HomeMy WebLinkAboutCPA201900002 Resolution - Board of Supervisors 2019-12-12RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AMENDING THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (CPA2019-00003)
WHEREAS, Objective 1 of the Transportation Chapter of the Albemarle County Comprehensive
Plan calls for the County to continue to participate fully in State, regional, and local transportation
planning efforts; and
WHEREAS, Strategy le calls for the County to continue to recognize the Thomas Jefferson
Planning District Commission (TJPDC)'s rural planning function by taking formal action on rural
transportation planning recommendations and reviewing the TJPDC's adopted studies and, where
appropriate, consider adopting such studies into the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, Strategy le states: "The Rural Area Transportation Long Range Plan [RLRTP]
process complements MPO [Metropolitan Planning Organization] -level planning efforts and establishes
transportation planning process to address broader regional and rural issues. This Plan identifies a larger
transportation system framework within the TJPDC area. The Plan is generally reflective of and
consistent with County goals for transportation planning for the Rural Area.'; and
WHEREAS, the TJPDC's 2040 RLRTP addresses transportation needs of the Rural Areas of
Albemarle County over the next 20 years; and
WHEREAS, the major goals for the 2040 RLRTP are to create a safe, regional, multimodal
transportation network while preserving the rural character; and
WHEREAS, references to the 2035 RLRTP of the Transportation Chapter of the Albemarle
County Comprehensive Plan require updating to the revised and adopted 2040 RLRTP; and
WHEREAS, on September 3, 2019, following a duly -advertised public hearing, the Albemarle
County Planning Commission recommended approval of CPA2019-00003; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has duly advertised and held a public hearing to consider
the proposed revisions to the Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Board has carefully considered the proposed revisions to the Transportation
Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan and other information provided by County staff, the recommendation
of the Planning Commission, and the information and comments provided by the public; and
WHEREAS, the Board concludes that approval of CPA2019-00003, Amendments to the
Comprehensive Plan, is appropriate and will promote the health, safety, morals, order, convenience,
prosperity, and general welfare of all inhabitants of the County.
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 CPA2019-00003 and adopts the amendments to the Albemarle County Comprehensive
Plan attached to the staff report.
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 five to zero, as
recorded below, at a meeting held on November 6, 2019.
Clerk, Board of County S rvisors
A NLay
Mr. Dill
Absent
Mr. Gallaway
Y
Ms. Mallek
Y
Ms. McKeel
Y_
Ms. Palmer
Y
Mr. Randolph
Y