Communications Commission - Jul 27, 2026
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Loudoun County Board Committees and Advisory Boards
37 min
8 agenda items
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Who are the new and returning members introduced at the start of the meeting?
Excellent. Well, welcome everybody. Uh seven oh three, July twenty seventh. Uh twenty twenty six and this is the Louden County Communications Commission. Um
So the first order business we have is a new member of the commission. Uh so Mohammed, before I turn it over to you, uh give you an opportunity to say hello to everybody. I'll start with uh Ripsis reciprocating. I'm Ronda Silva. I am Um out of uh Ashburn area near Bramleton and uh I am the Dulles district representative. I'm also ch the the chair of the commission currently. Um I'll give you a chance to say hello and then I'm gonna ask everybody else briefly to Uh go like popcorn and take turns um saying who you are, uh where you live in the county and what uh what district you're here from. Thanks. Welcome, Holly.
Well hey, uh good evening folks. Uh my name's Mohammed Beg. Uh looking forward to working with you all. Um, I've been uh, you know, resident of Loudon County, in fact a countryside neighborhood off of Algonquin Parkway for I don't know, going back to Two thousand nine now, actually quite a while. Coming up to almost twenty years. Wow. Um but yeah, um looking forward to working with you guys. Uh have a long history in telecom, uh, you know, uh both wired and and wireless. Obviously today's world is all it's all wireless. Uh, my background is public safety communications, uh, work for major uh, you know, uh mobile network operators and the cable companies and so on. So uh hopefully I can bring that uh experience to bear to kinda improve the overall communication infrastructure for all of our citizens here.
Uh like I said, nice to meet you all.
Well, very glad you're here. Welcome. How about I call people out so they got a screen up in front of me? Uh Jason, who are you?
I don't give me the Jason.
Yeah, I can't hear anybody.
So I don't know if you're all muted. See you every
friend.
I can hear you, Aaron.
Well I'm gonna go next to it and I'll just jump in and So uh welcome Mohammed. I'm Aaron Sniff, I'm the Chief Technology Officer with the Latin Carry and Public Schools, but I'm also a commissioner on this commission as the L C P S representative. So welcome. Looking forward to working with you.
Sorry, I was talking with my mute on. Uh Greg. Can you hear me now?
I'll go. Uh Greg Stone, um Broadrun Commissioner. Um I was nominated by Sylvia Glass uh a few years ago and I've been serving on the uh communications commission since the beginning of two thousand four. Um Look forward to working with you. Welcome.
Thanks, Rick. I think I can hear that you say, can you hear me now, right?
Can you guys hear me
now? Yes, sir. All right. Hi there. I'm Jason Kennedy. Uh I'm the commissioner in the Sterling District. Um this is my uh third term on the commission, which makes me the longest tenured uh commissioner, uh just before Aaron and then Ron. Um Seen a lot of different things come through this commission, but the last few years of my own career, uh, it's heavy and deep in the intersection of government and AI.
Thanks, Tom. Welcome. Great
to see you. Uh Tom Solitario from Leesburg. Um I've been on the commission for a couple of years, year and a half. Um I work today in as a technology scout in the venture capital space. My background is uh in communications um as well as in um mergers and acquisitions. So um combination of technical and financial.
What is the historical purpose and evolution of the Loudoun County Communications Commission?
Thanks, Tom. Jamelle?
Greetings, I'm Jamel Shannon, uh working from the Ashburn district, uh background in uh federal government with telecommunication experience.
And Patrick.
Hello, Mohammed. Yeah, Patrick Ryan. I'm up in Taylorstown, support the Catoctin district. I'm a geographer, um by profession, support telecom industry, tier one through three of Nice to meet you.
And then uh we got a couple members of staff on uh
Yeah, so it looks like we lost Muhammad. Um we
lose Mohammed? Are we talking to ourselves?
No, I mean he just blinked out while Patrick was talking. So up there we go.
Oh, he's back. Excellent.
And Mohammed, did you hear um Commissioner Ryan's introduction?
No, I I don't know what happened there. I the meeting just ended and I had to be rejoined.
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Agenda
8 items
1
Who are the new and returning members introduced at the start of the meeting?
0:00–4:36
2
What is the historical purpose and evolution of the Loudoun County Communications Commission?
4:36–8:32
3
Why is the commission considering a broader charter or refocusing its mission?
8:32–14:09
4
How are action items and agenda items being reviewed and closed during the session?
14:09–19:02
5
What updates were provided on telecom applications and franchise renewals?
19:02–23:32
6
How is the county handling fiber deployment, right‑of‑way permitting, and construction metrics?
23:32–29:03
7
What questions did staff answer about VDOT coordination and broadband adoption rates?
29:03–33:02
8
What are the next steps, upcoming meeting dates, and final remarks for the commission?
33:02–37:56