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AND IF YOU'RE HERE FROM LAST NIGHT, THAT WELCOMED AROUND TWO.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY GOES SMOOTHER CUZ WE HAVE BETTER MICS AND SMALLER AUDIENCE.
SO, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME'S CRYSTAL NIS.
I AM NEW TO GUCCI COUNTY, BUT NOT NEW TO THE AREA.
I'M A HENRICO NATIVE TO THE FAR OLD WEST END.
SO THIS IS KIND OF COMING HOME AND, UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND SERVE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE SMALL AREA PLAN.
AND I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE, AND YOU'LL HEAR THAT A LOT TONIGHT, IT IS AN EVOLVING DRAFT, SO IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS.
AND BY THAT I MEAN, THERE'S STILL A LONG PROCESS TO GO AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT, RIGHT? WE'VE SOLICITED PUBLIC INPUT SO FAR.
WE'VE DONE SURVEYS, WE'VE, UM, HAD COMMENTS UP WHERE FOLKS CAN LEAVE COMMENTS VIA EMAIL FOR MONTHS NOW.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HEAR IN GLEAN FROM YOU ALL TONIGHT AND FROM OUR ONLINE COMMENTS FEATURE WILL ACTUALLY BE, UM, DIGESTED OVER THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY.
UM, ONCE WE HAVE, FROM THAT, WE'LL HAVE A WORK SESSION WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, ALSO IN FEBRUARY THERE'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THEY'RE TENTATIVELY LOOKING AT, UM, HAVING A PLAN PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR EACH PLAN, AND THEN POTENTIALLY HAVING ADOPTION OF THESE PLANS IN MARCH.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE TENTATIVE TIMELINES.
UM, THEY'RE BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT A VERY LONG RANGE PLAN.
IT'S A 20 YEAR PLAN TO COMPLIMENT THE EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS AN UPDATE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS A WAY TO HOW DO WE LOOK AND HAVE A VISION FOR GROWTH AS THINGS MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE SEEING THE ONE OFF DEVELOPMENTS RECOGNIZING THAT.
SO HOW DO WE, IN A NICE WAY, EMBRACE IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE CHARACTER IN THE COMMUNITY FIBER VIBRANT LIKE IT IS NOW? SO I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT TONIGHT WE DO HAVE, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND ANSWERS AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
SO IF YOU'RE IN PERSON AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ADD A QUESTION, COMMENT, UM, OR ANY FEEDBACK ON THE PLAN, THERE'S A SIGN IN SHEET ON THE BACK.
AND WE WILL ALSO OFFER THAT FOR OUR VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS AS WELL AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE, UM, IN PERSON ATTENDEES THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.
AND WE WILL DO A CLOSEOUT QUICK DISCUSSION AS WELL.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M REALLY GONNA HAND IT OVER TO OUR CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE WORKED WITH YOU ALL AS THE COMMUNITY, EVEN WITH STAFF HILL STUDIO TO DO THEIR PRESENTATION.
UM, IS IT OKAY IF I USE THIS, MIKE? UH, OKAY.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF HILL STUDIO IN ROANOKE, AND I'M, UH, PART OF THE TEAM THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
I SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES THAT BEEN HERE BEFORE WE'VE MET BEFORE.
ALSO ARE ALSO WITH ME TONIGHT MAKING THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE OUR STELLAR ECONOMIST, AARON ARNETT FROM GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND WADE WALKER, ONE OF THE NATION'S FOREMOST AUTHORITIES ON COMPLETE STREETS AND WADE LIVES IN FLORIDA.
UM, SO THESE, THESE GUYS ARE PART OF THE CONSULTING TEAM AS WELL.
SO, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, TONIGHT'S HIGHLIGHTS.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE HAVE ABOUT A, A 25 TO 30 MINUTE SHOW FOR YOU.
IT JUST HITS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE'VE GOT BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS WORK IS IN DRAFT FORM AND IT'S ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO PULL IT DOWN AND IT GOES ON FOR PAGES AND PAGES ON THINGS THAT WE'LL JUST SPEND A FEW MINUTES ON.
SO THE DETAILED WORK IS ON THE WEBPAGE, AND WE WILL BE JUST, UH, SORT OF SHOWING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTRODUCTION TO IT, UH, TONIGHT.
AND SO, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU CAN GET OFF THE WEBPAGE AS WELL AS WHAT I'LL TELL YOU, UH, HAS THESE GENERAL CHAPTERS.
THERE'S, UH, TONIGHT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND GUC AND COURTHOUSE.
TODAY WE'LL DISCUSS ECONOMICS AND DEMOGRAPHICS, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE.
WE'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE AND THE, AND THE PROJECT AREA AND DISCUSS LAND USE AND KEY ELEMENTS OF THAT LAND USE.
UM, SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW AS WE START OUT IS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, IDEA, AND THAT'S, THAT OUR PLAN IS REALLY PART OF AN UPDATE OF THE 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
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UM, AND IN FACT, WHAT WE CALL, WHAT WE CALL WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR, FOR COURTHOUSE VILLAGE IS A, IS A SMALL AREA PLAN, BUT THE COMP PLAN FOR GUC COUNTY WAS WRITTEN, THE MOST RECENT ONE IN 2015.IT, IT ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY BOLD, UH, IDEA IN IT.
AND THAT WAS THAT 85% OF THE LAND IN THE COUNTY IS SUPPOSED TO REMAIN OPEN IN AGRICULTURE.
THAT'S REALLY BOLD AND REALLY A VISIONARY.
THE REMAINING 15% OF THE LAND WILL BE WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS.
AND IT'S, UH, AND SO, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN JUST LET THAT REMAINING 15% JUST DO WHAT IT WANTS TO DO.
SO THAT REMAINING 15% NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE GO WAY, NEEDS TO BE THOUGHTFUL, NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE, THERE WERE THREE VILLAGES THAT WERE ALSO MENTIONED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT, UH, SHOULD RECEIVE A LOT OF THIS, UH, FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEY WERE CENTERVILLE GLAND COURTHOUSE.
AND THERE'S ONE OTHER, RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE TWO VILLAGE PLANS, UH, UH, CENTERVILLE GLAND COURTHOUSE.
AND, AND YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THAT'S THE TWO PLACES WHERE THERE ARE THE MOST UTILITIES.
IT'S WHERE ROADS ALREADY ARE EXIST, AND IT'S, AND IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY HERE IN GLAND COURTHOUSE, IT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED TO A GREAT EXTENT.
AND SO THE WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PROPOSING IS SUPPOSED TO BE, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL AGREE, IT'S RESPONSIBLE IN FIELD DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S, IT'S RESPONSIBLE AND BECAUSE THE INVESTMENT THAT THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY MADE IN PUTTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN.
AND IT'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS GENERAL IDEA OF KEEPING THE COUNTY GENERALLY OPEN AND AGRARIAN.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS RESPONSIBLE PLANNING, WE REALLY HAVE TO DO IT BASED ON SOME FACTS.
AND THE THREE CATEGORIES THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT FIRST, WHERE WE LEARN THE FACTS FIRST IS THE ECONOMICS AND DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND YOU'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING THAT.
SO THAT GONNA BE SOME OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PIECES, SOME OF THE SURVEYS THAT YOU'VE RESPONDED TO.
AND THEN THIRD, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE LAND IN THE VILLAGE THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU.
SO, UH, FIRST PART OF THIS WILL BE AARON AND HE'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE MARKET.
SO ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH HILL STUDIO IS MARKET BASED.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE THIS DATA TO INFORM THE REST OF THE PLAN.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE.
SO WE'VE DONE A, A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE MARKET ANALYSIS.
WE'VE LOOKED AT DEMOGRAPHICS, WE'VE ESTABLISHED A TRADE AREA FOR THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE, AND THAT'S THE MAP YOU SEE UP IN THE TOP CENTER.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS, YOU CAN SEE THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE IN THE, THE DARK BLUE OUTLINE.
AND THEN THAT LARGE GREEN AREA IS A 15 MINUTE DRIVE TIME FROM THE CENTER OF COURTHOUSE VILLAGE.
AND THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT, UH, LIVE IN THE AREA THAT CERTAINLY COME INTO TOWN TO WORK, COME INTO THIS AREA TO WORK.
THEY COME INTO PATRONIZE SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES, PERHAPS THEY LIVE IN THE AREA AS WELL.
SO THAT'S THAT OVERALL MARKET AREA.
BUT WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT HOUSING, WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT RETAIL AND COMMERCE, AND WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT EMPLOYMENT AS WELL, ALL OF THAT.
NOW, I COULD SPEND TWO HOURS WITH Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS ANALYSIS, AND IT'S A LOT OF DATA FROM MY DATA NERD STANDPOINT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
SO I'M GONNA HIT THE HIGH NOTES HERE.
SO THE HIGH NOTES, UH, FOR, FOR WHAT WE LEARNED, SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS IS FIRST THE COUNTY AS, UM, AS A WHOLE GREW BY 13.9% BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020, THE LAST TWO CENSUSES.
UM, AND JUST AS, AS A, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF GROWTH THERE.
UM, TO GIVE YOU A, UH, FRAME OF REFERENCE, THE STATE OF VIRGINIA GREW BY 8% DURING THAT TIME.
THE ROANOKE, EXCUSE ME, THE, UH, RICHMOND METRO GREW BY 11% DURING THAT TIME.
AND THE RICHMOND ARE, HERE I GO AGAIN.
THE ROANOKE METRO, UH, GREW BY 9% DURING THAT TIME.
SO YOU ALL ARE GROWING AT A RATE THAT'S VERY HEALTHY AND, AND, AND REALLY TO SUCCEED IN SOME OF THE AREAS, UM, THAT ARE, THAT APPEAR TO YOU.
YOU'RE A SMALL COUNTY STILL, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE HAD THAT, THAT, THAT FAST
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GROWTH.NOW THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE ITSELF, THE SMALL AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THERE'S ABOUT 1,799 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA, AND THAT'S ABOUT 7% ISH OF THE TOTAL COUNTY POPULATION.
HOWEVER, THAT 15 MINUTE DRIVE TIME THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHICH SHOULD BE RELEVANT TO THE EMPLOYERS AND THE BUSINESSES THAT EXIST HERE, THAT'S A A LITTLE OVER 10,000 PEOPLE.
WE LOOKED AT, UM, HOUSING VALUE IN THE COUNTY.
YOUR MEDIUM HOUSING VALUE IN GLAND COUNTY IS $484,000.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE ENTIRE REGION.
AND AGAIN, AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE, THE RICHMOND METRO IS 296,000.
UH, VIRGINIA ITSELF IS 347,000.
SO AGAIN, YOU ARE HIGHER THAN, THAN BOTH OF THOSE METRICS.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A FLUENT COMMUNITY FOR SURE.
IF WE LOOK AT OUR COURTHOUSE VILLAGE ITSELF, OUR DISTRICT, YOUR MEETING HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS ABOUT 400,000.
EXCUSE ME, YOUR MEDIAN HOUSING VALUE IS ABOUT 400,000 IN THAT AREA.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE COUNTY, BUT STILL HIGHER THAN, THAN THE STATE AND THE METRO THAT HAS ACTUALLY GROWN BY 11% SINCE THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO YOU.
ALL THAT'S JUST HOUSING VALUES THAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT IT DOES POINT TO THE AFFORDABILITY OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A COUNTY EMPLOYEE, IF YOU'RE A LOCAL EDUCATOR, IF YOU'RE IN, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE IN GOLAND COUNTY, UM, BY THESE METRICS.
IN FACT, THE NEXT NUMBER SHOWS THAT 18% OF HOMEOWNERS IN THE COUNTY ARE WHAT'S CONSIDERED COST BURDEN.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT FOLKS ARE SPENDING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING COSTS.
SO LIKE, UM, MORTGAGE PLUS UTILITIES AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT'S A NUMBER THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE SEE IN OTHER PEER COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK IT DOES POINT TO TO THAT AFFORDABILITY.
NEXT THING WE LOOKED AT WAS COMMERCE AND RETAIL.
UM, LAST YEAR THERE WAS, AGAIN, WITHIN OUR STUDY AREA, WITHIN OUR TRADE AREA, THE 15 MINUTE DRIVE TIME, THERE WAS 147 MILLION IN RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL LEAKAGE.
THAT MEANS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT GEOGRAPHY WE'RE SPENDING 147 MILLION MORE THAN THE STORES WE'RE SELLING THAT EXIST IN THAT GEO GEOGRAPHY.
THAT MEANS, UM, PEOPLE ARE GOING OUTSIDE THE AREA BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR GOOD OR SERVICE ISN'T LOCATED IN OUR AREA.
UM, AND WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO, THAT'S DEMAND.
WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO IN A VERY CONSERVATIVE SCENARIO WHERE WE LOOK AT KEY CATEGORIES THAT THE COURTHOUSE DEALER COULD SUPPORT UP TO ANOTHER 128,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS OR SO.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER, BUT THAT'S BASED ON EXISTING DEMAND.
AND THEN THE LAST THING WE LOOKED AT WAS, WAS, UM, EMPLOYMENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE ZIP CODE, WHICH IS 20 3063, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN OUR STUDY AREA.
UM, THAT THERE'S ABOUT 2000 JOBS, A LITTLE OVER 2000 JOBS THAT THAT EXIST IN, IN THE AREA.
THAT'S ABOUT 11% OF ALL THE JOBS IN IN IN GLAND COUNTY.
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT IT IS, WHICH MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD, 60% OF THAT, 59% OF THAT IS IN PUBLIC AND EDUCATION JOBS, AGAIN, YOU'RE THE CENTER OF, OF, UH, THE COUNTY.
AND YOU HAVE THE GOVERNMENT SERVICES HERE AND YOU HAVE THE EDUCATION SERVICES HERE AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, ALL OF THIS DATA IS PART OF A LARGER MARKET ANALYSIS THAT I WOULD INVITE YOU TO LOOK AT ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IT DOES INFORM THE REST OF THE MASTER PLAN.
I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO DAVID RIGHT NOW.
SO, SO A GOOD, GOOD BASIS IN ECONOMICS IS THE FIRST PART OF THIS.
THE SECOND PILLAR OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE WE HEARD WHAT YOU HAVE SAID.
AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER A PRETTY, UH, HEALTHY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PACKAGE THAT HAD THE KICKOFF IN THE MIDTERM MEETINGS RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERY ROOM.
THAT'S WHERE I MET MANY OF YOU.
AND THERE'S BEEN A COMMUNITY SURVEY.
AND JUST FOR THE, UH, GLAND COURTHOUSE SURVEY, WE'VE HAD 240 RESPONSES.
TONIGHT'S MEETING AS PART OF THE, THE WORK.
AND THEN REMEMBER ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE, THAT WEB IS OPEN, KEEP ADDING THEM.
CAUSE WE'RE READING THEM ALL THE TIME TRYING TO MAKE THIS BETTER.
IF THIS, THIS PLAN HAS GOTTA HAVE YOUR FINGERPRINTS ON IT AS WELL AS OURS, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WRITE AND TELL
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US WHAT THEY WANT, THE MORE THAT IT'S INCORPORATED.SO THIS, UH, THIS LITTLE WORD CLOUD IS UP HERE.
UH, WE ASKED, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CITIZENS, UM, ACTUALLY ONE OF THE, THE QUESTIONS WAS ON THE SURVEY, YOU KNOW, DESCRIBE GLAND COURTHOUSE TODAY.
AND, AND THIS IS, UH, A LOT OF THE RESPONSES THAT WERE UP THE LARGER, THE MORE THE, THE MORE TIMES THAT APPEAR.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING LITTLE PIECE.
THEN THERE WERE MORE, UM, MORE DETAILED COMMENTS, UH, IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THEMES, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE MOST WANTED, UH, RETAIL AND RESTAURANT BUSINESSES, MOST WANTED SERVICES, ET CETERA.
AND THESE ARE IN DECEMBER ORDER.
THE TOP VOTE GETTER FOR MOST WANTED RETAIL AND RESTAURANT WAS FAMILY FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS FOLLOWED BY COFFEE SHOP, ET CETERA.
UM, MEDICAL SERVICES WERE A BIG WANT AND NEED, UM, IN THE, IN THE VILLAGE.
AND THEN GATHERING SPACES PEOPLE HAD REQUESTED.
THINGS LIKE FARMER'S MARKET PLAZAS, COURTYARDS, ET CETERA.
LIVE MUSIC EVENTS, PASSIVE RECREATION, WHOLE LOT OF, UH, LISTS OF, OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE REQUESTED.
SO THE THIRD PILLAR IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WENT AND, AND KIND OF DID ON OUR OWN.
I'VE, UH, I'VE BEEN GREATLY IMPRESSED JUST BY THE EXISTING, UH, VILLAGE THAT'S HERE.
AND THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED ALL OVER VIRGINIA, ACTUALLY A LOT OF THE WORLD.
BUT A GOLING COURTHOUSE, UM, VILLAGE IS A, IS A UNIQUE PLACE.
AND THERE'S THE OLD PART, EXCUSE ME, THAT, THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE COURTHOUSE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN WE'VE REALLY GOTTEN OUT AND, AND LOOKED AT THINGS, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW ADDITIONS ALSO THAT, AND A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY, REALLY OLD THINGS THAT ARE THERE.
SO YOU, ALTOGETHER, YOU REALLY GOT SORT OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN VILLAGE HERE ALREADY.
AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO KIND OF GET A CHANCE TO GET HERE AND WORK WITH IT AND TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, DO SOME SURGICAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT'LL KEEP FROM, KEEP FROM, UH, REALLY MESSING UP THE GREAT SENSE OF PLACE THAT YOU HAVE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO.
SO, SO WE GOT IN AND DID A LITTLE BIT OF DEEPER DIVE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO CREATE, EXCUSE ME, IS TO, TO SORT OF HONOR THE DISTINCT IDENTITY THAT YOU HAVE AND COMPLIMENT THE EXISTING CHARACTER WITH ANYTHING THAT GETS BUILT.
SO, SO WE WENT AND LOOKED A LITTLE DEEPER AT, AT THE, UM, DENSITY OF BUILDINGS IN, IN THE VILLAGE AND WHAT LIVE IRON FASTING.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS, LIKE YOU HAVE SOME LARGER BUILDINGS UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE VILLAGE WHERE THE SCHOOLS, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION COMPLEX, ET CETERA, ARE.
THEN YOU HAVE THIS REAL INTERESTING TIGHT CLUSTER GOING DOWN, UH, RIVER ROAD, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
THAT WAS THE TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU SEE, UH, HOUSES AROUND.
UM, THERE ARE, UH, THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING NATIONAL REGISTER, HISTORIC DISTRICT AROUND THE COURTHOUSE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR OTHER, UH, DISTRICTS.
IF, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PURSUE THESE, UM, WITH THE HIGH QUALITY OF, OF THE BUILDINGS AROUND PARTICULARLY, UH, THE HIGH QUALITY OF SOME OF THE, UM, UH, OLDER BUILDINGS ALONG RIVER ROAD.
YOU HAVE A REALLY, UH, QUITE DISTINCT AND, UH, AND, AND GOOD, UH, GROUP OF OPEN SPACES OF PUBLIC PARKS IN PARTICULAR IN, IN THE VILLAGE.
AND THEN WE STARTED TO LOOK, AND THERE'S SOME MORE MAPS OUT IN THE HALL.
SO THERE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE, UH, FOREST AND THE, AND THE, UM, INDIVIDUAL SIGNATURE TREES AND THE FIELDS AND THE FLOODPLAINS ALL WORK IN THE VILLAGE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, UH, THIS, YOU'LL SEE IS ONE OF THE COMMON THEMES OF A LOT OF THE, UM, COMMENTS, IS TO TAKE ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVE THE LANDSCAPES FOR RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL BENEFIT.
SO TRY TO RESPOND TO THAT WITH A PLAN.
AND THIS SET OF MAPS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PLANNERS, UH, SO THAT IF PEOPLE DO COME TO, UH, TO THE, UH, A PLANNING OFFICE AND ASK FOR DEVELOPMENT, UH, THESE RESOURCES BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THIS IN PARTICULAR, IN THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE, UH, DRAFT GUIDELINES AS TO HOW THESE MAPS CAN GET USED.
SO RESPONDING TO THIS AND TRYING TO, TO KIND OF KEEP THE EXISTING CHARACTER AND STILL ALLOW FOR SOME, UH, POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE COME UP WITH A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
NOW THIS IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, AND WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HELP IT TO EVOLVE, THIS WILL BE A RECOMMENDED PLAN FOR ADOPTION AS PART OF, UH, THIS WORK.
AND IN IT, AFTER THESE STUDIES I JUST SHOWED YOU, WE WENT AROUND AND, AND SORT OF BRAINSTORMED LAND USES THAT
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WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR GO AND COURTHOUSE.AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN NAMES.
WE WANTED TO NAME SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER LAND USES THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE COUNTY, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THEY HAVE NAMES, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, UH, COURTHOUSE, RESIDENTIAL OR COURTHOUSE PLAN, UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
AND I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH EACH OF THESE BECAUSE I WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT THE INTENT OF THAT DISTRICT IS AND SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS.
SO, SO WHEN WE START THIS, UM, THE COURTHOUSE RESIDENTIAL IS THE LIGHT YELLOW.
AND HERE YOU SEE THESE, TIM WOULD BE ON THE OUTSIDE AREA OF THE VILLAGE.
AND THE IDEA WAS TO MAINTAIN THE ROLE AND SCENIC CHARACTER AT THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE BY PROVIDING GENERALLY LOWER DENSITIES THAT ARE FOUND WITHIN AND TO TRANSITION FROM THE VILLAGE OUT INTO THE ADJACENT COUNTRYSIDE.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT THAT PARTICULAR LAND USE IS ABOUT.
AND, AND, UH, AND WHEN, AND YOU CAN LEAD IN THE LAND USE PLAN, THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL INTENT.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THESE DARKER YELLOW AREAS THAT YOU SEE.
AND THIS IS THE COURTHOUSE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS AGAIN, LIKE IT'S, UH, EARLIER ONE TO MAINTAIN THE REAL AND SCENIC CHARACTER, BUT ITS SHOULD TRANSITION FROM THOSE LOWEST DENSITIES AT THE EDGE TOWARD MORE DENSE USES IN THE VILLAGE CORE THAT A LOT OF 'EM ALREADY THERE.
AND, AND SO WITH THIS KIND OF RESIDENTIAL, UH, IT ALLOWS FOR SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT ARE ALLOWED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS LITTLE SKETCH YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, SORT OF A COMMON AREA.
AND THEN, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COMMERCIAL MAY BE ALLOWED ON IN SOME AREAS IN SMALL AREAS.
UM, AND THE COMMON THEME IS THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD, UH, UH, LISTED IN THE, IN THE SURVEY.
THINGS LIKE FAMILY FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS, LAUNDROMAT, COFFEE SHOP, PERSONAL CARE, LOCAL PUB, THOSE KIND OF THINGS WOULD BE REASONABLE CAUSE YOU CAN WALK TO THEM FROM YOUR HOUSE, SORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL EVEN.
UH, I DID A, A PROPOSED, WELL, ACTUALLY AN EXPERIMENT TO SEE HOW THAT LAND USE MIGHT WORK.
AND WE, EXCUSE ME, TOOK A HYPOTHETICAL PIECE OF LAND IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE VILLAGE AND TRIED IT, UH, TO SEE IF IT WORK.
AND SO THE GENERAL THINGS, UH, THAT WERE LOOKED AT, AND I BELIEVE I SHOWED YOU THIS LAST TIME I WAS HERE, YOU ALONG SAY IN THIS EXAMPLE, UH, ALONG 5 22, GOING NORTH TO SOUTH, A COUPLE OF IMMENSE FIELDS ARE SPECTACULAR.
SO IN THIS CASE, THE P U D TRANSFERS THE, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, HOUSING, UH, UH, POSSIBLE TO, TO BACK INTO THE LANDSCAPE SO THAT THEY CAN REMAIN OPEN.
AND SO YOU SEE THESE HOUSE LOTS BACK HERE.
ALSO, A REAL AMENITY IN THAT AREA IS THE, UH, COURTHOUSE CREEK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IT KEEPS SOME OF THOSE LANDS, OPEN CLUSTERS, UH, SOME OF THE DENSER RESIDENTIAL BACK IN HERE, WHERE'S LESS VISIBLE.
AND YOU USE THINGS LIKE THE AMENITY OF THE STORM WATER POND AS A LAKE, YOU CAN EVEN FISH IN IT.
AND THERE'S THAT LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COMMERCIAL IDEA, EVEN SORT OF LARGE OPEN PLACES TO KEEP TREES.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS AN EXPERIMENT TO WORK WITH THAT LAND USE TO SEE IF IT WOULD WORK.
AND IT SEEMS TO FIT THE, THE LANDSCAPE PRETTY WELL IN OUR OPINION, AS AN EXAMPLE.
UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA REQUIRE ANYBODY TO DO THIS, THIS, IT WAS JUST AN IDEA TO SEE IF THEIR LAND USE WOULD WORK.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE VILLAGE, UH, VILLAGE WIDE, UH, THAT WAS THIS AREA THAT WE, UH, DID A HYPOTHETICAL DESIGN ON.
AND THERE ARE OTHERS ABOUT SIMILAR SIZE AND SCALE IN THE VILLAGE, ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN OF THESE THAT THE SAME KIND OF, UH, UH, LAND USE COULD, COULD ACTUALLY WORK THERE VERY WELL.
SO, UM, THE, OUR NEXT LAND USE IS THE COURTHOUSE MIXED LAND USE.
AND THIS ONE IS, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT'S THIS AREA IN THIS ZONE, UH, GENERALLY THAT IS IN RED.
AND TO, TO ORIENT YOU, THIS IS FAIRGROUNDS ROAD GOING EAST TO WEST.
OKAY, LET'S, AH, MUCH BETTER SEE IT.
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HUH? NOT WORKING.YOU KNOW, FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF TIME, UM, THE COURTHOUSE MIXED USE IS UP HERE, FAIRGROUNDS ROAD, UH, RIVER ROAD.
SO IT'S UP HERE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TOWN VILLAGE.
THE IDEA IS TO MAKE IT A MORE VIBRANT MULTI-USE, UH, PLACE.
ABOUT 30% OF THE ACREAGE SHOULD BE, UH, DEDICATED TO OPEN, I'M SORRY, TO COMMERCIAL USES.
AND, AND SO WHAT YOU START TO SEE IS THIS IS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST LIKELY PLACE THAT YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE LARGER SERVICES AND, UH, AND, UM, UH, RETAIL SUCH AS THE MEDICAL AREA, DRY CLEANERS, MEETING SPACES, ET CETERA.
AND, UM, AND SO WE STARTED TO LOOK AT, AT HOW THAT MIGHT BE BUILT OUT AS AN EXAMPLE.
AND THE ILLUSTRATION HERE SHOWS, UH, TO ORIENT YOU, THE, UM, THE, UH, UM, RIGHT HERE IS THE CURRENT, UH, GROCERY STORE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE ROUNDABOUT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
SO IT SHOWS, UM, SOME OF THE LAND THERE THAT'S CURRENTLY VACANT, UM, HAVING SOME OF THESE MULTI-USE, UH, BUILDINGS PLACED ON THEM.
UH, THIS WAS AN IDEA ALSO TO KEEP THAT SORT OF ONE ACRE OAK AREA, UH, AND KEEP IT AND PRESERVE IT.
AND THEN ACTUALLY, UH, BUILDS THE POSSIBILITY FOR, FOR, UH, MORE, UH, VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ON ITS EDGES.
AND THIS, THIS IS MORE OF A DETAILED SHOT, BUT YOU, YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THE PLAN THERE THAT THE, UM, THAT THE, UH, PARKWAY, UH, PARKWAY, UH, RAN USE IS, IS, UM, INSIDE THOSE ORANGE LINES, AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT MEANS IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT THE IDEA, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THAT GROVE OF TREES THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE, IN THE BOTTOM.
AND THE IDEA IS TO SORT OF, AS PEOPLE HAVE DIRECTED US TAKE TO PROTECT THOSE EXISTING RESOURCES AND CONSERVE THE LANDSCAPE.
SO THIS IS JUST AN IDEA, A SUGGESTION TO THAT PROPERTY OWNER.
IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT IT SHOWS HOW THAT CAN BE MAXIMIZED FOR EVERYBODY'S BENEFIT.
NOW, THERE'S A PART OF THE, UH, COURTHOUSE, UH, VILLAGE COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS MORE INTENSIVE AND REALLY LENT FOR SMALLER, UH, BUSINESSES THAT ARE BORN SCALE WITH THE HISTORIC AREA OF THE COURTHOUSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE OUTLINED IN THE BLACK DASH LINE.
AND SO THIS WAS ONE THAT WE, UM, WE SORT OF MODEL THE IDEA IS TO PRESERVE THE COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE OF THE VILLAGE CORE AROUND THE POTENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT BY MAINTAINING THAT CHARACTER.
AND SO AS THESE BUILDINGS, UH, SORT OF OVER THE YEARS AS THEY SOME CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO OTHER USES, THAT THE IDEA IS TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE, UH, SPIRIT OF THE PLACE AS YOU CAN.
THIS ONE JUST SUGGESTED, AS, YOU KNOW, BE A COOL PLACE FOR A COFFEE SHOP OR, UH, UPSTAIRS RESIDENTIAL PERHAPS.
AND THERE ARE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT ARE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE, UH, WEBSITE PULLING DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK THAT COACH INFIELD DEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS, UH, SO THAT IT REALLY FITS WITH THE EXISTING CARE.
NEW, NEW BUILDINGS WOULD FIT WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF WHAT'S THERE.
UM, AT THE MIDDLE OF THE, THE CORE, WE ALSO STARTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, UH, THE, THE ROADWAY THROUGH THERE AND, UH, KNOWING THAT, UH, THERE MAY BE, UM, A FUTURE, UH, ADDITIONS, UH, TO THE COURTHOUSE.
AND SO I STARTED LOOK AT HOW THAT ALL MIGHT WORK TOGETHER AND SUGGESTED A FEW, UM, IDEAS.
ONE WOULD BE THAT, UH, THIS IS THE EXISTING COURTHOUSE HERE, I'M SORRY, EXISTING COURTHOUSE IS, UH, WELL, IT'S THAT, IT'S THAT BIG BLACK BUILDING TO THE LEFT OF THE WORD KEY
OKAY? SO THEN THAT'S, THAT'S IN THERE.
AND, UH, FUTURE, FUTURE COURTHOUSE EDITION MAY BE UP, UP INTO THE, UH, UP INTO THE LEFT OF THAT, IF LOCATED THERE WOULD UP, UM, ALLOW FOR A SMALL COMMON TO BE BUILT IN THE FRONT.
UH, AND AT THE SAME TIME COULD REALLY START TO LOOK AT THE, UM, THE STREET SCAPE OF THAT AREA.
AND I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS ONE LAST TIME, SORT OF PUTTING THAT, UH, AREA ON WHAT WE CALL A ROAD DIET.
AND IN THIS CASE, UH, THE WEIGHT HAS STARTED ENDEAVORED TO, UH, TAKE THAT A LITTLE FARTHER AND SHOW WHERE
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WITHOUT CHANGING THE CURBS, I COULD DO SOME VERY INTENTIONAL, UM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO, UH, MAKE SOME, UH, SHELTERED PARKING THERE AND TO PUT IN SOME OF THE STREETSCAPE, UH, THIS ARTIST'S SKETCH SHOWS, UM, EXISTING COURTHOUSE TO THE RIGHT AND ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE PROPOSED, UH, POTENTIAL NEW COURTHOUSE WITH IT, USING, UH, USING THE GUIDELINES TO HELP IT SET BACK SO THAT WE KEEP VIEWS OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES.THE VILLAGE INSTITUTIONAL MIXED USE IS A CATEGORY ESPECIALLY PROPOSED, UH, FOR THE AREA THAT'S THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND, AND IN THIS ONE, UH, USING SOME EXAMPLES OF OTHER VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT, UH, THAT IF THIS LAND WAS GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED OR COOPERATIVELY DEVELOPED, UH, THESE ARE SOME IDEAS THAT MIGHT HELP IT TO MAXIMIZE ITS SITE.
AND SO, UH, OVER NEXT, UH, ON THE LEFT OF THE PLAN, YOU'LL SEE THE EXISTING, UH, Y COMPLEX IN ITS FUTURE, UH, VISION OF HOW IT MIGHT BE DEVELOPED.
THERE'S ALREADY THAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE CAMPUS AND SUCH USES AS SOME MIXED USE BUILDINGS, UM, MORE IMPROVED PARKING, UH, DAYCARE CENTER AND SOME OTHER MIXED INFO COULD BE, UH, VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE SITE.
AND THE BOTTOM SKETCH SHOWS A FEW, UH, CLUSTER HOUSING, UH, CONCEPTS THAT COULD BE, UH, ADDED TO THE SITE, UH, QUITE READILY.
UM, THE POPULAR RIVER DISTRICT IS A, IS A, UH, IS WHAT YOU SEE BOTH ON, UH, RIVER ROAD AND, UM, FAIRGROUNDS ROAD AS AN OVERLAY, WHICH, UH, IN THE CENTER OF THE VILLAGE, UH, REQUIRES, WE REQUIRE LANDSCAPING AND SIDEWALKS IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN ON THE OUTER PART REQUIRES SETBACKS THAT PRESERVE THAT BIG GREEN CORRIDOR THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
UH, AND SO TO, TO WORK WITH ALL THIS, WE, WE, UH, ACTUALLY ADD COMPLETE STREETS, WHICH, UH, WADE WILL COME UP AND, UH, VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT.
IT'S ONE OF THE KEY DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT KIND OF BUILDS THE VILLAGE.
YEAH, SO YOU SEE THE, UH, YOU SEE THE STREETS, UH, HERE, AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF, UH, EXISTING STREETS AND NEW STREETS, UH, WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
UM, YOU'LL SEE RIVER ROAD, WHICH DAVID MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, KIND OF BEING THE COMMUNITY, THE VILLAGE MAIN STREET THROUGH THE VILLAGE CORE, BUT THEN ALSO HAVING STREETS THAT ARE LEADING INTO THE VILLAGE, UH, THAT'S MAINTAINED MORE OF THAT RURAL GATEWAY CHARACTER, BUT PROVIDE AMENITIES SUCH AS SIDEWALKS OR SHARED USE PATHS ALONG THEM.
AS WELL AS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE STREETS, UH, ARE WALKABLE, ACCESSIBLE.
UH, THEY HAVE AMENITIES SUCH AS SHADE, TREES, SIDEWALKS, UM, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE AN ENTIRE NETWORK.
SO IT'S A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, COMBINATION OF NEW STREETS, EXISTING STREETS, AND, UH, NON-MOTORIZED, UH, TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS SUCH AS GREENWISE THAT YOU SEE HERE.
AND IT REALLY TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN A VERY CONNECTED FASHION.
UH, AND SO POTENTIALLY A, A CONNECTIVITY PROJECT MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE A COURTHOUSE CREEK TRAIL THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE CREEK BED, UH, THE CREEK CORRIDOR AND, UH, OR UTILITY CORRIDORS CAN START TO CONNECT A LOT OF THESE AMENITIES, A LOT OF THE PARKS.
SO HIDDEN ROCK PARK TO THE, UM, CROSSING FAIRGROUNDS ROAD, CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND A LOT OF THE TRAILS, UH, WITHIN THE, THE COURTHOUSE AREA, ALMOST TWO MILES OF, UH, SOFT SURFACE TRAILS WITHIN THE COURTHOUSE AREA, UH, AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TUCKER PARK AND GETTING PEOPLE TO THE JAMES RED.
SO JUST AN IDEA OF HOW YOU CAN USE THESE CORRIDORS WITHIN A CONNECTED, UH, MULTIMODAL SYSTEM, AARON, RIGHT? SO THIS IS THE, THE LAST PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR IS TALKING ABOUT CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE AND PRESERVING THAT CHARACTER THAT YOU ALL HOLD DEAR ABOUT THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE.
THE BRANDING IS, IS PART OF THAT AS WELL.
WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CHARACTER OF THE VILLAGE AND CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE.
NOW, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS WE WORK WITH THE EXISTING COUNTY BRAND IDENTITY AND CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE FOR THE VILLAGE ITSELF THAT TIES INTO THE OVERALL DESIGN WITH THE CIRCULAR LOGO, WITH THE COLORS AND THE TYPEFACE.
BUT AGAIN, TO CREATE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES, UM, THE DISTRICT SPECIAL, WHAT MAKES COURTHOUSE VILLAGE SPECIAL COURTHOUSE VILLAGE, IT, IT'S IN IT'S AUTHENTIC SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY.
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HAVE A UNIQUE HISTORY THAT'S ON DISPLAY WITH THAT HISTORIC COURTHOUSE.UM, WITH THE ARCHITECTURE, YOU'VE GOT GREAT ACCESS TO THE JAMES RIVER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES MOST HISTORIC WATER WAYS THAT WE HAVE HERE, UM, IN THE, YOU'RE THE CENTER OF GOVERNMENT HERE, UH, FOR EDUCATION, FOR ACTIVITY, FOR COMMERCE AS WELL.
AND YOU'RE THE HEART AND SOUL OF GLAND COUNTY AND THE PLACE FOR ALL GLAND RESIDENTS TO COME TOGETHER TO GATHER, TO CELEBRATE, TO LEARN AND BE ACTIVE.
SO COURTHOUSE VILLAGE IS THE HEART OF GLAND.
AND YOU SEE THE LOGO HERE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN PART OF THE, THE, UM, PRESENTATION SO FAR.
BUT YOU SEE THE ICONIC COURTHOUSE THERE THAT CONNECTS TO THE HISTORY, THAT SINGLE COLOR THERE WITH THE, THE BLUE THERE IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE SIMPLE AND, AND CONNECT TO THAT HISTORY AS WELL.
UM, YOU'VE GOT THE JAMES RIVER THERE, THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF THAT CIRCULAR LOGO.
AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S THE HEART OF GEE.
AND AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE IS TRULY THE HEART OF THIS COMMUNITY ON MANY LEVELS, AND NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THE VILLAGE, BUT ALL OF GEE LENDERS, REALLY, THIS IS PART OF, OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT BRAND WOULD BE USED IN ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHICS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S WAY FINDING SIGNAGE TO DIRECT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT CIVIC AND, AND CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL DESTINATIONS.
MAYBE IT'S LOGOS FOR, UH, THINGS THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, LIKE THE FARMER'S MARKET AND THEIR SIGNAGE THAT YOU SEE RENDERED THERE.
IT ABSOLUTELY COULD BE BANNERS THAT YOU'D SEE THERE ALONG RIVER ROAD IN THE VILLAGE CORE.
UM, AND THEN MAYBE IT'S NEW THINGS.
YOU IN TUCKER PARK, YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE DOG PARK OF TUCKER PARK.
WE GOTTA CALL IT PEACHLAND, RIGHT? IT'S GOTTA BE CALLED PEACHLAND.
AND THEN FINALLY, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER WITH THE LOGAN WE PRESENTED LAST NIGHT FOR CENTERVILLE, THE ONE THAT WE'RE DOING HERE FOR COURTHOUSE VILLAGE AND HOW IT WORKS WITH THE LARGER SYSTEM.
ALL RIGHT? SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL, UM, LISTENING TO JUST SORT OF A VERY TOP HIGHLIGHTS OF, OF THE PROPOSAL.
AND IT'S ALL THERE ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU WANNA GET IT DOWN AND REALLY LOOK AT IT IN MORE DETAIL.
REMEMBER THIS, UM, OUR ASSIGNMENT WAS TO REALLY SEE IN A CONTROLLED, THOUGHTFUL WAY HOW TO INTEGRATE SOME NEW THINGS WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY LOVE AND RESPECT ABOUT, UH, UH, GUC AND COURTHOUSE.
SO, UH, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR, OUR PRESENTATION.
I'LL HAND IT BACK TO, UH, CRYSTAL FOR FINALLY MY REMARKS.
SO I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS JUST KIND OF GIVEN TO YOU ALL.
IT'S A LITTLE DENSE EVEN FOR ME.
UM, ONE THING I DO WANNA STRESS TO YOU ALL IS, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS THE HEART OF GIN KNOWS THAT OUR FAMILIAR WITH GOLIN FROM NEAR SURROUNDINGS, THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE DOES ALREADY HAVE A VERY DISTINCTIVE LOOK AND FEEL AND IT'S HOW DO YOU BUILD ON THAT? AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, UM, WHEN WE WENT AND LOOKED AT THE ACTUAL VILLAGE AREA AND THE STUDY AREA, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE SQUARE MILES WITH A VILLAGE CORE, WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO YOU HAVE FUTURE GROWTH AND REALLY HARNESS SOME POTENTIAL IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY OF ABOUT TWO SQUARE MILES.
SO IT'S HOW DO YOU DO THAT IN A WELL THOUGHT OUT WAY SO YOU DON'T END UP WITH THE ONE-OFFS AND WHO DONE IT AND HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? UM, BUT BEFORE I CLOSE EVERYTHING OUT, WANNA GIVE UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO YOU ALL AS THE AUDIENCE HERE IN PERSON TO PROVIDE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK.
UH, WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, FEEL FREE TO RAISE YOUR HAND, WE'LL GIVE YOU A MICROPHONE AND IF YOU COULD KINDLY KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS TO THREE MINUTES AND WE'LL TRY TO ALLOW EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THAT WISHES TO AND ALSO ALLOW THAT TO OUR VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS.
IT MIGHT NOT PERTAIN TO THE, CAN WE SPEAK INTO THE MICS OF THE FOLKS AT HOME? IT'S JUST ABOUT THE, UH, THE ROUNDABOUT AND THE PLAN TO EXTEND THE ROAD TO ROUTE SIX.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE EXTENSION WILL BE A FUTURE PROJECT.
ANY IDEA? UM, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE PLANS CUZ FUNDING, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF GONE UP IN PRICE.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN IN, IN, IN THE NEAR TERM.
HI, UM, CASTILLO, UH, MY QUESTION
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IS, YOU, YOUR COMMENT MADE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN EDUCATION AND SALES, CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ADDRESS THAT? SO I THINK TWO THINGS.
UM, I, I DO THINK THAT WE WANNA CONTINUE TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE WELCOME ALL FOLKS TO GLAND.
SO NOT JUST COME HERE, BUT THEY'RE FROM HERES AND HOW DO YOU KEEP FOLKS THAT WANT TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY HERE THAT ARE FROM HERE? BECAUSE THAT IS A CHALLENGE IN COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE CHANGES IN, UM, COST OF LIVING.
ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS HOW DO WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO THESE PLANS? WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS ROUGHLY AT 5,000 FOOT LEVEL.
WHEN WE STARTED, WE WERE AT THE 10,000 FOOT LEVEL BACK IN THE SUMMER, HAVING SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS.
SO AS WE WORK TO DRILL DOWN IN THE COMING MONTHS, UM, IN NARROW DOWN THE PLAN AND REALLY FINE TUNE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THROUGH THAT AND LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES.
TYPICALLY, YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN YOU START TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE DENSITY AND HOW YOU CAN HAVE SOME MORE PEOPLE IN AN AREA SO THAT THEN THERE'S NOT AS MUCH ACREAGE BETWEEN WE THEN THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN VALUE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CORE AREA AS WELL AS A LARGER STUDY AREA WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FOUR MILES AND THEN THE TWO SMALLER, THE SMALLER TWO SQUARE MILES.
SO I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER YET.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A LOT OF THIS TAKES PLACE WITH PRIVATE LAND.
SO A LOT OF IT WILL, WILL BE DRIVEN BY THE, THE MARKET AND WHAT FOLKS DO WANT TO TAKE ON AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT AND WITH INVESTMENT AS WELL.
JUST KINDA CURIOUS ABOUT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, HOW ALL THIS WORKS WITH THE ALREADY APPROVED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE COURTHOUSE AREA.
IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO THE HIGHWAYS FAIR GROUNDS, ROAD ROUTE SIX, YOU CAN ONLY CRAM SO MANY CARS ON THAT ROADWAY.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 31 YEARS, NEITHER OF THOSE ROADS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SKINNY UP THE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE COURTHOUSE BY MAKING SHELTERED PARKING AND THINGS OF THAT SORT, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED CONCEPTS TRYING TO GO FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE FUNDING ISSUE.
I MEAN, WITH THE ROUNDABOUT, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET THE CONNECTION FROM FAIRGROUNDS ROAD TO ROUTE SIX BUILT BECAUSE MONEY ISSUES HOW IN THE WORLD WE'RE GONNA FIX FAIRGROUNDS ROAD FROM BROAD STREET TO HERE OR FROM 5 22 WHERE IT COMES INTO THE COUNTY, UH, WEST ON ROUTE SIX.
IT, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE PIECES CAN POSSIBLY FIT TOGETHER.
SO ONE IS PLAN SPECIFIC AND THEN ONE IS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WITH THIS PLAN IS NOT JUST THE LAND USE AND GUIDELINES FOR THAT, BUT IT'S HOW DO YOU PLAN FOR FUTURE LAND USE, WHICH THEN INVOLVES A TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT AND THE INTERCONNECTIVITY.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MULTIMODAL, WHEN YOU MENTION COMPLETE STREETS AND NOT TO STEEL WEIGHTS, THUNDER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO YOU MOVE FOLKS IN AROUND AND ABOUT WITH, UM, PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE VEHICLE AND REALLY ANY MEANS OR MOTIVE OF GETTING AROUND THAT SOMEONE WOULD WANT.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS, THERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHERE THE NEW NEW ROADS MAY WEAVE INTO EXISTING ROADS IN A 20 YEAR PERIOD.
IF YOU START TO CONTINUE TO SEE INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
AND ALSO THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE ITS PRIORITIZATION PLAN FOR, UH, EXCUSE ME, TRANSPORTATION AS WELL WITH WHAT IT PRIORITIZES AND PRESSES WITH VDO.
THEY'RE ALREADY ISSUES WITH VDO THINGS, SIMPLE THINGS LIKE PAPERS FOR THE RURAL HILL PROJECT SCOTT ROAD.
I MEAN, JUST, JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A, A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON HERE THAT MAYBE DOESN'T FIT IN THE COMPLETE PICTURE.
I MEAN, I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN DO BOTH WHEN THERE ARE ALREADY ISSUES BEING BROUGHT FORTH BY BDOT AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING, WE'RE ADDING IN EXCESS OF 250 HOMES TO THE AREA IF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPROVED BUILD OUT WITH THE, AS ATTENDED TRAFFICS INVOLVED WITH THAT.
SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS BE, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY NICE PLAN, BUT YOU LOOK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF IT AND YOU STILL GOTTA GET PEOPLE IN AND GET PEOPLE OUT AND YOU'VE GOTTA GET 'EM IN EFFICIENTLY.
YOU GOTTA GET 'EM OUT EFFICIENTLY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE THAT I SEE IT IN THE PLAN SO FAR AT THIS POINT.
SO WE ARE, AND I HOPE TO HAVE A FINAL REPORT IN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS ON FAIRGROUNDS ROAD, SPECIFICALLY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, INCLUDING THIS GROWTH PROJECTING
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OUT TO 2042, WHAT CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, WOULD BE NEEDED, WHAT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, SO THAT ROAD SPECIFICALLY ACTUALLY IS CURRENTLY BEING LOOKED AT.AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THE VERY NEAR TERM AS FAR AS WHAT THAT ROAD MAY LOOK LIKE AS FAR OUT AS 2042
IT'S, YEAH, SO, SO ONE, ONE OTHER THING THAT I'LL ADDRESS WITH IT IS THERE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
UM, REMEMBER I TOUCHED ON THIS NETWORK OF ROADS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ENGINEERING IS A MATH-BASED SCIENCE, BUT TRAFFIC ENGINEERING IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES WHERE TWO PLUS TWO DOES NOT EQUAL FOUR.
UM, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS A SERIES OF TWO-LANE ROADS IN COMBINATION ARE GOING TO CARRY, INHERENTLY CARRY MORE TRAFFIC THAN, UH, THE COUNTERPART ALL LUMPED ONTO ONE ROAD.
SO LIKE TWO 50 IN SHORT PUMP, THAT DOES NOT CARRY THREE TIMES THE CAPACITY OF A TWO LANE ROAD.
IT, THERE'S A LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS AS IT GOES THROUGH AND ALSO WITH THE, THE NUMBER OF SIGNALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE COUNTERPART ALSO IS THE LAND USE AND THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE ARRANGED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AARON TOUCHED ON WAS THIS IDEA OF LEAKAGE.
SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE GOING OUT OF THE AREA TO OBTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT HERE.
AND SO IF YOU CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS IN AND OUT OF THE AREA BY PROVIDING SOME OF THE THINGS, UH, WITHIN THE AREA THAT ARE EITHER A SHORT DRIVE OR POTENTIALLY COULD WALK TO OR, OR BIKE TO, UM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, DEMAND, UH, ON THE ROADS AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYONE? I, OKAY.
UH, HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT TO LIGHTING AS THE COUNTY EXPANDS AND MORE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES MIGHT COME IN? UM, AND THERE'S SOME AREAS AROUND THE, AROUND THE US AND THE WORLD, I THINK WHERE LIGHTING IS LOOKED AT TO TRY TO PRESERVE A GOOD SKY, GOOD VIEWS OF THE SKY AT NIGHT AS PART OF RURAL COMMUNITY.
AND UH, I'VE BEEN SOME OF THOSE PLACES AND IT'S NICE TO SEE IT.
I HOPE THAT GUC MIGHT BE THINKING OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL.
DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT? SURE.
UH, JUST REAL QUICK, OUR CURRENT CODE DOES REQUIRE DARK SKY COMPLIANCE.
SO WE WILL HAVE THAT ALSO AS PART OF OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES, PARTICULARLY AS WE ARE GETTING THIS, UM, DEVELOPMENT, POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, KEEPING IN MIND WITH THROUGH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, PEDESTRIAN LEVEL, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING WOULD IN FACT, UH, MINIMIZE SOME OF THAT, THAT GLOW.
UM, SO I COULDN'T TELL EXACTLY WHAT THE MAPS, BUT WOULD THIS PLAN ADJUST HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN ZONED FOR THINGS LIKE RURAL HILL REED MARSH IN THAT AREA? BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO MORE MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS NOT WHAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO ONE THING I WILL SAY IS RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE PLAN IS WE'RE IDENTIFYING SOME RECOMMENDED LAND USES.
WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE DISCUSSIONS.
UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY IDENTIFYING SOME MORE UNIQUE NAMES FOR THE VILLAGE AREAS, BUT A LOT OF IT STILL TIES BACK TO EXISTING, UM, LAND USE TYPES IN OUR COMP PLAN THAT WE HAVE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'LL SEE SOME THAT ARE, UM, FOR INSTANCE, COURTHOUSE VILLAGE MIXED USE AND IT'S REFERENCED BACK TO A CERTAIN TYPE IN THE COMP PLAN, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE B3.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S TRYING TO ADD THAT ONTO IT, BUT I WILL ALSO REFER TO UM, DAVID OR JAMIE.
YEAH, SO JUST REAL QUICK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, THE ROYAL HILL, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED DID GO THROUGH A ZONING PROCESS THAT REQUIRED, UM, BOARD A PUBLIC PROCESS THAT DID REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.
IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CHANGE WHAT THEY'RE, UM, WANTING TO DO ON THE PROPERTY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS AGAIN.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE.
IF THIS IS ADOPTED, WE'LL BE WORKING ON ZONING, UH, UM, ZONING ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALSO MATCH THAT.
SO UNTIL THOSE WOULD BE ADOPTED, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO JUST WAIT AND THEN, UH, REAPPLY FOR TO, FOR THE NEW USE.
APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE LAND AND VILLAGE IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY GOVERNMENT, WHETHER IT BE THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA OR THE COUNTY? OH, I'M SORRY.
I WAS ASKING THE CONSULTANT IF THEY HAD THAT INFORM.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH, YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP ON PAGE 22 FOR EXAMPLE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST 25%.
AND MY QUESTION THERE IS, SINCE IT IS
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SUCH A LARGE PORTION MM-HMMWHAT IS GOVERNMENT PLANNING TO DO WITH REGARDS TO DEVELOPMENT? SO THAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT QUESTION AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING SOME ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT.
SO FOR INSTANCE, JAY SERGEANT REYNOLDS HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE PARTNER AND STAKEHOLDER, UM, PARTICIPATING IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, UM, HAVING DIRECT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL AS ATTENDING THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND EXPRESSING A WILLINGNESS TO WANT TO PARTNER AND PROVIDE CONTINUED COMMUNITY VALUE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF MAYBE THERE'S A WAY IN, UM, LEVERAGING THE RESOURCE THAT COULD BE WITH HAVING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS HERE AND THERE IS SOME UNTAPPED RESOURCES OF LAND THAT DOES SIT THAT'S NOT UTILIZED AND HOW CAN THAT GO FOR GREEN SPACE OR ACCESSIBILITY FOR OUTDOOR AMENITIES.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE VERY INFORMAL, BUT THERE'S BEEN THOSE IDEAS FLOATED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WE NEED TO START THAT.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE LENGTHY PROCESSES, BUT THOSE IDEAS ARE TURNING AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING HAD, YOU KNOW, WITH BOARD MEMBERS ASKING AND FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS? IS THERE A WAY, RIGHT? SO THAT PROVIDES SOME GENERALIZATION TO WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE PROCESS.
CAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS THE 5,000 FOOT WHERE WE'RE AT KINDA MIDWAY.
I HAD A QUESTION TO KIND OF TIE IN SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAD ABOUT THE ROAD ON A DIET.
UM, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND TO THE POINT OF THIS GENTLEMAN, UM, GOVERNMENT LAND, THOSE ARE A LOT OF SERVICES.
SO, AND YOU ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS A HUB OF EDUCATION.
SO WHAT DOES THAT BRING TO MY MIND? SCHOOL BUSES, OUR AMBULANCES, ALL OUR DEPUTIES VEHICLES, OUR COUNTY MAINTENANCE VEHICLES, THEY'RE ALL EITHER PARKED OR COMING IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT OF OVER ROAD.
SO YOU PUT THAT ROAD ON A DIET YOU ARE CLOSING IN ON, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE EMERGENCY SERVICES NEED TO PASS SOMEBODY SCHOOL BUSES AND CHILDREN HAVING, UH, SAFE SPACES TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE CAR, UH, EXCUSE ME, IN AND OUT OF THE BUS.
SO, UM, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC.
SO ONE, I WILL LET WADE ANSWER THAT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE ROAD DIET IN NO WAY ACTUALLY IMPACTS THE LANE WIDTH.
IT ACTUALLY IMPACTS IN SOME PORTIONS, BUT NOT FOR AN ADA COMPLIANCE STANCE, SIDEWALK WIDTH.
AND IT ACTUALLY DOES ADD STREET SCAPE VALUE.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A FACADE OR YOUR CURB APPEAL, UM, IT DOES ADD TO THAT PIECE FOR YOUR BUSINESSES AND YOUR OVERALL AESTHETIC AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH.
AND TYPICALLY ROAD DIETS ARE PROVEN TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES TO REDUCE TRAFFIC INSTANCES.
ONE, ONE THING TOO IS IN THAT THE ROAD DIET, ESPECIALLY IN THE VILLAGE CORE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING SOME OF THAT PARALLEL PARKING.
RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 40 FOOT OF PAVEMENT FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
IT'S A LOT OF PAVEMENT, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO LANES IN EITHER DIRECTION.
WE WOULD HAVE TO IMPACT BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES TO WIDEN THE ROAD FULLY, ADEQUATELY TO FOUR, EXCUSE ME, TO TWO LANES AND OUTTA THE DIRECTION.
SO WE'RE NOT REDUCING CAPACITY BY DOING THAT.
TRAFFIC CALMING DOES SHOW THE REDUCED SPEEDS.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT IN ORDER TO PROPERLY WIDEN THE FOUR LANES WE WOULD HAVE TO IMPACT AND ACTUALLY WIDEN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE ROAD ITSELF, WHICH WE THOUGHT RIGHT NOW IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY WORTH THE UNDERTAKING EYE.
WE KIND OF TOUCH ON SOME MORE.
YEAH, AND, AND MAYBE, MAYBE SOME OF IT'S JUST SEMANTICS.
TYPICALLY ROAD DIET IS, IS A TERM THAT'S USED WHEN YOU'RE TAKING LANES AWAY.
WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY LANES AWAY.
SO, UH, RIVER ROAD TWO LANES TODAY, IT'LL BE TWO LANES IN THE FUTURE.
IT'LL KIND, WE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO US WAS THAT IT NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE LOGGING TRUCKS THAT COME THROUGH THERE.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH LANE WIDTH TO ACCOMMODATE LOGGING TRUCKS.
BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO DO THINGS TO INCREASE ACTIVITY IN THE CORE IN THE VILLAGE CORE, UH, IT'S GONNA PROVIDE OTHER AMENITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE WELCOMING THERE AND SHOPPING AND CROSSING THE STREET AND BEING ABLE TO REDUCE SPEED SO THAT PEDESTRIANS AREN'T AS VULNERABLE WHEN, UH, WITH SPEEDING TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE.
SO WE, UH, AGAIN, JUST WANNA BE REAL CLEAR, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK ROAD DIET IS THE PROPER TERM MAYBE I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT, UM, AND, AND WE'LL FIX THAT.
WE NEED TO FIX THAT, NOT SAY COMMONS MEASURE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A PAVEMENT.
REALLOCATION IS, IS WHAT IT IS.
SO WE'RE TAKING PAVEMENT THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE, THAT'S NOT REALLY BEING USED FOR ANYTHING.
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FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.WE'RE MAKING THE STREETS SAFER.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE THE STREETS SAFER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE MOST VULNERABLE, UM, THAT ARE USING IT.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T SHED IN 4,000 OR I GUESS WITH SUVS, 7,500 POUNDS OF STEEL, UH, IN A MOVING VEHICLE.
BUT WE WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA REDUCE THE CAPACITY OF THAT ROAD, STILL GONNA CARRY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT IT DOES TODAY.
UM, AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS ROOM FROM LNS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PLEASE STAND UP OR IF THEY'RE ONLINE, WOULD THEY PLEASE WEIGH IN? WE KEEP HEARING THAT THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN THESE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THEM AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.
ALL OF THIS IS BEING DONE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY UNTRANSPARENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY ALL THE SECRECY, IF THEY'RE GONNA PARTICIPATE, THEY SHOULD PARTICIPATE.
IT'S A WONDERFUL ASSET, WE SHOULD USE IT.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION TO SOME ONLINE PARTICIPANTS WHO'VE RAISED THEIR HANDS.
THAT MIGHT BE THE, THAT MIGHT BE REYNOLDS IS ONLINE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YOU CAN HEAR ME? YES.
UH, IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN START MY VIDEO? I FEEL STRANGE STARING AT MY NAME.
AM I PERMITTED TO START A VIDEO SO FOLKS CAN UNABLE TO START VIDEO.
I AM STILL HERE ON THE PARHAM ROAD CAMPUS.
MY NAME IS PAULA PANDO AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF J SERGEANT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND I'M IN MY FIFTH YEAR IN THAT ROLE.
UH, THE GUC LINK CAMPUS HAS BEEN, UH, UH, A TOPIC OF GREAT INTEREST FOR US IN THE RECOGNITION THAT IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY ASSET.
UH, AND FOR PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY THE BETTER PART OF TWO YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY WITH, UH, COUNTY LEADERSHIP, PAST AND PRESENT.
UH, WE'VE HOSTED, UH, UH, COMMUNITY VISITS TO OUR CAMPUS.
WE'VE HAD FOLKS FROM THE Y M C A, FROM THE LIBRARY, FROM THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS, K12 OFFICIALS, UH, TO HELP US IMAGINE HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THIS EXTRAORDINARY ASSET IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
SO THERE IT'S NOT BEEN BACKDOOR.
WE'VE BEEN, UH, UM, UM, VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT OUR DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY ASSET THAT MEETS THE NEEDS.
NOW WE CAN TRY TO SAY, WELL, MAYBE IF WE DID THIS, IT WOULD WORK.
OR MAYBE IF WE DID THAT IT WOULD WORK.
BUT THAT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH A GREAT ASSET, WITH INCREDIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THAT COULD REALLY HELP THE COMMUNITY, THE GLING COMMUNITY, REALIZE AND ACHIEVE ITS DESIRED NEED FOR THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE.
SO WE CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATIONS.
MY SCHEDULE TODAY HAD ME LITERALLY SLIDING, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, ATTEND THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
BUT WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR, UH, THE ENTIRE MEETING LISTENING AND QUITE HONESTLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE DRAFT THAT BUS THAT'S BEEN PUT FORWARD AND WHAT THAT POSSIBILITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
WISH I COULD BE THERE IN PERSON.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN PERSON BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS? YES.
AS, UH, AS A PARENT OF CHILDREN HERE IN GLAND, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE ALSO HIGHER EDUCATION COMPONENTS HERE AND, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF YOU WANNA FORCE DECISION HERE, WE JUST NEED TO WAIT FOR THE COLLEGE TO REDEVELOP THAT COMPASS AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CHILDREN COMING OUT.
IN THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, UM, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RETAIL BLEEDING OUT IN 15 MINUTE DRIVE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT DO YOU ENVISION BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN HERE WITHOUT
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TURNING IT INTO SPRAWLED? THERE YOU GO.THAT WORKS, DOESN'T IT? UM, SO WHAT I SHARED WAS WITHIN THAT 15 MINUTE DRIVE TIME, SO OBVIOUSLY THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE SERVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE, RIGHT? UM, WITHIN THAT 15 MILE, UH, DRIVE TIME, THERE WAS A 147 MILLION THAT WAS LEAKING.
THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE LOOKED AT, AND I MENTIONED THIS WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE.
WE LOOKED AT POTENTIALLY RECAPTURING BETWEEN 15 AND 25% OF THAT.
UM, SO AT THE MOST, YOU KNOW, ONE IN EVERY $4 THAT'S LEAVING THAT AREA, IF IT COULD BE RECAPTURE THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING AND AND RECRUITMENT IN OUR STUDY AREA, THAT WOULD BE UP TO 128,000 SQUARE FEET OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS OR SO.
UM, IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE, UM, AS HIGH AS 128, BUT AGAIN, BASED OFF OF THAT CONSERVATIVE LOOK AT BETWEEN 15 TO 25% OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, UP TO ABOUT 128,000 SQUARE FEET AND JUST THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THOSE, THOSE BUSINESSES WERE, WERE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD, UH, THAT WE LOOKED AT.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL IN THE, UH, REPORT.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WOULD WORK IN MORE OF A VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAR DEALERSHIPS OR WALMARTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE MOM AND POPS INTO BUS, INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES, UM, SPECIALTY RETAIL RESTAURANTS.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT.
AND AGAIN, THAT DETAIL IS, IS IN THE REPORT.
UM, I DO WANNA REMIND YOU ALL IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK BEFORE, UM, THAT YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THIS EVENING OR YOU THINK OF IT AFTER THIS MEETING.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A LIVE INTERACTIVE COMMENT FEATURE ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN LEAVE COMMENTS ON THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE PLAN OR THE CENTERVILLE VILLAGE PLAN IN REAL TIME AND THOSE SHOW UP.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA TRANSITION OVER TO IF THERE'S ANYONE.
JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I TRIED SUBMITTING COMMENTS, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC BROWSER.
SO, UH, DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC BROWSER TO SUBMIT COMMENTS BECAUSE, UH, USING FIREFOX, IT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO WORK.
SO, UM, WE, WE FOUND THAT, I THINK YOU CAN SUBMIT THE COMMENTS, BUT YOU CAN'T VIEW THE SUBMITTED COMMENTS.
IF YOU'RE ON AN APPLE DEVICE, APPLE MOBILE DEVICE WOULDN'T LET YOU SUBMIT THROUGH THE SURVEY.
YOU HAVE TO, I DO KNOW YOU HAVE TO HIT REFRESH.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT, UH, THAT THAT'S, BUT YOU DIDN'T DO THAT.
BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT IF YOU DON'T HIT THE REFRESH, YOU DON'T SEE IT.
IT IS POSTED, BUT YOU DON'T SEE IT.
DID YOU HAVE THAT, THAT AS WELL.
MR. THERE WAS, THERE WAS ONE OTHER PERSON WHO HAD TO ASK, I'M SORRY.
THE GENTLEMAN ON MY RIGHT MENTIONED LOGGING CROOKS.
AND MY WIFE AND I WORK IN AN AREA THAT IS MORE AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY.
UH, AND WE WORK ACROSS THIS COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
WE OFTEN WENT INTO, UH, THE, I GUESS IT'S A DYNAMICS THAT COMES INTO PLAY BETWEEN THE RURAL SECTORS AND THE, UH, URBAN SECTORS.
AND AS URBAN GROWS, THERE USUALLY ARE EVEN MORE CONFLICTS AND POINTS OF WHICH THERE CAN BE CONFLICT THAN JUST THE, THE HIGHWAYS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE HIGHWAY.
SO LOGGING TRUCKS OBVIOUSLY ARE, ARE SOMETHING YOU SEE QUITE FREQUENTLY AND WE ARE PART OF THAT INDUSTRY, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT IT ALSO INTERSECTS.
AND I GUESS IT'S ONE OF A COMMENT VERSUS A QUESTION THAT FOR FUTURE PLANNING, IF GUC COUNTY IS AS INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING A VILLAGE CONCEPT, A WELL, UH, AND BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, UH, IN A COMMUNITY CONCEPT IN THIS COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN THE AREA, THE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION INTO BRANDING BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THAT AS, UH, COUNTIES GROW THIS,
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UH, THESE POINTS OF CONFLICT, UH, BECOME, UH, MORE PREVALENT.UM, MR. BUZZER, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WITH VIRTUAL COMMENTS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE PARTICIPATING BY ZOOM WITH ANY COMMENTS.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS ANY LAST FINAL THOUGHTS ON WHAT THEY'VE SEEN OR HEARD THIS EVENING, UM, FOR US TO TAKE AWAY WITH US AS WE WORK ON TRYING TO NAIL DOWN SOME MORE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINE TUNE THE DETAILS OF THIS PLAN? YES SIR.
I NEED TO KNOW YOUR NAME SO I CAN START LEARNING IT.
I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL DRAFT THEN A 0.2 POINT RELEASES.
DO YOU KNOW HOW, WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS FOR THE RELEASES OF ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS? UM, SO AT THIS TIME, THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE IS TENTATIVE.
SO THERE'S NO SET FIRM DATES OTHER THAN WE HAVE SET BOARD MEETING DATES.
AND MY POWERPOINT SLIDE DOES NOT HAVE THE EXACT DATES AND I SHOULD KNOW THE DATES, BUT PLEASE TAKE MERCY ON ME.
SO THERE IT WILL BE THE, UH, FIRST MON MARCH.
UM, IF ALL GOES WELL THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE LOOKING TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, UM, MEET ON, UM, THESE PLANS FOR ADOPTION, LOOKING AT FEBRUARY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD BE HAVING THEIR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON, UH, THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
AND THEN POTENTIALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT A JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN JANUARY TO WORK THROUGH AND THEM COLLABORATIVELY DISCUSS WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AND HEARING IN THESE PLANS.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THIS RIGHT.
SO IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY OR NEED TO TAKE A PAUSE AND HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR HAVE SOME INTENTIONAL OUTREACH, WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO SO CAUSE WE WANNA GET THIS RIGHT.
AGAIN, IT'S A 20 YEAR, UM, SORT OF APPENDIX TO THE COMP PLAN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
SO, UH, AT THE RISK OF, UM, INTERRUPTING MY BOSS RIGHT AT THE END OF HER PRESENTATION, UM, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS WILL NOT BE HELD AT THE REGULAR MEETING.
THEY'LL BE SEPARATE MEETINGS AND THEY WILL EACH HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MEETINGS TOWARDS THE END OF FEBRUARY AND TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH.
WE DON'T WANNA GIVE OUT THOSE DATES RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO WRITE IT IN THEIR CALENDAR.
AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE FIND THAT THE PLAN NEEDS MORE TIME, WE, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE SHOWING UP THOSE NIGHTS OR THINKING THAT WE'RE NOT LISTING IT AND NOT HOLDING THE TIMES BACK.
WE DO HAVE ONE ACTUAL LAST MINUTE VIRTUAL COMMENT.
UM, I GUESS WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR HEAVIER COMMERCIAL? UH, SCROLL DOWN PLEASE.
HAVING FOLLOWED THESE PLANS FOR MONTHS, I SEE A CONTINUED THEME OF PUSHING THAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL OUT, UH, EXAMPLES.
TOM'S AUTO AND TAYLOR'S SERVICE.
YOU WANNA RESPONDER THAT FOR THE GROUP.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT IS A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION RELATING TO THIS PLAN.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT FOR GENERALIZATIONS.
I THINK THAT IS A, UM, POINTED QUESTION FOR US, BUT AT THIS TIME WE'RE STILL AT THE GENERALIZATION LEVEL.
WE'RE STILL FOCUSING ON HAVING THAT MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL AND HAVING THE LIVE WORK PLAY, UM, ALL HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE.
AFTER THIS WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE AND WE'RE GONNA WORK ON CLOSING THIS OUT AND WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE SIDEBARS AFTERWARDS.
STAFF'S GONNA HANG AROUND AFTER, AND OUR CONTACTS INFORMATION'S ALL ONLINE AS WELL.
SO WE SAW THAT OUR COUNTY HAS GROWN BY NEARLY 14% IN THE PAST DECADE.
WHAT IS THE PROJECTED GROWTH WITH THESE VILLAGE INVESTMENTS IN OUR OVERALL CENSUS? AND WHAT ANTICIPATION DO WE THINK THAT MAY HAVE ON OUR STUDENT POPULATION AS WE HAVE SCHOOLS TO BUILD? SO ONE THAT IS A QUESTION FOR OUR MARKETING AND DATA, UM, ANALYST.
UM, I'VE GOT MY BIG GIANT SPREADSHEET UP RIGHT HERE AND THEN LET ME SEE IF I HAVE A NUMBER FOR STALLING AS I PULL UP THE SPREADSHEET FOR THE COURTHOUSE VILLAGE.
UM, OUR NUMBERS IN THE VILLAGE SHOW, WELL IN THE COUNTY SHOW THE POTENTIAL BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS FOR ANOTHER 6% OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO.
UM, I WILL SAY THIS, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PROJECTIONS OR PROJECTIONS, THEY'RE BASED ON TRENDS.
THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON, YOU KNOW, KEY LIKE CATALYST THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WELDON COOPER CENTER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN, WITH, WITH UH, UVA IS ONE OF THE, THE MAIN DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHERS OF IN THE STATE.
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ABOUT 7,000 NEW PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS OR SO.SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN, THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS WERE, WERE PROBABLY PROJECTED FIVE YEARS AGO, SO THEY MAY HAVE CHANGED.
THOSE PROJECTIONS MAY HAVE CHANGED, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN BASED ON.
YEAH, THE WELDING COOPER, WE, UM, WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN THE REGION, THE NUMBERS WERE JUST UPDATED.
IT'S ABOUT 7,000 OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
QUESTION ON MORE PROCEDURE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
THE DRAFT HAS GOT, UH, SEPARATE OR NEW TYPES OF, OF LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS.
MM-HMM
JUST WONDERING IF THAT, IF THIS PLAN IS, WORKS THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IS ACCEPTED AND AMENDS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WOULD WE THEN BE REQUIRED TO GO BACK AND HAVE ADJUSTMENTS? THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCES? YES, SIR.
SO THIS IS NOT A ONE SHOT CHANGE ALL D THESE BOOM WE'RE DONE.
WE DON'T GO TO 15,000 SQUARE FEET A THIRD OF AN ACRE WHERE WE'RE AT AN AC NOW, SO NO.
SO AGAIN, THIS WILL GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD.
THEN THE BOARD WILL, YOU KNOW, REVIEW AND, UM, EITHER ACCEPT THE PLAN OR, UM, NOT ACCEPT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEN THERE WOULD BE CODE CHANGES BASED ON ZONING, LAND USE DEFINITIONS.
THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THAT THEN COME INTO PLACE.
SO RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE AT IS THE SHALL AND COULD BE STAGE.
YOU WON'T GET INTO THAT UNTIL THERE'S CODE CHANGES.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. CARPENTER FOR OUR CLOSING THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU MS. ANS AND AGAIN, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR TAKING YOUR TIME COMING OUT HERE TONIGHT.
UH, THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENT.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND STAFF IS GIVING IT ITS ATTENTION AND THE DETAIL THAT IT NEEDS.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU, YOU TAKE AWAY TONIGHT THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS STILL A DOCUMENT THAT IS OPEN FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR INPUT INTO IT.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND STAFF IS VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.
UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A PLAN.
THIS IS THE PLAN THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL CONTINUE.
UH, WE HAVE MANY MONTHS AHEAD OF US AND ULTIMATELY EVERYONE WANTS THE SAME THING.
WE ALL WANT TO HAVE GUC COUNTY AND GUCCI COURTHOUSE CONTINUED TO BE THE AMAZING PLACE THAT IT HAS BEEN FOR GENERATIONS AND WILL BE FOR GENERATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND AGAIN, WE'LL STILL BE HERE AFTER THIS MEETING IS OVER.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE COME AND GRAB ANY OF US.
UH, I DO SEE MR. LUMPKIN TO ARRIVED AFTER I INTRODUCE, SO I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T INTRODUCE HIM EARLIER.
UH, SO YOU DO HAVE SUPERVISORS AS WELL AS PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS IN THE ROOM.
AGAIN, IT MEANS A LOT TO US TO SEE A FULL ROOM.