HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP201400002 Correspondence 2015-03-31 Claudette Grant
From: Claudette Grant
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 5:09 PM
To: Wendy Fisher; 'Kendra Guiffre'; 'Alan Franklin'; Eugene Ryang
Cc: David Benish
Subject: SP2014-00002 Montessori Community School
Attachments: Project Proposal.pdf; P1_SP_RMF_Montessori.pdf; Action letter SP2009-01.pdf
Hello All,
Thank you so much for meeting this morning. It really was helpful for all of us to get on the same page regarding the
subject special use permit request. Since our meeting, I pulled together all the pertinent information that will hopefully
get you to the finish line on this.This also includes a brief recap of our meeting. Please see the following:
Next Steps
• The fee breakdown:$306.40 to be paid (for legal advertisement and notification to adjoining property owners)
on Monday,April 6, 2015.
• $106.40 will be due later for the Board of Supervisor public hearing or you can pay the entire amount on
Monday, if you wish, in the amount of$412.80.
• The plan is to re-submit only for an amendment to the special use permit conditions on Monday,April 6, 2015.
You plan to provide a letter requesting Conditions 3 and 4 be eliminated and Condition 2 will need to be
amended to note and/or reflect the change in the fence on the approved plan. (See attached conditions)The
approved plan will subsequently be amended with SP201500011.You are requesting this change on the
conditions in order to eventually receive a certificate of occupancy for a building currently under construction
per SDP2014-00032 by August?, 2015.
• In your letter to the County you will also need to let us know that there is a different contact for SP2014-00002.
• Submitting on Monday,April 6,2015 should get you to the Planning Commission (PC) no sooner than May 19,
2015 with no comments to the applicant.This means the PC staff report will be your comments.
• You will plan to take SP2014-00002 and SP2015-00011 to the Pantops Advisory Council meeting, so they know
both are going on and why. Let me know when you plan to do this. I will try to attend.
History
• 1-30-14 Mandatory pre-app was done. No community meeting was recommended because the requested
changes are relatively minor in nature and does not change the original intent of the special use permit. 2-18-14
First submittal (SP2014-00002)
• 4-4-14 First staff comment letter sent to applicant.The letter addresses the need for the conditions to be
amended for the removal of the fence and the letter states that the intent of the submitted plan is unclear. Is it
only for update to Phase 1 of the concept plan or is it to update previously approved phases 2-4?
• 4-17-14 A re-submittal was sent to the County to address the staff comments. It included an updated SUP
concept plan.
• No comments were sent to the applicant.
• 5-2-14 A request for an indefinite deferral was sent in order to first complete the necessary work on Phase 1 of
construction.
• 2- 17-15 (SP 2015-00011) First submittal.
Background Information
For your convenience please find attached the Project Proposal from Christopher Mantle, dated February 18, 2014, the
staff comment letter from Rachel Falkenstein,dated April 4, 2014 and an Action Letter, dated March 27, 2009 inclusive
of the last approved SP conditions.
This is a lot of information to digest. Serry about that, but I hope it lays everythinge discussed out. Feel free to let me
know once you pay, so that I can verify/confirm that it is in our system. Let me know if you have any questions.Also,
please share this with others who were at the meeting,whose e-mail I do not have. Have a great evening.
Claudette Grant
Senior Planner
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville,VA 22902-4596
(434) 296-5832, Ext.3250
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April 3, 2015
Ms. Claudette Grant
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: SP2014-00002; Montessori Community School Special Use Permit Amendment
Dear Claudette,
On behalf of the Montessori Community School, also referred to as Mountaintop Montessori, we would
like to formally request reinstatement of the previously deferred Special Use Permit Amendment
Application SP2014-00002 and ask that the County restart the review and approval process with the
following revision to the application:
• Eliminate Conditions#3 and#4 from the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors action letter for
SP2009-00001,dated March 27, 2009.
• Note that another Special Use Permit Amendment, SP2015-00011, has been submitted to the
County for consideration that will amend the site master plan layout referenced by Condition#2 in
the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors action letter for SP2009-00001,dated March 27,
2009.
• Change the contact information on the SP2014-00002 application from Chris Mantle at McKee
Carson to Eugene Ryang at Waterstreet Studio, LLC.
eryang @waterstreetstudio.net(434) 295-8177.
The school would like to proceed directly to the Planning Commission with this special use amendment
request as revised. Please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions or need anything additional.i Sinc rely,
Alan Franklin, PE
Waterstreet Studio, LLC
cc: Wendy Fisher; Mountaintop Montessori Head of School
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