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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.”
Roanoke County
Board of Supervisors
August 25, 2020
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Good afternoon and welcome to our meeting for August 25, 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.
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 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. NEW BUSINESS
1. Resolution approving the Roanoke Valley Broadband Authority's Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation (Daniel R. O'Donnell, County Administrator;
Frank Smith, President and CEO of Roanoke Valley Broadband)
Roanoke County
Board of Supervisors
Agenda
August 25, 2020
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D. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES
1. Ordinance accepting and appropriating funds in the amount of $1,080,054.54
awarded under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Ec onomic Security (CARES) Act
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund to the
Roanoke County Public Schools Grant Fund for the 2020 -2021 fiscal year (Due
to the pandemic disaster, it is requested, upon a four-fifths vote of the
Board, to waive the second reading and adopt the ordinance as an
emergency measure.) (Susan Peterson, Director of Finance, Roanoke County
Public Schools)
2. Ordinance accepting and appropriating grant funds in the amount of $98,311.70
from the Federal Emergency Management Agency--Assistance to Firefighters
COVID-19 Supplemental Awards Grant (Due to the pandemic disaster, it is
requested, upon a four-fifths vote of the Board, to waive the second
reading and adopt the ordinance as an emergency measure.) (Stephen G.
Simon, Chief of Fire and Rescue)
3. Ordinance approving vacation of a 20 foot, sanitary sewer easement and
granting a new 20 foot, sanitary sewer easement to the Western Virginia Water
Authority on the County's Public Service Center property (Rob Light, Dir ector of
General Services)
4. Ordinance amended Article 1 (General Provisions), Article II (Definitions and Use
Types) and Article III (District Regulations) of the Roanoke County Zoning
Ordinance (Philip Thompson, Director of Planning)
E. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
1. Ordinance authorizing the relocation of the principal office of the General
Registrar for Roanoke County to the Craig Center, located at 900 Chestnut
Street, in the Vinton Magisterial District (Peter S. Lubeck, County Attorney)
F. APPOINTMENTS
1. Library Board (appointed by District)
2. Parks, Recreation and Tourism (appointed by District)
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G. 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 – August 11, 2020
2. Request to accept and allocate grant funds in the amount of $36,000 for two (2)
heart monitor defibrillators from the Virginia Department of Health (VDH)
3. Request approving the donation of five (5) Fire and Rescue thermal imaging
cameras to Craig County
H. CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
I. REPORTS
1. Unappropriated, Board Contingency and Capital Reserves
2. Outstanding Debt Report
3. Comparative Statement of Budgeted and Actual Revenues as of July 31, 2020
4. Comparative Statement of Budgeted and Actual Expenditures and
Encumbrances as of July 31, 2020
5. Accounts Paid – July 31, 2020
J. WORK SESSIONS
1. Work session with the Board of Supervisors to receive Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) training (Peter Lubeck, County Attorney)
K. CLOSED MEETING, pursuant to the Code of Virginia as follows:
1. Section 2.2-3711(A) (29) of the Code of Virginia, in order to discuss the award of
a public contract involving the expenditure of public funds, including interviews of
bidders or offerors, and discussion of the terms or scope of such contract, where
such discussion in an open session would ad versely affect the bargaining
position or negotiating strategy of the public body. Specifically, the contract
pertains to proposed renovations to property that is intended to be used as the
new Roanoke County Public Service Center.
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EVENING SESSION
L. CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION
M. PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
1. The petition of MCE Owner Occupied, LLP to obtain a special use permit in a C-1
(Low Intensity Commercial) District to allow a multi-family use to account for
more than 50 percent of the gross floor area on the site on approximately 1.116
acres, located at 3220 McVitty Road, Windsor Hills Magisterial District (Philip
Thompson, Director of Planning)
2. The petition of Om Shree Hospitality, LLC to rezone approximately 9.99 acres
from AG-1 (Agricultural/Rural Low Density) District to C-2 (High Intensity
Commercial) District for the construction of a hotel/motel/motor lodge, located
near the 2700 block of Wildwood Road and the 1700 block of Skyview Road,
Catawba Magisterial District (Philip Thompson, Director of Planning)
N. CITIZEN COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
O. 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
P. ADJOURNMENT