Board of County Supervisors Meeting - Work Session - Sep 10, 2024
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Prince William County Board of Supervisors
4h 53m
5 speakers
8 agenda items
transcribed 7 days ago
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What does the meeting’s opening and moment of silence include?
All right, good afternoon everyone. Today is September tenth, twenty twenty four. Um we are going to begin the meeting. We're gonna start with a moment of silence.
Thank you so very much. All rise if you are able for the Pledge of Allegiance. religions 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. All right. Thank you so very much. We are moving on to agenda item number three, which is public comment time. Um what I'm gonna do is I will call speakers up five at a time and just reminder, you have three minutes to speak. Please state your name and where you generally reside. Right now I have one person sign up and that is Miss Rachel Ellis.
All right.
Um good afternoon, Rachel Ellis, Gainesville District. Um the last couple months I've been working with residents throughout the county on the strategic strategic planning committee, and one thing has been clear to me. Even residents on the eastern side of the county see us as one Prince William. There are some issues that directly impact one district more than others, and there are some issues that are prevalent across the county as a whole. I challenge this board to look at Prince William County as one county. I am asking each member of this board to rebuild the trust and transparency that residents have noted as the number one weakness in the county, which is further explained as zero, not feeling heard, disconnected from other districts, politicized, improper influences, divisiveness.
Start rebuilding the trust and transparency by visiting other districts within the county. Ask what challenges their residents are facing and how you can help that supervisor. Work together as one board serving one Prince William. On Monday, there's a multi-district town hall on the proposed affordable dwelling unit ordinance. I am inviting each of you to come out and listen to concerns of residents outside of your district. It was obvious watching last week's board meeting that some of you do not understand the impact of all the infrastructure to include transmission lines and substations needed to power all the data centers that this county has approved. If you are voting on it, then please take the time to understand the unintended consequences.
Just because your district will not be visually impacted, you should understand that your district's residents will help to subsidize it. Another and unintended consequence of the data center craze has been the increased dump truck traffic. At least eight mile I am at least eight miles away from the nearest data center being built, yet I am now feeling the impacts. My home sits fairly close to shelter lane, with one house between me and the road. Daily, even on Saturdays, dump trucks are flying up and down a hilly residential rural road to dump dirt. Yesterday, flagmen had the road stop for a paving project. Eight dump trucks were lined up during this short interval of traffic taking turns. While I turn onto this road or cross this road in my car, I often cross this road while walking or running.
This is dangerous to all residents that live in this area. I should be able to cross a road without having to run fast because a drum dump truck has emptied its load and is speeding back to get another another load. Let's also talk about the quality of dirt that is being dumped in an area that relies solely on wells as a water resource. Has the county even considered that? The destructive tentacles of the data center industry are reaching well beyond the parcel they are building on. They are turning residential roads into industrial roads with dumped truck traffic. And knowing what this county has already approved, this will continue for decades to come. Maybe once the tentacles of Parsons or Mid County reach the eastern end of the county, maybe this board will work together to come up with solutions to a problem that they have created.
Residents want and deserve more from this board. Work together as one board serving one Prince William.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What does the meeting’s opening and moment of silence include?
22:09–38:05
2
How do public comments transition into the discussion on the Crisis Receiving Center and strategic planning?
38:05–1:24:25
3
What are the key updates on the data‑center overlay study and the new Office of Procurement Services?
1:24:25–1:59:43
4
What compliance and audit improvements are being proposed for procurement?
1:59:43–2:29:38
5
How is the Board engaging with local chambers, schools, and community outreach?
2:29:38–2:59:57
6
What are the key initiatives and challenges of the Human Rights Office?
2:59:57–3:26:05
7
What is the County’s budget timeline and the new Community Partner redesign?
3:26:05–3:39:24
8
How are the strategic‑plan goals, objectives, and action‑strategy phases being reviewed and refined?
3:39:24–4:52:29
Speakers
5 identified
Deshundra Jefferson 82 min
Tom Gordy 20 min
Andrea O. Bailey 16 min
Victor S. Angry 12 min
Yesli Vega 4 min
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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