CPPC 09-12-05 Meeting MinutesNotes of CPPS Meeting September 12, 2005, 7:30 p.m.
Senior Planner Susan Eddy introduced Kevin Henry, a new planner in the Planning Department,
who will be working with Planner Eddy on the Capital Improvements Plan (CIP).
Planner Eddy noted that she had kept a record of the comments from the last meeting on the
flawed CPPA process. She added that discussion of this issue would be taken up at another time,
possibly at next year's retreat. Tonight the CPPS needed to focus on the merits of the CPPA
application before them.
Item 1— CPPA Request #09-05 (Bowman -Shoemaker)
Senior Planner Susan Eddy briefly reviewed the Bowman -Shoemaker CPPA application. She
then provided the information that CPPS members had requested at the August meeting.
Planner Eddy first reviewed the Agricultural and Forestal Districts. Questions were raised about
what can happen in an Agricultural and Forestal District, as the perception was that roads could
not go through them. Planner Eddy explained there was specific language in the Code of
Virginia concerning utilities in Agricultural and Forestal Districts. The County still needed to
plan its road system long range.
Deputy Planning Director Mike Ruddy added that an extra layer of scrutiny was involved in
Agricultural and Forestal Districts.
CPPS member Chuck DeHaven reiterated the need for long range planning.
Planner Eddy explained the MPO road plans for Warrior Drive South. She also read from the
minutes of rezoning #013-89 concerning sewer provision limited to commercial development.
Planner Eddy also passed on the comments from the Director of Public Works that the site
designated for school use was low lying land. CPPS Member Jay Banks noted Sherando High
School drained into that portion of the site and it was sometimes flooded.
Mr. Evan Wyatt of Greenway Engineering, representing the applicant, noted that the School
Board was interested in the site proposed for school use for practice fields. They were also
seeking other access points for traffic movement. Mr. Wyatt also showed the MPO proposals for
Warrior Drive South. He saw this area as a gap in the UDA/SWSA boundary.
CPPS Member Jim Golladay said this gap was intentional. Residential development was not
supposed to go south of Route 277.
Mr. Wyatt gave an overview of the MPO transportation plans for the area.
Member DeHaven asked if Warrior Drive South could be moved slightly west.
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CPPS Member Diane Kearns said she thought the application site was more suited to school,
government or commercial uses, rather than residential uses, given its location.
CPPS Chairman John Light called for consideration of a future road beginning at the new I-81
interchange and going east, south and parallel to the current Route 277. He also stated he did
not support this application as he preferred more commercial development especially along
Double Church Road.
There was a general consensus that there was already too much residential traffic on Route 277.
CPPS Member Bob Morris lamented the lack of criteria for judging CPPA applications.
Nevertheless, he did not support this application as it was piecemeal development. He stated it is
not compatible yet.
Member Kearns supported the road proposal, but not the land use proposal, as it did not fit into
the big picture.
CPPS Member Pat Gochenour did not support any UDA expansion given the water and sewer
challenges the County is facing.
Member Morris made a motion to recommend denial of the application. It was seconded. The
motion to recommend denial passed by a majority (11-2, I believe).
Members paused to reflect that they were not adamantly opposed to residential development
south of Route 277, they were not supportive at this time. Member Light also commented that
this application had some positive aspects including roads, a partial school site and a mix of uses.
Item 2 — Urban Development Area Study
Deputy Director Ruddy updated the committee on the progress of the UDA study. He reviewed
the table of strategies that the working group had developed.
Member DeHaven thought the table was difficult to interpret.
CPPS Member June Wilmot asked for an explanation of how the general policies in the Comp
Plan sometimes were at odds with the small area land use plan. Deputy Director Ruddy
explained that the small area plan were more detailed and written at different times.
A range of comments were given on the strategies:
Strategy 1 - add 60/40 C&I split.
Strategy 2 — this is the key, a framework similar to the Green Infrastructure was to the RA study.
Strategy 3 — be sure all of WATS proposals are included. Add corridor standards.
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Strategy 4 — deleted examples of biomedical/medical support. The area's work skills do not
support this.
Strategy 5 — consider commercial agricultural such as community gardens.
Strategy 8/9 — switch order to match goals.
Chairman Light asked the group to consider floating zones.
Member Marge Copenhaver suggested that historic resources be added into the strategies. All
agreed.
Item 3 - Other
Members discussed the next scheduled meeting on October 10th. Members Morris and Wilmot
would be at a planning conference and could not attend.
The meeting ended at 9:30 pm.
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