committee with the Board of Supervisors meeting. Um, Welcome everyone, to the lcps. Boardroom we are very happy to host the Joint Committee this afternoon. Before we officially start our meeting and subsequent public comment. I'd like to address the big old elephant in the room. And we've all received numerous emails and phone calls about the golden tomorrow's, electric transmission project. And I want to remind everyone all y'all.
That the general assembly authorizes, the state Corporation Commission or SEC as a regulatory agency to control Dominion. Please know that the Board of Supervisors and school board can truly only state our respective preferences at this point in the process. While it's generally true that the school board is able to control what goes on on our property. In this instance, the SEC may be able to decide otherwise with eminent domain.
We are a running all that understanding to ground per se. In any case, we strongly encourage you all to Advocate with the SEC and also to speak with your delegates and senators. And with that, we'll start our public comments. Um, as you know, per board docks, we were originally allotted 15 minutes for public comment. However, we received over 40 requests. And therefore co-chair glass.
And I discussed the dilemma and decided that we'll hear 20 public speakers for 1 minute each. And everyone else, please send your comments to us via email. um, we'll start with our virtual public comment and um, I'm hoping Mr. Jackson, are we able to use our timing on this? Or do I have to? Use my phone. As a timer. It's good. We can use the timer. Okay. Perfect.
All right. Um, okay. I will read the public comment script thank you for engaging with the school board through the public comment process. The school board welcomes comments from the Loudoun County's residents and believes that strong Community engagement and outreach are important. Components of a successful school system. Time limit. There will be a total of 20 minutes allocated for public, comment speakers must limit comments to the time. Allotted. Based on the number of speakers in the agenda. This evening, we are limited in the number of speakers to the
first 20 speakers in the order they signed up. All speakers have been allotted 1 minute each for public comment, please be advised that speakers who missed their time slot will not be called at a later time. All audience members shall maintain civility, decorum and respect for the functioning and dignity of the school board at all times. And above abide, by the public comment procedures, set forth and School Board policy, 2520 entitled participation by the public and on the lcps, the citizen participation website. There's resources also
provide information on the distribution of materials to school board members. Given that under no circumstances, May a speaker approach. The deis in accordance with school board policy 2520 speakers should refrain from vulgarity obscenities defamation profanity profanity or other like breaches of Civility decorum and respect. Speakers Also may not Target criticize or attack individual students Andor individual division employees during public comment or engage in conduct that otherwise otherwise disrupts or delays. The meeting inappropriately
loud conversations are Outburst from those in attendance will not be tolerated. And security staff will be asked to restore order. Per School Board policy 2520, when reasonable the chair will warn a speaker of breaches of decorum, or of these rules, prior to the chair terminating speaking privileges or taking other action to preserve the civility, decorum in orderly conduct of the meeting, which could include, but is not limited to the chair, directing staff to remove the attendee from the remainder of the meeting and are the
public comment being concluded for the evening. The public is reminding that access. Well for this. We do not have um it's just um audio. We we are not live streaming. Um and at this point we look forward to hearing your comments and we'll start with our virtual public comment. um, It looks like the first 1 I've been told has not. Um, Signed has not signed in. so the second 1,
Shandra. MLA and the second 1 is RAM. RI. I'm a resident of London Valley to community. I opposed the routes 4 and 3 proposed by the Board of Supervisors. It's utterly disappointing to hear that supervisors. Thought the Route 4 is the least impacted route of all. Where in reality it is the most devastating route for the kids. Kids walk bike through this route to Rosalie Carter and Rockridge High School. It's inhuman to let kids go
through the dangerous effects of electromagnetic fields emitting through. These 500 KV transmission power lines. Through their entire time. They spend at the school. We already have a 230 kilovolt line passed through the Eastern side of Rosalie, Corder and Rock High School. And there's already a cell phone tower on the premises of Rockridge High School school board has already banned the cell phone towers on school premises. Why not the same rules apply to these high voltage power lines.
Going underground or at least a partial underground, that covers the school. Premises is the only solution for this bury. The Thank you. The next 1 is uh is that was that Rahm rupee? The third 1, uh, the next 1 would be Darnell Hughes. Good afternoon, joint board. The proposed high voltage. Power lines will destroy our privacy in danger our children, and devalue our homes over 24 students, and about 300 staff members at rosali. Carter Elementary and
Rocket's. High schools will be exposed to emfs every day with long-term health, risks spanning Generations, schools should be places of focus and safety. Yet, this power lines will disrupt learning environments impact, academic performance and create additional safety hazards. These lines also threaten our walking trails making daily commits stressful. And unsafe of young students, we do not get a, you know, transportation from County today because our homes are less than 1 mile. From schools roads, green 3
and 4 Green 3. And blue 4 will drive vital green spaces, harming wildlife, and the natural beauty of our community. Why sacrifice our environment and well-being? When alternative routes exist? The school board must reject All Above Ground roots on school property. Do not delay if s towards are banned near schools, why should power lands be any different Thank you. The next 1 will be Gabriel Hughes followed by Danielle Danelle Hughes or Danielle Hughes. Number of the school board and Board of Supervisors. My
name is Gabriel Hughes and I am in the third grade at Rosalie guard Elementary. I want to talk about the new 500 KV power line. That might be built near our school 1, proposed route. Would have students and parents walking right under these high voltage lines which makes me really worried because it's not safe for us. Another route is too close to people's backyards. I know adults are in charge of making these big decisions like this walking near such tall and dangerous wires, feels wrong, and having them so close to homes. Makes me think
it's not fair to those families. Please can you grown-ups think carefully and find a safer way to build these lines without putting our safety at risk? This could really increase the risk of lightning strikes. I really hope you vote. No, to this plan until we have a better solution. Thanks. Thank you for listening. Thank you, Danielle Hughes, followed by shinava. Uh, good afternoon members of the school board and Board of
Supervisors. My name is Donnell Hughes. As a parent of a third grade student at Rosalie Carter. Uh, I'm here to urge you to consider potential risks of erecting. 500 KV power lines within 300 feet of our schools. While scientific evidence may be mixed the possibility of increased cancer risk. Especially for our children, who are still developing is something we cannot ignore our children's health and safety should always come first. I respectfully ask you to vote. No, on both overhead routes traversing. The lcps campus until researchers further
research is conducted, an alternate underground Solutions are fully explored. Let us prioritize the well-being of our students ensuring their environment is as safe as possible for their growth and development. Thank you for your consideration. Thank you. Shane of vas. Followed by D shayn of vast deconda and then we'll start with our in-person Sam mutreja. We will Board of Supervisors and school board members. As the school boards responsibilities are primarily towards
students and staff and there will be, please vote to reject all above the ground lines on school property. And also, according to American National standards Institute. The proposed power lines are of extra high voltage, not just high voltage. So they are ranging from 240 KV to 1000 KV which are fatal to school children health and there will be so please please reject all those above the ground lines near the schools and neighborhoods. Thank you thank you all.
Thank you Sam, maitreya, followed by Nandita. Paired car. Um, push the button there and it should be right? Yeah. All right. You hear me, okay. Thank you. Good afternoon. Uh I just request the school board not to choose between elementary school, kids, and high school, kids and approve. Yet another right away from Dominion. They already have 1 uh and this is going to set up a precedence for future for high voltage. Transmission lines to go across other schools as well in Loudoun County. So
please, so, you know, to both blue and green lines dominions feasibility. Report is flawed, do not take them at face value, the proposal for partial or fully undergrounding of lines has not been thoroughly researched by Dominion. Other communities in Chino Hills, California have done this before. And black English where the contractor who did it and they are a contractor for Dominion as well. So I'm not sure why Dominion can't use the same contractor and do the same thing here. Um, Dominion has misled Everyone by saying they need like 6 to 7 acres of land for Trans sub for those uh
you know substations. But in fact in California, they did it in 3 acres and that was 10 years ago. So, definitely, please take everything do not take everything in your face value. Look at everything. That's all. Thank you. Thank you Nandita pirate car. Followed by shvan dugar. Raju. Good afternoon members of the board. My kids go to the school's impacted by the power lines. I would like to humbly request School Board to vote to reject all about
ground. Roots on school property. Please do not delay. The school board's responsibilities are only towards their students and staff. The school board shouldn't be under any pressure to take decisions that are against their responsibilities towards students and staff at lcps. Please make it a policy to not allow about ground power lines and school property and codify that. And so you're not dealing with this again in the future. Thank you for the opportunity to talk here today.
Thank you, Siobhan. Dugar. Raju followed by Mala calva. Good afternoon School Board, uh please reject all about ground power lines around the school. Premises, we already have cell phone towers in uh, be behind the Rock Ridge. We do not want to have additional power lines, or any electromagnetic fields, uh, in our communities. And, uh, Dominion is not providing all the details. The very
detailed research. They have done, uh, we we do not. We cannot take them at the face value, we cannot trust them. Yet. Uh, please do not vote. Uh, any power lines around the uh, school board. Thank you. Thank you. Followed by Arun subramoni. Good afternoon, everybody. The school. School board members. If you are a respond it's you are responsible to protect lcps students and staff members
please. Reject power transmission routes on school property say no to it. Board of Supervisors, please do not pressure, the school board to take decisions against their responsibilities. Least impact means what less homes impacted you don't. You don't count the number of schools impacted the RLC High School stadium. Baseball field. Soccer field are less than 100 FTS away from the proposed power line.
Which means like we we are currently enrolled with 2,400 students. Currently enrolled, 300 staff members are impacted and their families will be impacted heavily. A double circuit transmission line, which is 500 kilowatts, and 230, kilowatts power line. This is really, this is there is already a 230 kilo power watts. Thank you. Thank you Arun. Uh Good evening.
As you have seen the past few weeks and months, there is no inanimate agreement on which is the best route for a power lines. I'm not here to make you convince 1 way or the other but we can all agree on 1 thing. We got to provide the safest environment for our kids and the most healthy environment for our kids. If Loudoun Reserve Dr. Has a restricted path so that kids can go to school and come back safely. If cell phone towers are not allowed if Department of energy. Sorry, Department of Education doesn't allow in
Virginia, to have new schools set up along power lines, how come it is safe for us to do this to our own existing schools? I humbly request you that. We do stand on the side of facts and signs. This impact study by Dominion is flawed and as you have seen we have we are taking people to Mars. Why can't we put a safe underground option for our kids? If you sincerely believe that we are doing our responsibilities to keep the children safe and healthy.
Please reject. All the lines above and let us look at underground options and go for more and better options for the CH children. Thank you. January, followed by shreyas chamdi Cham media. Good afternoon, join board members, the safety, and well-being of our children must come first, right? And between as 1 of my friends suggested between rosali Katra high school. And uh, Rockridge High School, there is already a 230 kilowatt power line. On top of that. On the
grounds, there is a cell phone tower. This new proposed 50 KV high voltage. Power line is a dangerous Edition schools. Should be safe spaces for learning not sites for hazardous infrastructure. This new power line, raises, a serious concerns about health risks, electromagnetic exposure, and overall safety. Our community deserves better and we must advocate for safer Alternatives. I want to inform Mr. Saints, who is our district? Uh, supervisor last time he mentioned that uh there is all the existing power lines. I
mean it's let's say radiation but in fact, the new proposed 500 KV uh high voltage power line emits 60% more than more powerful radiations please consider Said that and I request board members to strongly urge people would have thank you um Shreya and and then Ana chinery. No shayes. Um, ana chinery. About Chetan DOMA.
Then he'll be followed by K Jing Liu. Hello. Thank you for offering me the opportunity to speak here. My name is Jonathan dolma, and I'm a sixth grader at Stonehill middle school. And soon, I may go to Rockbridge High School, the road, the routes that Dominion proposed are unacceptable routes green and blue are alarmingly close to the schools that I will go to. And there are many neighborhoods that are greatly impacted by these power lines. Countless people are risking cancer because of these transmission towers and Wildlife will also be affected
children. Such as I will go to these schools for around 7 and a half years for 7 and a half years. We may expose ourselves to radiation a study stated that children, living within 200 M of his power line, like this risk of 23% chance. And the leukemia and 300 to 600, M, risks of 69% chance of leukemia. We need to act now and refuse we we simply can't take lives at risk like this. uh, they could also put power lines in a more abandoned area.
We we all hope you make the safest decision for us. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Uh, in case Lou followed by by Uh, good afternoon. Um my name is kin, Nu allow the County resident. He's my son again and new first grader in Razzari, Carter Elementary School. We are here to respectfully, urge, um, you to, um, reject Dominion energies proposal to build high voltage power lines on or
near school property. The lines emit emfs. Um, and there are like multiple like studies, uh, link. Um, the sorry, I'm just like a little bit lovers, my first time, so started link, like long-term exposure like too serious health risk, including the childhood, leukemia, and also, um, our teachers and staff. Got daily exposed exposure. Um,
our school should be a safe, uh, Zoom, not the uh, grounds for the utility um infrastructure. So please take a stand. Um, bye. Thank you. All right, thank you. Baba Doma followed by. Lakshi Manan, Chandra Maui. Baba. Lakshmin. Uh, Chandra Maui. Followed by vinnard yamala. Good afternoon board members, my name is Lakshmi, Iran,
Chandra moley. I'm a resident of lden Valley and proud parent of 2 daughters 1 who will attend rosali. Carter and another who would attend Rockridge High School As a parent I cannot choose to protect 1 child over another and neither I think this community as such there is no safety in choosing between Route 3 and Route 4. Both are harmful and both must be rejected. The school district, rightly rejected a cell phone tower construction, citing EMR concerns, this new high voltage power lines are more
riskier, and try and the risk travels at a longer distance, compared to the EMR radiations of cellphone Tower. So, so I would ask the board members to reject this to the County Board. I feel that there is a long-term planning here with the rise of data centers. In our region, we should really push for underground options. Rather than running lines near our school which seems short term. Please stand with us in protecting our children's health, safety and future. Thank you. Thank you vinnard. Uh, yamala followed by mayor savali
savalia. Uh, good evening board members. My name is vinod and I stand Here. Deeply concerned. When I hear the phrase least impacted routes. Can you define least impacted does it mean fewer homes affected fewer, complaints or less visible visible opposition? Because from where I stand the green and blue routes? Do not mean, least impact. They mean, sacrificing our children, safety comfort and Future. How is placing a very high voltage power lines, near
schools, where over 2,400 children spend most of their day considered least impact. Does their health, their well-being, their future, not matter. Children deserve a safe and comfortable environment to learn grow and Excel. It changed like this. Introduces discomfort. Not just physically but mentally Do you all agree that a child should feel excited to go to school? Not an easy or unsafe. If even 1 child is affected, we have already failed.
It's about rejecting false choices and demanding a responsible solution. Thank you. Thank you. Mayor, sabala and followed by and we'll start the wait list. Um, sirisha? Good afternoon board members. Um, imagine a place where the well-being and safety of our children took take the top priority, that's what the school should be safe havens for learning growth and dreams today. I stand before you do advocate for critical cause no power
line near by the schools. So high voltage power lines are more than just uh is on the carry potential risk and research has raised concerns about problem exposures of emfs and their impact on health. So by ensuring our, our free from the shadow of power lines wins, we signed a clear message our children's safety matters. Let's choose to protect their future by creating environments that inspires not endangered together. We can
make this PRI uh priority for the school uh Children's Health. Thank you. Sisha. Robbie followed by anvita gantari. Hello, can you hear me? My name is sisha bhumiti and I have 2 daughters 2, High School Kids. 1 of them is a freshman at Rock, Ridge, High School. Do not forget that. There are schools, no matter what route to choose. There are schools and London County. Parkway
Stone Hill is within 500 ft. More field is within 500 feet. So our children are affected. No matter what route? He chosen. There is a reason why Board of Supervisors selected. run recommended a route because if you do not pick a route and it is going to go to Loudoun County Parkway where not only schools and you are impacting 17 communities. And also thousands of commuters rely on Loudoun, County Parkway
every single day. Please make sure that the Dominion doesn't come to Loudoun, County Parkway and distract and then, that is the most desire. Just a thing, it is going to spoil the entire loud and County please, make sure their thank you. And beta gantari followed by sushil. Bombard. Dakar Ready. Yeah. Um, good evening, everyone. Um, this is I'm sushil bombarder. I am a resident of London Valley, uh, kids going to both rosali Carter, as well as Rock Ridge.
Ridge. Um, I rejecting route for blue and Route 3 green is going to allow Dominion the right of way path, fall back path of orange which is going to be um, affecting 1100 houses, not just those houses, 15 plus communities. Um, Stone Hill, Middle School, uh, Midfield Elementary School, as well as Primrose. Um, and um, Primrose, um, uh, daycare and, uh, you know, our Loudoun Hospital. Um, as far as the impact and the the issues concerned,
right with the high voltage lines. Yes, there are issues and um rejecting Route 4 and Route 3 will protect rosali and Rock Ridge. But at the same time, it is going to condemn, uh, Stonehill and mood Elementary. The option. The option for word is to follow Board of Supervisors recommendation. Uh, take those uh, Route for blue, or route for green and relocate. The the impacted, um, fields for the play fields for rosali, Carter. And Rockridge once that are basically being, uh,
uh, deemed as threats. Uh, so please be um, the the leaders for everyone, not just for a 1 section of community. Thank you. At bavna, chandok followed by Raj. Parader. Is there paiva? No. Okay. Raj parrot. Parrot car. Good afternoon everyone. So my kids also go to school, so that are going to get impacted by the power lines. Uh, and we would like to humbly request the school board to vote to
reject all about ground routes on school property, and please do not delay. The vote it has to be. Now everything that Dominion says should be independently verified, they have not explored the partial underground options thoroughly as we have found from their feasibility report that they published 2 days ago. the school board shouldn't be under any pressure to take decisions that are against their responsibilities which are towards the the school students and the staff of lcps
Please make it a policy to not allow above ground power lines on school property and codify that so that you're not dealing with this again in the future. Thank you for the opportunity to speak here today. Thank you Amar. Um, Anthony Kim. And that will be our last speaker. Good evening, school board, and County Board. I am. Amen, Valley, Estates and a father of 2. Young children 1 is studying in Rockridge. The other 1 is rosali.
When the cell phone towers are not allowed in the school zones due to electromagnetic field, impacts and the radiation. How is dominian thinking of having a high voltage, transmission lines around the schools and Community, which is not fair. Close to 2,500 children. Currently studying in those 2 schools, and going forward, uh, many more students will be, uh, admitted into those schools. It's a continued process. So every student studying there will be impacted with something or other. And with the health issues, I request a school board to
reject a route 3 and 4 to protect the children who are future of the nation. To the um, it's a school board county and leaders responsibility to keep children and Public Safety. First, and push Dominion for the underground lines County should instruct Dominion to expand, their research regarding underground lines and take necessary steps to save the children and County public. Thank you. A comment for today. Thank you all for coming out and for providing your public comment. Um, we will now move on to the co-chairs report on the
board of supervisor and School Board activities. Co-chair glass. I've been speaking a lot. Would you like to start? Yes, thank you. Co-chairman Mane Mansfield. Um, I'm looking forward to another productive year working together. First, I would like to State for the record that supervisor toroni will serve as the vice coach here for the board of supervisor side. Since the Joint Committee met in November, the Board of Supervisors has undertaken several items that I want to bring to the school board's attention.
First, the Board of Supervisors has wrapped up the County's budget process and we are slated to approve. The fiscal year 2026 budget at our meeting on Tuesday, April 1st. In that budget, we were able to fully fund the request from the school board, recognizing increase in state revenue as well. The tax rate for Real Property. Such as someone's home will be 80 and 1/2 cents for every $100 in assessed value. The general personal property tax rate will be $4.15 per
every $100 and assess value for the tax year, 2025. However, for vehicles, the board voted to lower the tax rate to 3.9 for tax year 2026. As part of the fund balance, considerations at the end of 2024, the Board of Supervisors transferred almost 8 million dollars to fund 1-time needs at the request of the school board baseball and softball press boxes at briarwoods. High
school and Loudoun County. High School were also funded through an additional $2 million. The Board of Supervisors, also voted to make, Kasa Yas and Parks and Recreation summer camps, free for children, who are lcps McKinney vento students or who are on free and reduced lunch. This was funded through existing Grant dollars and will provide much-needed Child Care relief to those families. Earlier this month, the Board of Supervisors approved the
commission permit application for the lcps student, Welcome Center on Enterprise Street in Sterling the center will utilize an existing nearly 6,000 square foot building on a county-owned parcel. Finally, the Board of Supervisors provided our preferred routes as part of dominions golden tomorrow's. Transmission lines project. The V Board of Supervisors voted to endorse. For Route 4 or the blue route as our preferred alignment
for the project with Route 3 or the green route, as our secondary preferred alignment. Both these routes will utilize both county-owned and school-owned property and would require agreement from both boards. While the final decision on any power lines route, route stand with Virginia state Corporation Commission and Dominion Energy. Each board can provide input and work with Dominion on arriving, at the least invasive, for option for
the community. As have been shared with the school board, the Board of Supervisors does ask that the school board. Also adopt, either the blue or the green route as a proposed alignment, which would allow Dominion Energy to confidently pursue that route, at their filing with the state Corporation Commission. The alternate routes that do not go through Rock, Ridge High School and Rosalie. Carter school campus. Affect a drastically higher number of homes. The blue route has 64 homes within 500 ft of the
power lines. While the orange route and red routes which are dominions identified Alternatives, have around 1,000 homes within 500, ft of the power lines. This is more than 10 times as many people affected. While endorsing power lines. Through a school campus is a very difficult decision. We ask that the school board, consider the larger Community impacts. If they are not allowed through the campus, forcing the lines down Loudoun
County Parkway that decision would affect many more residences and have larger Visual and Community impacts. We asked the school board to endorse either the blue or green routes that is my report go to your Mansfield. Coach your glass on behalf of the school board. I'd like to thank the Board of Supervisors for fully funding our budget and we appreciate that. Um, something that I think you guys would be interested in is at the March 18th fno committee. Uh, meeting they, we took action to revise policy 4020,
which is student fees and charges where we incorporated these School Board investment to remove student fees for supplemental, CTE materials, covering all related consumable costs for classes. And this will remove the barriers and considerations for students pursuing, CTE Pathways based on On out-of-pocket expenses. Things like buying a robot for your robot class. Um, it will come before the board tomorrow night as an info item. Pho, also reviewed uh, as revisions to policy 6130
unpaid meal debt. This is to clarify definitions of delinquent and pay and bad debt. Specify the student meal account expectations that they be communicated annually and add that students with free or reduced meal applications. Um, direct certified students and those and cep schools ref receive free meals and cannot charge a second meal of funds or insufficient. This policy has 1 more meeting in fno before it goes between the full board. I also wanted everyone to know that the school board
approved. The calendar for the dullest South attendance zone. Change process to help with the overcrowding At Mercer Willard and light Ridge. In addition, uh, School Board policy 6530 changing School. Attendance zones is being reviewed in fno and I'll be making an amendment that all School. Attendance zones will be complicated. Comprehensively reviewed every 5 years to assess student enrollment and school capacity and balances. This is to help us be more proactive and not be continually behind the 8-ball with School boundaries. Um, I'd like to public to know that registration for ECE
learning Labs is now open for children, ages 3, to 4 and families can register for the enrollment Lottery. And it's time to register your kindergarten and or new lcps student for the 2025 26 school year. It's a 2-Step process online pre-registration and also in-person registration. Rising 6th and 10th grade students. Cannot sign up for lcps, exciting summer in the arts program. And this is where they can explore classes and Music.
Theater visual arts dance, creative writing and Robotics. I want to say congratulations to James, Eric sasak from Belmont Ridge. Middle School history, teacher for receiving the 2024, civil rights and civil liberties excellence, and teaching award. And finally, the Loudoun County School Business Partnership, executive Council in partnership with the Loden Education Foundation, hosted its annual School Business, Partnership Awards, recognize recognition breakfast on Friday, March 21st at
the National Conference Center 720 people attended the event where lcps celebrated, impactful collaborations between our local businesses and schools and recognize the many partners who helped lcps students and schools succeed. These Partnerships provide vital support and expertise that enhance educational opportunities for students. And it's together, we Thrive building stronger connections between education and the community to build a brighter future.
And that. Ends my co-chair report. Um we can move on to item 4, our action items, starting with item 4.01 uh the 2025 proposed schedule of meetings County 1 and I assuming this is going to be presented by Mr. Vincent Jones, our County Administration and Mr. John trainer. Lcps. Support Services. Good afternoon committee. So I'm Vincent Jones with lden County. And before you this action item, really just sets
your schedule for 2025. Identifying your meeting dates for June June 2nd, September September 15th and November 17th for 2025. Committee members. Do you have any questions about um, setting these dates? Yes. Miss uh supervisor I I don't have any questions. I just wanted to note that I won't be here on the June 2nd. Any other? Um, I can entertain a motion. I move that the committee adopt the dates for the joint
Board of Supervisors and School Board committee meetings for the 2025 calendar year. Second, I have a second, I have a proposal by, uh, I have a motion by Miss shernoff and I have a second by supervisor torony, is there any discussion? Seeing no discussion. I can take a Voice vote. all in favor, say, I, And all opposed say, nay. I think that was the unanimous. um, and so we can move on to action item, 4.02,
Revisions to 2024 2025 joint committee, work, plan, countywide again, Mr. Jones County Administrator and Mr. Trainer lcps, Support Services, gentlemen, in the floor is yours. Thank you. I'll start off, and I'll need Mr. Trainer to help as well. So you will see, uh, presented for you, uh, on the screen here, are the remaining items from your 2024 and 2025 work plan. These were items that you've already had had approved. And here, we're simply asking for you all to
consider the dates that we have proposed as staff. Um, and with that, I will yield to Mr. Trainer. Thank you. Um, so just drawing your attention to the item. number 10, there, congestion must go. That is a program that lcps no longer actively supports. Um, we have materials available, but we don't have an active program with that. So we're recommending that, that item be removed from the agenda for a few upcoming presentations. Um, you will see down the right hand side of the of the chart
there, the recommended, uh, quarters, That we get to those meetings um, specifically the land Matrix item. 11, the land Matrix discussion. We've been asked by the staff that um are the primary points of contact for the land Matrix team to push that out a little bit because they're um, actively looking at the organizational structure of that um of that committee and may have some changes to propose. So I'm sorry, Mr. Trainer, could you please repeat that 1 more time? So can you speak into the microphone a little
bit more? Thanks. Okay, sorry about that. There's much louder. Um, And I apologize. The uh staff lcps staff is recommending item. 10 Congress must go. That that item be removed from the agenda. Um since this was placed on the agenda lcps, no no longer has an active staff program focused on congestion must go. So we still have the materials available, uh, previously that we could go through, but it's not a current
program that um that staff is actively working. And then item 11, uh, the land Matrix committee activities update. Uh, the 2 primary staff members for that committee have asked us to to delay it slightly. So it's in, uh, recommending the quarter first quarter of 2026 as they are, um, currently working. Um, and looking at the possibility of kind of reorganizing which staff are involved within that committee, uh, between lcps and the count, and the
board of supervisor staff. Or sorry, County staff. Sorry about that. We do yeah. Co-chair glass. Thank you co-chair, co-chair Mansfield. So um, for the land, major committee activities, you are you talking about? Um so quarter, 1 of 2026, that's when you want to move it to have that discussion. Yes ma'am okay Okay. So that would be what February? March, because they have that that date hasn't been set
yet, but it would be sometime between the January March. Of 2026. I seem to remember that the Board of Supervisors has things going on in March. Is that correct? Oh, that we weren't able to make a meeting. It's, it's huge. It's usually our budget budget session, so it would be the end of March, I guess. Okay, I guess you should be okay with the 2 at the But February, do you take that off? Well, we can Yeah, we can do February. Okay. This is not a heavy month.
Um, okay, uh, supervisor toroni. Thank you so much. Share Mansfield. So Mr. Trainer, I have a question about congestion musco. Um, I met with the principal of light, Ridge High School. Um Dr. Hitchman and they are experiencing significant traffic at that school cluster. You know, there are 3 schools, there is Lan County Public Schools, addressing traffic issues, outside of congestion must go. um our staff primarily on the transportation side is
working is actively working with the school administrators, um, trying to focus on ways to reduce traffic congestion on the campus. Um, and we are looking at some schools to try to make physical changes to the the parking lot areas to see if we can make adjustments. Um, it is a never-ending problem, it seems on our school campuses and we just um, for many of our schools, we have hundreds and hundreds of parents dropping off students each day, and our campuses just were never designed for that volume of of, uh,
traffic. And so, obviously, big encouragement for students to walk ride to school, ride the bus to school, um, as much as possible, but it, it's, it's a never-ending program for us. And, um, we are working with each of the schools, uh, especially And light Ridge is 1 of those along with, um, hen rattle acts and hover that have that, uh, challenge at the moment. But, I'm not sure that I would say that they're the worst within the system. Yeah, yeah. And I met with Dr. Gabriel as well and Independence High School. So I'm working on a,
a traffic, uh, signal issue that they brought to my attention and the, uh, HOA board brought it to my attention as well. So, I do think there's an opportunity to work together on these issues. Um, I accelerated the, um, urgency of that, um, traffic, uh, signal that intersection. Um, that's at Creighton in Northstar, there have been some major accidents with students. Um, but, you know, it helps to have collaboration. So I don't know if you would recommend anything. I, I thought congestion might go might
be a way that we could work together on, um, clusters like Independence cluster and light Rich cluster, you know, to fix traffic issues that maybe Lan County Public Schools. Can do all by themselves but together we can make a difference. Thank you supervisor to Kearney. I think uh, for this particular item. Congestion must go. Really was a campaign focused on Um, increasing bus, ridership, walking car, pulling and biking to our campuses, okay? Um, so it really wasn't
specifically designed to address traffic congestion issues. Um, I do think we work those through other, um, Conversations with County staff and School administration as you heard Mr. Trainer. But it's just a different. It was a it was really a campaign intended to change. Uh, how parents were bringing their students to school? Okay. Is there is a opportunity to look at traffic. I'm I'm just talking about traffic congestion, pretty much So as the superintendent in AK, these are primarily staff.
This is primarily staff a staff function where we just work work together, staff to staff. If what's being requested is for us to come to the Joint Committee and provide updates. guess we can do that of the different projects. We're working on. I mean, certainly, if you have specific concerns, if you want to let me know, then we can Make sure that that's on the list of issues that the staff are working around kind of these. Traffic concerns that are impacting schools.
Okay, yeah. I mean I can do that because I do get the principles do reach out so and I'm I'm willing to go meet with principals so I I just, you know, I'm happy to bring it to your attention, but some of, you know, I have the most schools in my district and a lot of them are big clusters. So and there are traffic issues. all right, so I think What we can do is add an item to in the next quarter, that just kind of brings back those known traffic issues where
coordinating on together. Okay, that's the pleasure of the committee. I can be helpful um, you know, getting some of them. accelerated or, you know, through V Dot, I know V Dot is looking at the intersection right now that Yeah. Okay. Thank you. That's good. And and just the add-on to that would be then if if you um have been contacted by community members or staff with concerns about congestion, if you'll just make us aware and we can include updates on those to the, to the committee as well. Okay, great. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
Okay. Um, supervisor brisman Thank you. Um, so these dates were not in our packet. Correct. These dates that are on the right hand column, they weren't in our packet. I I didn't see them in my packet. Okay, no, they're not in the packet. Okay, so we're being asked to endorse these dates, as I understand it for those items. Is that what we're being asked to do? Which packet it's okay. I looked at them. Now I just didn't have that last column. There's like 2 packets, like 1
person gave us and then another person gave us yeah. And in my in my uh board docs, it's not my version of board docs, it's not in there but I'm fine. I've looked at them but this is these are the dates that staff is asking us to endorse. Yes. Okay. Okay, thank you. Um, I had submitted 2 other um, items and I, I believe Mr. Vincent said they could be addressed within, um, some of the items that are already on our work plan and or they could be added in supervisor,
glasses, motion, and just for the, just for the committee's edification, um, I've been having well actually April and I have been Sorry School Board member Chandler and I have been having conversations with um at least 1 of our Title 1 schools about um funding the Dare t-shirts and we've kind of gone around the malberry bush, a couple times with lcso. Um, and then lcso did the research and found that to fund the Dare t-shirts for all schools and staff? When they're doing dare
would be all of 70,000. So, um, I think that that would be the most fair thing to do. Um, and I just, I, I couldn't figure out any other way to get it off the ground except to bring it to this committee because I have not been able to get it accomplished, um, in another way. So, um, hopefully we can kind of add that and figure out what kind of request needs to either come from lcps, or does it need to come from lcso? so that the Board of Supervisors could hopefully fund their t-shirts for all the kids in Loudoun County but especially
for our Title 1 um schools which really do have an issue trying to raise the money. They have to pay for the Dare t-shirts out of their PTO budgets. Um, so that's 1 item that hopefully we can work on. Um, And Mr. Vincent, which which part did you think it could go into, or do you think it needs to be included in supervisor glasses motion? Sure. It can be included in a supervisor glasses motion. But the item before you right now is the 2024 2025 work plan. And so those items that you were mentioning would be in additions and deletions. And so they
will be part of the 2025 2026. Yes, the next item. Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, that's all right. Okay. Um well since since I'm on the topic, the other item was, um, just to follow up on the the, the student fees which I know we've done a lot of work on, but I'm not, I'm not comfortable that we've covered marching band in theater and those sorts of things. So, um, I would like an update on that at some point. Sure I will. Um, ask Mr. Trainer. Are you ready to
speak to that item? So we're going to I think we need to make a motion for this 1 first. Yeah, let's do this. We can do this. We need to make a motion for this 1 before we go to additions and deletions. Thank you. I got a soft track. Thank you. Okay. Um, so do I have I can entertain so we would be taking off 1 of the removing Uh, congestion must go or we revamping that revamping? It. Yeah I think what the staff offered. If it's the
pleasure of the committee is to replace that. Like in the next quarter. With a report I was going to clear on the timing, but I think the next quarter ought to report of the joint work that the staff are doing on. Traffic projects at schools. Correct. And I was, I was could y'all like go into the I mean y'all, you guys, you're lower voices. I really need to so, Please, it's a mic on. Okay yeah. So I think what we what we had offered to staff was to come back,
In the next quarter with a report on what we are working on as staffs involving traffic issues at schools. okay, so should that um come to um is that going to be an addition and deletion So my understanding is that was being asked and I'll defer to supervisor toroni, but that would be a substitution for the commission. The congestion must go item. So do we need item. So do we need to vote on it here or on the next item? I think you could just make a motion to replace it. I,
which is what I thought was being offered by. Um, okay. So a substitution. Yep. Okay. um, As amended. That's right. Um, okay. Uh, supervisor uh, co-chair glass. Do you have that motion? Do you want to Do you guys have any more discussion before we do a motion for the items that are remaining on this? 2425 work plan? You guys? No, no. Okay. All right. I'll entertain a motion. Yes, I don't have a written motion. Um, Miss chernoff. Do
you want to take a stab at it? Supervisor glass with your permission. I've been tracking everything. I think I've got it. Thank you. Can I give it a go? Yes, go ahead. All right, I move that the joint Board of Supervisors and the school board committee. Recommend that the Board of Supervisors and the school board, approve, the updates to the 2425 joint committee work plan with the recommendation to substitute. Congestion go with a congestion and traffic update for various identified schools and that we delay item 11 LCM land
Matrix committee updates to early February 2026 I have a motion. Do I have a second second? Um, I have a second by, uh, supervisor briskman, uh, it has now been properly moved and seconded, is there any discussion? Um, I do have 1 question. It looks like on here that you wanted speed camera enforcement program and school zones. It looked like you wanted to move that to q1. Mr. Trainer. Its superintendent Spence, all for good reasons. Can you
not the first time I've heard that today can can can we can we uh can we repeat that? Sorry. So it looks like on my handy dandy little thing here, that it looks like keep it. There was a suggestion that speed camera enforcement program and school zones, also be moved to q1. Okay, so then we might need to. So we never had dates that were scheduled for those within that was adopted by the board. So the staff's recommendation is that uh the speed
camera enforcement program which is item 12 on the, on the list, on the chart that that be in the first quarter of And then the safe passages to schools, uh, program overview be scheduled for November of 2025, which is item 13 on the list. Item 14, Youth substance abuse response and resources. Uh, that update would be scheduled for September of 2025. And then the affordable Workforce housing on school sites
would be scheduled for November of 2025. so, all of those did not have dates previously scheduled by the committee, So the recommendation from staff is that we assign those dates to uh, to the these items. Okay. So there did not need to be any amendments that I think it's fine, okay. Okay. Um, Any more discussion regarding this? Okay, all those in favor. Say I excuse me. Chair. Oh, yes, do have 1 additional update. We'd like to request that the
the replacement item for number 10, the congestion must go with the updated report on traffic congestion items. We'd like to schedule that for November. I know the conversation said the next quarter, but we'd like it to actually be the third quarter which is November sure. Okay. Can someone make that Amendment and then Mr? Spin will supervisor who made it? Put your man spell. I have a question. So I I just wanted a little clarification. So we're we're doing the first part. The 2024 20225. Can we work plan? So is that including the June, um, meeting that
we're, that we will be having, or it's this, there's nothing on June. It wouldn't be because we would do that for additions and deletions. Most of those items are on the June agenda. Our new items. Okay, thank you. Okay. okay, so I don't think we have to redo the motion because it's as because these were already approved, and um, I didn't name dates. I think we're good and we didn't name dates in the motion so I think we're okay.
Um, Okay. Uh, I have a motion, it's been seconded, all those in favor. Say I I all those opposed say, nay and that motion passes unanimously. Um and we'll now move on to item 5 requests and additions and deletions to the work plan which is this is where we're going to talk about June because it's a new addition. Okay, Uh, I think it's the same people.
Mr. Trainer. And, um, Mr. Um, Mr. Jones? Yes, so what you see on the slide um is the staff's proposed topics. These are new topics that we have received from staff um for the June meeting specifically Okay, so that would be the School boundary discussion and CIP impact. presentation of the Loudoun County advisory Commission on youth, 2025 state of Loudoun youth report at the June
meeting And making this, a standing item that is presented every year. and then, The Mars transmission line. Um, is there any discussion? On this. Yes, Mr. Brisman supervisor brisman. Uh, thank you if I might ask staff a question. Um, Mr. Hemstreet, I know that um Dominion is filing with the SEC on Friday. How long does it normally take the SEC to make a decision? I'm just
wondering if June is going to be too little too late to have that conversation. So I spoke I asked staff that question this morning. I just did not get an answer back before this meeting, but I did have the same concern that you just articulated. So okay, if June is too late. I'll have to come back and let you know and while that the co-chairs know and okay, okay, okay, yeah, I don't I I don't recall with the last iteration of this, how long it took them to make their final decision. I, I want to say they're usually pretty quick they are and
so I would, I mean I think the well I was speculating that this may be too late this morning, but I do want to go back and check with okay with staff and just verify my speculation. Okay. Okay. So, so, uh, co-chairs, I'm I'm comfortable with leaving it on, uh, but, you know, if if Anything we just get at least an update and confirmation about what happened. Even if it's already happened we can still and it might also behoove us to get an update because Heck by June, there's probably going to be more proposals
for power lines somewhere. Um, So maybe we just do a Dominion update. Uh, thank you madam chair. Thank you. Supervisor brisman. Um, Any other suggested additions to the 2025? 26 work plan. I know I asked my board and I didn't get anything so so go to Yes. Um, so we can yes. Thank you Nancy next slide. Um, so this is a, this slide
identifies additional items from the Board of Supervisors that were uh, given to staff and you'll see in the parentheses. Behind each 1, the staff recommended dates for when those would be presented to the board or the committee. Uh the first 1 is an update on the activity fees and extra for extracurricular activities. Uh the second 1 is the expansion of the existing safe passage to schools Item. Uh the third is covering the cost of the Dare t-shirts uh for the title 1 schools and then the fourth item is the
unpaid meal debt. And the next slide. Is a list of the topics um, that were proposed by lcps. Um, our allowing County School Board staff members. Uh, the transition Center which were staff is proposing to cover in 2025, and then content testing of confiscated. Vape devices which staff is also proposing for September of 2025. Just for organizations sake. Can we talk about? Uh okay so we have June
2025, what's our next meeting? September September. To 2025 October. Yeah. No, no just November. It's every other week it's every month, right? December. But we are not going to do January. Would we do February instead? Or March that has that. Yeah, that quarter meeting has not been decided yet. Um you know, obviously we're in the first quarter of 25. Now it could be Could be March.
Um, we've got a lot of budget activity, that's happens. The the first couple of months. Okay, I'm just trying to get in my brain head. What? it looks like, um, because I'm thinking that the School boundary discussion And the presentation from acoy is going to be kind of long and we have an hour meeting. Um, So, I don't know if anybody is thinking that way.
Unless you all want to go to an hour and a half. The spine, okay. So then that would be June. Um, September. Is there any discussion about these suggest? And so when did you say that the cost of dare t-shirts, where could we in? In put that in. Its listed up there for November 25. Okay, any other discussion about additions or deletions? Um Chair Mansfield. Thank you. Yes. I'm sorry supervisor
toroni. Yeah, so I I had an a late late breaking Edition that I don't know if it can be considered. Um, I'm on the um Cog uh, Farm committee. And, uh, we did a farm tour in and schools in DC are doing something called Footprints, which is where they do. They have a curriculum in elementary schools. I don't think it's in middle and high schools where they teach kids about, um gardening and cooking and nutrition. And um like it, it's a whole
curriculum, it's a whole lesson plan, it's not, it's not just putting a garden out at a school. Um I think it's awesome and DC has it at like 16 schools and I don't know if that's something that we could consider given given our um, where we are where it was sustainability and how it's important to kind of Be able to have food security, it might make sense to add. Some kind of a curriculum or look at some a curriculum,
like food prints, um, it's with Farm, Fresh is the name of the group so this isn't anything new. I think a lot of different jurisdictions are doing it, but I was kind of, I was really impressed, DC was doing it because they don't really have much land, you know, at their schools. And so I was like, wow, this is awesome and the kids. Made me a great ABC salad of of um apples and beets and carrots. And I thought it was really good and I I thought we might be able to look into this. Maybe it's not something to look at. Um,
You know, maybe it's kind of last on the list, but I think it's, it's a unique opportunity that I feel like it might be beneficial to at least pilot it. Um, you know, you'd have to kind of have that commercial kitchen in a school which would make it maybe new schools, something we could pilot it at or I don't know if schools have a kitchen. Dr. Spence might know this or Mr. Trainer. Um, but I think it's it's a really cool, um, Edition potentially if if my colleagues agree um to look at it so,
Mr. Trainer, do, do we have something like that unless Public Schools or Dr. Spence. Dr. Spence would you like to answer? I do. Um well I would say this supervisor to Kearney we um we are making substantial inroads with the agricultural Community here in Loudoun County with our Career, Technical education. team as we're looking at Pathways with our uh, family and Community engagement team, as we're looking for, school-based opportunities to integrate some of um our aggro business into our into our schools, and with our
curriculum team, and our sustainability office. As we look at expanding Um, understanding of sustainable practices which includes food sustainability. Um, as a part of that, I, I would say, I would defer here to our board, but I'm not sure a a joint conversation with the supervisors on curriculum matters, is probably the best place for that conversation. Although I'm more than happy to take. uh, what you have share it with my team and and think about some um opportunities that they may see there, my concern would
be Like I said, kind of analyzing the requirements we don't have scratch kitchens generally speaking right now. Um, so if that's a requirement, that would be uh 1 1 conversation. We would want to have and then um outside of that just space inside of the curriculum at the moment and where we would put that we'd need to do a crosswalk with the standards. We've got some evolving science standards in the elementary schools um as well as Ela and math standards and I'd want to make sure that we could fit that into the curricular expectations. So that's a long way around to
say, I'm not sure where we'd fit that into this conversation. There would be a lot of work that would need to happen on our end before we could come back and talk about that with this committee. Okay. Yeah, I think I think that makes sense and it is curriculum based, but I just being on the, um, Farm Committee of the re, you know, of the Metropolitan region. I, I see things and um, I just thought that food prints was was really a unique awesome opportunity, um, that DC is doing. I think other Arlington might be doing it as well. I don't know, I, I just know, I saw it in DC. Um, and the
kids really loved it and seemed like, you know, they understood nutrition. They're like learning how to cook and it just seemed like a and, you know, they had a garden outside, that was maintained over the summer because, you know, they it's part of the curriculum. Um, and it just seemed like a really unique Opportunity and I'm happy to give you information about it. I can send you a link to it. Um but there there's a whole curriculum so that's that and then um, the second 1 that I brought up is expanding safe passages to school. So while I
appreciate, um, Part 3 from 2023, it was just crosswalks, it didn't include, um, sidewalks. And I think a comprehensive approach is what I was looking for. Um, I love that. We're being more, proactive, but I, I don't know that. I'm a big fan of folding, the sidewalk or the safe pedestrian, passages to school into our sidewalk and Trail program because we have 1,200 missing links so it it'll never get
done. So I think, um, having it as a Separate program that is prioritized and funded separately through potential grant funding. Um and looking at it holistically not just as a crosswalk is what I would would be looking for in this expansion is to really look at it from. How do we get kids that are within 1 mile of the school, safely to the school, um, in a uh, walk Zone because um,
Those are priority those are priority missing links, you know, for safety for the kids. So thank you supervisor to crony. Um, supervisor briskman Thank you. Um, So I, I, I do like, the, a idea. But I have to say, I I honestly tried something like that last term in this committee and, um, really was trying to solve the issue of how can we have the Gardens at least are at our elementary
schools. Be more viable because the lcps understandably is has always said, and said last term that the the teachers that sponsor, it aren't there in the summer. So I was trying to create a partnership with prcs. um, like we did with the pickle ball, um, courts, and with all due respect lcps had talked to the hand. Um, we're not going to do it. Um, so uh, I I mean, I'd love to talk about it again. I understand that the idea that you
We don't want us meddling in curriculum. That's that's totally fine with me. But I just I saw some success with getting prcs to partner with lcps on that 1 Project. So I was hopeful but it came down to basically I believe lcps thought that we were trying to force Gardens down the throats of elementary schools and and uh, anyway, so I To our agenda. Again, maybe we can have some offline conversations about it first before we actually bring it to committee, um because like I said I I tried something
similar last term and it it didn't quite work out so I don't know. Maybe there there's different people around so maybe we can, maybe we can try again. Thank you. So what reminds me of. We are having a pilot of after school program. um, and maybe that's maybe a space. We can talk about that later offline. Um, As far as I pilot is concerned. Um and then we're also doing some after school uh um summer
programs, so yes. Um Miss Chandler. Thank you. Um, I'm looking at the schedule and just wondering if um, anyone in terms of my colleagues on The Joint Committee or anyone from staff, would find it, beneficial to move some of the items that have a bud could potentially have a budgetary consequence. Up on the schedule although I recognize um that September sounds like a heavy lift already. Um but in terms of looking at if there were an interest in changing the fee structure or
covering the Dare t-shirts and certainly the transition Center could have budgetary con consequences, From the conversation. It's quite a lot. I don't think we heard it down. I'm sorry. Probably need to move in closer to you. I'm just wondering if anyone would see a benefit to moving the items that actually have a budgetary, or could potentially have a budgetary consequence up on the schedule into September. Just to give our team more time to make adjustments.
So that would be which ones that would be the um 1 3 and um LC or lcsb 1. Transit. So uh, activity fees. Their t-shirts and transition Center. Well, transition centers are already September. So So then we would put the confiscated Vape devices on something else. So Okay. Without objection. Okay, I think that sounds like a good idea.
For the Dare item. We did this for us. This is an item that the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office would come and speak with you about. And so uh, November is a fine time frame for that item before we get into our budget development process. September October. November. Oh he uh Miss Chandler was saying September, but you think that November November? It will. so for the sake of clarification, in terms of that,
budgetary item potentially would be shifted onto the sheriff's budget, and that's why it's not an issue. it's that's the discussion that we we would be potentially having Yes, that is a discussion because the Dare program is funded through the Sheriff's Office. Great. I I would be comfortable with that. Then point of clarification, anytime I've talked to the Sheriff's Department, they they they seem to think it's an lcps. Budgetary item. so, That's why we're why I brought it here. So I, you know, we
we did pull them about their availability to come talk about this great. Okay. And so maybe that'll work. Yeah, they agreed to November so. Um, okay, I'll certainly I don't mind if it's on. It's, it's such a small amount. I don't mind if it's on September honestly if it's a on, uh, November or September, um, but Just for your information. That's what I was hearing. So we'll certainly confirm those details. Thank you. Sure. Okay. Are there any, is there any other discussions editions Editions? I do have a couple more updates for you. I hope y'all took
some good notes, Mr. Jones sure. A couple things. So first is when you're looking, when you're considering the new items for quarter 2 of 2026, you all have indicated that you wanted the acoy presentation to be an annual thing. So, in addition to what you approved for June of this year, we would also just add it to quarter 2 of 2026 as well as 1 of your new items, right? And then finally, that uh, safe passage is to schools. Program. We've talked about it before um but that is fully
within dtci to take care of and manage and we have our other programs. Like you mentioned, supervisor crony that would capture this. I'd like to have some more conversation around you about how we work on this at our. Yeah, I would because putting it in the sidewalk and Trail is not, I mean, that's a 1,200 less and so I do think what I'm looking for is a comprehensive program because if you do a crosswalk you need a sidewalk that connects it. It's a comprehensive program. And what I see here is with the safe
passages to school. Number 3 is all crosswalks and and that's great. But I have a lot of missing sidewalks to get to um, crossing guards. Um, you know, so I just I I feel like it almost needs to be a separate program and not folded into existing dtci programs. So, that discussion has been taken up within the finance committee. Uh, I think the point that just Mr. Jones is making is that this issue is 100% on the county side. Um, I
I I don't know exactly what to do with this. We if this back when it comes back to the board we would be obligated to advise the board that this specific program is 100% a county program and currently is within the purview of the finance. Uh, Economic Development, or government operations and committee. And so, the board would have to discuss where they want this program to be, in terms of its purview. Uh, we'll go back and check the direction we have from the board. I do think that we are under 1 phase of the first phase of
this program and then we have a second phase, which is supposed to take a look at. I think the next set of, um, uh connection projects and so we're supposed to come back to finance in the board on that uh, With the next step. Yeah. Well and there are grant opportunities too that aren't available in the of in just the plain old sidewalk and Trail program. Um you know I know that Latin County Public Schools have gotten a grant at 1 Point um for some of these improvements. Um I don't
even know if that's been spent down yet but so I just feel like having it as kind of a separate program gives us more options for funding as well. Yeah, I'll talk to you offline, but I but I, I, I I, I that it's not at putting it in folding it into existing existing programs. Doesn't give it the priority. I think, I think I would like to see. So that's kind of, that's what I'm trying to say because this has come through so many times to this committee and we're still talking about it so
correct. So so 2 years ago so if we go way back into history, When the program was first created, it's always been. Under V under vot's purview, and primarily under the responsibility of the local government. However, at the, when the program first came about, the county was not equipped to process or construct these program, the these connections. And so, the School Division took it on as part of their of their construction program. However, even the grants that you're that you're referring
to, those grants would be recommended by the school staff And then they would come to the county for the county to make application for those grants and then if we receive the grants, then the School Division would go and construct the Improvement. so a couple years ago, we made a decision with the school division that since these are primarily Road construction projects under vot's purview and the county now has a program to do these projects. We
transferred responsibility from the schools to the county and so this is now 100% County program. And so I don't we're here suggesting that it shouldn't be a standalone program. I think the issue here is what committee under the Board of Supervisors has purview over this. This project all I'm saying is right now, the finance committee has proved you over this project and this program The discussion that's before the committee is whether or not
this should be part of the joint. Committee's work plan. I think as staff, we're saying that when this goes if it stays here on this we are going to be obligated to tell the board that this specific program is within the finance committee's purview. And we would ask the board to decide which committee this program goes to whether it's the Joint Committee or the finance committee. As opposed to having it under the purview of 2 committees. Okay. Understood. But Thing not be folded into other um existing County projects
like sidewalks and trails and the intersection Improvement program. Yeah, I'll talk offline but but I I think this deserves its own. We've been talking about this for a long time and it's deserves its own attention and its own priority. Um, otherwise, you know, we have literally 1,200 to 1400 trails that are missing in the county and this will just get thrown into that. Um without a specific focus on school zones. Walk areas what's missing. So anyway we'll talk offline but I'm I I
want to take this up as a priority so we'll figure it out, but I don't mind you giving an update. Okay, so um, thank you supervisor toroni. So at this point, um I don't know that there's any motions because we still have to take it back to our respective boards for additions and deletions and then come back. Yeah. That's correct supervisor. Um, committee if you would make a motion to recommend to your respective boards, that you
consider the changes that we've made this afternoon, and then it'll be effective for your June meetings and Beyond. So, Yes, I do. I move that the joint Board of Supervisors and School Board committee recommend to the Board of Supervisors and the school board that new or additional items be added to the 2025 2026, joint committee, work plan as discussed in staff presentation at the March 24th, 2025 joint Board of Supervisors, and School Board committee meeting as proposed
and have lcps and County staff repair Board of Supervisors in school board approved items for the designated meetings. I have a motion by, uh, co-chair glass. Do I have a second? I have a second by Miss Chandler. Is there any other discussion? Actually, I just want to thank all of my colleagues for bringing the topics up at Philip. Um, you brought things to the table, that, you know, some of us haven't thought of and, um, you know, different concerns that our communities have thank you.
Thank you, cut your glass. Um, seeing no more discussion. I'll take a Voice vote, all those in favor. Say I I all those opposed. And we have 1 absent for the vote. So that is 1 2, 3 4. 5 uh and 1 absent for the vote, Miss chernoff. Um, we can we'll move on to item 5 which is adjournment. Um, I guess there's no more business to discuss. The March 24th, 2025 meeting of the Joint Committee with the Board of
Supervisors is now adjourned. Thank you for your work and