HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/11/2021 - Regular
Roanoke County
Board of Supervisors
May 11, 2021
NOTE: The joint work session with the Roanoke County Board of
Supervisors and the Roanoke County School Board will be held at
5:30 p.m. in the Third Floor Training Room. Seating limits have been
established in order to facilitate social distancing and accordingly
the work session can be viewed in the Board Room on the first floor
through video monitors.
INVOCATION:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG
Disclaimer:
fered 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
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Roanoke County
Board of Supervisors
Agenda
May 11, 2021
Good afternoon and welcome to our meeting for May 11, 2021. 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.
https://roanokecountyva.gov
on). 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 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
C. PROCLAMATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS
1. Proclamation declaring the month of May 2021 as Business Appreciation Month
in Roanoke County (Jill Loope, Director of Economic Development)
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D. NEW BUSINESS
1. Resolution adopting the fiscal year 2021-2022 operating budget, the fiscal year
2021-2022 capital budget, and the fiscal year 2022-2031 Capital Improvement
Program for the County of Roanoke, Virginia and Roanoke County Public
Schools (Laurie Gearheart, Director of Finance and Management Services)
2. Resolution naming the open space at old William Byrd High School (Tax ID
060.11-04-17.00-
Services and Parks, Recreation and Tourism)
3. Resolution authorizing the County of Roanoke to enter into a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Town of Vinton, for the County to support the Gish Mill
Redevelopment Project (Jill Loope, Director of Economic Development)
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. Ordinance approving a lease with Ft. Lewis Mountain Company, LLC for ingress
and egress on a private road to access communications and information
technology equipment (Bill Hunter, Director of Communications and Information
Technology; Mary Beth Nash, Senior Assistant County Attorney)
F. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
1. Ordinances to appropriate funds for:
(a) Fiscal year 2021-2022 operations budget and approval of the Classification
and Pay Plan for fiscal year 2021-2022 for the County of Roanoke, Virginia;
(b) Fiscal year 2021-2022 capital budget for the County of Roanoke, Virginia;
(c) Fiscal year 2021-2022 transfer to and on behalf of the Roanoke County Public
Schools budget for the County of Roanoke, Virginia
(d) Fiscal year 2021-2022 operations budget for Roanoke County Public Schools;
(e) Fiscal year 2021-2022 capital budget for Roanoke County Public Schools
(Laurie Gearheart, Director of Finance and Management Services)
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2. Ordinance accepting and appropriating funds in the amount of $28,480.20 from
the former Catawba/Masons Cove Volunteer Rescue Squad (C. Travis Griffith,
Chief of Fire and Rescue)
3. Ordinance accepting and appropriating Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside
Program funds from the Virginia Department of Transportation in the amount of
$200,000 and $16,652 from the Roanoke County Revenue Sharing Program for
the East Roanoke River Greenway crossing of the Blue Ridge Parkway along
Highland Road (State Route 618) (Lindsay Webb, Parks Planning and
Development Manager)
4. Ordinance accepting and appropriating $15,000 from the Roanoke Outside
Foundation for improvements at Wayside Park to support the Roanoke River
Blueway (Lindsay Webb, Parks Planning and Development Manager)
5. Ordinance accepting and appropriating funds in the amount of $1,034,339.20
from the Virginia Department of Transportation for the Fallowater Lane Extension
Project, Cave Spring Magisterial District (Megan G. Cronise, Transportation
Planning Administrator)
6. Ordinance accepting and appropriating funds in the amount of $505,139 for the
Plantation Road Bicycle, Pedestrian and Streetscape Improvement Project,
Phase II, Hollins Magisterial District (Megan G. Cronise, Transportation Planning
Administrator)
G. PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OR ORDINANCES
1. Ordinance amending the Roanoke County Code by (1) amending Chapter 13
(Offenses - Miscellaneous), Section 13-4 (Discharge of Firearms or Any Chapter
Similar Gun or Device, Generally); (2) amending Chapter 21 (Taxation), Section
21-21 (Other Classifications of Tangible Personal Property); and (3) adding
Chapter 21 (Taxation), Article X (Cigarette Tax) (Peter S. Lubeck, County
Attorney)
H. APPOINTMENTS
1. Library Board (appointed by District)
2. Parks, Recreation and Tourism (appointed by District)
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I. 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. Approval of minutes March 23, 2021
2. Confirmation of appointment to the Roanoke County Economic Development
Authority (EDA)(Appointed by District)
3. Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, consenting
to the approval of the receipt of a refund previously appropriated for the
completed Plantation Road Phase I project and re-allocating $31,461 to Roanoke
project account
J. CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
K. REPORTS
1. Unappropriated, Board Contingency and Capital Reserves Report
2. Outstanding Debt Report
L. REPORTS AND INQUIRIES OF BOARD MEMBERS
1. Phil C. North
2. David F. Radford
3. Paul M. Mahoney
4. Martha B. Hooker
5. P. Jason Peters
M. WORK SESSIONS
1. Work session with the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors and the Roanoke
County School Board (P. Jason Peters, Chairman of the Roanoke County Board
of Supervisors)
N. ADJOURNMENT
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