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ALBEMARLE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
MINUTES OF MEETING
DEC. 13, 1946
.Those present at meeting were Messrs. Bush, Tayloe,
Randolph, Bain, Scott, and Sockrell, Mesdames. Smith, Chamberlain,
and Nunnally.
Mr. Bush reported on the Wine Growers Assn. Meeting.
The members expressed interest in the possibBlities of grape growing
in Virginia, but felt more accurate data should be obtained by
research before any recommendations could be made to the County
Formers., It was suggested that Mr. Smart of the Soil Conservation
try to get the Research Department at V. P. I. interested in
compiling this data .
The minutes of previous meeting were read and approved.
A map of the county was tacked on the wall anda discussion
of zoning ensudd.
Mr. Hwidolph moved that Mr. Bush consult with Mr. Ambler
about State Highway Right of Nuys. This information is necessary
in order to determine zoning of land along the highways.
Mrs. Chamberlain suggested that each member of the Planning
Commission have headquarters where residents of each district mi ht
11rr' come to discuss zoning with the members. This was considered a good
idea.
Mr. Scott moved that zoning apply nine hundred feet from set
back at edge of right of way, everything Ilse to be termed as aural.
It was suggested that advice of a zoning engineer would be necessary.
It was brought out that no publicity had been given to
zoning project - and it was felt that publicity or education of the
public would be necessary to put this project across.
It was suggested that meeting with Mr. Locke, Zoning Expert,
be held at 8 o'clock p. m. in Monticello Dairy rdcration room. The
Secretary was instructed to engage room for Friday, the loth, and
contact Mr. Locke about changing hour,as well as invite heads of
all civic organizations to this meeting.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Secret
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Notes Due to illness at the time and other delays Mr. Locke was never
able to spekk before the comm ssion.
SPEECH READ BY MRS. NUNNALLY TO LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.
It is a real pleasure to be with you this afternoon -
but I have an apology to make. Due to unforseen circumstances - it will
be necessary for me to read my speech, but I hope you will foggive me if
I give you the desired information - that is, something of the work of
the Albemarle County Planning Commission and its function in be community.
A State Act of 1936 granted authority to the Board of Supervisors
to create and appoint a County Planning Commission - but is was not until
1944 that the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County appointed this
commission, and the first meeting was held May loth, 1944, so we have been
functioning for about three years.
The original members were Mr. Henry Haden, County Representative,
Mr. Ray Warrick, Mrs. Gordon Smith, Mr. Henry Bush and Mr. Larned Randolph.
I have served as Secretary for the entire time. Later Mr. Hunter
Cockrell took Mr. Haden's place as County Representative, and last year
segbA new members were appointed. Mrs. Elisabeth Chamberlain, Mrs. Louise
Simmons, Miss Mary Stamps White, Mr. Ed Tayloe, Mr. Eddie Bane, Mr. Pierson
Scott and myself. Mrs. Gordon Smith was reappointed.
The function of the commission is to act in an advisory
capacity to the Board of Supervisors regarding future planning for the county -
but it does not have any legal authority. The meetings are held once a
month and the first project of the commission was to find out the various
needs of the community. In meeting with Dr. Thomas Englar, Miss Julia
Graves, Mr. T.'O. Scott, and members of the school board, as well as
in our studies of how best to help the returning serviceman, our commission
came to the conclusion that past experience had proven we could not do much
to educate the adult individual and cbange his habits - but that we cold
improve the future community by providing bet*er educational facilties for
the young.
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✓ In connection with our planning for the welfare of
the returning servicemen, we sent out two thousand letters and
one thousand questionnaires to these men and their fami1_ies -
and we were readv to follor- up our work r ith them - but. the
project was taken over by other agencies of the state ar,� county.
As part of the c'7mmission's long term plannini for
the counter, we began the "tUdur cf zoning in June of 1945- Some
of dour memb�.rs questioned the advi sahility of h.av .nk zc,ning laws
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for Albemarle County.
on the sac-ed ri hts of the inKirirl-ual citizen?" a ft�r much
stUdv and discussion, we came to the concluS ion that it is just
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essential to }1''!r county ooliceiPran or -S it is- f. - the-0-,1.'' to
have jnited ?�?ations. T t is not an -- itrwrily e:.trictive
meas)re but -, protective one.
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b soone rp„7 tr f=^,r pre ^ent3tlon to th!owl of Su,! -. ntrl nrS .
Tf they a.!prove of this plan, they will call public meetings
to discass the z onin{�� or*�inarce ""Vith the public -and if it, Meet -
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The commission then began to inquire into what
was being done toward improving the schools -and met with
the School Board to learn what they xmxx proposed to do
about it. Mr. Graham told us about the school offering
and gave us copies of this to study in detail. After
thoroughly studying the program, the commission came to
the conclusion that it called for too great an expenditure
of money to be practical - and suggested to the School
Board that they cut down on this program. The School
Board did not Feel this could be done. We then,
acting in our capacity as advisors to the Board of
Supervisors, presented a resolution to the board
suggesting that the board themselves take the leadership
in the school improvement progect, assembi e all the necessary
data, and present it to the public by calking meetings
throughout the county,and present a complete plan for
school improvement - as well as - a simpler plan which
could be adopted as an alternate one. We felt it of
vital importance that the voting public approve the bond
issue which would have to be voted in order to raise the
money for schools. As you know the majority of votes
were against the bond issue. I n spite of this defeat -
we hope to continue to try and get an improved school
system for the county.
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