1958-10-22October 22, 1958
An adjourned meeting of October 15, 1958, waw held at 7:30 P.M. on this date wi~h the fol!~w-
lng members present. Messrs. John W. Willi~ms~ Edgar N. Garnett, H. Ashby Harris, Edward L. Smith, N. Y.
Sutherland, Jr. and Robert Thraves. I~
Officers present: County Executive and Commonwealth's Attorney.
Dr. Sterling Decker, representing the Berkeley Subdivision, appeared before the Board with re-
gard to recommendation for acceptance into the Secondary System of a certain portion of road in said
subdivision. In the regard the following communication was presented:
adopted:
"Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
County Office Building
Charlottesville, Va.
Re: Berkeley Community
Sentlemen:
The portion of the road system of Berkeley Community offered for acceptance into the
County road system is the portion of Dominion Drive from its intersection with Route
29 through its first intersection with Commonwealth Drive to its second intersection
with Commonwealth Drive, a distance of 2200 feet. This road is completed to State
standards with the exception that the concrete curb and gutter under construction
lacks approximately 1725' of being complete as of this date. A check in the amount
of $5,175.00 is being placed in escrow with you to cover this incomplete curb and
gutter and it ~ requested that you accept this portion of the road system.
Very truly yours,
/s/ O. R. Randolph
O. R. Randolph
On motion by ~r. Garnett, seconded by Mr. Thraves, the following resolution was unanimously
BE I2 RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County,
Virginia, that the portion of Dominion Drive in Berkeley Subdivision from its
intersection with Houte 29 through its first intersection kith Commonwealth Drive,
to its second intersection with Commonwealth Drive, a distance of approximately
2200 feet,~be and is hereby recommanded to the Virginia Department of Highways
for acceptance into the Secondary System, a ~0 foot right of way along with
d~ainage easement having been dedicated and recorded in the office of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court in Deed Book 336, pages 336-337.
The County Executive advised that in accordance with a request ~f the Board of some time ago
He had met with the Soil Conserva~i6~<~Service and other interested parties relative to the construction
of a dam on Beaver Creek. He stated that as per instructions from the Board, he had arrived at a storage
!figure of 500,000,000 gallon~ as being the amount ~hich should be stored for future economic growth of
Ithe county. Mr. John Smart of the Soil Conservation Service and Mr. C. ~. Garnett~ Sr., addressed the
Board with respect to the feasibility of constructing a dam to contain 500,000,000 ~allons of water. The
explained the matter of the County's participation in the project over and above the amount estimated to
be necessary for soil conservation and flood control. ~The Commonwealth's Attorney explained that he was
of the opinion that the statutes did not permit the county to participate in a project of this nature
over and above the requirements for soil conservation and flood control. Considerable discussion was
lgiven to the matter and it was the sense of the meeting that the County Executive advise the Crozet WaSer
Committee of the proposed project and that said committee be requested to attend the November meeting of
tthe Board to ascertain if certain means could be found by ~hich the White Hall Crozet Sanitary District
could finance such a project.' Also, the Com~onwealth's Attorney was requested to give further stndy, as
i tc the legal aspects of the matter and to report his findings to the Board.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.