Planning Commission - Regular Meeting
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Planning Commission
- Meeting Type
- Planning Commission
- Location
- Montgomery County, VA
- Meeting Date
- August 19, 2026
Transcript
43 sections
Shubha Sayanam. Shemikanam. I am starting the ceremony on August 19, 2026, of the Montgomery County Planning Commission. Before the quorum is examined, I would like to introduce our new member, Ms. Jacqueline Fritz. She is one of the people here. They studied at UVA Weiss, not at Charlottesville College. They are a CPA. We both live in the district. So if you have any comments or thoughts, Thank you. Welcome to Planning Commission. Ms. Char Robinson, can you check the quorum?
Okay, sir. Commissioner Spradlin.
Yes, sir.
Commissioner Kroll.
Yes, sir.
Commissioner Rice.
Yes, sir.
Commissioner Fritz. Yes, sir. One doubt.
Is it Parks or F? Fierce. Fierce. Fierce. Fierce. Thank you. Okay. Commissioner Workman.
Commissioner Sinkins. Here. Secretary Char Robinson. Here. Vice Chair Lingenis.
Here. Chair Foster. Here. We have a quorum. Now let's move on to accepting today's agenda. Is there a motion to accept? Yes. Those in favor say yes. Yes. The motion is passed. Now, Mrs. Meredith is inviting you to come inside for the sermon. I'm not Meredith. Are you showing that?
I'm sorry, I can't see. Hello, everyone. My name is Meredith Hoggett. I am the Unit Coordinator and Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent at Montpomeroy County. First, I would like to thank Virginia Cooperative Extension for allowing us to explain how we can help counties to achieve the goals of the new program. So, before Virginia Cooperative Extension started, how many of you have heard about this? Okay, good. Those in the back know? Okay, good. It's good to see that, because many people don't know about us. We are called the biggest secret of Virginia. We don't want to continue as a secret, that's why I'm here today. We are in a strange situation because we are the ones who get funds from the county, state, and federal states. This is a situation where no one can fully accept us. Therefore, I would like you to get the most out of the fact that the county is not making any use of us and that you are supporting us. Virginia Cooperative Extension is operating in all counties under the name of Aamukam. This is a part of the Virginia Tech-Virginia State University. It was used as part of the Les Smith Liver Act in 1914. That's why the federal government established this institution with land grants that are long-term with the state. We have three major programs. Family and Consumer Sciences or FCS, 4H Youth Development, then Agriculture and Natural Resources or ANR, that is my name. Many people ask why an ANR agent comes and talks about this, but the specialty of food is that it unites us all, right? Whether we grow it, eat it, or use it for us or for the animals, it is right. The work of VCU is very different. It is to improve the well-being of the people of Virginia as a suburb. Our land-grant facilities are distributed to ordinary people. Thus, they can use those facilities to make use of their own lives. People, families, youths, businesses, county councils, government officials, etc. are all affected by this. We are only doing this to provide them with the information necessary to save the lives of the people. Let me see if I can go back. Oh, I'm sorry. These are the things. As I mentioned earlier, this is a very big one. VC is this authority. But this is a small example of some of the different activities we do. I'm going to talk about some of them. I can talk for hours. But don't worry, I don't have a schedule for that. I know that you won't be interested in staying here for so long. I would like to give a little information about the activities we are doing now and the activities that can be done in Bavi. It is our job to fulfill the needs of our citizens. Therefore, we proceed according to the needs of the farmers. Here are some examples. We have a clinic that examines the groundwater. We have a tradition from sale to price. In it, we teach classes on soil health, fertilizer management, and how to take care of food without damaging it. That's why there are a lot of things like water bath, pressure, freezing, etc. Then we do some different things. This is one of my favorite things I've done. That is, smartphones for smart people. We all live in a time when we use phones for a lot of things. But not everyone has the ability to make the most of that technology. That's why we started a campaign for the users to use smartphones. That's one of the things that helps me in my work. Because if a user sends me a picture from their phone, I can answer more questions. I can go to the farm, spend time, throw away money and other things, but I can either return the seeds or give instructions. That's why we organized a meeting with the volunteers, and because there were many phones, each volunteer had their own. I don't know how to operate all the phones. We taught them how to take a clear picture, how to send me an email from that picture on the phone, and other things. The pictures you see here are from a painting I gave to my volunteers. It is very interesting that we know how to focus. We also talked about the different plants that can be used by them. Therefore, this is not only agriculture, but also agriculture, food protection, health, nutrition, as well as sustainable development. Here we have chainsaw class in the lower part of the area. This is a part of our institutional equipment wise. WISE means Women Increasing Skills and Education. This is one of my favorite activities to help women. We teach them how to park a trailer, drive a tractor, use chainsaws safely, and drive a skid steer. It is very interesting. Because sometimes women do not get the opportunity to learn these things with patience. Sometimes it is difficult to study when it is necessary to do it immediately in an emergency situation. Therefore, it is good to get the opportunity to study these things with women's forgiveness. Therefore, this is a small example to show how we as our local community are behaving. We are thinking about gender equality. This is a big problem that we see in our county and nationally. The situation of food security is very dangerous. The reason for the price is that people are trying to get food. Let's talk about a grant we completed last month. For that, I cooperated with YMCU of Virginia Tech. We got $165,500. We had to buy food from the local producers who were in Wexel. They counted 400 miles as local. I said, I don't need that. We can help our people, our producers. We accepted it. It was to be distributed through local poultry centers. Within the last one and a half years, we were able to distribute 15,275 pounds of ground beef. We focused on it because it will be easily available to producers. It is also easy to share, isn't it? It is safe for young people and old people to share it and can produce a variety of products. We continued to buy 13,500 pounds more. In fact, these numbers are now more. These were the numbers in July, before completing the previous project. We now have 16,000 pound ground beef. There are 13 producers. We also gave some new financial resources. I was very happy that 94% of the beef came from farms in Montgomery County or around 35 miles from here. Through this, we have ensured that the money is being provided to our local producers and that food is being provided to all the farmers in Montgomery County. This is another example of us working with local partners. We are working together with Page Walters and Julie Fowkes. Page is a foster care contact for McKinney Window Lessons and Montgomery County Public Schools. We started preparing programs that help low-income families and low-income families to grow their families well. So this is just an example. We held our first slow cooker tasting event a few months ago. We would like to hold another one with the help of a community to reduce the number of obstacles involved. This event was very interesting. We had prepared three different crockpot events in advance, and the whole family participated. We gave them the permission to participate, then they were given day care if they needed it, and we also included four teachers to teach them a lesson for the youth. So they came, enjoyed these different events, chose what they liked the most, and they were able to take their belongings home. For each food, we calculated the budget and how many people would need it. All the food we prepared was canned food, so it was easily available in the family dollar. That's what we used to make the budget. We got a very good response about this. Our families asked us for programs for budgeting, bucket gardening, and art schools. That's why we are thinking of creating more programs for them. So, this is just one slide that I have created. This is what I have been saying to various organizations in our county this day. When people hear extension, they think of 4H or agriculture. They doubt if you can help us. The point is, we are here to fulfill your needs. So, if you ask what your needs are, we can find ways to fulfill them. Not all questions will have an answer from me. But I know a person with a good answer. Or we can help you remove things that are hindering other programs. That's why we can help with grant funding. It's not that easy for us to make a huge amount of money financially. We try to find sponsors and grants for all our programs. But we are a great educational resource that can help those grants or help them write. That's why there are many ways to help our community. This is something that you may be familiar with, because I took this from the comprehensive plan. I would like to talk a little bit about how we can help you to achieve these goals. When I saw the poster of the comprehensive plan below, I thought, oh, extension. We are adding events to it, or we know exactly who can do it. So, without doing the same old things again, I would like to do more things using the resources we have or developing them a little more. In Extension, it is very difficult for us to use resources in the best possible way. Also, we are volunteers. So, we have a lot of ways to help you. This is the 14th chapter of the Discussion. That's what we do most, isn't it? So, we can do any kind of work. That is, In reality, there are no restrictions on it. So let's take a look at the goals set by the county. I am not going to go through all of them. You will all have reviewed them many times. But I would like to point out only a few things that we are helping. Education. This is what we are doing. Budgeting, nutrition, agriculture, bird protection, conservation skills, opioid resistance, re-education, etc. We have a lot of family-oriented activities. There are many opportunities. When we look at our youth, 4H is used for this purpose. This is for development. That is why our 4H agent Kendra and we have a picture of Beyond Ready. Here is a picture of our Beyond Ready. Here is a picture of Beyond Ready. Here is a picture of Beyond Ready. Here is a picture of Beyond Ready. Here is a picture of Beyond Ready. One of the things I like the most about what they are doing is Real Money, Real World. This used to be known as a reality store. Has anyone heard of this? This is what they are doing. This used to be available in many schools. We would like to bring this back to more schools. This is for people aged 13 to 16. This is an economic simulator, so they learn about budgeting. In addition, with the help of many community members, they pass through a simulation where they act as 27-year-olds. They are given a job, then a salary, and then they are given the cost of taking care of the children. Imagine that you have three children. There is so much cost to take care of the children. This is the bill for your daily necessities. They have to learn how to handle it. I think it's a very interesting message from this. But it's very true. A child said at the end that it's a big cost to raise children. That's true. So this is a way to make them understand what the real world is like. This helps them to understand the decisions they have to make when they become adults. As I said earlier, there are skills for employment, professional education, a lot of STEM, STEM programs, and science and technology. You must have seen the kids making eggs in schools, right? Every year we do it in our office. We have grown chickens from cubs to small duck cubs. It is very interesting. Then you can see the tyre changing in this picture on the right. This is an example of the program of the class called Adulting 101 run by Southwest 4H, 4H Central. In the coming years, not only for young people, but also for old people, we want to focus our attention on these life skills. How to change a tyre? How to plug a tyre? Since I live in a farm, I like to do this. Some of our tyres will have 4 to 6 plugs. Because this is a faster solution than buying a new tyre. But these life skills that cannot be learned from parents are essential. Therefore, it is good to know the things that need to be known. Now, about healthy human consumption, I have already mentioned about food quality, right? But we want to show that NRV Thrive and NRV Thrive are working together. I forgot it. It will be seen somewhere. It would be very good if you have seen it before. NRV Thrive has a system called food access. This is a network directory. The details of all the food vendors in NRV have been included in it. They also have their own Yogyada Manathandangal. NRV is a group of people who work as food providers. We are actively involved in it. It has been a great help to get grants and to deliver food to Montgomery County. We have also operated as a community library in Meadowbrook. There we helped out with a food fridge. They were able to buy a freezer using the grants they got for ground beef. It was necessary for them to take care of the beef on that ground. So we help to deliver vegetables. After the harvest, we directly grow some vegetables. Not only that, we also have a Master Gardener program that grows vegetables for this. Then we help with our libraries and carry out many activities. Human Health and Human Services, which studies mental health, is a state-of-the-art issue. That is, I think that this is growing because people feel like they are united after Covid. There is a threefold chance that our citizens will commit suicide in the face of the public. So this is a cloud that I am very interested in. We are working with a person in Montana. He is doing a project called State of Mind. He came into the community and tried to make it happen here. He is working with community members, school students, and teachers to find ways to provide mental health services to our children and youth. They do not get any relief from this. They are just like a drama. It is one that is very beneficial. I think we can use this in many ways for our youth, for recycling processes, and for the economy. We can change this in many ways. So we are investigating about it. Then you think you will get a sticker. Why do you think you will get a sticker? This is Seed Peace, Seed Peace. This is a new labor union for New River Valley. If anyone knows about the Hoof Hard Farm, or if they have bought beef from the market, they can understand that it is a part of it. She and her father are also against this. Her brother was a farmer in Colorado. He was 40 years old and committed suicide last year. They made him the one who was responsible for the loss of his profit and the loss of their mental health. He was living in his own community and they have done it. Now they are bringing it to NRV, and this system is being built. They want to help people in Montgomery County, Pulaski County, Giles, Floyd, and Wythe County. They are not only helping these people with mental health, but also helping them with treatment costs. The aim of this is to bring them to a doctor as primary caretakers, and we expect that their mental health problems will be solved through a good relationship. Therefore, we are working to create an organization in a similar state to this. Because we are very interested in this. If we want to continue to get food, we have to protect our resources. We have to do these things until we say that this is a responsible thing. We can think about how to make changes and changes in reality. Then when it comes to public health facilities, you can think about what is the matter in the public health facilities of the Ministry of Health. That's why we have been running the Kinnar Water Test Clinic that I mentioned earlier for years. This is a long-term benefit. Moreover, once a year, the facility to test Kinnar Water will be available here in a very small amount. That's why a sample costs $70. Usually, through the subsidy we get, the price of a sample is reduced to $10. This is a very important thing to make sure that people are getting safe water. We have a special department and department for septic tanks and septic systems. Who would have known? So, we can provide such educational programs for families. They can understand how to deal with septic tanks. Some of you may not even know that septic tanks exist. They know when there are problems. So, we can help you to solve them before there are so many problems. So, we have many ways to help you with such things. Then, public safety and safety. Therefore, as a agricultural and natural resource agent, I am actually an independent resistance force. I am an independent employee. Just remember the ice cold that happened last February. We had more damage than the Helen cold. There was a lot of destruction, but in such circumstances, I went out and talked to the farmers and reported the state of their destruction. That's how we get funds for disaster relief operations. That's why we did that in the Tech Padinyaran Virginia disaster relief operation. We helped them find the needs of the customers and deliver the supplies to them. We have a lot of information about the responsibilities of emergency services. So there are some examples of emergency services. That's why people should definitely be aware of this, because we are experiencing more problems due to our severe weather conditions. Then there are some things about the price of waste here. Waste production. This is also taking place during our rainy season. So I don't want to take too much time. But we wanted to know what we could do. So you can all know how we can help the county. We have all our contacts on our side. You can contact us whenever you want. You know where the office is, right? This is in this building itself. Everyone doesn't want to know that. We will be there for a while until we move down. But if you see a good way to help the county, please come and see us or contact us. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Do you second? Thank you, everyone who accepts. You will say yes and make it clear, won't you? Who opposes? The motion will be passed. I didn't ask if there were any changes or additions. Then Mr. Rice, if you do a motion second, I need a polite reply, please. I was joking. The next item in the agenda is public opinion. If there are any members of the Planning Commission who would like to speak about any topic, now is the time to do so. Since no one is present, we will end the public opinion session. Is there a motion to move to the work session? Thank you. Is anyone seconding this motion? I am seconding this motion. Thank you, Mr. Rice. Work Session. Everyone who agrees will say yes and make it clear. Yes. Opponents. The motion has been passed. The first item in the agenda. RAS 2026-4. 276.66 acres of land in the fathering G.L.L.C. estate. This is an application submitted by States and Homes to rezone. This is an application to move the plant unit from Agricultural A1 to Development Residential. Ms. Hawkins.
Yes, thank you. Many of you may know the background of this. You have seen this application before. According to the application, this was postponed for a few days and the job was resumed. So, in the next month's general hearing, we are conducting a work session to explain what you need to investigate. This is the east part of the county, on Route 11460. The land use map in Bawila is referred to as Elliston Lafayette Village. It is located within that village area. The village transition is also referred to as Elliston Lafayette Village. This is our new future land use map. That is, this is a new comprehensive plan. We were close to the county attorney to make sure if this was the right thing to do. He agreed that it was the right thing to do. Since more time has passed, even though this is a resumption, it has become a new initiative as a local authority. Also, since we have not gone to a general hearing before, this will come under a new comprehensive plan. This is not your zoning map or your aerial map. This is currently zoned as Agricultural Agriculture A1. This is located in Showsville Magisterial District. They are suggesting to change this to Plant Unit Development Residential. Therefore, this is directly taken from the request we received. They suggest single family detached homes, estate homes, townhouses. The units of the single family park range from 197 to 248. There are some options in this. I will show you that in the concept plan immediately. There are 152 Town Home Units. This will be a complex structure. If approved, it will be completed within the next 5-8 years. This includes public roads, sidewalks, and underground tunnels for various purposes. They have made the cluster development a success. They have also worked to protect the land, beautiful views, and open spaces. This is concept plan option 1. The main thing to note here is that there is a 13.16-acre reserve area. It is next to East End Montgomery High School on Barnett Road. It is a land. They have given the option to the county to buy that property in the preferred ones they have submitted. If the application is accepted, they can buy it within the next five years. This shows the growth in groups. The first group is in pink. The second group is in yellow and the third group is in blue. There are 349 units in this. Concept Plan Option 2 If the county is not interested in buying that 13.19 acres, they will grow that part legally. The number of units will increase to 400 and they will develop that part as a single-family residential. Facing will continue even then. This is to allow them to provide the necessary facilities in the recently updated Malinajala system. So this is one of the reasons why this was temporarily stopped for the last time. A Malinajala camp has been held in this area. Some of its volunteers and the Public Service Authority were lucky enough to join. On that day, this was carried out in order to identify the necessary instruments for the 409 units. That order has been completed. These necessary parts are also included in the entire packet for your public hearing. Therefore, we are planning to conduct a public hearing on September 9 with the Planning Commission and on October 5 with the Board of Supervisors. Our legal session for the Planning Commission Public Hearing will be held on August 26 and September 2. We are planning to establish boards on our own before the end of this Friday. August 21 and the notices to be submitted to the Udhamasthar are scheduled for this week. What we would like to do in this work session is to accept any initial questions or comments or suggestions that you would like to make to the audience. When we move forward with the staff report, we can ensure that all the details required for the September 9 public hearing are on your side. Along with this, I accept your questions. If you have any questions that I cannot answer, then the audience is here.
I have a question. In our concept plan, two big places have been decided as their own. Ava. Will there be a regular plot? Or will they be able to divide these plots into smaller parts? Therefore, their permission will be related to this concept plan. Therefore, if they want to change it or expand it further, they will have to come back to the master plan. Okay. Thank you. Do you have any other questions or opinions? I want to make sure that my math is correct. In option 1, there were 349 units.
It is correct. Okay.
Auction 2 says that if they get that 13 acres of land, it will include 104 units and 104 single-family houses. Is that wrong? Did I write that right? That's wrong. So again, build 104 single-family plots. Okay. Here in Auction 1, I think it's 53.
I got it now. I'm making sure. Because I had a little doubt in the math. Okay. Thank you. Mr. Kroll.
Yes, Mr. Chairman, I have a wish. I expect that the staff and volunteers will accept it at the deadline. Yes, it is clear that a state road is going to the primary school. Even though it is a state road, they are moving it towards development. I would like to make sure that the school, video team, visitors and residents are thinking about the possibilities of this. Especially when counting the number of ways to use buses in the early morning and the number of places where residents can use them, it will not be a major challenge. It should be ensured that the road in the state road has been properly inspected by the public. Certainly, we have spoken to the school officials.
We will bring them back. At that time, I will take this matter into account and ask their opinion.
I don't see that there are more individual plots in the part where the length is increased, but it can be used as a shortcut. I know that people don't want to use it in the most busy times, but it can be used for some reasons when school vehicles are busy in the morning and in the afternoon. Thank you. Understood. Any other opinions? Questions?
Yes. I want to know what is the possibility of those 13 acres of land being bought or sold by the county. Is there any possibility of getting any information related to this from the Board of Supervisors? We don't know about that. No. This auction is for 5 years. I think that's what Mr. Simon said. Do you have to accept that? Yes. Okay.
Can I ask you one more thing? When you look at the price of this instrument, it is not certain that it will be fully developed as mentioned in option 2 when we price this instrument, because there is no guarantee that the county will buy it. Therefore, it would be a good idea to think that when the whole plan is evaluated, it will be constructed correctly. Even if we are not sure, it will be a reasonable move in the view of the audience. Ms.Hawkins can choose me if she wants, but I think we should accept option 1 and option 2. Otherwise, it is not in the position of 1 or 1.
The way the proffers are written, it allows for any one. So, if you approve the proffers, you will be able to approve both the options. Yes. So, in such an occasion, as we always do, we will plan the things that make the most sense, that is, the complete construction. That's right. Yes. Do you have any questions for the auditor?
Okay. Since we don't have any questions, we will end the public hearing on that topic.
That's not a public hearing.
Pardon me. That's a work session.
Thank you for your attention. Let's move on to the next topic. A request from Techie Architects LLC's one SUP 26-6. That is, A special instruction school is allowed to be used in 12.82 acres of land. Therefore, we have approved a special use permit for a special instruction school in 4820. Prices of Ork Road Here you can see the location of the place in the vicinity map. On the right side, you can see the location of this place in Prices Fork Road and the proximity to Magnolia Lane. This is the center of the one-month Gusti Tourism Center, which has a capacity of 6000 people for youth programs. These parcels are open as agricultural lands. In addition, it has been turned into an outdoor nature reserve. Here you can see the concept plan. The purple line is the designated storm water management area. If we are talking about the schedule, it is intended to be announced on September 9 in the Planning Commission Public Hearing and on October 13 in the Board of Supervisors. It will be announced on the 13th of the 13th. In the future, regular announcements will be announced on August 26 and September 2. On August 21, announcements will be made on its properties and the places it belongs to.
Thank you. Are we going to have a meeting on September 9th? That's right, isn't it?
Yes, we are going to have a meeting on September 9th. I note that the Board of Supervisors' public hearing has been misunderstood. That's my mistake. That is, I think it's October 13th. Because it's October 12th, Columbus Day. That's why they have a meeting on Wednesday. That's why the board meeting will be on October 13th. One more thing. That's a mistake. Do you have any questions, opinions, or observations? Mr. Kroll.
Chairman, can you show me those zoning maps? I have a question. Are they all different parcels? Those load lines will be removed and a new parcel will be created. Yes, that's it.
Where is it? There will be two parcels. Pardon me. Those load lines will be removed as seen in the concept plan.
Okay, I got it now. Thank you. There is a statue there. There are questions about the gradient and the parking area remaining. 30 feet below. That is, Can the speaker talk about this for a minute? Also, we can understand what his plan is. Good evening. I am Steve Simonas from Westwood. You may be wondering who I am. But we were talking about it at the site meeting last night. So we are at the place where we parked our car in the middle of the road. There is a car park in the back of the parking lot. As you know, there is a 30-foot grade difference there. Therefore, we have the possibility to reduce the number of parts to meet the needs of that grade. As mentioned in the Mr. Bay site presentation, he has been associated with a contractor to investigate the property primarily. What do we think about grading? Do we need any retaining materials for that? We can provide more details at the beginning. It can also be provided by the Planning Commission. We will inform Mr. Crowley about which load lines to avoid. Okay. Do you have any other questions for the speaker? Now that he is here. Okay. Thank you, sir. Okay. Let's move on to the end of the work session. Can I make a request for that, Mr. Kroll? Do you have any questions for this, Mr. Lingonis? Those who agree, say, yes. Yes. Those who disagree, Pramayam has been passed. That is, there is no old business. So, I am moving to a new business. The only thing in it is the license to go to the Tourism Council. We are in a situation where we need a volunteer. If no one is there, we will start to force people. You can contact me through email, phone, or any other means. But we need someone to take over that burden. I think they join the Yoga once every three months, right? If they join the Yoga. Yes.
I think it is a quarterly meeting. After the new tourism director comes, changes can be made to it. If anyone wants to know more about this, I will get those details from Samanthi and they will be able to handle it. They usually conduct this service during the day. So, I know. Every month on the 4th Thursday at 9 o'clock.
I hear that every month on the 4th Thursday at 9 o'clock in the morning.
Every month. Every month.
Isn't it? Thank you. With that knowledge, let them continue it. Let's move on to the lesson reports. Today, let's start from Mr. Kingle at the beginning of the lesson. He is pointing out that there are no reports. Okay. Blacksburg Planning Commission, Mr. Char Robinson.
Yes. The Planning Commission agreed on August 4 and allowed them to build a new bank near BP Station at Prices Fork Road. There will be a drive-thru window for it. Also, South Main Street was allowed. There are three buildings there, 706 and 700. This is in South Main and Egan Street, but 706 and 700 will be medical or fine arts studio buildings. That's how it was. Thank you.
Christiansburg Planning, Mr. Rice. I understand that they are meeting on Mondays and discussing about strengthening their zoning ordinance in the cities where data centers are available in Ironde-Sowning district. They are thinking that it is legal in the state, but only through a conditional use permit. So I think it will happen. Okay. Thank you, sir. Radford Planning Commission, Ms. Simpkins.
Yes, I took part in the yoga in July 20th. They accepted their employees within the next time and made a calendar. The next 8-1-7-1 I took part in their work session. There they do their zoning ordinance approval and update. They are in charge of completing it. They talked about the family vs. household and made a few statements. That's why they immediately send it to the CET Council. That's why it was good. That's all. Thank you. Ms. Hawkins.
Yes.
We have completed six or seven rounds of the smart scale. The sixth round of the smart scale. We submitted two wicks switches at Pepper Ferry Road Intersection and this year we also submitted the MMA Prices Fork Road Intersection. After submitting, we are now waiting for the score to be announced. By the end of the year, January 1, we will be able to know our score. After the CETB match, we will get the final result. That's why we are celebrating it. Another thing to remember is that September 9th will be the 10th yoke, but there will be a yoke that will be joined with the 17th Board of Supervisors. More details about it will be available immediately. We will do it in a normal way. We will eat food before that, then we will all move to this room instead of continuing in MP2, and the rest of the living people will be united here in the dais. That's why I think that we have found a way to make sure that everyone is safe here. That's why we will hold the 17th meeting. I don't have any other updates. I think we are ready. Okay. Do you have anything else to talk about?
Is there anyone who intends to withdraw the yoke? Is there anyone who intends to withdraw it? I intend to withdraw that intention. Thank you, Mr. Rice. Those who agree, please say, yes. Yes. Yes. The yoke has been withdrawn.
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