Meeting pursuant to the Code of Virginia Section 2.2-371-1. I close meaning to discuss the county attorney pending litigation regarding settlement of the RCH and Hawkins litigation, where such consultation or briefing in an open meeting would be, would adversely affect the counties negotiating or mitigating posture. and to the performance and evaluation of the county administrator in accordance with Virginia code 2.23711. Number two, add consent agenda items. Number six, and a resolution authorizing the county administrator to execute a settlement agreement finalizing pending mitigation. Number three, add consent agenda item number six zero. Excuse me, six oh, it resolution in support of a request for the Virginia Department of Transportation to hold a public hearing for the Broadron Bridge replacement project. We have a motion, do we have a second? I second that. I can Mr. Regan any discussion on the motion. Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Thank you. You guys have it. We have the approved minutes. So the citizen's time is next. This is an opportunity for citizens to comment on any item, not scheduled for a public hearing this evening. Speakers are respectfully requested to keep comments brief and not to exceed three minutes. Do we Falkier County. It is beautiful, peaceful, so surreal. I never thought I'd be up here complaining about how the last eight years have been sheer hell. Not a privilege to live in this county. Trucks rolling down Brenttown Road starting at 6.30 a.m. and going until 6.6.30 p.m., running right down the back half of our property, our land. All we hear is the banging of the tailgates. Then as you exit this dumping ground, or these trucks exit this dumping ground, the rocks mud and debris that they leave behind on this road that we have traveled through, that we have to travel through. A lot of times making it very hazardous conditions. The last snow ice event we had, the road conditions were horrible. I called the state police and beat on it for 15 to come out. I took pictures of this road at 503 because they were so bad. At 5.45 a car was traveling east, flipped and landed on the other side of the road. Luckily, the driver was okay. There's been so many accidents on this road. And we really need to start taking this seriously. What's got to happen before something gets done? I have grandkids that are going to be starting to drive in five and a half years. This has been going on for eight years. This scares me. For them to have to travel up and down this road with this stuff going on. I know from experience I drive five miles out of my way. So I don't have to go through this less than a quarter mile stretch just to get to my house because the road is so muddy. I just had, and I just had my car washed washed or I'm afraid to drive in this area. This doesn't even cover how dangerous these trucks are. They fly down this road, cross in the double line, gravel flying out, and making these roads treacherous to drive on. Any other county would not stand for this. This place would have been shut down already. several times. Why is it that Bocair County can't stand behind us and help protect our county roads as well as this 54 acre track that he has totally destroyed? Maybe all of you should come down and watch these two to 300 trucks coming in and out of this property daily five to six days a week. And see if this if this was your property, would you all stand for it or would you all let it go by? Please help us out. Next speaker, Morgan Price, Cedar Run. I am also speaking on the Hawkins matter. My name is Morgan Price and my husband and I live in Midland, Virginia next to a landfill. I call it a landfill because that is what it is, not a sod farm. The days of calling yourself one thing but being another are far behind us. Michael Hawkins has been calling himself a sod farmer under false pretenses. A sod farmer has no need to import 200 to 300 dump trucks a day of dirt for seven years to operate a successful sod farm. On July 22nd, 2024, my husband and I left for our honeymoon. On July 25th, 2024, Judge Plowman ordered that he cease dumping dirt. We celebrated, but it was short-lived. The situation became worse than the days following. We came home on July 28th to a brand new double lane road built approximately 50 yards behind our house. July 29th began the seemingly never-ending flow of dump trucks Monday through Saturday, starting before sunrise, lasting until sunset. Our home used to be a peaceful place, but now sounds like we live next to a major highway. As a responsible law-abiding citizen of Falkier County, I know the extensive process needed to one, create a new driveway and two obtain proper permits to do so. Falkier County is sending a bad message. Essentially common people like myself have to wait for a permit to cut roads in but my caulkins is just allowed to do it. The damage is far worse than you can imagine and irreversible. Falkier County should be embarrassed to have allowed this to continue for this long. Our home will now always be neighboured by a mountain of dirt and a roadway not permitted to be there. As a repercussion at speaking at the injunction, trying to shut down this road, he illegally cut in behind our house. I was subpoenaed for a deposition in question by his lawyer for three plus hours, who I'm not even sure knows what saw it is. I learned that my opinions were either to stay quiet and allow this to happen or to speak my truth and deal with the consequences. I chose to face the fight and deal with it. The harassment has been pretty bad since. When you trim the fat, the pig will squeal and there's quite a lot of fat to be trimmed off of my cockins. With every truck that enters this road, it is more dirty money he is acquiring to pay his lawyer to keep these courts in battle. I feel to challenge this man in court is to sign yourself up for financial liquidation. That is a battle my husband and I cannot sign ourselves up for. Our home value is permanently damaged and what we thought would be a good investment is a nightmare that we won't escape from. Your goal as Falkier County Board of Supervisors per Falkier County's website is to preserve the physical beauty heritage and environmental integrity of the county. That goal is unfortunately unachievable in this situation as the new road cut through protected wetlands and completely altered the flow of streams, the abundance of wildlife and the dirt from these trucks has covered all vegetation. A goal you can achieve though is taking immediate action to protect and promote the health, safety and welfare and quality of life of these county residents. Who knows what dirt is being dumped at such an excessive rate? Who knows what's getting into our drinking water or what effects are being brought onto us by breathing the amount of emissions released into the air by these trucks being so close to our home. Good business is ethical and this is not ethical. Our roadways are unsafe, accidents happen far too often due to hazardous road conditions. To drive on 612 is dangerous and cars are caked in mud. Early on when this first began it should have been stopped. What is right and what is wrong is crystal clear. I invite you all to put yourself in my shoes. What would you do when everyone you've reached out to? The EPA, DEQ, Army Corps of Engineers, State and local police? All can't do anything. nobody can enforce the laws I guess you come to a board of supervisors meeting and you beg for help thank you. Next speaker is Chris Meyer. Good evening supervisors. What I know is our company will never do that and don't want to do that. So I want to thank you for considering the resolution regarding the Summer Sweet Energy Center, a signing agreement that you will be discussing later this evening. I listen intently to your discussion this morning and want to address some of the questions concerns I heard. I would be the first degree to the process of when the site agreement is getting negotiated is not ideal. I actually requested that we start the negotiation process back in June of last year, about nine months ago. Your staff can confirm this, and I followed up frequently on this request. I'd like to note that in the signing agreement, East Point is proposing specific benefits to the community through donations to the school and fire station, which are both institutions to the community told us that they would like to see benefited. Regarding the concern about whether the community understands this project, I can share with you that we sent letters to basically everyone in the village of Morrisville and on Stewart Lane. We had two community meetings with around 15 people who attended. I held two other info sessions for volunteering career fire staff at Lewis. Lewis, excuse me, fire station and I met personally with Mr. Johnson of Stewart Road who took me through the ringer on behalf of his family that lives on that road. There was no public opposition at the public missions. Excuse me through the ringer on behalf of his family that lives on that road. There was no public opposition at the Public Commission's, excuse me, to planning commissions public hearing on our project despite being publicized. I also emailed multiple people and all the people that were in our community meetings. Actually, there was also one to note that there was actually public support voice for the project. I personally send out every email to everybody again about this hearing tonight also. I'm not hearing anything but this agenda I am tonight. I'd like to say if you have fire investigation concerns, I please ask that you get feedback from the fire chief and the fire marshal. I heard many of you know that this type of project is the future and the county needs them, but that this location just might not be the best site. I can ensure you that we've scouted the entire county for the best sites that don't impart farmland or adjacent to existing infrastructure and have minimal homes or other public facilities nearby. This though, this one site is one of the few that actually work in as best. It has industrial zoning and as a brown field. And I'm sure that we'll meet all the draft, battery and storage ordinance requirements that you're gonna be seeing soon next month, I think. I want to acknowledge that I aired an underestimating the importance of the landowner being in compliance with the zoning. Well, East Point now has a purchase option in place with the landowner. We along with the landowner spent tens of thousands of dollars the last couple months to get into compliance. I again acknowledge I heard in this and should have moved quicker to force the landowner to get that result, my apologies. Finally, I'd be more than happy to arrange our perming process rearrange it to ensure that our project has its public hearing when I, county staff, the fire chief chief and the public can answer your questions and comments on the project. What I ask is that the side agreement benefits to the village of Morseville and the county residents also be part of that review. Thank you for your time. Thank you Mr. Mark. David Reignbacher, Marshall District? You didn't think? Well, I just want to commend the Sheriff's Department. I kind of had a trust passing issue, and I've had to call them several times. And they've been very professional, and listening to my concerns, and try to walk me back from the age a little bit, you I have to keep calling them. So the three gentlemen that came out, one was a Corporal Austin Rogers. Michael Williams, I believe it was Michael Williams, and Corporal Wells, and they're all were top notch, great, great debt buddies. And I would actually with the Corporal Rogers, his demeanor and the way he interacts with the public is top notch. So he needs to be promoted like Sergeant Lieutenant or something. Okay, that's it. I just want to say to the sheriff's for absolutely fantastic with helping me with this issue is kind of ongoing. I really appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes the list who have signed up this evening. Is there any of those speakers this evening that would like to come forward? Sir, if you can state your name and your ministerial district. My name is Dwain Long, and I'm in Midland, Virginia. Brent Down Road. Been to many of these meetings in many different buildings with many different supervisors over the last seven years. I'm here to tell you, if you don't want to get rid of this good old boy system that they claim is in fall care, something's got to change. These things that are happening out in Midland should have never gone on for seven and eight years. I don't know who's responsible for not doing their due diligence but I don't care if it's your ordinances your amendments or whatever you create dog with no teeth don't scare nobody enforcements the key and it needs to be done in this county thank you mr. Walg i think who's okay we're closing citizens time time and Mr. Vice Chair to seek a motion for the consent agenda please. Mr. Chairman I blew to a topic and sent a agenda with as previously amended. Thank you and do I have a second. Second. Mr. Brotus, any discussion on the motion? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. The aye is heaven. Consent agenda is approved. We will have two proclamations this evening. The third will be actually mailed. So tonight the first proclamation would be Mr. Reagan for for Agricultural Month in Falkywick County. All right. A proclamation. Proclamation to declare March 2025 as Agriculture Month in Falker County. Whereas agricultural producers are a time honored and vital part of Falker County, the Commonwealth of Virginia and United States. And whereas agricultural pursuits in Falker County are deeply rooted in the economic success in history of the county, and whereas the farms and agribusiness of Falker County create captivating rural landscape that helps define our county, and whereas the agriculture of community generates over $67 million in sales, fostering pride and economic stability in the community where we live and work. And whereas the agricultural producers of the county support almost every facet of the business within the county through partnerships and procurement, and whereas the month of March was established as National Agriculture Month by the Agricultural Council of America in in 1973 to raise awareness about the importance of agriculture to the economy and daily life. And whereas Falker County recognizes the accomplishments of our farmers, agribusiness, professionals, producers, and agricultural now and therefore be proclaimed by the Falker County Board of Supervisors this 13th day of March 2025 at the month of March B and is hereby recognized as the agricultural month in Falker County. Forclaimed further, that the Board of Supervisors extends its deepest appreciation to all farmers and agriculturalists of Falker County for their invaluable services and dedication to the profession of agriculture. So thank you all very much for being part of the agricultural community here. We all got it eat, so we need to have fun. Thank you very much. I don't know if anyone wants to say anything. Absolutely. Thank you Supervisor Washer, along with the Supervisor, that person would like to extend my appreciation to the producers, agribusiness women, agriculturalists, and the county. and along that vein we've got a few of them with us here tonight. Excuse me. in my appreciation to the producers, agribusism and agriculturalists in the county. And along that vein, we've got a few of them with us here tonight, and excuse me for my notes here, but I don't want to forget anything, no, I'm sure I will. In the middle, we have Jake Brove, who is a fifth generation talkier farmer, operating a high water farmer. He was a former ag teacher, current John Marshall of Water Conservation Specialist, talk here on Bureau of President, active FFA 4-H sponsor and support member of various agricultural boards throughout the county. He's a deacon at DeWarrant and Baptist Church and his primary role probably the most challenging but also most rewarding as being managers, supervisor, financial analysis, and maybe even the directions officer to some wonderful children who keep them very busy. On top of all that, how he finds the time to farm from both ends of the county, from Beilton to Delaplan is beyond me. So thank you, Jake. And here to my immediate left is Mr. Tim Mays. He was also a lifetime Falkier County resident and his mini almost as close as as as close as you can get without the end of his and along his professional ag career in the counties held many jobs and many different facets of our our community from Ag Retail with the CFC to his own livestock production. And some of you might know his most notable role with the Cooperative Extension Office here in the county through Tim 20 years now. I got that right. Of work is that wow your seasons Tim. 20 years of work as the extension animal science agent. it's left to lasting impact on producers here in the county. And as not only an advisor, a competent, and a friend as a lot of flottles say. So if there's a producer meeting somewhere in the county, you can be sure Tim is gonna be there. So thank you, Tim. And right, the lovely lady right next to a supervisor, Washere is a Miss Butter Strother from the Faulkier livestock exchange in Marshall. She not only represents herself and her own agricultural endeavors, but here on behalf of the board, which she serves at the Faulkier livestock exchange. Faulkier livestock exchange serves producers from all parts of the county with weekly livestock sales and a bi-yearly equipment auction, one of which is coming up very soon. So you ought to look out for that with a long track record providing that needed valuable resource to the community. I commend you and thank you for being here. A warm thank you to the supervisors for that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you join me in glory? The evening we have a proclamation to declare the week of April 6th through the 12th, 2025 as National Library Week in Falkure County. Whereas from the founding of the United States, libraries have been recognized as fundamental to the informed citizenry and successful democracy. And whereas libraries today uphold that tradition by providing free access to information and resources offering programs that teach all forms of literacy and promoting lifelong learning. And whereas libraries also serve as a crucial technology hub for people in need of broadband access, computer training, and employment searching support. And whereas Falkier County residents recognize the significance of a public library, which with 32,000 residents holding library cards and 13,000 individuals visiting a library branch on a monthly basis. And whereas communities across the United States observed National Library Week in April, recognizing its essential role in social, economic, and political well-being of the country. So therefore, now it be it resolved and proclaimed by the Pefakia County Board of Supervisors, this 13th day of March, that the week of April 6th through 12th, 2025 be and hereby declared National Library Week in Pefakia County. And further be it proclaimed that the Pefakia County residents are encouraged to take full advantage of the invaluable resources provided in our libraries. Maria, thank you for your understanding for all the incredible work that you do on behalf of this community. I'd like to introduce Laurie Parker, the chairman of the Library Board, and Laurie served on our board for over 20 years. And it's our pleasure to provide those services. We think that the library is vital to community. And we're pleased to have 500 people walk through our doors every day and 2,900 people enjoying library programs every month. And it's with your support, the board of supervisors support, and the community support that we could do this. And we urge everybody, not just during National Library week, but every week during the year to come visit us. I just wanted to express my grateful knowledge of library staff and the three at the helm. I can't think of a better library and the Commonwealth and I'll keep coming. Thank you. Thank you. We move on to our regular agenda this evening. We have item a resolution to authorize a public hearing to consider an energy storage facility citing agreement with summer suite energy center LLC. Thank you Mr. Chairman. As discussed this morning, this would enable staff of the county attorney to begin looking at the setting agreement that's proposed with the idea of having a public hearing in the future to marry up with a special exception application and the appeal of the comprehensive compliance review application as a reminder, the Plenty Commission voted four to one in November to find that the application is not in compliance with the comprehensive plan and to recommend denial of a special exception for any questions and have it answered. Any other questions? To hear how are any questions from you? No questions. Hearing none, I'll seek a motion. I just want to say before I make this motion that has technology changes, different things come about that I think it's very important for us to do diligence to try to find out as much information, but also to Paul sometimes and really think about what the consequences are. I think battery storage is something that will be incredibly useful and beneficial to our county. I think in the right locations it could really be a good benefit. I have real hesitations about the proximity with this site in particular next to an elementary school. I do not like the idea of trying something for the first time next to one of our most vulnerable and important portions of our population. And that being said, I'd like to move to not authorize or deny authorization for a public hearing to consider an energy storage facility citing agreement with summer suite energy. Thank you. We have a motion. Do I have a second? I'll second that. Second. Any conversation? I think that I'm really, I've wrestled with us, and I think everybody knows that, that I think that we are, the process here has been fraught with challenges, and I would love to see this come after a determination that it's the right place. And so I think I agree, I will vote with the motion. But the reason for that is, I don't think it's time for us to talk about what something should cost until we determine whether or not it's something we want. Thank you, Mr. Rodgers. Mr. Gerhard, do you have any comments? I do not. Thank you. Mr. Washington. That's right. Hearing no more discussion, we'll call the vote. All those in favor of denial. Please signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries and we move now on to appointments. Committee appointments this evening. I believe we have two We have one for mr. Culverson Would you like to share which that is? Yeah, I'd like to nominate Joyce Dursa for the oral Ridge Community College Board Second that okay, we have a motion second. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. Mr. Gerhard, you have as well to give a committee recommendation this evening. I do. Mr. Chairman, my PDR committee person has decided to resign and I am replacing her with Mr. Anderson DART or Andy DART. He goes by Anderson. That's my point for the PDR committee. Second that motion. Any discussion? Okay. All of those in favor please signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries. Thank you gentlemen. And we're now on to supervisors time. Mr. Roder, we'd like to start. Nothing this evening. Thank you. Thank you. No, I don't have anything. I'm just going to reiterate to folks to please come out to the fuck your life's like exchange equipment auction I believe it is two Saturdays out two Saturdays out. Okay, thank you. So that means that I get nothing else. Thank you Mr. Gerhard. I will just take this opportunity to thank both Mr. Srebling and Miss Downes with respect to all of their efforts during the budget process that we're undergoing right now. They're doing a fantastic job and they're putting in a lot of time and after all this and I for once certainly appreciate that. Thank you very much. My citizens time this evening, excuse me, supervisors time. just have a quick statement with reference to the events of last week and this will be entered into the minutes on Wednesday March 5th our fire and rescue system faced an unprecedented incident requiring an extraordinary response around noon our emergency communication center received multiple reports of gas rotors initially on Main Street in Warranton but quickly spread townwide very quickly overwhelming our resources. Over 24 hours career-involunteer personnel from every Foccio County Fire Company responded to more than 400 calls. An area command was established first on Main Street, and then at fire station number one, with operations divided into three sectors for efficiency. This response was only due to the dedication of our fire and rescue system members and mutual aid partners. On behalf of the board of supervisors, I extend our deepest for the Falkier County Career and Voltaire Fire companies whose members stepped up in major force. Emergency Communications Center dispatchers who managed overwhelming call volume and coordinated resources. The town of Ornton and emergency managers for their partnership and coordination. The bridge canteen unit for providing critical support. Mutual aid partners from Loudon, Colt Pepper, Prince William, Rapa Hannock, and Stafford counties as well as the Warrant & Training Center for their assistance. More than 100 personnel worked to mitigate the incident. Staff, additional units, and ensure all emergency calls were answered. Though a primary response concluded within 24 hours monitoring continued throughout the weekend to continue to continually make the community safe, we sincerely appreciate every responder, partner, agency involved, your professionalism, teamwork, and commitment did not go unnoticed and we thank you for your time with service. And I have nothing else for citizens time so we will move on to our public hearings for this evening which we have to. First public hearing excuse me. I think Rick asked me if I would continue that tradition and I certainly have so I do apologize. I appreciate that. The first announcement is to amend our budget schedule. The joint work session with the Board of Supervisors in school board that was supposed to take place on March 20th at 5 p.m. has been canceled. The proposed budget public hearing is scheduled for March 20th, 2025 at 7 p.m. at Faulkier High School. Make that other one, 2026, if not, is this year. Board of Supervisors will hold a mark-up mark-down session on March 25th, 2025 at 2 p.m. at the Warren Green meeting room at 10 Hotel Street and the Board of Supervisors will hold a work session to adopt the FY2026 annual budget on March 28th at 10 a.m. at the Warren Green meeting room at 10 Hotel Street. And then finally the next regular scheduled meeting of the Board of Supervisors is April 10th 2025 at 6.30 p.m. at 21 Main Street. Thank you, Janelle. So for now moving on to our public hearings, this evening for persons wishing to speak at public hearings are requested to keep comments brief, not to exceed three minutes, and to address only those issues pertinent to the matters advertised for public hearing. Speakers should also state their full name and address for the record, and please direct all comments to the chairman of the board. Item A, in ordinance to amend chapter 11 of the Falkier County Code text 24-0268. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. DQQ recently issued a guidance document to provide clarification on application exemptions for certain lanes serving activities specifically associated with agricultural activities This amendment incorporates those guidelines into the Origins storm water management ordinance for the opportunity with the EQ interpretation new questions and happy answer Any questions At this time we'll open the public hearing You have any speakers yes, sir the first speaker is Jennifer Reinhardt, our Cedar Run District. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. We have been a part of trying to get these regulations adopted in Falkier County. We are part of the group that has been greatly affected by what is going on with the dump trucks, the illegal dumping of import and exports. I would like to take just a few seconds since I don't have enough time to address all the issues. What stands out to me the most is terracing. Terrorism means a combination ridge and channel constructed across the field slope to convey runoff and reduce sheet and rail erosion. Typically the cuts and fills of soil are balanced, meaning there is no import or export of soil material necessary to construct the terrorist system. That is what these farmers are using is that they are terracing for crops. We have a 40-foot tariff next to our house. This is 40 feet of asphalt, concrete, pond scum, wire, rebar, Superfundbury and much more all imported and dumped under an agricultural roofs. Falkier County has become the dump site for all the surrounding companies, all the surrounding counties. The problem is not the policies. The problem is the inability to enforce the violations. As we learned with ordinance D, DEQ is pointing the fingers at Falkyar County. V.Dott is pointing the fingers at Falkyar County. They are all saying that you have the power to stop what is going on. This has been a fight that frankly we feel very alone in. We urge the county to not only adopt these policies, but to implement checks and balances for enforcement. No more dump trucks creating noise dust dirt. No more dump trucks tearing up our roads, harassing our residents and causing the accidents that have almost killed two people on our road. No more dump trucks, period. It needs to stop guys. Fuck your county needs to return to a safe and sought after county. Not an illegal landfill for Northern Virginia. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Raywater. Our next speaker is Patricia Hupp, Cedar Run. I have 1498 acquired. Yes, I'm a part of this enforcement situation. I'm not here to talk about that, and I resent only having three minutes as I work full time, and I scoured four times through 41 pages, and I have three minutes to bring up all the problems with this. I do have a problem. One of the biggest things is, I don't think there's a lot of transparency going on here. I think a website needs to be put up. We need to know, as owners and citizens, what's going on in our county? Who do we call? Who's in charge of that? I can't tell you how many times we've been given a run around. No, you need to call the cops. You know you need to call the state police about the trucks. No, you need to call the cops. No, you need to call the state police about the trucks. No, you need to call your county. Our county's doing nothing. Do you care to me? Your county is supposed to take care of this. Oh, good. Tell me who that is. I spent eight years of my life in court. I've drained all my assets, my farming is ruined and nobody cares. So what the heck? I just can't believe this, but Prince William has a great website. I get hits all the time on a real estate agent. I need to know what's going on around me, right? So with that in mind, I get a ping. Oh, there's all the permits for this week that have been done. None of that. We don't notify owners of what's going on on large construction projects. You know, who's going to enforce this is the big thing, but also notification to the landowners. Now, Texan-Bemma-D, we were hopefully being guaranteed a buffer as well. I don't see that anymore, any of those paperwork. Have done trucks dumping right outside your office window at home you're working from. And I have a second home for a family member on my farm. She's been told and reprimanded more than once with windows closed. What are the heck is going on? You're supposed to be working. What about all the noise? It's that bad. Every day, 300 trucks, they said 22 feet above my property line now. They were dumping today, 22 feet apart. You could see this stuff pouring out, this sludge, the debris, ashball concrete, who knows what? Nobody cares about our wealth. We feel like the stepchildren in our neighborhood. Nobody comes. If you say fire, that fire marshal has given me so much grief he won't come anymore. I had to call staff work when there was a mulch fire of this pile that was humongous headed towards the woods because the fire marshal here would not come. As Stafford came and Stafford threatened him and said, you get over here or I'm charging you. This is a legitimate mulch fire and where did all those mulch fire come from? From things duck that are not allowed to be. It's against the law. Nobody inspects, nobody checks, nobody follows rules. I have gone through this and I would love to sit down with someone and go over all the points that I have highlighted and marked because there are a lot of issues in this. But 41 pages you can't do in three minutes guys. This is not fair. I wanted to talk about this bill. Like I said, in between I stayed up last night to one o'clock and went to read it another time. After I worked part of the day, I waste home to go over this again. But three minutes, Decina, I need to talk about all the bullets in this. I'm sorry, I don't think it's fair. How can we talk about 41 pages in three minutes? And you can see, I've got it all marked. Thank you, Miss Huff. We'll give any further speakers. Yes, sir. Are there other speakers this matter this evening? Okay, hearing none, we'll close the public hearing and seek a motion. I move that we accept the . Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry-02368. Hearing a motion, do we have a second? Second. Mr. Gommerson has a second. Any discussion? Well, I would, I would, all this question is we need to do so much more. I mean, it's clear what's going on. I think one of the things we've come to realize in this is we need more teeth. And we need the state to give us the ability to have much greater criminality, much greater enforcement capacity, fines, etc. And so I think we just need to do a lot more work on this. It needs to be a legislative priority that we ask the state for help on this next year. Thank you. Mr. Gomez. Do you hear it? I'll say that this is the first year that we've been able to make progress with the state. As everyone knows we're doing real estate, meaning that local county cannot do anything that exceeds what the state of Virginia allows us to do and we have done just that and I hear all the comments this evening and I feel for everyone making those comments. I know what you've gone through. I've been there dealing with this myself for eight years as this rainwater and this hot, certainly no. I'll just leave it at that. This is the first year we've been able to make progress in every general legislature and we will continue to do whatever we can to forget them, to give us the ability for law to deal with this moving forward. Thank you Mr. Guard, Mr. Gardner. Mr. Rieb. I would just echo what my colleagues have said. For all of you, I assume it's too little too late, but we're doing it, but we can at this point to try to get this resolved. We have had success with the legislature because of our lobbying efforts and we'll continue to do that on your behalf. I think this is one step in the right direction and we hope to do more. You know more comments? We'll call the vote. All those in favor? Signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries. We move on to item B. An ordinance to adopt zoning ordinance text amendment. Text 2402-363-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- text amendment was initiated in November in response to interest for processing wild game and other zoning districts at the county. In response, staff has proposed a definition of wild game processing to include the processing, cutting and packaging of non-domesticated animals harvested in the wild, including but not limited to deer, bear, or elk, squirrel, rabbit, and wild birds. This would not include the keeping or slaughtering of animals. Staff has proposed establishing an abattoir wild game processing only facility as an industrial use to be permitted with approval of a special permit on parcels up to four acres in the industrial park and industrial general zoning districts and with approval of a special exception on parcels more than four acres in size in agriculture village industrial park and industrial general zoning districts. Staff has also proposed additional standards for this type of facility, including the definition for wild game processing in the additional standards, as well as others that were derived from other use categories in the zoning ordinance, including major home occupations, kennels, and agricultural abattoirs. The Planning Commission held a work session on this amendment in January and a public hearing in February where the unanimously recommended adoption of the proposed amendment. I'm happy to answer any questions. We have any questions. Thank you. Thank you. We will open the public hearing and see. Yes, sir. David Gibson, Marshall District. Good evening. Thank you for your time. I'd like to David Gibson 7548 Foxview Drive, Warrenton Marshall District. I provided a letter of support for this Zota. And that was submitted this afternoon, but you've got hard copies of it as well. Three brief comments, I support this completely. I think that we need to acknowledge that the hunting industry and hunters provide $1.5 billion to the Virginia budget every year. It's critical 185,000 deer hunters in Virginia took 200,000 deer last year just for a number. $45 million worth of land was leased for hunting rights in Virginia last year. It's a key element of rural incomes and farmers' capability to continue to farm productively and economically. But we lost 20% of our hunters over the last 10 years. And we lost 30% of all of the processors of wild game meat over the last five years. Processors are a critical element in the supply chain and the value between hunters and satisfied hunters and farmers and everyone else there. They're the grease that helps keep things moving. It's critical that we have more of them and that they become more efficient, more productive. But they suffer from an aging workforce. They suffer from a very, being a very labor-intense industry. The economic viability on a seasonal industry like that is very, very difficult. So anything we can do to improve the number of them and help them compete is critical. And this would allow them to occur both in the village as well as rural agriculture environments, which is exactly what they should be, I think. A note on the importance of them with regard to the disease situation, we have emerging in Falkier and the rest of Virginia. You may not know it, but we have something called chronic wasting disease, CWD. It's tripled over the last year. There's eight cases now in Falk county it's surging in the state of West Virginia more mortality is due to chronic wasting disease now than automobiles or hunters combined so it's a critical problem and it's going very very quickly Processing facilities provide a critical waypoint for us to be able to gauge and monitor that the progress of this disease that we don't have an answer to right now. So it's really important that we do provide them the support and we make sure that they follow the regulations for carcass disposal and waste management and that they do everything they can to comply with the regulations which are quite different. They're not USDA inspected, they're just, they're inspected by the state. And I think we just need to make sure that we keep an eye on that. But I think they're really, really important. I think that's all I would say. Thank you very much and I appreciate your time. Thank you, Mr. Gibson. Any more speakers to this matter? Hearing none, we will close the public hearing and seek a most. Mr. Chairman, I'll go ahead and make a mark. And then we adopt in ordinance of zoning ordinance text amendment 24-023637. avatars was only ordinance text amendment to article three and article five related to, sorry, but I cannot make out that word based on what I'm, I think they said abitars. Abitars. Let's go on with it. I think that was pretty good. Thank you for the moment. We have a second I'm reading the picture so I'm sorry The second strike is a very very good person a second. Do we have any discussion on the motion? That's just very excited. I'm an avid hunter and this makes me happy and Mr. Gibbs and I appreciate you bringing up all the very bell points with regards to the hunting industry did not realize realize that it was that much of an economic driver. So that's even more of a reason to have these in our community. I know many hunters who are constantly on a lookout for somebody to drop a deer after in deer season. And this will help facilitate that. So that was all. There you go. For the comments, they will call the question, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries.