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Home My WebLink AboutZMA201800011 Correspondence 2019-03-12Cameron Langille From: Cameron Langille Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 1:50 PM To: Rosalyn Schmitt Cc: Rebecca Ragsdale Subject: RE: Follow-up: ZMA201800011 - Brookhill Proffer Amendment Attachments: ZMA201800011 VDOT Confirmation.pdf, ZMA201800011 - VDOT Correspondence Regarding ACIDS requests.pdf Hi Rosalyn, VDOT has reviewed your comments and has no objections to the stormwater facility use/expansion for the future school, as well as the curb cut/crosswalk on the north side of the connector road. Please see the attached PDFs for additional information. TO be clear, the plans for expanding the stormwater facility will be handled at a later date when/if the school system moves forward with a high school on the property. The curb cut/crosswalk will also be approved at a later date when the school is under plan review. This will allow for finalizing a good location once the school site layout is being finalized during the design phase. Please keep a copy of these emails for your records. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Cameron From: Cameron Langille Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2019 5:19 PM To: Rosalyn Schmitt <rschmitt@kl2albemarle.org> Cc: Rebecca Ragsdale <rragsdale@albemarle.org> Subject: RE: Follow-up: ZMA201800011 - Brookhill Proffer Amendment Thank you very much, Rosalyn! I will relay this information to VDOT and the developer and I will follow up with you. I appreciate all of your help! From: Rosalyn Schmitt <rschmitt@kl2albemarle.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2019 6:04 PM To: Cameron Langille <blangille@albemarle.org> Cc: Rebecca Ragsdale <ragsdale@albemarle.org> Subject: RE: Follow-up: ZMA201800011 - Brookhill Proffer Amendment I appreciate you involving us in this discussion. To recap my understanding, the proffer amendment is due to two factors: First, the finalized Berkmar Extension location is further west than initially anticipated which has reduced the available acreage of the proffered school parcel by about 2 acres. Second, the planned location of the Rio Mills connector road needs to be located farther south than anticipated to achieve necessary sight lines and distances. The connector, which is of interest to the BOS and in the comp. plan, would not be feasible if not in this new location. This move divides the school parcel in two which impacts the likely location of athletic fields. If that understanding is accurate our response is as follows: It would be our preference to have an undivided parcel, however a pedestrian walkway, tunnel, or crosswalk controlled by traffic lights could mitigate our concerns about access to athletic fields on the north side of the connector road. We also request consideration for a curb cut on the north side of the road to allow for future parking for the fields above the connector road. We also request a shared use of storm water facilities with the road construction in order to maximize available acreage of the school site. Please let me know if you need anything further from us. Thanks again for including us! Rosalyn Schmitt Chief Operating Officer Albemarle County Public Schools 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 www.kl2albemarle.org 0: 434-296-5877 From: Cameron Langille[mailto:blangille@albemarle.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 3:16 PM To: Rosalyn Schmitt <rschmitt@kl2albemarle.org> Cc: Rebecca Ragsdale <rragsdale@albemarle.org> Subject: Follow-up: ZMA201800011 - Brookhill Proffer Amendment Hi Rosalyn, I am following up on the discussion from our meeting last week regarding the Brookhill proffer amendment and proposed acreage reduction to the high school property. Did your colleague who handles facilities for ACPS provide any input on the acreage reduction and whether it would be acceptable to move forward with the proffer amendment as proposed? Please let me know your thoughts. I appreciate all of your assistance on this one. Thanks, Cameron Cameron Langille Senior Planner Department of Community Development Albemarle County, VA 434-296-5832 (ext. 3432) blangille@albemarle.org Cameron Langille From: Harold Jones <harold Jones@vdot.virginia.gov> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 9:14 AM To: Cameron Langille Subject: RE: ZMA201800011 - Brookhill Proffer Amendment Hi Cameron, Yes, we are in agreement on these items below. Please let me know if you have further questions. Thank you. Hal From: Cameron Langille[mailto:blangilleCa)albemarle.org] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 5:19 PM To: Harold Jones Subject: ZMA201800011 - Brookhill Proffer Amendment Hi Hal, Thanks again for all of your hard work on this one, I truly appreciate it. Following up on the voicemail I just left you, I am emailing to verify that I understand VDOT's position on two questions related to the Brookhill proffer amendment application and Rio Mills connector road: Per the Albemarle County Public Schools request, VDOT has no objections to allowing a curb cut on the north side of the Rio Mills Road connector road. The curb cut location and construction will need to take place at a future date when/if the school system decides to build a school on the adjacent property. The curb cut location and design will be subject to VDOT and County staff review for compliance with all applicable standards. Per the Albemarle County Public Schools request, VDOT has no objections to allowing the school system/future high school to utilize and expand (if necessary) the Rio Mills Connector road stormwater facility that will be constructed as part of the road project. Of course, this will be subject to VDOT and County staff review when the school proposal gets to the plan review stage and will need to comply with all necessary requirements. If you could respond to this email confirming my understanding on these two topics, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Cameron Cameron Langille Senior Planner Department of Community Development Albemarle County, VA 434-296-5832 (ext. 3432) blangille@albemarle.org Cameron Langille From: Cameron Langille Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2019 2:06 PM To: Harold Jones Subject: RE: ZMA201800011- Proffer Amendment and Comments from Albemarle County Public Schools Hi Hal, I am following up on this application to see if you spoke with Joel about the school system's requests for a curb cut and ability to tap into the stormwater facility, should a future high school be built next to the connector road. Did we ever get confirmation that this is acceptable? Thanks, Cameron From: Cameron Langille Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:38 PM To: 'Harold Jones' <harold.iones@vdot.virginia.gov> Subject: RE: ZMA201800011- Proffer Amendment and Comments from Albemarle County Public Schools Awesome news, Hal. Thanks for all of your help with this one, I truly appreciate it. I look forward to hearing the results of the discussion with Joel. From: Harold Jones<harold.iones@vdot.virginia.gov> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 4:26 PM To: Cameron Langille <blangille@albemarle.org> Subject: RE: ZMA201800011- Proffer Amendment and Comments from Albemarle County Public Schools Hi Cameron, I did see these — thank you. I do not see any major issues with these requests, but I wanted to check with Joel DeNunzio before I replied. I hope to meet with him tomorrow. Additionally, I have had a chance to speak with our RW folks and we will be providing a "swath" into which the roadway can be built and which Riverbend can dedicate. I'll get additional details to you soon. Hal From: Cameron Langille[mailto:blangille@albemarle.org] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 4:09 PM To: Jones, Harold Subject: FW: ZMA201800011- Proffer Amendment and Comments from Albemarle County Public Schools Hi Hal, I am just touching base on so see if you've had a chance to read over the two questions I listed below. To be clear, if the curb cut can't be put into the contractor's plans for the connector road, then we don't want that to be something that jeopardizes the Smart Scale project. I just wanted to see if that was a possibility to include it at this point. If Alan dedicates enough land for the initial stormwater pond and easement, would VDOT allow the County to expand that facility if the school wanted to share it in the future? From: Ashley Davies <ashley@riverbenddev.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 11:58 AM To: Cameron Langille <blangille@albemarle.org>; Jones, Harold <harold.tones@vdot.virginia.gov>; Alan Taylor <alan@riverbenddev.com> Subject: RE: ZMA201800011- Proffer Amendment and Comments from Albemarle County Public Schools Hey Cameron — It is our intent to dedicate whatever is necessary for VDOT to proceed. Hal, let us know what you need from us since we will not be dedicating the schools portion of the parcel at this time. Thanks for keeping this moving forward, Cameron. Ashley From: Cameron Langille <blangille@albemarle.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 5:18 PM To: Jones, Harold <harold.iones@vdot.virginia.gov>; Alan Taylor <alan@riverbenddev.com>; Ashley Davies <ashley@riverbenddev.com> Subject: ZMA201800011- Proffer Amendment and Comments from Albemarle County Public Schools Good evening Hal, Alan, & Ashley, Staff from Albemarle County Public Schools have provided their input on the proposed Brookhill proffer amendment. Please see the attached PDF for the full email. To summarize, ACPS acknowledges that the connector road is going to be installed since it is a desire of the BOS, is a proffered improvement, and is a current VDOT project that will be constructed. They have stated that they can support the potential future high school parcel being reduced in acreage (as small as 50 acres) and split into two pieces due to the Rio Mills connector road right of way. ACPS offered the following three suggestions related to the design of the connector road and associated improvements: Consider providing a pedestrian walkway, tunnel, or crosswalk controlled by traffic lights to mitigate concerns about access to athletic fields on the north side of the connector road. Consider providing a curb cut on the north side of the road to allow for future parking for the fields on the north side of the connector road. Request a shared use of storm water facilities with the road construction in order to maximize available acreage of the school site. My questions for you are as follows: • Hal: is it possible at this point to have the design build contractor incorporate the curb cut on the north side of the Rio Mills Connector road to provide access to the northern piece of the school site? • Hal and Alan/Ashley: are both parties willing to come to an agreement for dedicating an easement large enough for the shared use of the stormwater facility? My understanding is that the stormwater facility for the road will be located outside of the road right-of-way in a VDOT owned easement. Additionally, it is still possible to dedicate an easement large enough for the initial stormwater pond (and future potential expansion so the school can use it) if that information is provided to the design build contractor. Is this correct? o Hal, does VDOT have any objections to allowing the County to expand the stormwater facility later and share its use, so long as the owner dedicates an easement large enough for a future expansion? Please let me know your thoughts, I appreciate everyone's cooperation! -Cameron Cameron Langille Senior Planner Department of Community Development Albemarle County, VA 434-296-5832 (ext. 3432) blangille@albemarle.org