ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
3:00 P.M. County Board Business and Reports
6:30 P.M. Consent Items
No earlier than 6:45 P.M. Regular Hearing Items
 





I. COUNTY BOARD BUSINESS AND REPORTS


• County Board Reports



• Appointments



• Regional Reports



•  County Manager Reports



The following items to be heard beginning at 6:30 p.m.



II. CONSENT ITEMS (Items removed from the Consent Agenda on Saturday, May 16, 2020).


Use Permit Requests, Amendments and Reviews



16. U-3480-17-1 Use Permit Amendment to amend Condition #37 to allow parking on the parking lot on the southwest corner of the site at Alice West Fleet Elementary School; located at 125 S. Old Glebe Road (RPC# 24-011-037, -058).

C.M. Recommendation:  Defer indefinitely the use permit amendment to allow parking on the parking lot on the southwest corner of the site at Alice West Fleet Elementary School.




#16-Staff Presentation



Board Report #16-Revised Report (Revised Recommendation, Posted 05-19-2020)



Other



24. Permanent Continuity of Government Ordinance



#24-Permanent Continuity of Government Ordinance-(Revised, Posted 05-18-2020)



#24-Letters from the Public



Appropriations, Grant Applications and Other Contracts



27. Amended Annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 and appropriated Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funding for COVID-19 relief for FY 2020.

C.M. Recommendation:   (1) Authorize and approve the Amended FY 2020 Action Plan Citizen Summary (Attachment 1 of the staff report), and the Amended FY 2020 Annual Action Plan for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church (Attachment 2 of the staff report). (2) Authorize and Direct the County Manager to execute and submit the Amended FY 2020 Annual Action Plan (Attachments 1 and 2 of the staff report) for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). (3) Appropriate additional funding in FY 2020 including $830,027 in federal CARES Act Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds (206.371890), $239,159 in COVID-related Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds (206.371935), and an additional $6,383 in FY 2020 CSBG funds (206.371935) to Fund 206 (206.72405, 206.72409). (4) Authorize the County Manager to execute the Supplemental Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Services Agreement with the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Social Services to accept supplemental CSBG funds and the FY 2020 CSBG Services Agreement contract amendment, subject to approval as to form by the County Attorney. (5) Authorize the County Manager to execute, on behalf of the County Board, CARES Community Development Subrecipient/Grant Agreements related to the granting of certain Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) funds (Attachment 3 of the staff report) and Community Services Block Grant (CSBG-CV) funds (Attachment 4 of the staff report) to Arlington Thrive to implement the CARES Emergency Assistance Program, and CDBG-CV funds (Attachment 5 of the staff report) to the City of Falls Church, subject to approval as to form by the County Attorney. In addition, (6) authorize the County Manger to execute, on behalf of the County Board, a Memorandum of Agreement (Attachment 6 of the staff report) between George Mason University and Arlington County in order to update the Housing Needs Analysis in support of the five-year Consolidated Plan and the five-year review of the County’s Affordable Housing Master Plan.



Board Report #27



The following items to be heard no earlier than at 6:45 p.m.



III. REGULAR HEARING ITEMS


43. Acceptance and appropriation of the Local Allocation of the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) of the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 from the Commonwealth.

C.M. Recommendation:   (1) Authorize the County Manager or his designee to accept $20,663,551 in local Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (2) Appropriate $20,663,551 in CRF funding in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 (101.374900) to Non-Departmental COVID-19 contingent account (101.91102) and appropriate to FY 2021 any remaining balances (101.91102). (3) Allocate from the COVID-19 contingent account in FY 2020, and any remaining balances to FY 2021: (a) $500,000 for a joint County/School Internet Essential Grant Program to provide broadband internet access to Arlington Public Schools (APS) students in need; (b) $400,000 to the County Manager's Contingent in order to fund prior expenditures of $100,000 for Arlington Food Assistance Center and $300,000 for THRIVE; and (c) $500,000 in additional support to THRIVE to continue providing emergency financial assistance to residents including rental assistance. In addition, (4) appropriate the remaining balances from the FY 2020 County Manager contingent to provide continued support for unanticipated funding needs through the beginning of FY 2021 (101.91102).



Board Report #43 (Posted 05-19-2020)



IV. ADDITIONAL ITEMS


GENERAL INFORMATION
 
The Arlington County Board generally meets once a month on Saturdays with a corresponding recessed meeting on Tuesday within a week of the initial regular meeting. The Board typically does not meet during the month of August. The meetings are open to the public. For more information, or to obtain the meeting schedule, telephone the County Board Office at 703-228-3130 (TTY 703-228-4611) on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
A Spanish Language interpreter is present for the regular Saturday Board meeting, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Persons needing Spanish language interpretation services are encouraged to contact the County Board Clerk at least three days in advance of the meeting at 703 228-3130 (TTY 703-228-4611), or notify the Clerk the morning of the meeting. Interpretation services also are available for recessed meetings if requested no less than one day in advance by calling the above number. Persons needing a sign language interpreter, assisted listening devices, alternate format materials, or other accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities as described in the American with Disabilities Act should contact the County Board Office at 703-228-3130 or email arlingtonboard@arlingtonva.us no less than three days in advance of the meeting. In addition, the County offers closed-captioning services for all County Board meetings
 
Those who cannot attend the meetings may watch them live on the web at tv.arlingtonva.us and from a link on the Arlington County home page www.arlingtonva.us the day of the meeting. Viewers can also watch live meetings on Arlington TV on Comcast channels 25 and 74 and Verizon FiOS channels 39 and 40, or view repeats on Comcast 74 and Verizon 39. Viewers can obtain information about televised meetings and repeats at http://tv.arlingtonva.us/schedule, and watch archived meetings and search for individual items on line by clicking on the Watch Board Meetings online link on the County Board web page (http://countyboard.arlingtonva.us) or by going directly to the County Board Meetings and Agendas web page.
 
 
INFORMACION GENERAL
 
Generalmente, la Junta del Condado de Arlington se reúne una vez al mes los sábados con una reunión pospuesta el martes correspondiente de la semana de la reunión ordinaria inicial. Habitualmente, la Junta no se reune durante el mes de agosto. Las reuniones son abiertas al público. Para más información o para obtener el cronograma de reuniones, llame a la oficina de la Junta del Condado al 703-228-3130 (TTY 703-228-4611) los días hábiles de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m.
 
En la reunión ordinaria de la Junta los sábados hay un intêrprete al español presente de 8:30 a 10:30 a.m. Las personas que necesitan servicios de interpretación en español deben comunicarse con la secretaria de la Junta del Condado como mínimo tres dias antes de la reunión al 703 228-3130 (TTY 703-228-4611), o notificar a la secretaria la manana del dia de la reunion. También se brindan servicios de interpretación para las reuniones pospuestas si se solicitan como mínimo con un día de anticipación al número de teléfono que se indica anteriormente. Las personas que necesitan intérprete del lenguaje de señas, dispositivos de audición asistida, materiales en formato alternativo, u otra acomodación para personas con discapacidades según se establece en la ley American with Disabilities Act deben comunicarse con la oficina de la Junta del Condado al 703-228-3130 o enviar un correo electronico a arlingtonboard@arlingtonva.us como mínimo tres días antes de la reunión. El Condado también ofrece servicios de subtitulado para personas con problemas de audicion en todas las reuniones de la Junta del Condado
 
Las personas que no pueden asistir a las reuniones pueden verlas en vivo en la página web en tv.arlingtonva.us y desde un enlace en la página del Condado de Arlington www.arlingtonva.us el dia de la reunión. También se pueden ver las reuniones en vivo en Arlington TV en los canales 25 y 74 de Comcast y en los canales 39 y 40 de Verizon FiOS, o ver las repeticiones en canal 74 de Comcast y 39 de Verizon. Los espectadores pueden obtener información sobre las reuniones televisadas y las repeticiones en http://tv.arlingtonva.us/schedule/, y ver las reuniones archivadas y buscar temas especìficos en lìnea haciendo clic en el enlace Watch Board Meetings online en la página web de la Junta del Condado (http://countyboard.arlingtonva.us) o ingresando directamente en la página web de Agendas y Reuniones de la Junta del Condado.
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS
 
 
The following instructions are in accordance with the Meeting Procedures adopted by the County Board:
 
Public Comment Period: Held at Saturday Regular Meetings at 8:30 a.m.This is an opportunity for residents to alert the Board of topics not on that days agenda, already decided, or scheduled for future hearings. All persons wanting to speak must submit a speaker slip to the Clerk prior to speaking. Each speaker has up to two minutes to speak. The Board will hear only one speaker per topic.
 
Consent Agenda Items. To speak on a consent agenda item, listed under Public Hearing Items, a citizen must submit a speaker slip at the Saturday regular meeting prior to the consent item being called, identifying all the Consent Agenda item number(s) he or she wants to address on one slip. Submission of a speaker slip will result in the item (s) being removed from the Consent Agenda on Saturday to be heard by the Board at 6:30 p.m. at the following Tuesday Recessed Meeting for public testimony (no speakers will be heard on Saturday). Individuals and organizations have up to three minutes to speak on all matters at the Tuesday meeting, (Example: persons who sign-up to speak on two items, will be called one time to speak a maximum of three minutes on both items.). The Board will hear speakers in a group before discussing the removed Consent Agenda items. Additional speakers may sign-up to testify on the previously removed items at the Tuesday recessed meeting by submitting a speaker slip by 6:30 p.m. Only County Board members may request removal of Non-Public Hearing Items. These items will also be discussed by the County Board at the Tuesday recessed meeting at 6:30 p.m.
 
Regular Hearing: Items (Heard no earlier than 9 a.m. on Saturday, and no earlier than 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday).Speakers intending to address Regular Agenda items first must check if the item is on the agenda for the Saturday or the Tuesday recessed meeting, then submit a speaker slip to the Clerk before the first speaker on the item is called; no slips will be accepted after that time. Individuals may speak for a maximum of two-to-three minutes per agenda item; civic or community organizations representatives may speak for a maximum of two, three, or five minutes. The Clerk will call the two minute speakers first; followed by the three minute speakers second; and, finally, the five minute speakers in the order in which their slips are received in each category.

Individuals may download speaker slips in advance of the meeting by visiting the County Board website, and completing the form online. However, speakers must hand the completed slip to the Clerk in the Board Room the day of the hearing. The Clerk will not accept speaker slips in advance of the meeting.

The Board will accept written materials, not repeating oral testimony. Residents must provide eight copies of the information for County Board members, staff and the public record, and give it directly to the Clerk.

For a full copy of the adopted Meeting Procedures, visit the County Board website or contact the Clerk's Office at 703-228-3130 (703-228-4611 TTY).