HomeMy WebLinkAboutCPA201900001 Resolution - Board of Supervisors 2019-07-17RESOLUTION TO APPROVE CPA2019-00001
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
WHEREAS, The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC), which also staffs
the Charlottesville -Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (C-A MPO), has completed the
Jefferson Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan 2019 (the 2019 Plan) as an update to the 2004 Jefferson Area
Bicycle, Pedestrian and Greenways Plan; and
WHEREAS, Objective 4 of the Transportation Chapter of the Albemarle County Comprehensive
Plan calls for a local transportation system that includes access to pedestrian and bicycle facilities; and
WHEREAS, Strategy 4c under Objective 4 states, "As updates to the regional bicycle,
pedestrian, and greenways plan are adopted, they will help guide future CIP projects, volunteer activities,
and proffers from developers;" and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Plan seeks to encourage implementation by providing a focused list of
regionally significant bicycle and pedestrian projects that enhance regional connectivity and provide
routes connecting the region's important residential and economic centers for the development areas and
rural areas of the County of Albemarle; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Plan recommends local and regional bicycle and pedestrian safety and
education programs to reduce roadway crashes and injuries among pedestrians and bicyclists, increase
awareness of the responsibilities of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists, and promote tolerance among
all roadway users; and
WHEREAS, references to the 2004 Jefferson Area Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Greenways Plan of
the Transportation Chapter of the Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan require updating to the revised
and adopted Jefferson Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan 2019; and
WHEREAS, on May 7, 2019, the Albemarle County Planning Commission, after a duly noticed
public hearing, recommended approval of CPA2019-00001 as being appropriate and promoting the
health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare of all inhabitants of the
County; and
WHEREAS, on July 3, 2019, the Board of Supervisors held a duly noticed public hearing on
CPA 2019-00001.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, upon consideration of the foregoing, and for
the purposes articulated in Virginia Code § 15.2-2223, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
hereby approves CPA2019-00001 and amends the Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan as shown on
Attachment D of the staff report, attached hereto and incorporated herein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Jefferson Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan 2019 is
added as a reference under the Transportation Chapter Appendix of the Comprehensive Plan.
I, Claudette K. Borgersen, do hereby certify that the foregoing writing is a true and correct copy of
a Resolution duly adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County by a vote of six to zero, as
recorded below, at a meeting held on July 3, 2019.
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Clerk, Board of CounoTpervisors
A Nay
Mr. Dill
Y
Mr. Gallaway
Y
Ms. Mallek
Y
Ms. McKeel
Y _
Ms. Palmer
Y _
Mr. Randolph
Y _