Transportation and Land Use Committee - Jun 17, 2026

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Unknown 0:05

Supervisor Turner, can you hear me?

Chair/Acting Chair (Supervisor DeCrone / Madam Chair) - likely Chair DeCrone 0:09

I can hear you. How about me?

Unknown 0:10

Yep. Gotcha. Thank you.

Chair/Acting Chair (Supervisor DeCrone / Madam Chair) - likely Chair DeCrone 0:13

Thank you.

Chair/Acting Chair (Supervisor DeCrone / Madam Chair) - likely Chair DeCrone 7:46

Good evening. I would like to call to order the June 17th, 2026 Transportation and Land Use Committee meeting. This room has a hearing loop. If you need hearing assistance, switch your hearing aids to telecoil mode. If you need a headset, we have those available as well. Please see the clerk to request one. So we have a remote participation. Vice Chair Turner, are you there?

Eric Keeler 8:15

I'm here, Madam Chair.

Chair/Acting Chair (Supervisor DeCrone / Madam Chair) - likely Chair DeCrone 8:17

Oh, great. Okay. Pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3708.3 and the board's rules of order, Vice Chair Turner requested to participate in this meeting by electronic communication. A physical quorum of the Transportation and Land Use Committee is present in the boardroom and the committee has made arrangements for the voice of Vice Chair Turner to be heard by all persons in the boardroom. Vice Chair Turner made this request within the required timeframe, and the county attorney determined that his request meets the qualifications to participate remotely. The committee will record in its action report that Vice Chair Turner participated from a remote location in Missouri due to personal reasons. Supervisor Kirshner will not be joining us tonight.

Chair/Acting Chair (Supervisor DeCrone / Madam Chair) - likely Chair DeCrone 9:05

He just had a new baby. He is with his family taking care of his new baby. With that, let's start with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Chair/Acting Chair (Supervisor DeCrone / Madam Chair) - likely Chair DeCrone 9:38

So we will now begin the public input portion of the meeting. Do we have any speakers tonight? Oh, we do. Fabulous. Okay. Before we get started, I'd like to take a moment to remind the public about how the Board of Supervisors conducts public input at the Transportation Land Use Committee meetings. I request that all members in attendance adhere to these guidelines to ensure each of you has an opportunity to be heard and to ensure an efficient process. Please silence or turn off all cell phones at this time if you haven't done so already. This public input session will last no more than 15 minutes and shall be limited to the items included in the meeting's agenda. Members of the public may sign up to speak during tonight's public input session until the last speaker takes the podium, at which time no more signups will be taken.

Chair/Acting Chair (Supervisor DeCrone / Madam Chair) - likely Chair DeCrone 10:33

Individuals may speak only once tonight. You may use your allotted time to speak for yourself or on behalf of another individual or organization. Okay, so with that, we're gonna start with our speaker. I think our only speaker is Ms. Sasha Brower. Hi.

Sasha Brower 10:56

Good afternoon, Chair Ticcarone and members of the board. My name is Sasha Brower. My day job, I'm a land use and zoning attorney with Oden, Feldman, and Pittleman, but this evening I'm here before you to speak about the Housing Advisory Board, and I'm chair of the Housing Advisory Board, and the annual report is in your meeting packet this evening. So just briefly, I wanted to share what we've accomplished over the past year. I'm pleased to report that the Housing Advisory Board is more active and engaged than ever. Our membership is robust. We have dedicated, knowledgeable members who show up, dig in, and bring both real-world expertise and genuine passion for solving our county's housing issues.

Sasha Brower 11:33

One of the most meaningful shifts this past year has been in the change in how we work with staff. Since the new DHCD Director Eric Keeler joined, we've developed a more informal and collaborative relationship between the advisory board and county staff, which allows us to be more effective and we really appreciate his leadership. The work we're most deeply invested in right now is the evaluation of our county's housing strategic plan, which you all are very familiar with, I know. Our goal is to streamline the key action items, cutting through the noise, and really finding the priorities that we need to focus on to accomplish the housing needs of our county. So you'll be hearing recommendations, I think, later this summer from Urban Institute and Director Keeler, and just know that our advisory board has been deeply involved in those discussions.