. Where did the funds originally come from?

The funds originally came from the school's operating. And it was just moved to that fund just so everything is housed there.

Whenever those funds were moved from the school's operating fund for that, did the school or the school board then come back to the Board of Supervisors to reimburse them for that money?

Say that again?

In other words, they lost the money from the operating budget and it went into this fund?

Yes, they moved it from their operating budget to Fund 253.

Did they then come to the school board, or did the school then come back to the Board of Supervisors to make up that delta?

I do not believe so. Ms. Brody and I, we both researched everything, and everything seems to be in accordance. This all happened back in 2018, and we didn't see anything where they came back to the Board of Supervisors saying that there was a loss of anything on their end. It just had to move everything into Fund 253 to be in accordance with the ACA recommendations at the time. Because we, they assumed at that time everything would be, you know, an exorbitant amount and it was not.

It just seems to be a lot of money that they didn't come and ask for more money to replace. Do you need the opportunity to verify that or are you comfortable that it did not happen?

No, I'm comfortable. We she's also reviewed and I think we research and she's also gone before the school board to talk about moving this back and we're just trying to clean up if not it's just going to sit there and fund to 53 this money to carry year over year and we need to fix it.

I'm good with what I'm doing to be fixed. I'm doing all that I just want to make sure that is if they came to the board supervisors to get money that came from the taxpayers to make this up, that that goes back there. I'm just making sure that, trying to make sure that if that happened, that it goes back where it originated from. That's all I'm trying to say.

Back to their Fund 250 operating budget.

That money did. I just want to make sure that they weren't reimbursed and they didn't come back to the board to get additional money, because that's a lot of money for them. If they could just give up $95,000 and not come and ask for more, they've been living without that, then, you know, because they come and ask us for more money, then why should it go to the school operating fund whenever they come back and ask us for more money? That's what I'm saying. Does that make sense to you guys?

In other words, when this fund was originated, between $95,000 or whatever the total at the time was, it came out of the general operating fund from the The question is, if it came from the general operating fund for the school, did the school board then come back to the county and say, hey, we had to move this $95,000. It's not in circulation for us to use for operations. Can we have $95,000 to replace that?

Right. No. Did that happen?

OK. But we were still asked for more money this year. It is. Four years ago. It is. But now they're getting a $95,000 plus up that could, in turn, go back You know, we just raised taxes by 2%. So we just took more money out of the taxpayers' pockets. And now we're finding out that there was $95,000 available that we didn't need to take out of the taxpayers' pockets because it was available to be used.

Right, but that's exactly why it's important to move it back. So now that it's in their operating budget, so now when they come back and say, OK, we're returning 1.8 million or whatever the cost of the 1.8 and 25 fiscal year that 95 now is a part of that. Well at first it was separate and we can account for that. Now that could be included in that fund balance amount.

I just wish that this would came up. Before we move the budget.

Mister trial that think what I'm hearing you is the $95,000, why is it going back to the school operating budget to have them potentially spend that over the next 11 months and potentially return something to the county at the end of FY26 versus just returning it to the county's front of balance right now. Absolutely.

Yeah, so we're going to move it to back to the 26th budget or yeah, last year. So 26, So that we do because the book for the end of the year we know exactly how much of that is going to revert back to the county and so that 95 will be included in that amount.

So it will go back to the FY 26 were the FY 27 of the school cannot spend it. We're already past work that July one date that is correct. So it is Mister Stroud it will go back into the on allocated where the leftover funds from the school I'm just saying, say they have $2 million, it'll be $2 million plus $95,000 coming back to the county. All right.

Thank you. Awesome.

All right. Do we have a motion?

I'll make a motion to authorize the director of finance procurement to close the school insurance reimbursement fund 253 and transfer the remaining cash balance of $95,459.94 to the school operating fund during FY25-26.

Second. Motion properly seconded. Any further discussion? Seeing none, Mr. Metz?

Aye.

Ms. Bender? Aye. Mr. Stroud? Aye. Chair votes aye. Motion carried. Thank you, ma'am. All right. Item 07-05, resolution 16-26. I'll hand it over to you, Mr. Smollett.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the board. A couple of meetings ago, I think it was two meetings ago, I presented during my county administrator's report. There was a, it's called a 909 flow chart. This is DDOT's pathway to getting roads out of the state system. It's a flow chart. And in talking with Mr. Beal since that meeting, we've concurred that to make everything official and to make sure we're doing things correct, The Board of Supervisors, we're looking for you all to pass a resolution. The first item before you is for Route 9213. This is the old middle school bus loop, the old middle school that was torn down off of Dahlgren. There will be a mirroring, should the Board of Supervisors approve this, there will be a mirroring resolution on the July 20th school board meeting. And this initiates that first step in the 909 flowchart for the abandonment of the right-of-way. If the board has any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. Otherwise, there's resolution R-16-2026 presented in your packet for consideration.

All right. Any questions?

And do we have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 16-2026 as presented in the packet. Is that OK?

I'm sorry, I was answering a question from Senator Stewart.

All right.

Well, I'll make it again. Go ahead.

Make a motion to approve Resolution 16-206 as presented in the packet.

Correct, yes, ma'am. Thank you. Is there a motion on the poll? Do I have a second?

I don't have a problem with it.

And you got a second in the poll to discuss it? Yeah. You can second that, and then we can discuss it, and you can vote against it. I mean, the thing is, you know... All right, second. Thank you. Now do we have a discussion?

We have a discussion. Why are we voting on this whenever typically we don't, you know, we're voting on things the night it's presented? Good question. Okay. But you pretty much forced me to second it for a vote, you know, whenever I really didn't, you know. It's not that I have a problem with it. My problem is this. My problem is that we vote on tonight. If somebody in the population has a problem with it, they don't have the opportunity to come and speak to us, the next board, before we vote.

So on this one, we talked about this at the agenda meeting, and I agree. I have been one of the sticklers about, you know, voting things. But this actually, nobody's changing hands with us. It's what used to be the school bus loop, and because it's still out there, we're liable. We have to maintain it. If anything happens on it, the county's liable. I don't have a problem with that. And by abandoning it, by making it go away, we no longer have to pay for it.

I support that. I support it. I'm not against it. I'm just saying that whenever I'm sitting out there, I didn't have a chance to say anything. And even though it's been here and people could have pulled it up and they could have read it, there are people that don't do that. That's that's that's always worth.

You know we know it to clarify haven't we talked about this before Mister small.

So 2 meetings ago we we pull up and I know 9 footer and this is the first step in the flow chart. So Mister guys with 2 meetings ago if you can put the county administrator's report section 33.2 dash 9, 0, 9, they code under my county administrator's report. If you if I believe that to me to go Mister Don.

That's why I made the motion, because I remember discussing this.

Well, I don't know of any opposition. I'm just saying that what I'm saying is that we're voting on things that typically don't. That was one of the topics that came up in a discussion since our last board meeting that residents had with me. And that was one of the things that came up. That's the reason I brought it up. I'm not against the motion.

So this is the first step of multiple steps. There is a public hearing process, a notification. The notification processes for the state are much, at least 30 days of public notice. And then we can hold a, if there is a public hearing that's requested, we will have to hold a public hearing on this. So right now, we're in the very, looking at the flow chart, we are in the second. We're in the second box. Locality provides notice of intent to abandon resolution. This is a notice of intent to abandon. So there are many more steps. OK. All right.

Any other discussion? Is this a roll call vote? I don't think so. Oh, it is? OK. Roll call vote. Mr. Metz. Aye. Mr. Schell? Aye. Chair votes aye, motion carries. Thank you. And item 0706, resolution 17-2026. Mr. Smallnick.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the board. So this is the same situation. However, this is for State Route 9209. We're at the school board office, St. Anthony's and Millbank. Head starts have moved out of there, or they will be moved out this fall. that public road is no longer needed. So much of the, it's going to follow the same format as the old middle school bus loop with a 909 flow chart.

I do have a quick question on that one. And it is, what if we made that property into a citizen center? Would we still need that road there? That's my question.

You know, if you made it into a citizen center, I think if you needed to, I've never seen in If a locality develops a citizen center, it fronts on public roads. There are St. Anthony's and Millbank out there, which are public rights away. During the development of the process, you would have an engineered site plan with cuts into both of those public access roads. So I don't think you would necessarily need another loop road off of two already existing state-maintained roads.

Well, this is my theory. Right now, it's a state-maintained road. The state has to maintain it. If we then abandon it and then build a citizen center, then we are responsible for maintaining it. That's where I'm coming from.

It also adds to your setbacks and eases up the amount of property that you can develop, because if it is a state-maintained right-of-way, then your front, side, and rear yard setbacks are based off of that right-of-way. So, in essence, you'd be losing developable property by keeping this right-of-way.

Okay. asking, thinking about, saving some money.

Is that what we're talking about here for St. Anthony's? Is that the one that connects to Route 3 on both ends, the whole loop that comes out by the dollar store or just where it goes to the school?

It's talking about the one that's in front of the school, that loop. You go in off of what road is that? It comes out on St. Anthony's, but it's the other road.

It goes through and connects back to Millbank, right? Yep. Okay. Millbank. School property.

Okay. Questions? Any more questions? Or do we have a motion?

I did before. I might as well do it again. I'll make a motion for resolution 17-206 as to approve as presented in the packet.

Second. Motion properly taken. Any further discussion? Very good roll call vote. Mr. Metz?

Aye.

Mr. Smith? Aye. Mr. Schatz? Aye. Chair votes aye. Motion carries. And that's it for action items tonight. Before we move into the account administrator's report, we had a short of Nickelback.

I forgot about making an appointment and then one of the one of the thing of the first thing I wanted I know it was asked of us to have a motion to reaffirm our support for the dog and hair this job so I would like to make that move.

Motion for everything. OK. I'll second it. OK. I'll tell you about a motion to second it. Any further discussion?

Well, I have discussion. The reason I didn't second it is because, one, I've got constituents that aren't part of the trail. And that changes. But also, One of the things that I wanted to see in the trail is that it be open to horseback riding because there's nowhere in the county right now for horseback riding. So to get my support on it needs to be open to horseback riding. So we've got a lot of people in the county that ride horses. We've got a lot of horses. Can you show me where to ride?

I'm going to invite you to come up. Normally, we don't do this, but if you're going to speak, you at least need to be on the record.

That's one of the questions that I asked DCR. If it becomes part of the state park and it is a rails to trail, then yes, horseback riding is one of the recreations along with biking and hiking. Yes. So horses, yes.

Okay. That must support.

Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am.

All right. We've got any further discussion? All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Chair votes aye. Motion carries.

And then my last, congratulations. And then my last one is to nominate Ms. Erica McGinnis. to the planning commission. Second.

Probably second. Any discussion? All those in favor?

Aye.

Aye. Aye. Chair votes aye. Motion carries.

Thank you. That's all I had. Thank you for the second consideration.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just two quick items under my county administrator's report. So staff has been preparing. We've set actually two weeks from today, Tuesday, July 21st, an annual hurricane EOC meeting emergency preparedness event. So this will entail all of the individuals who hold seats over at the EOC to sit there and to get ready for hurricane. We are in hurricane season, but the peak of it is nearing, and it will be here before we know it. So we just want to make sure we are ready to support our citizens. And second of all, staff, I've got a stack of reading material on my desk. for the A&E services, for proposed A&E services for the CTE building. So finishing up a review on those should have opening and hopefully we'll be bringing that back to the Board of Supervisors in the very near future. Other than that, business as usual, sir.

Very good. Welcome back. I know you busted it to get here tonight. Yes, sir. So thank you very much for that. Something just FYI for the county, but it's something that you and I will work out to get on the agenda. The Navy is moving, I think it's an A school over to the base, which means an additional 500 personnel coming to the base. The CO is working with you, me, and the public affairs people there to get on our agenda so that they can come and talk about what the impacts might be in terms of traffic, revenue, whatever, and really demand for housing because the base only has so much housing available. So that will be something that we'll be hearing from in the future. So looking forward to it. I think that's it. I will now open this up for secondary public comment. This is for meeting items only. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person in order for everyone an opportunity to speak. Please provide your full name and district when submitting your public comment so that it can be properly recorded and included in the public record. Is there anybody here who would like to make public comment? Yes, ma'am. Come on up.

Morgan Shiloh District. I wanted to say a couple of thank yous. Thank you to Mr. Stroud for meeting with my husband and I. We really, truly appreciate it. I almost felt like it was very beneficial. And also, thank you to Mr. Stewart, which I did repost all of your things for the water. I appreciate everything you've done, and I appreciate you continuing to push on the Hill for that. I know it's a hard fight with the lobbyists, and not everybody's always so honest up there. The other thing I wanted to say is in reference to what Mr. Shroud said about bringing things to the attention the day of, we did speak about that. So I appreciate you bringing it to mention it tonight because it is a concern of citizens when things are brought that night and you vote and you don't know anything. And of course, I always appreciate that. I always want to bring donuts and I don't think it will be received. But I just wanted to say thank you to all that. And I appreciate Mr. Blossom's speech that he gave along with Mr. Sully's speech that they gave about 250, but I really appreciate Mrs. Mender's fun facts. I really like the fun facts. I've been a King George resident for generations, back full time for the last 30 plus years, and so I truly appreciate the fun facts.

Thank you, ma'am. Anyone else? Any correspondents? Probably not. Anybody online? No, Mr. Chair. Awesome. Can we have a motion to adjourn?

I make a motion that we adjourn the Board of Supervisors until Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 5.30 p.m. in a multipurpose boardroom in the Sheriff's Office located at 10445 Government Center Boulevard, King George, Virginia.

Second. Second. All right.

Motion properly seconded. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Aye. Chair votes aye. We're dismissed.