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County Business VIRGINIA: At a special meeting of the King George County Board of Supervisors, held on Monday, the 1st day of October, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Room of the Revercomb Building at 10459 Courthouse Drive, King George, Virginia: PRESENT: Jeff Bueche, Chairman Cathy Binder, Vice-Chairman Richard A. Granger, Member Ruby A. Brabo, Member John E. Jenkins, Jr., Member Neiman C. Young, County Administrator Eric A. Gregory, County Attorney Mr. Chair: I’d like to call order this regular meeting of the King George County Board of supervisors. Are there any amendments to the agenda? Dr. Young: Yes, Mr. Chair. I'd like to recommend that the board amend the agenda to move 10-03 B and A I'm sorry, the amendment to the second day of six-year plan and the route three route 301 speed limits study to the forefront of the meeting ahead of 10-01, the consent agenda. This request is being made for us having guests from out of town, so we're going to accommodate them, providing their presentation and allowing them to get back on the road. Mr. Granger: So moved. Ms. Brabo: Second. Mr. Chair: Any discussion? All those in favor? All: Aye. Mr. Chair: Any opposed? Chair votes aye, motion carries. At this time, I'll open the floor to public comment. Anybody wishing the address the board, ask that you limit your comments to three minutes to afford everyone the opportunity. Just ask that you state your name and address for the record. Floor is open. And this is not for the public hearing. This is for public comment to the board of supervisors. Mr. Hingley: Hi, my name is Dan Hingley, operations manager with Aqua, Virginia. Good to see many of you all again. I won't take up too much of your time. I just wanted to take a minute to I guess make you all aware of a SSO that we had our presidential lakes section 14 facility in the collection system, about 750 gallons of untreated wastewater discharge as a result of a force main break. We notified DEQ within 24 hours upon observing it, corrected the issue immediately, and then issued the five- day letter to DEQ as well. One thing that did come from this, I understand that one of the neighboring residents reached out to several members of the board and a few other members of the community and regulatory agencies. Many of you already have my contact information, but I brought some cards here. So if that happens again, just reach out to me directly. I brought Brad Campbell, our area supervisor. He manages the facility up here, and so either one of us, Brad or myself, will reach out to Dr. Young if you're the best point of contact. If you want a copy of that 24-hour notice or five-day letter, we'll be sure to send that along in the future. So it’s all I had. Can I drop these off with you all? Alan: Hello, my name is Alan Ty, 6267 Millpond Road. I'm here on the noise ordinance amendment. I appreciate you all looking at this and considering it. I've been a property owner of that property for over 30 years. I've seen King George grow like a lot of people have. It's thanks to sheriff Dempsey. He's kind of pushed me and he introduced me to Mr. Granger because I didn't know what to do. I've never done anything like this, but it's become quite evident that the noise laws in King George County, I don't think have grown with the County. I have neighbors that shoot guns all night long, and I'm talking about large caliber rifles, handguns. Start shooting at 9:00, 10 o'clock at night and shoot completely through the night until the next morning. Now I'm a gun owner; I'm all for shooting guns, but you can shoot these exploding targets at night. You can't cut grass after 10 o'clock at night, but you can shoot guns in King George County 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I know that because sheriff Dempsey has sent police officers out to my place for years, and there's nothing you can do because there's no ordinances to not shoot guns all night long. So I would just like for it to be taken in consideration and look. I brought the supplied information to you all ATF or the noise decimal levels of certain guns which you allow in the County, and it exceeds it by far. I think one of the things is I have my 95-year-old mother-in-law. My wife and I were sitting out there, and all of a sudden, boom, she fell off the chair. I mean it has just gotten to the point now where, as you say in your-- I don't have it in front of me right now, but if it starts affecting your health, your welfare, your mental, and it does. It's just something I’d like to take a look at, maybe 10 o'clock to 6:00 in the morning, that you cannot shoot. You can shoot guns 4th of July, something like that; I understand it's a different type. But right now there's no-- like sheriff Dempsey said, he says, I have to agree. I think it's time we need to change some laws because there's no restrictions on shooting. So thank you very much. Ms. Brabo: Thank you. Mr. Chair: Anyone else? Is there anyone online? No. Does anybody have any prepared correspondence to read in? Mr. Granger: I do. Okay, I received an email from Ms. Werle. She's in Hopyard farms. To be honest, I don't know her address off the top my head. I apologize. I'm sure we can get that if we need it though. Okay. During the last couple of years, I have been hearing about a proposed golden triangle planning report that was presented to the board of supervisors. I was under the impression that the architect made the presentation to the board of her own opinion. I didn't realize that it was a position that the County had adopted for future planning until I had attended the educational session of the September EDA meeting. As the former AICP and APA certified planner for the Corp of engineers, I have a few points relevant to planning requirements that should be drawn to your attention before you continue such doggerel. One, the author of the presentation opened with two definitions that adequately described rural and urban properties in King George. She conspicuously neglected to define urban sprawl. The triangles, the confluence of not one but two major interstate highways, US 301 and route three, which is the major indicator of urban sprawl. US highway 301 in Maryland is a good example of what happens when development exists along just one major interstate. Is this what you are proposing for King George? Two, there's absolutely no population density in this area to justify this individual’s assume that this triangle should be developed as the County center. North, South, and East of this property is the lowest possible density of the entire County. It’s almost five miles West before the first housing development or business even exists. The speculation of private individuals to build along these routes is not justification to attempt to turn this area into a town center. Three, one of the major premises of planning is to maintain a separation of heavy industrial activity and the social/cultural activities of humans. The current triangle zoning supports heavy industry, stone pits, and a major vehicle storage and repair lot. The division is even noted in the zoning and comprehensive plans of the King George. Four, the purpose of incorporating planning and zoning in any County is to put services and its people together in a livable environment. I was certain that this County had already purchased more than 93 acres near the current police station to add a new courthouse in the near future. The cost of purchasing this amount of land within this triangle would be an unbelievable additional expense. If the courthouse, police, and fire stations do not incorporate the center of the county's business activities. What could possibly be more important to you? Within the five miles of the current and proposed courthouse locations are four churches, three schools, health department, farmer's market, grocery stores, doctors and three residential housing developments. These are the activities that form a town center. Five, water and sewer exist along route three along with the best providing plans at Hopyard. King George paid half of the cost of boring under route 301 approximately 88,000 to provide these services to a single user, the tractor supply? Are you planning on undoing this again to get to the other side of route three? The cost of lane pipe is by the linear foot, and there’s no lines anywhere within this triangle. Six, an architect can build anywhere, but the goal of planning requires considering the residents first. Your golden triangle is fake coinage. That's for Ms. Werle. Mr. Chair: Thank you. Anyone else? All right, I'll bring around to reports from the board. Mr. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins: Thank you for the comments and everyone for coming out.