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Home My WebLink AboutAP202000003 Correspondence 2020-11-23From: Stewart Wright <maycraft2300@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 2:39 PM To: Marsha Alley Subject: December 1st appeal Attachments: DeveloperLetter.rtf CAUTION: This message originated outside the County of Albemarle email system. DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Marsha, Here is a letter from the developer to my neighbors, Nina and Larry Crawford, on Pritchett Lane that we would like to submit to the BZA members prior to the December 1st meeting. We feel that it is important relevant information. As always, thanks for your help. Stewart Wright GREAT EASTERN MANAGEMENT COMPANY May 3, 2006 Mr. Lawrence Crawford 3715 Pritchett Lane Charlottesville, VA 22911 Deer Mr. Crawford. After more than six years and twenty-six work sessions, neighborhood meetings and public hearings, the North Pointe rezoning application is scheduled for its final public hearing and a vote on Wednesday. May 1016 at 6:00 pm at Burley Middle School, 901 Rose Hill Drive. It is important that there be Pritchett Lane representation at the meeting to support us in advocating for no connections, other than for emergency access, from North Pointe to Pritchett Lane. We (and die Board of Supervisors) made this commitment to neighbors in 1993 when North Pointe (formerly Towers Land Trust Properties) was added to the Hollymead Growth Area. This arduous joumey began in 1981 when individuals and entities associated with Great Eastern began assimilating the North Pointe parcels. We recognized then that future development in the area of the Airport Road/Route 29 North intersection was going to be as important as the area from Barracks Road to Hydraulic Road had been to the City and the stretch from Rio Road to the South Fork of the Rivanna River would be to the County. With the help of a number of local hamebuilders, architectural organizations and engineering firms, and particularly with your input, the current North Pointe plan reflects an exciting 265- acre mixed use, pedestrian -oriented community where multiple generations will live, work, play, shop, go to school, attend church, and visit the library either by walking or, if by car, without having to access Route 29 North. North Pointe's extensive proffers and design features include: • Substantial road improvements to both Route 29 North and Airport/Pmffit Road, • Fully graded pad sites with utilities and mad access for an elementary school and a branch library, • An internal "spine" road connecting Pmffit Road with Lewis & Clark Drive (the entrance to the University Research Park), • Intercormectivity to a number of adjacent non -owned parcels of land, • Considerably more open space than required by ordinance in the residential areas, • An internal road system stmetscape that includes bicycle paths, curb and gutter, sidewalks, and planting strips with street tines, • Installation of ten bus stops and a ten year subsidy if bus service is introduced, • Funding for a regional transportation study and synchronization of the traffic signals in the area, • A number of parks and over 10 V. miles of walkways and paths, • Dedication of conservation areas to protect streams, stream valleys and critical slopes, P.O. Box 5526 R CfWIL0IIE VRLE, VIRGINm 22905-5526 0 GENERAL OFFICE )434) 2964141 ■ PROPEarY MANAGENEW (434) 296,4109 0 FAcsim LE (434) 293-5197 11 • Treatment of storm water from off -site that is currently untreated, causing severe stream bank erosion which adds sediment to the river, and • A significant component of affordable housing together with a large cash contribution to the Albemarle Housing Initiative Fund. In the current political climate, consensus on land use issues is difficult to achieve. North Pointe represents a new paradigm for development where competing Interests of those concerned about the environment and the very real and pressing needs of the marketplace are mediated We believe the plan submitted integrates the best of both views: a mixed -use community located in a designated growth area, incorporating the principles of the Neighborhood Model, proffering needed public infrastructure improvements, remediating current environmental degradation, and phasing construction to ensure fiscal success. North Pointe is situated in the epicenter of the growing market between the City limits and RuckcrsvWe, within one of the development areas designated by the County's Comprehensive Plan. These development areas comprise only 5% of the County's entire land mass, ensuring that County growth will not disturb the character of am rural areas, which make up the other 95% of the County. Approval of North Pointe, with its unique mix of residential units, provides for significant new inventory of single family homes in close proximity to the University Research Park and NGIC facility that have been zoned by the County for job growth. Although some in opposition look with disfavor on the larger stores ("big boxes") planned, these stores satisfy a real demand for competitive goods and services by moderate income families that otherwise might find it difficult to enjoy a relatively comfortable standard of living. In addition, they will provide the draws to ensure the success of the smaller retail merchants as well as support extensive public infrastructure improvement proffers. And, of course, we hope you will frequent the proposed shopping areas and planned community amenities. Attached please find a variety of documents which detail the scope of the North Pointe application, including a summary of the proffers and enhancements, the major infrastructure improvements we have agreed to construct, and the significant environmental protections we are offering. Our website(www.northoomaccharlottesville.coml also presents considerable additional information, including North Pointe's compliance with the applicable Principles of the Neighborhood Model. Please review all of this information and feel free to call us with any questions you may have. Thanks, and we hope to see you on the IOth. ZWagnman,Directors Enclosures From: Stewart Wright <maycraft2300@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 2:51 PM To: Marsha Alley Subject: North Ponte "emergency access" easement Attachments: 1123201100a.jpg; 1123201148_BurstOl.jpg; 1123201059.jpg; 1123201149.jpg CAUTION: This message originated outside the County of Albemarle email system. DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Marsha, Please forward these photos of the "emergency access easement" connecting Pritchett Lane to the North Pointe development. I also included construction vehicles now being allowed on our street. November 23rd, 2020. 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