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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-10-20 FIN A L 7:00 P.M. October 20, 1993 Room 7, County Office Building 1) Call to Order. 2) Pledge of Allegiance. 3) Moment of Silence. 4) Other Matters Not Listed on the Agenda from the PUBLIC. 5) Consent Agenda (on next sheet) . 6) Adopt Resolution approving the issuance of up to $3,000,000 in revenue bonds by the Industrial Development Authority of the County of Orange, Virginia, for the Benefit of Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge. 7) Public Hearing to receive comments on the local Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CRAS) , which defines the region's housing needs, for use of HOME funds by the local consortium of counties and the City of Charlottesville. The CRAS will identify the region's affordable and supported housing needs and will outline a method for meeting those needs. The CRAS will guide the use of Federal funds received by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission from the HUD HOME Program which provides grant funds to conduct housing rehabilitation, new construction, assistance to first-time home buyers and assistance to renters. 8) CPA-92-05. Towers Land Trust. Public Hearing on a request to amend the Comprehensive Plan to expand the Growth Area Boundary of the Hollymead Community to include Regional Service, Office Service & Low & Medium Density Residential uses. Area under consideration for these designations is E of Rt 29N, S of North Fork Rivanna River, W of Rt 785 and N of Proffit Rd (Rt 649) . 9 Public Hearing to receive comments on Community Needs and Priorities for Fiscal Year 1994-95 County Operating Budget. 9~) Discussion: Reconsideration of action taken on C. Todd Shields, ZMA-93-09 and SP-93-20. 1P) Approval of Minutes: May 13{A), and November 4, 1992; July 14, August 18 and October 11, 1993. 1) Other Matters Not Listed on the Agenda from the BOARD. 1~) Adjourn. CON S E N T AGENDA FbR APPROVAL: 5.1 Resolution Proclaiming October 27 as "Unfunded Mandates Day in Albemarle County" . 5.2 Resolution to accept Village Woods Lane in Village Woods Subdivision into the State Secondary System. 5.3 Statement of Expenses for the Department of Finance, Sheriff, Common- wealth's Attorney, Regional Jail and Clerk, Circuit Court, for the month of September, 1993. FbR INFORMATION: 5.4 Notice of Appointment of Albemarle Housing Coordinator. 5.5 Copy of Planning Commission Minutes for October 5, 1993. 5.6 Status Report on Visioning/Comprehensive Planning Process. 5.7 Bond Program Report and Monthly Report for Arbor Crest Apartments (Hydraulic Road Apartments), for September, 1993. 5.8 Memorandum dated October 20, 1993, from Robert W. Tucker, Jr., re: Electronic Mail Messaging (E-mail). t Edward H. B in, Jr. Samuel Mill r COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Office of Board of Supervisors 401 Mcintire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 (804) 296-5843 FAX (804) 972-4060 Forrest R. Marshall. Jr. Scottsville David P. Bow rman Charlottesvi Ie Charles S. Martin Rivanna Charlotte Y. umphris Jack Jouett Walter F. Perkins White Hall MEMORANDUM Robert W. Tucker, Jr., County Executive V. Wayne Cilimberg, Director, Planning & Community Development Ella W. Carey, Clerk tJ,UU October 21, 1993 Board Actions of October 20, 1993 Following is a list of actions taken by the Board of Supervisors at its meeting on October 20, 1 93: Agenda Item No.4. Other Matters Not Listed on the Agenda from the PUBLIC. Mark Frankel, Joan Gilrain, Alice Stilwell and Gary Taylor, voiced support for ZMA-93-09 and S -93-20, C. Todd Shields, and asked the Board to reconsider the requests. Mary Anne Dilbone expressed the need for a new high school. Agenda Item No. 5.1. Resolution Proclaiming October 27 as "Unfunded Mandates Day in A bemarle County". Adopted the attached resolution. Item No. 5.2. Resolution to accept Village Woods Lane in Village Woods Subdivision into the S ate Secondary System. Adopted the attached resolution. Item No. 5.6. Status Report on Visioning/Comprehensive Planning Process. The Board directed staff to look at bringing in some consultants or ftrms to discuss different or n approaches to planning that the staff may not be aware. Staff is to include in the analysis what uld be entailed, the costs and when such a presentation could be made. * Printed on recycled paper emo To: Robert W. Tucker, Jr. V. Wayne Cilimberg October 21, 1993 Agenda Item No.6. Adopt Resolution approving the issuance of up to $3,000,000 in revenue b nds by the Industrial Development Authority of the County of Orange, Virginia, for the Benefit of estminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge. Adopted the attached resolution. Agenda Item No.7. Public Hearing to receive comments on the local Comprehensive Housing fford-ability Strategy (CHAS), which defines the region's housing needs, for use of HOME funds by t e local consortium of counties and the City of Charlottesville. The CHAS will identify the region's a fordable and supported housing needs and will outline a method for meeting those needs. The CHAS ill guide the use of Federal funds received by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission f om the HUD HOME Program which provides grant funds to conduct housing rehabilitation, new c nstruction, assistance to first-time home buyers and assistance to renters. Ms. Rellen Perry suggested that higher priority be given to housing needs of low income . 'es with children. Mr. Doug Frame informed the Board that AHIP is not being allowed access to HOME funds as has in the past. In addition, HUD has ruled that AHIP will no longer be allowed to assist families "th job planning and act as the general contractor for the client-family. HUD stated this was a c nflict of interest. Congressman Payne is working with AHIP to try to resolve this situation. Mr. F e asked the Board to contact Congressman Payne and lend its support of AHIP' The Board directed staff to contact Congressman Bliley's office, in addition to Congressman P yne's office, in support of AHIP. Mr. Tucker is to inform the Board if any further action, such as a r lution, by the Board is necessary. The Board also directed staff to see if what Ms. Perry is ggesting can be done. Agenda Item No.8. CPA-92-05. Towers Land Trust. Public Hearing on a request to amend t e Comprehensive Plan to expand the Growth Area Boundary of the Hollymead Community to i clude Regional Service, Office Service & Low & Medium Density Residential uses. Area under c nsideration for these designations is E of Rt 29N, S of North Fork Rivanna River, W of Rt 785 and N o Proffit Rd (Rt 649). APPROVED cPA-92-05 to amend the Land Use Plan in the Comprehensive Plan to include the ea north of Proffit Road, east of Route 29, South of the North Fork Rivanna River and west of Route 7 5 in the growth area boundaries of the Community of Hollymead. Recommendations for elopment of this area to be included in the Plan are: 1. Limit access to Route 29 to three locations for the entire frontage from Proffit Road to the North Fork Rivanna River. The Towers Land Trust property should be limited to two access points to Route 29. The northernmost access point should be aligned with the future access to the University Real Estate Foundation's (UREF's) North Fork Research Park. Access should be prohibited from the Towers Land Trust site to Route 785. emo To: Robert W. Tucker, Jr. V. Wayne Cilimberg October 21, 1993 2. Consideration should be given to developing a Greenway along the North Fork Rivanna River to protect environmental resources and provide recreational opportunities. Actual wording for the change in the Comprehensive Plan is to come back to the Board on the c nsent agenda for approval. The Board also stated that it wanted to continue deferring CPA-92-02, South Fork Land Trust, u til the Meadow Creek Parkway issue is resolved. Agenda Item No.9. Public Hearing to receive comments on Community Needs and Priorities f r Fiscal Year 1994-95 County Operating Budget. Received; no action. Budget guidance from the d will be discussed on November 3. Agenda Item No. 9a. Discussion: Reconsideration of action taken on C. Todd Shields, ZMA-93- o and SP-93-20. In the absence of Mr. Marshall, this item was deferred until November 3. Agenda Item No. 11. Other Matters Not Listed on the Agenda from the BOARD. Nominated Mrs. Humphris as the voting delegate for V ACo's 1993 Annual Meeting and ated Mr. Bowerman as the alternate delegate. Voting Credentials Form has been forwarded to Co. Agenda Item No. 12. Adjourn. There being no further business to come before the Board, the eeting was adjourned at 9:35 p.m. Richard E. Huff, II Roxanne White George R. St. John Amelia McCulley J 0 Higgins Bruce W oodzell File EREAS, EREAS, RESOLunON UNFUNDED MANDATES according to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (fLARC), Virginia's local governments are subject to 391 Federal and state mandates; and unfunded mandates on local governments have increased significantly in recent years; and Federal and state mandates require cities, counties and towns to perform duties without consideration of local citcumstances or capacity; and in some cases mandates require local governments to redirect their priorities, to meet federal and state objectives rather than community objectives; and excessive federal and state regulations on local governments impose harsh pressures on local budgets, often requiring increases in local taxes and fees, and/or reduced local services for residents; and S, federal and state mandates too often are inflexible, one-size-fits-all requirements that impose unrealistic time frames and specify procedures or facilities where less costly alternatives might be just as effective; and existing mandates impose harsh pressures on local budgets, often requiring increases in local taxes; and S, the cumulative impact of these legislative and regulatory actions directly affect the citizens of our cities, counties and towns; and the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Association of Counties and the Virginia School Boards Association are working with localities, school boards and organizations across the nation to begin a public education campaign to help citizens understand and then reduce the burden and inflexibility of unfunded mandates, beginning with a National Unfunded Mandates Day on October 27, 1993; OW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Albemarle endorses the efforts of tht, Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Association of Counties and the Virginia School Boards Association and their national counterparts, and supports working with the national groups to fully inform our citizens about the impact of federal and state mandates on our governments and the pocketbooks of our citizens; B IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County of Albemarle plans to redouble efforts to inform members of our Congressional and General Assembly delegations about the impact of federal and state mandates and plans to work with the delegations to reduce the burden of unfunded mandates on our citizens. F itlLY BE IT RESOLVED that I, David P. Bowerman, Chairman, on behalf of the Board of Supervisors, do hereby proclaim October 27, 1993, to be "Unfunded Mandates Day in Albemarle County, " in observance of National Unfunded Mandates Day. :jo :} :} :} ::4 I, Ella W. Carey, do hereby certify that the foregoing writing is a true, correct copy of a resolution adopted b the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, at a regular meeting held on October 20, 1993. If i{,! leY Cd .'C,/" Clerk, Board of County Supe~r;sors The Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virgin- i in regular meeting on the 20th day of October, 1993, adopted t e following resolution: RES 0 L UTI 0 N WHEREAS, the streets in Village Woods described on the tached Additions Form SR-5(A) dated October 20, 1993, fully corporated herein by reference, are shown on plats recorded in t e Clerk's Office of th~ Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Albemarle Board of unty Supervisors requests the Virginia Department of Transpor- tion to add the roads in Village Woods as described on the a tached Additions Form SR-5(A) dated October 20, 1993, to the s condary system of state highways, pursuant to 4,633.1-229, Code of Virginia, and the Department's Subdivision Street Reauire- m nts; and WHEREAS, the Resident Engineer for the Virginia Department Transportation has advised the Board that the streets meet the quirements established by the Subdivision Street Reauirements the Virginia Department of Transportation. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board guarantees a clear d unrestricted right-of-way, as described, and any necessary sements for cuts, fills and drainage as described on the corded plats; and FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution be rwarded to the Resident Engineer for the Virginia Department of ansportation. * * * * * Recorded vote: Moved by: Mrs. Humphris. Seconded by: Mr. Bain. Yeas: Messrs. Martin, Perkins, Bain, Bowerman and Mrs. Humphris. Nays: None. A Copy Teste: C - ~I c :J b 8 ~I c .. E .r.. 0 ~ .. ~ 0<( G (l) ~ r-i .c: l-I 5: cO s (l) 0 ..0 ~ r-i (f) <r: - i 0 E 0 -.; (f) III 'U ii c ~ 0 0 0> (f) 0 " -5 ~ 0 " n f c e 0 " '" - 0 :0 'U 6 c( .~ "U 11 0 R ., II: 0 S UJ "0 f 0 0 CL ~ " <I) 11 (l) <{ ] co cO II) r-i . r-i 0: liil OH (f) ;> ~ >: 0: '6 c 0 1; .Q LL '" ~ 'S; (f) '6 Z ~ .n :J 0 !! (fJ E "' a 0 [ .. r. E 0 u :! oJ c( -< z ~ r') ~ > .... 0 rl ~ .. 0 .. ~~~ e 0: .. Vl ~ ~ ~ o .. U. f, I {J j Ii -' . 'M 6 c M " .-< .-< ., U ~ 0 u 0 -< u . (. 2 . 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" 1i " .. >- l '0 r. c '0 r. u l t ~ ~ o ~ t (; z RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE, VIRGINIA WHEREAS, the Industrial Development Authority of p-lbemarle County, Virginia (IIAuthorityll), has been asked by ~estminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge (IIWCBRII) to approve the 'ssuance of revenue bonds by the Industrial Development Authority pf the County of Orange,' Virginia in an amount not to exceed ~3,OOO,OOO (IIBonds") to assist in the financing of WCBR's ~cquisition, construction and equipping of an approximately V1,OOO square foot, 32-bed addition to the health care center ocated in the west wing of WCBRiS retirement community at 250 Pantops Mountain Road (lIprojectll), in the County of Albemarle, Virginia, and has held a public hearing thereon on October 14, 993i WHEREAS, Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 986, as amended (the IICodell), provides that the governmental ~nit having jurisdiction over the issuer of private activity ponds and over the area in which any facility financed with the ~roceeds of private activity bonds is located must approve the ssuance of the bondsi WHEREAS, Section 15.1-1378 of the Industrial Development and ~evenue Bond Act, Chapter 33, Title 15.1, Code of Virginia of 950, as amended (IIActll), provides that if a locality has created ~n industrial development authority, no industrial development ~uthority created by a second locality may finance a facility ocated in the first locality unless the governing body of such irst locality concurs with the inducement resolution adopted by he industrial development authority created by the second ocalitYi WHEREAS, the Project is located in the County of Albemarle, ITirginia (II County II ) and the Board of Supervisors of the County IIBoard") has created an industrial development authority, and (onstitutes the highest elected governmental unit of the County; WHEREAS, the Authority has recommended that the Board cpprove the issuance of the Bondsi and WHEREAS, a copy of the Authority's resolution approving the ssuance of the Bonds, subject to the terms to be agreed upon, a <ertificate of the public hearing and a Fiscal Impact Statement lave been filed with the Board. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CF THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE, VIRGINIA: 1. The Board approves the issuance of the Bonds by the Juthority for the benefit of WCBR, as required by Section 147(f) f the Code and Section 15.1-1378.1 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended ("Virginia Code") to permit the Authority to ssist in the financing of the Project. 2. The Board concurs with the resolution adopted by the ndustrial Development Authority of the County of Orange, irginia and approves the issuance of the Bonds by the Industrial evelopment Authority of the County of Orange, Virginia for the enefit of WCBR as required by Section 15.1-1378 of the Act. 3. The approval of the issuance of the Bonds does not onstitute an endorsement to a prospective purchaser of the Bonds f the creditworthiness of the Project or WCBR. 4. Pursuant to the limitations contained in Temporary ncome Tax Regulations Section 5f,103-2(f) (1), this resolution hall remain in effect for a period of one year from the date of ts adoption. 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its doption. Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of lbemarle, Virginia this 20th day of October, 1993. of SEAL] j !t\l.r::' ,~ RESOLUTION UNFUNDED MANDA YES according to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (fLARC), Virginia's local governments are subject to 391 Federal and state mandates; and unfunded mandates on local governments have increased significantly in recent years; and Federal and state mandates require cities, counties and towns to perform duties without consideration of local circumstances or capacity; and in some cases mandates require local governments to redirect their priorities, to meet federal and state objectives rather than community objectives; and excessive federal and state regulations on local governments impose harsh pressures on local budgets, often requiring increases in local taxes and fees, and/or reduced local services for residents; and federal and state mandates too often are inflexible, one-size-fits-all requirements that impose unrealistic time frames and specify procedures or facilities where less costly alternatives might be just as effective; and existing mandates impose harsh pressures on local budgets, often requiring increases in local taxes; and the cumulative impact of these legislative and regulatory actions directly affect the citizens of our cities, counties and towns; and the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Association of Counties and the Virginia School Boards Association are working with localities, school boards and organizations across the nation to begin a public education campaign to help citizens understand and then reduce the burden and inflexibility of unfunded mandates, beginning with a National Unfunded Mandates Day on October 27, 1993; OW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Albemarle endorses the efforts of the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Association of Counties and the Virginia School Boards Association and their national counterparts, and supports working with the national groups to fully inform our citizens about the impact of federal and state mandates on our governments and the pocketbooks of our citizens; E IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County of Albemarle plans to redouble efforts to inform members of our Congressional and General Assembly delegations about the impact of federal and state mandates and plans to work with the delegations to reduce the burden of unfunded mandates on our citizens. INAlJ.Y BE IT RESOLVED that I, David P. Bowerman, Chairman, on behalf of the Board of Supervisors, do hereby proclaim October 27, 1993, to be "UnfUnded Mandates Day in Albemarle County, " in observance of National Unfunded Mandates Day. ::-::- ::- ::- :;. I, Ella W. Carey, do hereby certify that the foregoing writing is a true, correct copy of a resolution adopted the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, at a regular meeting held on October 20, 1993. t ,.c ]' )). // ;QL( l,(/cZ/C(', C erk, Board of County super:/::rs COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Office of County Executive 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22901-4596 (804) 296-5841 PRESS RELEASE The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors signed a resolution declaring October 27, 1993, as nfunded Mandates Day, The resolution calls for an end to unfunded mandates, which are laws and regulations passed by t e federal and state governments that require local governments to meet their conditions, but do not p ovide funds for them to do so. "Unfunded mandates are a serious problem for us in Albemarle County," said Robert W, Tucker, J ., County Executive. "Increasingly, programs that we would like to implement in Albemarle County g unfunded, because of the flood of expenses required by new mandates from Washington or Richmond, E en if the mandate is a beneficial one, it sets priorities for local funding without any local input." Federal and state officials have issued such mandates with increasing frequency in recent years, b cause federal and state revenues have been decreasing, By ordering local governments to provide new s rvices, the federal and state governments can require the services and shift the burden of new costs to t local government level. Ultimately, the cost is borne by the same group either way: taxpayers, Local g vernment leaders have characterized such mandates as charging national and state bills to local g vernment credit cards. To bring attention to the unfunded mandates problem in local governments, the National League o Cities, the National Association of Counties, the U, S, Conference of Mayors and the International C ty/County Management Association have joined forces to declare October 27, 1993, as National U funded Mandates Day. On that day, local governments throughout the nation will focus attention on th problem of unfunded mandates. In Virginia, this effort is supported by the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Association o Counties and the Virginia School Boards Association, which have scheduled a news conference on o tober 27, at 9:30 a,m, in front of Richmond City Hall, located at 9th and Broad Streets, "It's time Virginia taxpayers woke up to the burden that unfunded mandates are placing on local fi ances," said David P. Bowerman, Chairman of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, "This is o e issue that we all agree on." For more information on this topic, you may call the Albemarle County Executive's Office at 296- For more information on the October 27 event in Richmond, contact Suzette Denslow at the V' ginia Municipal League at (804) 649-8471, Leigh Ann McKelway at the Virginia Association of C unties at (804) 788-6652, or David Blount at the Virginia School Boards Association at (804) 295-8722, COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY lQ-l5.q3 AGENDA T TLE: Unfunded Mandate Resolution AGENDA DATE: October 20, 1993 ITEM NUMBER' Cf3. (OZD(S. J) ACTION: INFORMATION: SUBJECT Request federal October Albemarl CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION: X INFORMATION: ATTACHMENTS: Yes (1) STAFF CO Messrs. REVIEWED BY: BACKGRO To bring attention to the unfunded mandates problem in local governments, the National League of Citi s, the Virginia Municipal League, the Virginia Association of Counties and the Virgini School Boards Association have joined forces to declare October 27, 1993 as National Unfunde Mandates Day. On that day, local governments throughout the nation will focus attenti n on the problem of unfunded mandates. A press conference has been scheduled by these g oups on October 27 at 9:30 a.m. in front of Richmond City Hall. DISCUSSION: The atta hed resolution calls for an end to unfunded mandates, or laws and regulations passed by the f deral and state governments that require local governments to meet their conditions, but do not provide funds for them to do so. Information on the state mandates that specifi ally affect Albemarle County has already been forwarded to you. The resolution also calls for the County to proclaim October 27, 1993 as "Unfunded Mandates bemarle County". If the Board approves the resolution, a press release has already ared that will go out to the local media on Thursday, the 21st. DCO Staff re ommends approval of the attached resolution on unfunded state and federal mandates proclai ing October 27, 1992 as "Unfunded Mandates Day in Albemarle County." 93.163 . ~ --..._~.--- 1 --"'-... LU,./', i "C)i\RD 0 'r. .~_ F SUPER" Ii,'. ...._ --- -~~~,-~ COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE MEMORANDUM Robert W. Tucker, Jr., County Executive TO: FROM: DATE: Albemarle County Board of Supervisors October 15, 1993 RE: state and Federal Mandates is a copy of a report concerning unfunded state and deral mandates. In reviewing this report, you will note that we ve not identified or itemized any educational mandates as I derstand that Dr. Paskel is working on this matter independently. is report is timely since the National Association of Counties ACo) and the Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) are working develop grassroots publicity on unfunded mandates. As you know, Co and VACo have declared October 27th as National Unfunded ndates Day and we have prepared a recommended proclamation for ur adoption on October 20th. We will also be preparing a press r lease which will provide information regarding this issue for the citizenry of this area. I have shared the report with Senator Robb a d Delegates Van Yahres and Way since Senator Robb was very i terested in this issue. ould you have any questions concerning the report, please do not sitate to contact me. T,Jr/dbm .190 tachment :~~-;.~ ~ fiiJDq "\('~ '\\~~ ; t OFSIJpERV,jORS \oQARD - l~.~ REPORT ON STATE MANDATES I. ntroduction Al emarle County is not alone in feeling imposed upon by the increasing financial burden of federal and st e mandates. The June 1993 Update of the Catalog of State and Federal Mandates on Local G vernments published by JLARC lists 391 state and federal mandates that have an impact on local go ernments in Virginia. M st of these mandates across the state, as well as the ones that apply to Albemarle County, are in the ar as of health and human services, education and public works. For Albemarle County, 180 mandates ha e been identified that apply to general government programs and operations; the total cost of these m dates is approximately $10.3 million dollars. This is the cost to Albemarle County government and d es not include an additional $1.8 million collected in fees from Albemarle County citizens. F Howing closely the outline and format of the JLARC catalog, this report provides information on the m dates that apply specifically to Albemarle County. Attachment A lists all the identified mandates and th ir associated costs, if known. Attachment B brings together information from the implementing d partment or agency with respect to the need for the mandate itself or, in some cases, simply a more e lcient method of implementing the mandate. T e report also points out the difficulty of assessing the value or true cost of a mandate to the County, si ce in the majority of cases the County might implement a similar process or standard with or without a federal or state mandate. What becomes evident from comments throughout this report is that the C unty does not oppose mandates in and of themselves. No one disagrees with the purposes behind most o the mandates, which are often imposed to achieve a well-intended national or state goal. What the ounty does disagree with is mandates being given to the localities by the federal and state governments t implement with no accompanying funds and often within a narrow timeframe. ach county department affected by state mandates was asked to respond to the list of mandates cited in e JLARC study by answering the following questions: Is there a need for this mandate; does the andate impact the department or agency other than cost; should the mandate be eliminated; and lastly, uld the mandate be more efficiently implemented by the state? Responses to these questions are s mmarized in Appendix B, pages i-xvi. The mandates and the responses are listed in the same order and ategories as those listed in the JLARC report. Responses to the efficiency question are listed only if there as an identifiable suggestion on how the mandate could be improved. epartments were also asked to estimate the cost of each mandate on the County, on the State, or on any ther source, ie. Federal government, fees, charges, etc. The costs of these mandates are listed in ppendix A, pages 1-5. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES n the subcategory of Public Health, there are a total of 15 mandates that have an impact on local overnment, 13 of which have a fiscal impact on the county totaling $569,365. Six of the mandates are ptional programs, which would reflect a local savings of$128,150 if they were eliminated, All are related o the operation of the Thomas Jefferson Health Department and the local share required from Albemarle ounty to operate the programs. The other share of the costs comes mainly from patient fees 1 . A 1 wandatcs arc dCCillC.d i1Cccssill) , including the optional ones, to provide adequate health services to C unty residents; only one (#8) was recommended for elimination, since indigent hospitalization is c nsidered a federal or state responsibility, not one of local government. Eliminating this program would sa e $32,315. Only one mandate (#6) was recommended for an administrative revision. ental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Services T ere are eight mandates in the mental health subcategory representing an approximate fiscal impact on th county of $630,000. However, the state share of the mandated services is $3.7 million or a proximately 85% of the cost of delivering these services. Four of the eight mandates are considered o tional programs, although they are optional only if you choose not to receive state funds for the m dated service. All eight services are deemed necessary; none were recommended to be eliminated. ARC identified 64 statewide social service mandates divided into three categories: social services ministration, fmancial assistance administration and social services for the needy, Locally, social s ices has the greatest number of mandates (49) with an annual fiscal impact on the County of a proximately $820,000 dollars. Only 5 mandates were targeted as needing to be eliminated for a potential s vings of approximately $40,000. A number of the mandates are accompanied by suggestions or recommendations for streamlining or a ministrative relief, many in the area of burdensome and unnecessary paperwork requirements. The st te's attempt to automate the DSS offices may already be helping in this area, but more efforts are n eded. PUBLIC SAFETY A identified by JLARC, there are 47 mandates imposed on local government in the area of public safety, T ese are divided into the three categories of law enforcement and traffic control, corrections and d tention and emergency services. At the local level, there are 23 mandates that have been identified as h ving an impact on Albemarle County at a total cost of $356,250. Only 5 of the mandates are optional, o are conditions of funding. w Enforcement and Traffic Control der Law Enforcement and Traffic Control, there are only 9 mandates with a total fiscal impact to the C unty of approximately $40,000. In this area mandates have a relatively insignificant impact, since this r fleets less than 1 % of the county's law enforcement budget. orrection and Detention Ithough there are only 7 mandates, the greatest costs under public safety are under the corrections and d tention category, the total fiscal impa~t being approximately $272,000. Two of the mandates are c nsidered optional or a condition of state funding. T e local costs associated with the operation of the Joint Security Complex have not been included in this alysis despite the fact that local jail operations must adhere to uniform operating and professional s andards mandated by the Department of Corrections, Since jail operations would operate under the same s andards with or without state regulation, the mandates in this case have not been considered an a ditional fiscal burden imposed upon the locality, However, it is important to recognize that the share o state funding for prison operations has not kept up with the increased demand for either staff or o erational needs, causing both Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville to assume a greater 2 s are of the costs each vear, S ven mandates affect the implementation of emergency services in the County, most of which are d' ted toward emergency planning. As you can see, the fiscal impact of these mandates are minimal at $ 1,500, with all mandates considered necessary for the provision of emergency services in the County. PUBLIC WORKS aintenance of Roads and Other Facilities ARC identified 46 mandates related to transportation. However, since Albemarle County does not build o maintain its own road system, only 9 mandates were identified under this subcategory for a total impact o the County of $127,365. Since many mandate costs associated with private roads are passed on to d velopers and absorbed into the total cost of a development project, the fiscal impact of a specific m date, such as highway entrances, etc. are difficult to estimate, and, therefore, go undocumented in this re ort. S nitation and Waste Management J ARC identified 26 mandates that address solid waste management facilities, sewage treatment plants, p blic water systems, and hazardous waste management procedures across the state. Thirteen state m dates have been identified that affect solid waste disposal and water quality programs in Albemarle C unty, with a total annual cost of $760,000. However, the additional cost to County citizens in the fonn o tipping fees and water and sewer fees paid to local service authorities is approximately $1.2 million. N ne of the mandates are optional. Only two were recommended for elimination, One, the need for a p nnit from the Department of Waste Management and two, the mandate to meet recycling quotas or d adlines, Staff felt that the econontic incentives are not yet available to meet recycling quotas and that th state mandates are ahead of the ability of markets to absorb recyclables. While we are meeting the re uired EP A/state mandates for recycling, the cost of recycling is very expensive since there are very fe markets available to off-set this expenditure with even a "break-even" market. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT J ARC has identified 37 community development mandates that address planning, zoning, economic d velopment, housing and environmental protection, Fourteen of these identified mandates apply to A bemarle County, 4 of which are considered optional. Two of the optional mandates, Section 8 and the S'x-Year Road Plan are conditions of funding; the other two are mandates only if you have a zoning o inance or wish to have certain streets taken into the secondary system. e total cost to the County for these mandates is $329,770. However, considering the County's strong phasis on comprehensive planning and environmental quality, it is uncertain as to how many would implemented even if not mandated by the State. PARKS, RECREATION AND LIBRARIES andates for local parks, recreation and libraries are limited across the state, as well as in Albemarle C unty. Only fourteen mandates were identified across the state, only 4 of which apply to Albemarle and o of which are conditions of grant programs, There is no fiscal impact associated with any of these 3 nly 3 mandates have been identified statewide that pertain to support services provided to the judicial s stem by local governments. For Albemarle, the total cost of the three mandates is $182,000, which is e cost of providing support services and office space to the magistrate, juvenile court, circuit court, and g neral district court. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT dministration of the Judicial System eneral Administration ARC identified 48 mandates or administrative requirements that are spread across three categories: g neral administration, personnel administration and financial administration. They include mandates on e ections, constitutional officers, grievance procedures, uniform pay plans, employee leave and retirement b nefits. irty-two of these mandates affect Albemarle County for an estimated total cost of $6.3 million, the g eatest cost being the mandated number of sick, annual and vacation days for local government e ployees, Without this cost of $4.3 million, which in all probability would be incurred under a local s stem, the total cost of the administrative mandates to local government is approximately $1.9 million, one of the mandates are optional and none were recommended for elimination. I . Interpretation iting costs from the above categories, the total fiscal impact of state mandates on Albemarle County g neral government is $10.3 million (see page 1, Appendix A). However, comments and r commendations from the department and agency heads who are responsible for implementing these andates indicate that simply taking away the state mandate may not save the County a like amount of d llars. F r safety, environmental, educational, and equity reasons, the majority of state mandates are viewed as b neficial, if not essential, to maintaining the quality of life in Albemarle County, As shown in Appendix , pages i-xvi, most responses indicate that the mandate is necessary, that it provides a basic service to Ibemarle citizens, and that it should not be eliminated. Many statements indicate that the programs or gulations would probably be in effect in Albemarle County even without the state or federal mandate. . Summary/Recommendations owever, even if the mandate is a beneficial one, the imposition of a state or federal mandate causes three ajor problems: one, it does not account for Albemarle's capacity to implement the mandate; two, it does n t account for the County's financial ability to pay for the mandate; and three, it sets priorities for local fi nding without any local input. nly 12 mandates were recommended by agency and department heads for possible elimination for a total s vings to the County of $272,240. However, many recommendations were offered on more efficient ays of implementing or streamlining the mandates. These should be seriously considered by state a encies, if they are truly attempting to "reinvent government". I summarizing the material in this report, there are six major conclusions/recommendations concerning t e imposition and impact of state mandates on Albemarle County: 4 .. ",,"~"',~'''''' ............'4....__.....,.,..-....'.... .... '''''''''''''"''''',,. ....~, ""'." " c"" "'.~ "',,,,,"'''' ~ ~:-"~"".''''''''''''''''.' "_'.' .. __ ........,.., _'._ ,_. <, , No new mandates should be imposed on Albemarle County without accompanying state funds, The majority of state mandates have either been imposed on localities with no accompanying funds or with insufficient funds to cover the total cost of the mandate. 2 The state must keep up their fair share of the costs of current mandates as caseloads and operating costs increase. The shrinking share of state funding for state mandated programs has a particularly significant impact on growing communities, such as Albemarle. As an example, state funding for human service programs has been flat over the past several years, reducing the long held ratio of 80/20 for state/local funding closer to 68/32. 3. Further study of the division of responsibility and fiscal accountability between state and local governments is needed. Since the share of local funding for state controlled agencies, ie, sheriff, courts, corrections, has increased over the past five years, while state funds have decreased, Albemarle County should not be forced to contribute to programs over which they exercise little or no control. 4, The legislative body should pay attention to the fiscal impact analyses prepared on proposed legislation by the Commission on Local Government. Each year Albemarle County assists in this effort by analyzing and reporting the potential fiscal impact of legislation on local government; legislators do not pay attention to these reports, which clearly document the fiscal impact on a locality prior to final passage of the legislation. 5. The state should focus on the desired outcomes of a mandate, rather than dictating all the steps in the process to the localities. Enabling localities to determine the most efficient and effective way to implenient a mandate based on local conditions and resources would encourage flexibility and creativity at the local level that might set an example for the rest of the state, 6. State government should look at each mandate to determine if all the regulations and administrative requirements are necessary. "Reinventing government" should mean streamlining the administrative rules so that the process can be more efficient at both the state and local level. ~ 5 APPE NDIX A - STATE MANDATES SUM lI1ARY OF FISCAL IMPACT OF STATE MANDATES ANNUAL COSTS STATE OTHER COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $7,293,335 $715,648 $2,333,939 PUBLIC SAFETY $37,210 $20,696 $356,250 PUBL IC WORKS $0 $1,840,900 $887,365 COM fJlUNITY DEVELOPMENT $137,475 $35,000 $329,770 PARJoc S,RECREATION AND LIBRARIES $0 $0 $0 ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT $75.900 ~ $6,335.850 TOTAl&- FISCAL IMPACT $7,543,920 $2,612,244 $10,243,174 APPENDIX A - STATE MANDATES HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Hel Ith 1 Establ sh and maintain a health department 2 Provid~ communicable disease services 3 Provid~ child health services 4 Provide maternal health services 5 Provid~ family planning services 6 Provid~ environmental health services 7 Medic id nursing home screening and pre-authorizations 8 Participate in State/Local Hospitalization Program 9 Foreig~ travel immunizations and information (sliding scale fees) 10 Child I ealth services(inc.babycare,sickchild,lead testing,school service 11 Matefl al health services/outreach 12 Public "f1ducation/outreach on family planning 13 Gener. I medical services(gen.clinic,home health, outreach,) 14 Dental services 15 Serve ~s registrar of vital records and health statistics Subtotal PI blic Health Services * Mental He~ Ith Mental Retardation and Substance Services 1 Establi ~h a community services board (CSB) 2 ProvidE audit and arrange legal services for CSB. 3 CSB's 'must have licenses to offer services. 4 CSB's must participate in Medicaid covered se"rvices 5 Must a ~prove planlbudget and provide 10% share, 6 ProvidE emergency,prescreening, and predischarge services 7 Insure interagency cooperation and coordination. 8 Must CI ordinate services for youth and families (CSA) Subtotal ME ntal Health Services Social Serv ces Social Sf rvices Adminstration 1 Must dE stroy program records based on schedules, 2 Must Sl bmit staffing reports Italics are op ional mandates * asteriks denote mandates to eliminate " ..."-,, -" --," ANNUAL COSTS STATE OTHER COUNTY 27,500 22,500 64,450 21 ,000 53,550 67,650 59,000 63,350 42,900 34,000 43,100 30,250 16,000 33,750 122,100 23,000 99,900 8,250 3,000 6,750 32,315 14,300 18,000 17,700 20,000 6,000 50,450 5,500 4,500 3,850 3,000 3,150 29,550 56,000 56,850 44,000 15,000 86,000 9,000 $480,300 $267,500 $569,365 8,540 577 59 4 3,070,160 207,580 117,944 7,335 505,180 413,330 $3,701,883 $0 $628,826 3,400 23,690 1,390 9,675 APPENDIX A 1 ,APPE DIX A - STATE MANDATES ANNUAL COSTS STATE OTHER COUNTY 3 Locali ies must submit budget and fund a share of budget 1,065 435 * 4 Must ubmit an administrative plan 2,840 1,160 5 Must nsure and maintain confidentiality 41,320 16,880 6 Invest gators of out-of-family complaints must receive training * 7 Must ave merit system for adm.staff 8 Must omply with civil rights regulations 9 Must onform to state policies for office space Subtotal dministration $72,315 $0 $29,540 Financial Assistance Administration 10 Auxili ry grant program for SSI recipients 104,665 27,540 11 Must articipate in food stamp program 22,410 93,295 12 Must articipate in Aid to Dependent Children 184,815 75,500 13 Gene al Relief program to temporarily disabled citizens 108,870 57,640 * 14 Estab ish and maintain methods for preventing fraud/collection actions 31,653 12,929 * 15 Must i itiate collection actions on overpayments (included in #14) 16 Requi es reconsideration of financial grants by local boards 13,580 7,945 17 Must etermine eligibility for refugee assistance program 6,012 1,640 18 Must etermine eligibility for energy assistance program 35,354 8,510 19 Must etermine eligibility for medicaid clients 119,416 200,528 48,775 20 Must etermine elibility for Aid to Dependent Children 207,718 23,546 * 21 Must etermine eligibility for emergency assistance 3,775 1,540 22 Confo m to merit system for program/eligibility personnel (inc in #7) 23 Must ubmit reports on caseloads 1,262 515 24 Must ubmit expenditure reports 23,690 9,675 25 Must rovide record of decisions of local social service board 1,400 575 26 Confi entiality of clients (costs included in #5) Subtotal inancial Assistance Administration $864,620 $224,074 $346,079 27 Defin s 7 broad mandated services and target populations 327,375 133,715 28 Provi family preservation services (incl.in # 29) 29 Provid child protective services 244,250 98,690 30 Provid foster care services 127,725 52,190 31 Provid adoption services 71 ,480 11,775 32 Must rovide evaluation prior to guardianship appointment 33 Must r port abandoned child to State DSS 4,615 1,885 34 Must rovide protective services to adults 78,785 32,180 35 Provid services to victims of spouse abuse/promote interagency coop. 36 Provid services to clients released from state hospitals 9,570 3,910 37 Must rovide home-based services, if funds a,vailable. 18,745 7,660 38 Provid child day care services to ADC families 98,690 19,125 39 Must perate JOBS program 177,170 12,855 40 Purch se day care services for low income families 99,560 18,980 * 41 Must evelop written agreements with community service board 995 405 42 Must esignate lead agency to coordinate local long-term care services. 43 Community based screening team for long-term services 42,720 17,450 * 44 Must rovide intake services 40,325 16,470 45 Must rovide case management services (costs identified in # 27) 46 Must s bmit reports on caseloads to DSS 1,262 515 47 Must pprove out-of-home and in-home day care providers 20,480 8,365 Italics are 0 tional mandates * asteriks denote mandates to eliminate APPENDIX A 2 APPE DIX A - STATE MANDATES ANNUAL COSTS STATE OTHER COUNTY 48 ystem for employees in social service programs(in #7) articipate in Purchase of Service System ervices for the Needy 18,165 $1 ,381 ,912 $3,111,152 $7,293,335 $0 $448,148 $715,648 7,420 $443,590 $819,209 $2,017,400 * TOTAL HEAL H AND HUMAN SERVICES PUBLIC SAF Law Enfor ement and Traffic Control 1 Must r port arrests to Central Criminal Records Exchange 2 Must f 1I0w state regulations to access VCIN 3 Must r port certain crimes/offenses to UCR 4 Must r port missing children to Information Clearing House 5 Must r port terrorist acts to state 6 Certifi ation for unmarked vehicle license plates 7 If rece ve drug related cash/assets must conform to DCJS regs 8 Must istribute notices to crime victims on their rights 9 Mand ted equipment and methods to analyze breath samples Subtotal w EnforcementlTraffic Control unknown $0 5,500 5,120 16,000 1,600 o o o o 10,470 $38,690 $0 Correction and Detention 1 Must c mply with state staffing standards for Juvenile Court 2 Must rovide office space,utilities,furniture for Juvenile Court 34,050 3 Local j ils must comply with DOC regulations 4 Maint ance costs must be borne by locality 0 0 20,995 15 Must e tablish record keeping procedures Re ional jail 37,210 5,060 2,495 Polce 0 0 180,000 16 Must p rticipate in a compliance audit every 2 - 3 years unknown 0 0 17 Local ersonnel must meet training requirements set by DJSB reg onal jail unknown 9,246 4,555 poli e 0 0 64,000 Subtotal orrections and Detentions $37,210 $14,306 $306,095 Emer enc Services 1 Must a point director of emergency services 2 Must h ve annual emergency exercise/part-time emerg,manager 3 Must d velop emergency plan 4 Must h ve emergency plan to respond to nuclear accident 5 Must h ve emergency plan to respond to hazardous spills 6 Must s are of costs if federal declaration of major disaster 7 Must e tablish a local emergency planning committee Subtotal mergency Services TOTAL PUBLI SAFETY 0 0 4,300 0 6,390 6,390 0 0 775 (included in #3) (included in #3) 0 6,390 11 ,465 $37,210 $20,696 $356,250 PUBLIC WOR S Maintenan e of Roads and Other Facilities 1 Standa ds for state highway entrances 2 Local t afffic signs must conform to state standards 3 Requir s curb ramps at intersections for persons with disabilities 5,000 Italics are op ional mandates * asteriks denote mandates to eliminate APPENDIX A 3 APPE DIX A - STATE MANDATES ANNUAL COSTS STATE OTHER COUNTY assk nancy 4 DOT nd localities must conduct rural planning assistance 5 Must nforce Uniform Statewide Building Code 6 Must ave certificate of operation for boilers/pressure vessels 7 Must scertain that contractors hold valid contrators licenses 8 Must aintain a pound 9 Must omply with Statewide Fire Prevention Code Subtotal oads and Other Facilities 581,800 (fees) $0 $581,800 1,000 13,500 107,865 $127,365 Sanitation and Waste Mana ement " 1 Solid aste facility requires a permit from Dept. of Waste Management 2 Solid aste facility must receive grant site approval in 120 days 3 Must ave Board certified operator of waste management facility. (RWSA) 4 Comp y with Fed Resource Conser. and Recovery Act (next 5 years) 1,200,000 460,000 5 Locali ies must submit compliance within 120 days for certification 6 Locali ies must submit 20-year solid waste management plan 25,000 " 7 Must evelop and implement recycling programs 200,000 8 Must omply with hazardous waste management requirements 40,000 9 Repla e underground storage tanks (annual cost over 5-yr period) 60,000 1 0 Local ublic water systems must have a permit. 19.500 11 Contr I of the quality of wastewater discharge 14,600 12 Certif that activity does not violate state water quality standards 13 New s wage plants must meet public health/water quality objectives. Subtotal anitationlWaste Management 0 1,259,100 760,000 TOTAL PUBLI WORKS $0 $1,840,900 $887,365 COMMUNITY EVELOPMENT 1 Must c eate a local planning commission 40,000 2 Must a opt a comprehensive plan (every 5 years) 20,000 3 Must a opt subdivision ordinance (includes amendments) 35,000 70,000 4 Adopt six-year Secondary Road Improvement Plan 4,000 5 Adopt verlay zoning to keep airspace free from obstruction 6 Must e tablish a zoning board of appeals. 29,700 7 Must a opt ordinance to control development of suibdivision streets 47,000 8 Prope y improvement plans by licensed/certified architect,engineer, etc. 9 Sectio 8 program must adminster according to guidelines. 137,475 30,470 10 Counti s must promote sufficient affordable housing. 11 Must b covered by erosion and control program 73,600 12 Loea/itf s must reimburse Dept. of Forestry for forest protection. 15,000 " 13 Land s bject to perpetual conservation easement taxed at use value. TOTAL PLANN NGIZONING $137,475 $35,000 $329,nO PARKS,RECR ATION, AND LIBRARIES ._ 1 Use of V A Outdoors Fund must keep park open in perpetuity. 2 Use of and and Water Conservation Funds, requires park open in perpetuity. 3 Popula ions over 500 must employ state licensed librarians. 4 Must fo low standards, procedures and processes established by State Library Board. TOTAL PARKS, ECREATION AND LIBRARIES $0 ADMINISTRATI N OF GOVERNMENT Administrati n of the Judicial S stem $0 $0 Italics are opt onal mandates " asteriks denote mandates to eliminate APPENDIX A 4 " ;.. :_,:, :~;",>,~' ,_;_'0', ',," APPE DIX A - STATE MANDATES ANNUAL COSTS STATE OTHER COUNTY 1 Locali ies must process payments to attorneys,jurors and witnesses 2 Must rovide support/quarters to magistrate and courts 3 Must rovide representation for indigents for local jail offenses. Subtotal J dicial System 7,200 $7,200 General A ministration 1 Must lect Clerk of Court,Sheriff, Commonwealth Attorney 2 Shall rovide offices for Sheriff/Commonwealth Attorney 3 Must ave a electoral board and general registrar 4 Must rovide signs outside polling places for the disabled 5 Must dopt a voting machine or system approved by state 6 Must om ply with the Freedom of Information Act 7 Must omply with State Library Board microfilm requirements for official records. Personnel Administration 8 Must stablish a grievance procedure 9 Adopt a personnel classification Plan 10 Must omply with ADA and anti-discrimination policies. 11 Locali ies shall provide two weeks annualleave,seven sick days and state holidays, 12 Must rovide pay for military duty up to 15 days 13 Must rovide a retirement system for employees 14 Must omply with OSHA rules and regulations 15 Must rovide benefits under Workers Compensation 16 Must rovide business applicants with staturory workers comp requirements 17 Must r port new hires to VEC within 35 days Financial dministration 18 Must h ve a uniform fiscal year 19 Must f IIow a budget process of public hearings, pUblication 20 Must s bmit a financial report to Auditor,of Public Accounts 21 Requir d to have annual audit 22 Must c nform to Virginia Public Procurement Act 23 Comm ssioner of Revenue must provide taxpayer assistance 24 Asses ing officers must provide records to state for sales ratio study 25 Must 0 tain income tax returns and forward to state 26 Clerks must collect recordation taxes and taxes on wills 27 Treasu er must deposit state moneys promptly and submit statement 28 Must r assess real estate at certain intervals and at 100% of value. 29 Must aintain and publish inventory of all tax-exempt property, 30 Must p ovide notice of reassessment change, 31 Must r port and remit unclaimed property to State treasurer 32 Must r port abandoned property to state treasurer 33 Pay sal ries, expenses, allowances and office ~quip of Con titutional officers (except Sheriff) TOTAL ADMINI TRATION OF GOVERNMENt- 26,500 35,000 $75,900 ES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT 182,000 $0 $182,000 115,040 90,000 10 4,000 37,500 Too early to estimate. 4,347,000 433,320 130,000 65,000 120,000 577,330 10,000 600 42,050 $0 $6,335,850 $7,543,920 $2,612,244 $9,926,635 Italics are op ional mandates .. asteriks denote mandates to eliminate , '''';?:''''''~'':.~;-7(:\c.-~~'(~<;~~~~ 'l'II.~""C""''''''_'''''''''''''''"",......~_.",....__.,,.......,.,....,....-,..~.,.,._.~'_~,"._ APPENDIX A 5 THE DEPARTMENT/AGENCY RESPONSES TO JLARC INDENTIFIED MANDATES HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public H. alth 1, Establ sh and Maintain a Local Deoartment of Health Need: Yes Having a local health department (even if most of the programs are handled through other means) provides a focus for citizens and officials dealing with a vital component of government (to protect health). Elimi ~ate: No 2. Provi~e Communicable Disease Services Need : Yes This mandate prevents communicable diseases of the public and individuals. Elim nate: No 3. Provi ~e Child Health Services Nee<l: Yes This mandate helps children develop optimally through prevention and early intervention. Much of this mandate (children's specialty services and genetic screening) iscovered by State HD budget administered by the state and not through the local HD. Elim nate No 4 ProviHe Maternal Health Services Nee~ : Yes Although the HD does not provide prenatal clinics (referring to UVa), it does provide other relateq services which are necessary for good pregnancy outcomes to start children's lives as optimally as possible. Elim nate: No 5. Provitle Familv Planning Services Nee< : Yes This mandate helps assure that most pregnancies are planned or desired, thereby lessening the impact on economic, social and educational resources of the community for child support. Elim nate: No 6. Provitle Environmental Health Services This mandate protects public health through education of the providers of meals and certain personal services (day care, tourist housing, swimming pools, migrant labor camps, eater suppliers) as well as the permitting and/or inspection thereof. It assures protection of ground and surface water supplies by regulating on-site sewage disposal, sewage/septage transportation/disposal and small water supplies. It also assures proper and thorough management of biting animals and care of persons bitten to prevent rabies. Elim nate: No Effici~ncy of Mandate: The establishment of a strong licensing program for all soil consultants who would have to meet strict criteria and modification of the state program to provide more review, oversight and approval of private work, in place of directly doing all the evaluation and system design might work. If the system rema~ns as it is, the state should increase fees to cover the full cost, not just a token amount as now. Also, elimination of the licensing and inspection of motels (except for food service and-pools) could provide a small amount of staff time to devote to other programs with more public health significance. Neec: Yes 7, Provi~e Medicaid Nursing Home Screening and Medicaid Pre-Authorizations Nee,: Yes Older and disabled persons, who might need medicaid to pay for long-term care, receive professional evaluation and service planning directing them to the best/most cost efficient service. Most medicaid pre-authorization for other items (except bus travel) is no longer done through health departments, Elim nate: No APPEND X B 8. ate in the StatelLocal Hospitalization Program Yes Localities are required to provide funds for a share of total hospitalization costs for indigent residents. Although there is a need for hospitalization for indigent county residents, basic health care should be a federal or state responsibility, not one of local government. 9, Prov' e Communicable Disease Services Ne ed: Yes This mandate provides information and medical services to protect residents who travel out of the country. This is a specialized service on which most medical providers are not trained or up-to- date. It also provides low cost, accessible hepatitis B (for OSHA) and flu shots for large segments of the community. 10, Prov de Child Health Services N Yes This is the bulk of the home and school visiting done by PH nurSes to assist families in accessing health care or related services to evaluate children's health needs and to educate parents about raising healthy children. This program provides the onlv nursing service in Albemarle schools. 11. Prov de Maternal Health Services N Yes Public education and outreach (though limited by demands of other programs) for improving knowledge and services for pregnant women lead to more healthy children. 12. Prov'de Family Planning Services Need: Yes Public education and outreach to improve knowledge of and access to pregnancy prevention has profound social, economic and health benefits. Elim nate: No 13. Provi e General Medical Services Need: Yes These are the primary programs for adults and the elderly providing in-home care, care taker education, monitoring. and support as well as public education and screening to prevent chronic diseases and decrease poor health habits and health risks, Although there are other similar services, they often do not reach or serve well the needs of lower income or disadvantaged even though the HD serves all. Elim nate: No 14. e Dental Health Services Yes This mandate provides primary and preventive dental care to children of low income families with continuity (unavailable elsewhere unless family can pay full cost) and emergency and limited primary dental care to indigent adults. Elim' ate: No 15. Serve as County Registrar of Vital Records and Health Statistics Need Yes This mandate provides local access to copies of death certificates for legal and family needs. Elimi ate: No Mental Haith, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services 1. Establ sh or Join a Community Services Board Need: Yes This is a multi-jurisdictional mechanism to plan for and provide services to the most vulnerable citizens in our communities. APPENDI B 11 ',.,..:...;':..;>-,.;.:-<",'-,<;.....:u'"'"....-...-.:'''''~'''''. _..."".,._........,....".,_..,,............,.. '. 2. If Fi cal Agent. Must Provide Audit and Legal Services Nee : Yes Audit and legal services must be provided to any governmental operation. In practice, Region Ten has always arranged for and paid for their services. 3, Must Have a License to Offer Services Yes Licensure provides for a basic level of protection and quality assurance to disabled persons in need of services. 4. Must Participate in Medicaid Covered Services N Yes Medicaid reimbursement now provides over $1,000,000 in services that would otherwise be paid for through local and state appropriations. Elim' ate: No Eflicie cy of Mandate: Community Services Boards are working with the state to reduce unnecessary paperwork and documentation. 5. A ro e Budl!et of the Community Services Board and Provide a Minimum of Ten Percent of Community Services Bards Fundin Ne Yes Community Services Boards are agents of the local governments they serve, and should be accountable to them, but also receive at least minimal financial support. Yes Community Services Boards serve as the gatekeepers for state facilities; prescreening and discharge planning are the basic tools necessary to assure appropriate utilization of inpatient servIces. No 6. Provi e Emerl!ency Prescreeninl! and Predischarge Planninl! Services Elim nate: 7. Estab ish and Coordinate the Operation'of a Prescription Team Need: Yes The "Prescription Team" is just a fancy name for interagency cooperation and collaboration, a process that would go on in any event. Elim oordinate Services for Youth and Families to Access State Pool Funds (Comp. Services Act. 1993) Yes Funds are needed from the state and locality to provide mandated services to at-risk youth and families. This mandate also includes funds for all foster care placements which is a mandatory program. 8. Must Need Elim nate: No SOCIAL Social Se ices Administration 1. Must estro Program Records Need Yes This mandate provides a system for record retention. Elim' ate: No Eflici ncy of Mandate: It takes months to get approval to destroy records through the system, 2. Must ubmit Staflinl! Reports Need: Yes/No Some reports are needed/some are not Elimi ate: NoNes Some could be eliminated through automation. Some of this is going on now at state level. APPEND 111 ~''''''.>l';.;I~''':'''7'''''''','f.'"~..-,. -.-t...... .'......;~.,"_...__..,........,... __ ,................~~......"-",,' ~..~ ".._ ',<"OO_L. ~. ...~ Effic ency of Mandate: Through more effective automation, 3. Must Submit a Bud2et and Fund a Share N Yes Submission of a budget is not necessary because we no longer develop a true budget. The state sets the allocation in most programs with a few exceptions. However, it is important to state in the code that localities will fund a share of the budget. 4. Must Submit an Administrative Plan Ne No Elim nate: Yes Administrative plans are tedious make work projects that are rarely used. True administrative planning would be beneficial - i.e., tying the state strategic planning process into local strategic plans. 5, Must Ensure Confidentiality N Yes This mandate ensures privacy and safeguards specific to our records. It goes beyond the privacy act which only speaks to collection of data. Elim' ate: No Em 'ency of Mandate: The confidentiality policy is in critical need of update, which is going on now. LWA's must rely heavily on local staff attorneys. Each program also has separate guidelines within 63.1-53 because of federal and other state restrictions. Provision of clear policy would be helpful. Administration 6. Wor erg Who Investi2ate Out-of-Familv Complaints Must Meet State Qualifications Nee : Yes In litigious culture, training basis is necessary, Training is prctty uneven from agency to agency now, which makes state certification positive. Em iency of Mandate: Training time could be more efficient with fewer days away from agency. 7, Must Conform to a Merit Svstem Nee : No Er inate: Yes The county has its own system. However, elimination of this mandate may affect smaller localities. Em iency of Mandate: By allowing DDS to fully follow county personnel policies. 9. Must Conform to State Policies for Office Space and Facilities Nee : Yes Cost is calculated into other mandates - "conforming" to space requirements gets into architects, contractors, etc. Eli inate: No Effi iency of Mandate: Allow more local flexibility with "guidance" from the state. In essence they do this. 8. Must Comllly with Civil Rights Laws Ne Yes 10. Mu t Administer Auxiliary Grant Program N d: Yes This mandate provides assistance to financially needy residents, who could not qualify for a nursing home, yet could not remain in their homes alone, even with some assistance. Eli inate: No Effi iency of Mandate: Simplify application to match SSI medicaid application. 11. Mus Participate in Food Stamp Program Ne d: Yes This mandate provides a source for payment for food for low income residents. IV Eli inate: No Emci ncy of Mandate: Automation -- which state DDS is doing. Use of EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards) will be helpful. 12. Mus ParticiDate in ADC Program Nee : Yes This mandate provides financial assistance to families with dependent children. Eli inate: No Effi iency of Mandate: Automation -- which state DSS is doing. Use of EBT. Better training is also needed, Must Maintain Methods and Criteria for Preventinsz Fraud Yes This mandate provides some accountability to the taxpayer. However, most "fraud" is really not client pre-meditated but agency error or client not reporting changes (intentional after the fact). Yes Until state fully funds the mandate. 13. Proszrams Who Elect to Provide General Relief Must Submit a Plan Yes There is no other source of support for temporarily disabled citizens. Although many of them qualify for SSI or SSA, SSI and SSA can take up to one year to process. GR provides interim assistance. Eli inate: No Effici ncy of Mandate: The state gives localities a lot of flexibility with this program. Automation would be key to being more efficient. Effici ncy of Mandate: Automation -- also automation of old manuals, Emphasis on training eligibility worker on good interviewing techniques to prevent fraud, 16. inancial Assistance Grants Must be Reconsidered kLocal Board Nee Yes This mandate provides review of financial assistance at local level. Elim 'nate: No Effi 'ency of Mandate: By allowing more local discretion on how often a case should be reviewed. 17. Mus Determine Eligibilitv for Refugee Assistance Program Nee : Yes This mandate provides short term assistance to refugee population that would not qualify for other assistance. Efficie cy of Mandate: Need better training and policy clarification on the program. Although in Albemarle the population is very small, automation would be helpful. 18. Mu t Determine Eligibility for Energv Assistance Program Nee: Yes This mandate provides heating and cooling assistance payments to vendors on behalf of low income citizens. Eli inate: No Effi iency of Mandate: Better automation. 19. Mu t Determine Eligibility for Medicaid Nee: Yes This mandates provides medical coverage for low income citizens. Also provides coverage for categorically eligible citizens that are not part of the lowest income, i.e., pregnant woman, children. Eli inate: No Effici cy of Mandate: Needs automation and better coordination between Dept. of Medical Assistance services and Virginia State DSS office. No consideration of impact on locals when additional programs are continuously added. 20. -FC Must Determine Eligibilitv for ADC Clients in Foster Care Program Yes This mandates provides federal funding for categorically eligible children 10 the foster care system. APPEND X B v Automation. 21. Must Determine Eligibility for ADC Families for Emeflzency Assistance N No Eli inate: Yes Policy requires the use of other local resources prior to these funds, Usually Red Cross and Salvation Army provide enough help. Additionally, the assistance is very limited. Effici ncy of Mandate: Policy could supply more items for disaster victims; could use concurrently with other local resources. 23, 24, Must Submit Exoenditure Reoorts for Financial Assistance Programs Nee: Yes This mandate provides an accountable method of receiving reimbursement. Er inate: No Efficie cy of Mandate: Through automation. Reports could be done automatically if purchase system and case management were more automated. 25, Loc Board Must Provide Minutes Need: Yes This mandate provides historical information on decisions. Elim ate: No Effic ency of Mandate: Should keep on disk to take up less space and utilize a paperless system, 26. Ensu e Confidentiality Sam as #5 27. es Seven Broad Familv Based Services and the Target Pooulations Yes This mandate provides direct service assistance to citizens; provides for some protection of children and adults, provides employment services to hard core population, and provides adoption services to families who may not be able to afford a private adoption. Eli inate: No, but should be funded fully. Effi iency of Mandate: See 30, 31, 43,51,52,32,45,48,53,64,60. Famil Preservation Services to Prevent or Eliminate Foster-Care and Out-of-Home Placements 29. CPS Must Provide Child Protective Services Nee: Yes This mandate provides direct services to victims of child abuse and neglect. Er inate: No Effici ncy of Mandate: Automation of reporting, non-duplication of data entry. Only enter facts one time. Eliminate the 14 day investigation report requirement. Requirement changed from "will" to "may" for on site visit of abuse. Review policies to eliminate inefficiency and inconsistencies. 30, Must Provide Foster Care Nee: Yes This mandate provides for local participation in the care of young citizens, Eli inate: No Efficie cy of Mandate: Careful consideration should be given to this mandate and how CSA impacts it. Could be more integrated. There is now a duplication of paperwork and process. APPEND X B VI 31. Mu t Provide Adootion Services Ne d: Yes Adoption Services are available at a lower cost at a public agency vs a private agency. However, private agencies should also be used. Eli inate: No However, adoption searches are now mandated to us (prior to this year the state did them). Must be careful not to keep putting more on L W A's because private agencies should be doing most of adoptions, 32. Mu t Assist in Evaluation Prior to Guardianshio Aooointment hY. Court Ne: Yes Local DSS may be directly involved in the case and therefore would want full participation. Also, the court could order services to be provided by our department and better that we are involved with the evaluation of the person who will be a guardian. Rare for the court to do this. El' inate: No E ciency of Mandate: Professional guardians should be used. 33. Mu t Reoort When Child Has Been Abandoned hY.Non-custodial Parent to the State DSS N Yes This speaks to the Division of Support Enforcement and has little impact on the local DSS other than administration. Eli inate: No Effi iency of Mandate: Automated. Being worked on now. 34. Mu t Provide Protective Services to Adults and Conduct Investi~ations in Abuse and/or Neglect N Yes This mandate provides for some protection of infirm or aged citizens either in their home of in an institution. 35. Provide Services to Victims of Spouse Abuse and Promote Intera~encv Coooeration Yes This mandate provides state grants to local shelter and technical assistance. Our costs in this area are absorbed in case management mandate - see #53. Eli inate: No Effi iency of Mandate: Unknown, constraints of staffing - unless there's a pattern and children affected, 36, Must Provide Services to Persons Discharged From State Hosoitals Nee: Yes This mandate assures .local citizens access - unless state picks up total cost of Auxiliary Grants. Effic ency of Mandate: Make it a full state program and then we wouldn't have to deal with residency issues. Long Term Care proposal may shift more clients to AG category which will impact locals greatly. 37. Must Provide Home-based Services to Extent that Federal or State Funds are Available Nee : Agencies can choose or not choose to do more with this program. 38. Must Provide Child Day Care Services to Eligible Recioients of ADC Nee: Yes This mandate provides child care funds and other resources to low income working families. El' inate: No Efficie cy of Mandate: Automation. Also need to provide incentives for better coordination at local level with resource and referral agencies, Needs more front end notice to clients when they apply for ADC aid. Also needs ability to plan for the services at beginning because client will be ineligible for this service after 12 mos. 'However, the problem is that this would require additional staff time. 39. & JOBS - Must Ooerate the JOBS Program for Recioients of ADC Yes This mandate provides some employment and training services to ADC recipients as well as supportive services. Elim' ate: No Effic'ency of Mandate: Automation. Incentives for job placements, APPEND B Vll "'-crr,,-',,,,,,,,,,,~,,~~~'N'_,,"-_~"'~'" .........._.""""...,',~ "_'~ P""~'~ ~.__.__._. 40, Loca De artments Ma Purchase Da -Care Services for Low-Income Families Families Contribute on a SIidin Scale. Need: Yes This mandate provides child day care to low income working families who would otherwise be on ADC (many of them but not all-some would go the latch-key route or worse). Elim nate: No Effic ency of Mandate: Automation. Provide more local flexibility in service delivery. 41. Must Develop a Joint Annual Written A2reement with Community Services Board to Specify Services Provided N Questionable Er inate: Yes Monthly meetings don't provide significant contributions to either DSS or Region Ten clients. Effici ncy of Mandate: Community Services Boards are aware of necessary services in community. Questionable why DSS is needed, may be helpful in other localities. 42. Must Desi2nate Lead Agency to Coordinate Local Long-Term Services Nee: No Not for our community, but for others may be useful. Is a necessary mandate except for those localities that already do it. 43, Must Participate in Community Based Screenin2 Team for Long-Term Services Nee: Yes This mandate assures that a person's rights are protected and that they know all the alternatives. Eli inate: No 44, Must Provide Intake Services Nee: Yes This mandate provides for emergency services for low income families and referral to the Health Dept. of ESPT and Family Planning, Temporarily suspend, until funding is made available, 45. Must Provide Case Management Services N Yes Case Management services are an integral part of all the social work done in the agency, Eli inate: No Effi iency of Mandate: Automation. 46. Must Submit Reports on Service Caseloads to State DSS Nee: Yes This mandate provides counts for funding of some programs. Eli inate: No Effici ncy of Mandate: Full automation - most automated now. General Relief and State/Local Hospitalization and Foster Care Supervision cases are not automated. 47. Must Approve Out-of-Home and In-Home Providers (Day-Care) Need Yes This mandate provides for some regulatory guidance for child care providers and foster care providers. Elim' ate: No Temporarily suspend, because state is not fully funding. Efficie cy of Mandate: Contract to local Resource and Referral agencies -- if there were funds. Also model after our own TAFF (Tri-Area Foster Families) for foster home recruitment and training. We go beyond the mandate. 48, Must Have Merit System for Emplovees Handling Social Service Programs (see ifD 49. Must Partici ate in Purchase of Service System to Purchase Services for Approved Vendors Need No Elimi ate: Yes To allow local flexibility in development of a POS system. Efficie cy of Mandate: The system is old and has not been reviewed for a while (to my knowledge). Just a review would be helpful. It is also not automated. APPENDI B Vl11 PUBLIC SAFETY rcement and Traffic Control 1. ReDort Arrests to Central Criminal Records Exchan~e Yes This mandate sets standards and other requirements for documenting, finger pnntlOg and photographing arrested subjects. Allows for exchange of information on arrests among jurisdictions. Install AFIS terminals in every agency. 2, Must Follow State Regulations to Have Access to VCIN N Yes Important functions of information exchange among jurisdictions: contributes to officer safety, community safety, keeping track of felons, recovering property, locating missing persons, solving cnmes. 3. Must ReDort Certain Crimes and Offenses to UCR N Yes UCR provides valuable information for analysis, planning and comparisons, also participation in the reporting process requires a high degree of quality control in record keeping. Er inate: No Effi iency of Mandate: More efficiency needed, but state is working on it. 4. Must Report to Missing Children Information Clearing House Nee : Yes For finding children. Eliminate: No Efficie cy of Mandate: Allow officer discretion within guidelines when dealing with entry of data on chronic runaways. The system can become clogged with notices about habitual runaways. 5. Must ReDort Terrorists Acts to State Police Nee: Yes Elim'nate: No 6. Must Certify Vehicle Solely for Police Work to Receive Unmarked Vehicle Plates N Yes Elim 'nate: No 7. Loca Law Enforcement Agencies Receiving Drug-related Cash or Assets Must Comply with Policies of DCJS Nee : Yes Elim nate: No 8. Offic rs Must Notify Victims of Crimes of Their Rights by,Distribution of Notices to Each Victim Nee: Yes Elim nate: No 9. State Re ulates Method and Eauipment for Analyzing Breath Samples Nee : Yes This mandate heightens the level of professionalism of police work. Elim nate: No 1. Must Com I with State Staff/Personnel Standards for Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts Need: Yes State pays all staff expenses for this court. APPEND B IX ~^.........,..---_._.....-----~. -.._....--~. 2, Must Provide Office Space. Utilities. Furniture. Telephone for State Service Units of Juvenile Court Nee: Yes Elim nate: No However, if a mandated service is directly under state control, the state should assume 100% of costs, 3. Local'ties Must have Jails that Comply with DOC Regulations Nee : Yes This mandate establishes professional standards so that all jails and lock-ups operate the same throughout the state. Jail would maintain these standards without state mandates. 4. Corre tional Maintenance Costs Shall be Borne bv Localities/Localities Shall Bear at Least One-Half of Costs of Construc ionlRenovation N Yes The maintenance of the facility, including preventive maintenance insures the integrity of the facility for many more years and therefore saves the taxpayers from having to build a new jail. 5, Local Criminal Justice Aszencies Must Establish Record Keepinsz Procedures N Yes Background information, making arrests, analysis for planning, building cases and solving crimes, quality control of information, confidentiality. Records are beneficial. 6. Local Governments Must Participate in a Compliance Audit Once Each Two to Three Years Ne Yes This mandate helps establish professionalism within the correctional system. By meeting the compliance standards - localities avoid costly legal action cost. Optional for receiving state funds, 7. Crim' al Justice Personnei Must Meet Traininsz Reauirements hL Criminal Justices Service Board Nee : Yes This mandate promotes increased skills, knowledge, capabilities, professionalism, and helps reduce liability of agency. Elim nate: No Efficie cy of Mandate: Develop more satellite training courses and reduce the restrictions, but continue to monitor in-house training efforts. 1. oint a Director of Emerszencv Services Yes In order to have a viable emergency operations program, you must have a plan and exercise it. No exercise will be successful unless you have the full support of a local jurisdictional manager. Elim nate: No 2. Must Have Full or Part-time Emerszency Proszram Manaszer. Perform an Annual Exercise Need Yes It is essential that disaster exercises be conducted periodically to ensure that a jurisdiction is ready for a real disaster. The emergency manager designs and conducts the exercises and writes the disaster plan. Elim nate: No 3. evelo and Maintain a Local Emergency Operations Plan Need Yes The development 'of emergency plans is an important function of responsible government. Elim nate: No 4. Pre e and Keep Current an Appropriate Emergency Plan for Area Response to Nuclear Accidents Need Yes The development of emergency plans is an important function of responsible government. Elim' ate: No APPEND B x 5, e Plan to Respond to Hazardous Spills or Releases Nee Yes Chemical spills occur frequently and are this jurisdictions biggest threat. Eli inate: No . .6, Must Share Non-Federal Share of Costs for Declared Maior Disaster Nee : Yes This mandate would require the locality to share in the costs of a major disaster, if it was declared a major disaster. PUBLIC WORKS nee of Roads and Other Facilities 1. ces to State Highwavs Must be in Accordance with VDoT is mandate has specific effect. New entrances are subject to this requirement and standards are based upon s ety considerations, The cost is incorporated into the entire site development cost and would amount to an i significant fraction of the entire cost. c Markings Must Conform to VDoT Standards T is mandate has speCific effect. New traffic signs, signals, and markings must conform to VDoT standards and based upon safety considerations. This cost is only a slight fraction of the entire project cost of a road e tension/construction. 3. Re u re that Curb Ramps be Constructed and Complv with VDoT Standards T is mandate has specific effect. It costs $500 per location for the ADA ramps required. VDoT's current i terpretation when establishing the' number of locations along a specific road section is excessive. At p sent, ADA ramps are required to access areas where no sidewalks or pathways exist or ever will exist. T is may encourage mobility impaired persons to attempt to transgress areas that are not suitable for their u e and could mislead them into an unsafe situation. T is mandate should be modified to limit the requirement to specific locations where sidewalks or p thways are located or plan to be located within the right-of-way. 4. DOT and Localities Must Conduct Rural Planning Assistance Nee: 5. Enfo e the Uniform Statewide Building Code Ne: Yes To protect the health, safety and welfare of Albemarle County residents. Elim nate: No 6. Must Have Certificate of Operation for BoilerslPressure Vessels N Yes For safety reasons, should have boilers inspected according to State standards, or every three years. Elim nate: No APPEND B Xl 7, Asce ain that Contractors Hold Valid State Contractors Licenses Need Yes To protect the interest of the Albemarle County residents. Elim nate: No Effic ency of Mandate: Eliminate some of the specialty classifications. 8. Must Maintain a Pound Facility Need' Yes To protect animals as well as the citizens, some type of holding facility is needed. County contributes to the SPCA, which makes up the majority of the costs of maintaining the pound. 9. Must Com 1 With Statewide Fire Prevention Code Need Yes The cost to the public of unnecessary and preventable fires would be much greater if there were no fire prevention code for new construction and an inspection program for businesses. Elim nate: No Sanitatio and Waste Management 1. Estab ishment of a solid waste facilitiy reauires a permit from Department of Waste Management. Need No All facilities throughout the state must conform to state and federal guidelines and mandates for environmental protection in order to operate. If they meet the guidelines, a permit in itself is not necessary. It has been used as an additional means of obtaining additional monies from localities in order to obtain approval to operate. Elim nate: Yes Can be certified by consultants. 2. Local Governments May Enact Ordinances for Solid WastelEstablish Criteria/Grant Site Approval in 120 Days Need This mandate has no specific effect. Any location of a solid waste facility is subject to the County Zoning Ordinance and routine site plan approval. 3. ave board certified operator of waste management facility, 4. Local overnments that 0 erate landfilts must com I with new Federal Resource Conservation and Recove re uireme ts. Need Act Yes These mandates, although extremely costly to the County, are necessary to maintain safe ground water resources for future generations. The costs of cleaning up the impacts from pollution are in the long run far greater than the costs of prevention. Elim 'nate: No 5. Loc Government Shall Inform Both the A licant and the De artment of Waste Mana ement of the Facili 's Com lian e or Noncompliance Within 120 Days This andate has no specific effect. 6. All V"r inia localities either indivdually or ioining together were to submit 20-vear solid waste managment plans l>.Y Julv.L19 1. T is mandate was met by the TJPDC. The staff time and print cost was approximately $25,000. While total staff ti e from the jurisdictions within the PDe was not allocated at that time, the entire cost would have been from $ 2,000 to $50,000. The updates required every 5 years should cost only a small fraction of the initial cost (e timate $5-8,000). 7. evelo and Implement Recvcling Programs No This mandate has a significant impact on the County, Altthough a mandate to recyle may have encouraged jurisdictions to begin recycling earlier, most jurisdictions would have begun APPEND B Xll to recycle anyway due to the economic disincentives of increasing tipping fee costs at landfills. Mandates are ahead of the markets available to absorb the recycled material. Albemarle County will be spending in excess of $100,000 per year to implement and support this mandate. 10. Re u'red to Have a Waterworks Ooeration Permit Ne: Yes It is desirable that Virginia have primacy over the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The only way to fund this program was through a permit fee. Elim ate: Option probably does not exist since it is based on Federal law. Effic ency of Mandate: The key probably is to assure that regulations are reasonable, logical and implementable rea1izi~g constraints that local entities have, 8. Local 20vernments DBt.reauired 1Q..comolv with hazardous waste management reauirements. Ne : Yes The goal of this mandate is good, as the cost of cleaning up a hazardous waste spill or having it contaminate ground water would be more expensive than the costs of preventative measures in transporting, storing and disposing. 9. Re u red to U02rade or Reolace Underground Storage Tanks N Yes This mandate has specific effect. The cost roughly to replace underground storage tanks is $25,000 per location. This varies with size, age, and whether leakage occurred. The clean up cost ranges depending upon the amount of leakage that is found. Potential cost of cleanup would be far greater than cost of replacing them. 11. Re u red to have a Permit Authorizing Discharge From Facility to Surface Waters Need: Yes This mandate is a Federal permit program administered in Virginia by DEO, A permit program IS necessary. Elim nate: No Effic ency of Mandate: However, the requirements could be reasonable relaxed and made more reasonable. 12. Must Obtain a Certification that Activity will not Result in Violation Need: These are project by project costs. Can be major for a reservoir project (i.e., Buck Mountain) or minor for a stream pipeline crossing. Elim nate: See below Effic ency of Mandate: A State agency needs to become an advocate of water resource projects. 13. Re u red to Provide an Engineered Design for ID!Y..New or U~graded Facility Need Yes Preparation of adequate engineering plans is a reasonable requirement and a logical first step in completing a project. Elim nate: No Effic ency of Mandate: Sound judgment and reason should prevail in the review of material. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 1. a Local Planning Commission Yes Proper administration of land use law/community development representing citizen interests, ate: No 2. Ado a Comorehensive Plan for Land Use Develooment Need Yes Most important policy document in county concerning its future growth and development. Elimi ate: No. We would do this anyway. B X111 ,3, Ado Ordinances Re~ulating the Subdivision of Land and its Development Need Yes This mandate provides for orderly development of county. Elim nate: No. We would do this anyway. 4. and Adopt a Six-Year Secondary Road Imt>rovement Plan Need Yes This mandate allows local input and control over development of local road system. Elim nate: No 5. Ado Need OverlaY Zoning that Keeps Specific Airspace Free From Obstruction Yes This mandate provides protection of public health, safety and welfare as regards development's relationship to airport operations; also, protection of public investment in airport. We would do this anyway. Elim nate: No. 6. Local ties with ZoninlZ Ordinances Must Establish a Board of Zonin~ Appeals Need Yes A zoning board of appeals allows the public affected by a zoning decision to have a public forum against arbitrary administrative decisions. Elim nate: No 7. Ado Need an Ordinance for Control of the Development of Subdivision Streets Yes This mandate assures development of road system in accord with public street requirements or, in lieu of public, in accord with private street design requirements. We would do this anyway. Elim nate: No. 8. Estab ish a Procedure to Ensure that Plans. Specifications. or Calculations Prepared in Connection with 1m rovements to Real Property be Prepared ka Licensed or Certified Architect. Professional Engineer. Land. Surveyor r Landscape Architect Need Yes This mandate assures a certain level of professional expertise in developing plans, although certification can be just a formality. Elim nate: No 9. Secti n 8 Program Must be Administered Accordingly Need Yes To follow the Section 8 regulations is a condition of receiving the funds. It is reasonable to expect adherence to guidelines, but administrative paperwork/documentation is excessive. Elim nate: Could opt not to administer the program 10. Prom te the Construction and Maintenance of Affordable Housing Need No Elim nate: No We have been developing this without a mandate. are Reauired to be Covered kan Erosion and Sediment Control Program Yes This mandate has specific effect. The Engineering Department has one EC officer and one EC inspector specifically to enforce this mandate. However, without state mandate, the County would enforce the same, if not stricter, guidelines in a similar program. 11. 12. Must Reimburse Department of Forestry for Fire Protection and Suppression Need Yes Must have protection for forests. Charge for this protection is minimal based on .05 per acre of privately owned woodland. Elim' ate: No 13. Must Assess and Tax Land Subiect to Perpetual Conservation Easement at Use-Value for Open Space Need No Land in Albemarle County may be taxed at use value if it is being used for agricultural, forestry or open space. Do not need a perpetual easement to obtain use value. Elimi Should be left to the discretion or incentive of the locality. APPENDI B XIV PARKS, RECREATION AND LIBRARIES 1. Administration Reauirements to Maintain Pards and Open Spaces for Outdoor Recreation Yes This mandate could keep a future Board from closing or properly maintaining a park. ate: No 2. 'n Park and Open Spaces for Outdoor Recreation Yes This mandate could keep a future Board from closing or properly maintaining a park. ate: No 3. Publi Need Elim 4. Elim' Librarians Servinll. Population Over 500 Must Employ State Licensed Librarians Yes State licensed librarians insure more professional staff who are knowledgeable about new library techniques and resources, thereby improving the overall general quality of libraries across the state, atin Librarians Must Follow Standards. Procedures and Processes of State Librarv Board Yes State standards and procedures do not cause any excess costs or adminimstrative rules that are not necessary for the proper management of a library. ADMINISTRA TION OF GOVERNMENT General dministration 1. Each i and County Must Elect a Treasurer. Clerk of the Court.Commissioner of Revenue. Sheriff and Common ealth Attorney Need Yes There will always be a need for financial administration, attorney's office and court services. However, the configuration and administration of these functions responsibilities might be different if under local control. If under the direction of the state, this mandate should be fully funded by the state, 2. rovide Offices for Commonwealth Attorney and Sheriff Yes Although services may be needed, the configuration of these two functions is outside of any local control. However, if the state maintains control over these offices, the state should provide full funding. 3, Electoral Board and a General Registrar Yes This mandate is a nice alternative to dictatorship, Elimi ate: No Effici ncy of Mandate: There are many minor laws and State Board of Elections policies that are unnecessary but take up much time/re~ources. 4, Provi e Signs Outside Polling Places' Need: Yes This mandate is necessary for public access and information. Elimi ate: No Effici ncy of Mandate: There are many minor laws and State Board of Elections policies that are unnecessary but take up much time/resources, 5. Ado t for Use at Elections an Approved Voting Machine or System Need: Yes Must vote on something. Ensures integrity of machines. Elimi ate: No xv Effic ency of Mandate: The State Board of Elections could allow an incremental switchover to new and better voting machines (as allowed in the Code) instead of forcing localities to spend major funds to switch over all at one time. 6. 7. Must Need 1 with State Librarv Board Reauirements for Official Records Yes Good idea, since it defines exactly what departments need to keep, what can be thrown away, and a timetable, County would need to hire someone to go back and document or categorize all files and records. Once that was done, the job could be done by ongoing staff. In long- term would save money for the County, since it would eventually reduce the number of records being held in storage, and therefore reduce valuable storage area. Personne Administration 8. MYn. Need blish I.. Grievance Procedure that Conforms to the State Procedure Somewhat A grievance procedure is beneficial but final decision making by a fact finding panel, similar to binding arbitration, is not beneficial. Effie ency of Mandate: Eliminate the final decision making by a panel. Their opinion should be advisory to the Board of Supervisors. 9. t a Personnel Classification Plan for Service and a Uniform Pay Plan Yes A classification plan is necessary to assure equitable salaries for different types of work. ate: No 10. Must Abide hLState and Federal Anti-Discrimination Policv. Including ADA Need Yes These mandates guarantee non-discrimination to all employees, including the benefits of the new American Disabilities Act (ADA). It is to early to tell now beneficial this mandate will be to disabled citizens. 11. Shall Annually Provide for each Emoloyee at Least Two Weeks Paid Vacation. at Least Seven Paid Sick Days and Such olida s as are Prescribed hLState Law Need Yes Beneficial to employees to have good salarieslbenefits, thus hopefully being more satisfied and providing better services to citizens. Elim' 12. Must Provide All Officers and Emoloyees with Paid Leave of Absence for Militarv Dutv Need Yes Beneficial to employees to have good salarieslbenefits, thus hopefully being more satisfied and providing better services to citizens. El minate: No 13, Must Need: Elimi 14. Must Need: APPENDI B rovide a Retirement System Yes Beneficial to employees to have good salarieslbenefits, thus hopefully being more satisfied and providing better services to citizens, rovide for the Occuoational Safety and Health of Employees Yes Beneficial to have safe working environments for employees and to protect their incomes if they are injured. XVI .15, Must Provide Benefits to Workers for Iniuries or Occupational Diseases that are the Result of Employment N Yes Beneficial to have safe working environments for employees and to protect their incomes if they are injured. No 16. Must Provide EmDloyers Reauestin2 Licenses to Conduct Business with Information Concernin2 the Statutory Workers' om ensation Insurance Reauirements N Yes Beneficial to have safe working environments for employees and to protect their incomes if they are injured. No 17. Must ReDort New Hires to VEC Within 35 Days Need: Yes Beneficial for state to collect employment date from employers throughout the Commonwealth. Minimal expense incurred. Financial Administration 18. Must Have a Uniform Fiscal Year Need Yes This is a good mandate. 19. Must Follow a Prescribed Bud2et Process with Publication. Public Hearin2s. etc. Need Yes This is a good mandate for the public. Negligible costs involved. 20. Must Submit a Financial ReDort with the Auditor of Public Accounts Annually Need Yes Useful expenditure; We would incur it without mandate. 21. Must have an Annual Audit Performed Need Yes Useful expenditure. We would incur it without mandate, 22. Must do Purchasing in Accordance with Procurement Act or Adopt Alternative Provisions Need Yes Useful. We would have purchasing department without mandate. 23. Must Provide Taxpayer Assistance to Prepare Tax Returns Need Yes State provides funding for this service, 24. Asses ors Must Record and Make Information Available for Sales Ratio Study Need Yes Good mandate. We would need to have something similar. 25. Clerk of the Circuit Court Must Collect and Deposit Recordation Taxes Need: 26, e osit All State Moneys Yes Good mandate. 27. eassess Real Estate at Certain Interval's Yes Good mandate. - - ake and Maintain an Inventorv and Assessment of all Tax-exempt Real Property and all ProDertv Immune Estate Taxation Y es We would do it anyway. rovide Notice hLMail to Each Property Owner of ill!Y.,Reassessment or Change in Assessed Value of any Yes We would do it anyway. XVll .30, Must Report and Remit Unclaimed Property to State Treasurer Need Yes 31. Must Reoort Abandoned Prooerty to State Treasurer Need Yes 32. Coun ies Must Pay Salaries. Exoenses. Allowances and Office Eauioment of Constitutional Officers (exceot Sheriff) 8J d Sheriff will Reimburse Their Prooortional Share Need Yes The costs of these services and equipment must be paid. However, since the state share of reimbursable expenses has gone down in the past several years, the county has taken 00 a larger share of the costs. APPENDI K B xviii TO COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE DJEuu[[R] @[f urn1~~~~OTI'TI'~[L Department of Engineering 401 Me! ntire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22901-4596 (804) 296-5861 OATE Joe NO ATTENTIOr"l GENTlEME E ARE SENDING YOU ~ Attached U Under separate cover via o Shop drawings 0 Prints 0 Plans 0 Samples o Copy of letter C! Change order 0 the following items: o Specifications THESE ARE TRANSMITTED as checked below: For approval 0 Approved as submitted For your use [-~ Approved as noted As requested CJ Returned for corrections For review and comment [J FOR BIDS DUE 19 o Resubmit_copies for approval o Submit_copies for distribution o Return_corrected prints o PRINTS RETURNED AFTER LOAN TO US COpy TO SIGNED: Lb~ '?-U PPL " enclo.ure. .re nol .. noled; '"nd'y nollfy u. .1 once, . ,',,{:\ ,/~'/:;~:.-:. ""h~":'~ '.::;"f4' /". ~~i~~"i1.Jk,c"'-' .' _jJ~_ '>\~ '., '\",~~' ,-~\ i<4~ c:::.../ ~.~> :,'" 13 8 \I B ",-, ,.:.C;'. ~ll{. ' ,<'-I ~' 0 B ,13 13 " ~~;:< f!~~~~:~[i] ~ ~~~. .~.._ ",~l( . . ~.._~_~ - . .. Wl odard Properties December 8, 1993 ~::'~ Ms. Ella Carey Clerk of the Board of Supervisors County of Albemarle 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902-4596 ---".:-,,,.,,,., --"""'''''-'''~'''''''''''''"''-='-''''''-'''''''''''''~' ~-- Re: Village Woods Road/village Woods Subdivision Dear Ms. Carey, We hereby request the Board of Supervisors, Albemarle County, Virginia, adopt a resolution for the Virginia Department of Transportation to accept Village Woods Road into the State secondary road system. s~;~~ R.A. Hawthorne, Jr. 304 Fourteenth Street N. W. Charlottesville, VA 22903 Fax (804) 293~2280 @ Phone (804) 971-8860 .4 , , Edward H B in, Jr Samuel Mil er COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Office of Board of Supervisors 401 Mcintire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 (804) 296-5843 FAX (804) 972-4060 Forrest R Marshall, Jr SCOllsville David P, 80 erman Chdrlottesv lie Charles S Martin Rlvanna. Charlotte Y umphris Jack Jouet Walter F Perkins White Hall M'E M 0 RAN DUM 0: Loretta Ruppe Engineering Department Ella Carey, Clerk -DuL--' ROM: October 21, 1993 Village Woods Subdivision At its meeting on October 20, 1993, the Board of Supervisors dopted a resolution to accept Village Woods Lane in Village oods Subdivision into the State Secondary System of Highways. ttached are the original and three copies of the adopted esolution. ttachments (4) * Printed on recycled paper r The Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virgin- i , in regular meeting on the 20th day of October, 1993, adopted t e following resolution: RES 0 L UTI 0 N WHEREAS, the streets in Village Woods described on the tached Additions Form SR-5(A} dated October 20, 1993, fully corporated herein by reference, are shown on plats recorded in t e Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, V'rginia; and WHEREAS, the Resident Engineer for the Virginia Department Transportation has advised the Board that the streets meet the quirements established by the Subdivision Street Requirements the Virginia Department of Transportation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Albemarle Board of unty Supervisors requests the Virginia Department of Transpor- tion to add the roads in Village Woods as described on the tached Additions Form SR-5(A} dated October 20, 1993, to the condary system of state highways, pursuant to 4,633.1-229, Code Virginia, and the Department's Subdivision Street Require- nts; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board guarantees a clear d unrestricted right-of-way, as described, and any necessary sements for cuts, fills and drainage as described on the corded plats; and FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution be rwarded to the Resident Engineer for the Virginia Department of ansportation. * * * * * Recorded vote: Moved by: Mrs. Humphris. Seconded by: Mr. Bain. Yeas: Messrs. Martin, Perkins, Bain, Bowerman and Mrs. Humphris. Nays: None. A Copy Teste: C . - ~I c :J "ll 8 ~I c .. 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TO r: r-i llJ 01 Z .-I r:: OM TO ;> H "ii <i - ... n ~ on '" ... u: z .. . . c ~ U ~ .. ;C ,,; ~; " 1> !I ~ ~ ~ l'" ~ \: c >- ~ 1i t- .Z III :i 1: o 0( t: 0( u. o z Q 0( ~ \!, .. > ;; ., II " ~ >- k 1i C n c b r. u i t ~ , L) Ie '" U !: i) z ,''<,prj "i 10-/'5.13 A,~~:'(:;' i"'iI'" riG ~~}Ol~_~L~'2 ') The Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virgin- i~, in regular meeting on the 20th day of October, 1993, adopted t~e following resolution: RES 0 L UTI 0 N WHEREAS, the streets in Village Woods described on the a~tached Additions Form SR-S(A) dated October 20, 1993, fully i~corporated herein by reference, are shown on plats recorded in t~e Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, V rginia; and WHEREAS, the Resident Engineer for the Virginia Department of Transportation has advised the Board that the streets meet the r~quirements established by the Subdivision Street Reauirements of the Virginia Department of Transportation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Albemarle Board of Cpunty Supervisors requests the Virginia Department of Transpor- tation to add the roads in Village Woods as described on the a tached Additions Form SR-S(A) dated October 20, 1993, to the secondary system of state highways, pursuant to 4,633.1-229, Code o~ Virginia, and the Department's Subdivision Street Reauire- m~nts; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board guarantees a clear and unrestricted right-of-way, as described, and any necessary easements for cuts, fills and drainage as described on the r~corded plats; and FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Resident Engineer for the Virginia Department of T ansportation. * * * * * Recorded vote: Moved by: Seconded by: Yeas: Nays: A Copy Teste: Ella W. Carey, Clerk, CMC , . The road described on Additions Form SR-5(A) is: 1) Village Woods Lane from edge of pavement at intersec- tion with state Route 660 to end of cul-de-sac, record- ed 3-22-88 in Deed Book 984, pages 420-423, with a fifty foot right-of-way. Total length 0.13 mile. ,";1''',1" , !O'l5.'13 it! ',,) Q:,.ll>?P(5.3) I~ State Compensation Board Month of :SCplly)~< J ) "7'1:) STATEMENT OF EXPENSES . Jerk, Circuit Court - 0 - 718:2?,2rt ....._, (~ ,de Not Expenses listed above are only those office expenses in whi h the state Compensation Board has agreed to participate, and are not the total office expenses of these departments. COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY JP.~15 '~3 This is to notify you that the Housing Coordinator position that was approved in the FY 93-94 budget as been filled. The new coordinator, Lynne Carruth, will begin work with the County on Nove er 18. Housing Coordinator AGENDA DATE: October 20, 1993 ITEM NUMBER: Q3.loW15. -~.() AGENDA T Albemarl ACTION: INFORMATION: SUBJECT Notice 0 Coordina County Housing CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION: INFORMATION: X ATTACHMENTS: no STAFF CO Messrs. REVIEWED BY: Ms. Car where s her pIa homeles preside housing Beach f uth comes to Albemarle County from the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, e has been working in the field of housing for the past four years. In addition to ning and policy analysis function around housing issues, she has developed a regional prevention program, coordinated a regional housing loan consortium, served as t of their Fair Housing Board, and provided technical assistance to various local programs. Prior to her work with the Hampton PDC, she was with the City of Virginia r five years, also in the field of housing. She has as coor program individ County. had significant experience working with housing programs at the state level as well inating a variety of community groups in her region to develop and implement housing . The hiring committee feels that Albemarle County has found an extremely qualified al for this position and that she will bring a high level of expertise to Albemarle 93.162 I~~- iI f1 'II ~, i il I t I i u ,1 i rq~:( I'. L '. BOAR --1 i ....:- 0 OF SUPERVISORS I --- COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IO-lo.Q3 SUBJECT City/Cou comprehe ACTION: INFORMATION: AGENDA T Process Visioning/Comprehensive Plan AGENDA DATE: October 20, 1993 ITEM NUMBER: 4:3'I02D(S.'=:,) the and CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION: INFORMATION: XXX ATTACHMENTS: Yes STAFF CO Messrs. REVIEWED BY: Cilimberg BACKGRO At the October 6th meeting Mr. Bain requested a status report on the planning for the communi PACC Te joint v outline composi #5) for meeting y vision forum and related comprehensive plan review process. A subcommittee of the hnical Committee has submitted the attached proposal for the City/County/University sion forum and subsequent comprehensive/master plan review process. The proposal specific actions and a timeline. Two of these actions identify the role and ion of an Advisory Committee (Item #4) and the use of facilitators/consultants (Item the vision forum process. This proposal will be considered by PACC at their n~xt on October 28. Comment Tucker or suggestions from members of the Board are solicited and can be provided to Mr. r Mr. Cilimberg. RECO Provide ATION: for information. 93.161 rnL~rn, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS C'VILLE CITY i=l . CITY OF CHARLOTTESVilLE VIRGINIA MEMO Is process will have some cost involved for payment of expenses and honorarium and expenses lated to space. food and information. These expenses will be equally shared by the three j risdictions. 0: Cole Hendrix. City Manager Bob Tucker. County Executive OffIce Leonard Sandridge. University of Vlralnla Satyendra Singh Huja, Director of Planning and Community Development Wayne Clllmberg. Director of Planning and Community Development .. 'Tom leback. Unlveristy Landscape Architect October 6, 1993 VISIONING/COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS a follow-up of the PACC Policy Committee meeting. the technical committee appointed a erlng committee for this purpose consisting of three of us to develop overaU prOgram. ttached is an outline of the process we are proposIng for your review and comments before we roceed with this. This also Includes a tentative schedule which may have to be lengthened if ecessary. e are also conslderln, Bruce Dotson of the Institute of Environmental Negotiations as a rlmary facilitator for this process. We have made no commitment to him. nor has he consulted Ith his supervisor. but he Is interested In assisting us If all parties wish hir:1 to do so. We will be I terested In knowing if you have any objections to our proceeding with furtner diseusslon with r. Dotson or If you have other alternative suggestJons. e City and County are proceeding with their surveys and are trying to incorporate a few c mmon vision questions as a one source of data for vision of ,the community. Please note that is information will not be ready before the forums. lease feel free to contact either of us if you have any questions. We hope you will be able to lscuss this at your earliest convenience. Thank you. C'I.ULL VISIONING/COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS CllY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE/ALBEMARLE COUNTY/UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA' OUTL,NE Thr e parties have agreed to coordinate their comprehensive planning process with common vision. data pro ile. schedule and format where possible. Following is the outline for this effort. I. AGREEMENT TO COORDINATE PACC has agreed to this effort. 2. COMMUNITY SURVEYS City and County are conducting sample opinion survey's. Eaeh will eontain a few common questions relating to vision of the whole community which could feed as information into the vision statement. 3. COMMUNITY PROFILE A common community profile will be developed to be used as a common data base In comprehensive plans of three parties. 4. PACC TECH STEERING COMMITTEE/ADVISORY COMMITTEE The three member committee of the PACC Tech representing CityfCountyJUniversity will be responsible for coordination of this process of visioning and comprehensive plan. The committee will work with an advisory committee of 6-9 people representing the City/County/University administration and plannl", bodies and some representation of a community at large. The committee will be responsible for preparing a plan for the entire process including activities. process and schedule. The steering committee shall be as follows: --City Director of Planning and Community Development ..-County Director of Planning and Community Development ...Unlversity Architect Advisory committee will be as follows: --Three members of the steerin, committee --One member each of City and County Plannlna Commissions --One member each of City/County/University Administration --Three members of the community It.large. (e.g. League of Women Voters. Blue Ridge Homebuilders. Federation of Neighborhood Association) September 1993 Oct.lJan. 1994 Sept.fOct. 1993 .... Sept./Ongoing ,"j 4.' "!I",' "..,..,.~llH ~ VILLI:. ~.L I I WI '"" L..L.. VV 5. FACILITATORS/CONSULTANTS o ct.lNov. 1993 A primary facilitator for the process would be Idendfied who in turn will Identify supporting facilitators. facilitators for the process and the forum will be selected from the community, if possible, The University of Virginia could help in Identifying individuals who may be able to assist It may also be necessary to have consultants for thIs process, cost of which will be shared jointly by the three partles. After the facilitators are identified, they will work with steering eommlttee to understand the purpose and the process, and agree on the mechanism for the forum. 6. COMMUNITY FORUMS Nov. 1993~an. 199~ The propOsal is to have two forums. The flrst forum will be to gain Ideas from the wide spectrum of the community In developing a common vision. The ,econd forum will be to present the results and synthesis of: the first forum. community surveys. and other data, as a draft of community vision and to seek a!fir-mation of the direction. 7. VISION January 199~ " The steering and advisory committee will work to develop the vision, based upon the results of the survey'., forum. and other relevant Information and presented to the community for wider input and affirmation. 8. APPROVAL OF VISION February 1994 PACC and each partidpant will take necessary steps for approval. as appropriate. 9. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEWS Jan. 94/Feb. 9S Each Jurisdiction will review and develop their Comprehensive Plan, which will include common vision, data, index. and format as appropriate. The Committee will also explore the possibility of a joint Comprehensive Plan document. 10. ADOPTION OF PLANS March 1995 Respective planning and governing bodies will adopt the plan. NOTE: Details of the visioning process will evolve based upon advice of primary facilitator and other interested parties. D.C.D. 10/6/93 '~'I"~" J ~. .... ,'; I,; 'II' ~ ., P.O. Box 334 ~ Belcamp, Maryland 21017 410-575-7412 '<, JO'l5.CJ~ 93./d?lJ(S~-~ I ~ ,\BC' flNN..JC lAL SERVICES. INC Oe tober 12, .1993 rr,~, ~ @U W ~ -~,':~ ,\D)r-~---l\\\ k,' , lW' ;:: J . \:'" L~ .. . .';'~1 SQRS I tBOAKU U _u_< MI. Bob Richardson Sevran Bank, N.A. Pest Office Box 26904 R'chmond, Virginia 23261 Re: Arbor Crest Apartments (Hydraulic Road Apts.) Dear Mr. Richardson: Erclosed please find the Bond Program Report and Monthly Report Plrsuant to Section 7(a} of the Deed Restrictions for the month o September 1993. I you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me a 410'-575....7412. S'ncerely, ~~J;ifA'1!;nif!~ P oject Monitor / hm .e closures C _".~~'*,iW.,~..Yjt:"Q.l"'~.k, ~ ~ Albemarle County Board of Supervisors 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902-4596 , '\ aCNe P'ROGRAM ftf.PORT Monl" September YMf~ P'Opt"y: I rbor Crest Apartments (Hydraulic Road Apts.) Project .: 051-35371 location: ( harlottesville, VA Num~' 01 Units 66 Subml"td ~y: Loretta Wyatt October 5, 1993 Effective 9/30/93 MaNger O.T. Total Occupied 66 LOW! " INCOWE Bond Occupied I. 18 The 101l0w Ing unlll P\lYC bc'Cn drs,gn.at.d as ..~, Incom." unlls 1 1 A....bor Crest Dr 2' Eleanor Blair 41 01, 2 4 Arbor Crest Dr 22 Beverly T. 'Lane 42 62, 3 5 Alrbor Crest Dr 23 Margaret L. Mawyer 43 OJ, 4 9 Alrbor Crest Dr 24 Virginia Burton 44 64. S 12 A ~bor Crest Dr 2S G. Robert Stone 45 65. 6 14 A rbor Crest Dr 26 Evelyn Dover 4e eo, 7 . 15 P rbor Crest Dr 21 Jane Wood 41 17, a 20 P rbor Crest Dr 28 Evelyn Mandeville 48 , 61 9 24 P rbor Crest Dr 29 Gertrude Breen 49 H. 10 30 P rbor Crest Dr 30 Mary Cox Allen 50 70. 11 76 1 rbor ,Crest, Dr 3' Catherine S. Rahming~l 71. 12, 78 1 rbor Crest Dr 32 Ernest M. Nease S2 72 '3 84 rbor Crest Dr JJ Juanita Boliek SJ 73, 14 90 t rbor Crest Dr 34 Betty B. Elliott 54 74, IS 92 rbor Crest Dr JS Dorothy H. Reese S5 75, 16 94 rbor Crest Dr 36 Sarah E. Fischer ~ 76, t 1 102 rbor Crest Dr :\7 Anne Lee Bullard S7 77, lIS 106 I\rbor Crest Dr J8 Katherine T. Nowlen !la, . 71, 19 39 S9 71. ~'O 40 60 10, T ne en..n teS ',om p'rv.o\ls 'epa,! u'IIeclcd in the .bove hsllng .,. D.I.llon. Addl1lon.t t- H 1 . 11. 2 12 2 12. 3 13 3, 13, 4 14 4, 14. 5 15 5 15. 6 16 6 11, 7 \1 7 17. . " I, ".. I 19 , ", 10 20 10. 20. Effective September 30, 1993 MONTHLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1(a) OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS TO: ABG As'sociates, Inc. 300 E. 'I.anba.rd Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 RE: Hydraulic Road Apartments - Armr Crest Apa.rt1rents Charlottesville, Virginia Pur~uant to Section 7(a) 'of the Deed Restrictions (the .Deed Res~rictions.), as defined in an Indenture of Trust dated as of Apr ill, 1983, between the Industr ial Development Author i ty of Albemarle County, Virginia' (the .Authority.), and your bank, as trustee, the undersigned author ized representative of Richmond-Albemarle Limited Partnership, a Virginia Limited Partner ship (the - Purchaser-), hereby cert if ies with respect to the operation and management of Hydraulic Road Apartments, Charlottesville, Virginia (the .project.), that as of the date shown below: 1) The number of units in the Project occupied by lower income tenants is 18 . 2) The number of units in the Project unoccupied and held available for Lower Income Tenants is -0- . 3) The number of units rented and the number of units held available for rental other than as described in (1) and (2) is 48 . 4) The percentage that the number of units described in (1) and (2) hereof constitute of the total number of units in the Project is 27% . 5) The information contained in this report is true, accurate and correct as of the date hereof. 6) As of the date hereof, the Purchaser is not in default under any covenant or agreement contained in the Deed Restrictions or in an Agreement of Sale dated as of April 1, 1983, between the Authority and the Purchaser. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Report as of October 5, 1993 RICHMOND-ALBEMARLE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Virginia limited partnership By: ~~ ;'~~ Au horized Representative I. J r,)c I' '-, --f'l " Jri <,1' n ',!~l(i1U':l1 I ,-/ .-~ , ' ., ,..,~, ,,'D'10~ J3) COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE MEMORANDUM TO: Albemarle County Board of Supervisors FROM: Robert W. Tucker, Jr., County Executive DATE: October 20, 1993 RE: Electronic Mail Messaging (E-Mail) most of you know, over the last 9 to 12 months, the County has itiated an electronic mail system that has improved our mmunication capabilities immensely. All middle and upper nagement level staff in both local government and the school vision can now communicate electronically and more efficiently an through telephone communications or conventional mail system. I would like to offer to all Board members, that would be i terested, the capability of tying into our E-Mail messaging s stem. This will allow you to communicate electronically with me, a I of our department heads, the superintendent of schools, all incipals and many others within our computer network. You need ly a computer at home or office, a modem and the loading of our Mail program into your computer (assistance can be provided to u if necessary). If any of you are interested in tying into our Mail system, please contact me. Someone from our Information rvices Department will then assist you in accessing electronic il. T,Jrjdbm .193 c Mr. Fred L. Kruger ~ ~sibR I C.t1.J\r.r: ~ ~~. c;. '<9 C. ~ 'a of the /3lue ~idge ;, '>.,J . ,l~;~:;OF SUPERVlS~RSj C. He ry Hinnant, III Presid nt and Chief Executive Officer Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge appreciated the opportunity to speak to the lbemarle County Board of Supervisors on Monday evening, October the 18th, and your r solution to allow us to proceed with Industrial Development Authority backing of a bond , sue of up to $3,000,000 through Orange County in order to facilitate the construction of a n eded Health Center expansion, I appreciate your understanding of the fact that Albemarle County has already issued ell over your 1993 non-profit limit of $10,000,000, and that the City of Charlottesville has a 0 issued all of their own non-profit limit, and therefore we are working at this time with t e Industrial Development Authority and the Board of Supervisors of Orange County. October 22, 1993 , David Bowerman, Chairman Ibemarle County Board of Supervisors 4 1 McIntire Road harlottesville, V A 22902-4596 Revenue Bond Financing for Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge As I mentioned in your meeting, the interest rates and the bond market have s'gnificantly dropped in the last ten-day to two-week period, and this does mean that estminster-Canterbury is exploring the business decision of following an alternate track as r gards our financing. In the meantime, with the Health Center expansion being imminently n eded, we are proceeding with the IDA-backed loan of up to $3,000,000 which you assisted u with last evening, Again, our thanks for your assistance and cooperation. C H/kvc Sincerely,. ~ -::?~~~ c. H. Hinnant, III cc: Members, Board of Supervisors Robert Tucker, County Administrator Da vid L. Richardson, Esq, 250 PANTOPS MOUNTAIN ROAD, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 22901 TELEPHONE (804) 980-9100 BOARD OF DIRECTORS BrlJCC H C~-)f)(:,ii, \1"s Jan'8s E. Deese, Edwin E. Gatewood, Jr., Chairman, Joseph E. Gibson, James W. Grcvp, Mr:-~ ._;a~~le::; L .Jes:-. ..;p, C;hwies ivl'ol!ywj LeiGh B, Middleditch, Vice-Chairman, Mrs, Cary N, Mcon, Jr.. Mrs Harrison ~Jesblt 'I, Joseph '.AI Richrr.o;1c, Donald D, Sandridge, Mrs, Frederic W Scott, Stirling L, Williamson, Jr, , COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Office of Board of Supervisors 401 Mcintire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 (804) 296-5843 FAX (804) 972-4060 Forrest R Marshall. Jr Sco{fsville Charlotte Y umphris JacK Jouet Charles S. Martin Rlvannd Walter F, PerkinS While Hall 'October 21, 1993 r. David L, Richardson, cGuire, Woods, Battle & ne James Center 01 East Cary Street ichmond, VA 23219-4030 II Boothe Mr. Richardson: At its meeting on October 20, 1993, the Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution approving the issuance of revenue bonds by the Industrial Development Authority of the County of Orange, irginia, in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000, for the benefit of Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge. Enclosed are five c pies of the resolution with original signatures. / Very truly yours, ~!it( 2d (J0-1[1" ~la w. Carey ( , E closures (5 ) c C. H. Hinnant, III Richard E. Huff, II * Printed on recycled paper * RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE, VIRGINIA WHEREAS, the Industrial Development Authority of ~lbemarle County, Virginia ("Authority"), has been asked by f'iestminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge ("WCBR") to approve the ~ssuance of revenue bonds by the Industrial Development Authority pf the County of Orange,' Virginia in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 ("Bonds") to assist in the financing of WCBR's ~cquisition, construction and equipping of an approximately ~I,OOO square foot, 32-bed addition to the health care center ocated in the west wing of WCBRiS retirement community at 250 [:>antops Mountain Road ("Project"), in the County of Albemarle, Virginia, and has held a public hearing thereon on October 14, 993i WHEREAS, Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 986, as amended (the "Code"), provides that the governmental ~nit having jurisdiction over the issuer of private activity ~onds and over the area in which any facility financed with the proceeds of private activity bonds is located must approve the 'ssuance of the bondsi WHEREAS, Section 15.1-1378 of the Industrial Development and ~evenue Bond Act, Chapter 33, Title 15.1, Code of Virginia of 950, as amended ("Act"), provides that if a locality has created ~n industrial development authority, no industrial development ~uthority created by a second locality may finance a facility ocated in the first locality unless the governing body of such First locality concurs with the inducement resolution adopted by he industrial development authority created by the second ocalitYi WHEREAS, the Project is located in the County of Albemarle, 11irginia (" County") and the Board of Supervisors of the County "Board") has created an industrial development authority, and ronstitutes the highest elected governmental unit of the CountYi WHEREAS, the Authority has recommended that the Board pprove the issuance of the Bondsi and WHEREAS, a copy of the Authority's resolution approving the ssuance of the Bonds, subject to the terms to be agreed upon, a ~ertificate of the public hearing and a Fiscal Impact Statement ~ave been filed with the Board. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (DF THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE, VIRGINIA: 1. The Board approves the issuance of the Bonds by the j~uthority for the benefit of WCBR, as required by Section 147(f) . f the Code and Section 15.1-1378.1 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended ("Virginia Code'l) to permit the Authority to ssist in the financing of the Project. 2. The Board concurs with the resolution adopted by the ndustrial Development Authority of the County of Orange, irginia and approves the issuance of the Bonds by the Industrial evelopment Authority of the County of Orange, Virginia for the enefit of WCBR as required by Section 15.1-1378 of the Act, 3. The approval o'f the issuance of the Bonds does not onstitute an endorsement to a prospective purchaser of the Bonds f the creditworthiness of the Project or WCBR. 4. Pursuant to the limitations contained in Temporary ncome Tax Regulations Section 5f.103-2(f) (1), this resolution hall remain in effect for a period of one year from the date of ts adoption. 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its doption. Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of lbemarle, Virginia this 20th day of October, 1993, of SEAL] .... '\:: ~ n;,'~- ~__..,,'~ :~v~:- .t.~',~ " _~~~~. ::,1 ' M G 'ILOODS'--- In' IS \\ ,,' C UIREvv. ' ~ II';', le", .1--' BATTLE&BooTHE \ II ,-_:::!.w::2--"c.--'.- . \ to 'lS .C13 ~:I07QI~l.0 " tomac Plaza North Fairfax Street VA 22314-1437 One James Center 901 East Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030 Phone: (804) 775-1000 (VoiceffDD) Fax: (804) 775-1061 Direct Dial: (804) 775-1030 250 Avenue Louise, Bte, 64 1050 Brussels, Belgium October 15, 1993 assocwted office: P.O, Box 4930 Bahnhofstrasse 3 8022 Zurich. Switzerland s, Ella Carey I dustrial Development Authority of Albemarle County, Virginia ounty Office Building, 4th Floor harlottesville, Virginia 22901 Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge ear Ms. Carey: Enclosed are the following documents relating to the approval of the Westminster- anterbury of the Blue Ridge revenue bond issue by the Board of Supervisors: 1, Transmittal Letter from the Authority to the Board; 2. Fiscal Impact Statement; 3. Certificate of Public Hearing; and 4. Proposed form of Board Resolution. I would appreciate your placing this matter on the agenda for the Board's October 20 eeting, and circulating these documents as necessary to the members of the Board with ur regular mailing, If you have any questions concerning any of these items, please let me know. Very truly yours, I\~ David L. Richardson, II / an nclosures c : C, H, Hinnant, III . CERTIFICATE The undersigned Secretary of the Industrial Development Authority of Albemarle County, Virginia ("Authority") hereby certifies as follows: 1. A meeting of the Authority was duly called and held on October 14, 1993, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. in Meeting Room 5-6 on the second floor of the County Office Building at 401 McIntire Road, in Charlottesville, Virginia, pursuant to proper notice given to each Director of the Authority before such meeting. The meeting was open to the public. The time of the meeting and the place at which the meeting was held provided a reasonable opportunity for persons of differing views to appear and be heard. 2. The Chairman announced the commencement of a public hearing on the application of Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge and that a notice of the hearing was published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the County of Albemarle, Virginia ("Notice"), with the second publication appearing not less than six days nor more than twenty-one days prior to the hearing date. A copy of the Notice has been filed with the minutes of the Authority and is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 3. The names of the individuals who appeared and addressed the Authority, along with a summary of their statements, is attached hereto as Exhibit B. 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true, correct and complete copy of a resolution ("Resolution") adopted at such ~ ~ meeting of the Authority by a majority of the Directors present at such meeting. The Resolution constitutes all formal action taken by the Authority at such meeting relating to matters referred to in the Resolution. The Resolution has not been repealed, revoked, rescinded or amended and is in full force and effect on the date hereof. WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Authority, this 14th day of October, 1993. Secretary Authority ve opment County, Virginia (SEAL) Exhibits: A - Copy of Certified Notice B - Summary of Statements C - Inducement Resolution . , EXHIBIT A 10/4/93 .. I ~T1CE OF ruSU{; HEARING ON PROFOSED REVENue BOND ANA.'lCING BY I.... DUSTR~ OeVElOPMENT AUTHORITY Of AlBEMARlE COUNTY. VIRGWIA Nodve I, h8ntt~' ~ that 1M Induetriel OtrvIJDpfT1It1t Authan.. ty of A1tMnwle County. ~ini.l' (.Au~ wno.. add,... Ia c/o Countr Ofb Builclng. 401 Mdntlre AMId. Ct.Iotteevtlle. v. 22901. wiU hold . pubic heama on behd of W...,.... i stet' ~.. 01 the live RJdGe ( . who.. ad- d'... II ~ Mountain Ro8d. C lie. VI~: 22901 t ~_tf~ the Au1hOt:It1 to appnwe I1e lUuance ~ the IndUl1rtal De\'8IopnwJt Iwthon- tY. at the County or Oranae. Vir- ginia of up 10 13.000.000 of ita ,~ bandito ...... WCBA In ~ng. GGnetructlr:ag and equipping an approxima", ~.!J~ eq..... root. 32.... ad- aiuan tEl the heal" CAN CIf'lter located In .. ... wing at wcew, NtiNment corrmJnIty ! at 250 ~ McuntIIin Ro.d. '1 In the County of Albemarle. I t\ ' The iaauance of nMInUe tJcnM UteqU8&tedbvWCBRwiInot cone.... . dtibt or D'-dae at the ~ ... credit of "the Com- I monweal1h of V1r;inI.. .../ Cowttr of ~. v.~ 01' ItW County of Oranot~ VIr- ~nIII and IMihr the fII1Iti Md I :;t~oFvt~~, or IUIJ DOUtcaI ..bdlvilian, ttweatwdbeDledaedtathe parm-tof.udt banaL 1M pubic *":ich mar be cDnIInued or mecl .. be held at 4:30 o' p.rn. on OctDw ,,, 1811. betin the Auftolty. In M.~'!IiI Fbxn U on the secand. flOor of lie ~ Ofb Buill,. at <<11 ...... ~ n ~ vi'" ~ ~ f*U" w.r- ...... 1ft Ite IIIuince 01 the bondI 01 .. --.tIon or .... of..,plapa~~,., . ~ at'" end prl.1nt hI8 ....... ~O..~ AuhMtlrof~ Couritr. 'hginia - ~ EXHIBIT B TO CERTIFICATE Summary of Statements C. H. Hinnant, III, President and Chief Executive Officer of ~estminster-Canterbury, and David L. Richardson, II, of McGuire, ~oods, Battle & Boothe, Bond Counsel, appeared before the ~uthority and described the proposed plan of financing. i . \ EXHIBIT C RESOLUTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECOMMENDING APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE, VIRGINIA OF A PROPOSED $3,000,000 BOND ISSUE FOR THE BENEFIT OF WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY OF THE BLUE RIDGE WHEREAS, Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge ("WCBR") has requested that the Industrial Development Authority of Albemarle County, Virginia ("Authority") approve the issuance of up to $3,000,000 in revenue bonds by the Industrial Development Authority of the County of Orange, Virginia the proceeds of which will be used to acquire, construct and equip an approximately 21,000 square foot, 32-bed addition to the health care center located in the west wing of WCBR's retirement community at 250 Pantops Mountain Road in the County of Albemarle, Virginia; WHEREAS, a public hearing has been held by the Authority regarding WCBR's request, and the Authority desires to recommend approval of the proposed bond issue to the Board of Supervisors f the County of Albemarle, Virginia. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT UTHORITY OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA: 1. The Authority recommends approval of the proposed bond Ssue by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Albemarle, irginia. 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its doption. Adopted this 14th day of October, 1993. y, Industria Development of Albemarle County, . ~ October 14, 1993 Board of Supervisors County of Albemarle Charlottesville, Virginia Industrial Development Authority of Albemarle County, Virginia Proposed Financing for Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge ("WCBR") has requested that the Industrial Development Authority of Albemarle County, Virginia ("Authority"), approve the issuance of revenue bonds in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 ("Bonds") by the Industrial Development Authority of the County of Orange, Virginia to assist WCBR in financing the acquisition, construction and equipping of an approximately 21,000 square foot, 32-bed addition to the health care center located in the west wing of WCBR's retirement community at 250 Pantops Mountain Road ("Project") in the County of Albemarle, Virginia. As set forth in the resolution of the Authority attached hereto ("Resolution"), the Authority has approved the issuance of the Bonds as requested. The Authority has conducted a public hearing on the proposed financing of the Project and has recommended that you approve the issuance of the Bonds. Attached hereto is (1) a certificate evidencing the conduct of the public hearing and the action taken by the Authority, (2) the Fiscal Impact Statement required pursuant to Virginia Code Section 15.1-1378.2, and (3) the form of resolution suggested by counsel to evidence your approval. ~,,~ R ~ft'S' Secret , Industrial Development Authority of Albemarle County, Virginia . ~ FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR PROPOSED BOND FINANCING Date: October 14, 1993 o the Board of Supervisors f Albemarle County, Virginia pplicant: acility: Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge Health Care Expansion Maximum amount of financing sought $ 3,000,000 Estimated taxable value of the facility's real property to be constructed in the municipality $ 2,054,311 Estimated real property tax per year using present tax rates $ 14,791 Estimated personal property tax per year using present tax rates $ o Estimated merchants' capital tax per year using present tax rates $ o Estimated dollar value per year of goods and services that will be purchased locally $ 233,085 Estimated number of regular employees on year round basis 12 Average annual salary per employee $ 21,320 airman, Authority Virginia Figures are based on expansion only) I, MCGUIREWooOS BATTLE & BooTH E Trans tomac Plaza Suite 1000, II North Fairfax Street Alexan ' VA 22314-1437 One James Center 901 East Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030 World Trade Center Suite 9000. 101 West Main Street Norfolk, VA 23510-1655 The Army and Navy Club Building 1627 Eye Street, N.W, Washington, DC 20006-4007 September 28, 1993 8280 reensboro Drive Suite . Tysons Comer McLean VA 22102-0346 Phone: (804) 775-1000 (Voice/fDD) Fax: (804) 775-1061 Direct Dial: (804) 775-1030 TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Proposed Revenue Bond Financing for Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge by the Industrial Development Authority of Orange County, Virginia ear Ladies and Gentlemen: As most of you are aware, Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge plans to ndertake a $3,000,000 expansion to its health care center through the issuance of tax-exempt 'bank-qualified" revenue bonds through the Orange County IDA. Because Albemarle ounty is over the $10,000,000 "bank-qualified" limit for the calendar year 1993, it was ecessary for Westminster-Canterbury to approach Orange County to undertake the mancing. Even though the Orange County IDA will be the issuer of the bonds, federal law equires that the Albemarle County IDA hold a public hearing on the proposed bond issue, nd that the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County approve the financing following the ublic hearing. It will also be necessary for the Orange County IDA and Board of upervisors to follow the same procedure before the bonds are issued. Enclosed for your consideration is a proposed form of resolution for your October 14 eeting, as well as a Fiscal Impact Statement and a copy of a letter from the County dministrator of Orange County indicating that the County is willing to undertake this I, Industrial Development Authority of the County of Albemarle, Virginia ~eptember 28, 1993 I age 2 f nancing for the benefit of Westminster-Canterbury, If any of you should have questions rl=>garding the enclosed documentation, please feel free to give me a call, I look forward to rn.eeting with you again on the 14th, Very truly yours, D~ David L. Richardson, II /~an Inclosures c~: C. H. Hinnant, III (w/enclosures) , INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ABLEMARLE COUNTY WESTMINSTER-CANTERBURY OF THE BLUE RIDGE Distribution List James B. Murray, Jr, o Court Square Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 John Stewart Darrell 503 Faulconer Drive, Suite 6 Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 Thomas A, McQueeney 121 Indian Spring Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 Bruce D. Rasmussen 500 Court Square Building Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 William J. Kehoe 301 Crestfield Court Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 Arthur H. Baker Box 266 Crozet, Virginia 22932 James R. Skove Box 12, Arbor Park Earlysville, Virginia 22936 James M. Bowling, IV, Esquire St. John, Bowling & Lawrence 416 Park Street Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 Lettie E. Neher Albemarle County 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 RESOLUTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECOMMENDING APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE, VIRGINIA OF A PROPOSED $3,000,000 BOND ISSUE FOR THE BENEFIT OF WESTMINSTER CANTERBURY OF THE BLUE RIDGE WHEREAS, Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge ("WCBR") tas requested that the Industrial Development Authority of llbemarle County, Virginia ("Authority") approve the issuance of lp to $3,000,000 in revenue bonds by the Industrial Development luthority of the County of Orange, Virginia the proceeds of which yill be used to acquire, construct and equip an approximately ~1,000 square foot, 32-bed addition to the health care center ocated in the west wing of WCBR's retirement community at 250 Iantops Mountain Road in the County of Albemarle, Virginia; WHEREAS, a public hearing has been held by the Authority legarding WCBR's request, and the Authority desires to recommend cpproval of the proposed bond issue to the Board of Supervisors cf the County of Albemarle, Virginia. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT lUTHORITY OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA: 1. The Authority recommends approval of the proposed bond 'ssue by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Albemarle, '\irginia. 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its c dopt ion. Adopted this 14th day of October, 1993. Secretary, Industrial Development Authority of Albemarle County, Virginia FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR PROPOSED BOND FINANCING Date: October 14, 1993 ~o the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia ~pplicant : bacility: Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge Health Care Expansion Maximum amount of financing sought $ 3,000,000 Estimated taxable value of the facility's real property to be constructed in the municipality $ 2,054,311 Estimated real property tax per year using present tax rates $ 14,791 , . Estimated personal property tax per year using present tax rates $ o Estimated merchants' capital tax per year using present tax rates $ o I . Estimated dollar value per year of goods and services that will be purchased locally $ 233,085 . Estimated number of regular employees on year round basis 12 ~ . Average annual salary per employee $ 21,320 Chairman, Industrial Development Authority of Albemarle County, Virginia Figures are based on expansion only) _. ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Box 111 ORANGE, VIRGINIA 22960 R, Duff Green, Chairman WilLIAM G, ROBERTS, V-Chairman V. RAY JO~ES JOHN M. NOlAN GROVER C. WILSON, JR.. A, TERRELL BASKERVILLE County Administrator Ph: (703) 672-3313 Fox: r703} 672-1679 (703) 972-1455 September 20, 1993 C. H. Hinnant, III, President and Chief Exec. Officer Westminister-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge 250 Pan tops Mountain Road Charlottesville, VA 22901 RE: Orange County Revenue Bonds Dear Mr. Hinnant, Thank you for your appearance before the Board of Supervisors September 14th. The Board of Supervisors has no objection to the Orange County Industrial Development Authority issuing "bank qualifying" revenue bonds for Westminister-Canterbury up to the amount remaining for calendar year 1993. You should have Mr. David Richardson contact County Attorney Atwell W. Somerville to set up the procedure for issuing the bonds. Mr. Somerville is also the attorney for the industrial development authority. Sincerely, A. Terrell Baskerville County Administrator ATB/g Enclosure cc: Atwell W. Somerville ~avid Richardson - . , V Ro~ting: File, AWS, W-C OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR P. O. Box III Orange VA 22960 EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES At a regular meeting of the Orange county Board of Supervisors held September 14, 1993 beginning at 2:00 P. M. in the Gordon Building, 112 West Main street, Orange, Virginia. * * * * * * * m :WESTMINISTER-CANTERBURY OF THE BLUE RIDGE- REVENUE BONDS Mr. David Richardson and Mr. C. H. Hinnant, III, representating wEstminister-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge requested the county issue alproximately $3 million bank qualifying revenue bonds for expansion of tle facility located in Albemarle County. They said that both Albemarle Ccunty and Charlottesville had exceeded their quotas for such bonds and tle facility would like for Orange County to assist in the program. Tley also explained that revenue bonds did not commit the county to any e penses or obligations nor reflect on its bond ratings. After dscussion Mr. Roberts moved that the Board of Supervisors offer no o jection to issuing bank qualifying revenue bonds for WEstminister-Canterbury up to the limits available in 1993. Mr. Wilson SEconded. Motion carried. Ayes: Jones, Wilson, Roberts & Green At sent: Nolan. * * * * * * * A COPY,teste ~~ A. Terrell Baskerville County Administrator , COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [Ii'-' \1'"'\ '\_2:.J_-2_----~,.._-~- ""'. _...-~-_.^---_. ' AGENDA T TLE: TJPDC Re ional Consortium Comprehensive Housing ffordability strategy (CHAS) AGENDA DATE: October 20, 1993 ITEM NUMBER: Cl3./l).2O.0/h SUBJECT To recei in the C CHAS inc establis ACTION: ---1L- INFORMATION: on housing issues CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION: INFORMATION: ATTACHMENTS: STAFF CO Messrs. REVIEWED BY: BACKGRO The Tho as Jefferson Planing District Commission (TJPDC) and its member localities establi hed a regional housing consortium to increase affordable housing opportunities in the region. A regional consortium is required to develop a Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strateg (CHAS) to address local and regional affordable housing needs. Regional consortiums are ent tied to receive an annual allocation of HOME monies from HUD to support housing initiat'ves within the consortium area. Last year the TJPDC consortium was awarded $570,000. Each 10 ality in the consortium receives an equal share of the allocation. Attached is an informa ion sheet from TJPDC which further describes the CHAS and the HOME program funding. A local'ty within the consortium may hold a public hearing to receive public input/comments concern'ng housing issues or specific comments regarding CHAS. That is the purpose of this public earing. DISCUSS The pri ( a) reh home bu increas needs g ON: rities for Albemarle County in the CHAS's Five Year Strategy are: bilitate substandard owner-occupied homes; (b) increase opportunities for first-time ers; (c) rehabilitate substandard renter-occupied homes and multi-family units; (d) mixed-use, high density development in designated growth areas; (e) assist special oups (elderly, disabled, homeless and single-parent families). The reg'on-wide consortium priorities are: (a) foster cooperation within the region through the use f affordable housing initiatives; (b) educate the public on the need for affordable housing nd on programs available to assist low- and moderate-income residents; (c) establish a regio al mechanism for disseminating information on affordable housing initiatives and for evaluat'ng current efforts and policies; (d) coordinate new financial assistance for low- income enters; (e) est blish a regional loan fund for use by the region's housing non-profits. The ting priorities for the County generally are consistent with the recommendations of ing Advisory Committee's report and are sufficiently broad in scope to accommodate y of project types. ATION: n is required of the Board of Supervisors. oard to hear and consider public comments s no recommendations for modifications to This hearing is to provide an opportunity related to housing and the regional CHAS. the CHAS. 93.160 \ SH,O$lIIIBdIlS :10 OW, 08 , l 1 @lID & n ID rl~j 09-2'3-'34 22:32 UNITED WAY CHARLOTTESUILLE 438 P01 '~ ~ ~~~-~ r2knL"f dJ~ 17/- -rl~ tJ' 7/!4hP ;;edit.r. ;Ikdi..-/ },1.1. (~t,_ ", tJ~, .1.<'01- 5.2/3 M,lUU/ JJ.9/'P-172tJ PRESS RELEASE September 24, 1993 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ,,,> ( v"'11'M1'1l,J4ur11..,,' For More Information: William Wanner Thomas Jefferson Planning District (804) 972-1720 PUBLIC INVITED TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY e Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commissiont servini the counties of Albemarle uvann~ Greene, Louisa and Nelson and the City of Charlottesville announces th~ reparation of a regional Comprehensive Housing Mfordability Strategy (CHAS) to define e region's housing needs. The CHAS will identify the region's affordable and supported ousing needs and will outline a method for meeting these needs. e CHAS will guide the use of Federal funds received by the Planning District from the ousing and Urban Development HOME Program. Last year the Planning District eceived $570,000 in HOME funds. The HOME program provides grant funds to conduct ousing rehabilitation, new construction, assistance to first-time home buyers and assistance o renters. unds from the HOME Program are used in combination with local. state and private funds to assist citizens whose incomes are below 80% of median family income. A family of four residing in Albemarlet Charlottesville, Fluvanna or Greene making approximately $34,000 or less per year is eligible. In Louisa County a family of fOUf may make about $28t3oo per ear and in Nelson Countyt approximately $26,000, to be eligible for the HOME Program. The Thomas Jefferson Planning District COImnission will hold a public hearing at the regular meeting of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission: Thursday, October 7t 1993 at 7:30 PM in the United Way Building, 413 E. Market Stree~ Charlottesville, in the Lime Room, Second FlOOf. to receive public assistance in the development of the CRAS. Enclosure: tlPreparing a Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy for the Thomas Jefferson Planning District" . ...... /' I, /,.t" dl !' .f.' /I'" .1' T' C ~ N.a<<rn. (' ""._IU l~"'I'1 ' Vfl.UW1,V~t"tjh' , .J...uVV'1f..,ntlA l .H'('''.~;/ i ys.r.l4f..t ({,"tA/.l_Uf . ~~ J ' ~, W"'"', 7 ~ ~hV ~m<4'1 tD~ I ' 1-1::' f;.ur muW Pur. ~jJ2 (~!L--J 1/~M;JOj-52f3 ~(U..v Jff/ 'P-J720 /J ( Cnrvnu..:J4L<171// ~ PREPARING A COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY FOR THE THOMAS JEFFERSON PLANNING DISTRICT Ba k ound The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission and its member go ernments in Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson counties and the City of Ch lottesville have formed a regional consortium to address local and regional affordable ho sing needs. The Planning District receives an annual allocation of HOME funds from th u.s. Department of Housing and Urban Development to support the affordable housing ne ds of the region's low and very low income citizens. In order to remain eligible for H ME funds and for other selected Federal housing programs, the Planning District must pr pare a Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CRAS). at is a Com rehensive Housin Affordabili ma.or sections: ? The region's eRAS has three Community Profile - a description of the residents of the planning district, including income, age and racial makeup, and a description of housing conditions in the planning district. This section also contains a summary of the needs of low-income citizens, the homeless and other special need groups as well as a summary of the resources available to assist these citizens. Five Year Strategy - this section sketches a five year plan for addressing the planning district's affordable housing needs and establishes those needs that will receive high priority, Annual Plan - the Annual Plan details programs to be undertaken over a twelve month period and describes the federal, state, local and private funds to be used in support of these annual programs. public is encouraged to participate in the preparation of the CHAS so that the most ortant and pressing housing needs can be addressed with the available resources. HOME Pro ram The HOME Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Ho sing and Urban Development (BUD) and is a result of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Aff rdable Housing Act. The HOME Program funds must be used to assist citizens below 80 0 of the local median income, with emphasis on citizens below 60% of median income. ALk7r~ Cvwn7j ) CltMtttu~.df:_} :!hw7vnruz (J''(1j, fKvnL C'tMY, Z~ (~\ JV~rVC~ Programs eligible for HOME funds include: Housing Rehabilitation, both owner and renter occupied. Property Acquisition, New Construction. Assistance to First-Time Homebuyers, Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, For the past year, the Thomas Jefferson Planning District received $570,000 in HOME funds and expects an annual allocation similar to this amount. HOME funds must be matched by non-federal funds equalling between 25% and 30% of the cost of the project. A Brief Profile of Housine Needs in the Consortium The six localities making up the Thomas Jefferson Planning District have significantly different housing needs, yet are all affected by regional market forces. The following information on the region is from the U.S. Census and is for the year 1990. Single family homes increased as a percentage of the overall housing stock, with owner-occupied homes in the majority, except in the Charlottesville. The percent of owner-occupied homes varied from a high of 80% in Fluvanna and Louisa counties, 79% in Nelson, 77% in Greene, 64% in Albemarle, and a low of 42% in Charlottesville, Median contract rents ranged from $454 per month in Albemarle, $391 in Charlottesville, $329 in Fluvanna, $314 in Greene, $283 in Louisa and a low of $206 in Nelson County. About one-third of the region's renters were paying 30% or more of their income for housing. Substandard housing - homes without complete plumbing - ranged from 714 substandard units in Louisa County, 680 units in Nelson, 501 units in Albemarle, 212 units in Greene, 167 units in Fluvanna and 40 units in the City of Charlottesville, Poverty remains a pervasive problem in the region with 24% of Charlottesville's citizens living in poverty, 15% in Nelson, 12% in Greene and Louisa, 11% in Fluvanna and 8% in Albemarle, Single mothers, especially those with children under five, have the highest poverty rate. Nearly 40% of all single mothers are below poverty in the region, while the regional percentage of single mothers with young children is 50%. -- . . . . . ~ AHIP Albemarle Housing Improvement Pro 700 Harris Street, Suite 101 . Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 . (804) 293-5708 September 17, 1993 Mr. Robert W. Tucker, Ibemarle County 401 McIntire Rd. Charlottesville, Va. Jr., County Executive , .. 22902 Bob, The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission is dating the local Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy HAS) for use of HOME funds by the local consortium of Counties a d Charlottesville. In this connection they are seeking input from affected risdictions. The AHIP board, earlier this summer, instructed me e County to sponsor a Public Hearing on the local CHAS. aff advised me today that the results of such a hearing of timely use to them if received during October. to ask TJPDC would Accordingly this is to request that the county Board include c nsideration of the local CHAS in one of its meetings before the e d of October. If your staff wants assistance from AHIP please have them c ntact our Executive Director, Theresa Tapscott. ~re~ Doug Frame President -f~ EMORANDUM lOtZO$ "qz'111L,J~17 " J~",~~ COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Dept. of Planning & Community Development 401 Mcintire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 (804) 296-5823 Albemarle County Board of Supervisors v. Wayne Cilimberg, Director of Planning & communityLlJJ~ Development October 7, 1993 CPA-90-02 South Fork Land Trust CPA-92-05 Towers Land Trust Comprehensive Study of Growth Area Expansion he Albemarle County Planning Commission, at its meeting on ctober 5, 1993, reviewed the comprehensive study of Growth Area xpansion (attached). Based on their initial discussion of the indings of that report, the Commission continues to recommend pproval of the Towers Land Trust Comprehensive Plan amendment equest. The Commission had previously recommended approval of his request. egarding the South Fork Land Trust amendment request, the ommission recommends the Board defer action until the Meadow reek Parkway alignment area is decided. The Commission had reviously recommended denial of this request due to the otential impact of some alternative alignments of the parkway. he Commission will continue their discussions of the Growth Area xpansion study at future worksessions including other requests reviously made in the Hollymead area (UREF, Forest Lakes South, thers). No further recommendations have been made to date egarding general Growth Area expansions. C/DBB/j cw ~ " OCTOBER 5, 1993 DAVID B. BENISH EXPANSION STUDY ack round: During their review of the Towers Land Trust (CPA- 2-05) and the South Fork Land Trust (CPA-92-02) comprehensive 1an Amendment requests, the Board of Supervisors deferred action nd directed staff to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the eed and location for Growth Area expansion. CPA-92-05 and CPA- 2-02 would then be reconsidered by the Board of Supervisors ithin the context of this larger evaluation. Staff was directed o consider the Hollymead Community, Piney Mountain Village, and rban Growth Area for possible expansions. here have been a number of requests for Growth Area expansion, articularly in the Hollymead area. These areas, along with dditional areas as appropriate, were evaluated for expansion otential. he purpose of this study is to (1) determine need for expanding rowth areas; and, (2) evaluate and recommend the most ppropriate location(s) for Growth Area expansion if expansion is eeded. o determine the need ,for expansion staff has considered the nticipated demand for both residential and non-residential land ses for the next 20 years. Also considered were existing growth anagement pOlicies/practices as well as market related concerns n meeting anticipated land use demands. he purpose of the Comprehensive Plan is to set County government olicy to help"guide public and private activities as they relate o land use and resource utilization. It establishes a blueprint or the County's future decisions on land use and development, ransportation systems, public facilities and utilities, resource rotection, housing and human and public services. or this Plan, the~primary growth management policy is to direct rowth to designated Growth Areas while conserving the balance of he County for agricultural/forestal uses and other service elivery and resource protection purposes. n order to successfully achieve this policy the County must ctively encourage anticipated growth to locate in designated rowth Areas while attempting to direct growth away from the esignated Rural Areas. A key to this effort is providing ufficient developable Growth Areas to accommodate anticipated rowth with an adequate degree of location and market lexibility. These areas must also have the reasonable apability of being served by essential public ervices/facilities and utilities. 1 ( t' 11 must be taken in developing the land use plan. The plan attempt to balance between designating too little or too land for development. Designating too little area will end to limit the availability of land on the market for evelopment and ultimately inflate that cost of land. On the ther hand, designating extensive areas for development can ncourage sprawl - a more scattered, less compact development attern which is less efficient to serve in terms of facilities nd services. It can also lead to owner speculation increasing he price of all land designated, thus affecting development osts. In the end, there is no exact science for establishing his balance, which underlines the importance of a flexible omprehensive planning process. Areas: The study areas for possible Growth Area expansion determined based on: Existing Comprehensive Plan Goals, Objectives and Policies related to the growth management, land use and community facilities. The Open Space and critical Resources Plan. Review of areas considered for Growth Area expansion during the previous review of the Comprehensive Plan. Preliminary work related to development of a utilities master plan. he Open Space and critical Resources Plan was utilized xtensively. The Open Space Plan inventories and maps open space nd environmental resources (steep slopes, floodplain, prime gricultural/forestal soils) in the County that are important and orthy of consideration for protection during land se/development related reviews. The Open Space Concept Map is a eneralized reference map for the entire County which identifies ignificant resources and shows their relationship to larger, .ntegrated systems of open space (See Attachment A). The "white" r unmarked areas of this map represent areas of the county that re void of significant open space or environmental resources. he "white" areas adjacent to the existing Growth Areas with imited erivironmen~l constraints and open space resources were onsidered likely candidates for Growth Area expansion. n evaluating the study areas staff considered: (1) environmental esources/constraints identified in the Open Space Plan and other ources; (2) transportation issues; (3) utility service otential; (4) community facilities; and, (5) character of xisting development. he general study areas evaluated for possible expansion include See Attachment B): . Expansion to the Hollymead Community/Piney Mountain Village area (approximately 6,140 acres). '- 2 ~ ~~ · Expansion north and east of Neighborhood Three (approximately 2,675 acres). · Expansion south and east of Neighborhoods 4 and 5 (approximately 2,280 acres). pans ion potential to the west of the Urban Area and Hollymead restricted by the South Fork Rivanna River watersupply servoir watershed. Also, expansion potential to the southwest the Urban Area along Rte. 29 South is limited due to the ' untainous topography. Therefore, these were not considered as potential expansion areas. e Hollymead/Piney Mountain study area is where applications ve been submitted for Plan amendments. The specific requests e as follows (See Attachment C): · Towers Land Trust - Request to add approximately 257 acres to the Hollymead Community. This property is located east of Route 29, north of the existing community boundary to the North Fork of the Rivanna River, and west of Route 785. Proposed land uses are low and medium residential (174 acres with a gross density of 7.5 dwelling units/acre), regional service (41 acres), office service (29 acres) and neighborhood service (13 acres). · Universitv Real Estate Foundation (UREF) - Request to include within the Hollymead Community approximately 285 acres located west of Route 29, north of the existing community boundary to the North Fork of the Rivanna River, and west to Route 606. The request is for industrial service land use designation to permit the development of a 525 acre research office park. UREF presently owns 240 acres of adjacent property to the south zoned PD-IP, Planned Development Industrial Park, and LI, Light Industrial. All properties are to be developed under one consolidated plan. · Kessler GrouD - Request to add approximately 100 acres to the Hbllymead ~ommunity for low density residential use. The property is located north of Route 643, west of the Norfolk-Southern Railway and east of the existing Hollymead Community. This property would be developed as part of the Forest Lakes South development. · Donald Brown/Terrv SDaid - Request to add approximately 35 acres of land to the Hollymead Community between the existing eastern boundary of the community and the west side of Proffit Road to be designated for low density residential use. 3 ( ~' 11 South Fork Land Trust - Request to add approximately 30 acres to the Hollymead Community. The request is for low-density residential use. The property is located north of the South Fork Rivanna river, west of the Norfolk- Southern Railroad, and south of Rte. 643. It is approximately one mile east of the intersection of Rte. 29 and Rte. 643. REED POR EXPANSION r~he Land Use Plan provides direction for physical development of he County. It recognizes existing land use arrangement, :supporting facilities and physical development limitations and dentifies areas intended to accommodate future development. A ong standing goal of the Comprehensive Plan is to direct growth nto designated Growth Areas which are those areas intended to .~ccommodate future development. Therefore, Growth Areas should pe sized to adequately accommodate anticipated growth. That $izing must also allow sufficient market and location Flexibility. ~esidential Area: The Plan applies no specific multiplier or ~ormula to determine the amount of developable land that needs to )~e available for residential use. The Plan attempts to ensure ~hat sufficient acreage is available to accommodate the total ~umber of dwellings needed to house the projected population for he planning period. Population projections and estimates of dwelling units and i creage needs are provided in the following table: POPULATION PROJECTIONS/RESIDENTIAL LAND USE NEEDS YEAR TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL DU'S* ADDITIONAL DU'S TOTAL ACREAGE NEEDED** SOURCE OF POPULA TI ON PROJECTIONS 1990 68 1n 25.958 ____u ------ 1990 Census 1991 69' 700 ------ ------ ------ CPS 1993 70,897 28,022 2,064 825 Plaming Dept. Estimate 1995 73.760 29 154 1 132 453 VEC 2000 7'9.081 31 257 2 103 841 VEC 2010 90,148 35,632 4,375 1,750 VEC 2015 96,162 38,009 2,3n 951 Plaming Dept. Projection TOTAL .. 12.051 TOTAL z 4.820 *TOTAL POPULATION DIVIDED BY 2.53 PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD EQUALS TOTAL D~LLING UNITS NEEDED "ASSUMING AVERAGE GROSS DENSITY OF 2.5 D~LLING UNITS PER ACRE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 4 ~ ' .. total of 4,820 acres are estimated to be needed to accommodate e anticipated population growth and necessary dwelling units. e current Growth Areas land use, inventory indicates that there e currently 6,441 acres designated for residential use ' ttachment D). Of that total, 3,507 acres are in the Urban Area d Hollymead/Piney Mountain Growth Areas. ring the previous review of the Plan concern was raised by the elopment community that insufficient land was available on the rket. The concern was that while mathematically there was' fficient area designated to accommodate anticipated elopment, the amount of land on the market for sale and cost the land limited opportunities for development. Although the G owth Area was expanded in Neighborhood Three and the Rivanna V.llage was added as a Growth Area, this situation may still be p esent. (stony Point and Ivy were deleted as Growth Areas d ring the previous plan review" and the Village of North Garden, w.th 972 developable acres, has development limitations due to c ncerns over the availability of groundwater. Also, since that t.me (1988) a significant amount of land has been developed for r sidential use. A total of 1,324 acres has been developed or is u der development, mostly as low density subdivisions (Forest kes, Forest Lakes South, Mill Creek, Mill Creek South, Lakeside Reynovia, and Redfields). ring the previous review of the Plan it was also noted that the owth management efforts to capture growth in the designated owth Areas (and discourage growth in the Rural Area) were not tirely successful. The Growth Areas were not capturing fficient growth. From 1983 to 1988, an average of 53 percent all residential development occurred in the Rural Area. ever, from 1989 to 1992, the average percentage of all r sidential development occurring in the Rural Areas dropped to 34 percent (See Attachment E). Subdivision activity for 1992 also shows 675 lots, or 78% of the subdivision activity, occurred i the Growth Areas, which indicates a continuance of this trend. M ch of this development activity in the Growth Areas can be a tributed to,major developments such as Mill Creek, Mill Creek S th, Lake' Reynovia,; Forest Lakes, Forest Lakes South, Highlands . <tI. . a Mechums, Redf1elds, Glenmore and W1lton Farms Apartments. T is trend indicates that if land (and essential services and u ilities) are available for large scale development, that d elopment will likely take place in the Growth Areas. development of the residential areas noted above have sumed significant large land holdings within the Growth Areas f r large scale residential development. CUrrently there are fi e (5) large undeveloped areas still available within the Urban A a and Hollymead for residential development. These include: T 500+ "Belvidere" area north of Rio Road and east of the No folk Southern Railroad (Neighborhood 2); 200+ acres south of Fo est Lakes South in Hollymead; 600f. acre "Breeden" tract be ween Route 20 and Route 631 at the southern end of Neighborhoods 4 and 5; 150f. acre "Hillcrest" tract in 5 4 · eighborhood 4; and approximately 390 acres in two areas of eighborhood 3 along Route 20. There is also approximately 70 cres of medium and high density area along Berkmar Drive xtended in Neighborhood One in numerous smaller tracts. inally, it should be noted that residential development does ot, by itself, generate new population growth to any significant egree. Population growth within the County is generated rimarily by natural increases and in-migration fueled by conomic activity. Designation of new residential areas, herefore, is considered as an accommodation of those increases hat are now projected. on-Residential Demands: The additional industrial and ommercial acreage needed to accommodate future demand is based n employment projections and employment/area relationships square footage/employee and square footage/acres). o provide flexibility in location of industrial and commercial and, the Land Use Plan, now attempts to designate at least wo-t mes the estimated land use need. During the previous eview of the Plan, staff recommended using a standard of three- imes the anticipated demand to provide a greater inventory and lexibility of land for non-residential activities. The ommission and Board subsequently endorsed the "two-times" tandard. Professional standards recommend anywhere from two- to our-times anticipated demand. taff has provided an analysis of non-residential land use emands/needs based on providing both two-times and three-times he anticipated demand (See Attachment F). Employment rojections are based on national trends/projections for the year 005 provided by the Bureau of Labor statistics. Moderate growth rojections have been used for all major industrial divisions xcept for manufacturing. The highest national projection, which s 0% (or no growth) for manufacturing was used because the major mployers in Albemarle are characteristic of those industries hat are considered growth industries (electronics, electrical quipment; researc~~and testing services). The low and moderate ational employment projections for annual percentage growth are .9% and -.2% respectively. ased on national trends for industrial employment, demand for ndustrial land is not expected to increase significantly over he next twenty year planning periOd. However, existing economic evelopment efforts at the state level in association with the niversity/UREF and private sector may attract additional land se demand. Given current conditions, the existing land use nventory of industrial service land (1,380 acres) appears ufficient for the planning period. t is projected that an additional 350 acres of commercial ervice land will be needed by 2015. CUrrently, there are a otal of 412 vacant developable acres designated in the Plan. 6 -.:. . ased on providing two-times the area needed, a total of 700 cres would need to be designated for the twenty year planning eriod. Therefore, an additional 288 acres would need to be .dentified. Based on providing three-times the area needed, an dditional 638 acres would need to be designated. The existing 'nventory of developable land is adequate for periods up to the ear 2000 under both the two-and three-times standard. Mountain stud Area: he Office Service land use designation has the flexibility to ccommodate employment activities of both an industrial or ommercial nature. A total of 90 acres of Office Service is urrently avail,able for development in the Plan. Also, the ffice/Regional Service Area in Neighborhood Three has been pproved for the Peter Jefferson Place mixed use development onsisting of 140 acres for Office/Service/Commercial/ esidentiaI uses (23 acres for commercial uses). A mixture of ommercial Service land use designations and the Office Service esignation should be used to provide the additional area needed or commercial uses. ALYSIS OF STUDY AREAS ach of these areas have advantages and constraints to ccommodate development. However, all three areas are considered candidates for Growth Area designation. area is generally defined as the area east of Route 29 and outh and west of North Fork Rivanna River and Route 600 to its .ntersection with Route 29. Two smaller areas west of Route 29 ere also part of the study area. They include the UREF property orth of the current Hollymead boundary and the area just south f the Hollymead boundary and east and north of Route 643. The otal study area consists of approximately 6,140 acres (See ttachment G). xistin Develo ment: The area consists primarily of scattered esidential development. Strip residential development exists long Proffit Road, Route 643, Route 785 and a portion of Route 00. Subdivisions in the study area include: Terrybrook, iverview:Farm, Bentivar, Fall Fields, Red Hills and Northwood obile home park. ~The Proffit Community is also located in this tudy area. The non-residential uses in this area include Better iving Plant, Badger Powhatan, Oakwood Homes Sales & Office, and nternational Auto Parts. e S ace Ian: This area does not contain significant area of .mportant space as defined by the Plan's concept maps other than e stream valley of the North Fork Rivanna River and some djacent tributaries. There is a small area of farmland and orest just north of the North Fork Rivanna and west of Route 00. Also, the area north of the existing Hollymead boundary and orth Fork Rivanna west of Route 29 is also shown as agricultural rea. ation: Primary access to this study area is provided by oute 29 and Route 649 (Proffit Road/Airport Road). Other roads ithin the study area are Route 643, Route 785, Route 600 and 7 ~ II The use of Routes 600 and 606 should be discouraged ecause of the availability of alternative routes for access and existing condition. 649, Proffit Road would provide the primary east-west ccess through the study area. Most of Proffit Road is onsidered non-tolerable. Significant development of the study rea would likely require substantial improvements to the road ue to the existing alignment and development along the road. ealignment of some portions of the road would be necessary. oute 29 improvements include widening of Route 29 from Hydraulic oad to Route 649, Proffit/Airport Road. Other improvements mpacting this roadway network in this area are the proposed eadow Creek Parkway. tilities: This study area falls into two drainage areas which re divided generally by Rte. 649. ORTH OF RTE. 649: Water Service - Treatment is provided at the North Rivanna water treatment plant and storage is provided on Piney Mountain. 800,000 gallons per day can be withdrawn from the river to provide water. This flow is not adequate to meet the needs of the current growth area under build-out. Although the water treatment plant has a design capacity of 2,000,000 gallons per day, its production is limited by the 800,000 gpd supply. To increase available raw water, Chris Greene Lake may be utilized as a water supply impoundment area and provide additional flow to the North Rivanna treatment plan. Chris Greene Lake is currently a recreational facility with a beach and swimming area. If the lake were to become a water supply impoundment area then the recreational activities would be incompatible. Also, when demand exceeds raw water currently available from the North Fork, all or part of this Growth Area demand can be met through the existing urban water system with finished water from South Rivanna. This would be realized by utilizing the existing line on Rt. 29 and a booster station to allow water to be pumped to a storage tank serving the area, The No+th Rivanna Treatment Plant can continue to be used or mothballed. With the ultimate addition of Buck Mountain Reservoir, the raw water supply in the urban system would be adequate. The Growth Area is bisected by a 12" waterline along Route 29 and Airport Road which has the capacity to serve the expansion area. Additional storage will need to be provided to meet the peak domestic demand and to maintain the required fire reserve. This storage tank may be located within the Hollymead area or on Piney Mountain. (See Attachment H). Wastewater Service - The natural drainage of the Growth Area north ~f Route 649 falls toward the Camelot/North Rivanna River basin. Treatment is limited to 365,000 gpd at the Camelot wastewater treatment plant. The ability to handle additional flows will need to be addressed before build-out of the current designated growth area occurs. The 8 '( . alternatives available are as follows: (1) gravity sewer along the North Fork of the Rivanna River to the Rivanna Interceptor; (2) a 'gravity sewer along the North Rivanna River and pumping of the flow to the Powell Creek Interceptor; or, (3) a pump station on the North Rivanna River with a discharge to the Forest Lakes/Powell Creek system. Depending on the final routing selection, upgrading the Powell Creek Interceptor at select locations may be required. SOUTH OF RTE. 649: ~. Water Service - Water service to the Hollymead growth area south of Route 649 is primarily provided by the South Rivanna water facility. Water is fed through a 12" transmission main along Route 29. If the Growth Area is expanded east of Hollymead, this 12" transmission line would be its primary water source of service. Expansion of the South Rivanna Treatment Plant will be a natural consequence of growth within the urban water system area. ~. Wastewater Service - The expanded Growth Area of Hollymead south of Route 649 primarily drains to Powell Creek. A major interceptor exists on-site with the capacity to serve the Hollymead Growth Area. Treatment is provided at the Moores Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. Expansion of that plant's capacity will also occur as a consequence of urban, Charlottesville and Crozet growth. (It should be noted that capacity in the Powell Creek Interceptor could be diminished by pump-over from the northern portion of the Hollymead Growth Area). l~ommunitv Facilities: It should be kept in mind that the growth panagement policy is to encourage anticipated growth in c~esignated Growth Areas. While facilities may be impacted by ~ltimate development, those impacts would have to have absorbed 1iithin the system regardless of location. The intent of the Plan s to concentrate development into Growth Areas to allow for the .~ost efficient resource delivery while also protecting rural cflreas . Police - Hollxmead lies within the Police Department Sector C response area. Response times from the headquarters building are in excess of that recommended in the Community Facilities Plan to an Urban Area (ten minutes). Twenty- seven percent of all calls originate from the 29 North Corridor. Officers regularly patrol this sector and if an emergency call is received when an officer is partolling the area, response time may be greatly improved. The Community Facilities Plan recommends the location of a police substation to serve the northern area of the County. Based on service demand and existing roadway network and traffic patterns, a location in the Hollymead Community would hold the best potential to serve the area. Fire and Rescue - The Hollymead area is primarily served by the Earlysville Fire Department and secondary service is provided by Seminole Trail Fire Department. Also, the City provides supplementary 24-hour protection to the County. 9 ~ . The City generally responds with one truck to this area. Response time in the Hollymead area is in excess of the recommended response time in the Community Facilities Plan to an Urban Area (five minutes). Currently, aerial truck service is provided only by the City. The City provides aerial truck service if the required staffing is available and the truck is not needed in the city. Estimated response time to the Hollymead area is fifteen minutes. The community Facilities Plan recommends the location of a new fire station in this area to serve Hollymead and Piney Mountain. At this time, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (CARS) provides ALS and BLS service to Hollymead. The Earlysville Fire Department and the Seminole Trail Fire Department also provide BLS service through its "first responder" program. Responding with emergency medical technicians (EMT's), they are simultaneously dispatched with rescue squads. Estimated response time for CARS is thirteen minutes. The Community Facilities Plan recommends a response of four minutes or less. The Community Facilities Plan recommends that related and complementary services be located within one complex and centralized whenever possible. Therefore, the possibility of a rescue squad in conjunction with a new fire department will be considered. Parks - Park service is adequate to the Hollymead areas. Community park service is currently being provided by Hollymead Elementary. The northern portion of the Hollymead area is lacking in district park service; however, the new Hollymead Middle School is expected to provide adequate district park level service to the Community. County park level service is provided through Chris Green Lake. Librarv - The Northside Branch (Albemarle Square Shopping center) is the closest library providing service to the Hollymead area. Schools - This area is currently located in the Hollymead Elementary School, Jouett Middle School, and Albemarle High Scho~l distriqts. This area will likely be located within the new Hollymead Middle School district. It is difficult to estimate enrollment at this time without more specific information concerning the total number of units, and the characteristics of those units including unit type (apartment, townhouse, single family detached), size of units and the like. Build-out of this area would likely impact elementary school facilities the most, with either expansion or redistricting of existing schools and/or construction of a new school required. The Long Range Planning Committee has determined the need for an additional elementary school in the northern portion of the County. The new middle school is already under construction in the Hollymead area. 10 '" . Also, bear in mind that the Land Use Plan provided a blue print for where development should be encouraged over the long term (20 years). Review and approval of subsequent rezonings should be based on the adequacy and availability of necessary infrastructure and support services. ""omments: The advantages of this study area for Growth Area designation are: - Accessed by Route 29, Airport and Proffit Roads, all arterial roads. - Convenient location to Charlottesville, University of Virginia, and employment and commercial areas of the County. Good access to these areas provided by Route 29, a principle arterial roadway. - Limited amount of significant environmental and open space resources within this study area as defined in the Open Space Plan. - Existing water and sewer infrastructure can provide at least some level of service to the study area in the short-term, although upgrading of facilities and services would be necessary to fully serve the study area. - The study area contains large undeveloped land holdings void of significant development constraints. Limitations/constraints of the study area for Growth Area designation are: The potential high cost of upgrading roads serving the area, particularly Proffit Road. The impact of such improvements could be significant to adjacent properties due to the strip development pattern along these roads (Routes 649, 785, and 643). - The increased traffic generated could also necessitate improvements to Route 20. , ,1 ~' - Community facility needs: the probable need for additional schools, fire/rescue and police services. There are already existing deficiencies in these services to support existing development. This study area is capable of accommodating a variety of non-residential and residential uses and densities. Jeiahborhood 3 study Area: ~his study area consists of approximately 2,675 acres north of the existing Neighborhood boundary along both sides of Route 20, ~enerally up to the boundary of the Southwest Mountain historic cistrict near the intersection of Proffit Road with Route 20. ~one of the Southwest Mountain Historic District is included in the study area (See Attachment I). 11 .....-.------,------ ~......-....._,_. ----.--- . -..--..--* -_.._---------- ----~-_.._..~.-.... -. . - --~--------- ... The study area consists primarily of cattered'rural scale development. These subdivisions are ocated within the area: Key West, Franklin, and Redbud. en S ace Plan: The Open Space Plan identifies three important pen space features in this general area: 1) Southwest Mountain istoric District; 2) Southwest Mountains; and, 3) the stream alleys for Redbud Creek and an unnamed tributary. The boundary or this study area is intended to exclude the Southwest ountains and the historic district. Route 20 is designated a tate Scenic Highway and a County Entrance Corridor Route. rans ortation: This area is bisected by Route 20 North. Route o would be the primary road access to this area. The alignment f Route 20 consists of numerous vertical and horizontal curves, ome with limited site distance. As development occurs in this tudy area, the need for alignment improvements would be ecessary. Most development along the road is located well off he road. However, in some locations the development, mostly esidential, is located close to the roadway. Other roads in the rea are Routes 769, 626, 612, 610 and 769. All are dead end or oop roads and all are considered non-tolerable with the xception of Route 612. There are public roads within the Key est subdivision. The ability to make necessary alignment mprovements to Route 29 to support development and the impact of hose improvements to the character of the area are important onsiderations in determining whether to designate this area as a rowth Area. Water Service - Water Service is adequate to the existing Neighborhood. Service to expansion areas will require extending a transmission main along Route 20 North. An existing main crossing Route 20 near Elks Drive is served by the Pantops water storage tank. Ultimately, this line may loop through Neighborhood Two and connect to the proposed urban transmission main along Rio Road. Key West is currently served by a privately owned community water system. System upgrades may be required internally should it beco~e necessary to connect it to the urban system. No expansion designed to serve Key West is planned (See Attachment J):' Wastewater Service - Wastewater service can be made available from the Rivanna Interceptor. Service in this neighborhood will be considered as the need arises. Police - The Neighborhood Three Study Area lies within Police Department Section C - Beat 4. Response times from the headquarters building to the study area meet that recommended to an Urban Area (ten minutes). Officers regularly patrol this sector and if an emergency call is received when an officer is patrolling in this sector, response time may be greatly improved. 12 -_._-~.-._----. .:.._..----- - , Fire and Rescue - This study area receives primary service. from the stony Point Fire Department and secondary service from the East Rivanna Fire Department. Also, the City provides supplementary 24-hour protection and generally responds with one truck to this area. Response time by the County volunteer fire departments to the study area are in excess of the recommended response time to an Urban Area (five minutes). However, response time from the City fire department to the southern portion of the study area generally meets the five minute recommended response time. At this time, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (CARS) provides Advance Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) services to the study area. Response time to the southern portion of the study area meets the recommended response time to an urban area (4 minutes). The Stony Point and East Rivanna Fire Departments also provide BLS service through the "first responder" program and are simultaneously dispatched with the rescue squad. Parks - County park service is adequate to the study area and is being provided through Darden Towe park. However, the study area is lacking in both community and district park services. These type of park services are generally provided through the elementary, middle and high schools. Due to, the unlikelihood of an elementary school in this immediate area, the Community Facilities Plan recommends that Darden Towe park be upgraded to provide community level park services to this area. The closest district level park services will continue to be provided through Burley Middle School. Library - The Central Library (located in Downtown Charlottesville) is the closest public library to the study area. Schools - This area is currently located in the Stony Point Elementary School, Burley Middle School and Albemarle High School Districts. It is difficult to estimate enrollment at this time without more specific information concerning the total number of units, and the characteristics of those units includi~g unit type, size of the unit and the like. .' Comments: · Advantages of the study area for Growth Area designation are: Convenient location for access to Charlottesville and private and public services available in Neighborhood Three. Access provided by Route 20, a minor arterial road. Water and sewer service is reasonably available through the extension of existing service lines. Several property owners have'expressed interest in being included within the designated Growth Area. 13 ... . . Limitations/constraints of the study area for Growth Area designation are: Cost, impact and feasibility of the improvements to Route 20 to accommodate additional development of the study area. Route 20 is designated a County Entrance Corridor Route and state Scenic Highway. Improvement may impact the character of the roadway. The topography of the study area, particularly east of Route 20, limits the developability of the properties. Community facility needs: fire service may need upgrading; community level park facilities and some district level facilities would be needed; also, additional elementary school capacity may be needed. · Expansion, if designated for this area, should be more oriented to residential use at low gross densities possibly permitting higher net densities. and Five stud Areas: is area consists of approximately 2,280 acres (See Attachment ). The eastern boundary runs along the 600 foot contour eginning at a point just south of Route 53 and running along the astern side of Route 20 to just north of Marshall Manor s division. The southern boundary runs along an unnamed tributary to Biscuit Run. The western boundary runs along Route 631 and then the 600 contour, west of Route 631. a sot tion: This area is accessed by Route 20 and Route 631. ere are no other public roads within this study area. Avon reet (Route 742) and Old Lynchburg Road (Route 781) may also be pacted by development in this area. Old Lynchburg Road is nsidered non-tolerable. Route 631 is now being widened to a fur-lane roadway from the 1-64 overpass to approximately one- ile south of Old Lynchburg Road. The remainder of Route 631 is n rrow with horizontal and vertical curvature alignment problems. rtions of this section are considered non-tolerable and would quire upgrading should a significant level of development occur the area with access to this road. Route 631 and Route 20 are designated Entrance orridor Roads. Route 20 is designated a State Scenic Highway. e stream valleys along Biscuit Run and several of its ributaries are identified in the plan. Much of the area south f the existing Growth Area boundary is shown as important farmland/forest area (prime soils for forestry activity). arter's Mountain is to the east and outside of the study area. ute 20 runs along the eastern boundary of this study area. T ere are also alignment improvements which would need to be made along the entire length of ~oute 20 from the study area to Route 53 should significant development occur in this area. 14 ~ ' ltilities: J. Water Service - Water service to the portions of the Neighborhoods not currently serVed and to future expansion areas will be provided by- the "southern loop". A major transmission main, referred to as the "eastern branch of the southern loop", is proposed and will link the Avon Street and Pantops tanks. The western branch of the southern loop is complete between the observatory Water storage Tank and Avon Street. A water storage tank on Avon Street was constructed allowing service to the entire Biscuit Run area. As the property develops in the Neighborhoods, lines will be extended at project cost. Ultimately another tank 'will be built on Avon street and the eastern branch of the southern loop will be constructed when flow is needed by the City of Charlottesville. Additional storage to support urban demand and maintain adequate fire reserve may be required farther south in Neighborhood Four. A smaller sub-system will be needed farther south on Avon Street. Another smaller water tank ultimately may be built, fed from the Reynovia pump station and serve the higher elevations in the Biscuit Run area. This would be a component of the water system which would have to be provided in future development of the Biscuit Run/Forest Lodge Estates. As property develops, lines can be extended at the developer's cost~nd should be sized adequately to handle the ultimate service. I . Wastewater Service - A major sewer interceptor was extended across Rt. 64 with the capacity to provide service to these neighborhoods. Extension along Biscuit Run is anticipated with ACSA participation to oversize the lines to serve the ultimate Growth Area. The southernmost end of the Biscuit Run Interceptor is between Oak Hill and Mill Creek and currently serves Mill Creek and Reynovia. This interceptor can be extended to serve the expansion area with appropriate sizing. Communitv "Facilities: . Police - This study area lies within Police Sector A-beat- 2. Response time meets that recommended to an Urban Area. Fire and Rescue - This study area receives primary service from the Scottsville Fire Department and secondary service is provided by the East Rivanna Fire Department. Also, the City provides supplementary 24-hour protection. Response time by the County volunteer fire department to this study area is in excess of the recommended time to an Urban Area (five minutes). However, response time from the City fire department (Ridge Street) to the northeastern part of the study area generally satisfy recommended response time to an Urban Area. The Community Facilities Plan recommends the location of a new fire station in the Southern Urban Area to increase respons~ times to the area. , 15 .. At this time, the Charlottesville-Alb~marle Squad provides ALS and BLS the study area. Response time to the study area is excess of that recommended to an Urban Area (4 minutes). The East Rivanna Fire Department also provides BLS service through its "first response" program. Parks - Park service is adequate to this study area. Community level park facilities are provided at Cale Elementary.. District and County level facilities are provided at Walton and Berkley Middle School, Darden Towe Park, and Walnut Creek Park. PVCC facilities and open space are also available for public use. Librarv - The Central Library (located in Downtown Charlottesville) is the closest public library to the study area. The Community Facilities Plan recommends a branch library in the southern urban area. Schools - The area is currently located in the Cale Elementary, Walton Middle School and Western Albemarle High School Districts. It is difficult to estimate enrollment at this time without specific information concerning the total number of units, and the characteristics of these units . including unit type, size of unit and the like. ll"omments : The advantages of this study area for Growth Area designation ~e: Access provided by Route 20, a minor arterial road, and Route 631, a portion of which is being reconstructed and realigned to a four lane divided road. - Generally good topography for development. - The area consists of large holdings of undeveloped land. - Water and sewer service can be provided to the study area through the extension and upgrading of existing service lines. Limitations/constraints of the study are for Growth Area designation are: - The Open Space Plan identifies a large part of this study area as prime soils for forestal activity. - Route 20 and Route 631 beyond the current improvement would likely require upgrading to accommodate additional traffic from development of the study area. Both are designated a County Entrance Corridor Routes and Route 20 is also designated a state Scenic Highway. Improvements will be costly and, in the case of Route 20, may impact the character of the road. Old LynChburg Road and Avon Street would likely receive additional traffic and may also. require further improvements. Old Lynchburg would be difficult to upgrade due to existing development along the road. 16 . - The portion of the study area east of Roue 20 has relatively limited development potential. Development in this area could have a more significant impact on the character of the Route 20 corridor than the value of the holding capacity gained. - community facility needs: existing fire and rescue to the current Growth Area is inadequate. The Community Facilities Plan recommends a fire station in this area. This area is capable of accommodating a variety of residential land use densities and some non-residential uses. f UHKARY OP PINDINGS/COMMENTS: The Land Use Plan is intended to provide direction to guide general long-term decisions regarding the location and character of physical development in the County. While it provides the long term perspective, the timing and design details (scale/density) of specific development proposals should be evaluated at the rezoning stage when the impact of development proposals can be evaluated. Designation as a Growth Area does not guarantee that any development proposal will be approved at any point in time, only that this is an appropriate area for development to take place in the future. Future development proposals would be subject to an evaluation of the area's capability to support a specific development proposal during rezoning review. · While sufficient area exists mathematically to accommodate population growth anticipated over the next twenty years, additional residential areas provide flexibility which may be necessary to continue to encourage development in the Growth Areas and discourage development from occurring in the Rural Areas. The Housing Advisory Committee Report has also identified the designation of more residential areas as a strategy to improve housing affordability by providing a greater inventory of land available for residential development, thereby creating a more competitive market for land available for development. . . · Recent development trends indicate a greater percentage of development is now occurring in the Growth Areas rather than in the Rural Areas. . This appears to be attributed in large part to the availability of larger scale residential developments providing unit types and amenities which better meet market demands. The opportunity to provide necessary land to accommodate the continued planning and development of these types of communities should continue. This will requ~re that larger land areas be available to allow for larger scale development. CUrrently, there are limited opportunities remaining in HollYmead or the Urban Area for larger scale developments to occur. · While the existing inventory of developable industrial land appears sufficient for the planning period, the total developable land designated for commercial service uses is insufficient for the twenty year planning period (it is sufficient for the period up to year 2000) based on either the 17 -'. -.- ..-_......~..... -....- -;- :--.---....-.-. -_._-~_._----_._---~---_.__.._.-- -------~---._---------_._------- L existing standard of providing two-times the anticipated demand,or increasing the standard to allow three~times anticipated demand for location flexibility. · All three study areas contain areas that are appropriate for consideration for Growth Area designation. While the total acreage of all of the study areas is well in excess of what would be necessary for development within the next twenty (20) years and there are limitations (such as road capacity and utility availability) that may affect timing of development of these areas, the study areas seem to be the most logical expansion areas for the County over the long-term (20 year period and beyond). In terms of prioritizing the study areas as the most desirable for expansion, expanding HollYmead north of Proffit Road and east of Route 29, Piney Mountain east of Route 29 to Route 600 and Neighborhood 4/5 excluding the area east of Rte. 20 have the best potential. These areas are considered the best primarily because of developability of the land, road access, and opportunity/ability to be served by utilities. t should be kept in mind that the growth management policy is to ncourage anticipated growth in designated Growth Areas. While articular facilities may be impacted by ultimate development in he identified study areas, those impacts would have to be bsorbed within the community facility/service systems of the ntire County regardless of location. The intent of the Plan is o concentrate development in Growth Areas to allow for more fficient resource delivery while also protecting rural areas. COMMENDATION: · The Towers Land Trust request (CPA-92-05) was deferred by the Board of Supervisors to permit the study of Growth Area expansion to be conducted. Based upon the findings of this study, staff finds that the location of the Towers request is an appropriate location for Growth Area expansion and that there is reasonable justification and need for the land uses proposed. Therefore, staff recommends amending the comprehensive Plan to include the area north of Proffit Road, east of Route 29, South of the North Fork Rivanna River and vest of Route 7.5 in the Bollymead community. . This request would provide an additional l74 acres of low and medium density residential area, 41 acres of commercial and 29 acres of office service. It was identified in this report that additional commercial service area will be needed to meet the anticipated demand by 2015. The Towers request would provide 70 acres largely adjacent to an area already designated Regional Service in the Comprehensive Plan (Route 29 and Route 649 intersection). This could meet some of the long term non-residential land use needs. Timing of development will be dependent on the availability and adequacy of public facilities, utilities and roads. Recommendations for the development of this area to be included in the Plan are: - Limit access to Route 29 to three locations for the entire frontage from Proffit Road to the North Fork Rivanna River. The Towers Land Trust property should be limited to two 18 I --------- i ~ access points to Route 29. The northern-most access point should be aligned with the future access to UREF's North Fork Research Park. Access should be prohibited from the Towers Land Trust site to Route 785. - Consideration should be g~ven to developing a Greenway along the North Fork Rivanna River to protect environmental resources and provide recreational opportunities. The Planning Commission had previously recommended approval of this request to the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors also deferred consideration of the South Fork Land Trust request (CPA-92-02) until the completion of this study. This area is not recommended for inclusion in the Bollymead Growth Area primarily due to the impact of the proposed Keadov Creek Parkway alignment as recommended by the consultant vorking on the Parkway design. The Planning Commission had previously recommended to the Board of Supervisors denial of this request. The commission may wish to defer a recommendation on this request until the Commission and the Board have completed the review of the consultant study of the Meadow Creek Parkway alignment. Should the Planning Commission agree with other staff findings as outlined in this report, staff will make recommendations regarding the other requests and remaining study areas at the next worksession. Unlike CPA-92-05 and CPA-92-02 which were previously heard by the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors, the Planning Commission and Board will have to hold public hearing on these remaining areas. .- 19 ... I ATTACHMENT A I j; LEGEND M^-lOR STREAM V ALLEYS: - - OPEN SPACE CONCEPT MAP .\Ibonwle COUIIlY. Vir&inia J/6r '''' ".. - - - - - -=:I - - t 1 - - ~ '--'.." f~~~i;~': ... Study Area Boundary .' ;'-~. c -.:'1 ~j .<:~. . ~ '. .'-:', " , , i,,_ ~ . . :-' :~, . .,;,:.; ,- .,,' .~. . :.;;~~~~;~. '!~~~t~f ""i~\?..,~\L.r.~~ oJ,: <.~ ..;:~:~~:<~~,;}~"r'~~! "', .~-:.,...~ ~ ..r~'.e1.:~~1.'--- ;."."., . j.;~;., ~I,." ~1.,~... " !ATTACHMENT B I esignated Growth Areas and Study Areas for Expansion 5V' ~ UA'" . J , I .. ......,..'" Albemarle County, Virginia .:.:.::,. Village .. ... ~~~~~ . Community . Neighborhoods m Study Areas .. ~~~, ~~~",1~" Exi ting Growth Areas 8 Stu y Area Boundary !.~;'~,'.. Ap lications 5/ f }, ~l~ --ti x' \ . '"', /1 fl \1 , <I ATTACHMENT D GROWTH AREA LAND USE INVENTORY, DEVELOPABLE LAND GROWTH AREA VR LD MD HD NS CS RS OS IS, ORS Neighborhood 1 0 41 30 0 12 49 0 30 0 Neighborhood 2 600 75 25 4 45 0 14 0 0 Neighborhood 3 398 78 90 7 20 56 0 0 236 Neighborhood 4 719 36 42 0 0 0 0 225 0 Neighborhood 5 307 37 103 12 10 40 2 0 0 Neighborhood 6 449 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 Neighborhood 7 122 0 38 0 0 0 4 0 0 Hollymead 190 0 127 10 30 77 65 709 0 Crozet 640 154 0 12 15 0 0 214 0 Piney Mtn 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 203 0 - Rivanna 897 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Earlysville 246 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 North Garden 972 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 2115 3430 441 455 58 132 222 90 1381 236 TOTAL RESIDENTIAL - 6,441 .- l.....~ '" . . ATTACHMENT E NEW DWELLINGS BY GROWTH AREA/RURAL AREAS YEAR GROWTH AREAS RURAL AREAS TOTAL 1983 708 (66%) 357 (34%) 1065 1984 347 (48%) 378 (52%) 725 1985 323 (45%) 391 (55%) 714 1986 346 (47%) 391 (53%) 737 1987 227 (35%) 427 (65%) 654 1988 278 (41%) 395 (59%) 673 1989 962 (73%) 347 (27%) 1309 1990 469 (58%) 335 (42%) 804 1991 372 (61%) 242 (39%) 614 1992 602 (70%) 264 (30%) 866 *BASED ON BUILDING PERMITS . " .' - ... -- , - -- . . ATTACHMENT F 1985 1990 2000 2010 2015 EMPLOYMENT 1 EMPLOYMENT3 EMPLOYMENT4 EMPLOYMENT4 EMPLOYMENT4 INDUSTRIAL Manufacturing 6,273 6,365 6,365 6,365 6,365 Transportation 435 393 428 466 487 Wholesale Trade 538 500 566 641 673 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL 7246 7 258 7359 7,4n 7,525 Building Square Ft 1,961,604 2,057,604 2,082,597 2,114,576 2,129,575 Developed Acres 2 510 522 528 536 540 Undeveloped Acres 1,109 1,381 Square Feet/Acre 3,846 3,942 Square Feet/E~loyee 271 283 CCJ4MERCIAL Construction 1,124 2,213 2,505 2,836 2,995 Finance 1,168 1,628 1,861 2,127 2,268 Services 4,067 4,543 5,792 7,885 8,273 Retail Trade 3,105 4,576 5,331 6,211 6,n4 TOTAL ClJ4MERCIAL 9,464 12,960 15,489 19,059 20,260 Building Square Ft 3,551,855 4,096,155 4,894,524 6,022,644 6,402,160 Developed Acres 545 621 742 913 971 Undeveloped Acres 544 405 Square Feet/Acre 6,515 6,596 Square Feet/E~loyee 375 316 E~loyment for 1985 from corrected Virginia E~loyment Conmission data. -I Undeveloped acreage is that acreage estimated to be vacant and developable. This acreage does not include floodplain and 25% slopes. E~loyment for 1990 from Virginia E~loyment data, and is not adjusted for possible location reporting errors. Sector growth dates are based on moderate national projections reported in "Industry Output E~loyment" Monthly Labor Review, (Noventler, 1989): pp 24-41. 2015 projections based on BEA Report (1991) Moderate National Projections (1988-2010). 1993 estimate of vacant developable commercial land. ources: Square footage of non-residential land detenained by Albemarle County Department of Planning and OIIIlUlity Development. .- -/ - -. ~ -. -.-- -.. "'!..CJII~1 .;....;.~~ It -........ l')\I''J11 n:.I__ I Growth Area Expansions I '"' II _ ~'-' III;dl1 PINEY MOUNTAIN / HOLL YMEAD ..... . .. (" r ~. '---/ /'/ ,.-' ... / r- --17431 /' L__' ./ .... .b-~ .... '~'" 11 J; . .---? I.,.~- _/' l ~ ~ ~ ~ "ifbl; 1 J ~.~. 0/" .. Forks of the Rivanna River " .. 'T. \ ..... \ '\ .. "'-/ Existing Growth Area Study Area IATTACHMENT GI ," [ 640Lo~ ~ ( 0' ~ ,- ~ (~fj401 \ t ( J :/ ,{'~.~.'/" C- o,", " ,~ /;- )/>1 , // ,<:' , 'f~" ,~ '~- /' ~ , "'0 640 ..\ ~ -~, " " '~ J~ r '-__ __ \ "- ~ j A;, ~ c.; IATTACHMENT HI .... ~ . ~,I' ~ Existing Major Water Line B Existing Major Sewer Line D General Location of Possible Upgrade IATTACHMENT II 1 "'\- I ~'" I':~.I fi/ ~ ~I Growth Area Expansions NEIGHi30RH~obD THREE L ~. , r7 ~Q onfluence of the North and South ~ F rks of the Rivanna River ,- '1". ./ \) '/ '-,a / / T s- '- .~ - ,\' ~' . - -"':. ,,~"" ~/ - y- '.........' // '--_./ I m ---1: lliV . MonllcclO . f:'M ~ Existing Growth Area Study Area (I 'ya', .I 0(1 . ~ :\' J~~ , ~ ~ ~, ~ - ~>---~-v- / ........ . : : , ' , , , ' , , 'r'"--"" ..-....../ ~ ~ )>/ :..;/' ~ [!] Existing Major Water Line El Existing Major Sewer Line I2J General Location of Possible Upgrade ,\ ,~ 64 '- ,fI) Existing Growth Area G:TI Study Area !ATTACHMENT KI ......, Carler MII"\ iJEJ / . (7'35 / ,.-< .~. ) c; ille r CMtef M tn. F,T. /' ......... -----./J /" 79'~ / [!] Existing Major Water line EJ Existing Major Sewer Line !illd General Location of Possible Upgrade : ~, 10-5-93 (Work Session 5:l5) 1 \"i' ),,:/ OCTOBER 5, 1993 - WORK SESSION The Albemarle County Planning Commission held a Work Session on Tuesday, October 5, 1993, Meeting Room 7, County Office Building, Charlottesville, Virginia. Those members present were: Mr. Phil Grimm, Chairman; Mr. Walter Johnson, Vice Chairman; Mr. William Nitchmann; Mr. Tom Jenkins; Mr. Tom Blue; Ms. Ellen Andersen; and Ms. Babs Huckle. Other officials present were: Mr. Wayne Cilimberg, Director of Planning and Community Development and Mr. David BeniSh, Chief of community Development. The Work Session began at 5:15 p.m. .~ " Growth Area Expansion Study The question before the Commssion was that of growth area expansion. Staff explained that the Board was requesting that the Commission "look at the big picture of all the possibilities and to advise them, accordingly," on two specific CPA's which the Commission has already acted upon: CPA-92-05 for Towers Land Trust and CPA-92-02 for South Fork Land Trust. (The Commission had previously recommended approval of Towers and denial of South Fork.) In addition, the Board "would like (the Commission) to look at the whole report in full and comprehensively come back with a recommendation." Mr. Benish presented the staff report. Commission comments: JOHNSON: "Growth in some form is necessary, but I submit that growth management can be to establish an environment which supports development by the private sector and does not necessarily mean that you have to designate a specific area by dictate. Historically, we have not experienced overwhelming success in the development of our growth areas. The success has been as a result of a very few major developers. I'm suggesting that this should be a consideration, not just by this Commission, but that this is a major subject to be taken up with the Board in what we identified previously as a philosophical review of the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. I would like to see the Commission go on record again as requesting such a meeting with the Board as soon as possible because these are coming up time and time again. I'll mention an example of what I'm referring to as to whether or not this designation of growth area vs. another method of setting up an environment within which the private sector can operate and choose their own growth area. No. 1 - We're not going to 10-5-93 (Work Session 5:15) 2 put infrastracture in any growth area; if it's there now, fine, but we can't afford to do it. ... No.2 - Actual experience in one of the developments here is that low area was purchased by the developer at $3,500/acre. The developer took a risk but with tentative, verbal support of the Board. He then made the application for the appropriate zoning. The developer was then, ultimately, able to sell the property for $250,000 to $350,000/acre and with the (profit) he was able to put in the necessary infrastructure. I think this is an example that needs to be seriously considered by both the Board and the Commission together as to how we want to approach this growth area, because once we go ahead and designate it, the price goes from $3,500/acre to $20,000, $30,000/acre." ,; y JOHNSON: Referring to a recent change in the Code in relation to affordable housing: "If we set up an environment in which the private sector can appropriately, efficiently and economically operate, then prior to designating a growth area, developers can come forth with preliminary site plans which can be reviewed and within those preliminary site plans, I believe we do have the authority to address a percentage, or location or availability of affordable housing. Affordable housing is defined as that which does not cost more than 30% of annual income." JOHNSON: "If what I've stated seems like it might have some substance, then with respect to the two applications before us, I think we have a prime example where the developer has decided it is economically feasible for him to operate there. He has taken the lead and it's not just going'out and designating area on the 'if come. '" If the Board can, prior to taking the final action for rezoning, get a preliminary site plan, not binding but with his ideas and what he intends to do, then that would give a much better basis upon which to accomplish the rezoning. In the case of the Towers, I would be in favor of that for reasons I have just stated." Regarding the South Fork request, he felt it could be postponed until the Board has made its decision on the Meadow Creek Parkway or could be approved "pending disapproval of the Meadow Creek Parkway by the Board." He concluded: "I think both of these qualify...for a developer determining that it is economically feasible and desirable for him to proceed now. The only thing I think would be lacking is a preliminary site plan." BLUE: He expressed disagreement with much of Mr. Johnson's remarks. He felt the development referred to by Mr. Johnson in his beginning remarks (Glenmore) had created a lot of controversy because it was a "leap frog." He pointed out that the developer bought the land and then "bribed the County" by offering to pay for the extension of the infrastructure. He felt it had created a lot of problems. . . 10-5-93 (Work Session 5:15) 3 He felt it was the role of the Planning Department to prevent that sort of situation. He did not agree that growth area designation drives up the cost of land. He felt the County could do a better job of planning where infrastructure can and should be extended. He also noted that designation of growth areas offers some guarantee to the public that if they choose to live outside growth areas they can be reasonably sure they will not be in an urban area. He felt the approach currently being followed was the correct approach rather than letting the market define where growth areas will be. BLUE: "It seems to me in good planning we ought to be trying to expand out from our urban areas along the natural routes of gravity sewer whenever possib;te. ... Wqy do we keep pushing out 29, where, even if we go with this tonight and I voted for it before (i.e. Towers Land Trust), we're pushing over the drainage area. Everything there has got to be pumped and we're either going to have to put in bigger pumps or put in a long gravity sewer. Going south and northeast of town the infrastructure is easily extended with gravity sewer and fairly good roads and we have the other advantage of not adding to the traffic burden on 29. ... We ought to be, instead of just stripping up 29, thinking about expanding out and keeping the urban area a little more compact. It seems to me that might be good planning and might be worthy of more consideration." Mr. Johnson felt the differences in his and Mr. Blue's approaches might be cause for an overwhile review with the Board of "how we approach this thing." However, he did not think the two pending applications should be delayed. . Mr. Johnson pointed out that the question of transportation will have to be addressed if Towers and South Fork requests are approved. HUCKLE: "I am thoroughly in favor of having growth areas and am happy to see that growth has been taking place in growth areas. I think we really need to bite the bullet on this transportation thing. We have seen what happens with the Meadow Creek Parkway, where if development takes place first, before the road, then people don't want the road. ... We need some parallel roads. How can we make sure there will be roads arid we won't be back in the same predicament of having opposition to roads which are needed." She suggested waiting until "there are enough applicants to chip in on this road and prove that there is a need for it rather than going at this backwards." GRIMM: He expressed agreement with Mr. Blue's comments regarding the concept of a growth area. "As representatives of County government we need to provide some leadership in determining where the growth areas should be in order to . . 10-5-93 (Work Session 5:15) 4 provide a lead for people who want to then come and do the development. That's what planning is all about.1I There were brief comments about the sewer service to the northern part of the County and the lack of sufficient water to run the sewage treatment plant. Because of the possibility of pumping water from the river, Mr. Blue again stated that he felt it was very important that the Board make a firm decision as to whether or not Chris Green Lake will ever be used as a reservoir, because if is not it could be used to supplement the sewage treatment plant. It was Mr. Blue's opinion that it is highly 'unlikely that Chris Green Lake will ever be used as a water supply lIand all we have available is what's in the river.1I Mr. Grimm agreed it was important this decision be made. M~. Huckle:felt the use of Chris Green Lake should not be IIforeclosedll because it is lIa very important ace in the hole.1I Mr. Blue did not think it would make much difference in the event of a severe drought because if other sources are dry, Chris Green will be drying up also. JOHNSON: He suggested that before discussing the issue of growth areas at length comments should be sought from developers given the fact that they will be expected to help finance the infrastructure. He asked the question: IIHow are we going to accommodate growth if we can't (afford) the infrastructure? (Mr. Grimm agreed costs would have to be shared by the County and developers.) JENKINS: He pointed out that the County has been going through this same exercise for 20 years and lithe rural areas have been fussing about the tax rate to support this . growth. II HUCKLE: Referring to an area along Rt. 20, Ms. Huckle asked if it wouldn't be "more logicalll to develop that area since it has access to water and sewer and is in close proximity to Interstate 64. (Mr. Blue recalled that the Board of Supervisors had declined to make that area a growth area twenty years ago because of the belief that Rt. 20 IIwasn't designed for that kind of traffic.1I Mr. Benish confirmed that the biggest constraints are road access. (Mr. Johnson felt the constraints of Rt. 20 "were nothing when compared to the roads in the northern area.") NITCHMANN: IIBefore this growth thing goes forward, in some future sessions, I think we certainly need to have some discussion on the expansion of the growth area on 250 East. Then you get the expansion of the urban ring situation which continues to grow out from the center.1I .. . 10-5-93 (Work Session 5:15) 5 Recommendations It was agreed more work sessions would be needed to study the growth area question. Mr. Johnson suggested that staff develop a schedule for work sessions which could be sent to the "appropriate authorities" so that they can offer their input. Action on CPA's BLUE: "I would be relatively comfortable with recommending what we had before with the exception that the Meadow Creek Parkway is slightly different now..:I just hate to stretch them out. On the other hand, even with the Towers, your argument sounded good to me that we alr~ady are going to have to do something to upgrade the utilities there so we could go ahead and support our original recommendation on the Towers Land Trust without getting outselves into a pickle, so to speak, that we end up approving something that requires more utilities than we are able to provide. I think we ought to do a lot more study. I agree we ought to have some experts here on both transportation and utilities to help us decide on the whole thing on the growth areas, but I, frankly, don't know how I feel about what we should do about the Towers now. I have already decided once and voted in favor of it and I don't think I have learned anything tonight that would make me change my mind about that." Mr. Johnson expressed interest in changing the action taken on South Fork "since there has been some discussion of Meadow Creek and see if we couldn't recommend approvai on the assumption that the Meadow Creek Parkway in that area will not be approved by the Board." (Mr. Grimm questioned the ability to make that assumption.) Mr. Blue questioned how Mr. Johnson's suggestion would help the applicant since "he could still be hanging on for years while we are fussing about the Meadow Creek Parkway." Mr. Jenkins felt the issue of the Meadow Creek Parkway should be finalized before taking action on the South Fork request. Mr. Nitchmann questioned the boundaries shown on the map. Staff explained this was "just a start" and the Commission could adjust them after further study. In relation to Towers, Mr. Nitchmann asked "if the experts have fully covered the utiity aspect, consideration of roads, future school needs, etc." Mr. Cilimberg confirmed that none of those issues have been ignored. MOTION: Mr. Nitchmann moved that CPA-92-05 for Towers Land Trust be recommended to the Board of Supervisors for approval and that CPA-92-02 for South Fork Land Trust be deferred until the resolution of the Meadow Creek Parkway question. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion. .. . 10-5-93 (Work Session 5:15) 6 Discussion: In response to Mr. Johnson's question, Mr. Cilimberg stated it was his understanding the applicant intended to present a full site plan at the time of the rezoning. Mr. Cilimberg interpreted it was the Commission's intent that either a proffered plan or a planned development be offered. He felt that was in line with the applicant's plans. It is at that time that the Board and Commission will have to satisfy their concerns about utilities, transportation and public services. HUCKLE: "Let the record show that l' still feel this is premature until the utilities Master Plan is completely finished and until some real considerat+en is giv~n to the transportation problem. I think w~ would be making another irresponsible mistake to add more growth to the area which it's unable to manage now." Mr. Nitchmann stated he might feel that way too if not for the fact that the property is already contiguous to a growth area and is a natural extension of that area. "Those are battles we are going to have to fight down the road once we see site plans, ect. GRIMM: "The only way we'll ever get adequate roads out there is through development. It won't happen any other way; it never does. We cannot pay to build a road in a wilderness. " The previously stated motion passed (5:2) with Commissioners Huckle and Jenkins casting the dissenting votes. Mr. Cilimberq's Summarization of the Commission's Recommendation to the Board "You looked at these 2 proposals within the context of the overall Growth Area report and your action was taken based on that knowledge, but your are reserving any comments on the full growth area expansion question until after additional work sessions and public hearings. You want to address the philosophy of the designation of growth areas as opposed to some other approach, transportation adequacy, cost efficiency, and the opportunity for utility expansion; and you want to get input on transportation and utilities as well as possible developer comments. II (The Commission confirmed this was accurate.) The work session ended at 6:50 p.m. .. l,..".,. ,k;, t COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Albemarle County Planning Commission 401 Mcintire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22901-4596 (804) 296-5823 No ember 17, 1992 Gr at Eastern Management Company c/ Don Wagner P. O. Box 5526 Ch rlottesville, VA 22905-0526 RE CPA-92-05 Towers Land Trust De r Mr. Wagner: Th Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on November 11, 19 2, deferred the above-noted request to amend the Comprehensive Plan to ex and the Growth Area Boundary of the Hollymead Community to include Regional Se vice, Office Service and Low and Medium Density Residential uses. The area un er consideration for these designations is east of Route 29N, south of No th Fork Rivanna River, west of Route 785 and north of Proffit Road (Route 64 ). s petition was deferred to be heard no later than September 30, 1993. Board requested that staff undertake a study of the entire area including Hollymead Community, Piney Mountain Village, the South Fork Land Trust uest, UREF's property and the urban growth areas. This was done with the erstanding that this request will supersede work planned on the next five r update of the total Comprehensive Plan. should have any questions or comments regarding the above noted action, do not hesitate to contact me. unity Development " ( ,--: Distributed to Board: ---,_':':.~::- -j.t ~ 1 i :,' (~,,'l A d It t' '- ! . - I ' / gen a ,em '.0, __--1.....:.,"__ !,,_..:~ '" COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Depl. of Planning & Community Development 40] Mclntire Road Charlottesville. Virginia 229024596 (804) 296-5823 o tober 21, 1992 G eat Eastern Management Company coDon Wagner P. O. Box 5526 C arlottesville, VA 22905-0526 CPA-92-05 Towers Land Trust Mr. Wagner: e Albemarle County Planning Commission, at its meeting on tober 20, 1992, by a vote of 5-2, recommended approval of the ove-noted amendment to the Albemarle County Board of pervisors. P ease be advised that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors w'll review this petition and receive public comment at their meting on November 11, 1992. Any new or additional information r garding your application must be submitted to the Clerk of the Bard of Supervisors at least seven days prior to your scheduled h aring date. have any questions or comments regarding the above- please do not hesitate to contact me. B. Benish of Community Development Lettie E. Neher Amelia McCulley Jo Higgins . e e TAFF PERSON: LANNING COMMISSION: OARD OF SUPERVISORS: DAVID B. BENISH OCTOBER 20, 1992 NOVEMBER 11, 1992 TOWERS LAND TRUST HOLLYMEAD EXPANSION QUEST a request to expand the HollYmead Growth Area north of Road (Route 649), east of U.S. Route 29, west of Route 85, and south of the North Fork Rivanna River. The total study rea consists of approximately 450 acres. The Towers Land Trust equest consists of 257 acres. The proposed land uses include egional Service (41 acres), Office Service (29 acres), eighborhood Service (13 acres), and Low and Medium Density esidential (174 acres). Attachment A is the current Hollymead and Use Map which also depicts the proposed expansion area. The pplicant's request is Attachment B. Attachment C is the pplicant's conceptual plan for development. ACKGROUND his request was originally submitted in 1989 after adoption of he updated Comprehensive Plan. During the review of the Plan, a umber of requests to expand the Hollymead Growth Area were roposed by the landowners. The Board of Supervisors decided to dopt the Plan as proposed at that time without modifying the ollymead boundary and advised the applicants that, after the lan's adoption, their requests would be considered as part of a omprehensive evaluation of the Hollymead Growth Area for xpansion. Five requests were submitted which were located in ithin three general areas adjacent to Hollymead. These became he study areas evaluated by staff (Attachment D). The five equests are as follows: niversit Real Estate Foundation UREF - Request to ir~"lre ithin the community boundary approximately 285 acres locQted est of Rt. 29, north of the existing community boundary to the orth Fork of the Rivanna River, and west to Route 606. The equest is for industrial service land use designation in order o permit the development of a 525 acre research office park onsisting of 3,000,000 square feet building area. UREF resently owns 240 acres of adjacent property to the south zoned D-IP, Planned Development Industrial Park, and LI, Light ndustrial. All properties are to be developed under one onsolidated plan. Kessler Group - Request to add approximately 100 acres to the community for low density residential use. The property is located north of Rt. 643, west of the Norfolk-Southern Railway and east of the existing Hollymead Community. The 1 e e intent according to the applicant would be to develop this property along with other adjacent land already within Hollymead under a planned development approach. Donald Brown - Request to add approximately 24 acres of land between the existing eastern boundary and west of Proffit Road to the community to be designated for low density residential use. Terrv Spaid - Request for low density residential land use in the area between the existing eastern boundary and Proffit Road. The total area is 11 acres. Towers Land Trust - This request to add approximately 257 acres to the community. ~he Kessler Group, Brown, and Spaid requests are potentially mpacted by the Meadow Creek Parkway-Timberwood Connector ~lignment and should not be considered until the Meadow Creek Parkway study is completed. The UREF proposal may be resubmitted by the applicant in the near future. UREF is aware of the ~ommission's and Board consideration of this request. Prior to the Board's review of the HollYmead expansion, the ~ower's Land Trust indefinitely deferred their amendment request. ~his deferral was based in part on the staff's and Planning Commissions' recommendation to not amend the Plan until certain ~tudies had been completed and issues resolved. The Board of Supervisors decided not to amend the Hollymead Growth Area until ~he following studies/issues had been completed on resolved: . ~. a. Development of a Community Facilities Plan; Development of a County Open Space Plan; Development of a fiscal impact model and analysis of the County to determine impact of growth on the County; Resolution of the Route 29 Bypass location; Resolution of the Meadow Creek Parkway lor~rirn. ~. D. t has been the County's position that requests for expanding ~ollymead or significant changes in land use designation in ~ollymead not be considered until the above-noted items are completed. Once this work is completed, a comprehensive evaluation of the HollYmead/Piney Mountain area would be ~ndertaken. ~owever, based on recent decisions by the Board to consider and ~dopt amendments to the Hollymead and nearby Piney Mountain Growth Areas, the applicant believes this is no longer the County policy and has requested Board consideration of the request. 2 e e liUMMARY OF STAFF FINDINGS As noted above, the County policy concerning the expansion to Hollymead had been not to consider major expansion or land use changes until all issues/studies had been completed or resolved. However, the Board has recently approved two major amendments in this area (new Industrial Service designation in Piney Mountain and new Regional Service, Office Service, High Density Residential west of Route 29 and south of Airport Road). All but two of the five issues/studies identified have been completed. Only the fiscal impact model and analysis and Meadow Creek Parkway alignment still need to be completed. The Meadow Creek parkway does not directly impact this site, although the evaluation of the Timberwood Parkway alternatives may be impacted by this expansion. Sewer capacity is now available at the Camelot treatment plant to support some level of development in this drainage area. However, both water and sewer service will need to be upgraded in the ultimate demands in the existing designated Growth Area (Albemarle County Service Authority comments are Attachment E). According to the Albemarle County Service Authority, adding this area under consideration into the Growth Areas will not precipitate the need to expand water and sewer service. That is already dictated by the requirements of the existing growth area. An incremental increase in the size of any new facilities will need to be provided for the expanded growth area. The Open Space Plan designates the stream valleys of the North Fork Rivanna River and Flat Branch for consideration for protection. Both are perennial streams affected by the current WRPA buffer requirements. Because U.S. 29 is a designated entrance corridor route, a buffer area is also recommended along the route. OtbA't'l.d '~e the bulk of the area is not shown as containing signi~i~~nt open space resources. All areas identified for possible protection can be incorporated into development plans for the area. Police, Fire and Rescue Service currently do not meet the recommended response times for service to the Hollymead Community. Development of a Police Satellite Station in the northern portion of the Urban Area or Hollymead community is currently recommended for funding in the CIP. Also under study will be the location of a new fire station, possibly in the Hollymead area. This expansion area is currently located in the Hollymead Elementary School district and will also be served by the new Hollymead Middle School and Albemarle High School. It 3 . e e is difficult to project enrollment without knowing more detail concerning the type of development (breakdown of current type, size, rental/owner). However, high and low projection would range from 350 to 1,380 pupils with ultimate development of the site. It should be kept in mind that the growth management policy is to encourage anticipated growth in designated Growth Areas. While facilities may be impacted by ultimate development, those impacts would have to have absorbed within the system regardless of location. The intent of the Plan is to concentrate development into Growth Areas to allow for more efficient resource delivery while also protecting rural areas. p. Route 785 is currently considered non-tolerable. Although recently paved, the road contains some deficiencies in geometric (curvature of alignment and road width) . Depending upon traffic splits and access points to public roads, Route 785 and Proffit Road may need upgrading. 36,000 to 40,000 vehicle trips could be generated from the proposed development. Primary access would be anticipated on to u.s. 29. Ultimate build-out of this area will likely require additional improvements to U.s. 29 north of Airport/Proffit Road. Interchanges are a possibility at major intersections on Rt. 29. ~. Additional residential areas have been identified by as being needed by staff during the previous review of the Comprehensive Plan. The Housing Advisory Committee Report has also identified the designation of more residential areas as a strategy to improve housing affordability by providing a greater inventory of land available for residential development, thereby creating a more competitive market for land available for development. with the recent approval Qf ' Plan amendment to provide 50 acres of Regional Servi~d _n HollYmead, the Land Use Plan now contains two-times the anticipated demand for Regional Service uses. This is the standard established in the Comprehensive Plan for providing the total area for non-residential land use designations. There are now only two sites in the Land Use Plan in excess of 25 acres (Neighborhood 3 on U.S. 250 East and the new Hollymead site). This proposal provides a logical extension of an existing Regional Service Area with a good location relative to major road intersections, and one that meets most of the Comprehensive Plan standards/guidelines for the location of commercial uses. 4 e e The Neighborhood Service is not seen as being necessary to serve this area given the proximity of the proposed regional service area and the existing commercial zoning along u.s. 29 in the Piney Mountain Village. The Office Service designation provides a logical and appropriate transitional use between a major commercial/service area and residential areas. However, the total area being requested is in excess of that anticipated to be needed. The Office Service designation is considered to be a designation which accommodates employment generating uses, and is seen as being similar to the Industrial Service designation. There is sufficient area now designated in the Plan to support employment generating uses. ~COMMENDATION: Staff continues to believe a comprehensive evaluation of all requests to modify the Hollymead Growth Area should be undertaken upon completion of the fiscal impact model development and analysis and the Meadow Creek Study. Should the Commission and Board choose consider this request, staff opinion is that this area is an appropriate location for expansion of the Hollymead Community for the land uses proposed with the following changes: -Delete Neighborhood Service designation along u.S. 29; -Limit access to u.S. 29 to three locations for the entire study area. The Towers property should be limited to two access points to u.S. 29. The northern most access to U.S. 29 should be aligned with the future access to the UREF Office/Research/Industrial Park. -Specific location of low, medium and high density residential should be identified within the residential area. Staff has identified a deficiency in land designated for High Densi~v R~sidential use in the Growth Areas. Consideration ~r. u~d be given to designating High Density Residential area within this expansion area. ~TAFF ANALYSIS Site suitability - This area is located north of Rt. 649, east of ~t. 29 North, and south of the North Fork Rivanna River. It ~onsists of approximately 450 acres of land available for ~evelopment. SlODes - About 15 acres of critical slopes were identified mostly along stream valleys. Most is located adjacent to North Fork ~ivanna River floodplain. 5 e e - Approximately 30 acres of 100 year floodplain were from HUD and FEMA maps, mostly along the North Fork o 0 ra h - The site lies within the drainage basin of the North ork Rivanna River watershed, below the intake point. The area onsists of rolling topography consisting of moderate slopes. ome drainage areas exists with associated steep slopes. oils - Soils generally consist of Elioak, Glenelg, and Hazel oam and Fauquier silt loam. Soils have few limitations for evelopment. Stream valley areas limited by critical slopes and hallow depth to bedrock. xistin Land Uses - Existing uses in this area consist of: uilding supply store; truck sales dealership; one church; ursery, bank, mobile home park; scattered single-family esidential development along Rt. 785. tilities - (See ACSA comments, Attachment E). The Camelot ewage Treatment Plant and North Rivanna Water Treatment Plant erve the Growth Area north of Airport/Proffit Road. There is xisting capacity available in the Camelot plant to accommodate ome short term demand. However, the plant is not adequately ized to service the ultimate build out of the existinq Growth rea located within its drainage area (primarily north of irport/Proffit Road). Eventually, the plant will have to be liminated and replaced with a sewer interceptor or pumping tation/force main to the Powell's Creek interceptor. his area would be served by the North Rivanna Water Treatment lant. Although the plant capacity is adequate to serve ultimate evelopment, raw water supply is inadequate. Additional water ould be needed to serve the existing Growth Area. Additional ater supply can be provided from either Chris Greene Lake or hrough a connection to the South Rivanna water system. Swimming ould have to bp prohibited at Chris Greene Lake if it were to be sed as a ~~~,r supply. he proposed expansion will not precipitate the need to expand ater and sewer service. Expansion of service are already equired under the existing Land Use Plan for HollYmead and Piney ountain. However, the expansion will affect the extent of dditional service that will need to be provided. oads - The proposed expansion area is bounded by U.S. 29, Rt. 85, and R.t 649 (Proffit Road). U.S. 29 Currently carries 7,000 vehicle trips per day north of Airport/Proffit Road. oute 29 from Airport/Proffit Road to South Fork Rivanna is cheduled to be widened to six lanes beginning in FY1995-96. The orthern access to u.S. 29 is not located at an existing rossover. 6 e e ~oute 785 is currently considered non-tolerable by VDOT. ~lthough recently paved the area still substandard road ~eometrics. Route 785 carries 315 vehicle trips per day. Proffit Road from Worth Crossing to just east of Jefferson ~illage is considered non-tolerable. Proffit Road carries 4,332 ~ehicle trips per day. Community Facilities: Police - Hollymead lies within the Police Department Sector C response area. Response times are in excess of that recommended for the urban area (ten minutes). Twenty-seven percent of all calls originate from the 29 North Corridor. The community Facilities Plan recommends the location of a police substation to serve the northern area of the County. Based on service demand and existing roadway network and traffic patterns, a location in the Hollymead Community would hold the best potential to serve the area. Funding for construction of such a station (possible government satellite facility) is scheduled for FY1995-96. Fire and Rescue - The Hollymead area is primarily served by the Earlysville Fire Department and secondary service is provided by Seminole Trail Fire Department. Also, the City and County have a contract where the City agrees to provide supplementary 24-hour protection to the County. The City generally responds with one truck to this area. Response time in the Hollymead area is in excess of the recommended response time to Urban Areas (five minutes) . Currently, aerial truck service is provided only by the City. The City provides aerial truck service if the required staffing is available and the truck is not needed in the City. Estimated response time to the Hollymead area i~ fifteen minutes. The Facilities Plan recommends the location of a new fire station to serve HollYmead and Piney Mountain. At this time, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (CARS) provides ALS and BLS service to Hollymead. The Earlysville Fire Department and the Seminole Trail Fire Department also provide BLS service thorough its "first responder" program. Responding with emergency medical technicians (EMT's), they are simUltaneously dispatched with rescue squads. Estimated response time for CARS is thirteen minutes. The Community Facilities Plan recommends four minutes or less. The Community Facilities Plan recommends that related and 7 e e complementary services be located within one complex and centralized whenever possible. Therefore, the possibility of a rescue squad in conjunction with a new fire department should be considered. Parks - Park service is adequate to the Hollymead areas. Community level service is currently being provided by HollYmead Elementary. The northern portion of the Hollymead area is lacking in district park service; however, the new HollYmead Middle School is expected to provide adequate district park level service to the Community. County park level service is provided through Chris Green Lake. Librarv - The Northside Branch (Albemarle Square Shopping center) is the closest library to provide service to the Hollymead area. Schools - This area is currently located in the Hollymead Elementary School, Jouett Middle School, and Albemarle High School districts. This area will be located within the new Hollymead Middle School district. It is difficult to estimate enrollment at this time without more specific information concerning the total number of units, and the characteristics of those units including unit type (apartment, townhouse, single family detached), size of units, and the like. However, low and high enrollment projections range from 350 to 1,380 pupils, with the likely total enrollment anticipated somewhere at the mid-point of these extremes. Build out of this area would likely impact elementary school facilities the most, with either expansion or districting of existing schools and/or construction of a new school required. An additional elementary school in the northern portion of the County has already been considered as a mid to long-term need by the Long Range Planning Committee for schools. The new middle school is already in the planning and development stage in the Hollymead area. An evaluation of high school capacity and expansion is anticipated to be undertaken in the next fiscal year. poncerning Community facilities, it should be kept in mind that he growth management policy is to encourage anticipated growth n designated Growth Areas. While facilities may be impacted by ~ltimate development, those impacts would have to have absorbed ~ithin the system regardless of location. The intent of the Plan s to concentrate development into Growth Areas to allow for more ~fficient resource deliver while also protecting rural areas. 8 e e en S ace Plan Anal sis - stream valleys are identified along he North Fork Rivanna River and Flat Branch. Both are perennial treams which would fall under the WRPA buffer requirements. A reenway corridor along the North Fork should be considered if he Hollymead/Piney Mountain Growth Areas are expanded. are no important agricultural or forestal soils in the oute 29 North is a designated entrance corridor. There is one istoric site in study area 2: the Laurel Hill Church. designated buffer is shown in the southwest corner egional service designation in Hollymead Community. pon the ultimate land uses designated in this area, ay not be necessary. based on the Depending this buffer bulk of the area is not identified as containing significant pen space area. All areas identified for possible protection an be incorporated into development plans for the area. ONSISTENCY WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN he entire site currently lies outside the boundary for the ollYmead Community. The applicant is requesting an amendment to he comprehensive Plan to include this area within the designated rowth area of Hollymead. his project proposes a significant scale of development for both ommercial and residential development, therefore, this report ill review the residential and commercial aspects of the project eparately. esidential - A total of 174 acres are proposed for low to edium residential with a gross density of 7.5 dwellings per cree At this density, a total of 1,305 dwellings could be eveloped, housing a total of 3,100 residents. At this time, the pplicant has not specified the unit type or other design aspects f the residential area. Generally the higher density evelopment will likely be between u.s. 29 and the internal spine oad. esidential Land Use Standards in the Comprehensive Plan rimarily focus on more detailed design issues and are not elevant at this stage of review. primary concern of staff related to residential development is he availability of adequate low density residential areas in the ounty to accommodate market demand for low density, single- amily detached housing. staff has also identified the need for dditional high density areas, due to development of existing and designations. 9 e e he growth management goal in the new Comprehensive Plan promotes combination of: (1) growth areas to support future growth; and, 2) conservation of rural areas for resource protection purposes. he Plan states that this and future plans must make adjustments hat can influence development patterns to better meet growth anagement goals, including the addition of growth areas. arly in the discussions of the revised Plan, the Planning ommission discussed enlarging existing growth areas to help ttract building activity away from the rural area. A concern as the great reserve of potential rural area building lots as ompared to the growth areas' dwelling unit potential. In articular, low density areas were determined to be lacking in he existing growth areas. Expansion areas were added to the rban Area, Crozet, and North Garden. The Board of Supervisors upported these recommendations and further analyzed other xpansion areas. However, in its final decision the Ivy and tony Point Villages were deleted as Growth Areas. The Rivanna illage was added in 1989. As a result, the imbalance of rural rea to growth area dwelling unit potential (estimated in 1990 to e a maximum 54,500 lots in the rural areas versus a range of 5,400 to 39,900 dwelling units in growth areas) still exists. onditions present when the Planning commission began reviewing he Comprehensive Plan in 1987 still exist. An existing and uture rural/growth area development imbalance remains. esidential development in the rural area continues at a rate verage 40% of total new residential development annually. Recent evelopments such as Mill Creek, Mill Creek South, Forest Lakes, nd The Highlands at Mechums River, have helped maintain the rowth Area percentage of total development at 50 to 60 percent ver the past few years. With the development of the UREF esearch Office Park, there will be additional demands for ousing, and potential pressure for more development in the rural reas. ommercial - This request includes 41 acres of regional service otentially accommodating 450,000 square feet of building area nd 29 acres of office service accommodating 350,000 square feet f office space. pecific recommendations of the Land Use Plan for commercial ervice areas in Hollymead are as follows: o Reqional service on Route 29 North at Route 649. This area is intended to serve commercial service needs for the Hollvrnead community. the airport. and Route 29 North traffic. This location is expected to accommodate multiple uses for future commercial development convenient to a variety of users. 10 e e o No commercial uses on either side of Route 29 UP to the entrance of the existinq Hollvmead Subdivision. It is the intent of the plan that the larqe regional use area south of the Rivanna River not extend north of the river on the east or west side of Route 29. Service areas as shown in the plan are sufficient for the foreseeable future. rrhe applicant has stated that the existing regional service area ~vailable in this area is inadequate to serve future needs and is equesting the additional area as an expansion of this regional ~ervice area. From a locational standpoint, this area is ~enerally consistent with the recommendations for concentrating ~egional service activity in the Route 29/649 area. rhis proposal's consistency with the commercial land use ~tandards of the Plan are as follows: o Locate commercial zoninq districts only in ~lanned qrowth areas. This is a request to include this area within the Hollymead growth area boundary. o Concentrate and cluster hiqhwav-oriented commercial activities to minimize traffic hazards and adverse visual impacts. This proposal basically extends the existing regional service area at Route 29 to the north. o Provide linear landscape areas alonq public roads and property line. Plans for the PUD have not been developed. o Accomplish rezonings to a commercial designation f~~ site of three acres or more under a planned development zoninq desiqnation accompanied by a transportation analysis plan. The applicant would be developing this project under a Planned Unit Development approach. A transportation study has not been provided for this development, therefore, specific impacts from this regional service area cannot be determined. Traffic estimates are that 36,000 to 40,000 vehicle trips per day would be generated from this area, approximately 23,000 of which would be generated by the regional service and office service activity. 11 e e o Employ commercial office uses as transitional areas between residential areas and heavier commercial or industrial areas. An office service area is shown as a transitional area between the regional service and residential sections in the proposed PUD. However, no transitional area or buffering is indicated between the regional service area and the existing residential areas to the east. recent approval of the Regional Service area east of .S. 29, south of Airport Road, the reservoir of designated ommercial land in the Land Use Plan is currently at two times he anticipated need for commercial land which is the minimum atio recommended in the Comprehensive Plan to provide adequate ocation flexibility. The additional 41 acres would take the 'nventory slighlty above this two times demand ratio. ith the recent approval of a Plan amendment to provide 50 acres f Regional Service in Hollymead, the Land Use Plan now contains wo-times the anticipated demand for Regional Service uses. This 's the standard established in the Comprehensive Plan for roviding the total area for non-residential land use esignations. There are now only two sites in the Land Use Plan 'n excess of 25 acres (Neighborhood 3 on U.S. 250 and the new ollYmead site). This proposal provides a logical extension of n existing Regional Service Area with a good location relative o major road intersections, and one that meets most of the omprehensive Plan standards/guidelines for the location of ommercial uses. he Neighborhood Service is not seen as being necessary to serve his area. Given the proximity of the proposed regional service nd the existing commercial zoning exiting along U.s. 29 in the iney Mountain Village. om rehensive Plan Amendment Criteria - The followin~ ,.-~ staff omments regarding the consistency of this proposal witu the riteria established for review of Comprehensive Plan amendment equest (See Attachment F for criteria). The applicant has not rovided specific comments regarding these criteria. RITERIA A: The general location of this request is considered o hold potential as an expansion area for Hollymead in regards o location and physical characteristics of the area. The rimary constraint to expansion to this area is the availability f adequate water and to serve the ultimate development of this rea sewer service, and adequacy of existing roadways to ccommodate additional traffic, particularly in regard to traffic enerated from the commercial and office activity. Development 12 e e f the UREF Industrial Park will increase the need for more esidential to the population growth associated with that evelopment. This area could provide a reasonable location to eet that housing needs. riteria B: In regards to the proposed residential development, his proposal would tend to support the County's growth anagement goal by providing for additional residential areas ithin a designated growth area and discouraging growth in the ural area. However, it is difficult at this time to determine hether the proposed residential development would provide the ype of housing which is now being provided in the rural area, hereby drawing development away from the rural areas. he growth management goal emphasizes the need to promote the fficient utilization of the County resources, this includes the iscal and land resources of the County. In this regard, the iming/phasing of development and ultimate build out should be aken into consideration. The applicant has not provided a pecific phasing of development and build out. urrently Route 785 and Proffit Road are considered non- olerable. Route 785 was recently paved, but still contains some ubstandard road gemoetrics (curvature of road). Additional mprovements will probably be necessary on Route 785, Proffit oad, and Route 29 to maintain an adequate level of service on hese roads, however, a traffic analysis has not been done for his development, to date. A traffic study would be required ith the submittal of a rezoning request. Three access points re being shown for the Towers request, two on U.S. 29 and one on t. 785. The northern most access is not located at an existing rossover. This access point should be aligned with the existing rossover to the north across from the UREF Research Office Park ccess. All access to U.S. 29 from this study area should be inimized. Approval of the expansion area may impact the onsideration of Timberwood connector alternatives to the Meadow reek Parkway. tility and Community Facilities have already been addressed reviously in this report. Sewer capacity is now available at he Camelot treatment plant to support short-term demand for ervice within this drainage area. However, both water and sewer ervice will need to be upgraded in the ultimate demands in the xistin designated Growth Area (ACSA comments are Attachment E). ccording to the Albemarle County Service Authority, adding this rea under consideration into the Growth Areas will not recipitate the need to expand water and sewer service. That is lready dictated by the requirements of the existing growth area. n incremental increase in the size of any new facilities will eed to be provided for the expanded growth area. riteria D: Compliance with County plans and policies have been 13 e e ~ddressed throughout this report. The applicant has not submitted a traffic study for this project. This will be a ~equirement of a rezoning request. ~riteria E: Development of the UREF Airport Research Office Park Will likely increase the demand for housing and need for ~dditional residential areas for the County. Further review of ~he employment projections and land use allocations as part of ~he UREF proposal will determine whether there is a need for additional industrial, office, and commercial land use ~esignations. ~-------------------- ~ttachments: ~ - Current Hollymead Land Use Map B - Applicant's Request ~ - Applicant Conceptual Plan for Development b - Previous (1989) study Areas for Hollymead Expansion ~ - Albemarle County Service Authority Comments F - Comprehensive Plan Amendment Criteria 14 ~ACHMENT A I ............- ~.- .-1::/, "-..../ I ./ /f \ v-- \. I " \ ./ \ ~ I } ) ) I~~ / I ( ,- i / J / r-~ ,~1 '-, '''"- -{ \J Cl " ",,-- r' - ,"" J ~--- \ '''\ v ommunity of Hollymead ,1 '-\ --j' 1.,'- I i r'\ \ ( ~ l..., " \ -...... _....~ ) ( ,---.(' ----.~. ......... .... '\ '" -,"-. ,,",- \... '- 0________ / / ,?j"- '-, '~~" LAND USE PA TTERNS :~~\~1 OFFICE/REGIONA, L SERVICE ,>~ ~J ~""~ :j l'~ OFFICE SERVICE __ J Wt11NDUSTRIAL SERVICE l','::,::) REGIONAL SERVICE - e I ATTACHMENT B I GREAT EASTERN MANAGEMENT COMPANY POGT O~~ICl!; Box II.Slt!! CHA~L.OTTE.Vll..LI!:. VI..aINI.... 2.:2.liIOI:I.OI!l2E1 GEN!"AL. OFFICE PRO~tRTY MAN.G~M!NT TtL.ECOF'IER .r 8041 2~e'4 t 41 (80412~e'4109 (B0412lil3-SHI7 November 26, 1991 HAND DELIVERED Mr. V. Wayne Cilimber; Director of Planning and Community Development County of Albemarle 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA ~2901-4S96 Dear Wayne: Re: CPA-89-03 and ZMA-89-l1 Towers Land Trust In February 1990, we formally requested a deferral of the above listed Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Zoning Map Amendment. This wae done in recognition of staff's concern about the need for infor- ation which would come from various County studies that were then in progress and a decision on the U. S. 29 by-pass question. At the time of our original deferral request, we stated that we would con- sider further deferrals, and, as a result of subsequent discussions ith Staff, we have several times agreed to leave the request.s on old pending completion of ongoing Staff work. e have for some time been aware of staff's position that pending roposals for significant changes near the Hollymead community hould be considered simultaneOUSly, along with any other recom- endations staff might have for the area. That continues to seem to s to be the most appropriate approach. We are now concerned, how- ver, that apparently because of a possible impact on providing anitary sewer servi~p to the airport the Board of Supervisors has xpressed an intetebc in reviewing one of the pending proposals in dvanee of Staff's comprehensive recommendations for the area. As ou are aware, the Flat Creek area of the Towers Land Trust property s also important for Sewer, for both the northeast quadrant of the ntersection of Route 29 with Airport/Proffit Roads which we want to ring into the growth area and for some of the land already in the rowth area on the west ~ide of Route 29. iven this situation, we request that our proposals be put on ohedule for review by the Planning Commission as soon as possible nd that Board of Supervisors consideration for our requests be imultaneous with any other major Comprehensive plan Amendments ndjor Zoning Map Ame~dments for the Hollyme~d area. OItVEr..OPMII:NT . CONST..UCTION . ~IN""NCE: . M....NAOEMII:N... -' . , . , / " e e LAW OFFICES PAX?ON, SMITH, GILLIAM & SCOTT A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION GEORGE ARRISON GILLIAM WILLIAM ASSIE SMITH, ..JR. W. STEPH N SCOTT LARRY ..J, .ELWAIN ROGER C, ILEY CHRISTIN C, CHAPMAN ROBERT ..J KRONER + POST OFFICE BOX 2737 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 22902 (804) 296-2161 FAX (804) 293.2073 418 EAST WATER STREET C. ARMONDE PAXSON (IQ05-1976.) WILLIAM MASSIE SMITH ( 1920-1987) April 28, 1989 HAND DELIVERED J hn T. P. Horne D rector of Planning C unty of Albemarle 4 1 McIntire Road C arlottesville, VA and community Development 22901-4596 Re: Comprehensive Plan, NE quadrant of inter- section of u.s. 29 and Proffit Road closed herewith is our revised request for revisions to the aft Comprehensive Plan for the Hollymead Community. As stated your letter of March 23, our previous request for revisions re specific in nature, and related only to tax map parcels 32- and 32-20A through -20A4. In pursuing this matter with staff d listening to comments made by members of the Board of pervisors during Comprehensive Plan work sessions, we have cogr.ized that the scope of our proposed revisions should be panded ~---:jerably. e possibility for good development is enhanced when governing dies and developers can work with large parcels of land and an well into the future. That possibility now exists in the ea we are discussing, and it is appropriate to start the anning process now so that when the need for development terializes (in this case, certainly well within the 20 year mprehensive Plan horizon) the Comprehensive Plan foundation in t is area will be in place. Otherwise, the demands for service w'll result in small, inefficient and un-integrated piece meal d velopment similar to what is now occurring at the Route 29N/33 i tersection in Ruckersville. .. . e e John T. P. Horne Director of Planning and community Development County of Albemarle At: ril 28, 1989 Page 2 Although your letter gives us a year to "submit a rezoning at:plication and concurrent Comprehensive Plan Amendment request fer the proposal" we have so~e concern because a rezoning at:plication can be submitted only by a land owner or contract ptrchaser and the Comprehensive Plan changes which we believe ale indicated affect property owned by others. Therefore, due to tie normal limitations on applicant requests for Comprehensive P an changes, we feel it is prudent to make our request to the Beard now, during the period for public input and prior to the ferthcoming public hearing. We will be prepared to make an oral p esentation at the public hearing. WE understand that approval of our proposed Comprehensive Plan rEvisions would not in any way constitute an approval of rezoning. WE will subsequently prepare rezoning applications which will be p esented under the planned development sections of the o~dinance. WEa appreciate all of the help and cooperation we have received f om you and your staff. We would be glad to meet with you or o her staff members concerning our request. Very truly yours, George H. Gilliam E1cl. c f,. l>"embers of the Board of supervisors (w/ encl.) . ' e e PROPOSED REVISION FOR HOLLYMEAD COMMUNITY MAP IN THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1988-2010 ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA April 28, 1989 F'gure One herein shows proposed revisions to the Comprehensive Plan mcp for the Community of Hollymead. A summary of the proposed changes aId our rationale for them follows. S YF PROPOSED CHANGES 1. The Regional Service area in the NE quadrant of Route 29/649 intersection should be substantially increased. Because of their small size, the other three quadrants around the intersection do not comply with the criteria set forth in the Draft Comprehensive Plan for Regional Service. The NE quadrant currently has some regional service uses and is the only quadrant where there is enough undeveloped land which is under common control or can reasonably be brought under common control to qualify for Regional Service status. 2 Along the east side of Route 29, north of the Regional Service Area (1 above), there should be an Office Service area. The need for Office Service is created by the proximity of the airport. 3 Along the east side of Route 29, between the Office Service Area (2 above) and the North Fork of the Rivanna, there should be a Me- dium Density Residential area. The Board has discussed the need for more residential land availability in the Hollymead Community. 4 A small Neighborhood Service area should be provided at an entrance from Route 29 into the Office and Residential area for the convenience of employees and residents respectively. 5 The next area to the east, between the areas listed above and Rt. 785, should be designated Low Density Residential. S The areas described in 1 through 5 above should be included in the Albemarle County Service Authority jurisdictional area. A portion of the area near Route 649 is already included. 7 The next swale to the east! between Route 785 and an un-named private road, should be designated Low Density Residential. This area should be included in the ACSA jurisdictional area for at least water. Public sewer is also a possibility, but would require a pump station. 8 There should be further consideration of the Route 29 cross-overs between Airport Road and the North Fork of the Rivanna River. .' . 9 The alignment~ Meadowcreek parkway.sho~ be revised to continue northward, eventually crossing the North Fork of the Rivanna River which would help alleviate traffic on Route 29. DSCUSSION OF RATIONALE FOR PROPOSED CHANGES 1 Re: Enlargement of the Regional Service Area in the NE Quadrant: Table 46 on page 209 in the Draft Comprehensive Plan indicates that an area for Regional service should be 30+ acres and should contain a minimum of 250,000 s.f. of regional uses such as major department stores. The map for the Community of Hollyrnead has no scale, but by enlarging a copy of that map until the distances between intersections matches the appropriate county tax map, it is possible to make a reasonable determination of the parcels included within the area proposed for Regional Service. Figure 2 herein is a product of such a determination. It is a composite of the relevant tax maps and the comprehensive plan map, and shows the many separate parcels within the proposed area for Regional Service. Neither the SE, SW or NW quadrants approaches 30 acres in size. Moreover, very few of the parcels within the quadrants are under common control and many are already developed with other than reqional uses includinq residential in Airport Acres. It is not reasonable to combine the quadrants to reach the 30+ acre size, as a reqional service area divided into small parcels on separate quadrants of a major intersection would create traffic havoc as a Reqional Service area. For all of the above reasons, including the plan's own criteria in Table 46, the existing uses of the property, and uses which might reasonably be expected in the future, these three quadrants can not be expected to promote the appropriate regional services which the Community will require. within the NE quadrant, on the other hand, the truck dealership and building supply business already existing are on the Comprehensive Plan list of typical Regional Service uses. More importantly, within the area we are proposing for Regional Service, there is available for development a large undeveloped parcel, well in excess of the 30 acre minimum required by the criteria. The combination of the proximity to the airport, the already designated industrial and residential growth areas in the Hollymead Community and growth further north in both Albemarle and adjacent counties will combine to create a need for such Regional Service well within the 20 year span of the Comprehensive Plan. This is confirmed by the present activity at Forest Lakes, other areas east along Route 649, recent activity in Greene County, and the announced long range plans of the University of Virginia Real Estate Foundation to construct a research park employing 6,500 or more people. e e Sufficient Reqional Service facilities in the Hollvrnead qrowth area would siqnificantlv reduce the future increase in traffic between Hollvrnead and the Charlottesville urban area which. as discussed bv several members of the Board at its Januarv 25. 1989 work session is a very desirable and almost mandated qoal. 2. Re: Office Service Area and Medium Density Residential Area: Many businesses desire t'o locate near airports for the convenience of traveling employees and business visitors. Office parks have recently developed near airports in many virginia and North Carolina cities including Richmond, Roanoke, washington, Greensboro, Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte. The Draft Comprehensive Plan map includes 25 acres of Office Service south of Route 649 between the airport and Route 29. However, this area is not under common ownership or control. The area we are proposing has better access to Route 29 and is not only under common control, but is also under common control with the proposed adjacent Regional service and Residential areas and could be developed in a manner complementary to them under a Planned Development scheme which gives the County significant input as to design, scale and amenities. 3 The Board has discussed the coming residential crunch at Hollymead. The density of existing and currently planned residential development is far short of the Draft Comprehensive Plan Map expected densities. For instance, as discussed by the Board and staff during the January 25 Work Session, Hollymead is currently being developed at less than 2 units per acre which was identified during that discussion as being far less than what is needed to support projected job growth in the Community. Additional residential areas will clearly be needed to support the existing areas designated for business growth, and there are obvious advantages to providing them close by. 4. Re: Neighborhood Service area near Route 29 entrance: This area is intended for convenience shopping, beauty and barber shops, service uses, etc. to serve the residents and employees who wish to stop in on their way to and from home and work. 5. Re: Low Density Residential Area west of Rt. 785 The reasons for this residential area are the same as for the Medium Density area discussed in 4. above. There is already one residential development as well as several individually built houses within this area. e e 6. Re: change in Albemarle County Service Authority jurisdictional area: Flat Creek drains the area between Route 29 and Rt. 785. It also drains a major portion of the Draft Comprehensive Plan growth area to the west just across Route 29. The only practical location for the sewer main to serve this drainage basin is along Flat ~reek through the property we are requesting be added to the Hollymead Growth Area. Given that fact, it is only reasonable to include the entire basin in the sanitary sewer jurisdictional area. pumping stations and a force main will be needed to pump wastewater back to the 18" main in Forest Lakes, and the easement which will be needed for the gravity main along Flat Creek could also serve for the force main. Water is currently available along Route 29 and along Route 649 to Jefferson village and Meadowfields. It should be made available to the proposed growth area in the NE quadrant. 7. Re: Low Density Residential Area east of Rt. 785: This is a logical expansion of the Hollymead residential area which will be needed well within the 20 year life of the comprehensive Plan. This area is outside the Flat Creek drainage basin and a separate pump station would be required for wastewater. Water is available along route 649 at Jefferson village and Meadowfields. There are already several residences in this area. 8 Re: U. S. 29 cross-overs. There are 6 cross-overs between Rt. 649 and the North Fork of the Rivanna River, shown as numbers 1 through 6 on Figure 3. The current Draft Comprehensive Plan proposes that cross-overs number 3 and 5 be eliminated. Ideally, cross-overs should be provided at intersections. For safety reasons, they must obviously be located where these is good sight distance in each direction and should be reasonably spaced. Of all the existing cross-overs, number 3 has the poorest sight distance and the greatest grade separation between the northbound and southbound lanes. We agree it should be eliminated. Cross-over number 5 on the other hand has excellent visibility in both directions. The northbound and southbound lanes are at the same elevation and the adjacent topography will allow good access to both sides of Route 29. e e We understand that the current Draft comprehensive Plan proposed the deletion of cross-over 5 because of its proximity (approxi- ' mately 600') from,cross-over number 6. Cross-over 6 was built as a part of the detour during construction of the new bridge over the North Fork of the Rivanna River and, while it currently serves no particular purpose, it was left in place to serve the proposed road from the University of virginia Real Estate Foundation property. Topography and the proximity of Flat Creek and a loop in the river are such, however, that it will not be practical to provide a full intersection providing access to the east at cross- over 6. It is our belief that cross-over 5 should be retained. It is the existing intersection which provides the best possibility for providing easy access between the large undeveloped areas on the east and west sides of Route 29. The proposed road from the UVA Real Estate Foundation property could be located slightly further to the north to provide the desired separation between the two cross-overs or access to the Foundation property could be at cross-over 5. Final resolution of the cross-over question will require inter- action between various involved landowners, the County and VDOT, and we plan to make more specific recommendations on cross-overs as a part of our rezoning request 9. Re: Extension of Meadowcreek Parkway to cross the North Fork of the Rivanna east of u.s. 29: Extending Meadowcreek Parkway as shown, with appropriate access from the proposed developments, would greatly enhance its value as an alternate route for local traffic in the Route 29 corridor. with a single large property owner immediately to the north of the River, it would be appropriate to show the Parkway Extension continuing North from the River thereby alleviating even more future Route 29 traffic congestion. Two alternative locations for this extension are shown on Figure 1. e e .' , .( I : If ---r . :\ , ' I! '- I "I '\,:.! II r! \~ ,,1 , j. / ! \ "---~ ( { ) ,., ~_ t . .. .,. .1' . \ ~, . L. ........ .' ,/ , \ SCALE IN Ff.ET 100 0 - ~ ~l l--lL"-.Ul~ 2- ecr--- "00 ,.00 1400 J f< (-. I (j A1AL S.:;- 1(, (J' t IE.. p~ /) fl.Ir i:r C/trf/'/2-~/-IcAJrl t/E// PL(}tV' -.-.--- .--.---.------.---.-- ------ ... ~\' 4....;t I ... e 7 /= I ~ L-' It tE. 3 --. 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'. n. d ,q"" ~; ;. :.:~:~~::;~;~:~:~21~~ ::1; ,':; , ~ ; i \: I::: \ I ~ \ I ~ i i:: d J .,.,......'.....,. .."............-.... ;\ Ie -ii :::::::::::::::::: r !; l.U ,Iii!!; 'Sdlllllllllllll .: II i;;!i ill II iI ilj f:i;:iiinnnnn:~ ,........--..... q H f: ; -, '~.~~_'~1.!_~ ~) ',1-' ; , I J] ;(6 ,-. , ' .-- I ATTACHMENT D I e I' drl..~ \ ~-. KEY: APPLICANT REQUEST ;g& j(jl ~tt?~~l -::-~.~,.r..,oo-I -..-C.-.. . ;; J,c ',=-. t! -;-~c,.~'~ '/--, '>-"~/ \ ,t,/ -I-.... ~ "-.---. / ~ / / STUDY ,AREAS , I ATTACHMENT EI 'AL BEMARLE 4tOUNTY SERV~E AUTHORITY PO Eox 1009 401 MciNTIRE RD CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA 22902 (80L) 296-5810 . . . ...,,,, .,..,<:;\ , :.- : ') ,"'~':.'~ ~'~J1~ i :s ~,o:"..'~.,.. OC1 03 1992 ?' ~,< l\':~,;K},:Y:.?T. October 8, 1992 ".",,~tl"~.._ (';,);;.1" .' MIr. David Benish C~ief of Community Development Albemarle County Office Building C~arlottesville, Virginia 22901 OCT U j; ?L'\~J\~!-' Re: Comprehensive Plan Amendment Requests - HollYmead D~ar David: You have requested comments regarding water and sewer service to three areas under consideration for inclusion as growth areas in the Comprehensive Plan. My comments will refer to the numbered study areas in your request. study Areas 1 & 2 Both areas lie north of Airport/Proffit Roads and would be served by the North Rivanna Water Treatment Plant and Camelot Wastewater Treatment Plant. We previously provided you with an analysis of water and wastewater requirements for the area north of Airport/Proffit Roads and the North Rivanna River bounded by Route 606 on the west and Route 785 to the east along with the requirements of the existing Piney Mountain Village. This analysis predicted a daily water demand of 1,546,000 gallons upon ultimate build out under the currently proposed land uses. The North Ri vanna Water Treatment Plant is capable of treating almost 2,000,000 gallons/day but is limited by safe yield from the North Rivanna River of 800,000 gallons/day. Presently, the average daily water production at the plant is approximately 177,000 gallons/day. As you can see, this plant is not operating close to its capacity. Ultimately, additional water will be needed in this area. Our projections indicate that it will be necessary to make additional water available in this area to meet the future demand of properties wi thin the present growth area. The originally intended source of additional water for this water treatment plant was Chris Green Lake. Should the decision be made not to utilize Chris Green Lake as a drinking water supply water could be pumped into this area from the South Rivanna water system. These two systems are presently tied together but valved off at Airport Road. e e r. David Benish ctober 8, 1992 age 2 The average daily wastewater demand in the study area previously defined was estimated as 1,225,200 gallons/day. The existing Camelot Wastewater Treatment Plant has a rated capacity of 365,000 gallons/day and current flows are approximately 90,000 gallons/day. The unused capacity in this plant was previously reserved for certain properties but that restriction has been lifted and sewer capacity is immediately available. Eventually, this plant will have to be eliminated and service provided from an interceptor sewer or pumping station/force main to deliver wastewater to the Moores Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Service Authority is committed to proceeding with one of these options when the existing plant nears its maximum capacity. As is the case with water, the existing wastewater treatment facility is not adequate to meet the demands of the existing growth area. You specifically asked our opinion of the most effective means of providing utility service in this area and their cost implications. For providing additional water service, the question of whether Chris Green Lake will remain a recreational facility with swimming allowed or become a drinking water supply where swimming will be prohibited has not been answered and is a key component in any study of the true cost of providing additional water. As for sewer, a number of options exist ranging in cost from $2,660,000 to $5,770,000. The appropriate option can vary depending on where the growth boundary is drawn east of Route 29. The most expensive option serves the greatest area (the entire drainage basin) and will have the lowest operating cost. In summary, the addition of these areas under consideration into the growth area will not precipitate the need to expand water and sewer availability. That is already dictated by the requirements of the existing growth area. An incremental increase in the size of any new facilities will need to be provided for the expanded growth area. study Area 3 Adequate water and sewer capacity is available. If we can provide you with any additional information concerning these study areas please let us know. B:dmg ve~ yours. J. W. Brent Executive Director . , . _ _IATTACHMENT F\ C ITERIA FOR THE REVIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS ". . A. The Comprehensive Plan provides a long-range guide for direction and context of the decision-m~king process for public ~nd ppiyate land use. The Compr8hensive Plan i3 g8n8ral in nature rather th3{l.,attcmpting to dentify specific geographic locations. The Land Use Map of the Com- pre ensive Plan suggests the selationship of recommended uses to general are Proposed amendments to the Land Use Map should be reviewed for com liance wi~h the general plan rather than area-specific or parpel- spe ific requests for a change in the recommended use. The purpose of the Lan Use Map is to provide and plan for a balance of land uses, equipped _wit adequate utilities and facilities, in a comprehensive, harmonious man er. Any proposed change in the Land Use Map will be evaluated for pro- tec ion of the health, safety, and welfare of" the general public rather tho. the proprietary interests of an individual. B. The merit of Comprehensive Plan amendment requests shall be lar ely determined by the fulfillment of support to the IIGoals and Objec-, tivesll &f"€04+-i()Q.. i-&-Ch*~ and the "Plan Standards" outlined in Gho.~~ the Comprehensive Plan. C. A primary purpose of the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Map is to facilitate the coordination of improvements to the transportation ne work and the expansion of public utilities in an economical, efficient an judicious manner. Comprehensive Plan amendments which direct growth aw y from designated growth ~reas shall be discouraged' unless a~equa~e ju tification is provided. Amendments to the boundaries of growth ~reas ma be considered appropriate if the request is comprehensive, proposes to follow a logical topographic or man-~ade feature and is supported' by ad quate justification. No Comprehensive Plan amendment shall be con- si ered in areas where roads -are non-tolerable or utilities are inade- qu tc unless the improvement of those facilities is included in the. Co'prehensive Plan amendment proposal. D. Proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments shall be evaluated for ge eral compliance with adopted County plans, policies, studies and ordinances and to determine if correspondi~g cha~ges are necessary. E. Except as otherwise provided, the follo~ing conditions ~ay be nsidered in the evaluation of a request to amend the Comprehensive an. 1. Change in circumstance had occurred; or 2. Updated information is available; or 3. Subsequent portions ,of the Comprehensive P.lan have been adoptee or developed; 'or , ~. A portion of the Plan is incorrect or not feasible; or , 5. The preparation of the Plan 0.3 required by Article 15.1-~~7 of the Code of, Virginia was incomplete or i~correct infor- mation was employed. .. , Lea ue of Women Voters of Charlottesville and Albemarle County 413 East Market Street. Room 203. Charlottesville. VA 22902 Phone: (804) 972,1795 October 20, 1992 Re: Albemarle County Planning Commission League of Women Voters CPA-92-0S Towers Land Trust (Hollymead Expansion) Until recently, the County's policy concerning the expansion of the Hollymead Community was not to consider ComprehensIve Plan amendments to enlarge the growth area until certain studies/issues had been completed and resolved and then to consider all :proposals simultaneously. In 1989 the Towers Group agreed with that policy and deferred Its request to expand the Hollymead Growth Area. Now the applicant is rightly concerned that the County might move ahead on yet another proposal affecting the area before there is an opportunity for a comprehensive review of recommendations for the Comprehensive Plan. The County did not wait for the completion of three critical studies before it approved major amendments in Piney Mountain and Hollymead Growth Areas. The staff report states that because of the County's actions to adopt those amendments, the applicant believes that it is no longer County policy to require the studies before it considers requests for expanding Hollymead or significant land use changes. Therefore, the applicant has requested consideration of its proposal for expanding the Hollymead Community. It seems to us that the key issue before you tonight is to answer the question: Is it still the County's position that requests for expanding Hollymead's growth area not be considered until the five studies/issues have been completed or resolved? The League believe that the answer should be "yes." We have consistently opposed previous amendments because several studies were missing. Stilllackin~ is the development of the fiscal impact model and analysis of the County to determine rmpact of growth on the County. WIthout that document, it is difficult to see how the County can evaluate various proposals for change and the financial costs to taxpayers, to water/sewer customers, to future developers and businesses, and to our quality of life. If the answer is ''yes,'' then the top priority should be to press forward immediately to get that fiscal impact study completed. Then this applicant's proposal should be considered simultaneously with any others that are hovering in the background. _ ( (;'Y+) ....a rwn art isan or8anizat ion aecricatea to tfie yromot ion of infannea and' act iye yart icfpat ion of citizens in 8ClVernment.' .. . . -2- If he answer is "no"--that those studies and a comprehensive evaluation of all requests for endments are not necessary--then the Count;,:' should at least develop some other idelines which are fair to everyone. Or we will just muddle through and, in the process, o e sight of the cumulative impact of more land zoned for commercial and industrial use th we'll ever need and wonder why it costs so much to provide services for education, for e ansion of water / sewer facilities, for transporation., police, and fire protection, etc. e urge you to support a position that promotes a comprehensive review of these a plications and makes use of studies considered vital to decision making. '\ . . .....:.-..:.'\ .,,,.:; ~, ""10". fl:' ",".) "', I, ~ :.~ ,. .\ !~': : ~ ~. \, ~\ ~ . ~~)' ;.; "~~,~~{~;~:{}:;' RECEfVED UCT 1 ,) 1992 > ,,1 .~ , Planning Dept. COlvIM.Ol\ \VEAL111 of VIRG.lNIA RAY 0, PETHTE COMMISSIONER DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOfHATION r 0 BOX G 71 CULf'EPU1, 22 701 13 October 1992 THOMAS F, FARLEY DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR Mr. David B. Benish Chi f of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Cha lottesville, VA 22901 RE: CPA-89-03 Towers Land Trust Route 29 Dea Dave: I have reviewed the information provided regarding a revision of he Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan. The proposed change wou d expand the community of Hollymead east of Route 29 and north of rofitt Road (Route 649). My review assumed that the parcels surrounded by the submitted pro osal would also be developed to a level consistent with the adj cent land. In addition, I have discounted the trips generated by all of the land uses by 10% to account for internal trips. Dev lopment of the area to the densities and land uses mentioned wou d create 36,000 external trips based on ITE Trip Generation, Fif h Edition. Some of these trips would be oriented toward the nor h, but most would probably have either origin or destination to the south. This amount of traffic would have a significant impact on he transportation network of Albemarle County. The traffic levels generated by this proposal would in all lihood have a detrimental effect on roads. To ameliorate this ct, several of the following improvements would be necessary: 1. Additional widening beyond current plans or restr iction of access to Route 29 to grade separated interchanges for Seminole Trail south of Profitt Road. 2. A direct connection from this region to the Meadowcreek Parkway that would not utilize Route 29. 3. General improvements widening, improved curves) from Route 29 to Route 20. (pavement widening, shoulder to Profitt Road (Route 649) 4. Extension of existing 6-lane improvement plans for Route 29 to the North Fork of the Rivanna River. .' TRANsrOf\TAI10N 1011 TH[ 71sr UNTUI1Y . , In addition to the some of the above, access to Route 29 from area would have to be strictly limited and controlled, erably utilizing a single interchange rather than several alized intersections. Coordination with transportation ovements on the west side of Route 29 could be crucial, but may e to be a roadblock due to the approved location of the major llel facility on the UREF parcels. Finally, this proposal cou d accelerate the need for the 3 interchanges planned for Sem'nole Trail (Route 29) at Rio, Greenbriar, and Hydraulic Roads as ell as construction of the Route 29 (Alternative 10) Bypass. A complete, detailed traff ic impact study will have to be itted by the developer for a more comprehensive review of this osal prior to rezoning. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this Comprehensive Amendment. I hope you find the above useful. If you have any or wish to discuss this further, please call me at (703) Sincerely, ,/ I il; ,,/~, ",----/- {_----.... rJ '-- -- . obert W. /Hofr ichter I~ransporta\ion Engineer c: R. c. Lockwood .. / , ,:...., / J University of Virginia Real Estate Foundat~CEIVED 112 BOAR'S HEAD PLACE. SUITE 250 M t:. CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 22903 ; " L.-' .' ~ f OCT 1 4 1992 DAVID K_ WESTBY Execullv Director P'an~L~~te~pt. FAX (804) 979,1767 October 9, 1992 Wa ne Cilimberg Dir ctor of Planning and Community Development Alb marle County Planning Department Cou ty of Albemarle 401 cIntire Road Cha lottesville, V A 22902-4596 Dea Mr. Cilimberg: writing regarding a 525 acre tract owned by the University of Virginia Real Estate dation "UREF", The land was purchased in 1987 at which time 240 acres were zoned PDI and 285 acres were zoned RA. By the end of 1987, UREF had selected the Continental Dev lopment Group as developer for the property. Shortly thereafter, UREFand Continental beg n working with the County to have the entire property zoned PDIP. UR F withdrew its request in 1990 pending the outcome of certain studies requested by the PIa ning Commission and Board of Supervisors. During this time several other land owners in tl e area had made requests for inclusion in the growth area of the Comprehensive Plan. Wh n UREFwithdrew its request it wasmy understanding that when the County was prepared to c nsider expanding the Growth Area, all requests from property owners in the area would be c nsidered simultaneously, I ha e received a notice from your office that Towers land Trust h~s submitted a request to ame d the Comprehensive Plan to expand the Growth Area Boundary of the Hollymead Co munity. On behalf of the Real Estate Foundation, I ask that our original request, ared by the firm of McKee/Carson, dated November 6, 1989, be considered concurrently the request by Towers Land Trust. Our request is consistent with the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. The site has accessibility to arterial roads; county water and sewer are available on site; the site is compatible with the adjacent PDIP zoned land to the south, and the site has the natural boundary of the Rivanna River to the north. sion of the UREF request in the Comprehensive Plan amendment will not accelerate the pac of development or create additional development in the County, The southern portion oft e UREF tract which is currently zoned PDIP allows for development of 6,800,000 square feet. UREF has submitted a concurrent request for rezoning the whole parcel (PDIP) which pro fers total development on the entire 525 acre tract to a maximum of 3,000,000 square feet. Ap roval of the UREF request will allow the development of a master plan for the complete site nd will result in an environmentally sensitive design which will provide a planned setting for usiness growth in the County for the next 25 years, Tha k you for your consideration of our proposal. Sincerely, DK /cm Lea ue of Women Voters of Charlottesville and Albemarle County 413 East Market Street, Room 203, Charlottesville, VA 22902 Phone: (804) 972-1795 November 11,1992 Albemarle County Board of Supervisors League of Women Voters CP A-92-05 Towers Land Trust (Hollymead Expansion) e League of Women Voters has consistently supported the County's policy concerning the e pansion of the Hollymead Community-not to consider Comprehensive Plan amendments to e arge the growth area until certain studies and/or issues had been completed and resolved and then t consider all proposals simultaneously. In 1989 the Towers Group agreed with that policy and d ferred its request to expand the Hollymead Growth Area. D ring the last year, however, the County abandoned that position when it approved major amend- nts in the Piney Mountain and Hollymead Growth Areas. In approving those changes, the County d. not wait for the completions of the critical studies deemed necessary to determine the impact of g owth on the County-the Fiscal Impact Models and Analysis and the Master Utilities Plan, I each case the decision was made on the basis of a perceived urgent issue: in the first instance, to p ovide jobs; and in the second, to provide affordable housing. As a result we do not know what e ect those revisions will have on costs to tax payers, to water and sewer customers, to other devel- o ment in the 29N Corridor businesses, and to our quality of life. B t no urgent issue exists today that would warrant the County's ignoring a sound policy it adhered to for almost three years. We can understand the frustration of the applicant, who has deferred this re uest several times, pending the completion of the five studies. T e Towers Group's land may well be the appropriate location for the expansion of the Hollymead owth Area, but their request should be a part of a comprehensive review, considered along with th University Real Estate Foundation's (UREF) amendment and any other proposals for the area, F has already asked that their request be re-activated. The application will have an effect upon th Towers Group's development because it will detennine to what extent additional housing, indus- tri 1, commercial, and office spaces will be needed. H wever, in addition to the lack of studies and questions about the Timberwood Parkway, there are ot er reasons why this request should be deferred. There are just too many unknowns. They include: · a transportation evaluation has not been provided, making it difficult to evaluate the impact on development. · police, fire, and rescue services to the area are currently inadequate. over .....a nonpa tisan organization dtu[icatea to tFie yromotion of informea and' active yarticiyation of citizens in government." . no buffering is indicated between regional services area and residential areas. . types of residential development and its relation to school enrollment area are unknown. . questions remain about water and sewer facilities. This development will not" precipitate" the need to expand water and sewer services, which are needed to serve the existing growth areas, but water and sewer facilities being planned will have to be increased in size to provide for additions to the growth area. The staff reports notes that the primary constraint to expansion along the 29N Corridor is " the availability of water and sewer and adequacy of existing roadways, particularly in regard to traffic generated from commercial and office activity." These are serious considerations that must not be ignored. The League urges you to defer this request-but to press for a prompt completion of the necessary studies so that a comprehensive review of these applications can be undertaken simultaneously. Thank you. . n buffering is indicated between regional services area and residential, areas. . es of residential development and its relation to school enrollment area are unknown. . q estions remain about water and sewer facilities. This development will not" precipitate" th need to expand water and sewer services, which are needed to serve the existing growth ar as, but water and sewer facilities being planned will have to be increased in size to pr vide for additions to the growth area. The s aff reports notes that the primary constraint to expansion along the 29N Corridor is " the avail bility of water and sewer and adequacy of existing roadways, particularly in regard to traffi generated from commercial and office activity." These are serious considerations that must ot be ignored. The ague urges you to defer this request-but to press for a prompt completion of the neCes ary studies so that a comprehensive review of these applications can be undertaken simul aneously. Th fl\ I COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Dept. of Planning & Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22902,4596 (804) 296,5823 June 18, 1992 stephen M. Melton South Fork Land Trust 195 Riverbend Drive Charlottesville, VA 22901 RE: CPA-92-02 South Fork Land Trust Tax Map 45, Parcels 22C and 98A Dear Mr. Melton: The Albemarle County Planning Commission, at its meeting on June 16, 1992, unanimously recommended denial of the above-noted Comprehensive Plan amendment. Please be advised that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will review this petition and receive public comment at their meeting on July 15. 1992. Any new or additional information regarding your application must be submitted to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at least seven days prior to your scheduled hearing date. YOU OR YOUR REPRESENTATIVE MUST BE PRESENT FOR THIS MEETING. If you should have any questions or comments regarding the above noted action, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, ~tly- Ken Baker Senior Planner KB/jcw cc: Lettie E. Neher STAFF PERSON: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: KEN BAKER JUNE 16, 1992 JULY 15, 1992 CPA-92-02 SOUTH FORK LAND TRUST Reauest: To amend the Comprehensive Plan to include approximately 30 acres known as South Fork into the Hollymead Community Growth Area (See Attachment A). Proposal: Proposal to change the land use designation of approximate 30 acres from Rural Areas to Low Density Residential (1 to 4 dwelling units per acre). This area is located on Rt. 643 approximately one mile east of Rt. 29 North (See Attachment B) . Background: During the update of the Comprehensive Plan a number of requests were proposed to expand the boundaries of Hollymead. These included Towers Land Trust, University Real Estate Foundation, the Kessler Group, Donald Brown, and Terry Spaid (See Attachment C). Staff identified a number of issues and planning efforts which need to be resolved or undertaken before an adequate review of Growth Area expansion could take place. These include: 1. Development of a Community Facilities Plan; 2. Development of an Open Space Plan; 3. Development of a Fiscal Impact Model and analysis to determine impact of growth on the County; 4. Resolution of the Route 29 Bypass location; and 5. Resolution of the Meadow Creek Parkway location. Based on staff findings, the Towers Land Trust, UREF and the Kessler Group deferred consideration of their requests until the above noted could be resolved. The Planning Commission and Boa~d of Supervisors agreed with staff's findings, and decided not to approve an amendment to the Plan for the remaining requests. Since that time it has been the Department's position that requests for expansion or changes in land use changes in Hollymead not be considered until all the above-noted work is completed. Remaining is the adoption of the Open Space Plan by the Board of Supervisors, development of a fiscal impact model, and resolution of the Meadow Creek Parkway location. 1 The Towers Land Trust has requested reactivation of their amendment proposal based on recent Board actions to entertain amendments to Hollymead (CPA-90-03 Wendell Wood - deferred by the request of the applicant) and Piney Mountain (CPA-92-01 Wendell Wood - approved by the Board of Supervisors). To provide consistency in reviewing Comprehensive Plan amendment requests, staff has indicated with the Board of Supervisors concurrence that the Towers request as well as other recent requests listed previously be reviewed as part of a comprehensive evaluation of the Hollymead Community. The Planning Commission, at its March 31, 1992 meeting determined that the South Fork request should be reviewed in conjunction with the overall re-evaluation of the expansion to the Hollymead Community. The representatives of Towers Land Trust have recently requested deferral of their request to address certain issues unrelated to this request. Staff decided to wait until these issues could be resolved before presenting recommendations to the Planning Commission on the overall re-evaluation of the expansion to Hollymead. However, the applicant for South Fork requested the Planning Commission still review its request. Staff feels that with the limited area and general nature of this request, it would be appropriate to evaluate it individually. Character of the Area: The area is undeveloped with a large area of floodplain and a limited area of critical slopes. A wooded area exists on the southern portion of the tract. The Rivanna River is located along the southern boundary of the property and Powell Creek is located along the eastern portion of the property. The County's Water Resource Protection Area Ordinance requires a lOOt vegetative buffer along both the Rivanna River and Powell Creek. Of the 30 acres to be included in the Growth Area it is estimated that approximately 16 acres are developable - void of wetlands, steep slopes, and floodplain. The largest contiguous area of developable land is approximately 6 acres. The Growth Area boundary would generally follow the 360' contour line that runs through the property on the west and south, Powell Creek to the east and Route 643 to the north (See Attachment D). The area does not lie within the Albemarle watersupply watershed. There are no agricultural/forestal districts or historic properties located in close proximity of the area. Soils: Elioak Loam and Hazel Loam are the predominant soils in the developable areas. Elioak Loam is deep and well drained. Permeability and water capacity are moderate. Surface runoff is medium. Bedrock is generally at a depth of more 2 than five feet. Hazel Loam is moderately deep and excessively drained. Permeability of the soil is moderately rapid. Available water capacity is low. Surface runoff is rapid. Bedrock is generally at a depth of more than five feet. Comprehensive Plan: A. Meadow Creek Parkway The Comprehensive Plan recommends development of the Meadow Creek Parkway and associated collector roads to provide more direct access to the Urban Area and downtown Charlottesville (p. 184). The parkway is planned to be a four lane road with grass shoulders, and bike path. These elements are expected to be contained within a 150' right-of-way with partial control access. The Open Space Plan (draft), recently recommended for approval by the Planning Commission and under review by the Board of Supervisors, recommends that buffer areas be provided along the Meadow Creek Parkway (p. 46). The ultimate alignment of this parkway has not been determined. The County has retained a consultant (Sverdrup Corporation) to analyze current proposed alignments and provide preliminary engineering and environmental analysis for each. From this information the County can better determine the most favorable alignment for the parkway. Work is expected to be completed by Fall, 1991. Current proposed alignments of this Parkway include: (1) Comprehensive Plan alignment, developed by Gloeckner & Osborne, Inc., which shows the proposed parkway impacting South Fork; and (2) the Charlottesville Area Transportation Study (CATS) which shows the alignment on the east side of the Southern Railroad causing no direct impact on South Fork (See Attachment E & F). B. Buffer Area This possible expansion area is located south of the Hollymead Growth Area. The Comprehensive Plan states "The area between the southern boundary of Route 643 and the South Fork of the Rivanna River is to remain in open state as a buffer between the Urban Area and the Community of Hollymead. This boundary is critical as it preserves the distinct identity of the Community from the Urban Area and prevents continuous development from the city along Route 29 North to the North Fork of the Rivanna. This area is included in the Rivanna Greenway corridor and provides an opportunity for 3 passive recreational uses (p.183)." Also, the Open Space Plan (Draft) indicates a greenway corridor along Powell Creek. Development on this tract is expected to be away from the Rivanna River and Powell Creek and nearer to Route 643 due to the expansive floodplain. The owner of South Fork has indicated willingness to provide an easement along the Rivanna River for a greenway corridor. The owner has also indicated the possibility of considering an easement along Powell Creek for the same purpose. Zoninq Historv: · SP-90-35 Covenant Church (June 19, 1990) approved 800 seat church on 10 acres zoned Rural Area (See Attachment G). This request was approved with a condition that the property would be limited to a joint entrance serving the church and the residual acreage (which includes the 30 acres under review). The applicant has agreed that South Fork will be accessed by this joint entrance. The Board of Supervisors, at its meeting of February 12, 1992, approved inclusion of the Church parcel in the service area boundaries of the Albemarle County Service Authority (ACSA) for both water and sewer service. · SP-90-107 Unity Church (January 16, 1991) - The Board of Supervisors denied a request for a 300 seat church located on five acres. (This five acres is a portion of the 30 acres now under review - See Attachment H). The Planning Commission had recommended approval of this item at its January 10, 1991 meeting. The Board of Supervisors denied this request primarily based on the Comprehensive Plan's Meadow Creek Parkway alignment severely impacting this property. Availabilitv of Water and Sewer: This property is not located within the ACSA jurisdictional areas for water and sewer service. The applicant has indicated that a request will be made to include this parcel into the ACSA water and sewer jurisdictional area. A water line would have to be extended from Route 29. The Powell Creek Sewer Interceptor is located on the South Fork property and connection to this line would eliminate the need for septic fields. Wastewater facilities including the Powell Creek Interceptor and downstream Moores Creek Interceptor have adequate capacity to handle all wastewater generated from this development (See Attachment I). 4 Water facilities are sized adequately to handle demand created from this development. As mentioned above, the adjacent Covenant Church property has been granted water and sewer jurisdictional area designation. TransDortation: This segment of Route 643 had an average 620 vehicle trips per day in 1990 and is currently tolerable. As mentioned earlier, staff estimated that approximately 16 acres are developable. Given a development density of 1 - 4 dwelling units per acre it is estimated that between 16 - 64 units can be constructed. Depending on the ultimate number of homes constructed, this development would generate between 160 to 640 vehicle trips per day. Fire and Rescue Service: The Seminole Trail, Earlysville, and City Fire Department respond to structure fires in this area. The Community Facilities Plan recommends an average response time to fire emergency calls of five minutes or less in Growth Areas. Below are the estimated response times for each fire department: Fire Department Response Time Seminole Trail City (250 Bypass Station) Earlysville 5 minutes 8 minutes 8 minutes The Community Facilities Plan recommends a new fire station be constructed in the Hollymead area to serve the Community. The Charlottesville Albemarle Rescue Squad responds to emergency calls in this area. Also, both Earlysville and Seminole Trail fire stations participate in the "first responder" program which simUltaneously dispatches emergency medical technicians with the rescue squad. The Community Facility Plan recommends an average response time to emergency calls of four minutes or less in the Growth Area. Estimated response time of the Charlottesville Rescue Squad is 7 minutes. The Community Facility Plan recommends a new rescue station be considered in conjunction with the construction of any new fire station in the Hollymead Community. A possible fire/rescue site exists on the Forest Lakes South property adjacent to Rt. 29 North and the proposed entrance to Forest Lakes South. Response to South Fork from this location would exceed the recommended response times in the Community Facilities Plan for fire and rescue service. 5 Police: This area lies within Sector C of the County's Police Department Sector system. Response times from the County Building to this area are in excess of recommended response times in the Community Facilities Plan; however, if officers are patrolling in the area response times can usually be achieved. Recommended response times to all emergency police calls throughout the County is ten minutes. Twenty-seven percent of all police calls originate from the 29 North Corridor. The Community Facilities Plan recommends locating a substation within the Hollymead Community to reduce response times to this corridor. Such a station has been listed in the Capital Improvements Program for possible siting at the entrance to South Forest Lakes. Schools: School aged children residing in this area currently attend Hollymead Elementary, Jouett Middle School, and Albemarle High School. The HollYmead Middle School is expected to open in the fall of 1994. At such time middle school-aged children will likely attend this school. As mentioned earlier, staff has estimated that approximately 16 acres can be developed. Given a development density of 1 to 4 dwelling units per acre between 16 to 64 homes can be constructed on this property. Depending on the ultimate number of homes constructed, this development is estimated to generate the following number of school children: School (Possible # of Students)* Elementary School K - 5 Middle School 6 - 8 High School 9 - 12 9 - 37 3 - 13 2 - II * MUltipliers based on a 3 bedroom single family detached home. Parks: The Hollymead Community Growth Area is currently lacking in District Level Park Service; however, once the middle school is completed recreational service will be adequate to this area. Currently, Community Level Service is being provided through Hollymead Elementary and County Level service by Chris Greene and Rivanna Parks. Librarv: Library service to this area is adequate due to the close proximity of the Northside Branch Library at Albemarle Square. 6 Availabilitv of Low Densitv Desiqnated Land in the Hollvmead Community: According to the 1991 Annual Report of the Comprehensive Plan there are 317 acres of developable low density land in the Hollymead Community Growth Area. Recommendation: As mentioned previously, the final alignment for the Meadow Creek Parkway has not been determined. The possibility exists that the final alignment could impact this property. The consultant is currently analyzing various propos~d alignments and will be providing preliminary engineering and environmental analysis. From this information the County feels the ultimate alignment can be better determined. Expected completion date of this work is Fall, 1992. Also, the Comprehensive Plan and Open Space Plan text (Draft) stresses the importance of this area as a buffer area between the Urban Area and Hollymead. The Open Space Plan text (Draft) also makes a specific recommendations for the buffering of Meadow Creek Parkway. The Board of Supervisors is currently conducting worksessions on the Open Space Plan and a decision concerning the Plan should also be made this summer. staff feels that any recommendation at this time for inclusion of this property into the HollYmead Community Growth Area is premature until at least the above mentioned planning efforts are resolved (Meadow Creek Parkway/Open Space Plan). These efforts are expected to greatly enhance staff's ability to appropriately evaluate this area. Therefore, staff recommendation is that the South Fork area not be amended into the Comprehensive Plan at this time. 7 CHARLES WILLIAM H LJRT '1..a IATTACHMENT Al VIRGINIA LAND COMPANY BUILDING F'OST OFFICE BOX 8147 CIlAHLOTTES\'ILLE, VmCINIA 2290b ,.i~~ii\i3Q3t1 rarch 2,1992 AREA CODE BD4 TELEPHONE 979'B1B1 FAX 296'3510 RECEIVED HAR 2 1992 r. David Ben'i:,.;h ept, of Planninq & Community Dev, o 1 r,~ c r Ii ti [' C0 1< 0 .') d (har'lottesville, VA 22901 Pl.J\NNING DEPT. F, E : Corn p r' e hen S I v E:' P 1 .'1 n /I, m E? n d rn e n t: "_; 0 u t 1'1 f U i' k, R (J U t.. e 6 4 J ear David: r outh FOi'K ..- !oc>cllJ,d withill or:I" (1) Illi l,~ of d "JC'\,-'E']UPE!(j r'uI'al , rea c all e d Ben t.i va r ,3 n dad ,i ,'j c r:' [', I t (1 l h (-" H 0 'I 1 ~I mea d C; r 0 'A' l h are ,3 end P h.:oJ co e I I ':;, [ F' () r' e ~3 t l" ,'1 !" C' ::; , r I, ". 1 d n d tot hen 0 r' tho fRo ute 43, directly across from South Fork is low density resicential ccording to the Comprehensive Plan and public/semi-public nstitutional to the northwest. m u rob j e c t i ve 'i s tor e que s t t hat the C orrr p r' e hen s i ve P 1 a n be mended to encompass South Fork into the Hollymead Growth Area. t the same time we would also request that South Fork be ncluded ln the Albemarle County Service Authority's urisdictional area. South Fork is certainly harmonious with the urrounding area and will in no way be a detriment to the $! >< i s tin 9 n a t u r a 1 b u f fer' and 9 I' 0 w t h are a:os , I\S mentioned above, South Fork 'is located on Route 643 which is ess that one (1) mile from U.S. 29 and is a tolerable road. The Powell Creek Inter'ceptor' 'is located on this property and will be erving the Covenant Church of God that owns 10 acres that was ~riginally a part of South Fork, The Covenant Church of God site ~as just recentlv included ill the /\lbemar'le County ~;ervice ~uthority's Jurisdictional area. As mentioned above we are e que s tin 9 t 0 a 1 sob e 'j n c: 1 u d e din the S e I" v ice Aut h c)[' i t Y , s urisdictional area since the Powell Creek Interceptor is located ~n the South Fork property and the ability to connect to this ine would eliminate the need for septic fields, We feel that his would be create a more desirable and healthy environment. bouth FOI~k will be hat will also serve \:!ntr'ance, accessed by the c hu r' c h , '_:H1 i n tel' n .3 1 r 0 ado f f therefore constituting Route only 643 one Realizing the interit of thF~ Compr'E~h(?ns'ive Plan to keep a buffer hat imcompasses the area from the south side of Route 643 and h e Sou t h F' 0 r~ K 0 f t Ii e R i \/ ,"1 n n a 1\ i \/ ("! I'. 'N Fe' f p (-' 1 ':) 0 U t h For' k w 0 u 1 d not i In pac t t hi.o ,Cj t d 1 1 SC.luth fCol'k CO(l,c' i,-,;t uf c.l"IlI",:>," 1111,,1 n1V ?[: ,c,C"'fc','~ t.hat (:31) be cJcve'lo[H?cl c;il',(,c, the ilia ur'itv r;! Iii'.' ],jl)cl l'.: 111 .J floucJ plain that ',;10 I"/C?'=: .il''; ;-, 11':111,11",,1 hurfe?I', \/C'I',/ fc'\~' tl'('{?'" wuuld h,3VC' to be 1'(::'rrIOVE'~cJ t.0 ,'lee Ce'::;::: \hi:_, [,H'Opel't,V dl1d with :::;(''/<1('1' ,=lvi-lilable. even r e \iJ e ,.' 'i' Eo' E' '0 I,V U I J 1 r.I h ,'1 V (,' t: U 11 c,' I' f:,' III () V E' d t_ 0 b u i 1 d sin c: e nos e p tic system would be l'equil'E::"d. The' l'iVE~I' bottoln land vvould r'emain pasture/crop or recreational land and still serve as a natural buffer as mentioned above. The owner of South Fork intends to w rk with the County of Albemarle to provide for as easement along the river for a greenway to allow for expansion of r creation along the river. Scuth Fork is unique in that proximately 30 acres surrounded ffer (flood plain) area, We can i c1uding this relatively small C mprehensive Plan as a growth area Albemarle County Service Authority's it is virtually an island of by residential and natural see no impact of any sorts by tract of land in the and also including it in the jurisdictional area. T e Meadowcreek Parkway proposed alignments are just that, proposed. Of the three (3) alternate plans that have reviewed, t 0 (2) (G&O & County Plan) impact South Fork by going along the e ster"n s'ide just above the flood plain 1 ine and cl~oss-ing f~oute 63 between the church pr'oper't:y allCJ r'~r', F. A. Iachetta, The t ird plan (CATS) shows the alignment on the east side of the S uthern Rail Road going across the back of Bentivar, thus C' using no impact on South Fork. It is my understanding that the c rrent estimate by VDOT to advertise for bids to construct the p rtion of the Meadowcreek Parkway between the Bypass and Rio R ad is not until 1999. Ithth all of t.he above cons'idered, it is o r opinion that the Meadovvcl'cek Parkway should not come -into play in our request to amend the Comprehensive Plan. P ease review t.he above h sitate to call if a' d i t ion a 1 i n f () I' mat -i 0 n , along with the attachments can answer any questions and do not o r' p r () v ide T Clnk you VC"r'y a r p li c a ti 0 n , much for' your' '-]~:;s.i~-;tance l n F'iling this S nCE'I'E'-: 1 y, J/ , , ..' t;;2;~ ~- )j/ )/ (. ~) \ F: p h p n M, Me 1 tOil /' /' , (~/ '-----,,, Er c '1 ()SUI~e ~; M/mrn BEMARLE t ...... 32 COUNTY 47 .~ seA I.. IN :.~ T ~_ SECTION 46 PROPOSED EXPANSION AREAS /. ~ ~~~ ;~":':' I ATTACHMEN~ C I i{';' ':'l / \ / / / -~ -I ~I I ATTACHMENT D I Flood Plain Cri tical Slope D evelopa hIe Land -;..& o 'VI' ~ '?o is' 348 ..., ..~ ~I.. ~ [ATTACHMENT FJ --f-~ o \>' ~ '?o ~ X3'8 ., "" ~ ~MARLE COUNTY I ATTACHMENT GI ,/. '" ... ... 47 ... ... '" '.6 + 1 91 \ 9'A \ ""e -~~..- -, SECTION 46 .LBEMARLE COUNTY IATTACHMENT HI [~~,j ':;- ~O" ,. -- :)0 ---~ .. '" .... . 47 "' "' on ) 1'~ SP-90-107 UNITY CHURCH OF CHARLOTTESVILLE S AU IN "'f.[T 62 CHARLOT TESVI LLE AND RIVANNA DISTRICTS SECTION 46 _._-~ IATTACHMENT II ALBEMARLE COUNTY SERVICE AUTHORITY To FROrv DATE RE: MEMO Ken Baker, Department J.W. Brent, Executive of Planni,~ & Irmmunity Director W tU JO jI B 1992 Development r'~~ .::,~,. ~- t~ I>-D ,.~~: ~~} t;:' ' June 9, 1992 ,JUN South Fork :' ~\:'i\Ut,!G DEPT. Sanitary sewer service is readily available to this proposed development and water service would be available if the pipeline were extended. It is my opinion that the Albemarle County Service Authority would oppose a proposal to create a community water works to serve this proposed development and would discourage use of individual wells. Also, the staff would not endorse a "sewer only" jurisdictional area if it were proposed that these lots be served by a private water source but connected to public sewer. J.W.B JWBjlbt J ""-'" /2e Uf 'r<~~- i OJ 2'1'13 Understanding the Budget Process The majo purpose of budgeting is to formally convert the County's I ng range plans and policies into services and programs. he budget provides detailed financial informa- tion on the osts of services and the expected revenues for the upcomi g fiscal year. The budget process also provides a forum for review of progress made in the current year and for a revie of the levels of service provided by local The budg t is divided into three major parts, each with separate d cuments and public hearings. The Operatin~ Bud~et is t e total and complete budget used to finance all of the day t day operations oflocal government and schools. The total op rating budget consists of several major sections including g neral government operations, school operations, school debt service, CIP transfer, and the City-County reve- nue sharing Funding for this budget is derived from taxes, fees, licens s, fines, and State and Federal revenue. I Bud is used to completely describe the operations f the County's schools. The School Budget is prepared th Superintendent's office and is approved by the School Boa d. The schools have their own budget calendar which is se arate from that of other budgets. Funding for the School Bud et is derived from transfers from the Operating Budget, fee, and intergovernmental revenue (i.e. State and Federal fun ing). The it m v m t is used to pur- chase or fin nce the construction of capital goods from the building of schools, parks, and roads to the upgrading of computer a d phone system equipment. Funding for these projects is 0 tained from bond issues (long term debt which is only borr wed for the building of school projects) and from transfers fr the Operating Budget. What re he t te r uOr men ? The Com onwealth of Virginia requires that all localities meet certain budget guidelines. All localities within Virginia must have fiscal year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 an must approve a balanced budget. The School Board must approve the School Budget by May 1 or within 15 days of ceiving estimates of State funding, whichever shall later occur. The Board of Supervisors must approve the Operating Budget and set the tax rate by July 1. The adoption of the Operating Budget and the tax rate requires the Board to hold a public hearing and to advertise this hearing no less than 7 days in advance. Although these are the minimum State requirements, the County has traditionally adopted the budget byApril15 in order to establish teacher contracts and to set the personal property tax prior to the tax bill mailing date. The official appropriation of funds generally takes place prior to July 1. When are the budfet decisions made and how can I participate in the process? The County each year develops a schedule of events which describe the dates of public and Board participation in the budget process. Each year the Board is asked to approve the schedule of the budget process in order to establish firm dates for meetings and provide the public with as much notice as possible. Listed below is a copy of the tentative budget schedule. Budget Schedule Oct. 20 - Public Hearing on Budget Needs/Priorities Nov. 3 - Budget Guidance from Board of Supervisors Nov. 17 - Public Hearing on CIP Mar. 2 - Recommended Budget Distributed to Board Mar. 9 - Public Hearing on Recommended Budget Mar. 14, 16,21, & 23 - Board Worksessions Apr. 6 - Public Hearing on Proposed Budget/Tax Levy Apr. 13 - Board Adopts 94/95 Budget/Sets Tax Levy What is the budget process? The County's Operating Budget schedule begins on Octo- ber 20 with a public hearing on the community's needs in the coming fiscal year. On November 3, the Board provides the County Executive with financial guidelines for the develop- ment of the budget. In the middle of November, the County Executive's Office develops budget instructions, based upon the Board's guidance to the County Executive, and sends these instructions to all departments. In the middle of Decem- ber, all departments must submit budgets to the County Understanding the Budget Proc~ss Executive's Office. From the middle of December to the middle of January, the executive staff reviews budget re- quests and develops budget related questions. In January through February, all departments are scheduled to meet with the executive budget staff to review and answer all questions relating to their budget requests. From these discussions, the executive staff develops recommendations ranging from the funding of new programs to the reduction of funding of current programs. On February 16, the School Superintendent submits the School Budget to the County Executive and the executive staffreviews the School Budget. At the end of February, the County Executive makes the necessary adjustments to balance the budget and staff prints the County Executive's Recommended Budget. This budget is presented to the Board on March 2 and a public hearing on the County Executive's recommendation is held on March 9. After the public hearing on March 9, the Board begins a detailed review of each area of the budget and recommends specific cuts or additions to the County Executive's Recom- mended Budget. After all the budget changes have been agreed upon, a public hearing on the Board of Supervisors Proposed Budget and the tax rate is tentatively scheduled for April 6 and the adoption hearing is tentatively scheduled for April 13. How much is the current budget (FY 1993/94)? The total operating budget for the County of Albemarle in FY 93/94 is $96,710,332. This total expenditure is divided into the functional areas listed below: Expenditures General Government Schools Debt Service Capital Program Revenue Sharing Other 23,249,764 61,985,940 5,667,631 1,360,000 4,319,236 127,761 96,710,332 A visual representation of this funding is listed below in a pie chart. Revenue Sharing 4% Debt Service 6% General Government 24% Capital Program 1% Schools 65% What are the maior categories Q,{ expenditures for, General Government? General Government is broken down into 7 major func- tional areas: Administration, Judicial, Public Safety, Public Works, Human Development, Parks and Recreation, and Community Development. The Administration functional area provides oversight of overall county services via the County Executive's Office and the Board of Supervisors, provision of information technology and data processing via the Information Services department, legal advice from the County Attorney, payroll, tax assessment and collection, accounting, and purchasing for the county from the Finance Department, and the registration of voters by the Registrar. The Judicial area includes all court related services from the serving of warrants, to prosecution, to the actual running of the courts themselves. Funding is provided for the each of the local courts, the Circuit Court, the General District Court, and the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. The Clerk of the Court, Commonwealth Attorney, and the Sheriff are also funded in this functional area. Public Safety includes all Police services such as patrol, investigations and animal control, but it also encompasses other areas as well. Emergency Operations (E-991), fire prevention services, inspections, supplemental funding for the rescue squads and volunteer fire departments, a~d fund- "'f_ ''0 Understanding the Budget Process ing for loca agencies such as the SPCA, Joint Security (the regional jai ), and other related agencies are also included. The Publi Works area performs the duties of public build- ing mainte ance and custodial services, water resources manageme t, erosion control, and engineering oversight of residential nd commercial construction within the County. Departmen s include Staff Services and Engineering. The Hum n Development area includes Social Services, the Health epartment, Region Ten Community Services, and fund in for many local social service agencies. The services pr vided include the oversight and implementation of State an Federal social programs, the provision of local health serv ces, the provision of mental health services, outreach se ices, transportation services, services for the elderly, an funding other local social benefits. Parks an Recreation includes the Parks and Recreation department the regional library, and various local cultural and recreat onal agencies. The services provided include park maint ance, the summer swim programs, the commu- nity center, he teen center, athletic programs, and resources for local ag ncies such as Piedmont Council of the Arts, the Virginia Di covery Museum, and the Literacy Volunteers program. The final unctional area is that of Community Develop- ment. The d partments in this area include Planning, Zoning, Redevelop ent and Housing, the Soil and Water Conserva- tion office, and the Cooperative Extension Service. The services pr vided include zoning enforcement, long term planning fo community development, review of develop- ment applic tions, the implementation and development of housing pro rams, funding for local transit, the provision of extension s rvices, and funding for other services provided by local ag ncies. Where do the Revenues come from? Most of the revenues come from local taxes such as prop- erty taxes, personal property taxes, business licenses, and other fees. More than 66% of the County's budget is paid by local taxpayers. Below is an illustration of the revenue stream for the County. Other Local Revenue Other Revenues Local Property Taxes Federal Funding How have the expenditures changed over the long term? The total budget of the County has grown over the past several years, however much of this growth since 1988 is due to 2 major factors; inflation and population growth. Since 1988 inflation has increased by more that 27%. During the same period the County experienced more than a 15% growth in population. On the next page is an illustration of the County's budget since 1988 and the costs of inflation and the costs of population growth. How have the revenues chanved over the lonv term? The major way that revenues have changed over time is that the State and Federal funding, as a percentage of the overall budget, has decreased dramatically. On the next page are 2 pie charts, one from 1988 and one from the current year, which illustrate the relative decline in State revenues and an increase in the County's dependence upon local revenues. Understanding the Budget Process Expenditures 100,000,000 T I ! ,"-., ".- __..-_"., ~.,.,... "".T' . - .. ~ -",. 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T e League has struggled over how to approach this request of an applicant who has had its proposal b fore you for over four years. A year ago we urged support of the Planning Staff's recommendation t r deferral of this request so that instead of a piecemeal review, a comprehensive evaluation of all r quests to modify Growth Areas could be undertaken after completion of the Fiscal Impact Model a d a resolution of the Meadowcreek alignment. These two things were the last of the studies and/or is ues the County has deemed necessary before considering enlarging Growth Areas. The Board set a S ptember 30, 1993 deadline. T day we have an evaluation of some eight possible Growth Areas for which we congratulate the st ff for all its efforts, but no Fiscal Impact Model. And last night's action of the Planning Commission Ie ves the meadowcreek Parkway location in limbo. T e Towers' project proposes a significant scale of development for both residential and commercial u e-3,l00 dwellings (Staff Report, Nov 11, 1992). Traffic estimates are that 36,000-40,000 vehicle tr' s per day would be generated, some 23,000 of which would be by the regional and office services' ac ivity. It eems to the League that this is the very kind of proposal that requires some kind of tool by which d cision makers can judge its fiscal merits. We cannot help but wonder by what standards other re uests for expansion of the Growth Area along the 29N corridor will be judged. Is the fiscal impact an lysis no longer considered important? A 1 of this leads us to take this opportunity to share with your our thoughts about the 29N Growth A ea and the proposals for expansion. · According to Staff reports over the past 3-4 years, the primary constraint for development in the Hollymead/Piney Mt Growth Area was the availability of water and sewer services and the adequacy of existing roadways. Somehow we seem to have muddled through for years with crowded roads, but the provision of water and sewer facilities and services is absolutely essential for greater densities in a Growth Area. We know that utilities presently serving the area are inadequate to serve future growth in the existing Growth Area. Upgrading them and/or expanding them will be necessary. over ....,a non-parti an organization dedicated to the promotion afinformed and active participation of citizens in government," Water and sewer facilities are capital intensive. Both the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority(RWSA) and the Albemarle County Service Authority(ACSA) have long-term capital improvement plans for both water and sewer for the area and estimates when those projects will be necessary. Some of those dates are alarmingly close. Putting in transmission lines, pumping sta- tions, etc, are projects that seem "time-intensive" as well a capital intensive. A key to long-term development of water service to the Growth Area lies in the question of what- to-do about Chris Green Lake. We note that the Staff report has it listed as a part of the recreational program for the area. But we cannot put off forever the decision on whether it is to continue as a recreational facility or become a future raw water source for the North Fork of the Rivanna Water Treatment Plant. ACSA has said that additional raw water will be necessary to meet future demand of properties within the present Growth Area. In an October 8, 1992 letter, Mr. Brent said that the question of whether Chris Green will remain a recreational facility or become a drinking water supply "has not been answered and is a key component (our emphasis) in any study of the true cost of providing additional water." If it is true that decision, as Mr Brent says, is a key component in any study, we believe that it is time to begin, at least, a discussion as to the future use of Chris Green Lake. And we urge you to do so. As for the Towers Land Trust, in addition to not having any idea of the fiscal impact such a large, new expansion will have, the League has two questions concerning the Staff's recommenda- tions, should the Board approve the application-access to Route 29 and consideration of a greenway long the North Fork of the Rivanna. However, in the November 11, 1992 Staff Report (p. 5) the Staff made two other recommenda- tions: 1. Delete Neighborhood Services (13 acres) which are "not seen as necessary given the proximity ofthe proposed regional service area and existing commercial zoning along U.S. 29 in Piney Mt. Village." Why was this not included as a recommendation in the present report? 2. "Specific location of low, medium, and high density residential should be identified within the residential area." Considering that here is a great need for land designated high density, we urge consideration for high density development somewhere in the Growth Area. We recognize the possible impact on schools and roads, especially. We should also point out that "high density" does not always translate into "affordable." What continues to bother us is that, given the large amount of land under consideration, we can see where the County's land use needs could be met along the 29 Corridor, thus spreading north the problems that be-devil use closer to the urban area. How can we encourage more "fill-in" of existing growth areas before we hop-scotch further on by additional expansion that will require even more capital improvements? We know we need Growth Areas in order to keep development out of the Rural Areas. But we con- tinue to be concerned by issues and questions such as the above. They make it difficult to approve the current application of the Towers Land Trust. . ., /Za/,.~ lelz Yf,.) REMARKS BY RAYMOND P. WIRTH, JR. THE COALITION FOR TAX EQUITY BEFORE THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS October 20, 1993 Mr. Chairman, members of the Board, Mr. Tucker. My name is Ra Wirth and I am a member of the Coalition For Tax Equity. As yo begin work on the 1994-95 County budget, our organization wa ts to invite your attention to several issues which concern us So that we can be as helpful as possible, we want to raise th se issues early in the budget process. Accurate Disclosure First, we feel it important that the public receive early an accurate information about what your budget plans are. In th s regard, we feel it important that you disclose frankly what yo propose to spend, and how much more that amount is versus the la t budget. Mr. Tucker, in your letter to the Board of last March 3 fo warding the proposed budget, you recommended total spending of $9 .5 million, which you compared to the previous year's "B dgeted" spending of $92.5 million. The percentage increase is 4. %, which compares favorably with inflation and gives some co fort to the public that things are under control. But in fact, the spending budget adopted by the Board the pr V10US year was not $92.5 million, but rather $90.5 million. So this current year's proposed spending is actually 6.7% higher th n last. This does not compare favorably with inflation. , '. That lower percentage figure was repeatedly shown in County do uments, and received wide coverage in the press. We do'not fe 1 the public was well served. We urge you this year to co pare apples to apples, that is last year's adopted budget to th's year's proposed budget. Tax Rates As you are certainly aware, your proposed adjustment in tax ra es last March of one penny up in real property and two pennies do n for personal property represented a net increase in taxation of $356 thousand on top of the tax increase due to increased as essments. Again, we feel the public was not well served by th's "tinkering" with tax rates. "Baseline" Increases Last year's budget contained "average baseline increases" of 2. %. We take it that departments and agencies were given in reases over the previous year automatically. We think you sh uld cap spending at current levels, permiting no increases un ess well justified. And we think you should have a very sharp pe cil because this County is enduring fiscal stress. Debt Our County's debt is approaching $50 million, and we spend ne rly $6 million a year to service that debt. We are anxious to se what the debt service amount will be for next year. Two weeks ago you authorized Mr. Tucker to borrow $11.9 ml lion from the Virginia Public School Authority to fund items In the most recently approved Capital Improvement Program. Ho ever, $453 thousand of that borrowing is for items in the . ", Palks and Recreation section of the CIP, not the Education section. We think this significant for several reasons. Accounting Practice First, it shows a lack of precise and clear accounting. If $453 thousand worth of playground equipment is to be paid for wi1h school bonds, it ought to be accounted for as school eqlipment. The Planning Commission concurs, saying "CIP projects shculd be submitted by their prime user". Consolidation possibilities Second, it suggests the possible opportunity for some cOIsolidation of functions in our County government. If Parks ane Education items can be mingled in the CIP, why are there seIDarate maintenance functions in these two areas? Why not cOI~bine the two with a single set of managers, and enJoy ecenomies of scale? Certainly a competent bookkeeper can ac(urately allocate costs to their proper functions. Non-Capital Projects in CIP Finally, this borrowing includes several roof replacements, ca pet replacement, door replacement and other items of a ma ntenance and repair nature. We agree completely with the Plcjmning Commission when they say "Maintenance and repair items sh(Duld be funded by the respective maintenance and repair budget of the users." They go on to assert that' your present practice " .has the effect of diluting and distorting the entire review pnDcess. " You are "low-balling" the cost of education and other ac ivities. . '. School Construction We have written you about the proposed $18 million in el mentary school construction and expansion. We note that the pI nning Commission refused at its October 5 meeting to consider sc 001 related projects due to I'the lack of comprehensive lysis and calculation of need.. ..11 We agree completely. Our goal is to ask probing questions, invite your attention to important issues, and be at all times responsible and helpful ci izens. After all, we are the beneficiaries of your efforts, it is our responsibility as citizens to give you guidance as set about representing us. Thank you for listening. ''- ;t / ~ 0<-1 - y-e ~( / 4/2-.'~ 't} . c:-. dress to Board r::1 Supervisors - Oct. 25, 1993 Murray Elementary School Techndogy Infusion Project Yoo may be aware that the State Dept. r::1 Education has asked all s cd divisions to develcp a Technd ogy Plan by Jan. 1995. Well, we as arents at Murray Elementary School are trying to help this effort along. 1\\lJ.J ere is ...a joint effcrt.l'occurring between the University's Cuny Schcd Educatioo and the County Schools to infuse technology into the e ementary curriculum To suppai this effcrt oor schad budget, the PrO and a grant have ovided us with a small amoont of mooey to get a network installed and upgrade sane r::1 our hardware. This year as part r::1 UVa's invdvement ith the ccunty, 6 ct oor teachers have been paired with 6 UV a graduate ucation students er preservice teachers. They ccme into the school and crk with our staff and students using techndogy to develcp projects rated to current units of study. In conjunctioo with UV a's involvement, a ccmmittee ci parents and teachers has developed an overall techndogy Ian to be incaperated over the next several years. Mast of you all have en a copy ct it. We also have parent vdunteers who spend several hours a week with students crt the COlllputers. I am emphasizing the pecple ect of this invdvement because that is a key fader in any successful Ian. Withoot UVa's help this year, these 6 teachers would net be getting t e techndogy suppcrt that they need in t~~rc&~3r~ ~1~~yi~Htx,~e;G; C:' -Iv LC(0#?, net rely crt the University indefinitely. It Right now there is a critical 1f I cl< of support staff at the county level and in each schoo to assist with d promcte technology integrati00. I.....--hA , ;- , I '~-(/l./'u~t tA.-f/?1-5' ,A-~~lc~<'6k~~ ~ CLA.,l~tVLLcLz Cc'. JcA__c-:.-ec We are here as parents with a visicn and a plan for our canmunity 001 that win that can be shared with all the schools. This technology itiative enables the walls ei our dassrooms to expand beycnd Albemarle nty and it affa'ds ALL a oor children the oppcrtunity to experience ifferent techndogies as effective and friendly learning tcx:ils. The Catnty Technology Plan alcng with a revised version of Murray lementarys Techndogy Plan will be presented to the Schad Board within t e next few weeks. We are asking that you take a serious lcrl< at the 1 aming cpportunities they eifer our students, teachers, and administratcrs d encourage the Schad Board to move faward with techndogy in our ads. L/, J i TV<.A.lt<./ ~ /7 /' " ~ , f ,c.), I~:X'-~ 5/(, ;7 " _ '_ '~/?/ I /It{ _ c1.J7 (,/ j "'" " I fa '7 (lJ"~ DATE ~l ~'fuJx ( (.() I AGENDA ITEM NO. E~ .Dt1\5. ~\9 AGENDA ITEM NAME _~c..C (iY\.~ lc.-zch :y,\ Dr AJ vlA-L~~~ (LlcL )\iw "") DEFERRED UNTIL '.} Form.3 7/25/86 , ." Edward H, Ba n, Jr. Samuel Mill r David P_ Bow rman Charlottesvil e Charlotte y, umphris Jack Jouett COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Office of Board of Supervisors 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 (804) 296,5843 FAX (804) 972-4060 M E M 0 RAN DUM Board of Supervisors <,-"7 Ella W. Carey, Clerk, CMC~~ October 15, 1993 Reading List for October 20, 1993 y 13(A), 1992 - Mr. Bain vember 4, 1992 - Mr. Martin ly 14, 1993 - pages 1-8 (#10) _--pages 0 (itl-O) - Mr. Bain 3 3 --=---lIk-.-- I' e r k i noS gust 18, 1993 - Mr. Marshall ~~cl E C:mms * Printed on recycled paper fr,.... (2(-O'..A~ tO~lS.tt3 Cl3' 1.020 .1071J Forrest R_ Marshall, Jr. Scottsville Charles S, Martin Rivanna Walter F, Perkins White Hail ~ I)q.', f=iSSj\j. IJF C1JUrH I ES Voting Delegat~: (Supervisor) Name Title Locality Alternate Delegate: (Supervisor) Nama Title Locality Certified by: (Clerk of the Board) Name Title Locality TEL: 804-788-0083 Oct 20,93 2:39 No,064 P.02/03 VACo 1993 Annual Meeting Voting Credentials Form Charlotte Y. Humphris Supervisor, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Albemarle County David P. Bowerman Chairman, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Albemarle County Ella Washington-Carey Clerk, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Albemarle County . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . - - - - - - . - . - - - - - - . . - - - - - - . . - . - - - - . . . . - ~ - VACo 1993 Annual Meeting Proxy Statement , , County authorizes the following person to cast its vote at the 1993 nnual Meeting of the Virginia Association of Counties on November 9, 1993. , a non-elected official of this county. -OR- , a supervisor from County. Uninstructed. The proxy may use hislher discretion to cast n any issue to come before the annual meeting. , County's votes Instructed. The proxy is limited in how he/she may cast ,__ County's votes. he issues on which he/she may cast those votes and how he/she should vote are: list issues and Instructions on the back of this form) Name Title Locality . V8~ 8SSN. OF COUNTIES ". 4 TEL: 804-788-0083 Oct 20,93 2:39 No.064 P.Ol/03 I facsimiCe message I VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES 1001 E. Broad Street, Suite LL20 Old City Hall Richmond, VA 23219.1901 (804) 788-6652 Fax: (804) 788-0083 IS memo an attachments are a so TO: Chairmen and Chairwomen, County Board of Supervisors County Chief Administrative Officers ~1<JJ9v{: James D. Campbell, Executive Director ~: Voting Credentials for tlle Annual Business Meeting 'D :4.P:E;.. October 19, 1993 The 1993 Annual Business Meeting ()fthe Virginia Association of Counties will be held on Tuesday, November 9, from 10:15 a.m. to Noon at The Homestead in Bath County. Article VI of the:: V ACo Constitution Sk'l.tes that each county shall designate a representative of its board of supervisors to cast its vot.e(s) at the Annual Business Meeting. However, if a member of the board of supervisors cannot be prescnt for this meeting, the Association's Constitution does allow a county to designate a non-elected official from your county or a member of a board of supervisors from another county to cast a proxy vote(s) for your county. For your county to be certified to vote at the Annual Business Meeting, your aruma! dues must be paid in full and either a completed Voting Credentials Form or a Proxy Statement (attached) must be submitted to VACo by November 1, 1993. Altematively, this infonnation may be submitted to the Credentials Committee at its meeting on Monday, November 3, at 4:15 p.m. or to the conference registration desk befo1'C this meeting. , REGIONAL CAUCUSES In several regions of the slate, more than one candidate has emerged to be considered for the V ACo Board of Directors. We hope that these contest.s ean be decided within the region before the Nominating Committee preparcs its slate for considerat.ion by the full membership. Accordingly, we have scheduled room from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday November 7, for regional caucuses: Region I in lhe:: Blue Ridge Room Region 3 in the Valley Room Region 5 in the Cascades Room Region 7 in the Allegheny Room Region 8 in the Regcncy Room Region 10 in the Hunt Room Region 12 in the Vir~inia Room If your region does not have a meetmg room and would like one, please advise me~ soon as possible. Please call me at (804) 788-6652 if you have any questions about this process.