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We ask that every decision made here is signed to please them to use and that interest of course is a key thing we pray for. Thank you. So I'll show the place in a place. Please join please? Yes sir, I move to adopt the agenda with the following changes. Postpone consent agenda item number 7J, a resolution authorizing termination of an open space agreement and approving a new one, excuse me, a new open space agreement for property owned by William H.. Grun and Margaret McNally. Thank you. We have a motion with a change and a second. Second. Very good. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries. The agenda is as adopted. The next item on our agenda this evening is the citizens time and this is an opportunity for citizens to speak to any item not on this evening's public hearing list. Do we have any speakers to see? Yes sir. First speaker is Scott Ross and I'm the fire chief of the Warranton Volunteer Fire Company. I'm a third generation citizen of fallcare and I've volunteered in this county for over 40 years. I'm a recently retired career firefighter and I come to you tonight to speak on behalf of the HR Policy 14P on Volunteer Services. This proposed change, there's a couple of things that I want to bring to light, the sense of urgency. This thing's been hanging out there for a long, long time, and three days the government wants to to act on it or the board wants to act on it. I've never seen government move this fast without some feedback and discussion of the impacts. The impacts on staffing, yes it might be a small number. I think we quote 11, but 11 is equivalent to picking staffing away from one fire station or essentially closing that fire station. The broader concern this policy affects all Falker County employees and what they do in their leisure time as far as volunteering so it can raise serious concerns about other volunteer activities overall within the county outside of the county. And lastly I would like to add is that we preach that the Faulkier County Fire and Rescue is one system. One system meaning it's for the volunteers in the career that doesn't matter what the patch on our shoulder says at the end of the day we're here to do the same thing. And I understand that there's federal laws and issues surrounding this, but there's other jurisdictions that have found work around to this. This issue, very close to here. There's all kinds of federal rules and laws that we seem to have work around, like cannabis. That's in the quarter of the federal laws. That is illegal, but we have a work around, or look the other way to that law as well. And that's all I have to say. I'm just asking the board to at least think about or at least payable to hear some more of these concerns because I'm surrounded by a lot of people that this does affect. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker Anita that? First here are some pictures I'm going to show you what the road looks like today. This looks like it every day these pictures I'm passing around. And what my car looks like when it rains, every time it rains, or snows, sleets, anything. On March 13th, we stood up here asking for help regarding the sod farm situation. I asked when I was leaving, I was asked for my number. So Mr. Pureheart could call me. He did call me the next day and stated he was out of the country and would be back the following week. We spoke about him coming out to our property and the issues he agreed he was going to call me the next week when he returned and he would be coming out to visit our property. That week and see it firsthand. Like the last eight years we never never heard from anyone. Never heard from him, never heard from anybody from the county when we call. I see that this case between Falkyre and Hawkins was removed from the docket on April 7th and 8th, which leads me to believe some sort of settlement was worked out during this time and they have reached at this point, a settlement at this point. I really hope it's not the one I received a copy of. I find your lack of helping communication is totally unacceptable. We have lived here for 25 years, built homes for our four children and their families right by us. It was supposed to be a peaceful compound. It's nothing short of a nightmare. Trucks all day long, slamming truck gates gravel all over the road and when it rains our cars are tarnished and red clay along with rock chips. Not to mention the disturbance of this land. The elevation, run off, right over to Quantico, stability, habitat and accidents these dump trucks have caused, the list goes on. He has changed the whole topography of this piece of property. This should have been stopped from the beginning, but you all allowed him to continue. And as I see it, still allowing him to dump. There have been so many driveways that have been offered up for deputies to sit and evaluate these trucks coming by. Even our own driveway was offered. And rarely do I see any form of law enforcement out there. They continue to cause havoc on these roads, crossing the double line, traveling too fast, tailgating, and very reckless. So many accidents, another one yesterday. He has admitted that would be Hawkins, that this is a film material. Doesn't sound like sod farm to me. And that's what you all approved, correct? A sod farm. Eight years, and I have never seen one piece of sod come out of there. The sad thing is, you all continue to let him operate, and we are the ones left to deal with this. The articles that I read, he's a small business guy, just trying to make an honest living. We all know this isn't true. Just like he's not a sod farmer. But I guess when you have more money than when you know what to do with, you get away with anything you want. Money talks. That's stop. I only have a have to have a chair. I'm going to have a chair. Go ahead. My family is worried about the impact on our phone. Again, you all approved a sod farm, not a field dirt or landfill, AKM, AKA dirt dump. And there are far more things in that dirt than just dirt. My family is worried about the impact of our property values and what would, who would want to buy homes next to this damaged land. I'm sure one day when he's done tormenting all of us he'll just leave like leave this property just like the previous properties he's owned. I'm sorry but the county really has failed us. Next speaker William Burke Cedar Run. William Burke, Cedar Run. We're next door. You just want to wipe. Last time we were here, we were talking to all you about what was going on. I guess case was up and coming we were looking forward to it. But judge has heard it I think you all know the result of that. It's a ruse at Anasawd Farm. So you know is it out of line for me to ask the question have have you reached an agreement on this? The agreement that we've seen on, it was on line very quickly and then disappeared. I mean, I think it's fair for us to know we're bordering properties that have to deal with this, matter of fact, it would have be out of line to see a show of hands of anybody that's been out there to see the property? You've been out to see the property lately? No. Not in the last year. Well things change quick and matter of fact ever since this agreement showed up somewhere which we don't know. We don't know whether you guys are agreeing to it or it's something their lawyers have fabricated and it's out there like hey you know this is what we're trying to do we have no idea but I will tell you one thing it is a highway and that is not an exaggeration of dump trucks. This man has a road going through and it don't stop all day long, six days a week now. So it must feel pretty comfortable that things are going his way. I would like to pass these pictures around. This will give you, this is just, well I look at how long probably now. Again, 25 years we've there. And right off the bat, whatever agreement you guys are making with him, you had an agreement with him originally. It was a side for him. We welcomed him to, hey man, come on in. Lay your side out, it'll be beautiful. Never, never happened. And I know, I know a lot of you are new on board. The last time I spoke, he was sitting in your seat, Mr. Gerhardt. Or I'm sorry. That's the last time I spoke and I said the wheels will turn of justice or going to turn the right, you know, he's doing wrong. They're going to stop it. It ain't done nothing except ramp up. I mean, somebody needs to step up. And to this go, okay, let's make an agreement and everybody kind of pushes it onto the rug and says, we're still dealing with it daily. It ain't right. There's no way any other county would take this. No way. I mean, it's just the right thing to do. I mean, whether I understand, you know, your board members are being sued personally or I don't know as board members, I don't know. But, you know, I mean, that's why you took to see. If it's not what you're really feeling is right, then vote that way. vote that way, but you know, you gotta do what's right. These people have been fighting this mess. For years, the countless amount of dollars they've been fighting. Right off the bat, come in there and just, you know, just blew the whole place open and did exactly the opposite of what he was supposed to be doing. Thank you, Mr. Ruggard. All right. Thank you. Let's speak. Morgan Price, I live at 1-2-1-1-6, Brent Town Road, Midland, Virginia. Excuse the noise. I know it's quite the disturbing. However, I wanted to bring you into the setting of my backyard. I listened to this day in and day out so three minutes shouldn't be too bad for you. After the last meeting, we were hoping to have had resolution to the constant nuisance we are experiencing. However, the court case we had been long awaiting concerning RC Hawkins construction for several board members and the zoning did not happen. Another delay, another day of dumping dirt for Mr Hawkins, more money in his pockets and perhaps some others. It's come to my attention that perhaps an agreement will be reached or possibly even has been reached concerning this illegal activity. I'm here to voice my opinion on the agreement that I saw proposed. In the agreement, it states, Hawkins party shall cease the importation of non-agricultural fill, waste, debris, as defined by Falker County Zoding Ornance by June 30th, 2025. That right there is very incriminating as it recognizes in states that what he has been told to us has been clean fill material for his turf farm is not that. Furthermore, it goes on to state once the agreement is signed, he has permitted to import and receive only clean fill material Who's gonna regulate that? Clearly for the past eight years you've not been regulating anything. He's been bringing in Coming to any sort of agreement with a with a crook only makes Falkyer County look like crooks You must have pulled laws and regulations. You have set in place or to others it will look like break the rules, continue to break the rules, get threatened to be reprimanded, he sues you guys and you coward down and come to an agreement where none of the illegal things he's done are punishable. If an agreement was made, my focus and efforts would shift towards proving incrimination acts were done by my caulkins to the involvement Falkier County Board of Supervisors in zoning has with this illegal dumping. The term racketeering comes to mind. Once I heard of possible agreement was being made, In government, the term racketeering refers to using a government office or position to engage in a pattern of illegal activities to gain financial or other illicit advantages. This typically involves using government resources or authority to commit crimes like bribery, fraud, extortion, money laundering, often through a coordinated effort with individuals or groups outside of government. Why would Falkier County Board of Supervisors fight for so long than just to agree to allow this? Seems suspicious in my eyes and several others higher up to have spoken to. It's no secret that the dirt dumping business is big money, so somebody besides my caucons is reaping the benefits of armist Fortune. Duane Long, Cedar Run. First off, I want to start with something I found. Whereas citizens and businesses of Falkirk County are entitled to have fair ethical and accountable local government which has earned its public's full confidence. You have my vote of no confidence. Whereas keeping with the commitment and excellence all public officials, both elected and appointed, comply with both, letter of and spirit of the law, policies affecting operation of the government. Whereas, Falkier County Board of Supervisors has determined that the adoption and code of this ethics for its members and members of all boards appointed boards, committees, commissions will assist in achieving these ends now therefore it be. January 2004. I express my lack of confidence. And the lack of confidence by the citizens is the topic of recolfinem beer at their homes, private conversations, not in public because somebody might hear. Yes, our citizens don't think it's worth bringing their voice here. The popular comments are it's a waste of time. There might be retaliation and our police don't do nothing to protect us anyway. They do what they want, so should we. Why should we speak? All decisions are made behind the closed doors and not made to the public when it's too late. We've almost all new supervisors here, because I've been here seven, eight years now, and we thought it was gonna be exciting, fresh, full of energy, so we thought, not true. When they made a decision in the written agreement at the outcome of the properties here in Midland, we were so disappointed. Not one of these new supervisors that came out to see the current status in the mountains in Midland. The fill, the volume of trucks, the daily, the noise, the dust, the disruption of our piecing quiet we've had for seven years and ten months. We were told we'd heard about it and we made our decision from that information. They made an agreement in the work session last month about the properties last month. We saw the rough draft. It was posted, closed-door work session. Partial unsigned document was posted online briefly before it was taken down and the outcome of our properties, which included several addresses and not just ours. The attachments of the plants, how they were being changed, was also not attached. Were we upset? Yes, we were. We were ever warned or consulted about this? No. When you subdivide a property, aren't there hearings and public postings that should be available? How do the landowners or builders feel that they went through all the proper channels and spent the money in permits and public sessions to subdivide to get turned down? We need transparency on what happened. You stuck us with months more of dumping, the noise and the dust that never stops, the volume of the dirt that has created the flooding, and the silt clogging up our streams and killing our trees. Do the math. 300 daily unregulated fill six days a week for eight years. DEQ has visited it three years ago and said when it collapses which it will give him a call. Three generations living here 25 years of ownership. Yes, we were here first, and life was almost perfect until eight years ago. We bought the land, we built our houses and the buildings over the years. Each one as we could afford it with no plans to move just to live quietly and peacefully. We have asked in the email to DEQ Policy as of the fall of 2024, has this been adopted and will it be enforced? We were ghosted. The citizens need to know what this policy says, transparency is huge on this topic. This DEQ policy has taken years to write and pass through the strict system, and Prince William has posted the DEQ policy and enforcement as of December of 2024, which was just days after the policy was declared official in the state. Why not us? Chase Hodges? See to run district. So just real quick, not her shake. Have y'all heard protective rights of every citizen? Okay. Preserve the physical beauty heritage in environmental integrity of the county. Protect and promote the health, safety, welfare and quality of life of county residents. Those are directly from the goals on the website. By the way, you didn't know. These goals were pulled directly from the Falkier County website for the board of supervisor. This board has failed to meet these goals by allowing my caucus to bully it into submission. This board lied to its citizens at the last board meeting by saying it was going to fix the situation. What they really meant is that they had made a deal to have the lawsuit against them dropped. Members of this board have repeatedly ignored or flat-out told the parties involved. They cannot speak with them. Brent Town Road has had to be repaved multiple times in the last four years due to the high rated dump trucks traveling on it. The property of these dump trucks constantly stream in and out of every day was at one point a nice wooded area with wetlands throughout the property. The woods have since been clear cut the wetlands filled in and an increase in elevation of 40 plus feet in some parts of that property. There goes the beauty and environmental integrity of the county. I myself am a disabled veteran who has dealt with this for four years. I got out of the military to have a slow-paced and peaceful life that is not what I have received. I wake up to the banging of tailgates when I already have sleep issues. I've had to stare at flags that said, go eat a bag of dicks or go fuck yourself from the front window of our home that does not face the road. We are constantly blocked from entering and leaving our property due to the industrial road connected to our driveway which is destroyed. I have had the cops call them in for placing our trash cans at the end of the driveway. I have witnessed indecent exposure, and when speaking with the deputy, was told the Commonwealth and Turney said, without sexual intent, it doesn't count. Fun fact, according to Virginia Code 18 Tech 2-387, sexual intent is not required for a decent exposure in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These issues are affecting the health and quality of life of county residents and this board idly stood by and let all of this go on. With all these failures taken into account, I strongly encourage and that's each member of this board to never again seek to hold a public office of any level for the benefit of any resident who may fall under that office. Jennifer Reimwater going to to run. Good evening. I actually was going to say a lot of what my friends have said, so I'm not going to beat up on the county for that anymore. I do want to say I hope that you guys will treat these first responders a little bit better than we have treated over the last eight years. I'm going to take a minute and I'm going to give you some numbers. It doesn't matter what I wrote. $600,000 is what this has cost. Patricia Hupp and the rain waters to fight this battle by ourselves. I don't know if any of you have $300,000 per household to fight a battle of harassment, of neglect, of total destruction of our property, intimidation. It has been horrible. My husband's retirement is gone. We use all of our pension to fight this battle. We won in June of 2024. 38 count, a jury awarded us. That's 38 counts. That is unheard of. We won. We handed the county everything that they needed to be able to stop this. And we just feel like we got stabbed in the back. Here we are still in litigation. We will have to go back to court again, spend another atrocious amount of money to fight this man that we shouldn't have to be fighting. Our homes are ruined, our lives are ruined, and it's just not right. That's all. There are no more speakers. Signed up. Thank you very much. I'll set the motion on the consent agenda. Mr. Vice Chairman, I'll move to adopt. Excuse me, Mr. Chairman. I move to adopt the consent agenda as previously amended. Thank you. The motion. The motion, do we have a second? Second. Mr. Gochison, we have a motion in a second. All those in favor of signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries. This evening we have a regular agenda item, a resolution to ratify and execute a property acquisition agreement on property owned by the tenant of St. Stevens's fiscal Church. Do you want the proclamation right now or thank you for the eruption. Yes. That's a great idea. I call Sheriff calls up to the podium and the team. Why don't we, why, why I don't even say I'm on here. Oh, thank you. All these things are one. Well, you'll have that. We got some animal control folks that would that lead some recognition. Is this on? Good. Okay. Even good. Even come on over. All right. So this evening is the proclamation to declare the week of April 13th 19th as Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week. Whereas the National Animal Care and Control Association, the NACA, is committed to setting the standard of professionalism in animal welfare and public safety through training, networking, and advocacy. And whereas each year, NACA designates the second full week of April as Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week. And whereas animal care and control professionals dedicate their lives to the health and safety of at risk helpless animals by rescuing and protecting them from injury, disease, abuse, and starvation. And whereas federal, state, and local government officials throughout the nation, take this time of year to recognize, thank, and commend all animal control care and control professionals for their dedicated services they provide. Whereas the Commonwealth of Virginia recognizes and commends animal care and control professionals for their dedication, long hours of service and commitment to delivering the highest level of service. Now therefore, be it proclaimed by the Falkier County Board of Supervisors this 10th day of April 2025 that the board does hereby recognize the week of April 13th to 19th 2025 as Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week in Falkier County. Congratulations. And please you. Well, thanks. Thank you, Board of Supervisors, for continuing support of the Sheriff's Office and Animal Control. We greatly appreciate it. You know, our Animal Control folks work very hard in protecting our pets. Jason Calls occasionally, right? Yeah. But it's a job that we know is very important to our community and we'll continue to do it the best we can. So thank you. Thank you very much. We're great. the April 13th through the 19th, 2025, as National Public Safety Telecommunicate Cater's Week. Whereas emergencies can occur at any time that require law enforcement, fire, or emergency medical service. And whereas when an emergency occurs, the prompt response of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians is critical to the protection of life and preservation of property. And whereas the safety of our law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians, is dependent upon the quality and accuracy of information obtained by citizens who telephone the communications division, Faulkier County Sheriff's Office, and whereas public safety telecommunications are the first and most critical contact our citizens have with emergency services. And whereas public safety telecommunications telecommunications provide the single vital link for ourications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommunications, telecommun fires, and treatment of patients. And whereas the telecommunicators have exhibited compassion, understanding, and professionalism during the performance of their jobs in the past year and now, therefore let it be proclaimed that Falkier County Board of Supervisors is 10th day of April 2025, that in honor of the men and women whose diligence and professionalism keep our county, town, and citizens safe, the week of April 13 through 19, 2025, be and is hereby declared National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Falkier County. Thank you very much for all of your service. We'll finish. I can't say it enough. I can't stress it enough about the folks in our communications center. They are that first point of contact where when most people are in their most stressful time in their life and fortunately most people don't have to ever do that. But when they do, they're talking to one of these folks. And it's just a matter of being able to calm that individual down to get the information that we need from the law enforcement perspective to keep us safe, as well as our foreign rescue friends to keep them safe, and give them as much information as they possibly can, very quickly in a matter of minutes to help save lives. So we greatly appreciate the support of our communications folks as well and come and enjoy telecommunications with their always doing something fun in the communications that is so thank you. I'm going to now on to a regular agenda item, a resolution to ratify an execute of property acquisition agreement for property owned by the trustees of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Yes, sir. The board of supervisors will consider the ratification of the property acquisition agreement pertaining to the acquisition of the property owned by the trustees of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church located at 12187 Elkron Road in Midland, Virginia. board approve the purchase of this property on November 14, 2024 through resolution. The ratification of this property ensures that all necessary formalities are completed, allowing for the finalization of the acquisition. Thank you. Any questions? I have no questions. Mr. Chairman, however, I would like to say that I am going to recuse myself with this vote this evening. I am a trustee of St. Stevens and Catlett and although I wouldn't benefit financially in any way, shape or form if on the passing of this It just is a perception. I'm going to recuse myself and I'm not going to miss. Thank you. Noted, Mr. Gher, thank you for that. Seek a motion. I move to adopt the resolution to ratify an executive property acquisition agreement on property owned by trustees of St. Stevens of Piscopal Church. Second. Second. We have a first and a second. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. May one refusal. The motion carries. On to appointments. We have two appointments this evening. One is to appoint Lieutenant Thomas Cameron and Captain Linwood Parsons to the Tolling and Recovery Advisory Board Committee. And everybody in favor of this? I think we've discussed it already. The law position. Thank you. We also would like to appoint a supervisor, Culbertson, to the Water and Sanitation Authority and County Liaison Committee. Any other concerns? Thank you. Very good. Moving on to citizens time. Excuse me. Supervisor Stein. Mr. Brottis, would you like to start? I have nothing. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, just for not to try to give my work here. in my work here. With the case of the volunteer fire department and the motion for the consent agenda, I just want to clarify, at least for my personal side, that it's funny when you're not in the background of fire and rescue, I never was the volunteer. I wouldn't involved. I used to joke that all the guys I knew just wanted to buy a red flash and light and drive as fast as they could. And that's why they got volunteer running to different places. But getting in this role in this position and having a firsthand look at fire and safety and fire and safety in police department and all our public services like that, the importance just doesn't have any limit. That being said, I hope that Calvin can work with the volunteers to find a solution. They're going to be happy to stay involved in just maybe a different capacity. Because I think the volunteers are vital importance to us and to the whole department. And as you said, it's kind of two teams working together. So I just wanted to clarify that on how I felt. And that being said, I know that Remington has their spring bash April 26th, from 9 to 4. And I hope that everybody will continue to support all the volunteers. And we can just kind of work through this process and find some common ground that everybody's happy with. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Washington. I have nothing to see. Mr. Washington. Thank you, Mr. Washington. I too have nothing to add. Thank you. No comments to see you on to our public hearing. Excuse me. In essence. Yes sir. Next regular schedule meeting of the Falker County Board of Supervisors is May 8th, 2025 at 6.30pm at 21 Main Street. Thank you. Thank you. On to public hearings. This evening with our public hearings, people that are speaking at public hearings are requested to keep comments brief, not to exceed three minutes. And to address only the items pertinent to the matter, advertised in the public hearing. And if you could ask speakers to also state their full name, address for the record. And please, please direct all comments to the chair. First public hearing is an ordinance to amend the sewer rate schedule application fee for the Cadlet and Calvertons sewer system. Yes, sir. The board adopted a rate schedule for the Cadlet Calvertons sewer system in August 10th of 2023. The rate schedule includes an application fee for in-boned environmental services, the wastewater treatment system operator for new service connections based on the contract between the county and in-boned data January 14th, 2022. The service of in Bowdoin for new contact connections to the sewer system includes application process, engineering services, construction meetings and inspections. These costs are exceeding the current application fee and does not cover the actual cost. As a result, the application fee will increase from $600 to $765, which is $165 increase. And this is a pass-through call from the county straight to our contractor in Bowdoin. That's it. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions? From the stands. Very good. Hearing none, we will open the public hearing. Are there any speakers? There are no speakers who is public hearing. Seeing none, we will close public hearing and seek a motion. Mr. Chairman, I move to amend the sewer, rate, schedule, application fee for the Catwood and Calvertons sewer system. We have a motion, do we have a second? Second? Mr. Washington, second? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries on to the second. Public hearing this evening is a resolution authorizing the county administrative to execute a commercial lease with skydive maple grove incorporated. DBA skydiving center the office space at the warrant and fuck your airport. Thank you, sir. Falker County and Sky Dive Maple Grove DC Sky Diving Center entered into a lease in license agreement date at March 1, 2020, amended June 24, 2023 for office space at the airport. The lease expired March 31, 2025. Sky Dive Maple Grove has requested to continue the office space rental, which requires execution of a new lease agreement. Previous lease was $1,150 a month, and this will increase to $1,273.58 a month. Total square footage of the location is 837 square feet. And that the same amount of the newest lease prior to leasing county property of public hearing to consider the public input is required. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Dennis. We have any questions from the staff. There we go. We will open the public hearing. We have no speakers. No speakers to this this evening. We close the public hearing and seek emotion. Mr. Chairman I move to authorize the county administrator to execute a commercial lease with skydive maple grove and corporate. Mr. Cominci, do we have a second? I'll second that. Mr. Kierhardt, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. Item C an ordinance to adopt the zoning ordinance Text Amendment Text 24-022296. Energy Storage Facilities. The Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to allow energy storage facilities as a special use and to develop standards and definitions for energy storage facilities. Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Chair, members of the Board. This is the Zoning Ordinance Text amendment to establish a new use category for battery energy storage systems. This was initiated by the Board of Supervisors on May 9, 2024. The Planning Commission held work sessions on this topic in November and February and held a public hearing in March. In total, the Planning Commission received seven letters of public comment throughout their review, all from industry stakeholders and generally in support with some proposed changes to the language. There were two speakers at the public hearing last month both in support and the final language unanimously recommended by the Planning Commission last month considered all changes proposed in the comment letters and during the public hearing. As mentioned this morning to date there has been one application for an energy storage facility, the Summer Sweet Energy Center, that you all were scheduled to hear this evening, but has since been withdrawn. The planning commission considered ordinances from other jurisdictions, industry research and guidance, the Falkier County requirements for utility, scale solar facilities, and feedback from industry stakeholders in the development of the proposed ordinance for battery energy storage systems. Across jurisdictions, there are similar definitions for these systems, generally derived from industry guiding documents. Some jurisdictions include a tiered approach in their definitions and the Planning Commission has recommended a definition consistent with those guiding documents including a tiered approach. Tier 1 systems would be site specific with a capacity of less than 600 kilowatt hours. These would be supplemental power supplies for residential or commercial use and permitted by right in all zoning districts. Tier 2 systems would be utility scale with a capacity greater than 600 kilowatt hours, only permitted with special exception approval following a comprehensive plan compliance review and the agricultural industrial park, industrial general and business park districts. These are consistent with those for utility scale solar with the addition of business park to accommodate a potential battery energy storage system and can junction with a data center. The threshold of the 600 kilowatt hours is for the two tiers is based on national industry standards. This distinction would generally be for uses that are accessory to another commercial or industrial use versus a utility scale operation connected directly to the power grid. The National Fire Prevention Association standards for Energy Storage System set thresholds for batteries, and per this standard, operators of facilities with a total energy storage exceeding 600 kilowatt hours are required to perform additional testing, meet additional safety standards, and complete a hazard mitigation analysis. Following this morning's work session, an alternate ordinance has been prepared that alters the definition of tier two to include serving a single user and tier two to serve multiple users. The other additional standards for battery energy storage systems recommended by the Planning Commission that were discussed at length this morning include that the facility be constructed, operated and maintained to follow all industry standards, the fire code, the electrical code, and the building code. The height of battery enclosure shall be limited to 15 feet. The setbacks from the project's fence to property lines, residential uses, public facilities, corridors of statewide significance. A minimum six foot tall fence around the perimeter with a 50 foot wide landscape strip. The requirement that the use be off the road designated as a major collector or hire, avoiding sensitive environmental areas historic archaeological and cultural sites, new utilities placed underground, the provision of an emergency response plan that must be approved by a Falker County Fire and Rescue system and updated and approved annually thereafter, and any change of ownership or management or operation of the facility reported to the zoning administrator within 30 days of the change. There was one additional letter of public comment that was received and has been uploaded to the agenda for your consideration this evening. I'm happy to go into any more detail on any standards or any questions. Any questions from the motion? Thank you, those very thoroughly reported. Very nice, thank you. Is there, is there, I'm just going to line to see if I can find it? Is there a language in the proposed alternate that we could see? The alternate ordinance was uploaded this afternoon and it is blue lined. It is only in the definition section. So it would be page two. It's now Tier 1 battery energy storage systems have an aggregate energy capacity less than or equal to 600 kilowatt hours. I failed to print out my new ordinance and then says, or a single user. I will go to this. Yeah, I feel like I can read the tweet. Yeah, so tier one did say that a battery energy storage systems, tier one, have aggregate energy capacity less less than or equal to 600 kilowatt hours, and they can always be a single technology. What's proposed is adding the following words after the 600 kilowatt hours to say, or it serves only a single user. And the reason for this, I did some, you know, trying to think, I knew that something was missing, that with, because it limited the, the ordinance as proposed would say that if it's tier one, it's less than 600 kilowatt It, it's by right. If it's more than 600 kilowatt hours, it becomes tier two and is only permissible in a public utility setting. So what happens is you get something like Falkier Hospital. And I did some research today. They use 7.9 million kilowatt hours a year or about 21,000 kilowatt hours on an average day, on a hot summer day when the air conditioning should be running, it could be three times that, and a 600 kilowatt hour battery would last them about 10 to 15 minutes. And so my thinking is that there are important facilities out there that this, that wouldn't fit into this ordinance, but adding this language addresses that. And I'm happy with any other language that fills that that need. But at the moment, we kind of had a hole in the doughnut. We were taking care of the little stuff. They're taking care of your tail. But we weren't taking care of those that were large, but non-intility scale. And that's one good example of polar veteran center would be another good example. Any school that wanted to have emergency backup system would be another example. It's not that we're not taking care of it. We want to look at them on a special exception basis. Well, they're not permitted in a special exception because special exceptions are only for utility scale and only in industrial uses. So we had, we actually, my understanding was this went to an SC. Those SCs. If it's over 600 kilowatt hours, it would trigger to the special exception. My understanding is in that kind of setting, as would be the case with the data center operation, the battery energy storage systems that they would have are simply to fill the gap if the power goes out before their generators would kick on. And in most instances, it may not exceed that 600. But... So with his scenario, let's just say a hospital, the way through now if they were to apply and still be the special exception, our special exception saying, no way you could apply even for that would be to scale where you're Going back to the grid or industrial use like this what you wouldn't even they wouldn't have a place to apply if there are hospitals You're saying it The special exception according to the new policy would only be permitted in industrial zoning categories. So the hospital's not industrial zone, polar veteran center is not industrial zone. You couldn't get an SE for those supporting through this ordinance. So what I'm proposing is that tier one definition is expanded to allow any any any Ancillary use that's just for a single the silver 600. If it's, yeah, if it's, if it's under 600 is automatic. If it's over 600, but it's still used for a single facility is ancillary that that could also be by right and and I'd be happy to have you know maybe with the approval of the zoning administrator or something like that so there's another pair of eyes on it but it's take to see those folks folks have to go through an entire SM process just to get a battery that would last then, you know, an hour a day. And not to nitpick. While those are very valid examples, the hospital is in the town. This would not apply to them. And battery energy storage systems are not currently proposed to be in PCID, which would be the polar veteran center, and that would require another text amendment. So schools are a valid example that that may apply to. I think you've made the case that if it's not permitted in PCID, that polar could not get a battery larger than 600 kilowatt hours. Correct. There's not even with an SE or anything else unless we add the language that is in the alternate. And another text amendment to article four to add battery energy storage as a use in PCID. So what you're saying is I believe right now Polar could not have a battery energy storage system period. Not even not even a five. As building code, they could do a small one with a regular building usage. But. Right, and so what I'm saying is, anybody in BCID should be able to get a battery for their own building that doesn't require a special exception that doesn't require a text ordinance amendment. They should only get a battery that will serve their needs. And that would be, and we shouldn't have to go through a bunch of hoops to get it. And right now, that would be a better set of things. No way that you get one bigger than 600 kilowatt hours. That would be outside of this ordinance entirely because they're in PCID. Well, I don't believe that's correct. This ordinance allows anything less than 600 kilowatt hours in residential or any area. Isn't it? I've never spent so much time on batteries in my life. It would be expensive to a primary use under 600 or 200 to your water generators So, yeah, this ordinance does permit a battery in any scenario, in any zoning category, so long as less than 600 kilowatt hours. And there's a primary use on the property? And the primary use on the property. And what I'm simply suggesting is that we add the ability for those users who would like more than that to long as they are single use. The concern which is industry wide and consistent in the different jurisdictions in Virginia and nationwide that we reviewed is that when you start compiling these in your instance of the hospital, you think of the footprint that would have to provide those number of hours and the batteries and the location, the one that we just had looked at with recently, some of us we've had was withdrawn in the situation of the school. That was a problem concern of the planning commission and members of the board. So the idea is that these are small, basically one of the containers that we're going to propose. Smaller units under the 600, bigger ones would be utility scale and come through the board through the SC. But certainly the alternative language addresses your concern. And just to put in perspective, the summer sweet was roughly, I think that was 600 megawatt hours, a thousand times bigger than what we're talking about. I'm not suggesting that we go to utility scale for a hospital. We don't need to. We need, but we might need something that is bigger than a bread box, bigger than the Tesla Powerwall or a handful of them. I'm just saying, and at the moment, there is no way they can get a larger battery. And I think that there should be some way for them to get a larger battery. I believe that they do have the ability to get a standby generator, correct? That absolutely has nothing to do with this. Sure. Sure. OK. Yeah, they just can't get a battery. They have a means to create their own backup generator to That is correct. Yeah, okay. Let's get the public hearing open We'll have more time when we get a motion on the table. Anyone else have comments on this? Thank you, Mr. Marshall. Okay, we will open the public hearing and Seek speakers to this matter. Yes, first speaker, Dylan Taylor. It does not live in the county. Good evening, like I said, my name is Dylan Taylor. I'm 1642, Mount Vernon Street, and Petersburg, Virginia, so quite a drive. But my name is Dylan Taylor. I'm a representative of Energy Right and educational nonprofit that aims at helping localities and our citizens and navigate the clean energy landscape here in Virginia. I want to begin by commending Falkier County for its approach on battery storage. You're willing this to embrace new opportunities, talk to industry leaders and welcome the public's input can be daunting and overwhelming, but it demonstrates good leadership and advancing your energy infrastructure and portfolio. Battery storage, or best, has become a vital piece of the puzzle in the ever-changing landscape of energy demand. As we continue to transition to renewable energy sources, storage solutions will play a critical role in ensuring reliability and flexibility. Unlike solar, which often takes up large tracks of land, battery storage projects can be implemented on a much smaller scale. This makes them ideal for Falkier County where maintaining the rule character in preserving open spaces or important priorities. Additionally, the compact nature of these projects makes them more versatile and easier to integrate into existing infrastructure. Battery storage also plays a critical role in grid balancing. By integrating best, counties can reduce reliance on fossil fuel-based peaker plants, which are costly and environmentally taxing. Instead, best enables renewable energy sources to be utilized more effectively and efficiently to ensure clean energy flows into the grid. By implementing these thoughtful standards today, Falkier County is not just addressing present needs, it's laying a foundation for future development and adaptability. Bury storage is more than technological upgrade, is an investment in the long-term health, safety, and sustainability of your community. I urge the county to continue working towards a more reliable and renewable future for in-entity. Myself and the energy right team are more than happy to be a resource for the county, its officials and its citizens. And we look forward to continuing working together and thank you for allowing me to speak. Any other speakers? Yes, sir. Next speaker, Chris Meyer. Does not live in the county. We need to restart the call. Good evening, supervisors. Chris Meyer representing East Point Energy today based in Charlottesville, Virginia. East Point Energy would like to communicate with support for passing of the better energy storage ordinance. We believe that provides energy storage to developers like ourselves a clear pathway of design requirements that the county desires in order for projects to be approved. We also believe that it does include the best in class safety codes that will ensure any approved energy storage project is operated in a safe manner. The state of Virginia is the largest importer of electricity in all of the United States. The importer electricity, mostly the data centers, is not cheap as one of the reasons why the largest utility in Virginia had just asked this week for the state corporation commission to increase their rates to 15%. That utility provides electricity to all of your constituents. Approving battery energy storage projects in Falkier County is one piece of a much larger puzzle to indirectly address the rising cost electricity for your constituents. A more direct benefit to the county would be the relatively significant contributions and taxes from these projects when considering the amount of land they occupy. Chair Carter, you mentioned in the recent budgeting process the needed diversify the tax base. All better energy storage projects are required to offer a citing agreement similar to what you recently approved for the Beelts and Solar Project that included one time payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the county and the town of Remington and 40 years of tax payments summing into the millions of dollars. Batter industry storage projects will deliver much more than that for the equivalent amount of land. All Batter industry storage projects, similar to what East Point have been proposing, should provide the same type of county-wide and maybe more importantly local financial benefits that can be used to pay for necessary school and fire rescue capital building improvements while also paying for teachers and fire rescue personnel through tax payments to the general fund. There are also indirect benefits to the county residents who don't like to look at transmission lines. These projects help the reduce the need for additional transmission lines by storing the energy closer to where the demand is. It would be remiss to only mention benefits. I'm very aware of the fire safety concerns associated with these projects. I did appreciate the planning department's recognition that the county is already home to dozens of energy storage projects with potentially similar fire safety concerns. Those energy storage projects are called gas stations, where they store liquid energy and underground takes that we transfer to our vehicles. I'd like to reiterate that the fire safety related codes and requirements in the proposed ordinance do adequately address the need to design the projects to reduce the chance of a fire incident in the first place. And if for the very unlikely probability that one would occur, such a fire would be contained in a manner that protects any and all neighbors' human health and property. I want to reiterate that East Point is comfortable with the proposed ordinance and believes it would promote best of class boundary storage projects that would provide substantial direct and indirect benefits to the FARC here residents. Thank you for your time. Good afternoon. We have no more speakers. Good. No more speakers. We will close the public's position and seek a motion. Mr. Chairman, I'll go ahead and move that we adopt the zoning ordinance text amendment 24-022296 energy storage facilities. The zoning ordinance text amendment to allow energy storage facilities as a special use and to develop standards and definitions for energy storage facilities. Thank you. I have a motion to give a second. I'll second that. I think I have a motion of a second. You have the discussion, please. So one other thing I'd like to remind us of the discussion we had at lunch this afternoon, when I asked the Director of Community Development how those larger units would be handled, she said, well, they, the intent in this ordinance is that they are by right. If it's not grid, it would still be permitted by right. And I went back and reviewed, I called my planning commissioner, George Herbert, who obviously was involved in the development of it. And I said, Georgia, help me work this out. Does this commit it by right? We sat down and read it together. She said, no, I think you're right. It doesn't permit those by right. It's not clear. So I think if the intent of the planning commission and or of the community development folks was to include those answer that are used by rights, then we would need to alter the language. If the intent is not, then I think we've got an ordinance that achieves that. So I think we just need to determine do we want to have those by right? Do we want to give the community development folks and or zoning administrator the ability to make those decisions on the fly? Or maybe it's a building official to determine is it safe? But I think what we're talking about is things that are not utility scale. They're not in the numbers of megawatts. We're talking about one megawatt, two megawatts, not hundreds of megawatts. And so we just need to be aware that at the moment, this ordinance just doesn't address it. And in fact, there is no way for somebody to get a larger battery if that's what they want. If Polar Veteran Center wants to have something large and 600 kilobyte, it's impossible at the moment. Any other comments? No, I'll make a good comment. At the end of the day, playing commission went through this. I believe it was a 5, 5, 0 vote in favor of this. It's adopted. This is written to industry standards. So I mean, I'm not going to change my mind over a conversation at lunch and then we received me based on all of the review that this has gone through staff, through the planning commission. I mean, it's just for me, I'm very comfortable voting in favor of what I just move. And I will vote in favor of it as well. It's a good ordinance. And we back and correct it next week next month next year we can wait until there's a use or a need and maybe fast-track it just so we're aware that that's out there and I'd be coming yeah I agree that I think you know you rely on planning rely on staff to write this stuff up because the guy knows I couldn't sit here and try to begin to write one of these. And you kind of trust their expertise on it. I think that to your point, you're looking at a situation of some examples of what if, and I think a lot of times, us trying to fix or put every scenario that could possibly arise in one box is just tedious and it's by the time you add two more and you're losing two more from a different direction. So I think if we come up where we have more, they're coming in and we just don't have a place for them, then to your point we make a change on it when the time is necessary. But right now I think it's good and it gets us started in this world of battery storage since we have no background in it. And it gets us to starting point to go with it. I think in particular, on the utility scale side of things, they did a yeoman's job. It is a very well-written ordinance. And I think it's just walking. No further comments. OK. There's a comment on the matter. We will call the vote. Those in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries 5-0. Our agenda is complete in this meeting. Stanza jerk. Thank you.