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Roanoke County Administration Center
5204 Bernard Drive
Roanoke, Virginia 24018
The Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia met this day at the
Roanoke County Administration Center, this being the second Tuesday and the first
regularly scheduled meeting of January 2020. Audio and video recordings of this
meeting will be held on file for a minimum of five (5) years in the office of the Clerk to
the Board of Supervisors.
IN RE: CALL TO ORDER
Chairman North called the meeting to order at 2:09 p.m. The roll call was
taken.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Supervisors Martha B. Hooker, Paul M. Mahoney, David R.
Radford, P. Jason Peters and Phil C. North
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Daniel R. O'Donnell, County Administrator; Richard
Caywood, Assistant County Administrator; Rebecca Owens,
Assistant County Administrator; Amy Whittaker, Public
Information Officer, Peter S. Lubeck, Acting County Attorney
and Deborah C. Jacks, Chief Deputy Clerk to the Board
IN RE: ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY BOARD
1. Election of Officers
a. Chairman
Supervisor Hooker nominated Supervisor Radford to serve as Chairman.
Supervisor North seconded the nomination.
Supervisor Radford was elected by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Mahoney, Hooker, North, Peters, Radford
NAYS: None
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b. Vice Chairman
Supervisor Hooker nominated Supervisor North to serve as Vice
Chairman. Supervisor Radford seconded the nomination.
Supervisor North was elected by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Mahoney, Hooker, North, Peters, Radford
NAYS: None
Chairman Radford recessed the meeting at 2:03 P.M.
IN RE: OPENING CEREMONIES
Before the meeting was called to order, an invocation was provided by
Spiritual Growth Pastor Kevin Wilson of Fellowship Community Church. The Pledge of
Allegiance was recited by all present.
Chairman Radford called the meeting to back into open session at 3:00
p.m.
IN RE: NEW BUSINESS
1. Resolution appointing the County Attorney and approval of an
employment contract (Phil C. North, Supervisor, Hollins
Magisterial District)
There was no discussion.
RESOLUTION 011420-1 APPOINTING THE COUNTY ATTORNEY
AND APPROVAL OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, Chapter 7 of the Roanoke County Charter provides for the
appointment of a County Attorney, his or her powers and duties, compensation and
tenure; and
WHEREAS, Section 15.2-1542 of the Code of Virginia establishes the various
duties and responsibilities of the County Attorney; and
WHEREAS, an employment agreement between the County Attorney and the
Board of Supervisors has been negotiated.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County, Virginia, as follows:
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1. That Peter S. Lubeck, subject to acceptance of the terms and conditions
of employment as set forth in the employment agreement, is hereby appointed County
Attorney for Roanoke County, and that his tenure shall commence on or before January
14, 2020.
2. That Peter S. Lubeck shall exercise all of the powers and fulfill all of the
duties and obligations of County Attorney as provided in the Roanoke County Charter,
the position description, the policies and regulations adopted by the Board and the legal
directives of the Board.
3. That an employment agreement is hereby approved, and the Chairman of
the Board is hereby authorized to execute this agreement of behalf the Board.
On motion of Supervisor Hooker to adopt the resolution, seconded by
Supervisor Mahoney and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Mahoney, Hooker, North, Peters, Radford
NAYS: None
IN RE: CONSENT AGENDA
Supervisor Mahoney asked to pull the approval of the minutes of the
October 22, 2019, Board Meeting for a separate vote as he was not on the Board when
this meeting was held. There were no objections.
On motion of Supervisor Radford to approve the minutes, seconded by
Supervisor Hooker and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Hooker, North, Peters, Radford
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: Supervisor Mahoney
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RESOLUTION APPROVING AND CONCURRING IN CERTAIN
ITEMS SET FORTH ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AGENDA FOR THIS DATE DESIGNATED AS ITEM H- CONSENT
AGENDA
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, as
follows:
That the certain section of the agenda of the Board of Supervisors for,
designated as Item H - Consent Agenda be, and hereby is, approved and concurred in
as to each item separately set forth in said section designated Items 1 through 4
inclusive, as follows:
1. Approval of minutcs Octobcr 22, 201-9
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2. Request to accept and allocate a $5,000 grant to the Fire and Rescue
Department from ADT, LLC
3. Resolution approving an amended and restated employment contract for the
County Administrator
4. Confirmation of appointments to the Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare Board
of Directors, Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT), Parks,
Recreation and Tourism Commission (District), Planning Commission
(District) and South Peak Community Development Authority (At-Large)
On motion of Supervisor Mahoney to adopt the resolution, with the approval of
minutes pulled for separate action, seconded by Supervisor Hooker and carried by the
following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Mahoney, Hooker, North, Peters, Radford
NAYS: None
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RESOLUTION 011420-3.b AMENDING AND RESTATING THE
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT111
WHEREAS, on December 4, 2018, the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors
approved the appointment of Daniel R. O'Donnell as County Administrator and
executed a contract on that same day by Resolution 120418-5; and
WHEREAS, the contract states that any amendment must be by written
agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Board and Mr. O'Donnell desire to amend the existing contract
to amend and clarify certain terms to reflect the current relationship.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia, as follows:
1. The current Employment Agreement of the County Administrator, Daniel R.
O'Donnell, is hereby amended to clarify certain benefits and provide for a
2.75% salary increase.
2. The Chairman of the Board is hereby authorized to sign the attached
Amendment to reflect changes to the original Employment Agreement, which
Amendment is hereby made a part of this Resolution. (Attachment)
On motion of Supervisor Mahoney to adopt the resolution, seconded by
Supervisor Hooker and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Mahoney, Hooker, North, Peters, Radford
NAYS: None
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IN RE: CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
William Skaff of 4815 Farmington Place Court stated, "Chairman North
provided us with some wonderful news about Roanoke County's economy in his
excellent State of the County Address: (1) Announced new business will create 800 new
jobs; (2) Unemployment is at 2.2 percent; (3) Innovation industries, such as technology
and healthcare, are the focus; (4) Population will increase 3.3 percent in ten years; and
(5) Young people ages 25 to 39 are leaving big cities for the suburbs in droves.
All of this is happening now to Roanoke County just the way it is, without the
completion of a single town center density development project. So, have we run out of
reasons yet for ruining our County with density development? We retain our young
people by preserving for them the best version of Roanoke County, not by importing an
inferior version from urban areas. Amidst the good news there are two ominous notes.
First, the admission that "the County's planning studies are long term efforts to discover
areas for growth and revitalization across major County corridors." This tells us that the
government's Reimagine town center density development program extends beyond the
III 12 projects currently contemplated by the Planning and Economic Development
Departments. The effort to urbanize Roanoke County is, we now know, intended to be
perpetual and will be implemented wherever possible. The second ominous note is the
potential of government decisions being influenced by the interests of those with a
financial stake in density development: "We encourage interested commercial
developers to help us advance these ideas sooner rather than later." The question
occurs, to what extent have developer attitudes and preferences helped enshrine
density development as public policy, regardless of the source, whether it be developers
or the Board, the Planning Commission, and the Economic Development Department
themselves? Developers are primarily, if not solely, concerned with development—their
business is building, not what and whether we should build. Progress is not building as
many buildings as possible as large,as possible as close together as possible. Planners
and developers assume that progress is urbanization. True progress is preserving
quality of life while the population and the built environment increase. For Roanoke
County, it is a balance, a mutual presence, locally as well as regionally, between the
natural and the built. The Board has made Constitutionalist decisions, such as
approving the Second Amendment Sanctuary Resolution, and socialist decisions, such
as the Reimagine 419 Plan, whereby government creates development plans for private
property and then compels, or entices, owners into adopting them, all with taxpayer
dollars. Constitutionalism limits government in order to preserve and protect the
individual's liberty and natural rights. Socialism subsumes the individual under an
unlimited government that can control any aspect of life, including private property,
through intrusive ordinances and coercive practices. These two political philosophies
are diametrically opposed there can be no compromise between them. Respectfully,
may I suggest that the Board determine which side it is on."
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IN RE: REPORTS
Supervisor Hooker moved to receive and file the following reports. The
motion was seconded by Supervisor North and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Mahoney, Hooker, North, Peters, Radford
NAYS: None
1. Unappropriated, Board Contingency and Capital Reserves Report
2. Outstanding Debt Report
3. Statement of Treasurer's Accountability per Investment and Portfolio
Policy as of November 3, 2019
IN RE: REPORTS AND INQUIRIES OF BOARD MEMBERS
Supervisor Peters welcomed Mr. Mahoney to the Board, and
congratulated Mr. Radford as the new Chairman noted he knew he would do a great
job. 2020 will be a great year for our County.
Supervisor Mahoney congratulate Mr. Radford and thanked him for
contacting him last week so that both of them could attend the winter basketball classic
at the Berglund Center. He thanked Mayor Sherman Lea for inviting them and Chris
Craft for his help in getting them there. It was a good time and there were four of the
School Board members that joined them and thinks it was a very nice event that Mayor
Lea has put on and give a lot of credit to Hidden Valley; they played a close back and
even went ahead late in the second half and almost one. The other item that he raised
was an email he received from Chief Hall that indicated how his department is working
with citizens in setting up neighborhood watch meeting. He was using this forum to
reach out to citizens in Cave Spring to indicate there is a Cave Spring neighborhood
watch meeting on Monday, January 20, 2020, he knows it is Martin Luther King Day, but
it is going to be at St. John's Lutheran Church and on.Wednesday, January 22, 2020, a
Penn Forest neighborhood watch meeting will be at South County Library. The few
neighborhood watch meeting that he has attended did not have a lot of citizens, but he
does know from emails, there are a lot of citizens concerned about issues and they are
trying to organize neighborhood watch meetings.
Supervisor Hooker stated that she too wanted to welcome Mr. Mahoney; it
is a pleasure to have him with the rest of the Board. They will appreciate his wisdom in
coming years and also want to welcome Peter (Mr. Lubeck). We really are voting in
your loyalty, we trust you and welcome. We are happy to have him. The third thing is
she had the pleasure of attending the Ft. Lewis Volunteer Firefighter Banquet with Chief
Simon last Saturday. It was really a great event. There were three volunteers that
cumulatively had 125 years retire and she had the honor of visiting with them briefly at
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that banquet and would publically like to thank them again. It is really such an act of
service for them to be doing that for that long. We have Mr. David Carroll, 42 years of
service; Danny Carroll, 42 years of service and Michael Glass who had 41 years of
service. It was a great moment in time with such leadership, such service to the
community and they loved it. Thank you again to those gentlemen and for their service.
Also, she thanked Mr. North for an outstanding year of service. Thank you for your
leadership and chairmanship; we appreciate it. Thank you David (Mr. Radford) for
being Chairman this year.
Supervisor North welcomed Supervisor Mahoney for your first meeting
and many more. We look forward to working with you. Congratulations to Mr. Radford,
don't wish for want you want, you might get it. Everything will work out fine, we will be
there for your. Mr. Lubeck, we look forward to working with you as well. Not only on
everyday legal things as we have from time to time, but also on our legislative agenda
coming up this year. As we begin another year, let us build on what we have achieved
in the last few years and be mindful of the goals that we will set soon and work on in the
coming years. Lastly, there is no end to what we can do if we had endless dollars, but
we all know that is not the case, nor will ever be the case. So, we must be mindful of
the needs and the wants and acknowledge that everything will be well in the end. If we
work our noble diagram, our plan, we will be successful. We do have a meeting coming
up in Hollins, updating the Hollins community on all the transportation projects and other
things we have going on there. It will be held on January 23, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Hollins Library meeting room.
Supervisor Radford stated he too wanted to welcome Mr. Mahoney;
looking forward to these next two years and maybe some more basketball games. In
his district, Cave Spring High School, is in his district and has students that go their also
so is split between Hidden Valley and Cave Spring. He too welcomed Mr. Lubeck and
is looking forward to working with him and seeking counsel. He is going to visit, this
Thursday, the Fire and Rescue station in his area and is going to be visiting Cave
Spring, Bent Mountain, Back Creek and basically is going to spend six (6) hours with
them and the other Board members have done in the past. He will get to see how the
department operates there and learn a little bit more about them; looking forward to that.
Lastly, the Economic Development Department is hosting a workshop, Financing and
Business on January 29, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the South County
Library. This is a free workshop that teaches new and existing businesses how to seek
financing and the lending process to secure capital for growth opportunities. If you are
interested in attending, contact the Economic Development office at 772-2185. Also,
the Gauntlet is starting up in a month. Any small businesses interested in getting into
that contact Anita Patterson.
IN RE: CLOSED MEETING
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At 3:19 p.m., Supervisor Mahoney moved to go into closed meeting
following the work sessions pursuant to the Code of Virginia section 2.2-3711 a .5 —
discussion concerning a prospective business or industry or the expansion of an
existing business or industry where no previous announcement has been made of the
business' or industry's interest in locating or expanding its facilities in the community;
namely in the Catawba Magisterial District. The motion was seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Mahoney, Hooker, North, Peters, Radford
NAYS: None
The closed session was held from 6:15 p.m. until 6:47 p.m.
At 3:30 p.m. Chairman Radford recessed to the 4th Floor for work session
and closed meeting.
IN RE: WORK SESSIONS
1. Work session with the Board of Supervisors: (a) to review
proposed changes to the Erosion and Sediment Control
Ordinance to provide stream buffers during land development
and (b) proposed changes to the Floodplain requirements within
the Zoning Ordinance (Tarek Moneir, Director of Development
Services)
In attendance was Tarek Moneir, Director of Development Services; David
Henderson, County Engineer; Butch Workman, Stormwater Operations Manager and
Richard Caywood, Assistant County Administrator.
Mr. O'Donnell provided overview. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Moneir went
through a PowerPoint presentation.
The work session was held from 3:34 p.m. until 4:45 p.m.
A break was taken from 4:26 p.m. until 4:34 p.m.
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Supervisor Radford stated he had some concerns. Staff mentioned
talking to the homebuilders and other consultants. How about other stakeholders
around the community; community groups, upper Roanoke River group. Mr. Henderson
responded anyone in an environment group would want us to be more restrictive, but
staff did not reach out to them. We saw it as more of a development issue. We could
reach out to more of those groups. We are trying to "thread the needle" of having
reasonable controls. DEQ does not consider a stream buffer a stream buffer until it is
one hundred feet (100') wide. Supervisor Radford then asked why science or hydrology
did staff use. Mr. Henderson responded it was not hard science; it is known if you have
sheet flow that goes through a vegetative buffer, it will help filter out pollutants.
Certainly, the wider it is the better from that standpoint. The 25' width was determined
as to what we thought was reasonable. Also, his experience shows that where we have
had development, we have had steep hill slopes and we have floods. Those are areas
that Mr. Workman has issues with, slopes failing, eroding and having property owners
call with questions and issues. Supervisor Radford then stated staff stated in the
beginning that this is going to cover all the streams so it is like one size fits all. How do
you differentiate your buffer? Mr. Henderson stated it would be a 25 buffer. Supervisor
Radford inquired regardless of a classification with Mr. Henderson advised that is the
way it is written and less than 25 would lose most, if not all, of the benefit. Supervisor
Radford asked if they were talking about along the streams not a crossing with Mr.
Henderson advising in the negative, along the stream.
Supervisor Mahoney asked if staff could guess as to what possible
beneficial impact this would have on the waste load allocation. Mr. Henderson
responded in the negative. Is this the best remedy we can come up with? Mr.
Henderson responded it depends on how you define best. One of the remedies could
be a more stringent dog waste ordinance and show that we enforce it. There is a whole
laundry list that the State has. Supervisor Mahoney stated in terms of trying the issue of
sediment in streams. Mr. Henderson stated there were other ways to do it. We could
do more capital projects. His thought has been that the best way to address our
sediment discharge issues is to trying to keep it from being discharged in the first place
and by doing this, he believes it would help. In the upper reaches it would help our
stream banks and our over banks to have less erosion issues overall. I have not
quantified it, but in twenty-four months he will have to quantify it for the State.
Supervisor Mahoney stated he has seen alternatives, put big rocks on the bank. He
knows folks that live at the lake have some affirmative obligations to do all kind of
planting right along the bank leading into the lake. There you can go right up to the
edge of the water. So, he is trying to think of what other realistic alternatives other than
this.
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Mr. Henderson responded that stream buffer met a couple of different things and at the
lake you are going right up to the water's edge because you are really not worrying
about storage. This would benefit the actual property by lessening erosion, but it would
also benefit downstream properties by maintaining any existing flood storage that might
be on that lot instead of allowing it to be completely filled in all the way to the edge of
the stream. There would be some storm storage. Supervisor Mahoney then asked who
comes up with the high-water mark. Is that something that the feds give us? Mr.
Henderson advised there is a definition in the ordinance and frankly for these smaller
streams he does not feel there would be much conflict. Basically, the design engineer
will come and look at in the field. Supervisor Mahoney asked if this was similar to what
the State has required in those jurisdictions that are subject to the Chesapeake Bay
provisions where if you are a farmer and have agricultural property there are certain
buffers you have to adhere to. Mr. Henderson states it is similar, but much less; with
the Chesapeake Bay you have a fifty-foot (50') wide initial buffer and then it extends
another one hundred and fifty feet (150') beyond that So, some of the language is
similar, but it much more geographically constrained. Mr. Moneir commented that when
they started looking at this, they took into consideration the impact on the developers.
Supervisor Mahoney responded he was going to get to that and did staff have a
gestimate as to what that cost is with Mr. Moneir responding in the negative. Anytime
you touch erosion and sediment ordinance, you are going to get emotion from the
developer, i.e. it is going to add costs that transfer into the cost of housing. He does not
know how to remedy that. DEQ seems to be happy with what we are doing; they did
not object.
Supervisor Mahoney stated his concern is with localities are struggling to
come up with affordable housing and we add another $10,000 to the cost of a single-
family home or $5,000, how many citizens are we cutting out of an opportunity to buy a
home. If he is a developer and because of this he has 18 lots instead of 20, is that a
problem. He thinks it is. The other issue he has is he has a problem with intermittent
streams and know in his prior life there was a lot of debate and discussion over what is
an intermittent stream and what do we do with them. He has a problem with it, but the
County Attorney is going to provide him with case decisions from other jurisdictions that
indicate is not a problem. He thinks there are some mind fields here, while he likes the
idea of trying to satisfy our MS4 requirements and thinks we have to do something with
the sediment and everything else that goes into the streams. He has some concerns
about impacts that we have not considered and really has a problem with intermittents.
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Mr. Caywood responded he likes the idea of using the drainage area as a way to get out
of the debate. If you use the 100 acre cut off is helpful and finally, he thinks this gets at
some of the things that Mr. Workman spends a lot of time correcting after the fact.
Having a buffer and getting the fill away from the edge of streams does help with the
erosion you see after storms and we spend a lot of money "after the fact." In addition to
the environmental benefit, he does think you get benefits from the storm maintenance
program. So there is the flood piece, the erosion prevention piece, which is the
environmental piece that work together. He does think we have a lot of ability, through
our definition define with our whole universe of streams determine where we want to
make the cut off. The further upstream you get, the benefits start to go down.
Supervisor Mahoney commented if you use the 100 acre drainage as an
alternative, for example, if I am a developer and come in with only five (5) lots, this
would not apply with Mr. Caywood confirming.
Mr. Henderson commented he thinks Supervisor Mahoney is missing
something. It is the whole drainage area of the stream, not the area .of the
development. Mr. Mahoney added he did not know if there were other alternatives such
as rip wrap and plantings other than a buffer area that would accomplish the same
goals. Mr. Moneir stated when staff started talking about this, we did not get into the
taking issue. So some of the discussion we had with the development community is
that any development that has already received approval, you cannot hold back.
Secondly, if you put it in the zoning ordinance, it becomes a requirement and comes
with the property versus when you have it in the erosion and sediment control, we have
the flexibility to provide some remedies for specific conditions of lots.
Mr. Mahoney then asked if the proposed ordinance include other
alternatives other than a buffer. Mr. Moneir responded in the negative, but will work
with the developer depending on the condition of the property.
Supervisor North asked for a timeline from this day forward, going back to
the folks that provided input, going over the changes that you proposed and then
bringing it back to the Board. Mr. Moneir responded probably by the spring or early
summer. We have to get this done before we make the next report to the State. Mr.
Henderson advised the original TMDL action plan done back in 2015, we got a new
permit that became active last year and one of those requirements was the new TMDL
requirements for action plans that have to be rewritten and also have an opportunity for
public comment and they have to be complete no later than the first part of May of this
year.
Mr. Moneir provided an overview of the flood plain ordinance, which Mr.
Workman provided through a PowerPoint presentation.
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Supervisor Mahoney commented that this is one of the initiatives we have
to do if we want to provide flood insurance for our citizens. Yes, let's go full speed
ahead. Second, please talk more about the recommended component about critical
facilities and the 50 years flood plan. He commented he is worried there is so little land
left in Roanoke County and if we need to put a fire station someplace, he is afraid of
tying our hands without an alternative, i.e. raise it ten feet or some other failsafe
mechanism to still be able to do it but have to build something extra or higher. Mr.
Workman advised South County Library is an example and staff required it to be
elevated a foot. So, theoretically is out of the 500 years flood plan. This kinds of things
can be tweaked. There are options out there and usually it is a smaller strip of property.
Another area that comes to mind is the Regional Jail. A small part is in the 500 years
flood plan, but were able to get it high enough.
Supervisor Mahoney stated the Board recently approved the church at
Plastics One. He cannot remember if any part was in the 500 year plan. Mr. Philip
Thompson, Director of Planning, indicated it was the 100 year plan on that particular
property, but the thing is you can build in the 100 years flood plan with elevation.
Supervisor Mahoney asked about the variance procedure built into the ordinance and
asked who to go to with Mr. Workman responding the Board of Zoning Appeals Board.
Supervisor Mahoney asked if we did what David is recommending, a 25 foot buffer, do I
measure the buffer from the fringe or from the flood way. Mr. Henderson responded the
edge of the water. In addition, most of the small streams do not have designated flood
plans right now, but that is another reason to have a buffer because right now we do not
have anything.
Mr. O'Donnell asked if staff had identified how many acres or where this
500 foot issue would prevent critical facilities. Mr. Henderson advised it would not
prevent, you would have to elevate above.
Supervisor Radford stated with regard to Garst Mill, he is hearing the City
is buying homes, why does the County not do that. Mr. Workman advise that would fall
under the Community Rating System and our repetitive loss plan. We have purchased
25 homes since he has been here. We can continue that, but money needs to be
allocated. It is a Federal, State and local program. Supervisor Radford then inquired if
we had bought any properties in that area with Mr. Workman responding in the
negative. Mr. O'Donnell stated we have not budgeted that for several year. We do not
have an active program now.
The work session was held from 3:34 p.m. until 4:45 p.m.
The Board recessed for five minutes.
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2. Work session on Economic Development, Planning,
Transportation, Explore Park and Greenways with the Board of
Supervisors (Philip Thompson, Director of Planning; Jill Loope,
Director of Economic Development; Megan Cronise,
Transportation Planning Administrator and Doug Blount, Director
of Parks, Recreation and Tourism)
County Administrator Daniel R. O'Donnell provided an overview and
turned the meeting over to Jill Loope, who provided the Economic Development section
of the PowerPoint presentation.
Supervisor Mahoney inquired as to what VFP does with Ms. Loope
advising they make the huts that protect telecommunication equipment.
Supervisor North stated we need to keep the momentum going.
Supervisor Mahoney asked if there were any numbers on occupancy with
Cook or Byrd. Ms. Loope responded Cook was 100%, but does not know about Byrd.
Supervisor Peters stated Byrd is a phased opening with 23 moving in the weekend after
opening.
Mr. Thompson then reviewed the Planning section of the PowerPoint
presentation, Ms. Cronise reviewed the Transportation section and Mr. Blount
reviewed the Explore Park and Greenways section of the powerpoint.
Supervisor Radford inquired about kayaks and canoes. Mr. Blount
advised staff has been talking with Blue Mountain Adventures, which is one of the
services they can provide.
Mr. O'Donnell provided the closing presentation.
The work session was held from 4:50 p.m. until 6:09 p.m.
IN RE: CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION
At 6:49 p.m., Supervisor Radford moved to return to open session and
adopt the certification resolution.
IN RE: ADJOURNMENT
Chairman Radford adjourned the meeting at 6:48 p.m.
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