HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/17/2020 - RegularRoanoke County
Board of Supervisors
November 17, 2020
INVOCATION:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG
Disclaimer:
“Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Board meeting
shall be the voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the
Board. The views or beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been
previously reviewed or approved by the Board and do not necessarily represent
the religious beliefs or views of the Board in part or as a whole. No member of
the community is required to attend or participate in the invocation and such
decision will have no impact on their right to actively participate in the business of
the Board.”
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Roanoke County
Board of Supervisors
Agenda
November 17, 2020
Good afternoon and welcome to our meeting for November 17, 2020. Regular meetings
are held on the second and fourth Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. Public hearings are normally
held at 7:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Deviations from this schedule
will be announced.
Because of the present state of emergency, and until further notice, members of
the public are urged not to attend Board of Supervisor meetings in person. All
are encouraged to view and participate in meetings through electronic means.
Meetings may be viewed live on RVTV, Channel 3, or on the County’s website
https://roanokecountyva.gov(and accessed by clicking on the “Watch Board
Meetings Online” button). Prior to and during meetings, citizens may share
comments by email (to djacks@roanokecountyva.gov) or by phone (540-776-
7278). When submitting comments, please include your name and address.
Comments submitted by email and by phone will be read aloud during meetings,
subject to reasonable time limitations.
For those individuals who desire to attend meetings in person, please be advised
that seating modifications and limits have been established in order to facilitate
social distancing; attendees who are not of the same household must sitsix feet
apart; and attendance at meetings will be limited to 25 individuals.
A.OPENING CEREMONIES
1.Roll Call
B.REQUESTS TO POSTPONE, ADD TO OR CHANGE THE ORDER OF AGENDA
ITEMS
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C.PROCLAMATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, RECOGNITIONSAND AWARDS
1.Proclamation commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Luigi's Italian Gourmet
Restaurant and expressing appreciation to Maristane Rocha and her family for
50 years of providing outstanding gourmet food and service to the Roanoke
community(Jill Loope, Director of EconomicDevelopment)
D.REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND FIRST READING OF REZONING
ORDINANCE-CONSENT AGENDA:Approval of these items does not indicate
support for, or judge the merits of, the requested zoning actions but satisfies
procedural requirements and schedules the Public Hearings which will be held after
recommendation by the Planning Commission:
1.The petition of Michael H. Fielder to rezone approximately 9.03 acres from AG-1,
Agricultural/Rural Low Density, District to I-1, Low Intensity Industrial, District,
located at 4053 Aerospace Road, Vinton Magisterial District
E.FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES
1.Ordinance approving a Site Use Agreement between Roanoke Gas Company
and the County of Roanoke for use of a tower located on Poor Mountain, 8487
Honeysuckle Road; Windsor Hills Magisterial District and accepting and
appropriating $275 monthly for the term of the lease(Susan Slough, Assistant
Director of Communications and Information Technology)
2.Ordinance appropriating $5,990,386.83 for Roanoke County Public County
Public Schools from fiscal year 2019-2020 year-end funds and re-appropriating
$682,560.17 from the Roanoke County Public School Health Insurance Fund
(Rebecca Owens, Assistant County Administrator, Susan Peterson, Director of
Finance, RoanokeCounty Public Schools)
3.Ordinance authorizing a retention bonus toactive, sworn police officers and
active police recruits of the Roanoke County Police Department, who are
employed by Roanoke County on April 1, 2021, in the amount of $1,500 from
General Funds(Due to the Pandemic Disaster, it is requested, upon a four-
fifths vote of the Board, the second reading be waived and the ordinance
adopted as an emergency measure)(Daniel R. O'Donnell, County
Administrator)
F.SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
1.Ordinance authorizing the purchase of 304 acres of land located off Old
Mountain Road adjacent to Read Mountain Preserve identified as Tax Map
Numbers 028.00-01-08.00-0000 and 028.00-01-09.00-0000(Lindsay Webb,
Parks, Planning and Development Manager)
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G.APPOINTMENTS
1.Library Board (appointed by District)
2.Parks, Recreation and Tourism (appointed by District)
H.CONSENT AGENDA
ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDAARE CONSIDERED BY
THE BOARD TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE RESOLUTION
IN THE FORMOR FORMS LISTED BELOW. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT
ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE
CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
1.Approval of minutes – November 4, 2020
2.Request to accept and allocate funds in the amount of $61,732.18 from the U.S.
Department of Justice's Bulletproof Vest Partnership to the Roanoke County
Police Department
3.Resolution establishing a meeting schedule for the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County for calendar year 2021
4.Request to accept and allocate funds in the amount of $18,073 from the 2020
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant
I.CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
J. REPORTS
1.Unappropriated, Board Contingency and Capital Reserves
2.Outstanding Debt Report
3.Comparative Statement of Budgeted and Actual Revenues as of October 31,
2020
4.Comparative Statement of Budgeted and Actual Expenditures and
Encumbrances as of October 31, 2020
5.Accounts Paid – October 31, 2020
K.WORK SESSIONS
1.Work session to update the Board of Supervisors on towing advisory boards
(Peter S. Lubeck, County Attorney; Howard B. Hall, Chief of Police)
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EVENING SESSION – 7:00 P.M.
L.PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
1.Resolution accepting the Planning Commission's recommendation on the petition
of Appalachian Power and the Roanoke County Economic Development
Authority to review a proposed substation and overhead transmission lines per
Section 15.2-2232 of the Code of Virginia for consistency with the County's
Comprehensive Plan(Philip Thompson, Director of Planning)
M.PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OFORDINANCES
1.The petition of Milestone Tower Limited Partnership IV to rezone approximately
9.55 acres from R-1, Low Density Residential, District to AR,
Agricultural/Residential, District and to obtain a Special Use Permit for a
broadcasting tower (cell tower) approximately 137 feet in height, located at 420
Swan Drive, Vinton Magisterial District(Philip Thompson, Director of Planning)
N.CITIZEN COMMENTS ANDCOMMUNICATIONS
O.REPORTS AND INQUIRIES OF BOARD MEMBERS
1.Paul M. Mahoney
2.Martha B. Hooker
3.Phil C. North
4.P. Jason Peters
5.David F. Radford
P.ADJOURNMENT
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