10/24/2023 - Regular
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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 regularly scheduled
meeting of the month of October 2023. 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 Hooker called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m. The roll call
was taken.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Martha B. Hooker; Supervisors Paul M. Mahoney,
Phil C. North, P. Jason Peters and David F. Radford
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Richard L. Caywood, County Administrator; Rebecca
Owens, Deputy County Administrator; Doug Blount,
Assistant County Administrator; Peter S. Lubeck, 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
IN RE: PROCLAMATIONS, Resolutions, Recognitions and Awards
1. Proclamation declaring October 22-28, 2023 as Red Ribbon Week
in the County of Roanoke (Adam T. Neal, Director, Roanoke Area
Youth Substance Abuse Coalition)
Proclamation was read.
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2. Proclamation recognizing November 2023 as National Adoption
Month and November 18, 2023, as National Adoption Day in the
County of Roanoke (Susan Goard, Director of Social Services)
Proclamation was read.
IN RE: NEW BUSINESS
1. Resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with the
Roanoke City/ Alleghany Health District, adopting a joint rabies
exposure response plan (Peter S Lubeck, County Attorney)
Mr. Lubeck outlined the request for the resolution. There was no
discussion.
RESOLUTION 102423-1 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF
AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ROANOKE CITY/ ALLEGHANY
HEALTH DISTRICT, ADOPTING A JOINT RABIES EXPOSURE
RESPONSE PLAN
WHEREAS, Title 3.2 of the Code of Virginia identifies the authority and
responsibility of the local health department, law enforcement officers and animal
control officers in their efforts to control and respond to the risk of rabies exposure to
persons and companion animals; and
WHEREAS, during the 2010 General Assembly session, House Bill 621 was
enacted, adding 3.2-6521.1 as a new section of the Code of Virginia, which requires the
local health director and governing body of each locality to adopt a plan to control and
respond to the risk of rabies; and
WHEREAS, it has been proposed that the County and the Roanoke City/
Alleghany Health District enter into an agreement adopting a rabies exposure response
plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, as follows:
1. The County Administrator, Deputy County Administrator, or Assistant
County Administrator are authorized to execute the proposed agreement
with the Roanoke City/ Alleghany Health District, adopting a joint rabies
exposure response plan, which agreement shall be approved as to form
by the County Attorney.
2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
On motion of Supervisor Mahoney to adopt the resolution, seconded by
Supervisor Peters and carried by the following recorded vote:
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AYES: Supervisors Peters, Mahoney, North, Radford, Hooker
NAYS: None
IN RE: FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES
1. Emergency Ordinance approving applications to the Literary
Fund for loans and providing initial approval of the issuance of
bonds by the County of Roanoke, Virginia, as evidence of loans
(Due to time constraints for the project, it is requested that the
second reading be dispensed with upon an affirmative vote of
4/5ths of the members of the Board, and that this matter be
deemed an emergency measure pursuant to Section 18.04 of the
Roanoke County Charter) (Laurie Gearheart, Director of Finance
and Management Services)
Ms. Gearheart outlined the request for ordinance. Supervisor Hooker
asked if all three schools were mentioned with Ms. Gearheart responding in the
affirmative.
Supervisor North explained what the Literary Loans are.
Supervisor Peters inquired as to the loan rates with Ms. Gearheart
responding they anticipate 3% with the worse case scenario 3.7%. Supervisor Peters
asked what the standard bond rates would be with Ms. Gearheart responding
somewhere around 4%. There was no further discussion.
EMERGENCY 102423-2 ORDINANCE APPROVING
APPLICATIONS TO THE LITERARY FUND FOR LOANS AND
PROVIDING INITIAL APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE OF
BONDS BY THE COUNTY OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, AS
EVIDENCE OF LOANS
WHEREAS, the staff of the County of Roanoke Public Schools (the
"Schools") has presented to the Board of Supervisors (the "Board") of the County
of Roanoke, Virginia (the "County"), applications addressed to the Virginia Board
of Education for the purpose of borrowing up to $75,000,000 from the Literary
Fund to finance some or all of the costs of the construction of a modern facility
for the Career & Technical Education Center to allow expansion of the programs
to better meet the needs of the business community and provide greater access
to high-quality programs for students, the renovation of Glen Cove and W. E.
Cundiff Elementary Schools, and paying any related closing costs (collectively
referred to as the "Project").
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WHEREAS, due to time constraints, staff has deemed this to be an emergency;
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 October 24, 2023,
and the second reading has been dispensed with, upon an affirmative 4/5ths vote of the
members of the Board, this being deemed to be an emergency measure pursuant to
Section 18.04 of the Roanoke County Charter; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, AS FOLLOWS:
1. Approval of Applications. The Board hereby approves of the submissions
of the applications for loans from the Literary Fund in an amount up to $75,000,000 for
the purpose of providing funds to financing the Projects. The Board hereby authorizes
the School Board to borrow such amount as part of the loans.
2. Commitment to Pay. The Board hereby commits that in each year during
the life of the loans, at the time that it fixes regular levies, fix a rate of levy for schools or
make cash appropriation sufficient for operation expenses and to pay these loans in
annual installments and the interest thereon as required by law regulating loans from
the Literary Fund.
3. Final Authorization Required Before Bonds Can be Issued. No bonds of
the County that will evidence the loans shall be issued until the Board adopts an
ordinance approving of and setting forth the details of the bonds and holds a public
hearing on the bonds.
4. Further Actions; Authorization of the County Administrator. The County
Administrator and such officers and agents of the County as may be designated by the
County Administrator, are hereby authorized and directed to take such further action as
they deem necessary or appropriate regarding the application for the loan. All actions
previously taken by the County Administrator and such officers and agents in
connection with the loan application are hereby ratified and confirmed. The
authorizations granted in this Ordinance to the County Administrator may be carried out
by the Deputy, Interim or Acting County Administrator in the absence of the primary
officer.
5. Filing of Ordinance. The County Attorney of the County is authorized and
directed to file a certified copy of this Ordinance with the Circuit Court of the County
pursuant to Sections 15.2-2607 and 15.2-2627 of the Virginia Code.
6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
On motion of Supervisor Mahoney to adopt the ordinance as an emergency
measure and waiving the second reading with a 4/5ths vote; seconded by Supervisor
Peters and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Peters, Mahoney North, Radford, Hooker
NAYS: None
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IN RE: APPOINTMENTS
Supervisor Mahoney recommended the appointment of Jeremy Caroll of
5383 Silver Fox Road to represent the Cave Spring district on the Economic
Development Authority. It was the consensus to add to the consent agenda.
IN RE: CONSENT AGENDA
RESOLUTION 102423-3 APPROVING AND CONCURRING IN
CERTAIN ITEMS SET FORTH ON THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AGENDA FOR THIS DATE DESIGNATED AS
ITEM G - 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 October
24, 2023, designated as Item G - Consent Agenda be, and hereby is, approved and
concurred in as to each item separately set forth in said section designated Items 1
through 7 inclusive, as follows:
1. Approval of minutes – September 12, 2023, September 26, 2023
2. Resolution proclaiming October 2023 as Community Planning Month in
Roanoke County
3. Ordinance authorizing the approval of a permanent open-space easement
to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation on property owned by the Roanoke
County Board of Supervisors and the Virginia Recreational Facilities
Authority for Explore Park, identified as Tax Parcel Number 080.00-05-
17.00-0000 in Roanoke County and Tax Parcel Numbers 172 A 42 and 172
A 14A in Bedford County (First Reading and request for Second
Reading)
4. Ordinance approving a permanent easement to the City of Roanoke on
property owned by the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors (Roanoke
County Tax Map Number 060.11-04-17.00-0000) for the purpose of
constructing and maintaining the City of Roanoke’s Glade Creek Stream
Restoration Project (Second Reading)
5. Request to accept and allocate the Virginia 9-1-1 Services Board fiscal year
2024 Data Maintenance and Data Transfer grant in the amount of $5,000
6. Request to accept and allocate $28,181 from the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) fiscal year 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance (JAG) Grant
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7. Proclamation commending United Way of Roanoke Valley on its 100th
Anniversary
8. Confirmation of appointment to the Roanoke County Economic
Development Authority (EDA)
On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Radford and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Peters, Mahoney, North, Radford, Hooker
NAYS: None
RESOLUTION 102423-3.a PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 2023 AS
COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN ROANOKE COUNTY,
VIRGINA
WHEREAS, change is constant and affects all Virginia cities, towns, suburbs,
counties, and rural areas; and
WHEREAS, community planning and plans can help manage this change in a
way that provides better choices for how people work and live; and
WHEREAS, the citizen engagement which is a hallmark of community planning
provides an opportunity for all residents to be meaningfully involved in making choices
that determine the future of their community; and
WHEREAS, the full benefits of planning requires public officials and citizens who
understand, support, and demand excellence in planning and plan implementation; and
WHEREAS, the month of October is designated as National Community Planning
Month throughout the United States of America and its territories, and
WHEREAS, the American Planning Association and its professional institute, the
American Institute of Certified Planners, endorse National Community Planning Month
as an opportunity to highlight the contributions sound planning and plan implementation
make to the quality of our settlements and environment; and
WHEREAS, the celebration of National Community Planning Month gives us the
opportunity to publicly recognize the participation and dedication of the members of
planning commissions and other citizen planners who have contributed their time and
expertise to the improvement of Roanoke County and the Roanoke Valley; and
WHEREAS, we recognize the many valuable contributions made by professional
community and regional planners in Roanoke County, the Roanoke Valley, and the
Commonwealth of Virginia and extend our heartfelt thanks for the continued
commitment to public service by these professionals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT, the month of October 2023 is
hereby designated as Community Planning Month in Roanoke County in conjunction
with the celebration of National Community Planning Month and all cities, counties and
towns throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States are encouraged
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to recognize the importance of planning and planners in building great communities and
especially the value of civic engagement throughout the planning process.
On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the resolution, seconded by Supervisor
Radford and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Peters, Mahoney, North, Radford, Hooker
NAYS: None
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ORDINANCE 102423-3.c APPROVING A PERMANENT
EASEMENT TO THE CITY OF ROANOKE ON PROPERTY
OWNED BY THE ROANOKE COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS (ROANOKE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER
060.11-04-17.00-0000) FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING THE CITY OF
ROANOKE’S GLADE CREEK STREAM RESTORATION
PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors owns property at 301 Gus Nicks
Boulevard, Vinton, Virginia 24179 (the Roanoke County Career Center property)
identified as Roanoke County Tax Map Number 060.11-04-17.00-0000 (hereinafter “the
County Property”); and
WHEREAS, as part of the City of Roanoke’s Glade Creek at Gus Nicks
Boulevard Stream Restoration Project, the City of Roanoke has requested a permanent
easement from the Board of Supervisors across the County Property to perform work
and perpetual maintenance in connection with this project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Roanoke’s Glade Creek at Gus Nicks Boulevard Stream
Restoration Project is a public works project designed to reduce sediment loads within
the Roanoke River by stabilizing and restoring approximately 2,921 of linear feet of
Glade Creek, a tributary of the Roanoke River, and provide for the installation of stream
features and bank structures, grading for floodplain reconnection, and establishment of
a riparian buffer; and
WHEREAS, granting the easement to the City of Roanoke to support the City of
Roanoke’s Glade Creek at Gus Nicks Boulevard Stream Restoration Project benefits
the citizens of Roanoke County by positively improving the quality of the water in Glade
Creek and the Roanoke River; and
WHEREAS, Section 18.04 of the Roanoke County Charter directs that the
acquisition and disposition of real estate be authorized only by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, a first reading of this ordinance was held on October 10, 2023, and
the second reading was held on October 24, 2023; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia, as follows:
1. That pursuant to the provision of Section 16.01 of the Roanoke County
Charter, the interest in real estate to be conveyed is hereby declared to be surplus and
is hereby made available for conveyance to the City of Roanoke for the Glade Creek at
Gus Nicks Boulevard Stream Restoration Project.
2. That conveyance to the City of Roanoke of a permanent public
maintenance easement as shown and described as “New Variable Width Maintenance
Easement” on the plat titled “Easement Plat Showing Variable Width Permanent
Maintenance Easement (28,388 Square Feet /0.6517 Acres) along Glade Creek to be
granted to the City of Roanoke, Virginia, by the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors,
Situated adjacent to Vale & Kermit Avenues N.E. and Gus Nicks Boulevard Town of
Vinton, Roanoke County, Virginia” dated July 5, 2023, prepared by Lumsden
Associates, P.C, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby authorized and approved.
3. That the County accepts and appropriates the payment of $10.00 as fair
market value compensation for this permanent public maintenance easement.
4. That the County Administrator, Deputy County Administrator, or the
Assistant County Administrator, is hereby authorized to execute such documents
(including the Deed of Easement) and take such further actions as may be necessary to
accomplish this conveyance, all of which shall be on a form approved by the County
Attorney.
5. That this ordinance shall be effective on and from the date of its adoption.
On motion of Supervisor Peters to adopt the ordinance, seconded by Supervisor
Radford and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Peters, Mahoney, North, Radford, Hooker
NAYS: None
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IN RE: REPORTS
Supervisor North moved to receive and file the following reports. The
motion was seconded by Supervisor Peters and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Peters, Mahoney, North, Radford, Hooker
NAYS: None
1. Unappropriated, Board Contingency and Capital Reserves Report
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2. Outstanding Debt Report
3. Comparative Statement of Budgeted and Actual Revenues as of
September 30, 2023
4. Comparative Statement of Budgeted and Actual Expenditures and
Encumbrances as of September 30, 2023
5. Accounts Paid – September 30, 2023
Supervisor Hooker recessed to the third floor for work session at
IN RE: WORK SESSION
1. Work session to review with the Board of Supervisors the status
of the County of Roanoke's ongoing Capital Improvement
Program (CIP) projects as of June 30, 2023 (Laurie Gearheart,
Director of Finance and Management Services and Steve Elliott,
Budget Administrator)
Mr. Caywood provided overview and turned the meeting over to Ms.
Gearheart, who provided a PowerPoint presentation.
Supervisor North inquired about Fallowater.
Mr. Caywood provided an update on the roundabout in Starkey.
Supervisor Hooker commented that everyone was happy with the
Catawba improvements.
Supervisor North inquired regarding Plantation Road and if the figures
shown were our share of the project.
Supervisor Radford inquired about the Green Ridge HVAC.
Supervisor Mahoney inquired of Mr. Henderson required the permit with
DEQ.
The work session was held from 3:43 p.m. until 4:06 p.m.
Chairman Hooker opened the evening session at 7:01 p.m.
IN RE: PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
1. The petition of Glenmary Drive Roanoke LLC to amend a portion
(approximately 19.06 acres) of the Roanoke County Center for
Research and Technology Master Plan to allow warehousing and
distribution as a permitted use, located within the 5200 and 5300
blocks of Glenmary Drive, Catawba Magisterial District (Philip
Thompson, Director of Planning)
Mr. Thompson provided a PowerPoint presentation.
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Chairman Hooker opened and closed the public hearing with no citizens to
speak on this agenda item.
Supervisor Mahoney asked if we have a height limit in the conditions. Mr.
Thompson responded 45 ft. as it abutted residential otherwise unlimited. There was no
further discussion.
ORDINANCE 102423-4 AMENDING A PORTION
(APPROXIMATELY 19.06 ACRES) OF THE ROANOKE COUNTY
CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY MASTER PLAN
TO ALLOW WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION AS A
PERMITTED USE, LOCATED WITHIN THE 5200 AND 5300
BLOCKS OF GLENMARY DRIVE, CATAWBA MAGISTERIAL
DISTRICT
WHEREAS, Glenmary Drive Roanoke LLC is requesting to amend a portion
(approximately 19.06 acres) of the Roanoke County Center for Research and
Technology Master Plan to allow warehousing and distribution as a permitted use on
“New Lot 4” as shown on the attached “Exhibit B” submitted by Glenmary Drive
Roanoke LLC as part of this request; and
WHEREAS, the first reading of this ordinance was held on September 26, 2023,
and the second reading and public hearing were held on October 24, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Roanoke County Planning Commission held a public hearing on
this matter on October 3, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Roanoke County Planning Commission recommends approval of
the petition to amend a portion (approximately 19.06 acres) of the Roanoke County
Center for Research and Technology Master Plan to allow warehousing and distribution
as a permitted use on “New Lot 4” as shown on the attached “Exhibit B”; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Roanoke, Virginia, as follows:
1. The Board finds that the proposed request is consistent with the purpose
and intent of the County’s adopted comprehensive plan, is good zoning practice, and
will not result in substantial detriment to the community.
2. The Roanoke County Center for Research and Technology Master Plan is
hereby amended as reflected in the attached “Exhibit B” and warehousing and
distribution shall be allowed as permitted uses on “New Lot 4” only as shown on the
attached “Exhibit B”.
3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final
passage.
On motion of Supervisor Hooker to adopt the ordinance, seconded by Supervisor
North and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Peters, Mahoney, North, Radford, Hooker
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NAYS: None
2. The petition of Terry Dooley, Jr. to obtain a special use permit to
operate a short-term rental on approximately 0.2363 acre of land
zoned R-1, Low Density Residential District, located at 4501
Girard Drive, Cave Spring Magisterial District (Philip Thompson,
Director of Planning)
Mr. Thompson provided a PowerPoint presentation.
Supervisor North asked if the short-term rental definition says 30 days or
less; is this correct and at one time, this particular residence was leasing for longer than
30 days. Is that correct? So, my point is if the definition is 30 days or less, but he
continues or has most recently is July of '22 to lease for more than 30 days, we got a
conflict there. Can you comment on that? Mr. Thompson responded the long-term
lease is not part of this application. So, if you rent for more than 30 days, that's fine.
What he's trying to do is, so if the professor’s not there during the summer, they want to
be able to use it a short-term rental during that period in between. So, it'd be less than
30 days for people in those times. So, he just wants to have that option.
Supervisor Mahoney asked Mr. Thompson to provide a summary of
County enforcement actions. Mr. Thompson responded what happened was when it
first started, they started using it as a short-term rental. It actually went to; I know our
staff went out there and I think a lot of my understanding is there were residents that
also went to court when we went to court. Supervisor Mahoney asked if that was in
2021 with Mr. Thompson responding in the affirmative advising they had gone to court
and the owner stated that he was not going to do it anymore for that, took it off of
whatever he was marketing or whatever, he did long-term lease. So that violation was
corrected when he stopped doing that.
Terry Dooley, the petitioner commented, “I am from 330 Kensington Drive,
Peachtree City, Georgia, and the facts that he presented were accurate to my
knowledge. I did address the three concerns that were presented by the committee, so I
appointed a local resident in Roanoke County to act as property manager on a day-to-
day basis to make sure that it stays in compliance. I also have contracted with a
management company to handle the organization and management of the property and
to be able to select and evaluate potential renters so they can manage that they have
better resources than I do to do that. Then I did adopt those house rules that were
requested by the committee. A minimum age of 25, maximum guests of six people per
stay, total members of a group allowed at the house at any time of eight. Then the
maximum number of vehicles to be limited at two, so it would not impact traffic. A
minimum length of stay will be three days and then no parties or events to be held at the
house at any time.” Supervisor Hooker asked if that was a minimum stay of three (3)
days, with Mr. Dooley responding in the affirmative.
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Supervisor North then asked Mr. Dooley for the requirements and
confirmed it was a three (3) bedroom. Mr. Dooley responded in the affirmative that the
requirements are as follows: 25 is the minimum age for people to stay. Six total
members can stay at the house and then the committee requested I put a cap on the
number of people who can be at the house at any time at eight, and then two vehicles
maximum per stay for rental.
Supervisor Mahoney asked when Mr. Dooley acquired the property with
Mr. Dooley responding in May-June of 2020. Supervisor Mahoney then stated when he
looks at the screenshot for the property with Airbnb, it just said you joined it in May of
2018. Mr. Dooley responded that is when he started using it for traveling vacations.
They just listed the first time you ever used the Airbnb. Supervisor Mahoney then asked
Mr. Dooley if he read over the materials in the agenda packet with Mr. Dooley
responding in the affirmative. Supervisor Mahoney stated in many of those materials,
there are comments from some of the neighbors that you were doing short-term rentals
in 2021 and 2022. You were listing it on Airbnb during that period of time, all in violation
of the county code and so I just wanted to give you an opportunity to respond to that.
Mr. Dooley responded, “he purchased the home around May-June of 2020. We
intended to move into the house. August of 2021 was the first time I rented the house at
all to anybody. I rented it out twice then, once for about a month and once for about
three weeks. Then my professor stayed there. From that point, from '21 until now, it's
been the same professor for the fall and spring. And over that course of a year, I rented
about four or five times.”
Supervisor Hooker opened the public hearing and the following citizens
spoke:
Daryl Richards, 4526 Hammond Lane stated, “My sister just recently
moved into our neighborhood. She's an empty nester. One of the important things for
her to move was so she would feel safe. I know the community. With me living there,
she knows our neighbors and felt safe, but then once she bought the house, we found
out that we were going to have a Motel 6 right next door. So that's a concern. Also,
maintaining the property. If you look at the property right now, if you look at the fence,
you can tell this property is not being maintained. Also, in our prior meeting, the county
had to make Mr. Dooley aware to mow his grass and that was brought up in our last
meeting. Also, on the previous board, there was a Mr. Walts and if you look at his
Google section, you find out that this is the business he is in. So, I'm not sure he should
have maybe even voted on it. I don't know what the rules are for that, but it just seemed
to be a conflict of interest.”
Donald William Sublett of 5837 Penguin Drive in Penn Forest stated, “We
own a home at 4544 Hammond Lane, which we were hoping to turn into a retirement
home where we don't know about that yet because of what's going on with this Airbnb.
But I did some extensive research on communities that have allowed Airbnb in R1
districts and have found that two researchers at Northwestern have found in their
research that it causes increase in crime in the neighborhood. And that concerns me
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greatly, particularly with the young kids and the elderly that are in this perfectly sweet
little neighborhood that we want to spend our retirement in. We just spent the last five
years taking care of my father-in-law, six doors down who had a stroke. We did 24x7
care. And my wife slept in a bedroom just across from the back door of this Airbnb. And
I tell you what? I didn't feel safe for her being there and I know she didn't feel safe. But
in any case, Richmond has just recently changed their regulations on Airbnb’s and R1
and found that short-term rentals are not working out like they thought it would. So,
they've changed their laws. So, I would respectfully ask that the Board of Supervisors
reject this application due to the wellbeing of the citizens in the Eaton Hill subdivision
because it does cause anxiety and concern for our safety, the safety of our neighbors,
which we don't need. This is just a little piece of heaven, and we want to keep it that
way. We don't want people coming in that we have no idea where they're from, what
their background is. I've been in computer science for 50 years and I will tell you this,
you can put anything you want on a computer and most of it is very difficult to check out
and check out properly.”
Donna Kessner of 4501 Hammond Lane stated, “She lives directly across
from this property. So oftentimes, I receive mail for them or packages or things that are
coming to them, so I don't even know these people that are coming to my doors most of
the time and I have to contact the people that are staying there. The first renters that
used that house ran over my mailbox. They backed over it, denied it, called the cops
right as they were checking out. Cops did check it out and say that they couldn't prove
that it was happening. My concern is the safety for our children. We have limited parking
at many of the houses. So many children play in the street. We currently have three
basketball hoops in the street, we used to have five. Children ride their bicycles and
scooters in the street all the time, sometimes with their parents. Many residents walk
together for exercise and conversation. Many single families and widows live there,
which I'm now one of the many widows. We've had three in the last six months. Many
single families have children as well, so they're out there playing. There are many
parked cars on the street. Our driveways, many of them only accommodate two, so your
kids can't play in their driveways. One family has seven cars so they can't all park in the
driveway. You often have to pull over to pass when you're going in and out of the
development because there are cars parked on both sides. It's very narrow through
there. We have five long-term rental properties right now. What happens as the elderly
move on, allowing for more greedy flippers to buy up our property, either to sell, raising
our taxes and property taxes or having more rentals come up in the neighborhood if it
gets approved. Terry mentioned local people cleaning his properties. The cars I have
seen that have been cleaning during the times that he had people there, which in the
first year, he had 10 families renting the property illegally in the short-term rental. They
had North Carolina plates. I have pictures of all of that over the years. Because my
house is the same number, as I mentioned, they come in the house and come to my
house in error looking for the right house. And the other thing, other areas in the Airbnb
have been changing their rules and stuff like that, making people live on the property or
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at least in the town, Terry has only been there a minimum of six days in the last year.
And that's all I've got to say.”
Judy Sublett of 5837 Penguin Drive stated, “As my husband said, we also
own a house in Eaton Hills that we were hoping to use as a retirement home. For the
last 60 years, Eaton Hills has been a safe, quiet neighborhood. Then in July 2021, Mr.
Dooley, who lives in Georgia, changed the neighborhood by listing his recently
purchased home on Airbnb and we started seeing a lot of strangers, a lot of transients
coming. This house in 4501 Gerrard is in the center of our neighborhood. It's
surrounded by houses. There are at least 15 houses on this circle in which it's in their
line of sight. Mr. Dooley and his family haven't lived there. They don't know the
neighbors; they don't know the neighborhood. If they did, I really don't think he'd be
petitioning for short-term rentals in the neighborhood. His actions and comments at the
hearing have really kind of sown even more distress. He said there were lots of things
he didn't know. He bought a house but didn't know his wife would not live in it. He
decided to go through this process and rent it, but he didn't know the requirements.
That's pretty clear on even the Airbnb website. We covered the thing about his
publishing of 25 of more events. He said he had a neighborhood contact. He didn't know
the name of the man. He called him Roger Williams. His name's actually Roger Hogan
who happened to be a neighbor trying to be neighborly. Mr. Hogan, as you look at the
petition, you'll see he had also signed the petition requesting no short-term rentals
should be done. He says he's only had a handful. We've documented at least 10. He
says his long-term renters are a sure thing, they're not. They could die any time. He
could be free to rent every three days if he gets this short-term rental permit. He doesn't
even know the names of the neighbors. He claims he knows everything that goes at his
house because he has security and surveillance. But yet he claimed no knowledge of
the semi-tractor trailer truck that was parked in his driveway on the 18th, 2023 when he
was not supposed to be doing any short-term rentals. He claimed his renters had not
damaged the neighbor's property. When he found out, he still hasn't offered to make
amends. At the first hearing, it was very distressing. The commission said it was a very
difficult decision, but they thought because our neighborhood was small and we were
close, that we were in a good position to police the activity of this short-term rental.
That's not our job. We're not police people, we're not enforcers and we don't want to be.
We just want to recognize what a great neighborhood we have, and we want to keep it
that way. And we want our health, our safety, our well-being protected. Thank you for
your time and your service to the community.”
Deborah Saunders of 4532 Hammond Lane stated, “She lives four or five
houses down from this property and I have lived there for 22 years with my family. I've
raised two kids and I think they've climbed every tree in the neighborhood because
that's what they did back then and that's what they're still doing. They still play cops and
robbers. They still chase each other around on their bikes. They still do scooters, maybe
not as much as it used to because they are inside gaming a little nowadays, but we still
love to see them out and about. It is just a great neighborhood. It's a great community. I
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have made more, I guess, in my career, I could have moved a long time ago. I could
have bought a bigger house in a better neighborhood and had all those things. I make
more money than I need to make to live in this neighborhood. I haven't left for a reason
and it's because it's two roads and there's no through traffic, it's close to everything.
Everybody knows everybody. Everybody in here I have met, talked to within the last
week because when you walk around the block of this neighborhood, it takes seven
minutes to walk around the block and sometimes it takes an hour because you're too
busy stopping and saying hello to everybody. We hope that you'll hear the petition.
Nobody wants this in here. The house that he purchased is in the very back of the
neighborhood. So in order to get to this house, you have to pass every single neighbor
coming in or going out. And so everybody is affected, not just one person. If it was on
the end, maybe you wouldn't have so much objection, but we just are small community
and we just really want it to keep it that way. And we hope that the petition and
everybody talking here today will show you that the longevity of everybody that's lived in
this neighborhood, we have lost a lot of neighbors this year because they're elderly and
that's hard on us. We've lost three or four on my street and it's just been tough. We
really don't want it to flip into a Motel 6. So if you all could say no, we'd appreciate it.”
Chairman Hooker closed the public hearing.
Sueprvisor Mahoney commented, I want to give some credit to the
applicant, Mr. Dooley. I think he has addressed many of the concerns that have been
raised or attempted to address many of the concerns that have been raised. I'm
concerned that he had operated in violation of the ordinance, but I think as all of us on
the board are aware, when the county takes enforcement actions, our goal is not to
secure a financial penalty, our goal is to secure compliance with the ordinance. And I
think Mr. Dooley has attempted to do that. He has, in his favor, a positive
recommendation from the Planning Commission, and it's not as though this board
automatically concur with what the Planning Commission recommends, but in many
instances we do. From a narrower perspective, from the Cave Spring District, as the
board may recall, this is the third application we have had for a short-term rental
special-use permit in the last year, year and a half. This board has approved one and
denied one. The one that we have denied is currently in litigation and we're still litigating
that. That's White Pelican, if you recall. I am concerned about several factors. I first
heard about this activity back in the summer of 2021, and the allegations with respect to
a use for short-term rental in violation of the ordinance, the allegations that perhaps may
be one of the short-term rental users damaged adjoining property, knocking over the
mailbox. We had county police respond, we had county enforcement staff respond. And
so I'm struggling with the fact that if we did have a violation, why did it take from 2021 to
2023 to attempt to address that? I am concerned about, from an attorney perspective,
the success of enforcement, if there is a violation in the White Pelican matter that's in
litigation. The County has had some difficulty securing service of process against the
property owner, even though he lives in Roanoke city. As a practical matter, as a legal
matter to try to secure service of process somebody in Georgia, the writ of the sheriff
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kind of ends at the state border. And so our sheriff can't submit and serve individuals
with paper in another jurisdiction. So I'm worried about how do we enforce any violation
of the promises that have been made? Maximum of two cars, maximum of six tenants,
maximum of eight people, things like that. If we look at the applications that the board
has considered for short-term rentals in the Cave Spring District over the last year, year
and a half, I think there are some differences between the one we approved and the
one we denied. The one we denied in White Pelican was a neighborhood that was...
The application was stuck back into a neighborhood. It wasn't in an area where there
was an easy access in and out. It was on a one block cul-de-sac with maybe, I'm doing
this off memory, maybe 12 houses total White Pelican. And I think, we had looked at
that as a problem. If this were someplace that was more easily accessible, we might
have a different perspective. And so the one we approved, I think it was last month, fit
that bill. It was more easily accessible. It wasn't buried deep into a neighborhood. This
application is buried deep in a neighborhood, a little bit larger neighborhood than White
Pelican. There are 50, 55, 60 houses when you look at Hammond and you look at
Gerrard. There's only one way in. There's only one way out. It is buried deep into that
neighborhood, buried deep into that community. I see that as a problem for the Eaton
Hills development. So I struggle with this case because I think Mr. Dooley has made a
good faith attempt to come into compliance, but I am bothered by some of the past
history going back to 2021. When I look at what the Roanoke County zoning ordinance
requires, I think it is fair to say that this application is consistent with our comprehensive
plan. It is generally consistent with our zoning ordinance, but one of the other findings
that we have to make as a board in order to approve this application is that this will have
a minimum adverse impact on the surrounding neighborhood and community. In
listening to the neighbor's concerns and looking at the past history over the last two,
three years, looking at the fact that we have a petition, I haven't counted all the names,
but it's 80-90% of everyone that lives in this community, I'm unable to make a good faith
finding that this application would have a minimum adverse impact on the surrounding
neighborhood. I think it would have a detriment, a substantial detriment to the
neighborhood and a substantial detriment to the community. I would like to hear
comments from my other board members, but to start the process off, I would make a
motion to deny because I believe that this application would result in a substantial
detriment to the community.”
Supervisor North In the presentation, it says general standards and one of
them is under C, the name, address and personal contact information of the authorized
party responsible for resolving complaints if different from the applicant. So who is that
party? Mr. Thompson, do you know? Mr. Thompson responded in the negative stating,
yypically, when you get approval of the special-use permit, then you would come in and
get the zoning permit. So when you came in to get that permit, you would then have to
fill out that information for us to then sign off on it. So we don't know at this point.
Supervisor North then commented, “This is a challenge for this county. Not only this
neighborhood, but I mean, this is the way of the world. Our children of today go out of
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town. They go through one of the third parties and rent a house on vacations or for the
weekend if they go to DC or Alexandria. I go to a hotel. It's just the way I was raised. So
I go to a hotel because everything's there I need and it's just easier. I feel a little
uncomfortable about going to someone's house that owns it, that's not under a hotel
management. That's just me. And I guess, it's because I haven't tried it yet. Young
people today, they're not afraid to try something new because it's easy and they do
everything on the phone and they don't think anything of it and they have a good time.
I've never heard one of them complain in my family or any of their friends. But this is the
way the world that's coming, because this area is constrained with respect to housing.
We have 1100 new people coming into Roanoke County. Hopefully, most of them will,
probably two-thirds to work one day at Wells Fargo on Plantation Road. They're going to
need to buy a home. The housing market is kind of tight now. Interest rates are high, so
it drives them to apartments to rent or short-term rentals until they can find some place
to live. Now in this case, a short-term rental is less than 30 days. But I hear Mr. Dooley
talk about a three-day minimum stay, but they could stay as long as 30 days, which
means they could stay 27 days longer than the minimum. This is tough because if we
may have more of these coming and this board's going to have to deal with those going
forward, and it's like we're rewriting the rules of lodging that has been the way of the
world for a long time. I got a lot of people coming to my house or my neighborhood and
they park next door or they park someplace else and I'm like, "Who are these folks?"
The car stays there two or three days. You don't know what it is. As long as they
behave, you don't worry about it too much. But I probably wouldn't want this in my
neighborhood because it's something new and different in my neighborhood, to my
knowledge, doesn't have any of these operations. I wondering how many of these are
going on in the county that we may not know about because if they are, they're in
violation of county ordinances and that may be something to come. So I see the good. I
see the positive. I see the downside. I see the concerns of the neighborhood. I think in
this particular case though, from what I can determine, there's been some bad
occurrences or violations that have raised the specter of the community's awareness
and concern. Now, if this had started off quietly in a different manner, you might say,
and the permit was issued, yada, yada, yada, and there was no problems, no one
probably would be saying anything about it. But when you damage somebody's mailbox
and then you don't fix it, the good thing to do in my opinion is if someone's staying at
your place did it and didn't fix it, then you go ahead and be like my son who ran into a
mailbox and called me up and said, "Dad, I think I hit a mailbox." "Well, what do you
mean you think you hit it? You either did or you didn't." And so I said, "Where are you?"
Anyway, long story short, he did hit the mailbox and I guess it startled him so he kept on
going, and so that wasn't good. So he and I had a talk and we went and bought a
mailbox and took it to the neighbor and had him do the talking and tell the neighbor he
was sorry and gave the neighbor the mailbox. And we offered to put it up and the
neighbor said, "No, that's okay. Just leave it over there. I'll get to it." Because he wants
to do it himself. The problem is you got to treat people the way you want to be treated.
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And at the end of the day, the goodwill goes a long way. I see that this got off on the left
foot and it's left a bad impression of some of you folks. And I guess, it would leave a bad
impression of me too if this was my neighborhood, that some of these things occurred.
On the other hand, I think Mr. Dooley is trying to make things right. And I will tell you
this, if this was acceptable and this was approved, my concern is just what I asked Mr.
Thompson... Had too much sugar at dinner tonight. I asked Mr. Thompson who the
name and contact is because you need a phone number to call and fuss at somebody
when there's a problem. And someone who's living out of state, that's a tall order
because you're not there to see or get there quickly if you need to come to the facility.
So this is tough because this issue's going to come up some more and that's why I
struggle with it. And what's the old adage? If you're not sure or you're not certain, then
you got any doubt, then you better rethink it and take a pause. So I may not be voting
for this tonight.”
Supervisor Pters stated, “He can't put it as well as the attorney did beside
of me, but I have looked at this. I've struggled with it many times, but I think Mr. North
made a very good point. I have to travel to Baltimore. I've traveled to Alexandria, I
traveled to Myrtle Beach and different places, and it's not a big deal to stay in one of the
Airbnb, but you're actually going to a destination that has a lot of entertainment or
whatever, what have you. I've began to have a real problem with this when it's in the
neighborhood. I've never stayed in one that's in a neighborhood, and kind of like what
Mr. North just said, I would have a real problem if it was beside my house. I know they
have them downtown. And again, it's a different atmosphere downtown and I get that.
But I'm getting more and more uncomfortable with the ones that are in the
neighborhoods. So I'm not likely to support this going forward either.”
Supervisor Radford commented, “There's actually an option that Mr.
Dooley has. He could go the opposite way. He could do a long-term rental. He could do
a twelve-month rental. Now, you guys know that I'm a landlord and I have homes up in
town at Christiansburg and I'm also unfortunately the HOA president of 52 homes. But
when we developed that, we made the HOA rules and regulations. If we're going to
lease any of those units, they have to have a 12-month lease. So we don't have this
problem with people coming in and out. So I think he might need to look at it a different
way. I'm glad that the college professor wants it, three months here, three months there.
But there are a lot of people out there. My six homes, since the pandemic, when they
come up for renewal, I put them on Craigslist. Wherever I put them, they stay open for
about five minutes and I've got them leased just like that. I bet Mr. Dooley could easily
rent that 12 months and that would help solve a lot of problems with these people in
your community. I think short-term rental is going the wrong way. Long-term rental,
that's what we need in our community right now is we need long-term rentals. This
house would be perfect for it, Mr. Dooley. Absolutely perfect. And I'm a testament
because it's happening where I'm at right now. So yeah, plus you have the same person
there for 12 months. You get to know your neighbor, you're going to walk around and
greet them, and you probably won't hit their mailboxes either.”
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Supervisor Mahoney moved to deny based upon the fact that this would
have a substantial detriment to the community. “I acknowledge that it is probably
consistent with our comprehensive plan, but as I said, I don't see how he can not make
a motion in a finding that says this would have a minimum adverse impact on the
neighborhood. Instead, I think this has a substantial detriment to the neighborhood. For
that reason, I would move to deny.” Supervisor Peters seconded the motion.
ORDINANCE 102423-5 DENYING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO
TERRY W. DOOLEY, JR. TO OPERATE A SHORT-TERM
RENTAL ON APPROXIMATELY 0.2363 ACRE OF LAND ZONED
R-1 (LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT), LOCATED AT
4501 GIRARD DRIVE, CAVE SPRING MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT
WHEREAS, Terry W. Dooley, Jr. has filed a petition for a special use permit to
operate a short-term rental on approximately 0.2363 acre of land zoned R-1 (Low
Density Residential) District, located at 4501 Girard Drive (Roanoke County Tax Map
Number 077.17-02-40.00-0000), in the Cave Spring Magisterial District; and
WHEREAS, the first reading of this ordinance was held on September 26, 2023,
and the second reading and public hearing were held on October 24, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Roanoke County Planning Commission held a public hearing on
this matter on October 3, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Roanoke County Planning Commission recommends approval of
the petition to obtain a special use permit, with three conditions; and
WHEREAS, during the public hearing on October 24, 2023, the Board
considered comments made by the petitioner and also considered comments made by
several citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia, as follows:
1. The Board finds that granting of the proposed special use will result in
substantial detriment to the community.
2. The special use permit is hereby denied.
On motion of Supervisor Mahoney to deny the ordinance, seconded by
Supervisor Peters and carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Peters, Mahoney, North, Radford, Hooker
NAYS: None
IN RE: REPORTS AND INQUIRIES OF BOARD MEMBERS
Supervisor Radford stated he had just one thing he wanted to bring up to
our staff. We started discussion informally about the deer population, so he would like
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us to get back on that track and talk about that in a little more in depth, either at a
meeting, a work session, through email just so we know we're looking at all our different
options. Our chairman, the other day had a deer hit her, that she didn't hit the deer, the
deer hit her. We have more deer than we have cars, so it's something we need to take
a look at now.
Supervisor Peters stated he really did not have anything specific for
tonight, but does have a request to the Board. We've had a lot going on this past year,
and as you know, he has been out campaigning and having a lot of conversations with
folks, but he began getting a lot of questions about the CTE and the school projects
where they stand. He knows that it's been a difficult year, but thinks that it is time that
we look at a joint meeting with the schools to have, because the five of us are holding
the purse strings. We need to have the answers to the questions that he was asking
earlier about the financing. He thinks we really need to know truly where these projects
are going and what's taking place because the citizens are asking. He is not saying it
has to be now, but is thinking that we do need to get that on the calendar and thinks that
we all need to be brought up to speed on where things are and where they're going.
Supervisor North stated he has a couple of things. It's a busy day on the
16th and 17th of October. I always like to listen to the Appropriations Committee, in
Richmond of the House and Delegates when they have their quarterly meetings and
when Secretary of Finance, Cummings reports on what's going on in the state of the
Commonwealth. The first quarter, which is July 1st through September 30th, we were
told by Secretary Cummings the collections of revenue coming into the state were $412
million over budget, signaling a strong non-withholding collections of which 259 million
were non-withholding up 35% over the same period last year. Earlier forecasts, when
they did the budget, the one they finally passed had forecasted a 20% decline year-
over-year. So the conservative nature of the Commonwealth has exceeded
expectations, which is a good thing going into the second quarter, which is October,
November, December and onward to the first quarter, which everyone thinks is going to
be interesting in terms of a slowdown after everybody's broke after Christmas.
Withholding collections were forecast down 7%, but they were reported 2% above for
the same period this year versus last year. So let's see what happens because he
wants to get that $150 million back for I-81 that they gave to our folks East Richmond on
64. Later that week, on the 17th, I attended the Greater Williamson Road Association
meeting, which is a monthly meeting and heard an overview of the airport expansion
plans from executive director, Mike Stewart, which enlightened the community.
Someone asked the question, "Were they going to have any pilotless planes taking off
and landing at the airport?" And the answer was no. Not any soon probably. So that's
good to hear. Also, on that same day, we made a call on one of our large customers
here in the area of Roanoke and Hollins. And from an economic standpoint, we learned
that the automotive industry is down 16 million vehicles nationwide being produced, new
vehicles, which is equivalent to a strong production year before COVID when they used
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to produce 14, 15, 16, sometimes 17 million new vehicles. Now that tells me that we're
going to have escalated higher used car prices going forward that we had last year.
They may stay the same, come down a little. It also tells me that if you're in the market
for a new car, you got to wait. One type car came in, there was 40 vehicles arrived, 30
were already sold before the car has got there to the dealership, and 10 cars would
probably be sold within the next 10 days to two weeks. So it's a very vibrant market.
People are still buying automobiles even with the interest rates because sometimes you
get a lower interest rate going through a dealer or Credit Union. Then you might get that
you hear about in the paper, like the Wall Street Journal says it's around seven, seven
and a half percent for a car loan. So people have a lot of pent-up demand. They got to
drive here, there, and everywhere and they're going to buy vehicles. And so this is going
to challenge us and staff knows this with respect to our budget as we begin to build the
budget for the next year because of the rate on personal property for starters. So that's
something we're going to have to take into consideration. I know staff knows that. So
with that said, that's all I have to report.
Supervisor Mahoney stated first of all, as you heard me this afternoon
when I nominated Jeremy Carroll for the Roanoke County Economic Development
Authority, I want to thank Steve Anderson. Steve Anderson was a member of the
Economic Development Authority. He was a valuable member of the authority. I'm sorry,
he does not want to be reappointed. He thinks that's a loss to Roanoke County and our
Economic Development Authority. But he also thinks Jeremy Carroll will be an excellent
replacement for Steve. But again, I want to publicly thank Mr. Anderson for his volunteer
participation on our Economic Development Authority. The second item is on October
19th, last week, we had a community meeting in this building up on the third floor and
we were looking at the trying to take the next step in terms of implementing the 419
plan. And specifically, we were looking at streetscape improvements for Starkey Road
and Ogden Road. Kelly McMurray, the Cave Spring Planning Commission member was
there. We had representatives from the Virginia Department of Transportation
Residency Office and we also had a members of the consultants, the Whitman,
Requardt and Associates. Unfortunately, we only had 12 citizens attend the community
meeting. There is a survey that is available that you can go online and complete. That
survey is open until November 3rd. So I would encourage anybody if you want to make
some comments about streetscape improvements, the Starkey and Ogden in terms of
implementing the 419 plan, please do so. There will be a second community meeting
sometime in the spring of 2024. Finally, maybe some irritation or bad news for some of
our citizens. You may have noticed that there is currently paving going on where the
Starkey Road and Buck Mountain Road roundabout is. EC Pace is the VDOT
contractor. He's doing paving from 9 to 3 during the day. Unfortunately, that may take
up to 10 days to finish. I was talking with staff and highway department folks. We were
looking at the possibility of perhaps doing nighttime paving. That also would've been a
disruption to the neighborhood, but it would've gotten finished much quicker, maybe in
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five days. But unfortunately, with the temperatures, the nighttime temperatures as they
drop, I'll yield to Mr. Caywood and his past history, I guess you can only do certain
things with asphalt at certain temperatures and the goal though is we need to get this
paving done before they shut the asphalt plants. So usually that closes, when do they
close? End of November, beginning of December. December 1st, depending on the
temperature. So I want to apologize to the folks who use Starkey Road, Buck Mountain
Road and those subdivisions up Buck Mountain. It is going to be challenging going
through that intersection over the next 10 days. Just want to let everybody know that's
what's going on. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Supervisor Hooker state by the time that we meet next time to together,
that we will have already had, our window will close for voting, and November 7th is
election day. I just want to encourage all eligible citizens to let your voice be heard. We
encourage you to vote. You can vote early, you can vote on the election day. It's up to
you.
IN RE: ADJOURNMENT
Chairman Hooker adjourned the meeting at 7:01 p.m.
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