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Roanoke County
Board of Supervisors
December 15, 2020
INVOCATION:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG
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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
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Roanoke County
Board of Supervisors
Agenda
December 15, 2020
Good afternoon and welcome to our meeting for December 15, 2020. Regular meetings
are held on the second and fourth Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. Public hearings are 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 t
https://roanokecountyva.gov
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 sit six 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. NEW BUSINESS
1. Request to accept and allocate funds in the amount of $1,200 from the 2020 Mud
Run from Roanoke Valley Detachment 426 of the Marine Corps League to Camp
Roanoke (Doug Blount, Director of General Services and Parks, Recreation and
Tourism)
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 Kent Wheeler to rezone approximately 13.023 acres from R-1C,
Low Density Residential, District with conditions to I-2, High Intensity Industrial,
District and to rezone approximately 14.483 acres from I-2, High Intensity
Industrial, District to AG-1, Agricultural/Rural Low Density, District, located at and
near 5454 Aerospace Road, Vinton Magisterial District
E. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES
1. Emergency ordinance readopting Ordinance 033120-1 to effectuate temporary
changes in certain deadline and to modify public meeting and public hearing
practices and procedures to address continuity of operations associated with
pandemic disaster (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) (Peter S. Lubeck, County
Attorney)
2. Emergency Ordinance accepting and appropriating funds in the amount of
$68,764.67, on behalf of the Town of Vinton, from the Commonwealth of Virginia,
for the COVID-19 Utility Relief Program, distributed as a component of the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 and
authorizing the execution of 1) a memorandum of understanding and 2)
certification for receipt of Coronavirus relief fund payments for the COVID-19
Utility Relief Program (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) (Laurie Gearheart, Director of
Finance and Management Services)
3. Emergency ordinance authorizing the adoption of Amendment No. 2 to the
Workforce Investment Area III Chief Local Elected Officials (CLEO") Charter
Agreement, to designate the Western Virginia Workforce Development Board as
Fiscal Agent (Due to the emergency nature, it is requested, upon a four-
fifths vote of the Board, the second reading be waived and the ordinance
adopted as an emergency measure) (Peter Lubeck, County Attorney)
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4. Ordinance approving the acquisition of permanent and temporary easements on
parcels owned by the Western Virginia Water Authority (Tax Map Numbers
4330301 Roanoke City and 070.11-01-09.00-0000 Roanoke County) for
development of the Roanoke River Greenway (Lindsay Webb, Park Planning and
Development Manager)
F. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
1. Ordinance authorizing a permanent drainage easement to the Commonwealth of
Virginia Department of Transportation on Property owned by the Roanoke
County Board of Supervisors (Tax Map No. 027.14-02-18.00-0000) for the
purpose of constructing Route 11 (Williamson Road) and Route 117 (Peters
Creek Road) Pedestrian Safety Improvements, Hollins Magisterial District
(Megan Cronise, Transportation Planning Administrator)
2. Ordinance accepting and appropriating $165,450 from the Virginia Outdoors
Foundation for the purchase of a half-interest in 34 acres adjacent to Explore
Park in Bedford and Roanoke Counties (Doug Blount, Director of General
Services and Parks, Recreation and Tourism)
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 AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED BY
THE BOARD TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE RESOLUTION
IN THE FORM OR FORMS LISTED BELOW. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT
ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE
CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
1. Confirmation of appointment to the Grievance Panel
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 November 30,
2020
4. Comparative Statement of Budgeted and Actual Expenditures and
Encumbrances as of November 30, 2020
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5. Accounts Paid November 30, 2020
6. Statement of Treasurer's Accountability per Investment and Portfolio Policy as of
November 30, 2020
K. WORK SESSIONS
1. Work session to review with the Board of Supervisors the budgets for the
allocations of CARES Act funding (Laurie Gearheart, Director of Finance and
Management Services)
2. Work session to provide an overview of Fire and Rescue operations and the
deployment of SAFER Grant staff with the Board of Supervisors (Stephen G.
Simon, Chief of Fire and Rescue)
L. CLOSED MEETING, pursuant to the Code of Virginia as follows:
1. Section 2.2-3711.A.1 - Discussion, consideration, or interviews of prospective
candidates for employment; assignment, appointment, promotion, performance,
demotion, salaries, disciplining, or resignation of specific public officers,
appointees, or employees of any public body; namely the County Admini
annual performance evaluation.
EVENING SESSION 7:00 P.M.
M. CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION
N. NEW BUSINESS
1. Resolution adopting a Legislative Program for the 2021 session of the Virginia
General Assembly and petitioning the General Assembly to favorably consider
the topics and issues addressed herein (Peter Lubeck, County Attorney)
O. PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
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 (Philip Thompson,
Director of Planning)
P. CITIZEN COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
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Q. REPORTS AND INQUIRIES OF BOARD MEMBERS
1. Phil C. North
2. P. Jason Peters
3. Paul M. Mahoney
4. Martha B. Hooker
5. David F. Radford
R. ADJOURNMENT
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