HRAB 01-17-06 Meeting AgendaCOUNTY of FREDERICK
Department of Planning and Development
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Historic Resources Advisory Board
FROM: Candice E. Perkins, Planner 11 �
RE: January Meeting Agenda
DATE: January 9, 2006
The Frederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB) will be meeting on Tuesday,
January 17, 2006, at 6:30 p.m., in the Board of Supervisors' Executive Session Room* in the
Frederick County Administration Building, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia. The
HRAB will discuss the following items:
AGENDA
December 2005 Minutes
2. 2006 Meeting Dates
3. Historic Plaque Program
4. Other
Please contact this office if you will not be able to attend the meeting. Thank you.
*PLEASE NOTE MEETING LOCATION
Access to this building is limited during the evening hours. Therefore, it will be necessary to enter
the building through the rear door of the Board Doom. I would encourage committee members to
park in the county parking lot located behind the new addition (accessible off of Cameron Street).
CEP; bad
Attachments
107 North Kent Street, Suite 202 - Winchester, Virginia 22601-5000
Frederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB)
December 20,2005
Held in the Board of Supervisors Executive Session Room of the County Administrative
Building at 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, VA.
Members Present: Rhoda Kriz, Harold Lehman, Virginia McClure, Martin Killingbeck, Elizabeth Fravel,
Felicia Hart, Travis Saunders, Maral Kalbian (Consultant), Patricia Gochenour (Planning Commission
Liaison)
Members Absent: Jamie Lupton, James Lockard
Staff: Candice Perkins -Planner Il, Kevin Henry -Planning Technician, Mike Ruddy -Deputy Planning
Director, John Kirby -Zoning Inspector
Applicants/Presenters: Chuck Maddox with Patton Harris Rust & Associates, PC, Diann Jacox (National
Park Service), Elizabeth McClung (Belle Grove Foundation), Mike Kehoe and Mark Brown (Cedar Creek
Battlefield Foundation).
Agenda Items: November 2005 Minutes, Review of the Chemstone-Middletown Property proposal,
submitted by Patton Harris Rust & Associates, PC. (PHR&A)
Other: None
The meeting began at 6:30 pm.
The first agenda item was the November 2005 minutes, which were approved.
The second item was a discussion on the rezoning proposal for the Chemstone-Middletown Property
submitted by Patton Harris Rust & Associates, PC. The rezoning consists two parcels that total 691 acres.
The current zoning is RA (Rural Areas) and the requested zoning is EM (Extractive Manufacturing).
Staff made a brief presentation for the proposal and then gave the floor over to Mr. Chuck Maddox of
PHR&A. Mr. Maddox stated that limestone mining is going to take place on the site and out of the 691
acres only 80 acres or 11% (approximate) will be disturbed. He also stated that environmental and
ground water studies were conducted on the site in 1992 and that water rights have been acquired by the
Sanitation Authority. Some of the minerals from the quarry could be transported across the Cedar Creek
by conveyor to the Strausburg quarry, as well as by truck through the Town of Middletown to Route 11.
Mr. Maddox also stated that the Town of Middletown had provided comments to the Board of
Supervisors to review. While site is not part of the National Park area, Civil War troops traveled through
some of the site and there were some camps on the property. This site also contained what is called the
"Nieswander's Fort" which was demolished about 25 years ago. Mr. Maddox stated that the quarry will
be shielded by a berm that could contain trees.
There were numerous comments from representatives that attended the meeting, they are as follows:
Mike Kehoe: The property contains significant historic resources which he marked on a map many years
ago, and battles took place on the southern portion of the property. There is a cemetery on the northern
portion of the property that needs to be protected and research further. He also expressed concern
regarding the viewshed of adjoining historical properties.
Elizabeth McClung: Stated that there may be an ability to have the quarry provide tours since it is an
historical quarry and possibly a geologic museum. There are many concerns about the viewshed from
Belle Grove due to the large red berms that are around the existing quarry. She also stated that they
would like a timeline for the mining north of Belle Grove as well as identification of future visual
impacts_
Mark Brown: (Also on Middletown Council) The town has concerns about traffic and water issues,
viewscape plan has not been implemented and a traffic impact analysis had not been submitted.
The HRAB then discussed the proposal. The following recommendations were formulated:
• A Phase I Archeological Survey needs to be done on the site, focusing on core battlefield areas
and the site of the Nieswanger Fort. If warranted by the Virginia Department of Historic
Resources, subsequent studies should be performed. (Phase Il/III).
• A detailed Viewshed Mitigation Analysis/Plan needs to be completed that will show the effects of
the new quarry operation from key points (critical areas and views/pull-offs to be determined by
the National Park Service, Belle Grove and the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation). This plan
needs to be completed before any land disturbance is allowed on the site and implementation of
any suggestions that may result from the plan should be given a proffered timeline. In addition,
the viewshed study should also ensure that views from Chapel Road are not impaired.
• Cedar Creek should be bridged so that quarry trucks can use this route instead of going through
historic Middletown and passing by the Belle Grove entrance.
• The conveyer system being discussed should be studied further to ensure that it does not impact
the viewshed or create noise issues. The amount of traffic this system will alleviate should be
provided as well. The applicant should propose a plan for the conveyer system that will not have
a huge visual impact on the surrounding landscape.
• A timeline for the removal ofthe existing stockpile of dirt (overburden) that can be seen from the
Cedar Creek Battlefield needs to be provided with this proposal.
• Strategic landscaping needs to be looked at, as well as preserving natural existing landscaping, as
opposed to high berms to try to screen the operation. A detailed landscaping study needs to be
done for the site.
• The location for the overburden from the new quarry operation needs to be provided so that large
piles of dirt similar to the current operation are not present, maximum elevations for new berms
need to be proffered. A documented plan for any new berms and overburden stockpiles needs to
be provided.
• Perimeter fencing and lighting details need to be provided so that they do not affect the adjacent
historic uses.
• The proffers provided to the HRAB included an eight acre reserve for Belle Grove. The proffer
states that, "Said reserve shall be set aside for future dedication to Belle Grove Foundation". This
proffer includes no timeline for the dedication of the property and as provided, the dedication
could never happen. A specific timeline for the dedication of this property needs to be provided
to ensure that the Foundation is given this property.
There was a recommendation by the HRAB to approve the rezoning so long as the issues discussed above
were mitigated.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30pm
FREDERICK COUNTY
HISTORIC RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD (HRAB)
2006 TENTATIVE MEETING DATES
January 17
February 21
March 21
April 18
May 16
June 20
July 18
August 15
September 19
October 17
November 21
December 19
HRAB meetings are tentatively scheduled for the third Tuesday of each month and begin at
6: 30p. m. For further information, please call Candice Perkins at 540-665-5651.
Item # 3
Historic Plaque Program
As discussed at the November meeting, the HRAB requested additional information on certain
properties for potential historic plaques. Photographs of the following properties have been attached
for review:
1. 34-137, Branson House 33 A 87B 4030 MARTINSBURG PIKE
2. 34-87, Winter Hill 72 A 19 5439 CEDAR CREEK GRADE
3. 34-140, Buffalo Marsh 84 A I 697 CLARK RD
4. 34-153, Dillon -Boyles House 22 A 58A 3390 APPLE PIE RIDGE
5. 34-160, Kline's Mill 85 A 13F 624 RIDINGS MILL RD
6. 34-346, Linden 52 A 256 435 WOODCHUCK LN
7. 34-352, Miller's House at Hayfield 40 A 108B 413 MT OLIVE RD
8. 34-677, Cochran House 32 A 45 1537 WELLTOWN RD
9. 34-1015, The Willows 74 A 66 834 SHADY ELM RD
10, 34-1047, E.B. Clevenger House 32 A 44 2159 WELLTOWN RD
11. 34-1275, Shanholtz-Baker House 12 A 28 1336 COLLINSVILLE RD
12. 34-1451, Heironimus-Mauzy House 12 A 96C 579 BRUSH CREEK RD
13. 34-1482, Poplar House 43 1 A3 645 PAYNE RD
Properties that couldn't be found or were inaccessible:
34-734, Taylor Furnace Farm 59 A 3 3616 BACK MOUNTAIN RD (gated)
34-125 Old Forge Farm Owned by Quarry
34-73 Ridings-McClunn House 92 A 12A 1271 RIDINGS MILL RD
34-80 Indian Spring 85 A 16 6283 VALLEY PIKE
Other Properties to Consider:
1. 34-86 Glass Rinker House (Opequon Historic District)
2. 34-16 Homespun (Opequon Historic District)
3. 34-735 Paxton (Marker Miller Orchard)