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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
AGENDA TITLE: AGENDA DATE: ITEM NUMBER: 03.060
Hollymead Community -- Request to amend
Albemarle County Service Authority Jurisdictional May 7, 2003
Area
SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: ACTION: X INFORMATION:
Public hearing to consider amending the ACSA
Jurisdictional Area boundary to provide water and
sewer service to the Hollymead Community located
north of Proffit Road, east of U.S. 29, and west of
Pritchett Lane.
STAFF CONTACT(S): ATTACHMENTS: Yes REVIEWED BY: RWT
Messrs. Tucker, Foley, Cilimberg, Benish, Biel
View Recommendation
BACKGROUND:
This request was initiated by staff as part of the Thomas Naught request for sewer service, which was approved
by the Board of Supervisors at the April 2, 2003 meeting. The area that comprises this request for ACSA
Jurisdictional Area designation for water and sewer service is approximately 450 acres. This area is formed by
the eastern side of Route 29, extending north to the North Fork Rivanna River, proceeding east and winding along
the North Fork Rivanna River to the end of Pritchett Lane, following Pritchett Lane southwest to the Northwood
Mobile Home Park (Attachments A & B). This area is located within the designated Development Areas, in the
Rivanna Magisterial District.
DISCUSSION:
The subject property is located in the Hollymead Community. The Comprehensive Plan provides the following
concerning the provision of water and sewer service to the development Areas:
"General Principle: Urban Areas, Communities, and Villages are to be served by public water and sewer
(p. 114)."
"Provide water and sewer service only to areas within the ACSA Jurisdictional Areas (p. 130)."
"Follow the boundaries of the designated Development Areas in delineating Jurisdictional Areas (p.130)."
This quadrant of the Hollymead Community is not currently included in the ACSA Jurisdictional Area for full water
and sewer service. As noted above, the Comprehensive Plan recommends serving Development Areas with
public water and sewer. Therefore, this quadrant of the Hollymead Community should be designated as part of
the ACSA Jurisdictional Area for public water and sewer service.
RECOMMENDATION:
As a general policy, staff has advised that public utility capacity should be reserved to support development of
designated Development Areas. This request is consistent with public utility policy of the Comprehensive Plan.
Since this area of the Hollymead Community is located within a designated Development Area, the provision of
both water and sewer service to the entire Hollymead Community would be consistent with the Comprehensive
Plan public utility policy. Therefore, staff recommends the Board of Supervisors approve this request for public
water and sewer service to this portion of the Hollymead Community.
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Attachments:
A- Location and Tax Map
B -Jurisdictional Area Map
Return to regular agenda
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David Benish
From: J.W. Brent [jwbrent@acsanet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 3:00 PM
To: David Benish
Cc: Bob Tucker; Paul Shoop
Subject: RE: Jurisdictional Amendment--Hollymead
Water-On a system-wide basis the availability in the urban water system is
no different than it was this time last year. If we incur a drought equal
to last year's drought we are unable to meet the community's water demand
without conservation measures being put into effect. Projects to increase
the water supply are being designed and pushed through the regulatory
approval process but there are no guarantees as to when or if the projects
will receive approval. Taking a more localized view of the subject area,
the major water user will be the North Pointe project. Our engineers
estimate water usage would be approximately 162,000 gallons per day. The N.
Rivanna Water Treatment Plant can treat 2,000,000 gallons per day but the
current safe yield of the river is only about 800,000 gallons per day.
Releases from Chris Green Lake in drought conditions would be necessary to
satisfy the plant's treatment potential. However, the current demand on the
plant is only about 250,000 - 300;000 gallons per day.
Sewer-The capacity of the Camelot Sewage Treatment Plant is inadequate to
serve the growth area. ACSA has recognized the need for future sewer
capacity in this area and has incorporated this project into our Capital
Improvement Program. The current treatment capacity is 360,000 gallons per
day with flows of approximately 100,000 gallons per day being treated.
Timing of expansion or replacement of this facility will be guided by the
rate of growth in this service area.
The Albemarle County Service Authority operates on a first come -first
served policy so there is no guarantee of availability of service to any
currently unserved property at any time in the future.
Original Message
From: David Benish [maiito:DBENISH@albemarle.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:49 PM
To: Bill Brent; Paul Shoop
Subject: Jurisdictional Amendment--Hollymead
At tomorrow's Board of Supervisor's meeting, the Board will be considering
adding the quadrant north of Proffit, east of Rt. 29, west of Pritchett Lane
and south of the N. Fork Rivanna River into the J.A. for water and sewer
service. Sally Thomas has posed the following to staff:
#8 on agenda. What is the expected water demand? Do we currently
have the water supply and/or the sewerage capacity? I suspect we've never
held off on approving an expansion of the service area within development
area -- but I also believe we have an obligation to the current
water-users not to exceed available resources. I'll ask these questions on
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Wednesday and argue that we should delay approving the expansion
until we have answers, unless staff can assure me.
The reason staff recommended that this area be included within the
Jurisdictional Area is because it is within the County's designated
Development Area and, by policy is supposed to be served by public services.
But Sally has raised a valid issue. In the past we have approved
Jurisdictional Area changes based on individual requests instead of
comprehensively, which would allow us to withhold including properties into
the Jurisdictional Area if we were to have some concern over serving that
area. I don't have a particular problem with continuing to approve JA
additions based on individual requests. I just felt a comprehensive change
to include this area would be more efficient from staff review standpoint.
I would like you thoughts on this and also any and her question on water and
sewer capacity. Her question on "demand" for this area we have some
information on, at least related to the North Pointe proposal, which is a
significant part of the undeveloped portion of this area. It might be
helpful if one of you could atttend, although its probably not necessary.
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