Board of County Supervisors - Regular Meeting

You could please find a seat. This over? All right, everyone. It is 02:00 on Tuesday, May 12. We are going to begin with a moment of silence.

Thank you everyone. Please rise if you're able for the pledge of allegiance. All right. Thank you, everyone. Before we go into the approval of minutes, I just want to notice note a few changes on the agenda.

Item 7C, an agreement has been reached with the owner of 4227 Prince William County Parkway and item 10 C has now been withdrawn. So with that I would like to move on to agenda item number three for approval of the minutes.

So moved Madam Chair.

Second.

It's been moved and seconded. Any discussion? Alright. Let's go ahead and take our vote.

Vote unanimous.

Alright. Thank you so very much. We're now moving on to agenda item number four, that's commendations and proclamations. Can I get a motion for four a through four p?

So moved. Second.

Any discussion? Alright. Let's go ahead and take our vote.

Vote unanimous. Alright.

I am gonna move down. For some of them, let's see. I know I have a couple supervisors who are gonna be coming down as well. I'm just taking a quick scan. I know you have one, Tom and Law Day. So if you would join me for Law Day, four m. Supervisor Vega if you can join me for four n and four p. And if I missed any of the rest of you come on down when it's time. So with everyone associated with Older Americans Month, if you can please make your way to the podium. And I noticed we have a few people standing.

If you are sitting next to an open seat, please raise your hand. We have a couple seats over in here and a few seats over on that side as well. Everyone in board chambers, if you're not here for a proclamation, please make sure you find a seat. Thank you. And I should have noted because we have so many today.

What we're going to do is we're going to acknowledge everyone and we're going to wait till they're all done to take photos out at the end. We'll go into recess to take photos. So 4A is to proclaim May 2026 is Older Americans Month. We are here to recognize Older Americans Month and this year's theme is Champion Your Health, focusing on wellness, prevention and proactive health management. Older adults in Prince William County who represent over 18% of our residents are a vibrant part of

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community who make vital contributions as mentors, caregivers, volunteers, professionals and community leaders. As a number of older adult grows, 400% just since 2000, we must do our part to take care of them so that they can continue to live independently as long as possible. The Prince William County Area On Aging provides essential services to our older adult communities such as Meals on Wheels, adult day care, caregiver support, and programs that promote independence, health, and well-being. And we appreciate greatly their service to our community. So today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims May 2026 is Older Americans Month to recognize older Americans' contributions and reaffirm our commitment to supporting their health and independence.

Would you like to offer a few words?

Thank you, chair Jefferson. Thank you for members of the board and county leadership for recognizing, May as Older Americans Month, Prince William, Area Agency on Aging. I appreciate your support. For the sake of time, I'm gonna be brief, but I will bring up a member of our community, a volunteer, and a business owner, Diana, to say a few words for us.

Good afternoon, chair Jefferson and members of the board. My name is Diana Pahuaga, and I am honored to stay on the Commission on Aging and represent older adults throughout the community. Older adults in Prince William County are active contributors who continue to volunteer, mentor, support families and strengthen the community every day. As our older adult population continues to rapidly grow, it is important that we continue planning for the future by expanding opportunities for connection, wellness and community engagement through senior centers, community programming and aging services. The work of the Prince William Area Agency on Aging plays an important role in helping older adults remain independent, healthy and connected.

Thank you for your continued support and investment in older adults across our region.

Thank you.

All right. If we can have Phyllis Jennings Holt and her team for May 2026, foster care month. May is National Foster Care Month dedicated to raising awareness about the children and youth in The US foster care system. It honors foster parents, care ship kinship caregivers, and professionals who provide stability while highlighting the need for more support in permanent homes to help youth transition into adulthood. Every May the Board of County Supervisors recognizes Prince William County foster parents and the Department of Social Services staff for their enormous impact on foster children and their professional and deeply personal commitment to these children.

This year's theme, engaging youth, building supports, strengthening opportunities, focuses on supporting young people, particularly those transitioning out of care. When it comes to children, it really does take a village. And the Prince William County Department of Social Services is a central part of that village. DSS has 127 children in custody who need foster care with a 36 member staff in its Family Support Services Division dedicated to youth in custody. And there are 51 local foster families who assume the responsibility of providing adequate care and love for foster children in DSS custody.

Director Jennings Holt, we truly appreciate all that you and your team do. Today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims March 2026 as foster care month and proclaims your continued support of foster parents and staff who help the children and families of our community. Would you like to offer some remarks? Good

afternoon, Madam Chair Jefferson, Vice Chair Angley, members of the board, county exec Mr. Shorter, and county attorney Ms. Robill. Phyllis Jennings Holt, Director of Social Services. Today with me, I have a few, individuals from my team from the Family Support Services, but I would like to start with Krissy Falls, who is a member of our DSS Advisory Board, Deputy Director Holly Handy, Assistant Director of Family Support Services Jessica McCauley, Human Services Program Manager Katina Wafford, senior human services caseworker, Marcy Capers, and human services caseworker workers, Trudy Miller, Michael Page, Mona Ryerson, and Tiffany Smith.

On behalf of Prince William County Department of Social Services, thank you for recognizing May as foster care month. Today, we recognize the children and youth in foster care, as well as the foster parents, kinship caregivers, and dedicated staff who support them every day. Virginia has more than 5,500 children in foster care, and Prince William County has 127 children in our custody, and each one deserves safety, stability, and the opportunity to thrive. We especially recognize our kinship caregivers, grandparents, relatives, and family friends who step up to keep children connected to family and community. We also celebrate the young adults in our independent living program who are working hard towards successful and independent futures.

At this time, I would like to say congratulations and thank you to our twenty twenty six Prince William County foster parents of the year who are are not with us today, James and Bobby Joe Haynes. We will be recognizing and celebrating them at our foster parent appreciation schedule for June 13. It has been shared that James and Barbara Johanes embody the heart of foster care for teens with special and complex needs. Even during moments of significant behavioral challenges, they respond with patience, empathy, and consistency, ensuring the children feel safe and supported. We could not do the work that we do without our foster parents and this partnership.

Lastly, thank you again for the for this recognition and your continued support and commitment to the children and families in our community. Thank you. Thank

you. We are now on to foresee that's the proclaim May 2026 as historic preservation month.

Hello.

Alright. May 2026 is historic preservation month. And as we celebrate the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the declaration of independence, this year's focus is on that most powerful promise, all men are created equal. So it's up to us this year to celebrate the historic sites, neighborhoods and landmarks that tell the full American story. Places that remind us of how far we've come and how far we still have to go.

Historic preservation is also an effective tool for revitalizing neighborhoods, fostering local pride, and maintaining community character while enhancing livability. It is an important contributor to the economy and tourism market with over 42% of visitors to Northern Virginia going to historic sites and museums, including a 150,000 visits to county owned historic sites in 2025. Prince William County honors its heritage by preserving and protecting its history through the of numerous historic sites and educational programming for the public. Our historical commission and the architectural review board advises and assists in these efforts by identifying and promoting historic sites in their history. So therefore today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims March 2026 as historic preservation month.

Would you like to offer some remarks?

Thank you, Chair Jefferson, Board members. My name is Eric Griffiths. I'm your Heritage Resource Specialist in the planning office. Established in 1973 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Month is cosponsored by local preservation groups, state historical societies, parks, businesses, civic organizations across the country. During Preservation Month, events are planned to promote historic places for the purpose of instilling national and community pride, encouraging heritage tourism and showing the social and economic benefits of historic preservation. Local placemaking, sustainability, heritage tourism are all possibly impacted by historic preservation. We thank the Board for the support of the proclamation as May as historic preservation.

Good afternoon, madam chair and members of the board. My name is John DePue. I'm the chairman of the Prince William County Historical Commission. It is truly a privilege to be able to be a member of the historical commission on this, the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of our revolution and our country's freedom. When one thinks about the American Revolution, what comes to mind initially are names like George Washington, the Adams's, Thomas Jefferson, and events such as the battle of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and all the other major historical battles of the war.

But we must not overlook the fact of our count our county's own rich history of persons and events that occurred right here in Prince William County, which although they are not so well known, nonetheless played a significant role in our country's freedom. For example, in 1774, the Prince William Resolves proclaimed for the first time that taxation without representation is tyranny. That call was a marching song and a clarion for all the remaining colonies throughout the rest of the revolution. The third regiment of the Virginia Continental line, a much storied combat unit, was raised at Brentsville and mustered on the green there. In September 1781, elements of George Washington's army and Rochambeau's French command marched through Eastern Prince William County and probably spent the night at the Woodbridge Home Home Center.

Colonel William Grayson, a Dumfries lawyer, served as an aide to general Washington, commanded a regiment in the battle of Monmouth, was our first state United States senator, and he lies buried off of Longview Drive in Woodbridge. Light horse Harry Lee was born at Leesville, Virginia and raised in Leesville, Virginia. He was to become one of president general Washington's paramount leaders in the revolution of cavalry. This board has played a vital role in commemorating and preserving these and other significant events and personages of our Revolutionary War history. Your financial support has made possible the impressive revolutionary war memorial that is now being erected at Williams Ordinary and has enabled the acquisition of property and buildings, the erection of historical markers throughout Prince William County.

For these, you have our everlasting gratitude. You and you and our and we owe you and our debt. We are deeply appreciative of your support. And as the commemoration of our revolutionary war years proceed, we look forward to continuing to work with you to ensure that our county's contributions during that transcendent era are not forgotten.

I'll give you the conversation. And we will take a photo of the end. Thank you. You. All right. Oh, you go.

Oh, thank you.

If we can get everyone here for bike month and bike to work day. Alright. May is National Bike Month, a celebration of biking, its transportation, its recreation, as essential to our well-being and everyday lives. And here's a fun fact, 40% of all trips in The United States are less than two miles, making biking a feasible and fun way to get around. What's more, bicycle commuting and or bicycle access to public transportation or ride sharing to and from work is regionally recognized as an effective means to improve to improve air quality, reduce traffic congestion, and conserve energy.

Today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors proclaims the month of May 2026 as bike month and 05/15/2020 bike to work day, and endorses the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board's regional bike to work day efforts. We encourage people and places we encourage people to find ways to celebrate biking each and every day. And therefore today, the Prince William Board of County Super no. I already did that. Alright. Thank you. So come up.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Rick Cannazales, your Director of Transportation. Thank you for letting us celebrate bike month here. I'm going present to you Bryce Baird, is our bicycle and pedestrian planner for the county. He's gone through a lot of effort to put this bike to work thing together and bike month, he just did an adult bike rodeo the other day, and he and he's taken a lot of initiative in moving this county forward in a multimodal fashion. I'll let him introduce our special guest as well. So Bryce, please.

Thank you, everybody. As Rick said, Bryce Barrett. So Rick kinda stole a little bit of my thunder. We had a very successful adult learn to ride class last Saturday at the county complex where 18 new people learned how to ride a bike for the first time. That's part of our ongoing efforts to celebrate bike month, which is nationally recognized holiday, but also an opportunity for us to

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awareness, advocate for safety, and just engage the community in the options that they have. So this is part of a concerted effort. We did our adult learn to ride class last week. We have a bike to work day this Friday. There's still time to sign up.

You get a free t shirt, water bottle, and there's also a chance to enter to win a raffle for a bike. I'd also like to give special thanks to a partner that I've worked with multiple years in a row on this effort, which is OmniRide. They have gone done everything from man managed pit stops in the county to purchasing banners for some of our VRE stations, as well as, you know, sharing and pushing out communication outreach efforts between the two of us organizations that reach just as many people as possible. So I'd like to invite them to come up and say a few words as well.

Okay. Just me. Hi. I'm Sarah McGowan. I'm with OmniRide. I'm the transportation demand manager there. We are so happy to be partnering with the county on this effort bike to bike month, the month of May. Biking is a wonderful first and last mile option for accessing our OmniRides local free bus system. The bikes ride for free as well. We will be out this Friday at several of the county's pit stops for bike to work day. Hope to see you there. Again, thank you so much.

Alright. I'll give this to one of you for safe keeping. Alright. I'll give this to right. There you go.

All right, Rick O'Connor of your team for Building Safety Month can come on down. Are you here, Ricky? Alright. You got a pretty big crew. LaBelle, we're gonna have to see what you're gonna do later with fire, know, or you can be able to beat this.

Alright. Building safety month is an international campaign celebrated in May led by the International Code Council or ICC to raise awareness about the importance of safe, resilient, and sustainable buildings. The 2026 theme is built to last, focusing on modern building codes, fire safety, disaster preparedness, and sustainability. Building safety month is an opportunity to increase public awareness of the role of building safety and fire prevention officials. Local and state building departments and federal agencies play in protecting lives and property.

And our development services team has several educational initiatives lined up this month. May 1 and May 10, safe homes, strong communities, focus on simple actions homeowners can take to improve safety at home. Week number two, voices of the built environment spotlight building safety professionals and the roles they play in keeping communities safe. Week three from May encourages community preparedness and highlights how disaster resilient building codes protect people and property. And finally week four, communities without limits showcases the importance of accessibility in building construction and design.

That's a lot. All right. Therefore today the Prince William Board of County Supervisor hereby proclaims May 2026 as building safety month. Mister O'Connor, do would you like to offer remarks?

I think you said it all.

I'm sure you have something to add.

Alright. Sure.

I tried. Alright. Madam chair, members of the board, Ricky with development services. Proud to be a part of this team of heroes. Their expertise is the invisible foundation of Prince William County. Because of this team's vigilance, our residents sleep soundly, our businesses thrive in stable structures, and our visitors explore with with confidence. Thank you very much.

We'll take pictures at the end. All right. And then next we're going to have the specialty treatment document docket month. So if everyone associated with that can come on down. When one rises, we all do.

And few things make that clearer than treatment and diversion programs run by the courts. It's critical that our justice system recognizes that criminal behavior can be tied to deeper issues including substance abuse and mental health challenges. If we are to truly promote a safer and more equitable community. Treatment courts are becoming increasingly popular across the nation for this exact reason. It's not just because these documents save the county money on traditional court and prison expenditures, or that they provide other economic and public safety benefits.

They offer a compassionate alternative to incarceration that has shown to reach participants on an individual level and improve treatment outcomes that address the root causes of crime. The county's first treatment docket serving veterans began in 2019. And since then the county has expanded the services to a wider group of individuals dealing with substance use issues and soon behavioral health issues as well. Thanks to the program, we can see our community growing stronger and therefore today the Board of County Supervisors is proud to recognize this month as Specialty Treatment Docket Month. Would you like to offer some remarks?

Thank you, chair Jefferson. Members of the board, county leadership, thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I'm joining you today by members of the adult recovery court, veterans treatment docket, and the implementation team of the behavioral health docket. This month, we join communities across the nation in wreck reckon in recognizing specialty docket month as a time to honor the programs that provide treatment focused, accountability driven alternatives for individuals and the justice system. Here in Prince William County, our specialty dockets, especially veterans treatment docket, reflect our commitment to rehabilitation, public safety, and stronger community outcomes.

These programs change lives. They reduce recidivism, connect participants with vital services, and help restore stability for individuals and families and help restore yep. None of these would be possible without the dedication of the judges within our judicial system. Judges Irving, Coleman, Jarvis, Covington, and Miller, and our partners in the Commonwealth's attorney office, the public defender's office, the court clerks at all levels of court, the Prince William County bar, partners in community services, and I'd also like to thank the many service providers and also within our veteran treatment docket. We thank those veterans who volunteer their time to be veteran mentors, battle buddies for those within our docket.

While the docket coordinators sit in criminal justice services, the dockets can only happen when good leadership allows for and trusts and their employees to do the right things for the citizens of this great county. We would like to further recognize those who have given their support, and I would offer that they recognize themselves or stand if able to, the honorable Amy Ashworth from the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for Prince William County, the honorable Jacqueline Smith of the county clerk or the clerk of the circuit court, miss Lennox, the public defender of Prince William County, mister Blakely, our DCXO for safe and secure community, mister Elijah Johnson, DCXO for health, well-being, and environmental sustainability, miss Thomas, director of community justice services. Miss Madron, director of community services. Doctor Yazeen, director of community safety. Miss Brown, director of communications engagement.

Miss Bachman, deputy director of community services, miss Hannah from the office of the executive secretary, members of the community criminal justice board, and members of the Prince William County Services Board. We thank you for your continued support for these efforts and for recognizing the positive impact of specialty dockets and what they have on our community. Thank you. I have some of

the safekeeping. Alright, and we'll take Thank you. You. Alright, Public Works Week. Everyone, come on down.

Katab, you and your team. All right. The week of May 17 to the twenty third is public works week, and it is a fantastic time to recognize the work of our dedicated county employees who are very literally keeping our community running. These dedicated people are engineers, managers, equipment operators, and employees at all levels of government. Pollock's works is more than just pipes and wires.

It is litter removal, landfill operations, code and safety inspections, sanitation management, and so much more that is all too easy to take for granted when things are working well. This is the kind of work that too often goes unseen and underappreciated, which is why we want to encourage everyone in the county to learn more about the importance of the various public programs, public works programs in their communities, such as dumpster days, composting and recycling. Therefore, today, the Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims the week of May 17 to May 23 as public works week, we want to applaud the contributions of all of our workers. Thank you. Would you like to offer a few remarks?

Good afternoon, Madam Chair, members of the Board. Kitab Shmucha, Director of Public Works. We appreciate this proclamation. As the Director of Public Works, I'm very proud to recognize this week, May, as the National and Prince William County Public Works Week. And all the professionals, the dedicated professionals, you can see them, that take a good care of us, the health and safety and the infrastructure we have in the county, which is very important to our community.

Now with that, I also want to announce and want to invite you to our open house, our first open house for many years on the twentieth from 10:00 to one at the DSP Building, at the Development Services Building. I would like to welcome the community to come and meet our team and get to know more about what we do. Ask as many questions as you want. We'll be there to answer to the best we can. Thank you very much. Thank you, the

team. Thank you. All right. LaBelle, you may come back. And everyone associated with emergency medical services week.

Where's your crew? Okay. Oh, here they come. Thank you. I was gonna say. I wonder if some people, like There's nobody out there. Department rolls deep y'all. And you could come on down. We don't bite. We shower, you know. Okay. I heard something. Maybe some of the people did not. Well, I did. Alright.

May 17 to May 23 is emergency services medical week, which celebrates our EMS professionals and the intense life saving work that has touched so many across our community. Access to timely, high quality emergency medical services dramatically improves the survival and recovery of those who experience sudden illness or injury. And providing it requires a large force of both professionals and volunteers who can respond at a moment's notice no matter the hour of the day. We recognize everyone who makes this critical care possible, including not just the first responders who races the scene, but everyone who supports them before and after they arrive. Dispatchers, educators, administrators, pre hospital care providers, emergency medical personnel, and the trained members of the public who jump in to help their fellow man.

Therefore today, the Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims May 2026 as emergency medical services week. Chief, would you like to offer any remarks?

Good morning. Thank or yeah. Good afternoon. Thank you. Tom Lobel. I have the honor of being your fire chief. Just very quickly, this celebration, involves unquestionably the wonderful volunteers and career staff that serve this community so well, including the person listening to the radio behind me. The and and so people often think about the fire department as fires, and that is saving the capital of our community. EMS is saving the potential capital of our community. Nothing else happens if people aren't taken care of.

It's 80% of what we do. It's incredibly important. And so I'm just thrilled to have just a small portion, of our team here with us. I particularly wanna point out, doctor Aman Shah. You were all kind enough to, include in the budget, a full term medical director. And so this is doctor Shah. He will be taking on that position. And we already have whole blood. We've saved numerous lives who would have bled out, unquestionably, and that's under doctor Shaw's care. So we have an incredible team. More to come. Really excited about where we're going, as a combination system. Thank you very much.

You. Alright. Chief Newsome, it's your turn. Let's see how many people you have. Come on. Where's your

team? All

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I'm not gonna take sides, I'm just saying one department has a really good social media team. Alright. Prince William County's law enforcement officers serve with professionalism into Oh, we got more people. Alright.

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veterans. All three veterans. All right. Prince William County's law enforcement officers serve with professionalism, integrity, and courage, working each day to protect the safety and well-being of residents across our community while adapting to the evolving needs and challenges of modern public safety. Through their commitment to service, these dedicated men and women help ensure Prince William County remains a safe, strong, and welcoming place to live, work, learn, and raise a family.

During National Police Week, we honor the unwavering dedication and sacrifice to the officers who serve our community. And we solemnly remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. We also recognize the families, loved ones, and colleagues who stand beside them in service. We commend the Prince William County Police Department and all law enforcement agencies serving our community for their coordinated and continued efforts to build trust, strengthen community partnerships, and then hold the balance between public safety, justice, and individual freedoms. Therefore, today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims May 15 05/15/2026 is National Peace Officers Memorial Day, And the week of May 10 to 05/16/2026 is National Police Week in Prince William County.

Chief, would you like to offer a few remarks?

Good afternoon, chair Jefferson, members of the board. I'm Pete Neusham. The Chief of Police here in Prince William County. We have lost four officers in the line of duty here in Prince William County. Pete White, Mike Pennington, Chris Young, and Ashley Gwyndon. And as you all know, this is the ten year anniversary of Ashley losing her life. Many of you showed up for the tribute that we had a week ago, Monday. I want to thank you for that. I tell everyone I am absolutely convinced that those four officers are in a better place. But those four officers left a family of survivors and they left friends on the department when they left us.

And those folks suffered a sacrifice as well. The men and women who gave their lives is one thing. Those families who stand as survivors is why we have police week. When we meet with the survivors after a line of duty death, we tell them and we mean it when we say it, that we will never forget. And I have to say that the Board of County Supervisors has done the same by issuing this proclamation to recognize this as police week. So God bless you, and thank you for doing that.

I trust you will protect us until we take our photo. All right, National Prevention Week. If we can have community services come to the podium. Substance misuse and mental health challenges affect individuals and family in every community, including Prince William County. Prevention, education, early support, and access to resources play an important role in helping individuals lead healthier and safer lives.

National Prevention Week serves as an opportunity to raise awareness about substance use prevention and mental health while recognizing the work being done by community organizations, educators, healthcare professionals and advocates across our county. Prince William County remains committed to supporting efforts that connect residents with resources, encourage healthy lifestyles, and strengthen the overall well-being of our community. Therefore, today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims the week of May 10 to 05/16/2026 is National Prevention Week in Prince William County and encourages residents to promote awareness and prevention efforts throughout the year. Would you like to offer some remarks?

Good afternoon Madam Chair, Board of County Supervisors. It's good to see everyone. Mr. Shorter, thanks for having us. I'm Heather Martinson. I am the program manager for the wellness prevention program over at community services. I want to introduce the rest of the team. We've got Natalie Lozano and Danielle Winkworth, two of our wellness and prevention specialists. And Wendy Hunt, who is our wellness and prevention, supervisor. So I just wanted to give them, the credit.

I know a lot of you see my face year after year. They are the ones doing, the hard work day after day and what we call the heart work. Thank you for recognizing the power of prevention. As you can see, we're a team of four. We do not do our work by ourselves. We do them with our community partners, the members of the prevention coalition, and other agencies across this family of government. I do want to a few of you popped in. We are having popsicles with prevention this week. A few popped in today. We do have more popsicles over in the Aqua Con Room and just a display of everything we do all day every day.

Tomorrow, we will be over at Sudley North from twelve to three. Yes. Twelve to three. Tomorrow and Thursday, we are over at the recovery hub at Worth Avenue from one to four. So if you have anyone it's open to anyone. But if anyone wants to pop in for a popsicle, learn more about what we do and why we do it every day, and just say hello, we invite you all to do that. So thank you so much.

Thank you. Thank you. Alright. I believe Rabbi Shmueli is here and everyone with Jewish American Heritage Month. And twenty twenty six Jewish American Heritage Month focuses on celebrating the inspiring history and vibrant living culture of Jewish Americans.

The 2026 celebration highlights true, joyful, and powerful stories of Jewish life in America while countering antisemitism through education and recognizing two hundred fifty years of Jewish contributions to American independence. Now two hundred fifty years is a very long time, but the first group of Jews arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654, well before the declaration of independence. The American Jewish community has grown to 7,500,000 people representing a price 2% of The US Population Day today, including Prince William County's 9,000 Jewish residents. Prince William County is the most diverse county in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and it is important that we celebrate the different cultures and faiths that contribute to

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community. Therefore today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims the month as Jewish American Heritage Month, celebrates the many contributions of Jewish Americans since the colonial era, and encourages county residents to learn more about the history, culture, and accomplishments, and diversity of the American Jewish community. Rabbi, would you like to offer some remarks? Okay.

So just wanna recognize who's here. I'm rabbi Shmueli. We're coming out from the Chabad at the western end of the county. We have representatives from Ner Shalom on the Eastern end. We have also Vicky came all the way from J part of the JCRC in the federation representing the greater Jewish community of Northern Of Northern Virginia and Greater Washington. Also, community members which are here with us. I was told to keep it short. I see there's still a pile of proclamations, so I kept it to one paper. It's about size eight font and 40 paragraphs. Jewish story and the American story have been intertwined since the very beginning.

Long before the ink was dry in the declaration of independence, Jewish people arrived on these shores seeking one thing that that was denied to them for centuries, the freedom to simply be. Our history here hasn't always been easy. There were times when we've met shut doors and sometimes made to feel unwelcome, but the Jewish spirit is defined by resilience. And in the face of adversity, we didn't just survive, we built, we contributed, and we thrived. Our ancestors called America the Golden Medina, the golden country.

They saw it as a place founded on a radical idea that freedom and justice belong to all people endowed by our one shared creator. This deeply mirrors the Torah's most fundamental message that every human being is created in the divine image and possesses inherent dignity. From when the shot was heard around the world, until today, Jewish Americans have poured their sweat, talent, and values into the soil of this nation. We have worked alongside our neighbors to ensure the promise of freedom remains a reality for everybody. This year is a special is is uniquely special as we stand on the threshold of America's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary.

My hope is that the bond between this country and the Jewish community continues to grow stronger, that America always be a place where we don't merely tolerate differences, but celebrate the unique light each community brings to our shared story. So thank you for this recognition. We're proud to call this country and Prince William County our home, and we have the next generation here with us. And we pray that America continues to uphold its core values of faith, freedom, and justice for the next two hundred and fifty years and beyond. Thank you.

You've got your hands. All right, next group is ALS awareness month. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive fatal neurodegenerative disease in which a person's brain loses connection with their muscles, slowly reducing a person's ability to walk, talk, eat, and eventually breathe. ALS awareness month provides an opportunity to increase public awareness of the dire circumstances of people living with ALS, acknowledge the terrible impact it has on them and their families, and to support research to eradicate this relentless disease. Through awareness campaigns, fundraising events, and community initiatives, ALS month inspires people to unite in compassion, advocacy, and hope for those impacted by the disease.

Therefore, today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims the month of May 2026 as ALS Awareness Month and calls upon all Prince William County residents to join in supporting ALS research and standing in solidarity with those affected by it. Would you like to offer us some remarks?

Thank you.

Thank you Chair Jefferson and to the Board. I just wanted to express my sincere thanks to you for this proclamation of May as ALS awareness month. My name is Karen Koenig and I'm a lifelong Virginia resident. I'm a friend of someone that was lost to ALS Lou Gehrig's disease. He was also a lifelong Virginia resident and a father. And I really thank you for spreading awareness of this horrible disease and for supporting families and loved ones of those who have been affected. Thank you very much.

Thank you for coming down, Mr. Gordy. All right. Jackie Smith and everyone associated with Law Day, please come on down.

While the clerk is making her way down, I I I have to say that, two Friday evenings ago, we celebrated a law day art competition, that was sponsored by by Jackie and her team, and it was absolutely incredible to see the the the talent of our young people and their interpretation of the idea of rule of law in America. So thanks again for for doing that. Law Day observed annually on May 1 is a celebration of the rule of law and its importance in protecting freedom, justice, and democracy. Established in The United States in 1958, Law Day encourages citizens to reflect on the role of laws and the constitution in shaping society and safeguarding individual rights. The day is often marked by educational programs, community events, and discussions that promote civic responsibility, equality, and respect for the legal system.

On 05/01/2026, circuit clerk, clerk Jacqueline c Smith hosted her sixth annual Law Day Art Contest ceremony to recognize students whose artwork reflects their understanding of the rule of law and its role in shaping the American experience. We appreciate her annual efforts to showcase how important this day is and to educate our students on its importance. Today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims 05/01/2026 as law day in Prince William County and urges all residents observe this day by promoting understanding of the rule of law and supporting the rights, freedoms, and opportunities that allow the pursuit and fulfillment of the American dream.

Thank you, supervisor Gordy, chair Jefferson, and members of the board, for your continued support of the circuit court clerk's office and the services we provide to our shared constituents every day. This year's Law Day Art Contest was the largest we've had in the six years we've been doing it. We had more than 100 art submissions following the theme, the rule of law and the American dream. And if you find yourself needing a pick me up, I encourage you to visit the display that we have in partnership with Prince William County Libraries. All of the artwork will be on display until the May at Central Library. I encourage you to take a visit. It's really inspiring. Thank you again.

All right. Supervisor Vega and everyone associated with National Skilled Nursing Care Week, please come on down.

Skilled nursing care centers play a vital role in supporting individuals recovering from illness or injury, as well as residents requiring ongoing long term care helping ensure dignity, safety, and quality of life. Nurses, caregivers, therapists, and interdisciplinary care teams provide compassionate, high quality care each day to some of our community's most vulnerable residents and their families. Prince William County recognizes and appreciates the dedication, professionalism, and service of skilled nursing care staff and volunteers who work tirelessly to support the health and well-being of others. Therefore, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims May 2026 as National Skilled Nursing Care Week in Prince William County and encourages residents to recognize the vital contributions of skilled nursing care professionals throughout our community.

Good afternoon and thank you chair Jefferson. My name is Terren Gannon, administrator at Manassas Health and Rehab Center, joined by our fabulous activities director, Joanne Santa Maria. Thank you to the board of supervisors for the recognition of National Skilled Nursing Care Week. Most importantly, thank you to supervisor Vega for their con the continued partnership and frequent visits to our center. Enhancing the quality of life for our residents is what we strive to do in each and every interaction every day, and you do just this in each interaction you have with our residents on all of your visits.

Nursing home week is a busy and fun time celebrated across our profession to recognize and celebrate who show up every single day with skill, heart, and a genuine commitment to our residents and their care. This year's theme, Moments in Bloom, says it beautifully. It's the everyday acts of compassion, big and small, that grow into something meaningful for residents, families, and people that care for them. Thank you for having Manassas Health and Rehab Center here with you all today.

All right, and then World Hunger Day. Everyone associated with World Hunger Day, please come forward. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, millions of Americans, including millions of children, continue to experience food insecurity, highlighting the urgent need for continued action and community support. The Capital Area Food Bank estimates that in 2025, 43% of Prince William County household households experience food insecurity. Prince William County is grateful for the organizations, volunteers, food pantries, faith communities, and service providers who dedicate their time and resources to supporting residents experiencing food insecurity.

Their work not only helps provide meals to families in need, but it also strengthens the health, dignity, and well-being of our entire community. Therefore, today, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors hereby proclaims May 20 I'm sorry. 05/28/2026 is World Hunger Day and encourages residents to support efforts to combat hunger and build a more food secure community. Would you like to offer some remarks?

Thank you Chair Jefferson and the Board. My name is Doctor. Julia Biggins, the Chair of the Board of Directors of Northern Virginia Food Rescue and with me today we have our warehouse manager Anthony Brent, our partners relation manager Alexa Anderson and a fellow board member Mickey Ajiman. I would like to thank the board and the chair for presenting Northern Virginia Food Rescue with the annual hunger day proclamation. As I'm sure you're aware, food insecurity affects all aspects of one's life.

If one does not know where their next meal is coming from, everything else becomes more challenging. Students who are hungry are more likely to struggle with concentration, attendance, and academic outcomes, and this affects their long term opportunities. Rising food prices and stagnant wage growth force families to choose between food, rent, healthcare and transportation thus deepening the economic instability in the area. As chair Jefferson just mentioned, the issue of food insecurity remains exceptionally challenging in our own backyard. Prince William County ranks second highest in the DMV with nearly 43% of our residents identifying as food insecure.

This marks a sharp increase from prior years and highlights the severity of the issue locally. Food insecurity here in Prince William County is higher than in neighboring Northern Virginia jurisdictions like Fairfax County, which is at about 27%, and Arlington at about 22%, indicating a particularly acute local challenge. Northern Virginia Food Rescue's mission is to respond to the disconnect between wasting up to 40% of our food while one in six of our residents go hungry. Weekly, we serve a 130 local pantries, churches, schools, community centers, and senior centers senior centers that in turn feed over 7,000 individuals. Northern Virginia Food Rescue works to bring healthy options to the table for families in need.

We are committed to helping break the line between poverty and poor health. Rather than being sent to a landfill, rescued food is used to create nutritious meals for some of the region's food insecure residents. In closing, despite not finding the words food insecurity, health, or nutrition in the 2025, 20 '8 county strategic plan, I hope that food insecurity of its residents remains a priority for this Food insecurity in Prince William County is both a symptom and a cause of broader community challenges. Addressing this issue requires both immediate action to feed families today and long term investments in food access, economic security and equitable opportunity for all residents. Thank you.

All right and Osborne Park High School girls basketball team they will be here for our 07:00 meeting so I'm gonna set this aside and give this to the clerk. Everyone else, if you can line up outside, we'll take photos, and we will take a roughly fifteen minute ish break. I say fifteen minute ish because I wanna get all the photos done, we'll hopefully come back shortly. So we're in recess. Pull in the back if you can find a seat.

We've got a few seats left. So we are now going on to agenda number five, item number five, and that is the consent agenda. I want to see if there's anything anyone on the dais wanted to pull off. Let's see. Supervisor Bodhi?

Yeah. Thank you, madam chair. I just wanted to ask a question for item five gs as in green.

Five gs as in green, Rick Konisales?

Hi, Rick. Good. Good afternoon. Just very quickly, five gs, that doesn't confirm us for a set alignment for the bridge, does it? It's just sort of standard to do agreements for funding and work?

I'm sorry. Yeah, was looking at the wrong item, sir. Madam Chair, members of the board, Rick Canizalis, your Director of Transportation. We're talking about item five Gs, which is the pedestrian bridge over Route 1, correct? And the question sir?

Is does that lock us into a configuration or is this just more of a procedural thing?

This is actually locking us into the agreement with VITA to receive the funds necessary to continue the thing to continue with the project. We are already locked into a design. The design is about to be turned in for 100% completion. We are trying to get the right of way completed on this project right now, which we have already we're already in an agreement with the right of way needs that we're going to have. So we're actually moving hopefully in June to a in June, we're hopefully moving to a I'm sorry, to a bid document so we can bid this out construction started, either late this summer or early next fall. Understood.

Supervisor Bailey, do you have anything you would like

to I do. Item five. No, please.

Hold on. I'm sorry. I have the screen is working, and I see people are in queue. So she was in queue first.

Am I good, manager? You're good. Thank you. Item 5E, I'd like to pull it please.

You said 5E. All right. Supervisor LeCroy.

I heard you the other day at the OmniRide and you wanted to merge the VRE with that pedestrian pass that we just talked about. We're not I'm not in agreement with that at all and I'll tell you why. Because the Parks and Recs and Belmont Bay and anybody who's using that area and Belmont Bay is that area right there. We want to be able to ride our bikes over. A lot of them do.

Same with the Parks And Recs. And that's what it would do instead of going all the way up the VRE and that tower and then bring it over. That means that it's just going to be more for the VRE and for people that are passengers on the VRE. So we are strongly against what you suggested. I just was too new to the OmniRide to question that when you mentioned it before. But we would oppose it. And we like the plan that the staff has written out for multiple reasons.

So I just want to understand for do you want to pull five gs? No.

No. I'd like it to stay as Okay. It

Thank you. So what I would like to do is I'd like to get a motion for five d five a through five d as in dog, five f through five b.

So moved, madam chair.

Second. It's been moved and properly seconded. Any discussion on those items? Supervisor Gordy.

Thank you, Madam Chair. On item 5J, it's a public hearing to request the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Commonwealth Transportation Board to consider restricting through traffic on Lexington Valley Drive. As you know, we just extended University Drive from Sudley Manor through the neighborhoods over there. And since then, we've had a significant increase in truck traffic and has presented a lot of dangerous situations for the residents there and for kids who are waiting for buses. So I really appreciate our transportation department for working to help us get to this point and getting this public hearing. And again just really appreciate all the hard work that's gone into that. Thanks.

All right, first of all for folks in the back if you can we have a few seats if you can take a seat. Supervisor Boddy.

Thank you, madam chair. Just quickly on item five in Nancy. Grant application potential matching funds to advance traffic safety initiatives throughout the county. Wanted to thank Rick and his team and Richard Wyman who I just saw walk in. I know that in the last few years we've been really leaning into traffic safety also with the comprehensive traffic safety action plan. Really wanted to appreciate Rick and his team and Richard and their team for continuing to pursue funds to continue implementing those traffic safety measures. Thank you madam chair.

Before I go to supervisor Bayley, supervisor Vega?

Thank you, madam chair. I have a question for chief on item 5W.

Good afternoon. Captain Heather McLean on behalf of Chief Mission.

Madam chair, point of order. When you made the motion, you asked for, through five v Okay. Instead of through five y.

Alright.

Should we change the motion to ensure that

we Let's carry amend the motion. Sorry. I didn't get to the last. So need a motion for five, I apologize, supervisor Vega. We will allow you to ask your question shortly. Five a through five d, five f through five Y.

So move.

If supervisor Stewart is good with just amending his motion, you can go with the original maker.

I am.

Thank you. I'm sorry, give me one second. So, supervisor Vega requested that I give her a moment. I'll go to supervisor Bailey. You guys can don't go too far. Supervisor Bailey?

Don't go far. I just wanted to just comment and thank Mr. Seth Hindler Voss and his team for what has been a two and a half year project. It is finally coming to fruition. And so, Seth, you and everyone on the team, you so much for the Vernal Heights project. It'll make for more well-being and healthiness in my district and for the community. So, thank you.

All right. Thank you so much. I'm so sorry. Supervisor Baker?

Madam Chair, I apologize. Withdraw my question and get with chief Nuschum and ask him directly. Thank you, Heather.

All right, thank you so very much. All right, I don't see anyone else in queue so let's go ahead and take our votes.

Vote unanimous.

You so very much. Five E, supervisor Bailey.

Thank you very much, madam chair. I'd like to, I pulled this item because I will not be supporting it on the agenda. A matter of process for me and setting the precedence for persons who had signed up for public comment time and and disappeared and was not able to give public comment time, but has an opportunity to come today or any other day to give comments on this. County staff made a decision without any consultation with my office in reference to this, and it's kind of disheartening in terms of the collaboration that we usually build in going forward. But anyone can come and give their public comment time during a public board hearing.

And so this project will the board, the planning commission voted unanimously to pass this project so it could go forward for the community. The community wants it, and so I will not be supporting this project, item 5E.

All right, can someone please? Sure.

Shall we make a motion?

I was going to ask a motion to move it forward. I mean, don't know if you have anything else you want to add or you're going to do a motion to deny it.

It's a motion to deny.

All right, you can go ahead

and Not deny.

I'm sorry.

Madam Chair,

members of the board, at the Planning Commission, it's my understanding that a person signed up to speak during the public hearing. His name was not called. The Planning commission went forward on the item, and he said, I'm here. They allowed him to speak during the public comment time afterwards. However, because he was not able to speak during the public hearing, there there could be a deficiency alleged in it, and that's why staff worked to put the resolution before the board. I apologize if we all did not coordinate with you, ma'am, on that. But because of the procedural defect, the recommendation is this go back to the Planning Commission to allow for a proper public hearing to be advertised and held.

So what does that mean in terms of timing and moving the project forward?

I'm not sure how soon planning can advertise That's

a question that I have.

Planning Commission.

Supervisor Bailey, I do apologize for us not coordinating with you on this. This has been a long conversation, and I apologize for not reaching out to you, beforehand. Please tell

me your name and who you are.

I am Mike Modesto, senior planner with, land use in the planning This case, we have already organized so that it will have the quickest turnaround possible by going to planning commission on May 20. With that, then it will go to board on June 23. All of the staff reports have been written and edited. Unfortunately, originally had been scheduled to go today at board to be heard on the consolidated agenda. However, with many discussions among staff, it was seen as potentially a legal issue later on, especially considering the content of the public comment.

And so Oh. This is something that we believe would be best to be sent back so that if that person would like to make the comment again, it is heard and considered in the decision of recommendation by planning commission.

And have we had have we circled back with

Yes. So I have communicated with that, person consistently for ever since February 11 when this was first heard on at Planning Commission. We've had very many conversations on both sides. Yes. So that has been discussed. Discussed. There There was was a a question question of of easement easement access. Access.

Okay. And and the timeline again, you said?

So this is scheduled to go back to planning commission on May 20 and board on June 23. So that is the earliest slip we could possibly do. As now, it's not on the agenda for today for consolidated. It would have to be rescheduled for board if this was denied. And so that would still push back the the date of being heard, probably around to June 23 still.

Okay. So the improper word is deny. I don't wanna deny it. But I do want to bring resolution, make sure that the citizen is heard Mhmm. Respected, and the voice is heard, you know. And I just need for you to get with my office, please. Madam Chair, I will not remove it as such. I can vote for this, but I'm expecting it to come back, coordinate with my office to make sure that there's clear understanding with the citizen in terms of what their concerns are.

Of course. I will definitely reach out, as soon as I can.

Okay. So the recommendation is to remand for those reasons?

Yes.

Okay. Would you like to go ahead and move

it forward? I would. In that case, I move for approval of this 5E. Second.

All right. Been moved, properly seconded. Any other discussion? All right. Seeing none, let's go ahead and take our votes.

Vote unanimous.

All right thank you very much. We are on to agenda item number six and then it's public comment time. I am going to call people up in groups of five And then when we're finished with them, I will move on to supervisor Angry. For remote public comment time first, I would like to welcome Hilda Bargue. She is the former Woodbridge supervisor. After her will be Kristen Gleason, then Susanna Machado, Jill Browning, and Jeff Cahill. So if we can start with Hildebarg. Actually, Joe, could you give her the microphone? Can you just pull it off and give it to her if that's easier?

I'm just gonna sit in this chair. Thank you madam chair.

If you can sorry madam. If you can bring it a little closer to your mouth and again everyone please state your name even though I just said it and where the Magisterial District where you generally reside. We need it for the record. Thank you.

My name is Hilda Barg and I am speaking today to you on behalf of Triangle Baptist Church. I really shouldn't have to be here today, and I feel really I feel almost embarrassed. As most of you know, Triangle Baptist Church has agreed to sign a portion of its to sell a portion of its property to Elm Street. The development required the subdivision of the church property. When it went for the Planning Commission review, we got the surprise that there had to be an amendment to two of the special use permits.

Number one, the church daycare playground. The playground has been where it currently is forever. The playground, there was nothing to amend because the playground is where it always was, in the same place. The second SUP amendment that was required was the cell tower. The cell tower is not moving.

Nothing is moving except the boundary because of the sub the change came because of the subdivision. These are things that could easily have been clarified with a stroke of a pen. Our attorney has tried very hard to speak to the Planning Commission to let them know we could resolve this with administrative stroke of a pen, but we have been refused. We were promised our church was promised a meeting in June, but we cannot get a date in June. Our attorney is not here today because he had a conflict that could not be changed.

This is pretty embarrassing. This seems like a useless bureaucracy to me. This is something that I shouldn't be here and you shouldn't have to listen to. Our church has spent thousands of dollars. All we need is a subdivision deed approved.

I would also like to stress to the board, in no way am I here speaking on anything other than our church deed approval. We're not connected in any way to the rezoning of Elm Street. I'm here today asking you for your help. Our church has had a burden, a big burden, and you are our last result.

Ma'am, my team will follow-up with you. Thank you. Next speaker will be Kristen Gleason.

Madam chair and members of the board, my name is Kristen Gleason. I'm the chief deputy clerk of the circuit court, and I'm a resident of the Atomic District. I am here today to respectfully request that you reconsider resolution two six dash two four six approved at your last meeting. As it stands, this decision would significantly disrupt our operations and diminish the level of service we provide to the residents of the Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park. It would impact key staff in critical roles, eliminate or relocate important customer service points, increase wait times for residents, and create an operational layout that hinders coordinated work our office performs each day on behalf of county and city residents.

It has been an honor to serve the residents of Prince William County for nearly nine years. During that time, I've witnessed firsthand the unwavering dedication of the clerk's office staff to public service. Their work ensures smooth operation of criminal and civil court proceedings, concealed handgun permits, land records, probate services, and many other essential functions. These services directly support residents and multiple county agencies, including those responsible for public safety. Our office has successfully navigated difficult challenges before, particularly during COVID nineteen pandemic.

Despite constant changes and circumstances beyond our control, we remain steadfast in our commitment to serving the public. The situation we face today, however, is different. It is the result of a decision with significant and far reaching consequences, one that could affect many residents in Prince William County and one that can still be reconsidered. For the benefit of our residents, the quality of service that we provide, and the stability of our local justice system, I respectfully urge you to reconsider this resolution. Before this resolution was introduced, FFM, informed by our input, had already developed a solution that aligns with the county's goals, delivers meaningful taxpayer savings, protects the critical services we provide, all while preserving suitable workspace for our staff.

I strongly encourage the Board to move forward with this balanced and previously recommended solution. Thank you for your time, consideration, and continued support of the essential services we provide to our community.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Madam Chair and members of the board, my name is Susana Machado. I am a resident of the Coles District and the court manager for the Circuit Court Clerk's Office. On 04/21/2026, the board approved resolution number 26Dash246. I am respectfully asking the board to reconsider said resolution. The clerk's office is currently structured to provide constituents with a single point of contact for their service needs.

Relocating certain offices would create significant hardship for many residents who may then be required to travel between multiple locations to complete necessary services. For many constituents, taking time away from work is already difficult. Requiring visits to separate locations could mean additional time away from their jobs and families to complete court related matters. All divisions within the clerk's office are connected in one way or another. Separating these divisions would create operational difficulties for deputy clerks and unnecessary burdens for the public.

For example, the probate and civil division work closely together. Individuals often leave court needing copies of court orders before attending probate appointments. In many cases, they must continue filing documents related to their probate matters throughout the process. Currently, because these offices are located on the same floor, these services can be complete completed efficiently and without added stress. The demographic that will be most greatly impacted will be the elderly citizens of Prince William County who often go to probate after the death of a family member.

Relocating this division would make an already difficult process even harder for grieving families. Furthermore, as court manager, I am deeply concerned about the impact relocating courtroom clerks would have on critical court operations. Courtroom clerks handle time sensitive duties required by statute, many of which demand complete focus and immediate attention. These clerks are responsible for preparing and signing arrest documents and jail cards to determine whether defendants remain in custody or are released. Interruptions and logistic inefficiencies increase the likelihood of mistakes that could affect defendants, their families, law enforcement, the residents of Prince William County.

I could provide many additional examples, but the allotted three minutes does not allow enough time to fully explain the operational impact this decision has. In closing, as a Prince William County resident for more than twenty one years, it concerns me greatly that taxpayer dollars may be spent on a project expected to cost millions of dollars when a more cost effective rec effective recommendation was presented on 04/06/2026. That recommendation would meet the needs of judicial center center at an estimated cost of only $500,000 and would not require relocating offices or staff. Despite being the most financially responsible responsible option, it was not approved. I respectfully ask the board to reconsider this recommendation as it is the most cost effective solution for the taxpayers of Prince William County while preserving the efficiency and accessibility of clerk's office services.

Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker please.

Good afternoon chair Jefferson, vice chair angry and members of the board. My name is Jill Browning from the Gainesville District. I'm here to talk about item 10 b on the agenda which is the CPA twenty twenty six dash three. I am one of the original homeowners and residents of the Cat Harpen Valley Estates. I'm here today on behalf of all the homeowners and residents who strongly support initiating our proposed CPA. First, thank you to those who have met with us, and thank you for your consideration. This is not a debate about growth versus no growth. Growth is here. The real question is whether Prince William County chooses planned growth or inefficient sprawl. The corridor where the project is planned has already fundamentally changed.

To the South of us are the Regency, Heritage Hunt, the soon to be developed Smith Farm, and nearby Piedmont, all of which were once farmland before becoming thriving suburban residential communities. Several of these communities, including Piedmont, Heritage Hunt, and the Regency, are gated communities with extensive amenities and have become highly desirable places to live in the county. To the West of us is Oak Valley, another suburban residential community. To the East is the QTS Digital Gateway campus. There is nothing agricultural or rural about this corridor.

And really does anyone today look at the Regency or Heritage Hunt or Piedmont and regret that they became the beautiful and thriving suburban communities that they are. Even look at Dominion Valley, another thriving community that used to be farmland. These neighborhoods are part of what makes Prince William County a desirable place to live. We can't just close the door behind us and deny future residents the opportunity to live in a thriving suburban community. Yet, the Planning Commission is recommending its own plan, which is an extremely land consumptive housing pattern and calling it conservation.

All of us agree there's a great need for new housing, but the Planning Commission's plan requires more than double the acreage to achieve the same goal. That is not anti sprawl planning. Moreover, the Commissioner's plan was hatched behind closed doors and sprung on us, the landowners, without consulting us or giving us any advance notice whatsoever. Further, our own supervisor, Stuart, refused to meet with us, the homeowners in his district, to discuss our CPA. Our proposed CPA creates the type of planned residential community that people increasingly want to live in, one with amenities, shared community spaces, recreational opportunities, and trails.

We, the landowners, should not be forced to bear the burden of maintaining a rural character that has already been transformed. The environmental arguments that planning put forward also do not withstand scrutiny. The surrounding communities that I've identified, they're all on public water and sewer. Our existing 10 acre lots are on septic system and wells. These systems are aging and over time, things can fail or leak, creating environmental risks.

The proposed development, moreover, is projected to generate approximately 15,000,000 in tax revenue compared to the approximately 240,000 it generates today. I wanna ask all of my residents that are here today to support, to stand up and show their support for the CPA, and thank you again for your service and for your consideration of this project.

Alright. Next speaker, please.

Hello, ladies and gentlemen of the I'm proud to speak to you tonight. I'm here also to I would start with reiterating everything Jill Browning just said. I won't go through all that. She's a good speaker and has a lot of experience in that. My name is Jeff Cahall. I'm a longtime resident of Prince William County, over thirty years. Moved here from Alexandria. Wanted to raise my family here. I love this county. I've been before this board before at times past to get things done by the federal government, and I've had help by both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats.

I know that everybody that's elected on this board at one time has said Prince William County needs more affordable housing, and I agree with that. This project that we've just spoken about will help that. I don't see how anybody here can vote against it. It should go forward as planned. Thank you very much. Hope you have a nice day.

All right. Before I call the next speaker, I want to make sure I have the next line up. I have Joe Singleton, Kim Bacamani, Bishika Ramos Carrera, Glen Cannon, Dan Colos. That's all of you. And if you're not in queue to speak, if I didn't call your name, I'd appreciate if you could please have a seat.

You, chair. You, supervisors.

Please adjust the mic because we cannot hear you. You're tall.

Thank you, chair. Thank you, supervisors. Jill's a hard act to follow. She pretty much summed everything up. I've been a resident of Cat Harbin Valley since 2003. And I think our neighborhood is is ready for re gentrification. I mean, most of us have been in there since day one. We raised our kids, and we're all getting to the point where we're ready to move on. And all we keep hearing about is is housing. We need housing.

We need housing. Well, we don't just need housing in Western Prince William County. We need affordable housing. And there's not a lot of affordable housing because most of the homes are on large acreage. So I'm here to ask that the supervisors take a hard look at our plan, which was laid out in detail, and approve our comprehensive plan amendment. So thank you very much.

And just quickly say your full name and where you generally reside.

My name is Joe Singleton, and I live in Catarpon Valley.

Gainesville District. Thank you. Alright. Next Thank

you.

Good afternoon, madam chair and members of the board. My name is Kimberly Bokampani, and I live in the Brentsville District. I'm a senior deputy clerk in the courtroom support division of the Prince William County circuit court clerk's office. I'm here to ask the board to reconsider resolution number 26Dash246. The resolution as written fails to provide concrete guarantees that there will be no disruption in services during and after the construction.

It is my understanding that the costs are undefined undefined at this point, but are upwards of $3,400,000. This seems an unnecessary expense when the clerk of the circuit court has offered a solution that displaces no staff, interrupts no services at any point, and costs approximately $500,000. Resolution twenty six dash two forty six as written eliminates my office space effective yesterday, 05/11/2026 or as soon thereafter as practical with no suitable and adequate plan in place for where my workplace is to be relocated. In addition to the job responsibilities which will be described by other clerks, the courtroom support division prepares and processes critical documents which ensure the safety of the residents of Prince William County. As a resident of Prince William County, I would like to believe that local law enforcement has the information to help keep me safe.

With resolution number 26Dash246, there will be a delay in processing high risk orders due to unsuitable workspaces. These high risk orders include protective orders and substantial risk orders, which prohibit the subject of the substantial risk order from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for the duration of the order. They involve not only the preparing and processing of the orders, but also reaching out to other law enforcement agencies to ensure these agencies are provided with the information. An additional form, the SP two thirty seven, not ifies state police that people found to be incompetent or ineligible to purchase firearms. Another delay may come in the processing of criminal and DNA records, which must be timely processed as soon as the criminal cases are resolved through conviction, dismissal, or other means to ensure accurate database records.

This processing provides the information to provide criminal history reports to law enforcement, prosecutors, and other agencies. Without this untimely member of the public will have delays in applying for expungements. Also, without a suitable workspace, these critical documents cannot be processed in a timely manner, which directly impacts the citizens of Prince William County. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter, and I ask that the board reconsider resolution 26 dash two forty six as it is too vague, overly expensive, and fails to ensure no disruption of services to the resident of Prince William County.

Alright. Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Good afternoon, madam chair and members of the board. My name is Brushenka Ramos Carrera, and I'm a resident of the Gainesville District. I currently serve as a lead deputy court clerk in the courtroom support division of the Prince William County Circuit Court. I am here today to respectfully ask the board to reconsider resolution number 26Dash246. The proposed resolution does not provide adequate or functional space for the courtroom support division and would create operational issues that impact both court operations and the public we serve.

Part of my responsibilities is to process appeals to the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Virginia. This process requires special software that is installed on a designated workstation and cannot simply be transferred from computer to computer as needed. The work requires a quiet suitable workspace that allows for a high level of focus and attention to detail. Every page filed within a case must be individually reviewed and verified for accuracy and any discrepancies within the record must be identified and corrected before submission. Some appeals contain well over 70,000 pages, all of which must meet the standards and requirements set by the appellate courts.

In addition, I must prepare and organize digital media exhibits that are physically mailed to both courts as part of the appellate process. Because appeals often involve strict deadlines and immediate issues requiring coordination, I also need to remain reachable. Without an adequate workspace, dedicated equipment, and reliable communication access, the timely and accurate processing of appeals could be significantly impacted, potentially affecting critical deadlines. Inquiries from interagency departments often involve time sensitive matters. For example, while clerks still actively in court, the adult detention center may contact us with questions or concerns involving a jail card.

These issues can directly impact whether a defendant is held longer or potentially released earlier than intended. The recalling of a KPIS also requires urgent action. If not recalled promptly, it could result in a person being wrongfully arrested affecting that individual's rights. These are not minor administrative matters. They involve real legal consequences.

These responsibilities do not stop simply because jury proceedings are taking place. The court continues to function in many other capacities every single day. Removing a suitable workspace risks slowing down services, disrupting communication, and creating avoidable delays that affect not only court proceedings, but the public we serve. I respectfully ask this board to reconsider resolution number 26Dash246. Thank you for your time.

Thank you. And did I'm sorry. Did you give me your magisterial district?

Yes. I live in the Gainesville District.

Alright. Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Good afternoon, madam chair and the members of the board. My name is Glenn Cannon, and I've been a deputy clerk for the Prince William County probate office and for the clerk for the past twenty five years. I'm a re also a resident of Prince William County, and I live in Woodbridge, Virginia. I'm here today to ask the board to reconsider number 26Dash246 on behalf of the clerk of the circuit court, my probate team, and the constituents of Prince William County in which we serve and will be the most affected by this resolution. If passed, this resolution will create unnecessary difficulties for our office to provide the best service to our customers and would cause extreme inconveniences to the citizens in an already difficult time and and a consuming a time consuming process.

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just a few ways that the county citizens could here are just a few ways that county citizens could be affected by moving through with this resolution and moving the probate office out of the judicial center. Issues with the, issues with guardian and conservator court orders during the qualification phase cannot be addressed while being in a different location causing delays and possible cancellation of appointments for citizens. This would result in additional court appearances at the taxpayer's expense. One of our overwhelming concerns is our weekly docket in which incapacitate incapacitated citizens and their families attend hearings in the judicial center. This proposal resolution would now require them to inconveniently be transported after court from the judicial center to a separate location for the mandatory critical step of the qualification phase, adding unnecessary burdens to the families.

This essentially would affect an average of 20 to 30 families per month. With our growing senior citizen demographic in Prince William County, our office has seen an increase in assistance needed from senior the senior population. To provide the necessary service to them, the probate team works closely with the land records department, civil civil department, judges chambers, and the sheriff's office, which are all located inside the judicial center. Asking the elderly citizens who can sometimes be between the ages of 70 to 90 years old with limited mobility and other handicaps to travel back and forth between two different location feels irresponsible and neglectful to this demographic in which the probate office primarily serves. Safety regarding transferring money between locations, expenses and availability for the building of an office security, the need for daily access to circuit court archives, and not being able to have IT personnel or immediate assistance are just a few of the many additional concerns our probate department has with this proposed resolution.

In closing, having worked for the Prince William County probate off or Prince William County clerk's office for twenty five years under numerous clerks, we have always served to uphold the Prince William County vision. Our current clerk works relentlessly

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Thank you, sir. Thank you. Before I next speaker, I wanna call up the next group. I have Del Pinnenbirch. I have well, first Dan Colores Colas. Dale, Margarita Moylan, John DePue, Curtis Porter. Sir, you may want to adjust the mic.

Yeah, it's a little low.

You can take it off, you can take it off too. Just swing up.

There we go. Good afternoon. My name is Daniel Colos.

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sorry. Bring it a little closer. We could barely hear you.

Okay.

That's why you might just take it off. Alright. You got it.

Good good good afternoon. My name is Daniel Colos. I've been a resident of Prince William County for the last twenty one years. I presently live in the Gainesville district. I'm one of the property owners at the Canterbury Valley Estates, and I'm seeking the county supervisor approval for the comprehensive plan plan amendment, the CPA twenty twenty six zero zero zero three.

I know a lot's been talked about. I think it's been well covered with concerns and and where we like to go forward as residents of Caterpillar and Valley States. One of the things that I have not heard about, but I've seen some work done on on Ketterpin Road. And I think it's been for traffic studies and and how it's gonna be able to handle the traffic that could develop from increased housing there. And currently, it works well.

And I'm not I'm I'm sure not everyone's familiar with Caterpillar Road, but it is probably about six miles of of winding two lane road, goes from 25 miles an hour at the bull run I'm sorry, at at the elementary school there, the middle school goes to 30 miles an hour, goes to 35, and it goes to 40. There are a couple of stretches except for during at the school when it's 25. One at the basically, the intersection of Heritage Farms Drive and Catapin Road I'm sorry. Heritage Farms Drive and Catapin Valley Drive. That's about a little more than a half a mile long, and it's a straightaway.

And so frustrated traffic sometimes tries to pass slower moving vehicles there, and it doesn't happen a lot, but it happens. What I would like to see whether this comprehensive plan goes forward or not is a traffic circle or one more traffic circle at, you know, traffic circle at that intersection or having a track traffic circle also at Caterpillar Road and Sudley, I think that would alleviate a lot of the concerns about the control of traffic that goes through that area. That's it.

All right. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please.

My name is Dale Penenberg, a resident in Gainesville District, live in Caharpen Valley Estates, and I would like the Board to move forward the comprehensive plan amendment that was submitted and not supportive of the C RES-1C that was alternately submitted. And the primary reason is because of the need for housing in Prince William County. One home per two acres, which is what was proposed in the C RES-one, gets you out of a 300 acre lot, gets you 150 homes. It just doesn't get it done, okay? We need affordable housing in Prince William County.

My wife and I have raised six children in Prince William County, and I'd like for them, which more small business owners as well, so we're not going anywhere. We we our business is in Prince William County, but our six children can't afford to live there. So we need some type of affordable housing so that they have a chance to thrive and succeed. So that's why I'm here to ask you all to please support the comprehensive plan amendment that was submitted by Kat Harp and Valley Estates. I thank you for your time and appreciate your consideration.

Alright. Next speaker. I just wanna say to everyone who's speaking, he's Dale as a model. We heard him, it was clear, he said his name, his majesty district. Thank you, sir. Alright, next speaker.

Alright.

You may go.

Who goes next? Do you know who's on the list?

Either. It's actually, it's going to be Margarita and then John. I know you're a frequent flyer, all right. Let's just I'll talk back to follow.

My name is Margarita Moylan, and I live in the Gainesville district. We chose to move here twenty four years ago because we wanted to live in an area that maintained the rural character and Oak Valley specifically because it was surrounded by beautiful farmland and was close to the Manassas Battlefield. We felt this area was very protected and appreciated the land use that had been planned. We never thought that a development that was built after our neighborhood, Cat Harpin Valley Estates, would be rezoned. Some of our neighbors chose to relocate to Cat Harbin Valley because they wanted more land.

This was never a planned move in anticipation of generational wealth. These were homes that they wanted to live in. Much of this changed after the digital gateway project came through. The only reason homeowners contemplated selling was because they didn't wanna live next to the world's largest data center complex, and I don't blame them. They were subsequently approached by developers from the digital gateway, including mister Looney, who represents landowners and the Compass assemblage, to sign nondisclosure agreements which tied up their properties.

I do believe it is very premature for the county to make changes to anything in close proximity to the digital gateway given it is in the middle of a legal dispute where QTS has filed to overturn the lower court's rulings through an appeal to the Supreme Court. This has also brought investors from outside the county who have bought into an LLC that owns properties in Cat Harp and Valley Estates and are looking to capitalize on this land speculation. The courts have stayed the ruling as requested by the developers for the digital gateway. So why would the county make any changes until all legal proceedings have been exhausted? If this land designation is changed, it is simply a way for a developer to land bank this assemblage.

Let's also not lose sight of the issue that currently exists with Cat Harpin Road being a two lane country road that cannot handle any more traffic. Another development was already approved, and they've started clearing construction, which is the Smith Farm. For the life of me, I don't understand how even that project was approved without addressing the dangers that currently exist on Cat Harbin Road.

Madam chair, we Sorry.

We in recess. There is there may be a potential Fire. Fire. So I'm asking everyone to please orderly exit board chambers. Go outside. We will resume when everything is clear. I want to say that we left off with Margarita Moylan. She had forty seconds. If we can just restart the clock. I know you're not going take the whole time, but just to keep it procedurally accurate. And, Margarita, if you can just resume Okay. Your comments. Thank you.

Okay. I do believe that there needs to be more transparency and community outreach before the county makes any recommendations. As a realtor, I understand the need for more housing, especially affordable housing. A great example of smart planning where this has been addressed and makes a lot of sense is the reimagining of Sudley and Route 66 where the movie theater used to stand. The multiuse plan, which includes townhomes, condos, makes sense being close to Northern Virginia Community College and public transportation and jobs.

It will bring residents and small businesses to an otherwise unutilized area. As a representative principal and county, you should ask yourselves, are we a sense of place, or are we building a sense of investors who are ready to cash out and leave a mess behind? Please defer any votes or changes to the area until the Supreme Court rules on the appeal. Thank you.

Thank you. And before we get to the next speaker, I want to call up our next group. Curtis Porter, I didn't see you, but I'm calling you Kristen Molkren, Jay Molkren, Diane Jaeger, Elaine Schlossberg. Alright, sir, yes. I'm just calling the next group. I'm sorry, did you have a question?

Pardon me, didn't you didn't you call John to be quiet?

Yeah, you're gonna be next. I'm just calling him. You know, next group of people to be in queue. So, alright. You may proceed. John, you may proceed.

Good afternoon, madam chairman and members of the board.

Just the microphone please because we cannot hear you.

Good afternoon, madam chairman and members of the board. My name is John DePue. I am the chairman of the Prince William County Historical Commission and a resident of Coles District. We are statutorily charged with providing this commission information and guidance with respect to the preservation and maintenance of historic sites here in Prince William County. And I am here to do precisely that with respect to Bennett School.

At the outset, I've spent most of my adult life in courthouses, courtrooms, and judicial centers. So I am fully conversant and aware of the need for this county to improve its judicial centers and facilities. That, however, does not foreclose the preservation of historic Bennett School. In college and later in law school, I studied the Supreme Court's 05/14/1954 decision in Brown versus Board of Education. There, the court held that racial segregation in public schools is a badge of slavery and is therefore prohibited by the thirteenth amendment to The United States constitution.

I later taught that decision when I was an instructor of constitutional law at the United States Military Academy at West Point. But it wasn't until I got involved with the Bennett School that I realized for the first time that it took ten years for the public school system in Virginia and in Prince William County to be fully integrated and two more trips to the Supreme Court of the United States, the first of which the court said, you are to integrate schools in Virginia with all due deliberation. Ten years. That dream finally came to be realized in this county in 1965, where the school system was integrated for the first time. Where?

At Bennett School. So I implore you, when you consider revising the your judicial center, you incorporate in your scheme the preservation of Bennett School. What better symbol could there be to the maintenance of justice in this county than the Bennett School where it all happened? Thank you.

Thank you so very much. Next speaker, please.

My name is Diane Yeager. I live in the Gainesville District. I would ask the board to deny initiation of this comprehensive plan amendment for Catharpen Valley Estates. My husband and I have lived on Catharb And Road since 1988 when we purchased a six acre pop parcel from a much larger agricultural parcel of land. At that time, Prince William County required that we rezone that six acre parcel from a one to r five and then subdivide that six acre parcel into one six acre parcel, a process that began early in 1986 and took two years to complete.

With the exception of basic surveyor services to legally plot our parcel, we worked through the county requirements without assistance from attorneys or land development engineers. We have witnessed many changes to land use on Cat Harbin Road in the last thirty eight years. Some were desirable and others not so much. Yet the peace, privacy, and natural wooded ecological environment of our property has thankfully remained relatively unchanged. This proposed plan amendment of over 1,300 homes as well as the staff alternative of 500 homes occupying 292 agriculturally designated acres is profoundly out of sync with our local community.

The proposed density would so adversely affect the groundwater runoff, well purities, septic systems, ambient noise, intrusive nightlight hours, drinking waters for 800,000 people serviced by the Occoquan Reservoir, all not to mention the impact of an absurd addition of thousands of vehicles per day that would be traveling along a two lane country road. These cumulative effects on our rural Crescent community would substantially diminish the safety, well-being, and property values of our residents. The harm is incalculable. I believe the ambitious that the ambitions of these predatory developers would be seriously destructive to any rural community. Thank you for your time.

Thank you so very much. Next speaker please.

Good afternoon, madam chair and members of the board. It's nice to see a lot of you again. Thank you for taking the time to meet with us for those that did. And for the couple of you that we have not met with, my name is Kristen Mulcairn. I'm a resident of the Gainesville district, and I'm also a homeowner in Cat Harbin Valley.

And today, surprise, our CPA initiation is up for vote, and I wanna paint a picture to you guys of how we got to this point. About a year and a half ago, our neighborhood came together as a group and decided we wanted to sell our land and specifically focus on residential development. We end up partnering with NVR, and that has been a blessing. Right now, three fourths of us are original owners, which means we moved out here twenty two years ago. Our kids have left the homes, and next year, our development will have one elementary school student, one middle school, and zero high school age students.

And this set this trend is being seen throughout Gainesville and Haymarket. People are stuck in their starter homes because there are no homes to buy. This has prevented young families and young professionals from moving out to our area, and the end result is our schools are way under capacity. If you look at the school board's capital improvement plan, enrollment is declining. There's a cluster of about four elementary schools near of near us, three of which we've been zoned to in the past, and all are under capacity.

In two years, two of them will be at 5456% capacity. Bull Run Middle School in two years will be at 83% capacity. And what you need to understand of these schools have been at a 100% and above for so many years. The most alarming statistic is Battlefield High School. Today, it's close to 100% capacity.

In five years, it will be at 59% capacity. That is 900 open seats in that school. So NVR is proposing a development that will help address these issues. It's a combination of starter homes for young professionals and families, homes for more established families, and a 55 and older section. On behalf of Cat Harbin Valley, who we all stood up earlier, we're asking you to vote yes to the CPA submitted by the applicant, which is NVR, and allow the county to go through the proper studies so that NVR and planning can come up with a solution together.

Another thing I want to address is the conservation residential designation. From our perspective, staff is proposing a designation that was never discussed with us. We reached out to supervisor Stewart, and we wish we could have had a conversation from you so you understood where we were coming from. But staff is putting forward a recommend recommendation that is not economically viable for our community. The market value of our homes, the the I guess the deal becomes not a deal for us if you rezone our land to conservation residential.

So it seems like this is a backdoor attempt to block our project, and it's strange to us that planning is recommending the board to approve a project that's not economically viable to move forward.

Thank you. Time is up. Next speaker.

I don't want to do this thing and it's all bent over. Madam Chair, members of the Board, my name is Jay Mulcairn. I'm lucky husband of Krista Mulcairn. I've lived in Gainesville for twenty two years. We've raised two daughters there. Most of the points were covered for Catarp And Valley Estates. The one thing I wanna talk about was the rural designation. I don't if people have been there that actually made that designation. There's we have shopping centers five minutes from our house with Harris Teeter, bars, restaurants, all that kind of stuff. On that way, I think Jill Browning mentioned we passed three gated communities as an addition to two other communities.

I think there were farms in Oak Valley and Catarpin Valley before we moved in twenty five years ago or whatever. But right now, we have easy access to that. We also have two miles from Harris Teeter, which is right up the road. We have 25 restaurants or another town center, I guess it is, you call it. So that's just wanted to make that brief and short. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Can I have Elmo please?

And while we're waiting, just want to let IT know it looks like everyone's screens are down right now.

So My name is Elena Schlossberg, and I live in the Gainesville district. And this was one of those fancy word things that Ashley Stutholm did for our fabulous Sweeney Barn event. And these are the things that we asked people who attended to tell us what are your concerns as residents of the county? And this is what they pointed to, loss of green space, sprawl. What you're hearing here today is actually sprawl.

And it's not about affordable housing. If we want to do affordable housing, you all have in front of you also Ashley's wonderful three r's, which replicates the comprehensive plan that exists today. And that's our guide to a sustainable future for everyone. So I wanna talk about this assemblage. So this is actually a map that was put together of all the letters that have gone out and also assemblages that have been put together.

And you can see Cat Harpin Valley Estates is right there. And if you'll notice, all those other pinks are other assemblages. This is chaos. The yellow is, of course, the terrible Dulles Cloud South. The gray is Digital Gateway, and that is the Manassas National Battlefield. This is not planning all these assemblages. You all are responsible for planning. Your job is to look at the comp plan and what was approved and say, does this fit? It is not about making sure people have more than you buy a home, you don't think that when you sell it, you're gonna move to The Bahamas and get a yacht. You think, you're gonna live comfortably, it'll be a nice investment.

So the point that I want to express to everyone, I know I sent you, first of all, that email I sent you, you didn't get till like one in the morning because I was up really long writing it. And I wanted to remind you of the responsibility of smart growth and why. This, look how special we are. You see all that pink? That's the Occoquan Basin.

That's our stewardship. We are responsible for ensuring that there's enough water for two two million people. Now, there's one thing that Anne Wheeler and I agreed on. You may find this shocking. It was when she said, well, look, you've already developed so much of the watershed, the overlays in the watershed. And I'm, I know. Look. Look at how much we have already developed. This is not the time to say, well, we've already screwed some up. Let's do more.

This is a time to reflect on the challenges we face now. And how we develop is critical to protecting our opportunities for ag, our opportunities for rural, our opportunities for real affordable housing. We have the magic now, but if you start approving all these assemblages, we will lose that opportunity, and we will be going backwards. So please, don't initiate the CPA. Do the right thing. Thank you.

Alright. Before our next speaker, let me call up our next group. We have Kevin Parker, Owen Mayer, Rachel Ellis, Freddie Hardin.

Patrick Harters, Gainesville district. Madam chair, supervisors, before I talk about what I really came to talk about, one thing I just wanna put before you is just a housekeeping. Other counties treat the citizens as honored guests and allow them to speak at the pulpit or the the podium. And I would ask to reconsider that we bring the citizens back up to the podium, just as a sign of respect. But I have heard each each and every one of you talk about smart growth, talk about wanting good development, talking about doing what's best in our communities, preserving open space, all the discussion points that we continually talk about.

We had an event at Sweeney Barn. This is what we discussed. I was recently listening to old supervisors meeting, and I listened to one with supervisor Bodie in May 2021, and he was wanting to fully fund the PDR program. That was five years ago, and we haven't done it yet. And the question is why do we want to do that? Why do we want to fund a PDR program? Why do we want to promote good development, reinvestment, reimagining areas, redevelopment? And how do we go about doing it? The way we go about doing it is very simple. You have to stop sprawl.

If you look at other municipalities, other cities, you go to Charlotte, you go to Atlanta, it's sprawl, it's bad development. When I ran for supervisor, I met with developers and I asked them. I said, how do we get good development? We don't need a sheet put on Cat Harpin next to Cat Harpin Valley and all this crappy development we get. We want good development. You get that through reinvestment. On the way in here, I drove through Manassas Park. And if any of you drove through Manassas Park fifteen years ago, it wasn't a nice area. And now they've done some redevelopment, and there's some nice stores going in, and nice restaurants, and a good community being developed. And that's what we want.

We want density put in Woodbridge and building the density to attract good development. We want Manassas to have the same thing. And the way you get that is to stop sprawl. I had a good friend that was looking to develop in Prince William County, and he said, I really want Patrick, I'm looking for 300 acres to put a wedding venue. And he couldn't do it.

He had the money that he should have been able to do it, but he's competing against all these assemblages that you see, LSI, the data centers, everything else, and his offer will never be accepted. Nobody's going to accept the PDR program and that if we allow housing to be put in the center of this, if we allow data centers to be put here. Who would sell up their development rights when you could have a fortune coming down the road? So this is simply bad development. This is what we've had. It doesn't help affordable housing. It doesn't alleviate traffic. It doesn't build density. It doesn't attract good development. And so I ask you to do what we need to do, that's draw a hard line and say, we're looking for good development, and sprawl is not the answer.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Hello. Kevin Parker, NABSCO District. Hello, supervisors, chairman. If I am a frequent flyer, tell me where my civic points are because I would like to cash them in. What I wanted to talk about, first of all, is I wanna talk about that pedestrian bridge. This was not my original topic. I think this is a tragedy of design and urban planning. It's it should be a piece of great infrastructure for Woodbridge. We talk about these people that want to have, you know, no sprawl, but we need to have great places. And we have this development of Riverfest that is supposed to be a dense urban walkable place.

And then we have this bridge where you walk up and walk down and have to walk up and walk down. It's it's embarrassing. It doesn't make any sense. And it's not it's not a choice. You could also have a ramp for the people of Belmont Bay, go up that and back down. It could be both. This is not brain science. It's not rocket science. It's something that we could be do, but it's become this kludgy, bureaucratic, oh, well, I guess this is all we can get kind of a thing. It should be better for Northwood Bridge.

The other thing that I originally came here to talk about was CPAs, and I am it's against CPAs. And I think that we can compare the health of the land and the health of the community to our personal health. And one thing we do with our personal health is we can either live poorly and then have an emergency, or we can, you know, live healthily and, you know and I think that the the comprehensive plan, it seems to me, is like our health plan for our community. And we have these temptations. Oh, we could just do this one little thing over here.

We could just do this one little thing over here. It'll be great for this right now. But I really think that it's better to stick with the comprehensive plan and not accept these comprehensive plan amendments. Thank you.

Thank you. Before I get to the next speaker, I wanna get our next group up. I have I called Freddie Hardin. I don't know if you're still here. Robert Jager, Jessica Grove, Mitzi Turner, and Gordon Bear Washington.

You may proceed.

Good afternoon, madam chair and the board of county supervisors. My name is Owen Meyer, and I live in the Occoquan District. I graduate next week from Northern Virginia Community College with my associate's degree in political science. My organization is called Communities for Youth. Last September, I came to you all with a problem.

I noticed that high school and college age students lack third spaces, places that aren't home, school, or work, places that build community. Third places such as community centers, gyms, parks, and more are important for social cohesion, civic engagement, and community building. When students lack these places, students are forced to ask, do I belong here? Does this county prioritize my interests? I know the county is interested in students.

Our schools have high quality specialty programs that prepare students for careers and further education. In high school, I took AP classes that made college more affordable and I found community through my theater program. I'm here today with a solution for a lack of community and I want to involve all of you. Myself and other students have come together to create communities for youth. Here's what we're doing. A free event for high school and college students on the last day of school, June 12 at the Chin Center. Here's what we'll have. Live music from student bands. We wanna show off student talent to others. Food trucks from the community.

We want small businesses to benefit from this community building night. Free games and activities, Giant Jenga, volleyball, and more. We'll also have booths from local clubs and student organizations. We want to show students what resources already exist for them. We're putting on this free event for students thanks to our sponsors who support student engagement, including but not limited to our advisory sponsor, supervisor Kenny Bodhi, Presto Pizza, our food sponsor, the School of Rock, and our community partner Campbell's Frozen Custard.

Our goal, give students a night of community to look forward to. Eventually, we want these free events to be regular at our recreation centers all across the county. To do this, I need you. I'm inviting all of you to our Communities for Youth event at the Chin Center on June 12 from four to 7PM. I want you to see for yourself how a community building night for students benefits them directly.

You'll see students laughing, making friends, and building community. Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to connect with students and future voters on issues that matter to them. They'll be the next generation ready to inherit our beautiful, diverse, and unique county. This evening, I'm going to email each one of you an invite to our event. I hope to meet you there in one month, so we can talk more about community building and opportunities for students. Additionally, please invite any students in high school or college that you know would love to come to this free community building event. Thank you for your time. I truly appreciate your support and student interests.

Thank you so very much. Rachel Ellis, you're up next.

Good afternoon. Rachel Ellis, Gainesville District. I am asking you to vote no on initiating the CPAs for both Woodlawn and Cat Harbin Valley Estates. I commend county staff for the reports rejecting both at the current density proposals. I wanna highlight a couple notes, specifically about Cat Harbin Valley Estates from the planning reports.

Incompatibility with surrounding land use and comprehensive plan designation, conflict with smart growth principles. I have lived in the Caharpen area since 1979. The reason this project is not viable at a lower density is because of the 29 homes in this proposal, approximately 25 of them have property assessments of well over $1,000,000 This is not a dilapidated area that is in need of being redeveloped. This is the definition of resource intensive sprawl, which is against the county's smart growth strategies and principles within the comp plan. It is asking for an increase of 30 to 90 times the current density of people.

There are no sidewalks, and this is not a transient oriented area. This is not appropriate for affordable housing. Cat Harbin Road is a very rural, curvy road with little shoulder and guardrails throughout. And for those of you on the eastern side, imagine Purcell Road between Dumfries Road and Hoadley because that's exactly what it's like. This road cannot handle this type of influx of traffic without significant road improvements throughout the length of the road.

And on a personal note, my nephew fifteen years ago was in a car accident on that road, totaled the car and was in the hospital. And guess what? Nothing has changed on that road except for more development. Finally, this area does have portions that are in the environmental resource protection overlay, which includes Lick Branch, is part of the Bull Run Watershed. This area serves a key role in protecting the Aqua Quon Reservoir, hence, the current low density of 29 homes in this area.

And a plight reminder to you guys, we are currently in a drought. We need to protect our water sources with urgency. We need to on the side of caution when making land use decisions, especially in the watershed, as we are still waiting for the water study from four years ago. I am respectfully asking that you please vote no on Woodlawn And Kettle Harbin Valley Estates CPA initiations. Send a message to the developers that Prince William County has a comprehensive plan for a reason.

Surrounding land use patterns matter. Densities that are compatible with surrounding development patterns matter. Prioritizing the preservation of natural resources matters. Directing growth toward infill and existing development matter. Agricultural and forested land matter. Approving this is green lighting all predatory land assemblages in Prince William County. Thank you.

Next speaker, please.

Good afternoon, Chair Jefferson. I'm Jessica Grove, I live in the Gainesville District. I gonna read you my email because what I have already heard this afternoon has been

really

disheartening. I'm writing today to ask you to vote no on 10 a Woodlawn and 10 b, Catarban Valley Estates. When the 2040 comp plan was adopted, there were spaces that were set aside for development. Catarban Valley Estates was not one of them. Catarban Road is a very curvy, slender road with lots of wildlife and blind curves.

It cannot handle any more traffic. I've lived here all my life, and the idea that the rural area has developers offering astronomical amounts of money for people's land is disturbing. People who work hard all of their lives to make the biggest investment of their lives should have some assurances that their quality of life will not drastically be changed because of a developer's wishes. The developer is asking for up to 2,719 homes units. The people of Cat Harbin are used to change.

We've seen the Marsh Farm turn into Heritage Hunt. We've seen Red Fence Farm turn into the Regency. We've seen Oak Valley and all the development along Heathcote. But we still have to remember that high density housing does not belong anywhere and everywhere. We still have to protect the watershed.

Most of Virginia is in a severe drought. We cannot continue to abuse mother nature and expect her to forgive us and continue providing clean water or any water at all for that matter. Stop allowing developers to use threatening language and predatory techniques to ruin the quality of life for those who chose to live in the rural spaces of Gainesville District. Please represent the wishes of the residents who make this community what it is and not the developers who are driving wedges between neighbors. I went to Tyler Elementary, took Ken Urban Road every single day.

Mikey Smith owned that farm. And every day, there were cows and a bus and a little white house. And you guys came into Cat Harbin Valley Estates, and you have beautiful homes. Jealous. I am extremely jealous of the beautiful homes that are there.

But the rest of us are still gonna be here. I understand that Prince William Digital Gateway is a terrible situation to live next to, but you chose to give up and not fight. And now you're leaving us with a terrible situation, And I'm I'm I'm really upset because I've lived here all my life, and I've had neighbors, and we've built a community. And it's tragic that the developers are coming in and saying, don't worry, you don't have to sign. We'll build around you.

It's fine. We we can make it work. You stay right where you are, and that's a terrible position to be in. I feel sorry for anybody who has had to hear that.

I'm sorry. Your time is up. Thank you. Next speaker.

Madam chair and members of the board my name is Mitzi Turner I'm the residential services manager for the circuit court clerk's office. I'm a resident of the city of Manassas. I'm here today to ask you to reconsider resolution number 26Dash246. I have worked for the clerk's office for over twenty years and have experienced several construction projects during my time in the judicial center. Those projects, while sometimes disruptive, were undertaken to improve the delivery of essential constituent services and to enhance experiences of staff and visitors.

While I understand the importance of providing an area for jury assembly, I am concerned that the board's decision to move forward with this particular option will result in years of disruption to services and cost taxpayers millions of dollars. In my view, this approach is fiscally irresponsible. Given that alternative options were presented, including one proposed by the clerk at a significantly lower cost of approximately $500,000 with a completion timeline of less than one year and no impact to current services, I struggle to understand the rationale behind this board's decision. The proposed configuration will not only disrupt staff operations and departmental coordination, it would also make it much more difficult for us to effectively serve the constituents of Prince William County and the cities of Manassas Park. I respectfully urge the board to reconsider resolution number 26Dash246.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you. Next speaker please.

Madam chair, members of the board, I'm Gordon Bear Washington, and I'm a senior deputy clerk of the circuit court for constituent services. I have, over the years, had the pleasure of helping hundreds of constituents in each of your magisterial district with a wide range of both court related services and services available through the general government. It's been a distinct privilege to work with many of you and your offices in those cases. It is with constituent services in mind that I ask you to reconsider resolution 26,246. The proposals so far which have not included input from the clerk of the circuit court have costs upwards of $3,400,000 and they fail to preserve the needs of constituents beyond the courtroom, which are the bulk of services that the clerk's office provides.

Things like name changes, concealed weapons permits, wills and estates, marriage licenses, all services provided to the public by our office outside of the courtrooms. The clerk has given input to FFM to provide the county with a more cost effective option that satisfies Supreme Court guidelines for jury assembly without sacrificing service levels. My colleagues are subject matter experts in over 800 different legal processes that our office provides to the public. They need suitable workspace to perform their jobs. And to be clear, the only people with the ability to tell you with certainty what services could be affected by this decision are the clerks in this room and out in the atrium.

I don't believe that you were afforded this kind of context before you made your initial decision. I ask that you reflect on what my colleagues have to say now that you have the chance, and I ask that you reconsider twenty six thousand two hundred forty six. Thank you.

Thank you. Before I allow the next speaker, I just want to call up my next group. I don't know if it's Telma or Velma.

Z?

Then we also have Christy Covington, Lauren Schwartz,

and

Courtney Buckley. If you guys can sir, you can go next, but I'm just calling up the next group.

Good afternoon. My name is Robert Yeager, and I live in the Gainesville district. I am, going to speak on behalf of the Harbin Valley Estates.

And I'm sorry, can you adjust the mic? Thank you, so we can hear you. Move it closer to you.

Okay.

As you know, in 1974, the first comprehensive plan was created for Prince William County, which limited development to where water, sewer, roads, and schools were most available, which was not the Gainesville end of the county, the at all. In 1998, that plan was revised to a new comprehensive plan, and it was basically to control suburban sprawl. And what came out of that was something called the rural crescent, which is where the Katharpen Valley Estates now would exist. And that called for no more than one home per 10 acres of land that has since been revised, as I understand it, to one home per one acre of land. Now this may not solve the problem of low income housing, but it does address the challenges of required services to any residents.

If it's a 10 acre or one acre, public sewer and water is not required. You know, there's a good chance that a private sewer and water works on that size property. Also, the challenges we now face with power, which the data centers have caused the possibility of not having enough power available for everyone to receive the power they need in the county and adjacent counties, keeping it down to lower or not moving forward with large residential projects until that problem of having adequate power, which as I understand it requires additional power plants, is addressed and when power will be available enough to generate the power for these data centers that have already been approved and are under construction.

Thank you, sir. I'm sorry. Your time is up. Next speaker, please.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, madam chair and members of the board. My name is Christie Covington, and I am the courtroom support supervisor and the clerk of the circuit court's office. I am here to respectfully ask the board to reconsider resolution 26 dash two four six. This decision is to relocate the courtroom support clerks from their current workspace. This issue is not simply about office space.

It is about the decision that could affect the clerk's ability to efficiently serve the citizens of Prince William County and the agencies that rely on the clerk's office every single day. The courtroom clerks do not simply work in the courtroom. The courtroom is only where our work is seen. The work that allows the judicial system to function accurately, securely, and efficiently happens outside of it. The clerks are the operational support system behind the daily function of the circuit court.

Our current workspace is not incidental. It is designed around workflow, coordination, and timely communication with the judges, interagency departments, and our community. Courtroom support clerks require a suitable workspace that allows for quiet, uninterrupted, and secure processing of sensitive and confidential work. Relocating courtroom support clerks away from that operational flow and into an unsuitable workspace may create delays in communication, processing court orders, and increased movement of sensitive documents and evidence through public areas and interruptions to time sensitive judicial responsibilities. Those delays do not only affect our clerk, they affect the community that we serve.

The courtroom support clerks are a vital part of the infrastructure that allows this office and the court to serve citizens of Prince William County. This request is not about convenience. It is about serving it is about preserving a suitable workspace that allows courtroom support clerks to continue serving this court, our partner agencies, and the citizens of Prince William County. I respectfully ask that the board reconsider resolution 26 dash two four six and preserve the current operational workspace of our courtroom support clerks so they can continue performing these essential duties accurately, securely, and without disruption. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Thank you. Next speaker, please. Just leave it as is.

Good afternoon, madam chair and members of the board. My name is Lauren Swartz, and I'm the supervisor of the criminal division of the circuit court clerk's office. I'm here to ask the board to reconsider resolution number 26Dash246. This change would directly affect how our office functions every day and could disrupt the services we provide to the public and to our justice system partners. The criminal division operates in a fast paced, high urgency environment.

While we use electronic systems, much of our work still depends on physical presence, paper records, and immediate in person communication. Relocating our division without a suitable workspace could slow our operations and impact the people who rely on us. It is often assumed that court operations are now fully digital, but that is not the reality. We handle search warrants that must be filed, logged, secured, and retrieved from a restricted access area, hundreds every month. We hand carry transportation orders to the sheriff's office, and law enforcement agencies retrieve capiases in person from our windows so they can serve them.

These responsibilities require constant movement of staff and documents, direct communication, and close coordination among offices. Search warrants are among the most time sensitive matters we handle. Officers must file them with the clerk's office as required by law, and sealed warrants must be retrieved from a secure area. None of this can be done remotely. Any transition that leaves the division less than fully operational could delay law enforcement activity.

We also support attorneys throughout the day both before and after court. They come to our windows to check whether orders have been entered, obtain copies, receive restitution information to then relay in court, and confirm next steps. Because we currently share space with courtroom support, many questions can be answered immediately, often before anything is scanned. If we are relocated farther away, that coordination becomes more difficult and less efficient. In addition, we're a public facing office with three customer service windows, and our visibility matters.

Members of the public, attorneys, law enforcement, and the press come to us for immediate assistance, often while navigating stressful circumstances. A significant portion of our daily work involves customers coming to our office to pay fines, court costs, and restitution. Many have been coming to us for years and rely on being able to find us quickly and receive help without confusion or delay. Spanish language access is also essential to our service. Three of my four front counter clerks, along with me, speak Spanish regularly and assist Spanish speaking customers.

If we're moved to a less visible or less functional location, these individuals may face greater difficulty getting the help they need. In short, relocating the criminal division without a suitable workspace would slow our ability to serve the public, attorneys, law enforcement, and other partners. Much of our work depends on the physical handling of documents, immediate in person coordination, and our shared setup with courtroom support. For all these reasons, I respectfully ask the board to reconsider resolution twenty six two forty six.

Thank you. Before I have the next speaker, I just wanna make sure. I don't know if it's Thelma or Velma Zambolekova of Bristow. If you can go to the back. We have Rebecca Courtney Buckley, Rebecca Cartlett, Jennifer Schering, Sarah Boney, and Jason Evans. If all of you can come forward. You may begin.

Good evening madam chair and members of the board. My name is Courtney Buckley. I'm a senior deputy clerk.

Can you adjust, I'm sorry, the microphone and state where you reside?

Okay. Culpeper, Virginia.

I I'm sorry. We can barely hear you.

Is this better?

No. Like, make it close to you. Or you take it off if you need to.

This just moves up and down if you need to, so you can just adjust it

and get a little closer to Now we can restart. Hold on. I'll let Andre go back. If we can restart. Speaking to the mic?

Is this better?

No. Is this better? Just bring it close to you.

Hello.

Can you be louder?

Is this better? Yes. Okay. Good evening, madam chair and members of the board. My name is Courtney Buckley.

I'm a senior deputy clerk and I work in the courtroom support division. I am one of the many clerks directly impacted by resolution 26 dash two four six. My role includes record keeping of court sessions, including tasks ranging from note taking, exhibit tracking, swearing in witnesses and interpreters, notifying agencies and attorneys, and writing criminal orders that range from continuances and sentencing. One of the more important task is maintaining custody of overnight juror notebooks and exhibits during and post trial. These exhibits include not only photographs and paper documents, flash drives, but also include high security items such as rape and DNA kits, guns, weapons, and controlled substance, the latter of which requires the movement of such exhibits with the assistance of law enforcement.

All of which in order to keep for safekeeping require transporting exhibits through the public space. Right now, with these exhibits can be roughly limited to 15 feet of public space from my division's door to another division's door. This resolution could now place drugs such as fentanyl to be passed through highly trafficked areas of the public as these exhibits will cross the hallways to enter into the circuit court courtrooms. And for the foreseeable future, they're not just passing through highly trafficked areas, but through an extensive construction zone. Losing our space creates unnecessary logistics and moving exhibits in journal books.

Furthermore, other tasks are now going to be delayed further, some of which we may not know the full scope of impact until after this change would occur. Resolution 26 dash two four six eliminates suitable working conditions. We already know this judicial system, I apologize, judicial sister does not meet the community demands. But frustratingly, you're asking taxpayers to invest potentially millions of tax dollars when you already have a judicial explanation, a little nervous, judicial center expansion plan and development that solves the general housing and current judicial center inadequacies. I ask that you reconsider resolution 26 dash two four six. Thank you.

Alright. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Can you hear me? Yes.

Okay. Good afternoon, madam chair and members of the board. My name is Rebecca Carteret. I live in Warren County. For the last five years, I have worked in the Prince William County Circuit Court Clerk's Office as a lead deputy clerk of the criminal support division, and I am here to ask you to reconsider resolution number 26 dash two forty six.

This action directly affects my day to day work by eliminating my office space with no adequate plan for where to be relocated. The board approved the reassignment of space, which displaces over a dozen civil servants for a jury assembly space that would only be used for an average of three hours total a week. Juries do not happen every week, and they do not happen every day of the week, but numerous civil servants serve the public from that office space Monday through Friday for around eight hours a day. We, as clerks, work with tight deadlines, confidential documents, evidence, and multiple points of contact within our office agencies. This means we need a dedicated and suitable workspace that is quiet and easy access to other agencies we work with.

Sheriff's deputies come in daily to make sure the dockets are available and unchanged, that inmates are not needed and should not be added to the docket. Pretrial comes to drop off paperwork to us directly so we can get a copy to the judge that morning on if a defendant is a good candidate for bond. Pretrial information is confidential. Not having a drop off secured location risks risks that confidentiality. Dockets do not prepare themselves. We need to have a suitable space to do that as well

as a space to come

back to to write the orders from the docket. There is almost daily contact between our office and the jail officers to verify bonds and sentences to he to see who should and should not be held and who should be out of custody. KPSs go out of our office. Multiple different police departments have to come to our office to pick up and serve those KPSs. Our our dockets need to be updated and posted in a timely manner so that the public has that information, such as next court dates, failures to appear, who their attorney is, quarter point court costs and due dates, and evidence uploaded for media access.

We as clerks strive for excellence in serving our community by keeping this information to date and accessible. This issue is not about resisting change. It is about ensuring that that in trying to solve one operational need, we do not unintentionally create several others that compromise the overall efficiency and functionality of the court system. Thank you for your time, and I respectfully ask you to reconsider resolution number 26Dash246.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Madam chair and board members, my name is Jennifer Schering, and I reside in Fauquier County. I've been an employee of the Prince William County clerk's office since July 2014. I'm here before the board to ask you to reconsider resolution 26Dash246. I began my career at the clerk's office as a member of the court support team, and I am now a lead in the civil department. I work daily with the court support team as all civil orders that are entered in court are are processed by the civil department.

If the clerk's office is broken up into multiple locations, customers would have to go between buildings in order to complete their transactions. Access to all departments within the clerk's office for staff members as well as the public is imperative for the constituents of to have their concerns answered in the most efficient manner. The civil department's front counter clerks process all new cases that require funds to be receded, whether received in person or through the mail. If a disruption to the windows occur, the processing of new cases would be delayed, and the access that our customers have to the civil team would be affected. Our service windows, which there are currently four, can have a line of customers waiting to be assisted at any given time throughout the day.

On Fridays, that line can be a never ending cycle of customers coming directly from the courtroom to obtain copies of entered orders or initiate the restricted license process. If the civil department is moved into a separate location, the litigants would not have easy access to these types of services. Combine that with our normal traffic, there are many times myself or other team members perform triage of the line to ensure customers that have transactions not involving money can have their requests or filings expedited to reduce lengthy wait times. One of our most popular types of filings in civil are applications for concealed handgun permits. The statutory time period for processing the CHP is forty five days.

On a daily basis, we receive numerous new CHP applications, which are required to be received in person. These applications must be processed immediately due to the statutory nature. A disruption to the civil department could potentially jeopardize the clerk's office mandate regarding these filings. The information that is supplied to customers by our civil team members is essential to the public's access to the civil court system. A disruption in our services would be a denture would be a detriment to the residents of Prince William County and the cities of Manassas, Manassas Park. Thank you for your reconsideration of resolution 26 dash two four six. Thank you.

Next speaker, please. Hello.

Just testing. Hello madam chair and members of the board. My name is Sarah Beninny and I work for the clerk of circuit court as the jury lead deputy clerk in the criminal division. My purpose here today is for you, the board, to hopefully reconsider resolution two twenty six dash two four six. For the past several years, the board has coordinated with the clerk of court in nominating citizens to serve as jury commissioners, helping ensure a well represented body for the selection of jurors in our community.

Your nominations have a direct impact on the administration of justice. These commissioners review and audit thousands of questionnaires annually to determine qualified jurors who then go on to be summoned to perform one of the most important civic duties in our democracy. What was once a one day event has evolved into a week long process due to the increased demand, population growth, and an ever expanding court system. So the issue of adequate space is nothing new. There has long been an effort to make the best use of what we have.

The prior jury assembly room, for example, was sacrificed to create the newest and now smallest courtroom in the circuit court. Our office's multipurpose training and development room has helped in the short term, but adds little value compared with what jurors previously had. I'd like to talk specifically about the more affordable and less negatively impactful proposal to repurpose the outdated cafeteria into an improved space for jurors to assemble. This proposal is practical and it's achievable. Jurors currently enter the judicial center through the lower level for added privacy and experience shorter wait times than going through security through the main entrance, separating them from members of the public coming into the courthouse for other business.

The cafeteria already exists as an underutilized space near that juror entrance with the potential to better accommodate the realities of modern jury operations without the need for costly and lengthy construction, which would affect other office services. Repurposing that area would allow for improved seating capacity to streamline jury orientation, organization, and create a more professional and welcoming environment for the citizens we ask to serve. The impractical option to relocate the whole of courtroom support, criminal vision, probate, etcetera, in exchange for a jury assembly area hinders far more than it helps. It displaces clerks, creates disruptions in their ability to effectively administer support, as well as limiting services rendered to the public. Our citizens should feel that their jury service matters and that their local government is committed to providing a functional and suitable environment for them to carry out the civic duty.

At the same time, this does not have to come at the cost of our other services our office provides. I encourage the board to support a practical solution that improves the experience of jurors, supports court operations, and strengthens public confidence in our justice system. Please, respectfully, reconsider resolution twenty six dash two four six. Thank you for your time.

And for the record, can you state where you reside?

Oh, I'm so sorry. Live in Manassas.

Alright. Thank you. Next speaker. We're doing so good. We had such a great running streak. Alright.

Good afternoon, madam chair and members of the board. I reside in the Potomac Magisterial District, and I'm also a land records deputy clerk. I sit at the front window. I'm here to just offer my brief perspective about resolution twenty six two forty six. Most logistically of the most affected divisions have spoken already, and I stand with them in their stances.

I speak mainly just from a stance or my customer facing stance. It's a position that I'm constantly learning, and I've been there two years. I'm constantly being challenged in, and I'm constantly becoming a stronger asset to the county. And in my role, I'm allowed a chance to regularly interact with much of the public that visits our judicial center. Since we're positioned right near the entrance, I see daily the variety and interconnectivity of the services the public counsel has to provide.

A person will regularly come to my window searching for a deed, and by the time they leave, they visited our law library, probate centers, criminal centers, and civil centers as well. I regularly refer to these divisions, and I have a constant working relationship with these divisions because the depth of any issue that we see daily are are just the scope and the depth of the issues that we see are so very I found that having accessible and informed people under one roof has been of great assistance to me as I learn, and I grow in my role as a deputy clerk and to the public as well. Our divisions are always in a working conversation. There are a few processes that exist solely under the purview of just one, meaning a great change like this would hinder, I think, unseen daily operations across the entire judicial center. Problems presented us are often personal, time sensitive, and complex, and our constituents are often confused and frustrated with these problems.

This resolution in its current state, I feel like, would place a much greater tax on the public than need be and, a greater tax than the potential good that it hopes to achieve. While I do see the benefits for our jurors and the courts and understand and have witnessed the need for additional space, I do not believe it should come at the expense of the services our most vulnerable constituents rely on. This is why I humbly request that agenda item c m one resolution twenty six two forty six is reconsidered. Thank you.

Just state your name for the record.

Jason Evans.

Alright. Thank you very much. We are done with the in person public comment time. I'm gonna turn it over to my colleague supervisor Victor Angry for remote public comment time.

Thank you madam chair. Chris, is it Chris?

Yes sir, can you

hear me?

Yes sir, can hear you.

Excellent. We have our first speaker for the day. Our first speaker is Daniel Foti.

Alright, Daniel. If you're with us, go ahead. Okay?

Yes. Can you hear me?

Yes,

sir. Alright. Terrific. Thank you very much for the time, and, I wanna thank you all for making this available virtually. Madam chair and the board, thank you for for hearing this.

My name is Dan Foti, and I'm from the Gainesville District. And I wanted to urge the board to not move forward on the Calfin Valley Estates development plan, item 10 b. I have three real reasons why why I think it's a bad idea to do this, and that is the traffic that would introduce to the area that is already being tasked with traffic, the water issue, so many of us are on wells, and the school issue. And I would just like to say, really, you know, speaking plainly, all you have to do is drive down from 234 on Cat Cat Harpen Road and get to Heathcote, and you can tell that this is a bad idea. Cat Harpen is not equipped to handle the volume of of cars and automobiles that this development would introduce.

I live adjacent to the development, and I can tell you that leaving my street is already a bit dangerous. I have three small children at home, and I don't feel safe with them near Katharpen. And the amount of of traffic that would this would reduce during rush hour, particularly, with school buses trying to let children off, it would be a nightmare. I really I really believe there's kind of two types of of, developments of plans. There's plans that make sense for everybody involved.

Those that have a stake in making money off of it make money. We introduce new houses to the area, but also those that still live there are able to enjoy the, you know, the development that goes forward. And then there's plans that only really benefit those that are making money off of it and that want to develop an area. And I really, just to be frank, feel like this is what that is. This is going to just introduce more con congestion to the area.

It it really makes me concerned being on well water, and I know tons of my neighbors, some that have already experienced well water going dry their wells going dry. It's going to really tax those you know, our our our utilities. And somebody that spoke earlier about this development in favor of it stated that this really isn't a rural area anymore. Perhaps it's not like it used to be, but our our infrastructure is is rural. And I think we need to treat it accordingly.

There will be need the major upgrades to the roads for this to really facilitate the, you know, the amount of of traffic congestion and the impact that it's gonna have on our watershed. And I would, at a minimum, urge the board to move forward with the aqua point water plan model to really assess whether this is realistic for those you know, hundreds of us, thousands of people that rely on well water for drinking, for bathing, for animals, etcetera, to really get a good idea as to whether this is this is a smart thing to do. So just speaking frankly, really for the traffic reason, for for the water, and and for the schools, you know, I think people I myself moved to this area because of the lack of traffic, the good schools, the open spaces, the rural feel, and and the dark nights. And I think that we should really cherish, foster, and protect that. And for all the reasons I stated before, board, I urge you to not move forward on this plan.

Thank you for your time.

Alright. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please.

Our next speaker is Elspeth McCormick.

Good afternoon, madam chair, supervisors. My name is Elspeth McCormick from the Brentsville District. I'm a member of the Amberley Station HOA and I'm speaking on behalf of the 110 homes in our neighborhood about the Novak appeal of the Diamond Hill Substation, PFR 0 zero five, which was denied by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission's denial reflected serious concerns about this application's alignment with the county comprehensive plan. We strongly urge the board of supervisors to uphold that decision.

Doing so would not only protect the quality of life and land use expectations of our community, but also send a clear message regarding the county's commitment to proper process and thoughtful planning. Amberley Station residents have deep and ongoing concerns regarding the proposed 300 megawatt electrical substation and its close proximity to existing residential neighborhood. A power facility of this scale sitting immediately adjacent to established neighborhoods with only a 100 foot buffer raises questions about land use compatibility as well as long term community impacts. Residents are particularly concerned about the cumulative effects of such large infrastructure installation near our homes and schools as well as the potential precedent this approval could set for future infrastructure expansions in close proximity to residential areas. For our community, this proposal is not an abstract policy discussion.

It has direct implications for daily life, neighborhood character, and long term expectations about how industrial scale facilities are buffered from residential uses in Prince William County. I also wish to express my concerns and objection to the initiation of the Katharpen Valley Estates comprehensive plan amendment. The requested CPA presents the likelihood of highly negative impacts, which are easily identified even with long range planning. You have heard many of them already this afternoon. This CPA is incompatible with surrounding land uses and comprehensive plan designations, and it is in conflict with the county's smart growth principles and strategies that are well documented in the county's comprehensive plan.

We need to follow that comprehensive plan and avoid predatory developers and one off CPAs that go against that comprehensive plan. Thank you very much for your time and consideration on both these items this afternoon.

Thank you, ma'am. Next speaker, please.

Speaker is Chris Grove.

Go ahead, Chris.

Hey,

Chris. Can you speak up? We can barely hear you in there or maybe turn your volume, your mic up. Go ahead, say something.

Yeah.

Hey, Chris, you're not coming through. So other Chris, Chris Craze, can you either either come back to him? I think he's he's got a weak signal or in a bad area. Maybe try turning up his volume.

Yeah. Let's see what we can do. He is as of right now, he's our final speaker.

Oh, he is? Oh.

Yes, sir.

Okay. Well, let's let's give it another you wanna try that again?

Chris? Yeah.

Yeah. Can you hear me now?

Yes. Yes. Yes. There we go.

Okay. I'm gonna I'm just gonna pull the side of the road. Sorry. I'm in front. So I'm Chris Grove from Gainesville, National District.

I would like to say ask you all to not approve the 10 b rezone or for CPA initiation for Ken Harbin Valley Estates. First off, we're still a rural area whether or not we have the rural crescent designation anymore or not. And until the digital gateway is fully killed by the Virginia Supreme Court here, I don't think you should be approving any assemblages within the formal rev rural crescent within the Gainesville district until we get that matter settled. I would like to remind the board that as the CPA amendment is written is how you should be evaluating this. This is not to approve something for a hope and a wish of how something should become.

You need to do it as written. So that is another reason that you need to be careful for approving this as is. Send it back for reconsideration if that has to be it. The roads out there are simply not able to handle another 50 times the traffic based on going from 21 houses to, you know, what, 500 to a thousand plus houses or resident areas of units. Also, just this is not affordable housing.

It will not be affordable housing. You by approving this, CPA amendment, you are actually validating the assemblages that are piecing themselves together out in our district, and you're validating a market price, a market price that has been artificially pumped up because of all the data center demand in our area. So you're actually contributing to the lack of affordability because of the high value, the high input price that these developers have to go in on. They've gotta make their money back, so you're not gonna get cheap housing out of it. I just implore you to a vote no.

Send it back for planning if you have to, but it not at this time. This is this is way beyond where we should be. And by the way, where's the water studies that we've been asking for? You know, in the digital gateway fight, any assemblages that are continue aft continuing after this. Where is the water study? Because we are in a very sensitive aquifer. We're under severe drought across statewide. Fairfax has asked for it. Citizens keep asking for it. Why don't we initiate that? Let's do that at first before we try to shoehorn more mass development in the form of a rural crescent in Gainesville district, in the Brentsville district, or any of the the leftover remaining rural spaces in Prince William County. Thank you.

All right. Thank you, sir. Chris, did I hear you say that was our final speaker?

Yes, sir. That was our final speaker.

All right. Thank you very much. All right. Madam Chair, back to you.

All right thank you so very much. This concludes our public comment time for the two p. M. Meeting. We're going to move on to agenda item number seven that is public hearings. Before we get started I just wanted to make sure that is there anything anyone want to pull off. If not I'm going to hear the sheets, if we can get the sheets so that I can open the public hearings. No one signed up? All right, so we do not have we're just going to double check. It looks like we don't have anyone signed up for the public hearings. Do we have anyone online?

Chris, can you hear

us? Yes,

sir. We have nobody online

right now. You have no online? No one in person? I'm just double checking. All right. So I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearings for seven a through seven gs. All right. I wanted to move this forward. Can I have a motion?

So moved. Second.

All

right. This motion is for seven a through seven gs. Is there any discussion on anything? Supervisor Gord Bodie. Gordie, need to get to.

Gordie, Gordie, or Bodie?

Oh, he's not working. Alright. So Bodie then Gordie. Okay. Gordie.

Gordie. There we go. Thank you, madam chair. Just very quickly about seven c. I wanna thank Rick Kenazales and his team for their continued work on the Prince William Parkway Old Bridge Road intersection improvement program. I know that there's a lot of different businesses and other folks and landowners you have to work with to get this project done. So I know it's not an easy process, but you guys are obviously moving along in a good clip. We one of the the addresses got taken off before we came came to this public hearing, so that's good. Really appreciate that Rick and his team continues to work with folks. Really looking forward to us breaking ground on that intersection improvement. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Supervisor Gordy.

Madam Chair, I'd just any time we're talking about a taking of property, it always makes me uncomfortable. And I know that what's the holdup with the other eight folks in terms of getting them to a place of agreeing to their property being included in this easement.

All right. Rick can come up and next time I ask that if we have any questions we do that before the motion.

All right.

I was trying but couldn't get hints quick enough.

Madam Chair, members of the Board, Rick Cannazales, your Director of Transportation. We just continue to be in negotiations with them. All of those people have received their appraisals and what the county has offered. We continue to negotiate with them. What you're doing today is actually an action that we will not be recording for the next thirty to forty five days. So we hope to continue to negotiate with those and keep on crossing out those numbers as we're going along before we have to go record a month and a half from now.

Okay. Thank you, Rick. Thank you, sir.

All right. I see no one else in queue. So let's go ahead and take our votes on these items.

Vote unanimous.

All right, thank you. We are now moving on to agenda item number eight, county executive time. Mister Shorter, the floor is yours.

Alright. Good afternoon, madam chair, members of the board. A few items that I wanna go over. First, as as usual, I'll talk directives. There were no directives issued since our last meeting.

There was one directive closed since our last meeting. Yesterday, I sent a memo to the board from the police department providing a six month report, regarding the impacts, associated with the updates to the county's towing ordinance, specifically the implementation of the ten minute grace period. This memo closes out that directive. Over the last, few weeks, I've sent the board several updates including, information about the county's activities related to the commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the United States, including recent and upcoming programs and events led by our county department of parks and recreation, our office of historic preservation, and tour and the tourism teams as well as opportunities for the board to participate and engage. An update on the timeline for bringing the data center overlay overlay zoning text amendment to the board for consideration with the goal of completing any board action prior to the August recess and potential adoption in September.

I've also provided an update to the county's ongoing on the county's ongoing panhandling initiative and the work of the panhandling response action team, and you will receive an update on this work during your next meeting. And,

of course,

a brief update on the processing of land use cases during the calendar year of 2026 for the planning commission and for the board. In terms of kudos to staff, I wanted to acknowledge our deputy county executive Bob Blakely. He recent recently received a US Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Public Service Award at the National Lifesavers Conference. This award was given for his leadership and commitment to improving traffic safety through community engagement, education, and enforcement in his prior position, and reducing traffic fatalities by nearly fifty percent over the last year. I wanted to congratulate Bob and thank him for, for his work and certainly glad to have him here on the Prince William County team.

I also wanna recognize director Joni Duckett and the housing staff for the release of the application for the notice of funding availability, for the county's affordable housing fund. The application period opened on May 1, and the deadline is June 1. We anticipate the announcement awards in October. Certainly grateful and proud of the work that the team has done in making the initiative a reality and look forward to the impact we'll have on this community. Lastly, but certainly not least, I wanted to take a moment to recognize some of the outstanding programs we offer here in the community.

I want to first thank Josh Lee and the Area Agency on Aging staff for hosting another fantastic Older Americans Month celebration last week with dancing, with games, with with great food. As always, it is a wonderful opportunity to spend time with our seniors and I absolutely enjoyed it along with the team here. So Josh and team, thank you very much. I want to acknowledge Raul Torres and the team at Human Rights for the absolutely phenomenal Human Rights Student Leadership Council program. The team graduated 52 students, 52 scholars graduated as part of the program this year.

Yeah. Absolutely. It's fantastic. I attended the graduation, heard from students, and it just it was a phenomenal event. It always is to see the parents and the scholars.

Wanted to acknowledge Christina Wynn and her team for a very successful calibrate small business conference. I had an opportunity to talk to some of the entrepreneurs that experienced that conference and they were they all left energetic about Prince William County and what what they could do here. So just wanted to congratulate Christina and the entire economic development and tourism team for the great work. And the police department on a successful community police academy. This gives our residents, I think many of you probably know, gives our residents hands on learning opportunities while strengthening the partnership between our police officers and the community.

The program concluded last week, and I am pleased to share it will return next spring. So great job to our police department. So very thankful that we have the program here in Prince William County. I wanna sincerely thank all the county staff who make these programs so so engaging and successful, and I want to thank the community members who also take advantage and get involved in the programs. We will continue to host and promote, the programs as we go forward.

Madam chair, I would also end by inviting community members to attend the fifth community the career expo tomorrow from 10AM to 2PM at the Hilden Performing Arts Center. As of yesterday, more than 850 people have signed up, registered for the career expo with 23 different departments on-site ready to hire, and we certainly accept walk ins. So this is just phenomenal that the HR team has built a phenomenal program here with the career expos and, obviously, with 850 attendees already registered. This is making a difference here in Prince William County. And then finally, the Memorial Day ceremony next Tuesday at 05:30PM right here at McCourt out in our plaza.

There will be coloring activities for children and opportunities to certainly honor those who have gave, the greatest sacrifice for our country, as we do every year. So with that, madam chair, that is all that is all for me.

Thank you so very much. Supervisor Bailey?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Chris, I just wanted clarity on this. You said for the overlay piece that you're going bring it back to us in September. What did you say August?

Let's see here.

I thought it was

Yes, Tanya. Good

afternoon, Madam Chair, members of the board. Tanya Washington, Director of the Planning Office. Our current schedule is to bring the data center overlay district zoning text amendment to the Planning Commission for public hearing on June 10 and then to the board for a public hearing and final action on July 21. The initiation resolution directed staff to bring it to the board no later than September. But as noted, our goal is to get it to the board for you to take final action on the ZTA before you go on August recess.

Okay. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you, Chris.

All right. I don't have anyone else, so thank you very much. We're gonna go to agenda item number nine, county attorney time. The floor is yours.

Thank you, madam chair, members of the board. For item nine a for closed session, we will have consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff members regarding probable litigation with regards to the Novak Diamond Hill Substation Public Facility Review Appeal, PFR twenty twenty six dash zero zero zero five, along with the accompanying consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff members regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel pertaining to land use law, where consultation, discussion, or briefing in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position, negotiating strategy, or litigating posture of the public body. We will have a personnel discussion relating to the performance of the members of the Board of County Supervisors. We will have consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff members regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by counsel pertaining to the Freedom of Information Act and the First Amendment law, where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position, litigating posture, and negotiating strategy of the public body. We will have consultation and discussion with legal counsel and briefings by staff members pertaining to the acquisition of Real Property for a public purpose with the accompanying legal advice by legal counsel and briefings by staff members pertaining to actual litigation in Prince William County Circuit Court case number CL twenty four zero zero zero seven four zero four dash zero zero regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel regarding land acquisition of property interest for right of way for property located at 17870 Fraley Boulevard in the town of Dumfries, owned by apartments at Dumfries two LLC for the Route 1 Fraley Boulevard project, where consultation or briefing in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position, negotiating strategy, or litigating posture of the public body.

We will have consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff members regarding probable litigation by the circuit court judges against the board of county supervisors regarding space at the courthouse, probable litigation by the clerk of the circuit court against the board of county supervisors regarding space at the courthouse, along with the accompanying consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff members regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel pertaining to courthouses. Where such consultation, discussion, or briefing in an open meeting would adversely affect bargaining position, negotiating strategy, or litigating posture of the public body. These items are appropriate for closed session pursuant to 2.2 dash thirty seven eleven a one three seven and eight of code of Virginia.

Move for approval madam chair.

Second.

All right, let's go ahead and take our vote on the first item.

Vote unanimous.

And we have another item.

Thank you, madam chair, members of the board. Annually, the general assembly moves several pieces of legislation forward, and some of those require changes to the county code to be adopt prior to July 1. Assistant County Attorney Robert Roberts is in our office. He's here in chambers and along with paralegal Erica Hilton. They've spearheaded it this year. This is the authorization of the public hearing to authorize to consider a public hearing. We plan to come back on June 2 for the public hearing to amend these code provisions, and they will be effective then on July 1.

So authorized, madam chair. Second.

Alright. Let's go ahead and take our votes.

Vote unanimous.

Alright, thank you. We are now moving on to agenda item number 10 that is agency time. Mr. Shorter, it's back to you.

All right. Thank you very much, madam chair, with item 10A. This is a CPA initiating a CPA. I will turn it over to Director Washington.

Good afternoon again. Tanya Washington, Director of the Planning Office. I'm just here to introduce our staff member, Reza Ramyar, who will present to the board a request to initiate comprehensive plan amendment CPA 2020 six-six Woodlawn in the Brentsville Magisterial District. I will turn it over to Reza.

Good afternoon. My name is Reza Ramyar, the case planner for this CPA request. This is a request to initiate comprehensive plan amendment. CPA twenty twenty six dash zero zero zero six Woodlawn. This is a request to change long range land use designation for 67.8 acre property from AF Agriculture and Forestry to CIRES one c Conservation Residential with transit one c.

The property located on the South Side of Windhill Road in Knoxville. And a staff recommendation a staff recommend the board initiate this amendment with a modification. And instead of Series one, see a staff recommend changing long range land use for this property from AF to Series 1B with lower density. The difference between Series 1B Transfig 1B and 1C is their density. Transsect 1B recommended maximum density is one dwelling per two acres with a minimum of 60% protected open space.

And for Transsect 1C, the recommended maximum density is two dwelling units per acre with a minimum recommended protected open space of 50% of the site. This slide shows the location of this property in the county. The property includes highly ecological valuable resources in the middle of the site with major trees and forests that with trees that are almost 100 years old. This slide compare the existing long range land use and the proposed the requested long range land use for this application this request. The property is zoned A1 and adjacent to property Zone A1 also.

The applicant also submitted a rezoning request for their property to rezone their property from a one to p PMR to have 67 single family detached dwelling units in their property, and staff believe it's high in this context and not consistent with surrounding density. As you see in this slide, on the east side of this property, there is a property plan for park and open space with zero density. And then further east and south property are the area plan AF, and their actual density is one dwelling unit per 20 acres. And on the west side, there is a residential neighborhood with density of one dwelling per 5.5 acres. And further west, also the area plan Series 1B.

Our recommendation is changing long range land use for this property from AF to one b, which is more consistent with the area. And one also unique characteristic this property has is very long and narrow. And if the applicant want to support 67 detached dwelling unit in this property, they have to build the road extended to the end of the property that and this road has significant impact on the ecological resources in the middle of the site. So a staff recommendation is changing long range land use designation for this property from AF to Series 1B with additional guidance. Staff recommend preserving ecological valuable features as larger cohesive and functional area rather than a small fragmented remnant.

And also, staff recommends securing preserved natural protected open space through permanent conservation easement. And also, staff recommend strict construction construction phase protection for the preserved area. That's end my presentation. I will be happy to answer if you have any questions.

All right. Does anyone Supervisor Gordy, got anything? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So I know the applicant has requested T1C, but you're making a recommendation of T1B. Yes. But in our conversations with the applicant, we're looking at going half of T1C, which is it's weird because it's twice T1B but half of T1C in terms of the rezoning. So we're looking at one unit per acre with 50% open space. So we're still getting closer to the T1B, but also ensuring that the density is lower than the T1C and maintaining the open space that's more consistent with T1B. That's your understanding, correct?

Yes. Okay. Thank you.