Planning District Commission Meeting   2/5/2026

Stoff, I'd appreciate it.

So we are one short of a quorum at the moment.

The electronic meeting notice that requires a vote, does it not?

No, it's just a notice.

So let's do that so you can get somebody else to chime in.

and Tommy Barlow just joined, which brings us to a quorum.

What would you like to do, Ruth?

Thank you.

Ruth, do we have anything to read from email or anything like that that came in?

No, we do not.

Jen, would you like to take a minute and tell us a little bit about yourself and congratulations on winning the election and welcome to the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission.

What's a pirate's favorite letter?

R.

So thanks for having me.

Would you like us to do that?

So that would level the playing field.

So whoever would like to go next, or I can call them out, somebody just jump in and introduce themselves.

Unbelievable, but true.

Mike, you're up next, buddy.

Where's the time go?

Tommy?

I'm on the Louisa County Board of Supervisors, and I believe I went on my first year in 2009.

How many years of actual being on the commission do you have?

I don't recall having been off.

So my boast is incorrect.

I can't remember that far back.

Tony, you're next.

One big family.

Any staff want to chime in and introduce themselves?

Sarah, do you want to go?

So it's lovely to see you, Jen.

All right, Igor.

And welcome, Jennifer, in your new role here.

So really excited to get to work with you in this capacity.

I'm the chief operating officer and director of our housing program.

I will go to Bennett, even though Bennett's going to get a separate introduction later.

I work with our PATH program as well, and I've been with TTPC for about three weeks, so pretty new.

Glad you're with us.

So I just, again, wanted to say thank you and take a few minutes if anybody wanted to say thanks to Phil, this would be a great opportunity to do that.

I'd like to say, Phil, thank you for keeping things fun and interesting.

Anybody else?

Where'd he headed off to?

Louisa County.

Good, we need some more.

Yeah, thanks.

To us as staff and the guidance that he's given, we really appreciate him.

You're here.

Phil, would you like to say a few words?

I hope that I'll have an opportunity to engage with some of you in the future.

All right.

There you go.

Bill, thank you very much, guys.

I'll check out.

So unless somebody else would be interested in that position, I would like to see if I can get a first and second informally.

So moved.

I got a first from Tommy and I didn't hear the second.

Manning.

Pardon?

So if everybody could come off of mute.

So I'm going to say all in favor say aye and we'll see if Tony comes in.

Aye.

We'll see if we can get Tony to come back here in a second.

I said, did you hear him?

So we're up to presentations and it looks like Lucinda is up with the path and mobility.

I'll share my screen.

Okay.

Because I'm not sure.

If you could go over to the slide show tab, that's next to the record button, kind of in the middle of the top of your screen up a little bit slide show.

Because like I see in the,

Ribbon, just up above where it says record.

If you go to the tab right next to that, it says slideshow.

One second, I'm sorry for this.

So there's transitions and animations.

Okay, sorry it took so long.

Okay, we see the correct thing now.

And if there are any questions, I'm happy to answer.

Any questions on this?

I think we're going to try to take advantage of some money that John's going to have so that we can go ahead and add another program for that day, which I think will be a real added value there.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir, for your presentation.

Thank you.

And then, Chair Smith, this is a voting item because it's going to need a resolution of support to send in along with the application that was submitted.

So anybody like to make a first?

So moved.

Thank you, sir.

Aye.

All righty, so it sounds like we've got an introduction of a new member, a new staff member who would like to handle that.

Bennett, if you don't mind, would you come off of mute and just say a couple words about yourself, perhaps your background, where you're from?

So I decided to be here and I really appreciate y'all having me and coming on board.

And who is handling that?

Thank you, Christine.

Sarah, you're next.

So I am happy to take any questions.

O'Brien, Tonya Shackelford,

They need to hear, so and so did it, so can I.

Anybody else?

Is that conversion rate increasing, decreasing, staying the same?

I don't have that information on me, but I'd be happy to look into it for you, Jen.

So first and second, please.

I'll make a motion.

All righty, so is Laura here?

I'll take this item.

Okay, so we're up to FY26 quarter two staff memo.

Ableto, staff would recommend a motion to accept the quarter two financial report.

So this is great stuff.

So can I get a first and a second?

Looks like Christine, you're handling that one too.

Happy to take questions or go into any further detail on any of it, but definitely an opportunity that we are prepared for and excited about if you guys support it.

Any questions for Christine?

So moved.

So staff recommends a motion to adopt the resolution supporting entering into an administrative agreement with the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for environmental records pursuant to the broadband equity access and deployment program and to authorize the executive director to take all actions necessary to enter into agreement and administer the program.

You're up next, Manning.

So moved.

All righty.

Thank goodness for Christine.

This is on the bike bed bridge.

And we are asking a motion from you all to adopt the resolution supporting the build grant application to fund the preliminary engineering phase for the Rivanna River Bike and Ped Bridge.

Thank you, Tony.

Second.

Looks, Christine, you're up next, regional support letters.

I included copies of the letters that I submitted in the packet for your review, but no action is necessary.

We're going to move on to the amended operating budget, Christine.

And then I will stop sharing my screen or I'll actually leave it up in case anybody has any questions.

Any questions, folks?

So if anybody wants any level of detail on any of the programs that you see listed out on that revenue, I'm happy to share any and all of it with you guys.

So Christine, so it looks like we're moving right into we don't have no old business right into your report.

Everything else is written in the ED report that I provided in the packet.

Were you able to get her back in?

It appears she's back in now.

Just curious, where was the asbestos?

Rather than just recovering it, they wanted to remove it.

And you answered my timing question.

And so depending on timeline, we are going to be required to meet in person since this one was virtual and you can't hold two consecutive virtual, but I'll start inquiring now about different spaces that we can either borrow from our neighbors or rent if needed.

Could they not possibly open up, release the Water Street Center first?

He just didn't get back to me in time for the meeting.

Go ahead, James.

which is not fundable because the region did not meet the threshold for traffic fatalities.

And Taylor, if you want to add anything or if I misstated anything, please correct me.

No, all that was correct.

Okay, you know, grizzly metrics and funding, who would have guessed?

There's a conference room in there that we can probably hold the meeting if you need to.

I appreciate that, Tony.

No problem.

So how's things in Louisa County?

So thank you.

How's the data center stuff going?

So thank you.

Sure.

And it will be quite a trick to see how we can make this work and get all our competing priorities, but an exciting time.

Alrighty, Tommy, you're up next.

So anyway, we'll see how it goes.

Make those tough decisions.

Well, the rest of the board must be making it, I guess.

Bank of Louisa, that's all I can say.

James, Greene County's had a little drama.

I expect that within the next 14 days, the board will place someone as the at-large rep just in time to participate in the mystery, wonder, and magic of budget season.

Ernie, what's going on in Nelson?

and if everything works out I don't know what the result of our budget discussions is going to be but next October I'd say that there's a pretty good chance if you go to the VACO conference at the homestead that you can see Jesse and I graduate.

You paying?

Just wanted to pass that along to anyone looking to attend next year.

It'll be November though.

It'll be November, not October though.

I believe we've got to get your vote on, refresh my memory, Christine, which one is it again?

We need a seventh for quorum.

So I need you to either vote yay or nay, please.

Who's again?

Ned is Ned.

Happy to happy to have him be the treasurer.

Thank you.

That's an aye.

So what's happening in Fluvanna County?

So that's what's going on with Fluvanna.

So what's going on in the city of Charlottesville?

That's what I've got.

Budget season is not sexy at all.

Not sexy.

So let's see if we can end it a little early and give back some evening time, so.

Thank you very much.

So everybody in favor of going to have a cocktail, say aye.