Historical Commission 5-12-26 - May 12, 2026

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Prince William County Historical Commission 26 min 6 agenda items transcribed 11 hours ago official recording ↗

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What is the purpose and agenda of the Prince William County Historical Commission meeting?

Unknown 0:00

Okay, what can I put? Function County Historical Commission. Can see. At the county services building. May twelfth, two thousand twenty six. Seven forty hours. Oh.

Unknown 0:31

Everything goes for all. Uh Um I'm sorry,

Unknown 0:50

The secretary called a role. Yeah. Every Brickley's app, we hook our phone as way Jim. Don't need it. Done the period. Uh Marianne is not gonna be here. Sure, Come on, apparently! We hope Vanessa's on her way. So Captain just we hear Blaying. Here The decision will not be here, Ernie? Here. Here. In the cornhouse. We have no uh request for remote participation. Correct. Approval of the agenda. Do I hear a motion to approve your office? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Approval of April 14, 2026 meeting brief and resolution. Do I hear a motion, Mr. Chairman? Approval of the April 14, 2026 meeting brief and resolution. Can't be like saying that this is Citizens cry. No citizens. I don't think anybody all in favor. If they have all in favor?

Unknown 2:07

All opposed? No. Citizens time, hearing none, we'll skip it. Chairman's time. I have just have a few items. One I I assume that by now everyone understands that compass It's not seeking. review by the state supreme court with respect to the zoning decision of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Nonetheless, TPS is sticking it out and has filed a petition for review with the Virginia. Supreme Court. As I told you before, it's a two step process. The first thing is deciding the court's decision whether it's so you can hear the case. petitioners or the the winning party gets gets to file a response telling in the court why it shouldn't hear the case. And the court on the refugees First. will hold a hearing in which the petitioners, that is PTS.

Unknown 3:01

Gets the opportunity to explain why the case. Good morning about you. In my personal opinion, having filed quite a number of years before the Supreme Court of the United States, I don't think there's much merit to the claims. You mean what I here to see Ernie shaking his head as well. Fact on the system, no serious question of the law. No reason to give it. In fact it's in s in many ways similar if Keep the uh we zooming. to the uh district mayor of the Supreme Court of Virginia. through no matter how because they didn't fall a climb either way. So that's exactly what happened here. Uh three administrative announcements. Um Have pity on the Secretary when you're giving a talk. And you talk. Please speak slowly.

Unknown 3:49

Distinctly. not over one another and keep an eye on the secretary to see whether she is getting her dungeon. When I'm speaking publicly in a courtroom, I always have one eye on the court report. Make sure that Oh money. Thank you. They think most faster than I do. Sure. I'm Try to wage war. Okay. Take your patients. We have a profusion of table stations. Unlike fine wine, you just have it to the stage.

How was the agenda approved and what motions were passed at the start of the meeting?

Unknown 4:30

The secretary has rewinded it. that if we waste too much time on teaming species. you're not gonna get heard and you're not gonna be taken seriously. There's no excuse for this list of table, please. If your reason for wanting to table a place is the absence of a paper. Talk to the staff about getting the paper commit meeting. Don't wait until the meeting and say, Oh, I couldn't do this because I needed the paper. So please give that thought. And and finally, uh Citizens uh chair uh members time is three minutes. This is not An occasion. Two area remote is rectified. rooting through or meeting notes, etcetera. If you have a problem with something Take it to the staff and don't fold. Commission as a whole hostage while we we're trying to short it out.

Unknown 5:28

I mean so no ever. Okay. Well mine is just um that we have several people who are out because someone has had surgery in their family. They have to have surgery and other things. So I just like this just keep everybody in mind that are here and just keep 'em in fresh. Memory time. Um several different things. Um Uh, Dennis Van Der Last. He was a previous member of the commission. Right. Um, his wife passed away on a Monday night. So I just wanted to let everybody know that. Um I do have a whole bunch of clippings which I'll pass around.