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Roanoke County School Board
Conference Room
526 College Avenue
Salem, Virginia
December 18, 1974
7:30 P.M.
A joint public hearing of the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County and the Planning Commission of Roanoke County was
held at 7:30 p.m. this date at the Roanoke County School Board
Conference Room in Salem, Virginia, with the Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors, R. E. Hilton, Jr. presiding. The purpose
of the joint public hearing being to consider the adoption of the
General Land Use Plan, the Transportation Plan and the Community
Facilities Plan for Roanoke County to be used in formulating the
Master Plan for Roanoke County.
Members present from the Board of Supervisors:
Chairman R. E. Hilton, Jr., Vice-Chairman John G. Seibel,
C. Lawrence Dodson, Richard C. Flora and May W. Johnson.
Members present from the Planning Commission:
L. S. Elder, David A. Updike and Anthony C. Maier. Absent:
R. L. Miley and M. E. Maxey.
William F. Clark, County Administrator, and A. A.
Guepe, Secretary to the Planning Commission, were also present.
Chairman Hilton called the meeting to order at
7:23 p.m.
IN RE:
COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN
Mr. Donald J. Balzer, Planning Consultant, appeared
before the Board and discussed the proposed Land Use Plan,
Transportation Plan and the Community Facilities Plan. Mr. Bal-
zer also reviewed the physical development goals and policies
which were adopted by the Board at a joint hearing with the
Planning Commission on September 20, 1974. Mr. Balzer discussed
the existing land use plan, population trends, slope analysis of
vacant land, all of which are the various studies leading up to
this phase of the proposed Master Plan.
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Mr. John Cone, Mr. C. C. Manning, Mr. Jack Lindell,
Mr. Ed Kidd, Mr. Maury Strauss, Mr. Lewis Pinkard, Mr. Ken Berry
and Mr. Elbert Waldron appeared at the hearing and discussed
various aspects of the proposed plans with the consultant,
members of the Board and members of the Planning Commission.
At 9:00 p.m., the Supervisors returned to the
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conferenct
At 8:45 p.m., the Board took a brief recess.
Room and the Board reconvened in open session.
At this point and after full discussion, the members
present from the Planning Commission voted to recommend to the
Board that the plans be adopted as presented with the deletion of
a proposed fire station in the Tanglewood Mall area as shown on
the Community Facilities Improvements Plan.
Supervisor Seibel moved that the Board concur with the
recommendation of the Planning Commission and adopt the General
Land Use Plan, the Transportation Plan and the Community Facil-
ities Plan as presented with the deletion of a fire station in
the Tanglewood Mall area and with the further deletions of two
commercial areas located on Route 419; one directly across 419
from the Headquarters Library, and one adjacent to the Lewis-Gale
Hospital and changing a general commercial zone west of Salem to
a heavy industrial zone.
The motion was seconded by Supervisor Dodson and
adopted by the following recorded vote:
NAYS:
Mr. Dodson, Mr. Flora, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Seibel,
Mr. Hilton
None
AYES:
On the motion of Supervisor Flora, seconded by Super-
visor Johnson and the unanimous voice vote of the Board, the
meeting was adjourned at 9:28 p.m.