Special Board Meeting   4/24/2023

Good morning.

I'm going to go ahead and call this the April 24th special board meeting of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority in order.

I expect this is going to be a very brief meeting this morning.

I'm going to go ahead and welcome everybody.

Yes, ma'am.

Ms. Bulova?

Here.

Mr. Dawson.

Present.

Ms. Drake.

Mr. Fisette.

Present.

Mr. Moorman?

Mr. Spore?

Here.

This is Jay Fisette.

All right.

Mary Estelle, we have a quorum, correct?

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

First item on our agenda is our safety briefing.

Sure, I'll be quick.

For those of us here at 919 East Main Street, we're on the 24th floor.

The AED is by the copier machine.

First aid supplies are in the kitchen.

Primary secondary exit routes are in the interior part of the building.

One by the bathroom and the other one by the copier on the other side of the copier machine.

Same with fire alarms and extinguishers.

Assembly point is 9th and Grace by the Washington statue.

Primary 911 caller Steve, secondary Michael, EJ CPR.

I'll go get the AED.

Mary Excel, Headcount Responsibilities.

And please be aware of if something happens in your own home or here at the office of your surroundings, chairs, bags, so on and so forth.

And there should be no severe weather today.

But if something happens, again, please be safe when you have to depart.

Thank you, Mr. McLaughlin.

Next item on our agenda, we're going to move to closed session.

I do.

I move that the board convene in a closed session pursuant to section 2.23711A3 of the Code of Virginia for the purpose of discussing the acquisition of real property interest for a public purpose where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body.

so do I have a motion by Ms. Bulova?

Thank you, Mr. Cardwell.

Ms. Bulova?

Aye.

Ms. Doersch?

Aye.

Ms. Drake?

Aye.

Mr. Moorman?

Ms. Moses-Nedd?

Aye.

Mr. Watkins?

Are we back?

Okay, thank you.

We are now going to take a roll call vote and I ask that each member indicate their agreement with the following statement.

To the best of my knowledge, during the closed meeting, the only matters heard, discussed, or considered

were those matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and only those public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the closed meeting was convened.

Ms. Bulova?

Aye.

Ms. Doersch?

Aye.

Ms. Drake?

Aye.

Ms. Moses-Nedd.

Aye.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Maristelle.

Next item on the agenda, I'm going to turn it over to Joan and have her introduce our action item for today on the Northern Virginia branch office.

Sure, no problem.

So that one action item for the board during the special meeting is approval of the establishment of a rail authority branch office in the Northern Virginia region.

Okay, motion by Ms. Bulova.

Seconded by Mr. Fisette.

Any further discussion?

Ms. Bulova?

Aye.

Mr. Delandro?

Thank you, Mary Estelle.

And with that, that concludes our business for today.

Thanks everybody.

Okay.

Thank you all.