Board of Supervisors Business Meeting, Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026

What was decided · How each member voted

• 4 Consent agenda approved (7a–7f, 11a–11i, 14a, 14c, 14e, 14f, 14g, 14i, 14k, and 14m). Consent items include the Finance/GOED Committee contract items, the Administrative Items Report (among them a $5 million County grant to The Conservation Fund toward establishing Oak Hill as a future Virginia State Park), the Rivana at Innovation Station CDA revenue bond resolution, and the Mooreview Parkway renaming to Ashburn Village Boulevard ($275,000 budget adjustment). · 7-0-2 (Supervisors Kershner and Saines absent) Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 11.i St. Louis Deferred Forgivable Loan Program established and Program Manual approved; exception to the Water and Wastewater Projects Funding Policy approved, moving $1,000,000 from the Water and Wastewater Fund to the program. Consent item. · 7-0-2 (Supervisors Kershner and Saines absent) Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 14.d Discussion of a County-funded limited rent supplement program for cost-burdened renters sent to the FY 2028 budget process; as amended, staff will also analyze funding scenarios from $5 million to $10 million, in addition to the $1 million–$3 million scenarios already proposed. · 6-3 (Supervisors Kershner, Letourneau, and Umstattd opposed) Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 14.h (Motion 1) Department of Planning and Zoning Work Plan (Tables 1, 2, and 3) approved. · 9-0 Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 14.h (Motion 2) Motion to direct staff to require gas-insulated substations to be at least 500 feet from a residential use in the Data Center Standards and Locations Phase 2 zoning amendment (ZOAM-2025-0002), and to state a County preference for substations co-located on data center sites in the Phase 2 Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPAM-2025-0001), failed. · 3-6 (Supervisors Glass, Kershner, Letourneau, Saines, Turner, and Umstattd opposed) Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 14.j LEGI-2023-0097, Quantum Park (ZCPA-2023-0008) denied, based on four findings for denial (substation compatibility and visual impacts, inconsistency with the original office-park vision and the Suburban Employment Place Type, need for added proffers, and strain on the electrical grid). · 7-2 (Supervisors Kershner and Umstattd opposed) Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 14.l LEGI-2025-0020, Tuscarora Crossing Landbay 4 (SPEX-2025-0036) approved, subject to the Conditions of Approval dated Oct 13, 2026 and the Findings for Approval. · 5-4 (Supervisors Glass, Letourneau, Randall, and TeKrony opposed) Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 14.n Board Member Initiative on Flock and ALPR camera data (research camera counts, data use/sharing, and retention, and invite local law enforcement agencies to a future meeting) tabled to the Nov 17, 2026 Business Meeting, while the Board works toward receiving surveillance-camera information from law enforcement agencies. · 7-1-1 (Vice Chair Turner opposed; Supervisor Briskman absent) Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 14.o LEGI-2025-0012, Golden Substation (SPEX-2025-0032, -0033, and -0137) moved up for action at the Nov 5, 2026 Business Meeting instead of Dec 1, 2026. · 8-0-1 (Supervisor Briskman absent) Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 14.p Resolution to pause Board consideration of legislative applications for data centers and substations deferred to the Nov 17, 2026 Business Meeting (announced at the start of the meeting). Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 15 (closed session, Part 1) After the closed session on real property in the Algonkian District: County Administrator directed to continue discussions with Amazon Data Services, Inc. on the County acquiring about 25 acres on the Loudoun campus of George Washington University (valued at $65 million), and to accept a $5 million Amazon Data Services donation to the County housing trust. · 9-0 Oct 20, 2026 Action Report
• 15 (closed session, Part 1) County Administrator directed to expeditiously process a rezoning application to include residential development and no data centers, with the 25 acres dedicated as a proffered contribution. · 8-1 (Supervisor Umstattd opposed) Oct 20, 2026 Action Report

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Board: Randall (D), Kershner (R), Briskman (D), Saines (D), Umstattd (D), TeKrony (D), Letourneau (R), Turner (D), Glass (D). Member-by-member votes will be listed here from the official record.

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• 00:13:03

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• 00:15:23

  Item 3 Item 14.p deferral announced; consent agenda items read.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:25:01

  Item 4 Consent agenda vote.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 02:57:43

  Item 15 Board returns from closed session; certification vote.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 03:15:28

  Item 8 Public input session opens.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 04:53:39

  Item 14.d Limited rent supplement initiative taken up.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 05:20:27

  Item 14.h Planning and Zoning work plan presentation.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 05:47:12

  Item 14.h Motion on gas-insulated substation setbacks and co-location read.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 06:08:15

  Item 14.j Quantum Park application taken up.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 06:25:37

  Item 14.l Tuscarora Crossing Landbay 4 application taken up.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 06:54:29

  Item 14.n Flock camera data initiative taken up.Copy link𝕏 Post

• 07:09:48

  Item 14.o Golden Substation scheduling motion read.Copy link𝕏 Post

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