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Adjourned Meeting
December 4, 2000
8:00 a.m.
Meeting Convened. An Adjourned Meeting of the York County Board of
Supervisors was called to order at 8:17 a.m., Monday, December 4, 2000,
in the restaurant of the Duke of York Motel, Yorktown, by Chairman
Walter C. Zaremba.
Attendance. The following members of the Board of Supervisors were
present: Walter C. Zaremba, Sheila S. Noll, Donald E. Wiggins, James S.
Burgett, and Melanie L. Rapp.
Also in attendance were Daniel M. Stuck, County Administrator; and
James E. Barnett, County Attorney.
JOINT MEETING WITH YORK COUNTY LEGISLATORS
REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF YORK COUNTY'S 2001 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
York County Legislators present: Senator Thomas K. Norment,
Senator Martin E. Williams, and Delegate Harvey Morgan.
Chairman Zaremba made welcoming remarks and indicated Mr. Barnett
would review the two parts of the County's 2001 Legislative
Program. He asked that the legislators make any comments they had
following the summary review of each item.
Mr. Barnett then reviewed the County's 2001 Legislation Program
with the legislators present:
PART I
SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION
REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY
1. Increase funding for the statewide transportation Revenue
Sharing Program
2. Restore the $13.4 million for route 17 improvements deleted
from the current Virginia transportation development plan
3. Amend Virginia code section 59.1-274 to allow the establishment
of at least one enterprise zone in every county or city
4. Actively seek state funding to support Yorktown waterfront
improvement efforts
5. Oppose amendments to the Statewide Building Code which
interfere with local planning
6. Amend the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act to modify the
regulatory requirement for septic system pump outs at least every five
years
7. Amend Virginia code section 53.1-183 to delete the requirement
that members of local governing bodies shall serve on community criminal
justice boards
8. Authorize a demonstration traffic signal photo-monitoring
system
PART II
SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE POLICIES
1. Increase state funding to localities for new and existing state
mandated programs
2. Increase state funding of the true costs of education
3. Overhaul the Commonwealth's tax structure
4. Maximize state funding for priority regional transportation
projects in Hampton Roads
5. Make changes to state programs that enhance the effectiveness
of public expenditures-don't increase local responsibilities and shift
the cost while at the same time reducing state services and funding
Mrs. Noll stated this was the second year of the biennium, and she
asked that the General Assembly not start any new initiatives-just fund
the ones the State already has on-going. She stated the Comprehensive
Services Act needs to be funded.
Mr. Norment stated he felt York County's program was very well
structured, but has a number of serious fiscal implications. When
multiplied by the number of jurisdictions in Virginia, he stated he
would not let his optimism get to high. Funds will be very tight in
2001. There has been a slow-down in revenues with a very serious flaw in
the Governor's execution of the Transportation Act of 2000-there is not
going to be money to spread around regardless of how worthy the requests
are. He stated he expected the Governor on December 20 to move forward
to keep the promises he made to the citizens. Mr. Norment stated he had
no reason to believe he would not continue to phase out the car tax.
Mr. Wiggins expressed his wish that the General Assembly would do
something about Transportation funding.
Mr. Norment stated there was a misconception of how transportation
funding takes place. The state is trying to pay off old projects as well
as do new initiatives, and there just isn't enough money.
Discussion followed regarding the State's six-year transportation
plan and how it was developed without including any inflation factor.
Mr. Norment stated another issue is that the roads that have come
on line include no maintenance factor.
Chairman Zaremba asked how the Board could provide the legislators
with information/requests that would ultimately end up with a win/win
situation.
Mr. Williams suggested that York put together a draft and send it
to him as do the Cities of Hampton and Newport News. He stated he then
provides them with an idea of what is realistic in terms of what he can
support. The governing bodies then adopt requests that are more likely
to receive favorable consideration.
Mr. Morgan spoke of the proposed rules change coming this year
which will require the legislators to pre-file their bills. Once the
deadline for pre-filing has passed, they will be limited to only six
more bills each.
Mr. Williams stated it was his goal not to submit any bills after
the deadline.
Mr. Morgan stated the staffs of the jurisdictions were working
with the legislators on their requests in advance, and this
communication was very good.
Mr. Burgett stated he felt it was good to have a pre-meeting with
the legislators, but he would like to see the Board prioritize its
requests.
Mr. Norment indicated that legislative request item nos. 3, 5, 6,
and 7 might be done during the upcoming session. The big funding items
would not be decided by one locality. Mr. Norment explained how funding
was distributed by the Senate Finance Committee.
A brief discussion followed concerning possible changes in funding
formulas and the reapportionment.
Meeting Adjourned. At 9:13 a.m. Chairman Zaremba declared the meeting
adjourned sine die.
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Daniel M. Stuck,
Clerk
Walter C. Zaremba, Chairman
York County Board of
Supervisors
York County Board of Supervisors
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