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Home My WebLink AboutSUB201400066 Correspondence Road Plan and Comps. 2014-06-11 GBCOLLINS ENGINEERING 200 GARRETT ST, SUITE K CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22902 434.293.3719 PH 434.293.2813 FX www.collins-en gineering.corn June 11,2014 John Anderson Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville,VA 22902 RE: Briarwood Commercial Road Plan (SUB201400066) Thank you for your comments dated May 19, 2014 on the above-referenced project. The updated plans reflect changes to address your comments as described below: 1. Approved traffic study attached to this plan submittal. 2. Entrances along Road A removed from this set of plans. 3. Existing grading easement allows for disturbance 10' into the existing lot. No lot disturbance occurs outside of this area. 4. Townhouse grading approved under SDP-2010-84 and is an existing condition for this road plan. Proposed grading ties into the approved grading as shown on Sheet 4. 5. Variance filed with Albemarle County to allow for 3' planting strips to match the existing 3'planting strips in the existing Briarwood subdivision. 6. Retaining wall cross-sections provided on Sheet 5. Geo-technical engineering details will be provided separately. 7. Notes 1 and 2 removed from Sheet 5. 8. Handrails provided,detail shown on Sheet 5. 9. Albemarle County managed slopes shown on the Sheet 4. Maximum wall height of 6' has been maintained in these areas. 10. Road curves revised to R=200'. 11. Street sign provided at the NW corner of intersection of Briarwood Drive and Elm Tree Court. 12. Island curb radii must remain at R=2'where island width is 4'. 13. 40'landing with S<4%provided on Road B at the intersection with Road A. 14. Turn-around detail shown on Sheet 3. 15. All references to"Road C" updated to"Elm Tree Court". 16. Underground detention label on Sheet 8 revised to "WPO-2014-30" 17. Details enlarged. 18. Details enlarged. 19. Drainage area for Str-8 has been updated. Capacity-spread calculations revised. 20. Str-24 top lowered to accommodate drainage. 21. Comment acknowledged. 22. Comment acknowledged. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 434-293-3719. Sincerely, Scott Collins, PE Collins Engineering Michelle Roberge From: Christopher Perez Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 1:06 PM To: Scott Collins Cc: Michelle Roberge; Margaret Maliszewski; Troy Austin Subject: Briarwood subdivision plats, site plans, site plan amendments, and ARB application Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged As requested this email shall serve as an update for Briarwood subdivision plats, site plans, site plan amendments, and ARB application,which are under review/pending resubmittal. It appears the applicant is actively moving forward with the plans through discussions and submitals of revised TIA and ARB applications;however, due to the complexity of the various overlapping items many incremental approvals and reviews must be accomplished by various departments prior to resubmittal and or approval of the mitigation plan. * SDP2013-35 minor site plan amendment_Landscape Mitigation Plan 1St round of comments sent on 7-3-13, staff has not received a resubmittal from the applicant. The applicant made an ARB application ARB-2013-174,ARB approval is one of the requirements to move forward with the proposal. Subsequently the applicant submitted ARB2014-40, which goes to the ARB on May 5th. Thus it appears this mitigation plan (minor amendment)proposal should take into consideration the ARB findings on May 5th and the mitigation plan may need to be revised to match (if it doesn't already match) what ARB reviews/approves. A second submittal of the minor amendment has not been submitted by the applicant to address the 7-3-13 comments. This minor amendment/mitigation plan will be utilized to process the Special Exception request for the 20' buffer disturbance per Chapter 18 Section 21.7(c)1. The Special Exception for the"20' buffer disturbance waiver" is still applicable. This will be require to go to the BOS. Please note that the Special Exception for the Critical Slope Waiver associated with the Gas Station Site plan is no longer applicable, as the ordinance recently changed (on March 5, 2014) how the County handles these slopes. The slopes onsite are now categorized as "Managed Slopes" a waiver is not required to disturb them; however, the improvements proposed on these slopes must meet design standards provided in 30.7.5 to mitigate the impacts caused by the disturbance of the slopes. Engineering is your primary contact for this aspect of the initial site plan. * ARB-2013-174: Briarwood Commercial. and then * ARB2014-40: Briarwood Commercial. This submittal goes to ARB May 5,2014. * WP02013-18_the briarwood underground detention project. Approved on 8-20-13. * SDP2013-34 minor site plan amendment_modify lot numbers and parking spaces 1St round of comments sent on 6-28-13. A second submittal of the minor amendment has not been submitted by the applicant to address those comments. L J *0132012-64 Preliminary Site cpn—Briarwood Gas Station Comments were provided to the applicant on 7-19-13. Based on the complexity and overlapping nature of the project staff is awaiting revisions prior to approval or approval with conditions. Notably staff is awaiting revisions to the mitigation plan SDP2013-35 to be approved prior to this plan being approved. Please note that the Special Exception for the Critical Slope Waiver associated with the Gas Station Site plan (comment#2 on the 7-19-13 comment letter) is no longer applicable, as the ordinance recently changed (on March 5, 2014)how the County handles these slopes. The slopes onsite are now categorized as "Managed Slopes" a waiver is not required to disturb them; however,the improvements proposed on these slopes must meet design standards provided in 30.7.5 to mitigate the impacts caused by the disturbance of the slopes. It may be possible for the applicant to consult with Engineering staff prior to resubmittal to assure design standards are being met with the proposal. Or Engineering may require the applicant to resubmit and then will review to assure the design standards are met. The minor amendment/mitigation plan shall be approved prior to the approval of the preliminary site plan. *SUB2013-43 Briarwood Commercial Lot—preliminary subdivision plat for 5 commercial lots 2 rounds of review have went out on this project (4-17-13 and 7-19-13). A resubmittal has not been submitted addressing the comments. In addition to many other comments remaining, staff is awaiting approvals of the revised traffic analysis requested by VDOT and Engineering to determine if the road is adequate to carry traffic volume. *SUB2013-29 Briarwood—Final plat_Request for final plat approval to create 31 residential lots ... Lots 14-22 (phase lA-1, Lots 15-23A (phase 1A-2), lots 43 —47 (phase 5). 2 rounds of review have went out on this project (4-3-13 and 7-19-13). Pending action by the applicant with regard to legal documents. Christopher P.Perez Senior Planner Department of Community Development'County of Albemarle,Virginia 401 Mclntire Road Charlottesville.VA 22902 434.296.5832 ext.3443 From: Scott Collins [mailto:scott @collins-engineering.com] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:20 AM To:Troy Austin Cc: Christopher Perez; Michelle Roberge Subject: RE: 13-338 Briarwood Commercial - Revised Traffic Study Troy- Thanks for the email. There are actually(2) current plans under review at the county both pending approval (or approval to move forward) based on the approval of the TIA traffic study for the intersection. The (2) projects are: SUB2013-00043 Briarwood Commercial Lots—Preliminary Subdivision plat SDP2012-00064 Briarwood Gas Station—Preliminary Plat I have copied the planner,Chris Perez, on this email as well, since he will be tracking the approval of the TIA study and ultimately the approval of the (2) preliminary plats so we can move forward with the final plans and road plans for these projects. Thank you. Scott Collins From: Austin, Nathran. (VDOT) [mailto:Nathrar,.Austinnvdot.virginiE,.gov] Sent:Thursday, March 27, 2014 7:48 AM 2 Toy:Scott Collins °'1/ Subject: RE: 13-338 Briarwood Commercial- Revised Traffic Study Scott, Is there a current site plan under review for this site or are you just wanting to get the TIA out of the way before submitting? Troy Austin, P.E. Area Land Use Engineer Virginia Department of Transportation Land Development—South Culpeper District P.O. Box 1017 Troy,VA 22974 Phone: (434) 589-5871 Fax: (434)589-3967 From: Scott Collins [mailto:scott@acollins-engineering.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:24 PM To: Austin, Nathran. (VDOT) Cc: Proctor, Charles C. (VDOT); Michelle Roberge Subject: RE: 13-338 Briarwood Commercial - Revised Traffic Study Troy- Attached is the revised conclusion, changing the summary about the number of lanes to match the section, as requested. This is the only change. Thanks, and let me know when you think this will be approved. Thx. Scott From:Austin, Nathran. (VDOT) (mailto:Nathran.AustinPvdot.virginia.gov] Sent:Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:33 AM To:Scott Collins Subject: RE: 13-338 Briarwood Commercial- Revised Traffic Study Scott, I notice that in section 7.0 Summary and Conclusion, paragraph three references a "5 to 6 lane section on Briarwood Drive". This should be revised to match the 7 lane section that is currently being proposed. Troy Austin, P.E. Area Land Use Engineer Virginia Department of Transportation Land Development—South Culpeper District P.O. Box 1017 Troy, VA 22974 Phone: (434) 589-5871 Fax: (434) 589-3967 From: Scott Collins [mailtc:sco macollins-enainee-in ..com; Sent: Wednesday, Marcr; 12, 2014 8:49 AM To: Michelle Roberge; Austin, Nathr4ff:''(VDOT); Proctor, Charles C. (VDOT) Cc: Christopher Perez Subject: 13-338 Briarwood Commercial - Revised Traffic Study Michelle,Troy, Chuck- Thank you again for meeting with us last week to discuss the Briarwood Commercial intersection and Briarwood drive. I am dropping off(3) hard copies of the final traffic study(with the couple of changes that Chuck spoke about in the meeting last week), but I also wanted to email it out to everyone so that everyone would have a digital copy of it as well. Thank you again for the help with this, and please let us know if you need anything else. Thank you. Scott Collins Collins Engineering 434-293-3719 z