Board of Supervisors Business Meeting - Feb 18, 2026
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Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
3h 52m
2 speakers
7 agenda items
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How does the Chair open the Feb 18, 2026 Board meeting and what accessibility info is shared?
Thank you. Got it. Well, good evening, supervisors, good evening, staff, and good evening, Loudoun. I'd like to call the February 18th, 2016 Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Business Meeting to order. This room has a hearing loop. If you need a hearing assistance, please switch your hearing aid to the telecoil mode. If you need a headset, we have those available as well. This evening, Mr. Kirshner is gonna lead us in a prayer, our words of inspiration, and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Let's pray. God, we just thank you for the opportunity to serve this county, and we do appreciate our positions, but we also know that we answer to the folks, and I pray that you will help us to make wise decisions in each and every meeting that we have, both tonight and going forward for the remainder of our terms. We thank you for our constituents. We pray for protection over them, and we... We pray that although debate sometimes can be intense, we pray that it will be congeal and that we will be advocates for what we believe is right. And we pray this in your name. Amen.
Amen.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Okay, I got all kind of stuff going on up here, because all kind of stuff has happened in the past hour or so. So let me start with this. We are deferring item nine, the response to the board member initiative, Sterling Boulevard service road improvement. It has been deferred to a future board meeting. The staff will talk to Mr. Saenz and the site would mean they want to bring that back to. Item number eight, LEGI 2024-0037, Cochrane Tech ZMAP 2024-0012, special exception 2025-0025, special exception 2025-0029. Special exception 2025-0034, special exception 2025-0054, and special exception 2025-0111 has been deferred to a future business meeting for action. I will say it is my habit to, if I get a request from the applicant to defer an item, I would do that one time almost automatically.
This is the second request from Concord & Mill to defer that, and so when it's the second request, I do ask for and require a little more reason of why they want to defer it and so I have talked to them today and they actually said that it's not for vote counting. They are literally working on the item and trying to do some things that have been requested. by some of my colleagues, and so as they are going to continue to work on the item, and because they are working on the item, I will give it one more deferral, but this will be the last one for Cochran Tech. Now I will read the proposed consent agenda, and it is as follows.
Madam Chair, before we start the consent agenda, you indicated to a future meeting, is there a date we could put in?
It doesn't, I haven't talked to them, and so I need to talk to them before, because I don't want them to have to defer it a third time, so they did not give me an idea of when that would be. I do not believe it will be, it will be sometime in March, I just don't know which meeting in March it would be.
Can I suggest we do it till March 17th, the second meeting in March, and if it's done at that time, we wouldn't have to go back and redo all the notices.
It could be as earlier than that, though. It could be the first meeting in March. So that's why I'm saying I don't know which meeting in March it will be. But if I say the 17th, they may want to go to the first meeting.
My thought is the public is charged with following the meeting. And if we say to a future board meeting, we will need to notify the public of when this is going.
Oh, I understand what you're saying. My suggestion would be the 17th. Yeah, I don't... Let me do this. Let me leave it like this right now. When we take a break, I'll call them, and they can tell me which meeting in March they might want to go to, and then I will announce that, okay? Because if they want to go earlier, I want them to go earlier. So, okay? All right, proposed consent agenda is as follows.
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Agenda
7 items
1
How does the Chair open the Feb 18, 2026 Board meeting and what accessibility info is shared?
10:21–17:22
2
Which consent items and housing loan approvals are summarized during the consent agenda?
17:22–22:52
3
Why was the Otter/Ohio substation pulled from consent and what are neighbors' concerns?
22:52–1:35:04
4
How did the Board split and vote on the rectangular rapid flashing beacon and raised median proposals?
1:35:04–1:37:59
5
Why did Supervisor Glass oppose funding the raised median refuge and ADA curb ramps?
1:37:59–1:44:27
6
What is SB 253 and how would it affect high-energy users and rates?
1:44:27–1:51:14
7
How does the Electrical Infrastructure CPAM propose siting and burying high-voltage transmission lines?
1:51:14–3:52:27
Speakers
2 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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