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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-05-22ADJOURNEDAttendine Bob Tucker Walter Perkins Steve Murray Sam Lee Barnes Jodie Webber Peter Hallock Ann Ta~vlor Sally Thomas Kevin Castner Kay Slaughter Charles Rotgin, Jr. Bill Symons Meredith Richards Vicki Crews Helen Poore Sandy Snook Earl Pullen William Harvey Jim Peterson Donald Weaver Tom Payne Will/am Thomas Pete Bmdshaw Jeffirey Lunsford Michael LaChance Frankee Love Robert Spencer Donna Klepper John Garland Thomas Jefferson Venture Meetin~ May 22, 1997 Minutes Locality Represented Albemarle Albemarle Albemarle Albemarle Albemarle Albemarle Albemarle Albemarle Albemarle Charlottesville Clmrlottesville Charlottesville Charlottesville Charlottesville Charlottesville Charlottesville Charlottesville Charlottesville Charlottesville Fluvanna Louisa Louisa Louisa Nelson Nelson Town of Scottsville PVCC University of Virginia Staff: Nancy K. O~3rien and Bonnie Fronfelter Public: Sara Cagle, Daily Progress The meeting was called to order by Ms. Thomas. Vision Statement: Mr. Rotgin requested clarification of the vision statement to spec/fy who articulates community needs. He cited examples of The Inn at Little Washington, Pantops, and Csreenfront's Furniture in Farmville as niches that were filled in communities and it was unclear whether these uses were articulated in the community prior to their inception. Ms. O~3rien stated the articulated needs referred to in the vis/on statement were intended to mean those specified in local comprehensive plans. Members agreed that a reference to comprehensive plans should be added. Comparison Regions: Members were g/yen further information on three comparison regions including Columbia, Missouri; Boulder, Colorado; and Chapel Hilt, NC. The three comparison re~ions were narrowed down from six because of the location of large univers/ties in these communities. Ms. Thomas noted that Columbia. Missouri was home to the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. On a motion from Ms. Slaughter and seconded by Mr. Rotgin, members unanimously agreed to use Chapel Hill, NC. with the understanding that specific indicators could be extracted from other regions for comparison. Regional Competitiveness Program Point System: Ms. O~Brien reviewed the point system being used by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development to review requests for qualification. She noted that 10 of the required minimum 20 points for qualification could come from existing regional agreements. Priority Topic Areas: Ms. O~rien suggested that members needed to decide whether the priority topics of economic disparity and housing should be combined into a larger category of economic underclass as they were grouped during the prior group brainstorming session, Members suggested that a broader topic might be preferable; others thought housing should remain as its own topic area~ Members agreed to keep as two priority topic areas both housing and economic disparity. Ms. O'Brien further stated that members needed to decide whether race relations should be a priority topic area or a topic of discussion in all other topic areas. Some members suggested race relations should remain a priority topic area so that it would not ~et lost in discussions; others stated that race relations could be considered in every other priority and woven into all other areas without being its own topic area_ Mr. Pullen restated the concern that issues could become muddled and suggested it remain/ts own priority topic area. Ms. Snook stated that members consider human relations and the sense of community. Members agreed unanimously to keep race relations as a separate priority topic area~ Strategic Plan Projects in Priority Topic Areas: Members broke into six groups to develop projects from the six priority top~c areas: Beauty, Education. Sprawl, Economic Disparity, Affordable Housing, and Race Relations. Reports from each priority group were delivered at the end of the meeting by Mr. Lunsford, economic disparity; Ms. Snook, race relations; Ms. Webber, sprawl; Ms. Taylor, beauty; Mr. Harvey and Ms. Richards, education; and Ms. Thomas, housing. Ms. O~Brien told members that staff would combine these six reports into draft form to be mailed to members over the weekend. She further reminded members that a public hearing on the draft regional strategic plan would be held at the next TJ Venture Meeting on May 29, 1997 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Walker Middle School Cafeteria. There being no additional business, the meeting was adjourned.