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February 12, 2019
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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 the month of February 2019. 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: OPENING CEREMONIES
Before the meeting was called to order a moment of silence was
observed. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all present.
IN RE: CALL TO ORDER
Chairman North called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m. The roll call was
taken.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Phil C. North; Supervisors George G. Assaid,
Martha B. Hooker, David F. Radford and P. Jason Peters
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Daniel R. O’Donnell, County Administrator; Richard
Caywood, Assistant County Administrator; Rebecca Owens,
Assistant County Administrator; Ruth Ellen Kuhnel, County
Attorney; Amy Whittaker, Public Information Officer and
Deborah C. Jacks, Chief Deputy Clerk to the Board
IN RE: REQUESTS TO POSTPONE, ADD TO, OR CHANGE THE ORDER OF
AGENDA ITEMS
Supervisor North asked to switch the order of the work session to review
with the Board of Supervisors the Roanoke County Facilities Assessment with the work
session to review with the Board of Supervisors fiscal year 2019-2020 projected
General Government Fund operating budget revenues and review the County of
Roanoke Fee Compendium. There were no objections.
IN RE: PROCLAMATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS
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1. Resolution expressing the appreciation of the Board of
Supervisors of Roanoke County to Barry W. Beckner, Fire
Lieutenant, upon his retirement after more than twenty-nine (29)
years of service (Stephen G. Simon, Chief of Fire and Rescue)
The Clerk read the resolution. There was no discussion.
RESOLUTION 021219-1 EXPRESSING THE APPRECIATION OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE COUNTY TO
BARRY W. BECKNER, FIRE LIEUTENANT, UPON HIS
RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN TWENTY-NINE (29) YEARS
OF SERVICE
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Beckner was employed by Roanoke County on
September 28, 1989; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Beckner retired on February 1, 2019, after twenty-nine
(29) years and four (4) months of devoted, faithful and expert service to Roanoke
County; and
WHEREAS, during Lieutenant Beckner tenure he has served as a
Firefighter/EMT and Fire Lieutenant and has served with professionalism and dedication
in providing services to the citizens of Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Beckner always provided the outmost compassion when
caring for any patient and would ease the patient’s pain with his outgoing personality;
and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Beckner served as an Acting Fire Captain providing
exceptional leadership to the men and women that he supervised while making
competent decisions during emergency calls.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County expresses its deepest appreciation and the appreciation of the citizens
of Roanoke County to Lieutenant BARRY W. BECKNER for more than twenty-nine (29)
years of capable, loyal and dedicated service to Roanoke County; and
FURTHER, the Board of Supervisors does express its best wishes for a happy
and productive retirement.
On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following roll call and recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Hooker, Radford, Peters, North
NAYS: None
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2. Resolution expressing the appreciation of the Board of
Supervisors of Roanoke County to William “Billy” E. Driver,
Director of Real Estate Valuation, upon his retirement after more
than thirty-four (34) years of service (Rebecca E. Owens,
Assistant County Administrator)
Mr. O’Donnell, County Administrator provided the overview of Mr. Driver’s
tenure with Roanoke County. The Clerk read the proclamation. There was no
discussion.
RESOLUTION 021219-2 EXPRESSING THE APPRECIATION OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE COUNTY TO WILLIAM
“BILLY” E. DRIVER, DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE VALUATION,
UPON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN THIRTY-FOUR (34)
YEARS OF SERVICE
WHEREAS, Mr. Driver was employed by Roanoke County on June 25, 1984; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Driver retired on February 1, 2019, after thirty-four (34) years
and seven (7) months of devoted, faithful and expert service to Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, during Mr. Driver’s tenure he has served as an Appraiser, a Senior
Appraiser and Director of Real Estate Valuation and has served with professionalism
and dedication in providing services to the citizens of Roanoke County;
WHEREAS, Mr. Driver was hired as an appraiser when the Real Estate
Department was in its infancy, then was promoted to director December 23, 2000; and
WHEREAS, during the time Mr. Driver has been director of the department, he
has maintained an excellent Coefficient of Dispersion (COD), which is a measurement
the State of Virginia uses to ensure uniformity of the County of Roanoke’s assessments;
and
WHEREAS, Mr. Driver has guided the department through multiple software
upgrades and changes without interruption to the annual assessment process; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Driver, along with the entire Real Estate Valuation department,
were instrumental in the recovery from the flood of 1985 by coordinating damage
assessments between the Fire and Rescue department and Community Development;
and
WHEREAS, Mr. Driver is a member of the International Association or Assessing
Officers (IAAO) and Virginia Association of Assessing Officers (VAAO). As a member of
the VAAO he has held many posts including the presidency within the organization; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Driver has been a team player and relayed that philosophy to his
employees. During his time as director, Mr. Driver has taken part in numerous
committees and events that has been beneficial to his department and to Roanoke
County; and
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WHEREAS, Mr. Driver has promoted education within his department, not only
by providing continuing education classes to current appraisers, he also encourages
newer employees to gain the required education to obtain their license; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Driver has been instrumental in improving procedures and
programs that have proven beneficial to the department. Working with the GIS
Department, he was vital in acquiring the GIS Secure Data and Pictometry sites. Both
of these programs have improved the efficiency of the Real Estate Valuation
department.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County expresses its deepest appreciation and the appreciation of the citizens
of Roanoke County to WILLIAM E. DRIVER for more than thirty-four (34) years of
capable, loyal and dedicated service to Roanoke County; and
FURTHER, the Board of Supervisors does express its best wishes for a happy
and productive retirement.
On motion of Supervisor Assaid to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following roll call and recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Hooker, Radford, Peters, North
NAYS: None
IN RE: BRIEFINGS
1. Briefing by the Roanoke Regional Partnership (Beth Doughty,
Executive Director of the Roanoke Regional Partnership)
Briefing was given.
IN RE: SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
1. Ordinance accepting and appropriating funds in the amount of
$1,752,213, granting signatory authority to the County
Administrator or his designee to execute a project administration
agreement with the Virginia Department of Transportation and
extending Contract 2013-087 for engineering, design, right of way
and construction management services for the Plantation Road
Bicycle, Pedestrian and Streetscape Improvement Project, Phase
II in an amount not to exceed $444,797.31 (David Henderson,
County Engineer; Megan Cronise, Principal Planner)
Mr. Henderson advised there have been no changes since the first
reading on January 22, 2019. There was no discussion.
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ORDINANCE 021219-3 ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,752,213, GRANTING
SIGNATORY AUTHORITY TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A PROJECT
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT WITH THE VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND EXTENDING
CONTRACT 2013-087 FOR ENGINEERING, DESIGN, RIGHT OF
WAY AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR
THE PLANTATION ROAD BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND
STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, PHASE II IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $444,797.31
WHEREAS, Phase I of the Plantation Road Bicycle, Pedestrian and Streetscape
Improvement Project was completed in the fall of 2018; and
WHEREAS, during design of Phase I, the design firm, Whitman, Requardt and
Associates (WRA) developed engineering plans to 90 percent completion for additional
features that were not included in Phase I, and which are now included in Phase II; and
WHEREAS, the County was awarded SMART SCALE grant funds in the amount
of $1,752,213 for design and construction of Phase II; and
WHEREAS, the project is locally administered, and certain agreements between
the County of Roanoke and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) must be
executed for this cooperative work to be accomplished; and
WHEREAS, VDOT requires the local governing body to grant signatory authority
to execute such agreements; and
WHEREAS, the County desires to extend Contract 2013-087 with WRA to
complete engineering design and provide right of way and construction services; and
WHEREAS, Section 18.04 of the Roanoke County Charter provides that funds be
appropriated by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the first reading of this ordinance was held on January 22, 2019, and
the second reading was held on February 12, 2019.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia as
follows:
1. That the sum of $1,752,213 is accepted and appropriated from the SMART
SCALE program for the purpose of completing the Plantation Road Bicycle,
Pedestrian and Streetscape Improvement Project, Phase II.
2. That the Board of Supervisors does hereby grant signatory authority to the
County Administrator or his designee to execute a project administration
agreement with VDOT for the Plantation Road Bicycle, Pedestrian and
Streetscape Improvement Project, Phase II.
3. That the Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes the extension of the contract
2013-087 with WRA to complete engineering design and provide right of way
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and construction services for the Plantation Road Bicycle, Pedestrian and
Streetscape Improvement Project, Phase II, in an amount not to exceed
$444,797.31.
4. That this ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption.
On motion of Supervisor Hooker to adopt the ordinance, seconded by Supervisor
Radford and carried by the following roll call and recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Hooker, Radford, Peters, North
NAYS: None
IN RE: PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
1. Ordinance enacting a new Section 13-14 of the Roanoke County
Code, prohibiting the use of automobiles as sleeping quarters
(Peter Lubeck, Senior Assistant County Attorney)
Chairman North opened the public hearing with the following citizens
to speak:
Andy Williams of 8336 Strathmore in Bentley Park stated he has been a
County resident all of his life. He was here about 15 years ago with his son who was 15
at the time and he addressed the Board about an issue with a road that needed
improvement; which the County took care of with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
His concern is as a property owner and neighbor and there are two of his neighbors
here with him. We have a resident who is living her car 24/7 and we are not only
concerned about her life, we are concerned about the neighborhood and the fact that
her car is full so much that you cannot see out of the car and she lives in the car as he
said 24/7 with a space heater during these cold nights. So, we have situation where we
have someone whose life is in danger if that space heater caught fire, but we also have
a neighborhood that we are very close to the woods, within 45 feet of where she sleeps
in her car 24/7. We have a lot of concern, not only for her, but for our neighborhood. If
that car would happen to catch fire and explode, we could have a major problem in the
neighborhood, a fire hazard. This is the issue, and he would hope the ordinance would
pass to prohibit sleeping in automobiles.
ORDINANCE 021219-4 ENACTING SECTION 13-14 OF THE
ROANOKE COUNTY CODE, PROHIBITING THE USE OF
AUTOMOBILES AS SLEEPING QUARTERS
WHEREAS, in the interest of public health, public safety, and the for the
promotion of the general welfare, it is proposed that the Roanoke County Code be
amended to prohibit the use of automobiles as sleeping quarters; and
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WHEREAS, the first reading of this ordinance was held on January 22, 2019, and
the public hearing and second reading was held on February 12, 2019.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Roanoke County Board of
Supervisors:
1. That Chapter 13, Article I of the Roanoke County Code be amended to
enact a new Section 13-14 as follows:
Sec. 13-14. – Automobiles as Sleeping Quarters.
It shall be unlawful and a Class 4 misdemeanor for any person to use an
automobile for sleeping quarters, in place of a residence, hotel or other similar
accommodations, within the County.
As used herein, “hotel” means any structure that is occupied or intended for
occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes.
As used herein, “automobile” shall mean a vehicle that is powered by an internal
combustion engine or motor and able to carry one or multiple people. It shall include all
motor vehicles, excluding “recreational vehicle(s)” as defined in Section 30-28 of this
Code.
2. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately.
On motion of Supervisor North to adopt the ordinance, seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following roll call and recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Hooker, Radford, Peters, North
NAYS: None
2. Ordinance authorizing the granting of a new public drainage
easement to the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County on
property owned by Ms. Shirley Lee Manning, Tax Map No. 054.02-
04-20.00-0000, located at 4737 Little Bear Road, Catawba
Magisterial District (Tarek Moneir, Acting Director of Development
Services)
Mr. Moneir advised no changes since the first reading that was held on
January 22, 2019. He added that in response to a question from the last meeting, Ms.
Manning has no issue with an additional easement for construction.
Chairman North opened and closed the public hearing with no one to
speak on this item.
ORDINANCE 021219-5 AUTHORIZING THE GRANTING OF A
NEW PUBLIC 20’ DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE COUNTY, ON PROPERTY
OWNED BY SHIRLEY L. MANNING (TAX MAP NO. 054.02-04-
20.00-0000), LOCATED AT 4737 LITTLE BEAR ROAD, FOR THE
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PURPOSE OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, CATAWBA
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT
WHEREAS, it appears that improvements to Glenvar High School have
contributed to drainage problem on property belonging to Shirley Lee Manning
(“Manning”), located at 4737 Little Bear Road (Tax Map No. 054.02-04-20.00-0000) in
the Catawba Magisterial District; and
WHEREAS, in order to assist Manning with correcting such drainage problems,
the County has requested that Manning grant a new 20’ public drainage easement on
her property; and
WHEREAS, Manning has agreed to convey the new public drainage easement to
the County; and
WHEREAS, Section 18.04 of the Roanoke County Charter directs that the
acquisition and conveyance of real estate interests be accomplished by ordinance; the
first reading of this ordinance was held on January 22, 2019, and the second reading
and public hearing was held on February 12, 2019.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia, as follows:
1. That the conveyance of a new public drainage easement by Manning to
the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors, in the Catawba Magisterial District, located
at 4737 Little Bear Road (Tax Map No. 054.02-04-20.00-0000), containing 8,424 square
feet, and shown on the attached plat prepared by Frank B. Caldwell, dated December
11, 2018, is hereby authorized and approved.
2. That the County Administrator, or any Assistant County Administrators,
either of whom may act, are authorized to execute, deliver and record the deeds, and
any other documents on behalf of the County and to take all such further action as any
of them may deem necessary or desirable in connection with this project. The form of
the deed is hereby approved with such completions, omissions, insertions and changes
as the County Administrator may approve, whose approval shall be evidenced
conclusively by the execution and delivery thereof, all of which shall be approved as to
form by the County Attorney.
3. That this ordinance shall be effective from and after the date of its
adoption.
On motion of Supervisor North to adopt the ordinance, seconded by Supervisor
Peters and carried by the following roll call and recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Hooker, Radford, Peters, North
NAYS: None
IN RE: CONSENT AGENDA
RESOLUTION 021219-6 APPROVING AND CONCURRING IN
CERTAIN ITEMS SET FORTH ON THE BOARD OF
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SUPERVISORS AGENDA FOR THIS DATE DESIGNATED AS
ITEM I- 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 February
12, 2019, designated as Item I - Consent Agenda be, and hereby is, approved and
concurred in as to each item separately set forth in said section designated Items 1
through 2 inclusive, as follows:
1. Approval of minutes – October 23, 2018
2. Confirmation of appointments to the Building Code Board of Adjustments and
Appeals/Fire Code Board (At-Large)
On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following roll call and recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Hooker, Radford, Peters, North
NAYS: None
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IN RE: CITIZENS’ COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Ms. Nancy Hans from the Prevention Council of Roanoke County stated
on March 21, 2019, the Council will be 18 years old and one of the five (5) oldest
coalitions in the State of Virginia. Over those 18 years, she is proud to say that the
Council has directly brought $1.6 million into this County from a patchwork of federal
grants and funding sources; benefitting the school system and community as a whole.
Through long-standing local partnerships we have impacted the lives of an entire
generation of students, parents, grandparents and families in Roanoke County. Today,
she is asking for your support. Local support for our important local work. We have
strong data-measured outcomes that has led to us for partnership opportunities with
great institutions such as Virginia Tech University, Radford University and the Fralin
Bio-Medical Research Institute, VTC. Our partnerships are strong because we realize
many of the battles that our community faces are lost in isolation. It takes a team to
attain victory. The Council’s mission is to foster the healthy development of Roanoke
County youth and we are now impacting a second generation of young people. We
identify risk factors that threaten our community and then intervene through education
and collaborative partnerships before it is too late. It is only through this collaborative
effort that we achieve opportunity and success. The opioid crisis landed in our
backyard, in our valley, silently for 20 years before anyone recognized it. Sadly, we
have lost and continue to lose a very significant part of a generation of young adults.
The impact of this crisis of addiction is having on entire families is wide and deep.
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Prevention, education, reducing risk, shedding stigma and shame, strengthening
families and increasing resources is key to how we will begin to not only turn our local
statistics around, but more importantly help individuals and family’s access treatment
and get well. The urgency of healing is now. It is our sincere hope to build upon the
long-standing partnerships with Roanoke County. As you prepare this budgeting
season, we ask that you consider a meaningful investment in our community through
the Prevention Council. The increasing challenges of substance use are a threat to our
community and we hold an unwavering commitment to support, educate and make a
sustainably impact in Roanoke County. It is our firm belief that the investment in the
health of our youth and the prevention of risk behaviors builds a sustainable, healthy
community for generations to come. The packets that have been prepared for the
Board have more details about what the Council has done over the past 18 years as
well as why prevention and reducing risk is of utmost importance. The Council is
always available to answer any questions.
IN RE: REPORTS
Supervisor Peters moved to receive and file the following reports. The
motion was seconded by Supervisor Radford and carried by the following recorded
vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Hooker, Radford, Peters, North
NAYS: None
1. Unappropriated, Board Contingency and Capital Reserves Report
2. Outstanding Debt Report
IN RE: REPORTS AND INQUIRIES OF BOARD MEMBERS
Supervisor Radford provided several pictures of the May 27, 2019 storm
damage to Sugar Loaf Mountain Road. He just wanted to add to the commentary that
was added in October.
Supervisor North on our Transportation Planning Organization and
SMARTSCALE, Roanoke County only passed the funding rating hurdle as far as
projects for the VDOT SMARTSCALE Program for $1.6 million for sidewalks in the
Hollins, Plantation Road, Williamson Road intersection towards Peters Creek Road on
the North side, which is a good thing. Some other projects, one for Exits 140 and 141
on North and Southbound lanes on I81 were rated too low even though they had been
vetted by the local Transportation Planning Organization with additional funding to
improve scoring, but unfortunately that did not work. So, we are going to be using those
funds for other projects. What is interesting is that two years ago, when SMARTSCALE
considered these same projects, they got higher scores with no additional funding than
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they did this year, with additional funding. So, this tells him there is a problem with this
part of the State, Central and Southwestern Virginia competing for SMARTSCALE
projects and he has spoken to Delegate McNamara when in Richmond about possible
legislation for next year to consider this summer to improve funding for this area of the
State, especially our area with regards to SMARTSCALE projects. Unfortunately, since
I81 funding this year is probably not going to incur until sometime next week after
another study is done, it is sad we could not get one exit or two exits improved in our
area. We also lobbied in Richmond for two County bills, one sponsored by Senator
Suetterlein to help contain Children’s Services Costs and another sponsored by
Delegate Head to exempt Roanoke County for after-school programs with mandated
licensure and increased costs. This bill did pass the House that day 99-0, both bills are
headed to the other legislative bodies for approvals. He did visit the Senate
Subcommittee on Finance concerning I81 corridor improvement plans a couple of
weeks ago and it was very enlightening as well.
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At 4:00 p.m. Chairman North recessed to the 4 floor for work session and
closed meeting.
IN RE: WORK SESSIONS
1. Work session to review with the Board of Supervisors the
Roanoke County Facilities Assessment (Rob Light, Director of
General Services)
Byron Dunlap, Cardno Principal, Project Manager explained their process.
Supervisor Assaid inquired how many maintenance staff do we current
have with Mr. Light responding seven Maintenance technicians and a Supervisor.
Supervisor Assaid then asked if this gets approved would we need iPads for the
technicians. Mr. Light responded in the negative stating the reason they don’t use
iPads rights now is they do not function for everything staff needs. They will use laptops
or phones. Supervisor Assaid then asked since this is Cloud based is there an annual
fee with Mr. Light responding approximately $3,000, which has been budgeted in
General Service. Supervisor Assaid then asked if there were any other fees that we did
not know about to operate. Mr. Light responded in the negative.
Supervisor Radford asked in going back to the Town of Christiansburg, do
you do their stormwater facilities; with Mr. Dunlap responded they did not, but had
discussed initially, and they indicated they have other means of tracking. Supervisor
Radford asked if they saw the quantity of how many of those they had. Mr. Dunlap
responded in the negative.
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Supervisor Radford then asked if they could do stormwater management, with Mr.
Dunlap responding in the affirmative. Supervisor Radford then asked Tarek Moneir,
Acting Director of Development Services, does Roanoke County own stormwater
retention ponds with Mr. Moneir responding in the affirmative, stating over twenty-three
(23) and the schools also own some. We do an annual assessment every year, but we
cannot cover the private ponds.
Supervisor North asked if their system allows an inflation factor as we
move forward in time away from this year. Mr. Dunlap responded in the affirmative and
can be adjusted. Supervisor North further stated he wanted to make sure he heard Mr.
Dunlap correct. If it is a category 3, signifying that something is not needed right now,
maybe downstream. The number that is in there is it the number three years down the
road or is it today. Mr. Dunlap responded three years down the road and accounting for
some inflation. Can the data be downloaded into Excel? So, once it is done and we do
something with the data in Excel, is there any benefit or ability to take it back from Excel
into the system to populate it. Mr. Dunlap responded that is one of the ways it could
work, if you tracking a roof that needs repair and then you end up doing it in three years.
This would be something you would track in the software so that when it is completed
and that group gets updated to a new one so that when you regenerate the forecast in
the future that is saying that it no longer needs to be done. Supervisor North stated he
is being to see this is a pretty dynamic system. You don’t get a book; you get the
software package; with Mr. Dunlap responding you get a book as well. Supervisor
North then asked how many people will need to be trained initially. Mr. Light stated he
thought there would be three or four (3 or 4) people.
Supervisor Radford stated a couple of meetings ago, the Board was given
a presentation about Citiworks and notice it had a capital asset management
component. Did Mr. Light look at that one compared with Mr. Light responded in the
affirmative, however, it does not give staff what they need. Do we have a subscription to
RS Means with Mr. Light responding that the vendor does.
It was the consensus of the Board to move forward and place this on the
agenda at the next meeting for approval.
The work session was held from 4:48 p.m. until 5:19 p.m.
2. Work session to review with the Board of Supervisors fiscal year
2019-2020 projected General Government Fund operating budget
revenues and review the County of Roanoke Fee Compendium
(Laurie Gearheart, Acting Director of Finance; Christopher R.
Bever, Director of Management and Budget; Steve Elliott, Budget
Manager)
Mr. Bever, Ms. Gearheart and Mr. Elliott provided a PowerPoint
presentation to the Board. There was no discussion.
The work session was held from 4:16 p.m. until 4:47 p.m.
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3. Work session on proposed amendments to the Roanoke County
Zoning Ordinance regarding sign regulations (Philip Thompson,
Acting Director of Planning; John Murphy, Zoning Administrator;
Peter Lubeck, Senior Assistant County Attorney)
Mr. Thompson outlined the proposed amendments. There was no
discussion.
The work session was held from 5:21 p.m. until 5:40 p.m.
IN RE: CLOSED MEETING
At 3:39 p.m., Supervisor North moved to go into closed meeting following
the work sessions pursuant to the Code of Virginia Section 2.2-3711 A.5. Discussion
concerning prospective businesses or industries or the expansion of existing
businesses or industries where no previous announcement has been made of the
business’ or industries’ interest in locating or expanding its facilities in the community,
namely to discuss contract negotiations with prospective vendors for Explore Park and
Section 2.2-3711.A.19 Discussion of plans to protect public safety as it relates to
terrorist activity or specific cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities and briefings by staff
members, legal counsel or law enforcement or emergency service officials concerning
actions taken to respond to such matters or a related threat to public safety where
discussion of reports or plans related to the security of any governmental facility,
building or structure, or the safety of persons using such facility, building or structure,
namely Roanoke County Schools
The motion was seconded by Supervisor Peters and carried by the
following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Hooker, Radford, Peters, North
NAYS: None
The closed session was held from 5:50 p.m. until 8:17 p.m.
IN RE: CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION
At 8:18 p.m., Supervisor North moved to return to open session and adopt
the certification resolution.
RESOLUTION 021219-7 CERTIFYING THE CLOSED MEETING
WAS HELD IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA
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WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia has convened
a closed meeting on this date pursuant to an affirmative recorded vote and in
accordance with the provisions of The Virginia Freedom of Information Act; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.2-3712 of the Code of Virginia requires a certification by
the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, that such closed meeting was
conducted in conformity with Virginia law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County, Virginia, hereby certifies that, to the best of each member's
knowledge:
1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting
requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the closed meeting which this
certification resolution applies; and
2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening
the closed meeting were heard, discussed or considered by the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County, Virginia.
On motion of Supervisor North to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Hooker and carried by the following roll call and recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Assaid, Hooker, Radford, Peters, North
NAYS: None
IN RE: ADJOURNMENT
Chairman North adjourned the meeting at 8:19 p.m.
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