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I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026.[1. Call To Order]
UH, MS. PARKER, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES.[2. Pledge of Allegiance]
WE HAVE A QUORUM.IF YOU ALL COULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.
UH, FOR THE INVOCATION, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH ONE NATION? UNDER, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
[3. Invocation - Led By Ms. Kowalski]
LET US PRAY.HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR, UH, GETTING US ALMOST THROUGH THIS WEEK.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR UM, EVERYONE THAT IS IN THIS ROOM.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR, UM, UH, GLAND COUNTY AND, UM, THE PROCEDURES AND, UH, COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE HERE.
LORD, UH, BLESS OUR TIME TONIGHT HERE.
LET IT BE RESPECTFUL TO EVERYONE.
UM, WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME, AMEN.
[4. Approval of Minutes]
OKAY.HAS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 15TH, 2026 MEETING? UM, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS OR IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MADAM CHAIR? I THINK THERE'S A MISTAKE IN THE, UH, MINUTES, UH, ON MY VOTE FOR THE VSP, UH, LAST MONTH.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE A CORRECTION THAT I VOTE, I VOTED TO DENY THE DEFERRAL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTION OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED? MOTION TO APPROVE WITH AMENDED? I SECOND IT.
[5. Director's Report / Announcements]
AYE.WE ARE NOW READY FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, UH, WITH MS. SHERRY.
MADAM CHAIR FOR THE RECORD, I AM JAMIE SHERRY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING.
THIS EVENING I WILL BE PRESENTING THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS WELL AS UPCOMING COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR THE MARCH 3RD BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETING IN DISTRICT'S TWO AND THREE.
THERE IS AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY SYDNEY B COX III REQUESTING A PROFFER AMENDMENT TO A REZONING CASE 20, UH, 2006 0 0 0 2 6, WHICH APPROVED THE SUBDIVISION WITH THE PROJECT NAME ROSE RETREAT.
THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 225 ACRES ON POORHOUSE ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A WAIVER OF THE REQUIREMENT OF A LEFT TURN LANE.
THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
THE REQUEST WAS FOR WAS BOTH FOR A RIGHT AND A LEFT TURN LANE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ONLY A LEFT TURN LANE WAIVER AT THIS POINT.
NEXT IN DISTRICT THREE, THERE IS AN APPLICATED APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY BJ HAULING LLC.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL TO INDUSTRIAL FOR AN OFFICE FOR A TRUCKING BUSINESS, AND, AND, AND ALSO OUT OUTSIDE STORAGE FOR THE ASSOCIATED TRUCKS.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON TRIPLE T LANE FOR NEXT MONTH'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IT'S SCHEDULED ON MARCH 19TH.
THERE IS AN APPLICATION IN DISTRICT FIVE SUBMITTED BY STEVEN AND KAREN DASH.
THE REQUEST IS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A DETACHED ACCESSORY FAMILY HOUSING UNIT ON APPROXIMATELY NINE ACRES AT 1259 MANNEQUIN ROAD.
ALSO BEING HEARD AT THE MARCH 19TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS AN APPLICATION IN DISTRICT FOUR SUBMITTED BY JOSE AND A, UM, ANA ARIANO REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A DETACHED ACCESSORY FAMILY HOUSING UNIT.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2202 MANNEQUIN ROAD AND IS APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES IN DISTRICT ONE.
THE APPLICANT FOR VIRGINIA SPORTS PARK AND TRAINING CENTER AT GLAND IS REQUESTING A DEFERRAL OF THEIR APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A S***T SHOOTING AND ARCHERY
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RANGE ON WALTON ROAD.THE DEFERRAL REQUEST IS TO HAVE THE APPLICATION HEARD AT THE MAY 21ST, 2026 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT THIS ADDITIONAL TIME WILL BE NEEDED TO USE THE, TO REVISE THE SITE PLAN AND FURTHER ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS.
NEXT, THERE ARE THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
SO FIRST IN DISTRICT TWO, THERE'S A PRE-APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY LAVALLEE FARMS LLC.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO RENEW A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR AN UNHOSTED SHORT-TERM RENTAL ON 524 ACRES ON OLD STAGE ROAD.
THE COMMUNITY MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH AT 6:00 PM THE MEETING WILL BE HELD HERE AT THE GLAND COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
THE NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING IS IN DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, IT, IT IS A PRE-APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY REBECCA IRELAND FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR AN UNHOSTED SHORT-TERM RENTAL ON WOODS ACRE WOOD ACRE ROAD.
THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 25TH AT 6:00 PM AT FIRE STATION THREE LOCATED IN CENTERVILLE ON BROAD STREET ROAD.
THE FINAL COMMUNITY MEETING I'LL DISCUSS THIS EVENING IS IN DISTRICT THREE FOR A PRE-APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY J-G-G-G-C-J HOLDINGS, EXCUSE ME, LLC TO RENEW A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A CAMPGROUND AND PUBLIC ASSEMBLY PLACE ON CARDWELL ROAD.
THE COMMUNITY MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 10TH, TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH AT 6:00 PM AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED ON DOGTOWN ROAD.
THAT COMPLETES MY UPDATE FOR TONIGHT.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
[6. Citizen Comment Period]
THANK YOU.OUR NEXT ITEM IS CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION BYLAWS.
SECTION FOUR, ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION PUBLIC COMMENTS.
GENERALLY, ALL PERSONS WHO SPEAK BEFORE THE COMMISSION DURING THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD OR A PUBLIC HEARING SHALL DO SO FROM THE LECTERN AND FURNISH THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES TO THE COMMISSION.
A SPEAKER SHALL ONLY SPEAK ONCE ON ANY ITEM UNLESS THE COMMISSION ASKS THE SPEAKER TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
NO PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION UNLESS THEY HAVE FIRST BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR.
EACH PERSON WHO DESIRES TO SPEAK SHALL BE GIVEN TIME TO PRESENT ORAL OR WRITTEN COM COMMENTS.
COMMENTS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSION, NOT TO THE AUDIENCE.
THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD PROVIDES A PUBLIC FORUM FOR THE COMMISSION TO HEAR FROM CITIZENS ABOUT MATTERS PERTINENT TO THE ACTIVITIES, ISSUES, OR POLICIES OF THE COMMISSION.
THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD IS LIMITED TO MATTERS THAT ARE NOT SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
AND IF YOU DO WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT MATTERS NOT RELATED TO ANY CASES TONIGHT, YOU MAY COME UP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
UH, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WHEN THE GREEN LIGHT GOES OFF.
THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR THREE MINUTES.
UM, WHEN THE YELLOW LIGHT COMES ON, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING AND THEN WHEN THE RED LIGHT COMES ON, THAT MEANS YOUR TIME IS UP.
UM, IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS DAVID SISSEN.
I LIVE AT 50 26 ANGEL ROAD, NEARLY THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THE VIRGINIA SPORTS PARK.
MANY THANKS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNTY STAFF FOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS REGARDING NOISE.
LEAD, TRAFFIC AND SAFETY COUNTY STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS LIKE LIGHTER SHOT LOADS, RESTRICTED HOURS OF OPERATION AND SAFE SHOT FALL ZONES, WHICH ARE REASONABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF ANY OUTDOOR GUN RANGE IN UCHIN COUNTY.
ADOPTION OF THESE CONDITIONS CAN, COULD HELP VSP TO BE EMBRACED BY THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN IMPOSED OR SIMPLY TOLERATED.
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE UP MUCH MORE TIME TONIGHT, UH, SINCE VSP HAS DEFERRED THEIR APPLICATION UNTIL MAY, UH, TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS, I COMMEND VSP FOR NOT WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE, UH, TO DEFER GIVING THE COUNTY AND THE, UH, COMMUNITY TIME TO ADJUST IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE TOP CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY.
I URGE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REQUIRE VSP TO CONDUCT A LIVE FIRE DEMONSTRATION OF TO CONDITIONS AND TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 30 DAYS NOTICE.
THANKS AGAIN TO THE COUNTY FOR YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION AND I HOPE WE CAN FIND A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION TOGETHER.
THANK ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, AND COMMISSIONERS NAME IS, UH, DAN DALTON.
AND I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP ON WHAT, UH, MR. SISSON SAID ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, UH, SHOTGUN RANGE, UH, NEAR WALTON ROAD.
WE DID WANT TO, UH, REQUEST THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ADDITIONAL TIME NOW THAT THEY HAVE DEFERRED, UM, THAT THEY, UH, MOVE THAT, UM, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THERE'S NOW ADDITIONAL, SINCE THERE'S ADDITIONAL TIME, UM, FOR THEM TO, UH, UM, SINCE WE'VE DEFERRED, UH, TO REQUIRE A LIVE FIRE DEMONSTRATION THAT
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ADEQUATELY REPRESENTS A TOURNAMENT OR FUN SHOOT USAGE OF THE RANGE.UH, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS SOUND DEMONSTRATIONS HAD, UH, MUCH LOW, LIGHTER LOADS AND, UM, WE WANTED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT IT ACCURATELY REFLECTED A TOURNAMENT OR A, UM, OR A FUN SHOOT.
UM, UH, LAST ONE'S PUBLIC HEARING.
AFTER THAT, IN JUST THREE DAYS, WALDEN ROAD NEIGHBORS COLLECTED OVER 200 SIGNATURES FROM RESIDENTS WITHIN JUST TWO MILES OF THE PROPOSED SITE.
A PETITION AT GOLAND COUNTY REQUIRED VSP TO OFFER A LIVE FIRE SIMULATION OF A WITH, UM, ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT WE SUBMITTED, UM, IN, UH, IN PERSON TO THE COUNTY AND ALSO BY EMAIL TO, UH, THE BOARD SUPERVISORS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
ANYONE ELSE? I NOW CLOSE THE CITIZEN
[7. Unfinished Business - None]
COMMENT PERIOD.UH, MADAM CLERK, ARE WE READY FOR OUR FIRST CASE? UH,
[8. New Business - None]
WE HAVE NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.[9. Requests to Defer, Additions, Deletions, or Changes to the Order of Public Hearings]
BUSINESS, NO NEW BUSINESS.UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE NO REQUEST TO DEFER ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF PUBLIC HEARING.
[1. District 3 - CU-2026-00001 Application by Innyi and Cheryl Ju requesting a conditional use permit (CUP) for home-based business to allow fabrication of custom parts and tools for electro-mechanical and fluid-power systems on 16.99 acres at 2250 Pleasant Hill Lane on Tax Map No. 32-4-0-7-0. The property is zoned Agricultural, Limited (A-2). The CUP is required by County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 15-112. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Rural Enhancement Area.]
WE ARE READY FOR OUR FIRST CASE THIS EVENING.DISTRICT THREE CU 20 26 1 APPLICATION BY DENNY AND CHERYL JU REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CUP FOR A HOME-BASED BUSINESS TO ALLOW FABRICATION OF CUSTOM PARTS AND TOOLS FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL AND FLUID POWER SYSTEMS ON 16.99 ACRES AT 2250 PLEASANT HILL LANE ON TAX MAP NUMBER 32 4 0 7 0, THE PROPERTY IS OWNED AGRICULTURAL LIMITED A TWO.
THE CUP IS REQUIRED BY COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 15 1 12.
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA.
I'M STAFF TO THE COUNTY'S PLANNING AND ZONING TEAM AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE APPLICATION BEFORE THE COMMISSION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT SUBMITTED BY DENNY J TO ESTABLISH A HOME-BASED BUSINESS FOR FABRICATING PARTS AND TOOLS ON ROUGHLY 17 ACRES AT 2 2 5 0 PLEASANT HILL LANE IN THE AGRICULTURAL LIMITED ZONING DISTRICT.
SO FOR ORIENTATION, IF WE LOOK AT THE MAP ON THE LEFT, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CIRCLED AND IT IS LOCATED ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF MILES WEST OF OILVILLE AND DISTRICT THREE.
THE AERIAL PHOTO ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ENCIRCLED IN RED, AND IT'S LOCATED AT THE END OF PLEASANT HILL LANE, WHICH COMES INTO THE PROPERTY HERE, WHICH IS A PR, UH, PRIVATE GRAVEL DRIVE, WHICH CONNECTS TO PONY FARM ROAD, UH, ROUTE 7 0 2.
AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE ZONING OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AGRICULTURAL LIMITED AND THAT'S SHOWN IN THE GREEN COLOR ON THE MAP ON THE LEFT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE A SIMILAR ZONE.
OUR IDENTICAL ZONE AGRICULTURAL LIMITED.
THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION OF RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA, WHICH APPLIES TO THE PROPERTY AND AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AROUND, SO TO SPEAK.
FIRST TO THE EXISTING USE, THE PROPERTIES CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BUILT 1979.
SO IT'S USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
AND THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL USE TO THE PRO TO THE PROPERTY TO ESTABLISH A HOME BASED BUSINESS CONDUCTED OUT OF A PROPOSED DETACHED 900 SQUARE FOOT, ONE STORY METAL GARAGE.
AND I'LL TALK MORE IN A FEW SLIDES ABOUT THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THAT METAL GARAGE ON THE PROPERTY.
BUT IN GENERAL, THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS, UH, FOR FABRICATING IS, UH, TO PRODUCE A WIDE VARIETY OF CUSTOM PARTS AND TOOLS FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL IN FLUID POWER SYSTEMS. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AND HE'S PREPARED TO COME UP AND SPEAK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE PARTS AND TOOLS THAT HE'D LIKE TO FABRICATE, IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE COMMISSION AFTER MY PRESENTATION.
SO THIS APPLICATION HAS, OR AT LEAST THE PRE-APPLICATION FOR, UH, PHASE OF THE PROJECT EVOLVED A BIT SINCE.
UH, THE APPLICANT FIRST APPROACHED THE COUNTY WITH A PRE-APPLICATION REQUEST.
ORIGINALLY THE PROPOSAL INCLUDED THE FABRICATION OF TOOLS AND PARTS AS I JUST MENTIONED, AND IT ALSO INCLUDED A SECOND COMPONENT THAT WAS FOR REPAIR AND ONSITE SALES OF UP TO SIX VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT ON THE, UH, ON THE PROPERTY WITH OUTDOOR STORAGE.
UH, STAFF IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY CONCERNS DURING THE PRE-APPLICATION PHASE RELATED TO THE REPAIR AND ONSITE SALES OF VEHICLES WITH ON, WITH ONSITE STORAGE.
THE CONCERNS RELATED TO IMPACTS
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POTENTIAL TO THE, TO THE PRIVATE ROAD BY CUSTOMERS COMING AND AND GOING TO THE PROPERTY.AND THEN JUST HAVING SALES AND OUTDOOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING.
UH, THAT RAISED SOME COMPATIBILITY CONCERNS.
THE APPLICANT DIGESTED THIS INFORMATION AND IN RESPONSE DECIDED TO ELIMINATE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND SALES, ELIMINATE OUTDOOR STORAGE, AND ALSO ELIMINATE ANY ONSITE CUSTOMER ACTIVITY.
SO THE APPLICATION IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY HAS BEEN SCALED BACK SINCE THE ORIGINAL PRE-APPLICATION MEETING WITH THE COUNTY.
AND TO REITERATE, THE APPLICATION IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS SOLELY FOR A HOME-BASED BUSINESS TO FABRICATE, UH, TOOLS IN PARTS IN AN ENCLOSED GARAGE WITH NO OUTDOOR STORAGE.
UH, ALL OF THE SALES OF PARTS AND TOOLS WILL BE ONLINE ONLY, SO NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE VISITING THE SITE.
THE FABRICATION ACTIVITIES ARE PROPOSED TO OCCUR MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM WITH NO WORK ON SUNDAY, AND MR. JEW WILL BE THE ONLY EMPLOYEE.
AND AS I MENTIONED, FABRICATION WILL ONLY IN OCCUR INDOORS WITHIN THE GARAGE, SO TO SPEAK.
AGAIN, IN GENERAL TERMS ABOUT THE NATURE OF FABRICATION, THE FABRICATION WILL INVOLVE BOTH PROTOTYPING NEW IDEAS AND THEN FABRICATING THE RESULTING ITEMS. EXAMPLES OF MATERIALS THAT ARE TO BE EXPECTED OR COMMONLY EXPECTED TO BE USED IN THE FABRICATION AND PROTOTYPING INCLUDES METALS, POLYMERS, CERAMICS, COMPOSITES, AND EVEN ORGANIC MATERIALS SUCH AS WOOD AND A VARIETY OF TOOLS AND OF EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED FOR THE PROTOTYPING AND FABRICATING, INCLUDING HAND OPERATED TOOLS.
WELDERS LAYS A THREE DAY, 3D PRINTER, PLASMA CUTTER, CNC MACHINE, AND A POWDER COATING OVEN.
AND THIS LIST IS PROVIDED NOT ONLY IN THE, THE TOOLS TO BE USED AND THE THE MATERIALS TO BE USED, IT'S JUST AS A GENERAL ILLUSTRATION.
IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE A FULLY EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF EVERY SCENARIO.
UM, BUT FABRICATION GENERALLY WOULD INCLUDE THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND MATERIALS.
AND I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ADHERENCE TO ANY KIND OF SPECIFIC LIST THAT I'VE JUST PROVIDED OF MATERIALS OR METHODOLOGIES, IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED AS AN IMPOSED CONDITION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY TO THE BUSINESS OWNER TO FABRICATE AS NEEDED.
SO I PROMISE THAT I WOULD TALK ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED GARAGE.
AND NOW IS THE TIME, THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND THE PROPOSED 900 SQUARE FOOT GARAGE WOULD BE LOCATED OFF, UH, ADJACENT TO THE DRIVEWAY NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THIS CONCEPTUAL PLAN SHOWS, UH, THE EXISTING DWELLING AND OUTBUILDINGS THAT ARE LOCATED TOWARDS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PROPERTY.
THOSE EXISTING BUILDINGS, THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND THE OUTBUILDINGS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
ALL THE FABRICATION ACTIVITIES WILL OCCUR INSIDE OF THE PROPOSED GARAGE.
SO A COMMUNITY MEETING WAS HELD OCTOBER 1ST OF LAST YEAR, AND EIGHT CITIZENS ATTENDED.
TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDED POTENTIAL IMPACTS BY CUSTOMERS TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THE PRIVATE ROAD TO THE SITE, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, HOURS OF OPERATION, AND THEN THE USE AND DISPOSAL OF ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
AND THAT WAS, UH, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE AUTO REPAIR COMPONENT IS THAT I MENTIONED SINCE THE COMMUNITY MEETING, THE APPLICATION'S BEEN SCALED BACK TO ELIMINATE AUTO REPAIR AND EQUIPMENT REPAIR, UH, AND CUSTOMERS COMING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, AT THAT TIME, UH, ATTENDEES WERE AT OF THE COMMUNITY MEETING.
THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSAL EVEN WITH THE EXPANDED UH, COMPONENTS.
UH, BUT AS I MENTIONED, THAT PROPOSAL HAS CHANGED, UH, BEFORE, UH, SINCE THE UH, THAT MEETING.
SO TURNING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I MENTIONED THAT THE DESIGNATION IS RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA AND IT IS STAFF'S OPINION THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION, WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN THE PLAN AS EXHIBITING RURAL CHARACTER WITH LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT PLANNED FOR PUBLIC OR CENTRAL UTILITIES.
SO NOW TO SUMMARIZE THE RECOMMENDED EIGHT CONDITIONS WHICH WERE DRAFTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, CONDITIONS ONE AND TWO WOULD LIMIT THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES TO THOSE PROPOSED IN THE APPLICATION AND AS PROPOSED ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SUMMARIZE FABRICATION WITHIN THE GARAGE CONDITION THREE REQUIRES ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS TO BE CLOSED WHILE FABRICATION ACTIVITIES ARE OCCURRING TO HELP REDUCE NOISE.
CONDITIONS FOUR AND FIVE PROHIBIT ANY OUTDOOR STORAGE.
THEY LIMIT HOURS OF OPERATION BY PROHIBITING ANY WORK ON SUNDAYS OR
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BEFORE 8:00 AM AND AFTER 8:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY CONDITION SIX PROHIBITS ONSITE SALES, AGAIN, MEANING CUSTOMERS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO COME TO THE PROPERTY CONDITION.SEVEN ESTABLISHES A FIVE YEAR PERMIT EXPIRATION DATE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RENEWAL.
AND FINALLY, CONDITION EIGHT, WHICH IS A STANDARD CONDITION, REQUIRES THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFY ALL RELEVANT PARTIES IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS SO THAT FOR INSTANCE, THE NEW OWNER IS AWARE OF ANY CONDITIONS THAT COME ALONG WITH THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT IS WHAT I HAVE PREPARED FOR MY PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME TONIGHT AND I THANK YOU AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS AS WELL.
WHAT'S THE PROPERTY ZONED? DID I MISS THAT? A TWO.
UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK? HI, MY NAME IS UNI JU OR DENNY.
I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, UH, PARTICULAR CASE? ALRIGHT, SO YOU KNOW AND I WILL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, ANY COMMENTS, CONCERNS, MOTIONS? I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY.
UH, I, I MOVE THAT THE COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 APPLICATION BY ANY AND CHERYL J SUBJECT TO IMPOSED CONDITIONS AS PRESENTED.
THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL PASSES ON A FIVE OH VOTE.
THIS CASE IS EXPECTED TO BE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON APRIL 14TH, 2026 WITH A RECOMME.
THIS CASE MOVES FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
[2. District 4 - CU-2026-00002 Application by Michael and Katelyn Alsop requesting a conditional use permit (CUP) for a school on 7.09 acres at 775 Three Chopt Road & 800 Broad Street Road on Tax Map Nos. 46-1-0-16-B and 46-1-0-16-C. The property is zoned Agricultural, Limited (A-2). The CUP is required by County Zoning Ordinance Sec 15-112. The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Rural Enhancement Area.]
OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ITEM THIS EVENING IS IN DISTRICT FOUR CU 20 26 2 APPLICATION BY MICHAEL AND KAITLYN ALSA REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CUP FOR A SCHOOL ON 7.09 ACRES AT 7 7 5 3 CHOP ROAD AND 800 BROAD STREET ROAD ON TAX MAP NUMBERS 46 16 B AND 46 16 C.THE PROPERTY IS OWNED AGRICULTURAL LIMITED A TWO.
THE CUP IS REQUIRED BY COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 15 1 12.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA.
MY NAME IS CARRIE RAGLIN, I'M THE ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE COUNTY AND WE'LL BE GIVING THE STAFF PRESENTATION FOR THIS APPLICATION.
AS STATED, THE REQUEST IS WITHIN DISTRICT FOUR.
IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR SCHOOL USE ON A COMBINED 7.09 ACRES AT THE CORNER OF THREE CHOPPED AND BROAD STREET ROADS.
THE VICINITY MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE SUBJECT AREA OUTLINED IN RED, LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN BROAD STREET AND INTER INTERSTATE 64.
THE AERIAL PHOTO ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED.
AND FOR A BETTER REFERENCE, THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BROAD STREET AND THREE CHOPPED ROADS SINCE THERE'S MANY THREE CHOPPED ROADS IN THE COUNTY.
FOR A BETTER REFERENCE, THIS IS THE THREE CHOPPED THAT'S ADJACENT TO HISTORIC WOODLAWN, WHICH I WILL SHOW HERE.
AND ALSO NEAR GRACE CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH IS LOCATED HERE.
THE ZONING MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND MANY ADJACENT PROPERTIES AS THE A TWO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH ARE ZONED ARE OUR RESIDENTIAL RURAL.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ALL ADJACENT PROPERTIES AS THE RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREA AND ALSO SHOWN ON THIS IMAGE IN THE SEMI-PUBLIC LAND USE.
HERE IS AGAIN GRACE CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH AND THERE'S A SMALL AREA ON WOODLAWN PROPERTY IDENTIFIED FOR A CEMETERY HERE.
THE PROPERTY WAS HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED AS A FARM AND A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WAS ALSO ADDED.
TODAY THE EXISTING BUILDINGS INCLUDE A BARN SHED, TWO SILOS AND A DWELLING WITH AN
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ATTACHED GARAGE.OVERALL THE PROPERTY STILL EXUDES A FARM LIKE PRESENCE WITH MOST OF THE PROPERTY FRONT AS OPEN FIELD AND SOME TREES ALONG THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY IS ACCESSED BY TWO DRIVEWAYS, ONE OFF THREE CHOPPED ROAD AND THE OTHER OFF OF BROAD STREET ROAD.
ALL SURROUNDING ADJACENT USES ARE RESIDENTIAL USES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF SCHOOL USE, SPECIFICALLY A HOMESCHOOL CO-OP TO BE PERMITTED ON 7.09 ACRES.
THE SAME USE WAS APPROVED IN 2022 AT THE CORNER OF BROAD STREET AND HIL WELL ROADS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A MILE WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE CUP WAS APPROVED WITH 15 CONDITIONS AND IT EXPIRES IN JULY OF 2027.
THE APPLICANTS ARE PROPOSING TO RELOCATE THE SCHOOL FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION AT BROAD AND SHILOH WELL TO THE NEW LOCATION BY UTILIZING EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY AND ALSO BY CREATING NEW ADDITION, NEW NEW ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS.
THEIR PROPOSAL WOULD BE DIVIDED INTO PHASES WITH PHASE ONE, GENERALLY UTILIZING THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO UPDATING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DRAIN FIELD AND PARKING.
PHASE TWO WOULD ADD AN 11,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, WHICH I'LL SHOW OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, SHOWS THE PHASING PLAN ON YOUR SCREEN NOW IS A ZOOMED IN VERSION OF PAGE ONE OF THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, WHICH SHOWS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
I'M GONNA POINT OUT THE TWO EXISTING DRIVEWAYS.
ONE HERE IS ON THREE CHOPPED ROAD AND THEN ONE HERE IS ON BROAD STREET ROAD.
THERE'S AN EXISTING HOUSE WITH AN ATTACHED GARAGE, AN EXISTING TWO STORY BARN, AND AN EXISTING SHED.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES SHOW THE PHASING PLANS AND THEY ARE VERY BUSY AND DETAILED.
SO I WILL PAUSE TO WALK EVERYONE THROUGH THE CHANGES.
I'LL POINT OUT AGAIN HERE THE EXISTING BARN AND UM, BARN HERE AND HOUSE AND GARAGE.
UH, WITH PHASE ONE, AN INTERNAL LOOP ROAD WOULD BE CREATED HERE FOR STUDENT DROP OFF IN PICKUP.
THIS CREATES A SECOND ACCESS POINT ONTO THREE CHOPPED ROAD HERE, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF THE CURRENTLY EXISTING DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS HERE.
THE DRIVEWAY OFF OF BROAD STREET ROAD HERE WOULD BE IMPROVED AS AN EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WITH PHASE ONE INCLUDES THE DAILY PARKING FOR STAFF LOCATED GENERALLY HERE AND OVERFLOW PARKING IN GREEN.
THE DRAIN FIELD WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE EXPANDED FOR THE APPROPRIATE CAPACITY.
TWO STORMWATER PONDS ARE IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL BMPS, ONE HERE AND ONE HERE.
AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONLY ONE POND WOULD BE NEEDED.
AND THIS IS DEPENDENT ON THE FINAL CIVIL DRAWINGS FOR THE SITE.
A DRIVEWAY WOULD ALSO BE ADDED AROUND THE EXISTING BARN AND THIS IS FOR FIRE ACCESS FENCING IS SHOWN AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY TO SCREEN THE USE FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES AS WELL AS TO THE WEST.
UM, AND THE FENCING IS ALSO FOR STUDENT SECURITY.
ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING IS PROPOSED TO THE NORTH HERE AND TO THE WEST.
AND THIS IS GENERALLY TO SCREEN FROM THE RESIDENTIAL USES.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS PHASE TWO, WHICH INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF THE 11,500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING HERE.
WITH THIS PHASE, THE PARKING AREAS AND ACCESS DRIVES WOULD BE EXPANDED HERE.
LANDSCAPING WOULD BE ADDED ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE PROPERTY TO SCREEN THE NEW BUILDINGS FROM THE ADJACENT LANDOWNER'S VIEW.
UM, AND I'LL POINT OUT THE LOCATION OF THE ADJACENT LANDOWNER'S HOUSE HERE, WHICH ON GIS MEASURES ABOUT 80 FEET FROM THEIR FRONT FRONT PORCH TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE HOUSE FACES EAST TOWARDS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THERE'S ALSO AN ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, NOT WELL SHOWN HERE, BUT WHICH UM, INCLUDES A DWELLING WITH AN ATTACHED GARAGE.
THAT GARAGE MEASURES ABOUT 65 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND THAT HOUSE, UH, DOES FACE THREE CHOPPED ROAD, EXCUSE ME, JUMPED AHEAD.
UH, I KNOW THIS IS ALL A LOT TO TAKE IN A VERY DETAILED PLAN.
SO ON THIS SCREEN I'M ZOOMING IN TO PHASE TWO A BIT MORE JUST TO SHOW THE IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS THE SAME INFORMATION THAT I SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT
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IS ZOOMED INTO THE PROPOSED FULL BUILD OUT.WE'LL POINT OUT AGAIN THE EXISTING BUILDINGS IN BROWN EXISTING HOUSE GARAGE, EXISTING BARN, THE LARGE ADDITION IN YELLOW AND THE SMALLER FEATURE BUILDING IN PEACH.
UP HERE, UH, HERE ARE THE TWO ENTRANCES ON THREE CHOPPED ROAD.
AGAIN, GENERALLY THE EXISTING ENTRANCE LOCATION AND THE ADDITION TO THE SOUTH WITH THE INTERNAL LOOP SURROUNDING THE PARKING AREAS.
THIS IS MORE INFORMATION THAN WE TYPICALLY SEE ON A CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
SO I'LL PAUSE HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE A LOOK.
OKAY, THE NEXT TWO SLIDES SHOW PAGE ONE AND PAGE FIVE OF EXHIBIT B, WHICH IS THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS FOR THE PROPOSED NEW BUILDINGS ON THE SITE.
THE SLIDE SHOWS A RENDERING OF THE EXISTING BARN AND SILOS WITH THE NEW LARGE ADDITION ATTACHED.
AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT ANGLE OF THE SAME RENDERING.
OKAY, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED A TWO, WHICH IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A TRANSITIONAL RURAL AREA BETWEEN THE GENERAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND MORE INTENSIVE LAND USES.
IT ALSO SERVES TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LANDS TO CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE PROPERTY AS RURAL ENHANCEMENT WHICH PROVIDES FOR A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL FOREST AND OTHER USES WHICH ARE NOT PLANNED FOR PUBLIC OR CENTRAL UTILITIES.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT SPEAK TO EVALUATING COMMERCIAL OR INSTITUTIONAL USES WITHIN THE RURAL ENHANCEMENT LAND USE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THE ZONING CODE OFTEN WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
HOWEVER, THE PLAN DOES PROVIDE A TABLE OF IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS SUGGESTING THAT THEY CAN BE APPROPRIATE.
THESE INCLUDE ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT TO COMPLEMENT EXISTING CHARACTER, REUSING EXISTING BUILDINGS AND FOR THE SCALE AND SCOPE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
OVERALL, THE PROPOSED USE OF A SCHOOL IS CONSISTENT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF BROAD AND THREE CHOPPED ROADS.
THREE CHOPPED IS A LOCAL ROAD WITH A 45 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
AND BROAD STREET IS A MINOR ARTERIAL WITH A 55 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS PREPARED BY GROVE SLADE, WHICH SHOWS THAT A RIGHT TURN LANE TAPER WOULD BE TRIGGERED FROM WESTBOUND BROAD STREET ROAD ONTO THREE CHOPPED ROAD DURING PM PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS, WHICH IS FOUR TO 6:00 PM.
STAFF HAVE RECOMMENDED A CONDITION TO KEEP SCHOOL PICKUP TIMES OUTSIDE OF THE PM PEAK HOUR TIMES A COMMUNITY MEETING WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 10TH OF LAST YEAR.
APPROXIMATELY 19 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDED AS WELL AS SIX CHILDREN PLANNING COMMISSIONERS PUCK AND DEAN AS WELL AS SUPERVISOR VOS WERE PRESENT.
APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE ATTENDEES WERE IN OPPOSITION AND HALF IN SUPPORT.
CITIZEN COMMENTS WERE RELATED TO TRAFFIC COUNTS, TURN LANES, COMPATIBILITY WITH THE RURAL ENHANCEMENT LAND USE SEPTIC AND WELL CAPACITY PROPERTY VALUES AND THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT ACTON ACADEMY BUILDING IN THEIR OVERALL BUSINESS PLAN.
AS OF NOON TODAY, STAFF HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS OF SUPPORT FROM EIGHT INDIVIDUALS AND COMMENTS OF OPPOSITION FROM 12 INDIVIDUALS.
WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED A PETITION OF NAMES, BOTH IN SUPPORT AND IN OPPOSITION.
MOST OF THE OPPOSITION LETTERS LIST TRAFFIC, CONGESTION AND SAFETY CONCERNS AND REFERENCE AT THE SITE ITSELF IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL USE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE GENERALLY NOT OPPOSED TO THE USE.
OVERALL STAFF HAVE WORKED TO ADD SPECIFIC CONDITIONS TO ADDRESS CITIZEN CONCERNS SUCH AS INCREASING LANDSCAPING BUFFERS AND FENCING, MORE RESTRICTIVE LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS, TRAFFIC SAFETY PLANS AND PRESERVATION OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
ALSO IN RESPONSE TO CITIZEN COMMENTS, THE APPLICANT ALTERED THE PROPOSAL FROM THE INITIAL REQUEST BY REDUCING THE BUILDING SIZE AND STUDENT CAPACITY.
THE NEXT FLOOR FOUR SLIDES ARE SUMMARIZED CONDITIONS.
I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH ALL THE SUMMARIZED COM UH, VERSIONS QUICKLY, BUT I DO ALSO HAVE THE FULL CONDITIONS ON LATER SLIDES FOR REFERENCE.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, UM, I'LL WALK THROUGH THESE VERY QUICKLY.
A SCHOOL USE MAY BE OPERATED ON THE PROPERTY.
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UNTIL A PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT IS APPROVED, HOWEVER, THAT CAN BE DESIGNED IN PHASES.PHASE ONE WOULD BE LIMITED TO 85 STUDENTS AND PHASE TWO WOULD BE LIMITED TO 125 STUDENTS.
OVERALL FOR THE SITE, THE USE MUST GENERALLY CONFORM WITH THIS CONCEPTUAL PLAN, WHICH IS EXHIBIT B IN THE STAFF REPORT AS WELL AS THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS WHICH ARE EXHIBIT, I'M SORRY, CONCEPTUAL PLANS.
EXHIBIT A ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS ARE EXHIBIT B IN ADDITION TO THE DARK SKY COMPLIANCE.
UM, CODE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THE POLE, UH, WE TYPICALLY REQUIRE 20 FOOT TALL POLE LIGHTING.
WE ARE REDUCING THAT TO 15 IN HEIGHT TO REDUCE LIGHT TRESPASS AS WELL AS REQUIRING ZERO FOOT CANDLES AT THE PROPERTY LINE WHERE THE CODE REQUIREMENT CURRENTLY IS HALF A FOOT CANDLE.
ALL NON-SECURITY LIGHTING MUST ALSO BE TURNED OFF BY 9:00 PM PERIMETER PERIMETER PLANTINGS MUST BE INSTALLED ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND ALONG THE PUBLIC ROADS.
THIS IS TO MITIGATE VIEW SHEDS OF THE USE.
A SIX FOOT TALL WOODEN PRIVACY FENCE MUST BE INSTALLED AROUND THE PROPERTY PERIMETER AS SHOWN ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
AGAIN, THIS IS GENERALLY TO THE NORTH AND TO THE WEST, ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL USES.
CONDITIONS 8, 9, 10, AND 11 ARE UNCHANGED FROM THE CURRENT CUP ON THE UM, ACTON ACADEMY PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF BROAD AND SHALLOW WELL, WHICH IS THAT ONE DETACHED SIGN IS PERMITTED THAT UM, THE SITE MUST, THE USE MUST MEET ALL VDH REQUIREMENTS.
HOURS OF OPERATION MAY BE FROM 8:00 AM TO 9:00 PM AND ALL AM AMPLIFIED SOUND IS PROHIBITED.
OUTDOORS PARKING ALONG BROAD STREET AND THREE TRAPPED ROADS ARE NOT PERMITTED.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY REQUIRE NO PARKING SIGNS.
STUDENTS MUST BE PICKED UP FROM THE PREMISES BY 3:30 PM FROM DAILY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
EVENTS WITH 250 PEOPLE OR MORE WILL REQUIRE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.
OTHER EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL USE SUCH AS FUNDRAISERS WOULD, WOULD BE STILL PERMITTED WITH THE USE.
THE EMERGENCY ACCESS ROAD MUST MEET FIRE AND RESCUE REQUIREMENTS AND ALONG WITH THE PODA PLAN MUST BE SUBMITTED TO ADDRESS VEHICLE STACKING INTERNAL FLOW AND TRAFFIC CONCERNS DURING THE PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS.
ANY STORM WATER DE DETENTION PONDS IN THE PROPERTY, WHICH HOLD WATER MUST INCLUDE A FOUR FOOT TALL FENCE.
THIS IS FOR STUDENT SAFETY AND ALL PONDS MUST BE SCREENED FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ONLY.
NEW BUILDINGS AS SHOWN IN THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN ARE PERMITTED.
THE EXISTING RESIDENCE BARN AND SILOS ARE TO REMAIN PRESERVED ON THE SITE.
THE CUP WOULD EXPIRE THE LAST DAY OF APRIL, 2031.
AND THE LAST CONDITIONS ARE IS OUR STANDARD TRANSFER LEASE CONDITION.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
SHE DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION AND CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS IF NEEDED TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
CAN WE EXPLORE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHASE ONE AND THEN PHASE TWO? SURE.
DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE THAT KIND OF CAN LOOK AT? UM, I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE THAT DISCUSSES IT MORE, BUT I CAN BRING THOSE UP 'CAUSE I'M SURE THAT WILL OPEN UP MANY QUESTIONS.
ESSENTIALLY, PHASE ONE IS A, A MOVE-IN PHASE WHERE THEY'RE RELOCATING FROM THE CURRENT ACCIDENT ACADEMY LOCATION AND RETROFITTING THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDINGS.
THEN WITH THAT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO INSTALL PARKING AND ADD THE NEW COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE FOR THE LOOPS.
SO THIS SLIDE IS PHASE ONE HERE? YES SIR.
WHILE YOU HAVE THAT UP, UM, YOU SAID THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR ONLY ONE STORM WATER POND.
IS THERE ONE THAT'S PREFERRED OR ONE THAT STAFF WOULD AS FAR AS THE LOCATIONS OR IS THAT STILL JUST A WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL CONCEPTUAL? UM, STAFF DOES NOT HAVE A PREFERENCE.
I WOULD SAY REVIEWING COMMUNITY COMMENTS, I WOULD EXPECT THE COMMUNITY PREFERENCE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE ONE MORE INTERNAL TO THE SITE, BUT STAFF DOES NOT HAVE A PREFERENCE.
UM, I SEE THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY TWO LOTS, CORRECT? YES MA'AM.
WOULD THAT STAY TWO LOTS? COULD THERE BE POTENTIALLY SOMETHING ELSE BUILT ON THAT OR WOULD THAT BE COMBINED THEN INTO IT WOULD BE COMBINED.
THERE IS A NOTE, ACTUALLY YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO READ IT HERE.
IT SAYS INTERIOR LOT LINE TO BE VACATED WITH
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POD APPROVAL.COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHAT CONSIDERATIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN TO PUT THE INGRESS AND EGRESS ON THREE SHOT VERSUS BROAD? THE APPLICANT WILL PROBABLY WALK THROUGH MORE OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS, BUT I BELIEVE MOST OF IT IS, IS TRAFFIC RELATED AND WANTING TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH STACKING OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE SITE SO THAT THERE IS NO, UM, NO TRAFFIC FLOODING OUT ONTO THREE CHOPPED ROAD AND IT'S ALL HELD INTERNALLY AND THEREBY CREATING THE, THE LOOP FOR MORE CAPACITY IN THAT WAY.
DO YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW FAR, UM, FROM BROAD TO THAT, UM, KIND OF WHERE YOU WOULD COME INTO THAT LOOP? HOW FAR WOULD IT DO YOU THE FEET OR MAYBE APPROXIMATE? I DO NOT KNOW OFFHAND.
BUT THAT, I THINK THE APPLICANT MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT WITH HER PRESENTATION.
THERE MAY BE A NUMBER ON THERE ACTUALLY TO THAT.
YEAH, I THINK I JUST THANK YOU.
I CAN PULL THAT UP AND ANSWER IT IF IT'S, I THINK I JUST SEE IT ON HERE RIGHT NOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MS. RAGLAN? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I LIVE AT 2 3 3 0 WINDY RUN AND I FEEL LIKE WE WERE JUST IN THIS ROOM, UM, COMING TO YOU WITH A DREAM AND WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE DOING, BUT WE KNEW THAT WE WERE REALLY SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
AND NOW WE'RE HERE WITH PROVEN, UM, EXISTENCE OF A SCHOOL AND A ROOM FULL OF IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ACTING, IF YOU WANNA RAISE YOUR HAND, A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE BEING ACTIVELY CHANGED BY THIS LITTLE IDEA THAT WE HAD FOR OUR CHILDREN AND NOW ARE BEING USED TO IMPACT OTHERS.
SO WE STARTED THIS SCHOOL, UH, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO SCHOOL DIFFERENTLY AND WE WANTED OUR CHILDREN TO SPEND THEIR DAYS, UH, DISCOVERING THEIR PASSIONS AND ABILITIES WHILE ALSO LEARNING TO HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, WE NOW SERVE SERVE 49 LEARNERS AND 28 FAMILIES.
SO THE MAIA FAMILY, ALSUP FAMILY, BALOG FAMILY, ANDERSON FAMILY, RICH FAMILY, NICHOLS FAMILY, PFEIFFER FAMILY, DALE FAMILY, JERS FAMILY, SANDECK FAMILY, DUNFORD FAMILY AND EMONS FAMILY ARE ALL GLAND CONSTITUENTS WHO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO THIS SCHOOL WHO YOU SERVE.
FOUR OF WHICH BOUGHT HOMES AND MOVED TO GLAND FOR THIS SCHOOL ITSELF.
THE SCHOOL, IT'S ENTREPRENEURIAL FOCUSED AND SO IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE WHY WE HAVE ACTUALLY ATTRACTED 11 GLIN BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, AS OUR PARENTS.
SO 11 OF OUR PARENTS OWN AND OPERATE BUS BUSINESSES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
UM, SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE RIGHT BEHIND THE SCHOOL THAT TOOK TIME AND AWAY FROM THEIR CHILDREN TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO THANK YOU GUYS IN THE BACK THERE.
UM, AND FOR THOSE 132, UM, PEOPLE WHO SIGNED A PETITION IN SUPPORT OF OUR GROWTH.
SO A SCHOOL IS A PERMITTED USE FOR THE A TWO ORDINANCE WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A TUITION SUPPORTED HOMESCHOOL CO-OP, NOT A RETAIL OR OFFICE SPACE OR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS PROPERTY COULD BE SOLD, UM, OR AND USED FOR ANY OTHER USES WITHOUT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, UM, BUT A PARK AND RIDE FACILITY DOES NOT NEED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
A DOG KENNEL, FIRE RESCUE STATION, PUBLIC RECREATIONAL FACILITY, CHURCHES, TEMPLES, SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES.
AND AS YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE, BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S ON BROAD STREET, UM, AT THREE CHOP ROAD, MS. DANIELS, UH, HAS SHARED WITH ME THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING TO BUY THIS PROPERTY EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR YEARS.
UH, JUST LAST YEAR SOMEONE CAME TO THE PROPERTY AND VISITED FROM CHACO BOTTOM, WANTED TO PURSUE PUTTING A WINERY ON THE PROPERTY, ANOTHER WANTED TO BUY IT, UM, TO PURSUE A FUTURE GAS STATION.
AND UNDER A CUP, THESE ARE ACTUALLY PERMITTED USES AS WELL AS CAR WASHES OR RESTAURANTS OR BREWERIES OR HOTELS.
AND SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR TIME TOGETHER TONIGHT IS TO DECIDE IF USING A BARN, A RETROFITTED BARN, COULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE USE FOR THIS PROPERTY TO SERVE THE CHILDREN OF GLAND COUNTY AND OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS TO PROTECT AGAINST UNBOUNDED SUBURBAN INTENSITY.
AND OUR CUP PROPOSAL IS BOUNDED, IT IS CONDITIONED AND IT'S LIMITED TO ALIGN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND SO THIS USE IS IDEAL FOR A PARCEL ON BROAD STREET BECAUSE IT HAS THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHOUT URBANIZATION.
SO IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL USE THAT SERVES LOCAL RESIDENTS WHILE MAINTAINING OPEN LAND WITH RURAL AESTHETICS.
BUT IT DOESN'T INTRODUCE A COMMERCIAL STRIP OF ANY KIND OR HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.
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SO IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT OVER 3.5 OF THE SEVEN ACRES WILL REMAIN UNTOUCHED AND UNDISTURBED.UM, SO THAT'S OVER 50% OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THIS ON, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I AM NOT CLICKING MY SLIDES.
THAT'S OUR, THAT IS OUR SCHOOL FAMILY.
UM, THIS WAS FOR THE LAST SLIDE, UH,
I WAS, SORRY, I'M JUST REALLY GOING FOR IT.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS ACTUALLY TAKEN FROM CHAPTER THREE, PAGE SIX OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS IS THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, DEVELOP, UH, RURALLY.
AND WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THESE THINGS, UM, ARE ENCOURAGING US TO DO.
UH, WE CHECKED THESE BOXES AND WE COMPLETED A THOROUGH TIA THAT CONCLUDED THAT OUR LOW TRAFFIC VOLUME FROM BEING SUCH A SMALL SCHOOL DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO REQUIRING TURN LANES.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE CONDITIONED A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, TO ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE GROWTH WHEN NEEDED.
UM, WE'VE ALSO DESIGNED A GRAVEL THAT COMPREHENSIVE OR THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWING DOESN'T SHOW THIS.
UM, MOST OF THOSE PARKING SPACES ARE GRASS.
THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF THEM THAT WILL BE GRAVEL TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE RURAL LOOK, UM, TO HAVE A WAIVER INSTEAD OF HAVING ASPHALT EVERYWHERE, WE WANT IT TO LOOK AS RURAL AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THE REASON IT WAS DESIGNED, UM, IN THAT BIG LOOP IS BECAUSE EVEN IF EVERY PARENT SHOWED UP ON TIME, NOT EVERYONE DOES, BUT IF EVERY PARENT SHOWED UP ON TIME TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN, NO ONE WOULD EVER STACK INTO THREE CHOP ROAD.
SO DURING OPERATIONAL HOURS, TRAFFIC IN AND OUT CAN ONLY HAPPEN WITHIN TWO 30 TO 40 MINUTE INCREMENTS DURING DROP OFF AND PICKUP.
THE ENTRANCE WILL REMAIN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE LEARNER'S SAFETY ALL DAY LONG.
SO THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS IN-N-OUT TRAFFIC DURING THE DAY AND THAT'S FOR SAFETY.
UM, SO, UH, AS FAR AS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, UM, ABOUT WATER SUPPLY OR WATER SAFETY, UM, WATER USAGE, UH, WE ARE WILLING TO DO TESTING.
UH, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS NOT CONCERNED, BUT WE ARE WILLING TO DO TESTING TO PUT NEIGHBORS MINDS AT EASE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADD THAT WE DESIRE TO ONLY GROW TO 125 LEARNERS.
WE DO NOT HAVE AN ATHLETICS PROGRAM AND WE DO MINIMAL WEEKEND USAGE.
SO THERE ARE TWO TO FOUR PARENT EVENTS ON SATURDAYS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR.
SO ADAMS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IS LOCATED JUST DOWN BROAD AND HAS BEEN DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO FOR OVER 17 YEARS.
UM, THEY JUST RENEWED THEIR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IN 2024.
AND THESE ARE THE WAYS THAT WE'RE SIMILAR.
UM, THEY ARE A SMALL ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL OPERATING UNDER A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH WE ARE PURSUING.
THEY'RE ALSO USING A REFURBISHED BARN.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO APPROVED FOR A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF STUDENTS LOCATED ON BROAD STREET IN EASTERN EASTERN GLAND, ALSO IN RURAL ENHANCEMENT.
WE DO NOT WANNA BE THE SIZE OF BENEDICTINE, UM, BUT AS WELL THEY'RE ON A TWO LAND.
UM, AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HOW WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PROPERTIES, I THINK WE HAVE VERY CLEARLY SET OF PRECEDENT IN GLAND THAT WE CARE ABOUT RESTORING AND SAVING HISTORIC STRUCTURES.
UM, WE PLACE A HIGH VALUE ON MAINTAINING PROPERTIES AND KEEPING THEM WELL MAINTAINED.
AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM COUNTLESS THAT THE, HOW WE TELL PEOPLE WHERE WE'RE LOCATED IS WE SAY, DO YOU REMEMBER PLUM TREE CORNER? THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
AND THEIR RESPONSE IS ALWAYS, WE ARE SO GLAD SOMEONE SAVED THAT PLACE.
SO CHAPTER PA, CHAPTER TWO, PAGE TWO DASH TWO OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STATES BALANCED DEVELOPMENT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY AND PRESERVES ITS RURAL CHARACTER IS GOAL NUMBER TWO IN THE COUNTY'S STRATEGIC PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO CONSIDERING BALANCED DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
I CAN THINK OF NO GREATER USE FOR THIS PROPERTY THAN A SCHOOL SERVING THE COMMUNITY'S CHILDREN.
MS. DANIELS, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, HAS HAD DEVELOPERS APPROACH HER FOR YEARS, BUT SHE WAS WAITING TO SELL HER PROPERTY TO SOMEONE WHO HAD A VISION THAT MATCHED HER DESIRE FOR HER PROPERTY'S LEGACY.
SO WHAT MAKES ACTON ACADEMY SO DIFFERENT? ACTING ACADEMY IS FULL OF MULTI-AGE STUDIOS, UM, JUST LIKE A, UH, CLASSIC ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE.
THEY LEARN BY DOING, THEY UM, HAVE A DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP MODEL.
THEY VOTE ON LITERALLY EVERYTHING.
THERE'S A HIGH EMPHASIS ON CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'RE SELF-DIRECTED LEARNERS AND THEY HAVE A STRONG ENTREPRENEURIAL INFLUENCE.
SO HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM? WELL, WHEN CHILDREN GRADUATED AT 18 AND THEY HAVE SPENT 12 YEARS DEF DEFINING THEIR GIFTS AND THEIR ABILITIES AND THEIR PASSIONS AND LEARNING TO LOVE LEARNING, THEY DON'T GRADUATE FLOUNDERING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE IN THE WORLD.
THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE IN THE WORLD AND THEY'RE READY TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
SO WE FIGHT APATHY THAT PLAGUES THIS CURRENT GENERATION WITH AUTONOMY.
SO THEY LEARN AT A YOUNG AGE HOW TO LEAD THEIR OWN LIVES INSTEAD OF BEING DEPENDENT ON OTHER PEOPLE.
UM, WE ARE ATTRACTING SMALL BUSINESSES TO GLIN.
A LOT OF FAMILIES HAVE COME AND BROUGHT THEIR BUSINESSES WITH THEM AND WE PRIORITIZE AWARENESS OF OTHER PEOPLE'S NEEDS THROUGH GIVING BACK.
JUST THIS WEEK WE PACKED OVER, NOT WE, THEY PACKED OVER 240 MEALS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED IN LOCAL AREAS.
UH, WE ALSO PARTNER WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR FIELD TRIPS.
THEY HAVE SEEN THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF CHICK-FIL-A, UM, AND OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UM, THE PARENT COMMUNITY MEETS REGULARLY TOGETHER TO WORK ON BEING REALLY CONNECTED FAMILIES AND AWESOME PARENTS FOR OUR KIDS.
WE ALSO HAVE AN AMAZING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE BUILT, WHICH SPEAKS TO WHY PARENTS ARE FLOCKING
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AND WANTING TO MOVE CLOSER TO THEIR FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY.WE CURRENTLY SERVE LEARNERS, UH, RANGING FROM FIVE TO 12 YEARS OLD.
THE FUTURE WILL SERVE 60 TO 70 FAMILIES OFFERING K THROUGH 12.
UM, WE HAVE PROVEN IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE DESPERATELY WANT.
THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN LAST WEDNESDAY, I BELIEVE, IN THE SPARK STUDIO, OUR YOUNGER STUDIO.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE ARE DESPERATELY RUNNING OUT OF ROOM
AND SO THIS WAS PHASE TWO THAT I ACTUALLY PRESENTED AT THE DECEMBER 10TH COMMUNITY MEETING AND, UH, LISTENED TO THE NEIGHBOR COMMENTS AND UNDERSTOOD THEIR CONCERNS AND WE WENT TO WORK.
AND SO FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF MONEY ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS.
AND THIS IS NOW WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE.
SO SOME OF THE CHANGES WE HAVE MADE ARE WE REDUCED THE EDUCATIONAL BUILDING FOOTPRINT BY 5,000 SQUARE FEET AND UM, AND CAN DELAY THE GYM SPACE THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE ON THE END THERE IN ORDER TO GET IT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE UM, PROPERTY LINE.
WE'VE REDUCED GROWTH TO 125 LEARNERS FROM 150.
SO WE CHANGED OUR ENTIRE BUSINESS PLAN, WHICH IS A HUGE FINANCIAL LOSS FOR US.
UM, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO DO IT TO MAKE THIS DREAM HAPPEN.
UM, WE CHANGED THE STYLE OF THE FENCE AND THE LOCATION TO THE NEIGHBOR'S PREFERENCES AND WE ADDED PLANTINGS, UM, ALONG THE LINE.
THE PROPERTY LINE REDUCED MINIMAL DAILY HOURS AND COMPLETELY REDESIGNED THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THAT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART, BUT WE LOVE THE OUTCOME.
WE THINK IT COMPLIMENTS, IT LOOKS LIKE GOOCHLAND.
UM, SO OUR VISION MOVING FORWARD, UH, IS TO USE THIS PROPERTY TO SERVE THE NEXT GENERATION.
HALF OF THEM ARE IN THIS ROOM, UM, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY POSITIVELY IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE USE OF THIS PROPERTY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL LEARNERS AND PARENTS THAT WOULD LOVE TO SHARE THEIR SUPPORT, UM, AS WELL.
DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I ASKED THE QUESTION EARLIER, COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHY THE INGRESS ADDRESS ON THREE? DID I NOT TURN THAT ON? THANK YOU.
WE'RE HERE IS ON THREE SHOT VERSUS BROAD.
AND WHAT THE THINKING WAS BEHIND THAT, WHAT THE OPTIONS WERE CONSIDERED.
UM, YES, THERE IS AN OPTION THAT YOU COULD PUT AN INTEREST ON BROAD AND UM, AND AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE COUNTY AND SPEAKING TO TRANSPORTATION, UM, THE CHANGE OF ADDING AN ENTRANCE ON BROAD STREET SEEMS TO BE MORE PROBLEMATIC THAN ADDING AN ENTRANCE WITH TWO, UH, AN IN AND OUT ON A SECONDARY ROAD THAT HAS A TOTAL OF, I THINK 300 AND SOME VEHICLES A DAY.
IT JUST SEEMS CLEANER AND SAFER.
UM, I THINK THE, THE LINE THAT WAS USED AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS WAS THE MOST COMMON SENSE APPROACH, UM, FOR AN ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A OFF THE TABLE THAT IT COULD BE ON BROAD, BUT IT SEEMS TO MAKE MORE SENSE TO KEEP IT THERE AND ALSO IT KEEPS IT AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS, UM, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD, YOU CAN'T SEE AND ARE NOT BOTHERED BY DROP UP AND PICK OFF, DROP OFF IN PICKUP UP TIMES, UH, WHICH TOTAL ABOUT ONE 60 MINUTES THE WHOLE DAY.
BUT STILL WE WANNA BE CONSIDERATE OF THAT.
UM, AND ALSO THE CURRENT ENTRANCE OF THE DRIVEWAY HAS, UM, A REALLY BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCE TO IT.
WE LOVE TO USE WHAT IS ALREADY EXISTING TO DISTURB LESS LAND.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR, UM, TIMELINE FOR PHASE ONE VERSUS PHASE TWO? YES.
UM, WELL WE KNOW HOW LONG PODS AND BUILDING PERMITS TAKE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE THERE IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, MORE REALISTICALLY, WE REALIZE IT'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE WINTER OF 2026 THAT WE WOULD DO PHASE ONE AND MOVE OVER THERE.
UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO START PHASE TWO WITHIN TWO YEARS.
IT'S MORE LIKELY GONNA BE THREE YEARS FOR FINANCIAL REASONS.
UM, BUT MOVING OVER TO THE PROPERTY, WE WOULD NOT COME TO THAT PROPERTY WITH 85 LEARNERS.
WE WOULD COME PROBABLY WITH 60 TO 65 BECAUSE WE ONLY GROW WITH 15 LEARNERS, UM, AT A TIME.
SO WE DON'T CRUSH OUR, OUR CULTURE.
UM, IF YOU BRING IN TOO MANY AT TOO, TOO FAST, THEN WHAT YOU'VE BUILT CHANGES AND THE DYNAMICS CHANGE.
AND SO WE GROW BY ABOUT 15 TO 20 LEARNERS MAX EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN ONCE YOU HIT 125, THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THE GROWTH.
AND THAT IS, UM, CONSISTENT WITH MOST OF THE 300 OTHER ACTING ACADEMIES AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU'LL NEVER SEE AN ACTING ACADEMY WITH 400 CHILDREN.
'CAUSE THE, THE CULTURE BREAKS DOWN.
UM, IS THE BUSINESS PROFITABLE OR SUSTAINABLE, UM, WITH 85 STUDENTS IN PHASE ONE? IT IS.
DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A WAITING LIST OR ARE YOU AT MAX CAPACITY RIGHT NOW WITH WE, IT IS SO INTERESTING.
SO LEARNERS, THEY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STUDIO WHEN THEY HAVE EARNED IT, NOT BECAUSE THEY TURNED A YEAR OLDER.
AND SO THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN TIMELINES.
SO WE, IT'S INTERESTING TO GAUGE HOW MUCH SPACE DO WE HAVE IN SPARKS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS OF LIKE, WELL, THEY'RE ABOUT TO DO BOOKWORM OR THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET TO THIS LEVEL OF WIKA.
UM, AND SO WE DO HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OPENINGS IN SPARK.
UM, BUT LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, WE ARE ALMOST AT MAX CAPACITY.
UM, WE ARE, DRAIN FIELD ALLOWS FOR 65 AND WE ARE RIGHT AT 50.
AND SO ADDING 15, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY FOUND THOSE FAMILIES FOR NEXT YEARS, WE ARE RIGHT AT THAT LIMIT.
UH, ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION ON THE, I WAS LOOKING, IT SAID IT WAS 45 MILES PER HOUR ON THREE CHOPPED.
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IS THAT GOING TO THEN BE LOWERED OR HAVING ANY KIND OF SCHOOL FLASHING LIGHTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR IS THAT WE HAVE NOT, THAT IS NOT REQUIRED.UM, WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE DEFINITELY OPEN TO THAT, UM, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED, BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY NEVER BEEN BROUGHT UP IN CONVERSATION FROM VDOT OR WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER OR FROM THE COUNTY.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD THAT.
I'M GOING TO NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS.
UM, I DO SEE SOME SWEET CHILDREN IN, UM, OUR PRESENCE TONIGHT AND I KNOW IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING PREPARED, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, YOU CAN BRING A PARENT GUARDIAN WITH YOU.
UM, JUST STATE YOUR NAME, UM, ADDRESS IF POSSIBLE AS WELL.
UM, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST SO THAT WAY YOU CAN GET BACK AND, AND GET TO BED ON TIME SO THAT, UH, YOU'RE READY FOR TOMORROW MORNING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I HAVE BEEN GOING TO ACTON FOR TWO YEARS.
I, I LIKE MAKING A BUSINESS EACH YEAR.
THIS YEAR I SOLD HOMEMADE JAM.
I HAVE ALSO LEARNED HOW TO GROW PLANTS.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE.
NEXT, UH, STUDENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, WE HAVE A RED HI, MY NAME'S NANCY PFEIFFER AND I LIVE AT 2279.
WE, UM, WE UH, WEST END, UH, WHEATLAND DO NO DRIVE.
I GET, I GO TO ACTON ACADEMY WEST END ON UM, ON ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES.
UH, PARTS OF ACTON IS THE BUSINESS THERE.
WE HAVE TO CREATE OUR OWN BUSINESSES AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE HAVE TO TAKE OUT A LOAN FROM OUR PARENTS TO GET STARTED AT THE BUSINESS FAIR.
WE LEARN HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS AND EXCHANGE MONEY.
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR AND EVERYONE AT MY SCHOOL PARTICIPATES.
LAST YEAR I HAD A FACE PAINT DIFFERENT.
I SOLD BIG AND LITTLE FACE PAINTS FOR DIFFERENT PRICES.
MY FRIEND DID MAGNETS, MY OTHER FRIENDS DID BUSINESSES TO LIKE ONES DRAWINGS, SOAP, COOKIES, BREAD, FIREWOOD AND MORE.
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BUSINESS FAIR IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US NEXT YEAR AND SEE OUR SCHOOL.
I LIVE AT 1919 RED ROSE DRIVE.
I LIVE ACTON BECAUSE I HAVE THE FREEDOM TO LOAN WHILE HAVING FUN.
I'VE BEEN AT ACTON FOR FOUR YEARS.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ACTON IS I GET TO WORK AT MY OWN PACE AND I GET TO DISCOVER MY OWN PASSIONS AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL, I AM CHALLENGED TO WORK HARD AND SERVE OTHERS.
THIS YEAR, TWO WAYS WE HAVE DONE THIS IS BY PACKING CARVER BAGS FOR HUNGRY KIDS AND SERVING AT A FOOD PANTRY FOR, I MEAN, MY SCHOOL IS HELPING ME LOVE LEARNING AND CARING FOR OTHERS.
I'VE ALSO BECOME A BETTER LEADER AND FRIEND.
I HOPE MORE OF MY FRIENDS CAN JOIN ME ON TO LEARN.
ACTON IS A REALLY AMAZING SCHOOL.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK ABOUT MY SCHOOL.
I LIVE IN GLIN OFF OF MANNEQUIN AT 1410 GRAND DRIVE.
I LIKE GOING TO ACTON BECAUSE I CAN LEARN AT MY OWN PACE AND NOT FEEL RUSHED.
IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, I CAN WORK WITH OTHER KIDS OF DIFFERENT AGES AND WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT TOGETHER.
WE ALSO GET TO MAKE OUR OWN PRODUCTS AND SELL THEM AT A BUSINESS FAIR FOR PEOPLE IN THE GLAND COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL THAT WE CAN VISIT AND LEARN FROM REAL GLAND BUSINESSES AND DO VOLUNTEER PROJECTS IN GLAND TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.
IT MAKES SCHOOL FUN AND ME FEEL PROUD OF WHAT I DO.
ANY OTHER SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ANYONE ELSE? OH, WE HAVE ONE MORE.
HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH AND I LIVE AT 1827 ROUND FIELD LANE AT MANNEQUIN SABBATH.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT ACTON IS HOW WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO LEARN AT OUR OWN PACE AND BE AND BECOME LIKE LEVEL MASTERS AND LEVEL UP ON OUR SKILLS AND BE ABLE TO MOVE UP AT OUR OWN PACE.
AND IF WE HAVE TROUBLE AND STUFF, WE CAN ASK PEOPLE TO HELP EACH OTHER.
AND WHEN YOU BECOME, AND LIKE WE HAVE LEVEL MA ONE MASTERS AND WHEN YOU BECOME A LEVEL ONE MASTER, YOU CAN LIKE WORK AND YOU GET MORE PRIVILEGES AND FREEDOMS IF, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET LIKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POINTS OUT OF YOUR WORK, LIKE, AND, AND STUFF AND, AND, AND THAT LIKE CHALLENGES YOU AND I.
AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT ACTON.
NOW ARE WE ADULT? UM, AGAIN, IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, UM, AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
HEY EVERYONE, HOW ARE YOU? UH, MY NAME IS JOHN RICH.
I LIVE IN 2 5 0 5 CARVER OAKS COURT.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE THE PERMIT.
UH, AND I WANNA SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON HOW THIS, UH, LINES UP WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH PLAN AND SATISFY SECTION 1560 OF THE CODE.
UH, FIRST THIS PROPERTY HAS AN ESTABLISHED CUP HISTORY.
IN 2013, THIS COMMISSION IN THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IN THE DAIRY BARN.
UM, THAT RESOLUTION NOTES THAT EVEN AN EARLIER CUP ON THE SAME SITE.
SECOND, UH, ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH, THE COUNTY HAS APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOLS ON A TOOL RURAL ENHANCEMENT LAND.
BEFORE ADAMS INTERNATIONAL, I KNOW I'M STEALING SOME OF THE CAITLINS MESSAGING POINTS, BUT ADAMS INTERNATIONAL RECEIVED CUP APPROVAL TO OPERATE A MONTESSORI SCHOOL OFF OF BUSY FAIRGROUNDS ROAD, UH, WITH EVENTS FOR UP TO 700 GUESTS.
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COLLEGE PREP IS ALSO ON A TWO LAND, UH, OFF OF RIVER ROAD.AND JUST LAST AUGUST INCREASED ITS OCCUPANCY TO 1500 PEOPLE.
SO ALTHOUGH THESE SCHOOLS HAVE MORE LAND, UH, THE PRECEDENT FOR SCHOOL CUPS FOR, UH, EXCEEDING ACTON CAPACITY BY MORE THAN TEDX IS CLEAR.
UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THE GROWTH PLAN, CHAPTER THREE STATES THAT REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE COUNTY'S RURAL CHARACTER EQUALITY AND FISCAL HEALTH.
AND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY TO PREVENT SUBURBANIZATION IS TO PROVIDE WAYS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO KEEP THEIR PROPERTIES INTACT.
AND I THINK BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT CAITLYN PROVIDED, UH, I THINK THE BARN LOOKS BEAUTIFUL OR THE NEW BUILDING, THE BARN STAYS INTACT, THEY'RE REUSING EXISTING STRUCTURES.
UM, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABILITY IS IMPORTANT AND AS STATED, UH, MAJORITY OR HALF OF THE LAND WILL REMAIN OPEN, UH, IN LINE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
AND SO ACTON SATISFIES ALL OF THIS, UH, USING THE BARN AS IS MAKING UPGRADES IN LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AMPLE OPEN SPACE.
AND I THINK ALSO I WOULD CONSIDER WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES? KAITLYN TALKED ABOUT THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THE LAW AND CODE, BUT I THINK WHEN CONSIDERING A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER OR ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPER CHOPPING THIS UP AND PUTTING HOMES ON THE PROPERTY, I THINK THIS IS A MUCH MORE PREFERRED USE TO THAT.
UM, QUICKLY, ON SECTION 1560, THERE ARE 14 STANDARDS THAT, UH, TO ME BROKE DOWN INTO THREE BUCKETS, WHICH IS PHYSICAL IMPACTS, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE ON PHYSICAL IMPACTS.
THEY'RE REUS, REUSING EXISTING STRUCTURES, MAINTAINING OPEN SPACE, AND PROPERLY PLANTING TREES, AGRICULTURAL, AND KEEPING OPEN LAND, WHICH TO ME IS SOMEONE THAT LIVES OFF BROAD ROAD OR NEAR.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, IT WILL LOOK BETTER.
UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY, UH, HAS ESTABLISHED CUP HISTORY AND A PETITION OF OVER A HUNDRED GLAND RESIDENTS AND ON INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, DOES THIS MEAN THE END OF MY TIME WHEN IT TURNS RED? OH, OKAY.
UH, ON INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK TRAFFIC'S OBVIOUSLY A BIG CONCERN AND I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO ENSURE ALL FAMILIES COMING WEST.
UM, THIS SCHOOL IS ABOUT THE FUTURE.
AND AS THE WORLD CHANGES, WE NEED SCHOOLS THAT PREPARE CHILDREN TO THINK CRITICALLY, LEAD WITH COURAGE, AND ACT WITH KINDNESS.
AND APPROVING THIS PERMIT DOESN'T JUST HELP ONE SCHOOL.
IT ENRICHES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND PLANTS A FLAG FOR THE KIND OF EDUCATION GRUN FAMILIES DESERVE.
UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? THERE'S A LOT OF US
I LIVE AT 2279 WHEATLAND DRIVE.
UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHILE LOOKING INTO SCHOOL OPTIONS FOR OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER, I STUMBLED UPON THIS SCHOOL CALLED ACTON ACADEMY.
THIS LEARNER LED MICRO SCHOOL WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SOCRATIC DISCUSSION AND REAL WORLD PROJECT BASED LEARNING CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.
I WAS INITIALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW MUCH TIME THE KIDS SPENT OUTSIDE DOING CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH THEIR CORE SCHOOLS CORE SKILLS.
I KNEW THIS SCHOOL WAS FOR US, IT JUST WASN'T JUST A SCHOOL, IT WAS A COMMUNITY AND A LIFESTYLE.
THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE ACTON I FOUND IT WAS IN BOZEMAN, MONTANA.
THANKFULLY ONE OPENED A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME AND SAVED US OUR CROSS COUNTRY TRIP.
OUR DAUGHTER STARTED IN THE FALL OF 23, AND AT THE TIME WE WERE DRIVING FROM RICHMOND, A COMMUTE THAT COST TWO HOURS OF OUR DAY.
WE SPENT THE FIRST YEAR OF SCHOOL LOOKING FOR A HOUSE IN GLAND COUNTY TO MAKE OUR OWN.
AND AT THE END OF THAT YEAR, WE FOUND A HOME IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSE TO SCHOOL.
WITH NOW SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOL FRIENDS, WE TOOK A CHANCE AND UPROOTED OUR YOUNG FAMILY OF FIVE AND MOVED 30 MINUTES WEST TO A HOUSE WITH A BIT MORE LAND, A MUCH SLOWER LIFE AND A DREAM TO LIVE A LIFE WITH OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
CHANGE IS HARD AND HAS A LOT OF FEARS.
WE HAD A LOT OF FEARS LEAVING A HOME AND A COMMUNITY THAT WE ALREADY LOVED, BUT MOVING TO GUGLIN WAS THE BEST DECISION THAT WE EVER MADE FOR OUR FAMILY.
IT'S A BIG DREAM TO HOPE TO DO A LIFE WITH PEOPLE IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHERE WE ARE TOO BUSY WITH TOO MANY THINGS TO DO TO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
BUT THIS DREAM BECAME OUR REALITY AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR LIFESTYLE.
ONE OF THE PHRASES USED TO DESCRIBE THE LEARNERS IS THAT EVERY CHILD IS A GENIUS ON A HERO'S JOURNEY, AND THEY ARE ON THEIR HERO'S JOURNEY.
BUT TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL, THE PARENTS ALSO HAVE TO BE ON A HERO'S JOURNEY.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SENDING OUR KIDS TO A SCHOOL.
IT'S MORE WHEN WE HAVE TO BE ON OUR HEROES JOURNEY.
WE HAVE TO PRACTICE THIS AT OUR HOME AS INDIVIDUALS AND IN OUR COMMUN
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AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.IT'S REALLY POWERFUL AND IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
ON MY OWN HEROES JOURNEY, I NEVER KNEW THAT I WOULD LOVE LIVING ON LAND.
UM, I NEVER KNEW I WOULD LOVE LIVING ON LAND AND IN THE COUNTRY AS MUCH AS I DO.
I NEVER WOULD KNOW THIS LIFE IF I WASN'T WILLING TO TAKE THIS RISK.
AND OUR FAMILY WASN'T WILLING TO MAKE HUGE ALTERNATING CHANGES.
AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT WE DID.
AND WHILE THIS IS OUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND OUR STORY, WE ARE NOT ALONE THAT SO MANY OTHER ACTON FAMILIES ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO BUY THE NEXT HOUSE THAT COMES TO THE MARKET, IN THE AREA, IN THIS AREA, AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THIS SPECIAL COMMUNITY.
WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THE MISSION OF ACTON, AND WE BELIEVE IT WON'T ONLY IMPACT OUR LEARNERS AND OUR FAMILIES, BUT THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE LIVE, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND WATCH ACT AND THRIVE AND GROW AND BECOME AN ASSET TO THE LIN COMMUNITY FOR DECADES TO COME.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? GOOD EVENING.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MY SON AND HIS FAMILY WHO ARE IN MY HOUSE IN FLORIDA RIGHT NOW FOR THE, FOR THE WEEK.
BUT
UM, SO I'LL JUST READ IT AS IT IS.
UH, MY HUSBAND, WELL, THIS IS FROM
THIS IS FROM MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'S PERSPECTIVE, SO, OKAY.
MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE, WORK AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN IN GLAND COUNTY.
AGAIN, THIS IS FROM HER PERSPECTIVE.
I GREW UP HERE AND THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE.
MY HUSBAND OWNS AND OPERATES HIS BUSINESS IN GOOCHLAND TRUCK WORLD RVA IN OILVILLE.
WE OWN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY HERE IN THE COUNTY AND ARE PROUD TO LIVE AND WORK HERE.
THREE YEARS AGO, OUR OLDEST STARTED AT ACTON ACADEMY.
NOW OUR SECOND IS BORN IS ALSO THERE.
IT'S BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PLACE FOR OUR GROWING BOYS.
OUR KIDS ARE BEING TAUGHT ACADEMICS AS WELL AS CHARACTER, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GROWING UP TO BE HARDWORKING, CARING, AND RESPECTFUL YOUNG MEN.
JUST THIS WEEK, OUR 5-YEAR-OLD WAS PACKING LUNCH BAGS AT SCHOOL TO GIVE BACK TO OTHER KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE HUNGRY.
IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PLACE AND WE'RE HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS SMALL GUEN SCHOOL.
I WANNA EXPRESS HOW IN FAVOR OF THE COUNTY APPROVING ACTON CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE OUR BELOVED SCHOOL ON THE NEW PROPERTY.
THIS SHOULD NOT ONLY BE AN EASY YES FOR THE APPROVAL, BUT TRULY AN HONOR FOR GLAND TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT SCHOOL WITH AMAZING, UM, LOCAL KIDS ATTENDING.
THESE KIDS ARE GROWING UP TO BE WONDERFUL MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY AND ARE ALREADY LEARNING HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
WE LIVE LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE PROPERTY OF THE NEW SCHOOL, AND AS NEIGHBORS OF THE PROPERTY, WE BELIEVE THIS WILL ONLY ADD VALUE TO OUR GLAND PROPERTY AND GIVE RESIDENTS MORE OPTIONS IN REGARD TO SCHOOL CHOICE.
UM, THEIR ADDRESS IS 1720 OLD ORCHARD LANE IN MANNEQUIN.
MY NAME IS MATTIA AND I LIVE AT 39 11 FEL PLACE, UH, AT LYNN ALLEN.
AND MY SON CURRENTLY GOES TO ACTON.
AND, UM, WE, ME AND MY WIFE OWN A LOCAL BUSINESS IN, UH, UCHIN.
AND WE PREDOMINANTLY ARE FOCUSED ON WORKING WITH KIDS.
SO OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE MOVED US ON THROUGH DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT FIT.
SOMETHING I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
IT WAS FREEZING COLD AND I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL, YOU ALL EXPERIENCED IT.
AND JUST LIKE EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE HEAD OF THE STOOL IS ALWAYS THERE, WISHING EVERY KID AS SOON AS THEY GET DOWN, SAYING GOOD MORNING, LOOKING INTO THEIR EYE AND SHAKING HANDS WITH THEM.
IT MAY JUST SOUND SIMPLE, BUT IT'S AT THIS MOMENT THAT I REALIZED THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY BUILDING SOMETHING DEEPER, A HUMAN CONNECTION.
EVER SINCE BEING IN ACTON, WE'VE SEEN A REAL TRANSFORMATION IN OUR SON WHERE HE LEADS EVERY DAY WITH GOALS AND A PLAN.
AND WE OWE IT ALL, OWE IT ALL TO ACTON AND THE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY THEY'VE CREATED WHO'S SITTING, SOME OF WHOM ARE SITTING BACK HERE.
AS A BUSINESS OWNER INVESTING IN UTERINE, I DEEPLY CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THE WORLD THAT CHILDREN, THE WORLD OUR CHILDREN ARE GROWING IN, IS RAPIDLY CHANGING WITH TECHNOLOGY AND AI.
AND I FEEL THAT THE ONE THING THAT'S GONNA BE MOST IMPORTANT FOR THESE KIDS IS ADAPTABILITY AND ACTUALLY KNOWING HOW TO MAKE A HUMAN CONNECTION.
AND ACTING IS EXACTLY CULTIVATING THOSE QUALITIES.
I BELIEVE THIS EXPANSION IS ABOUT OFFERING FAMILIES A CHOICE, STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY, AND FROM A PARENT AND A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER PERSPECTIVE, I BELIEVE THIS IS GONNA BE A LOCAL, UH, UH, AN ASSET TO LIN AND I FULLY SUPPORT IT.
UH, WE'RE HOPING TO MOVE TO DIN WE JUST LOST A BIT, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL FIND A COOL HOME TO MOVE IN HERE AS
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WELL.I'M MOM TO THE ONE IN THE RED SHIRT RIGHT THERE.
WE LIVE AT 1919 RED ROSE DRIVE.
UM, I AM MOM TO TWO ACTON LEARNERS.
I'M A GUCH RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN THE COUNTY.
I'M A PEDIATRIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST BY TRADE, WHICH MEANS I'M AN EXPERT IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT, WHICH MEANS Y'ALL ARE GONNA GET A LITTLE LESSON ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE CONTRARY TO THE ACTON WAY OF LEARNING, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE'RE GONNA ROLL WITH IT.
UM, SOME MAIN THEORISTS IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY ARE PIJ, ERICSSON, AND GARNER.
SO PIJ TEACHES US THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT JUST EMPTY VESSELS, BUT THEY ARE CONSTANTLY TAKING IN INFORMATION, ASSIMILATING IT TO WHAT THEY KNOW AS WELL AS CHANGING WHAT THEY KNOW TO ENCAPSULATE NEW INFORMATION.
UM, ERICSSON TEACHES US THAT KIDS ARE ALWAYS SEEKING MASTERY.
AND THIS ISN'T JUST LIKE LITTLE ONES, THIS IS LIKE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, PROBABLY YOU AND ME TOO.
UM, ALWAYS SEEKING MASTERY AS THEY COME UPON CRISES, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.
GARNER'S RESEARCH JUST RECENTLY STARTED SHOWING US THE BENEFIT OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES, RIGHT? THAT NOT EVERYONE IS ACADEMICALLY SMART, BUT INTELLIGENCE LOOKS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND AS WE SEE THAT AND WE EMBRACE THAT ACROSS DEVELOPMENT, WE SEE THAT ALL CHILDREN ARE ARE BOUND BY THESE CONCEPTS WITHIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND COMMUNITIES AND THE TIMES THERE.
AND THEREFORE, THEY ARE NOT JUST CONTAINERS THAT NEED TO BE STUFFED WITH FACTS, BUT RATHER UNIQUE LEARNERS WHO NEED UNIQUE TOOLS IN ORDER TO LEARN.
AND ACTON IS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE TOOLS.
IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY, AND IT'S NOT FOR EVERY BRAIN.
AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT IS AN ASSET TO GLAND 125 KIDS.
ISN'T EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S ENOUGH.
AND SO I WAS DRAWN AS AN OT AND AS A MOM TO THE ACTON WAY OF LEARNING BECAUSE IT SERVES BOTH MY LOGICALLY BRAINED DEEP THINKING, MOVEMENT SEEKING SON.
THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES ARE AFFORDED HIM FOR MASTERY IN HIS OWN TIME AS MY ACADEMICALLY MINDED BOOK.
SMART COLOR IN THE LINE'S DAUGHTER, THEY'RE GONNA GET THERE AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA GET THERE.
AND THIS IS TRUE FOR EVERY SINGLE ACT AND LEARNER.
THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH DIFFERENT CONTENT AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
THERE'S NO JUST SHOVING YOU ALONG.
IT'S EXPECTED AND IT'S CHEERED ON.
YOU HEAR PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE CLAPPING WHEN YOU GET UP HERE.
THAT'S THE COMMUNITY MOVEMENT WITHIN ORDER IS THE NORM.
AND IT'S LINKED TO CORTICAL FUNCTIONS, NOT IGNORED DIFFERENCES IN CUSTOMIZATION.
WITHIN ACT ACADEMICS IS WHAT IS EXPECTED.
NO STRUGGLING, NO GIFTED, NO A DHD, NO DYSLEXIA EVEN.
THERE ARE KIDS WITH ALL THOSE LABELS THERE.
IT'S NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE AS A CONCEPT, IT EMBRACES VYGOTSKY'S ZONES OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE JUST CALL IT THE CHALLENGE ZONE.
YOU LEAN INTO IT, YOU GET TO LEARN MORE.
THE IMPACT IS GREATER THAN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PHYSICAL ROOMS THAT YOU ARE DECIDING ABOUT.
IT IS THE DEEP FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION OF CHILDREN LEARNING HOW TO LEARN, HOW TO DO, AND HOW TO BE SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THIS COMMUNITY GOOCHLAND AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE WORLD INTO A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE THEY WERE DEVELOPED INTO THE PEOPLE THEY WERE MEANT TO BE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, AS YOU HEAR THE STORIES, TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S NOT JUST A GOOD STORY, THAT THERE'S THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT.
THERE'S A BIGGER PICTURE THAT WE'RE ALL PLAYING INTO, AND THESE KIDS ARE WHAT'S GONNA TAKE US THERE.
UH, MY NAME IS JESSE GLOVER, 8 0 1 BROAD STREET.
UM, SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT SCHOOL, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UH, I LIVED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED, UH, BUILDING OF THE SCHOOL.
UH, I MISSED THE, UH, FIRST ONE, THE FIRST MEETING WITH THE FIRST SET OF DRAWINGS.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE.
THE THESE SECOND SET OF DRAWINGS WERE NICER.
IT LOOKS LIKE LAZY ARCHITECTURE TO ME.
UH, STILL, ONCE AGAIN, I LIVE THERE.
I'VE SEEN THE ACCIDENTS ON THE CORNER OF THREE CHOPPED AND BROAD STREET.
THIS IS NOT GONNA MAKE THIS BETTER.
UM, AND IT, IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER WHITE MONSTROSITY, LIKE THE CHINESE CHURCH RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
UH, THEY'RE BUILDING ALL THESE THINGS OVER BY THE AMAZON FACILITY AND THE DATA CENTER.
STICK THIS OVER THERE WITH THE REST OF THEM.
UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT SCHOOL.
I WISH THEM LUCK IN FINDING THEIR ORIGINAL HOME.
SOUNDS LIKE THEY ALREADY HAD ONE CHOSEN.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT LOCATION.
HI, MY NAME IS SCOTT MARSHALL.
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ROAD.UM, THE SPEED LIMIT ON THREE CHOPPER ROAD IS 45 MILES AN HOUR.
WE'D LIKE TO ALL BELIEVE EVERYBODY DRIVES 45 MILES AN HOUR ON THREE CHOP ROAD, NOT THE CASE.
IN ADDITION, THERE'S A CURVE JUST TO THE NORTH, THE ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL.
IF ANYBODY'S HEADING SOUTH ON THREE CHOP ROAD TOWARDS THE BROAD STREET, THEY COME AROUND THAT CURVE, THAT FIRST DRIVEWAY FOR THE PROPOSED LOCATION, UM, IS GONNA BE RIGHT THERE.
SO IF SOMEBODY'S NOT OBEYING SPEED LIMIT, WHICH HAPPENS EVERY, EVERY SINGLE DAY, TRUST ME.
ALSO THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, THREE CHOP ROAD AND BROAD STREET.
WHEN YOU, AT THAT INTERSECTION, WHEN YOU'RE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN OUT OF THERE, YOU'RE LOOKING UPHILL THIS WAY, YOU'RE LOOKING UPHILL THIS WAY, AND IT'S VERY LIMITED.
SO, UM, DURING PEAKED TRAVEL TIMES, UH, AGAIN, FOLKS AREN'T ALWAYS DRIVING 55 MILES AN HOUR ON BROAD STREET.
SO, UH, THEY CLOSE DOWN ON YOU PRETTY QUICK WHEN THEY COME OVER THOSE HILLS.
SO I'D BE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY CONCERNED ABOUT, AGAIN, MORE ACCIDENTS, UM, AND JUST REALLY A SAFETY CONCERN.
I LIVE IN FOX DOWNS RIGHT UP THE ROAD FROM ACTON.
UM, SO I, UM, UH, HOMESCHOOLED MY KIDS, SENT 'EM TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND THEN THEY FINISHED HERE AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
UM, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S THRILLED AT THEIR SCHOOL.
I KNOW I FELT THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
I SENT MY KIDS TOO, BUT, UM, THEY ALSO LEARNED HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
THIS ISN'T, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE THE CORNER ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, I WAS PART OF A HOMESCHOOLING CO-OP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A HOMESCHOOLING CO-OP OR A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
I KNOW IT COSTS ABOUT $14,000, SO IT'S NOT OPEN TO EVERY G***H LENDER.
UM, I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM MY NEIGHBORS OVER THERE THAT I SAW AND MY KID CAME CRASHING THROUGH YOUR PROPERTY
UM, ON THE WEEKENDS AND THE WEEKDAYS, YOU'LL SEE BICYCLISTS COMING FROM SOUTH TREE, THREE CHOPPED, GETTING ONTO TWO 50, AND THEN HOPPING ON THAT OTHER THREE CHOPPED, UH, HOARDS OF BICYCLES.
WHEN YOU'RE AT THAT THREE CHOPPED PLACE AND YOU LOOK UP, THERE'S PEOPLE COMING BARRELING DOWN ON YOU FROM THIS WAY.
AND THE OTHER WAY, HAVING THREE CHOP BE THE, UM, EXIT AND ENTRANCE IS A BAD IDEA.
HAVING THE BROAD STREET ONE BE THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT, ALSO A BAD IDEA.
THE TRAFFIC ALONE, I AGREE WITH THE, UM, UH, THE RENDERINGS.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.
UM, I THINK HAVING THOSE, UM, THOSE PA MAN MILLED MANMADE PONDS THAT YOU BUILD LOOKED TERRIBLE.
UM, THE FENCING, THE LIGHTING, UM, IT USED TO BE THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME DRIVING DOWN TO SEE THE STARS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN FOX DOWNS.
THEY DON'T DO IT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF LIGHT POLLUTION.
THIS IS GONNA ADD LIGHT POLLUTION IF THEY HAVE ANY FUNDRAISERS AT NIGHTS.
THERE'S JUST, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT'S KIND OF INFURIATING IS TO CAN THINK THAT IT, THE ALTERNATIVE IS SOMEHOW BETWEEN THIS SCHOOL AND A GAS STATION.
UM, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANY KIND OF BUSINESS WHERE YOU HAVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, UM, PEOPLE THAT COUNTS COMING IN AND OUT AND IN AND OUT TWICE A DAY.
AND ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC, WE CAN FIND A BETTER USE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UM, WE NEED MORE FARMLAND HERE.
WE NEED MORE HOMES THAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I LOVE I, THE SCHOOL SOUNDS GREAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOT A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS, BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR IT.
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER HOW GOOD OR BAD THE SCHOOL IS, IT'S THE LOCATION.
UM, I KNOW OUR FIRE AND RESCUE IS ALREADY, UM, REALLY OVERWORKED WHEN MY KID GOT IN THAT ACCIDENT.
BUT WE NEED A NEW FIRE AND RESCUE PLACE.
THAT WOULD BE AN AWESOME, YOU KNOW, USE FOR PROPERTY IN GLAND RATHER THAN ANOTHER SCHOOL.
I LIVE, UH, NEXT DOOR TO THE SCHOOL AND I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE THEY STARTED THE SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEARS, SINCE THEY'VE BEEN THERE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY LIKE, I HAVEN'T NOTICED ANY KIND OF TRAFFIC.
I TAKE MY KIDS TO GYMNASTICS EVERY DAY FROM LIKE BETWEEN THREE 40 AND FOUR 10.
SO IT HASN'T AFFECTED ME ONE BIT AS FAR AS LIKE THE SCHOOL, LIKE MY WIFE'S A NURSE, SHE WORKS A NIGHT SHIFT.
SHE, THEY'VE NEVER WOKEN HER UP.
LIKE I'VE LOVED HAVING THEM AS MY NEIGHBORS.
AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS LIKE, THEY'VE BEEN LIKE, AMAZING.
I WAS WAITING FOR A EASIER ACT TO FOLLOW WITH ALL THESE, UH, FOLKS HERE IN SUPPORT OF ACTON.
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I FIGURED I'D BE HERE ALL NIGHT IF I HAD TO WAIT THAT LONG.UM, SO I WAS GONNA ALTER SOME OR OFFER SOME ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE FROM SOME OF THE OTHER ACTON FAMILIES THAT SPOKE TONIGHT.
MY FAMILY MOVED HERE SIX YEARS AGO.
PRIOR TO ACTON EXISTING, WE MOVED TO GUCCI AND 'CAUSE WE WERE, WE WANTED TO RAISE A FAMILY IN A RURAL COMMUNITY, QUIET, SAFE COMMUNITY.
WHEN ACTON CAME ALONG, WE WERE GENERALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T MOVE TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF ACTON.
WE ENDED UP JOINING ACTON THIS PAST FALL.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY BLESSED AND GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I GUESS REALLY THE THING I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS WHEN I ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY MEETING THIS PAST DECEMBER, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BY THE PUBLIC, THEY RESONATED WITH ME.
I WAS SYMPATHETIC TO THE CONCERNS.
I THINK EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB TONIGHT HIGHLIGHTING, UH, KAITLIN AND JOHN HIGHLIGHTING WHERE, WHY THIS IS OKAY OR PERMITTED PER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PER THE COUNTY CODE.
I THINK THAT MICHAEL AND, UM, KAITLYN HAD BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO HEAR THE PUBLIC'S CONCERNS AND TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND, AND ACCOMMODATE THEM AND, AND ACCOUNT FOR THEM.
AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, FULFILLING THE SPIRIT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND REPURPOSING EXISTING BUILDINGS AND TRYING TO USE SELECT ARCHITECTURE AND FINISHES THAT, UM, MAINTAIN, PRESERVE THE CHARACTER, THE RURAL CHARACTER AND NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I'M, I'M SURE THEY'RE OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING THIS DIALOGUE.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY A HEALTHY DIALOGUE TO HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING A BALANCED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY.
AND JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT 2 CENTS AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR TIME.
I DON'T LIKE TO TALK IN PUBLIC.
I'M ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WE'RE EVEN START.
I'VE TAKEN A MILLION NOTES LISTENING TO EVERYBODY, OR AT LEAST TRYING TO IT.
I'M SO GLAD YOU PARENTS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR KIDS' EDUCATION.
'CAUSE I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION, BUT YOU'RE NOT HERE TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE PARENTS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM.
YOU'RE HERE TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT IS THIS A GOOD FIT FOR GLAND AND THIS PARTICULAR SPOT, A RESOUNDING NO.
AND ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS ARE THOSE TWO ENTRANCES ON THREE CHOP.
HOW AM I EVER GOING TO GET OUT THREE CHOPPED IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON.
IT IS A SMALL UNMARKED, CURVY, HILLY COUNTRY ROAD.
WE DON'T EVEN GONNA START TALKING ABOUT THE AVIS TRUCKS THAT GO DOWN THERE ALL DAY LONG WITH MANURE AND MILK FROM THE AVIS FARM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THREE CHOPPED.
THIS AREA IS DESIGNATED RURAL ENHANCEMENT, AND I LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET.
AND RURAL ENHANCEMENT TALKS ABOUT DESIGNING TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY OF THE RURAL COMMUNITIES.
IT TALKS ABOUT DEVELOPING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES LIKE HEALTHCARE AND TRANSPORTATION THAT DOESN'T FIT THIS EITHER.
IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES SUCH AS OUTDOOR RECREATIONS.
AND IT DOES TALK ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES, 12,000 SQUARE FEET, BUILDING 125 CHILDREN.
THAT IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS, NOT IN THE LEAST, OKAY? AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY'RE GONNA PUT THERE.
UM, I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY WATER TABLE.
WE HAD TO DIG ANOTHER WELL A COUPLE YEARS AGO BECAUSE THE WATER TABLE'S FALLING DOWN.
HOW MUCH WATER ARE THEY GOING TO USE ON THAT SAFETY? AND WE, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY THEY WERE GONNA PUT THE ENTRANCE ON BROAD STREET, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANNA HAVE TO DO THE TURNING LANE.
BUT THEY HAD THE ENTRANCES ON A SMALL RURAL COUNTRY ROAD.
IT'S GONNA BLOCK ME IN THAT I CAN'T EVER GET OUT.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'M GLAD THESE PARENTS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL.
I WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT TEACHING ALL MY LIFE.
OKAY, BUT YOU'RE HERE TO FIND OUT IS THIS THE RIGHT FIT FOR WHERE IT IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT THEY LOVE THE PROGRAM.
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AUTUMN BREEZE DRIVE IN OILVILLE.I'VE LIVED IN GLAND OVER THREE DECADES, AND THE WORST THING ABOUT THIS COUNTY IS THE SIRENS.
AND THAT'S ONLY HAPPENED IN THE LAST 10, 12 YEARS.
I'M NOT THAT FAR OFF A BROAD STREET ROAD, UM, OFF OF CARDWELL.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THE CHILLS, GO UP AND DOWN MY SPINE EVERY TIME I HEAR THOSE SIRENS GO OFF AND THEY GO OFF FREQUENTLY.
AND TO ADD ANOTHER 125 CARS EVERY DAY, IT, IT'S A DEATH TRAP.
UM, THEY'VE MENTIONED A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS, AND THAT IS, OUR ROADS HAVE ALMOST NO SHOULDER WHATSOEVER.
MY WIFE ASKS ME OCCASIONALLY, WHY DO YOU TAKE 64? WELL, MAYBE 64 IS JUST AS BAD, BUT AT LEAST YOU'RE ALL GOING IN ONE DIRECTION.
AND TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, I DERIVE 64 MOSTLY BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERNS NOT ABOUT MYSELF, BUT ABOUT EVERYBODY WHO IS COMING THE OTHER WAY.
AND WHEN I MOVED TO THIS COUNTY, UM, STRANGELY ENOUGH, THERE WERE NO CELL PHONES.
UM, THERE WAS, THE DISTRACTIONS WEREN'T THERE.
THE TRAFFIC WASN'T AS, AS HEAVY AS IT IS TODAY.
SOMETIMES TO COME OFF OF, UH, CARDWELL ONTO, UH, BROAD STREET ROAD IS, IS, IS JUST AWFUL.
AND I KNOW I DRIVE PAST OFF ENOUGH WHEN IT'S NOT BUSY.
I, I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE, I I I DON'T JUST WORRY ABOUT IT'S GONNA BE SOMEBODY IN THE GLAND COMMUNITY THAT'S KILLED.
I WORRY IT'S GONNA BE, HEY TONY, IT'S SO AND SO.
SOMEBODY I COACHED PLAYING BASEBALL.
SOMEBODY I DID CHARITY WORK WITH, SOMEBODY I WENT TO CHURCH WITH.
THAT'S WHAT REALLY, REALLY CONCERNS ME.
IT, IT'S INTERESTING THE MENTION ABOUT BENEDICTINE AND ADAMS. ADAMS, THE ENTRANCE IS ON BROAD STREET ROAD.
THERE'S A LOT MORE GOING ON AT TWO 50 AND THREE CHOPPED THAN THERE IS NEAR ADAMS. THE OTHER THING IS AT BENEDICTINE, BENEDICTINE HAS A, HAS A DECELERATION LANE AND IT'S 45 DEGREES ON RIVER ROAD AS OPPOSED TO 55.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT DRIVING 55, THEY'RE DRIVING FASTER THAN THAT.
UM, THE LAST THING IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I HEARD THE COUNTY PLANNING PERSON, UH, MENTION DOESN'T SPEAK TO COMMERCIAL.
UM, WELL, SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP.
UM, THIS ISN'T A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.
I MEAN THIS IS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.
HI, I AM SONYA WORSHAM AT 78 7 8 5 3 TOP ROAD.
MY HUSBAND, I, HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS NICHOLAS WORSHAM AND I LIVE AT 7 85 3 CHOPPED ROAD.
I'M DIRECTLY ADJACENT, UH, NEIGHBORS TO THIS, UH, PROPOSAL.
UH, WE WOULD SHARE A, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE REAR PROPERTY LINE OF THE, UH, PROPOSED SCHOOL.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I, UH, ALSO WANTED TO ENJOY THE QUIET, UH, RURAL AREAS OF GLAND.
AND WE MOVED TO, UH, RIGHT OFF ROUTE SIX IN CROSIER IN 2010.
AND, UH, WE GOT MARRIED IN OUR BACKYARD.
UH, ONE OF THEM IS HERE, BRIANNA.
SHE, UM, SHE HAS, UH, LEMONADE STANDS AND, UH, PET SITS AND, AND DOES QUITE WELL.
UM, SO, UH, OVER THE 12 YEARS, UH, LIVING IN THAT AREA, UH, AS, AS THE COURTHOUSE AREA GREW, TRAFFIC ON ROUTE SIX STEADILY INCREASED.
OBVIOUSLY PLENTY OF ACCIDENTS, UH, THE SPEED IS QUITE DIFFERENT THERE.
UM, AND SAFETY BECAME, UH, A GROWING AND PRIMARY CONCERN FOR US AND ULTIMATELY BECAME THE MAIN REASON WE, UH, MADE A DIFFICULT DECISION TO SELL THAT
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PROPERTY.AND, UH, JESS UNDERSTANDS THIS, UH, WE SOLD IN 21 AND, UH, THE HISTORIC SELLER'S MARKET CAME INTO PLAY.
UM, AND FINDING OUR NEXT HOME, UH, BECAME, UH, NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE, UH, IN THE COUNTY OF GLAND.
SO AFTER FOUR YEARS AND FOUR MOVES IN THOSE FOUR YEARS AFTER BEING IN AND OUT OF OUR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, SHUTTLING THEM BACK AND FORTH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE OF SAVING AND SACRIFICING SO WE COULD AFFORD A MONTHLY PAYMENT PUTTING 20% DOWN ON A PROPERTY THAT WE NEED.
UM, WE FINALLY, FINALLY THOUGHT WE FOUND OUR, OUR LONG-TERM HOME HERE, UH, AT 7 85 3 CHOPPED ROAD, UM, BEFORE PURCHASING THREE CHOPPED.
I'VE BEEN A REAL ESTATE BROKER FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT VIRGINIA'S A BUYER BEWARE ESTATE.
SO I STUDIED THE ZONING, I STUDIED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I STUDIED THE RULE ENHANCEMENT AREA PRINCIPLES.
AND BASED ON THESE FACTORS, MY CALCULATIONS CAME UP WITH ONE HOME ON THE PROPOSED SITE, UH, MAYBE A FAMILY SUBDIVISION.
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.
TWO AND MAYBE THREE ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THEIR HISTORIC PROPERTY IS.
I WAS RAISED IN A HOME BUILT IN 1750.
THE LAST THING WE WOULD WANNA DO IS PUT UP NEW HOMES ON OUR PROPERTY.
SO, UM, THAT REALLY, UH, WAS AN EFFECT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR HOMES.
WORST CASE, IN MY OPINION, UH, THAT FELT COMPATIBLE, THAT FELT REASONABLE, THAT FELT LIKE SOMETHING WE COULD LIVE WITH.
SO WE INVESTED OUR FEATURE HERE.
OUR HOME SITS ABOUT 70 FEET FROM THE SHARED PROPERTY LINE, ABOUT 200 FEET FROM THE SILO AND BARNS, UH, FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW THAT PROPOSED 12,000 SQUARE FOOT.
INSPECT, UH, EXPANSION, ATHLETIC BUILDING, THE PLAYGROUNDS, THE PARKING LOT, WHICH SIT, SIT LESS THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY.
THERE IS NO MEANINGFUL BUFFER, BUFFER, IN MY OPINION, A SIX FOOT VINYL FENCE AND A ONE LINE OF TREES OR BUSHES.
UM, SO YES, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT LIGHTING, POLLUTION, SECURITY, AND POLE LIGHTS SPILLING INTO OUR YARD AND WINDOWS.
UH, YES, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE AND OVERALL ACTIVITY, EXPANDED PARKING VEHICLES, FIELDS, RECESS, DAILY HUSTLE, AND BUSTLE.
YES, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WELL AND SEPTIC.
I HAVEN'T STUDIED ENOUGH ABOUT IT, BUT, UH, IN MY OPINION, I DON'T THINK THIS WAS EVER INTENDED FOR THIS LEVEL OF USAGE.
UM, BUT MY GREATEST CONCERN IS TRAFFIC AND SAFETY.
UH, THIS CORRIDOR IS ALREADY HEAVILY CONGESTED.
IT'S THE REASON WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A SAFER PLACE FOR US TO LIVE.
UM, THE DROP OFF AND PICKUP TIMES DIRECTLY OVERLAP WITH PEAK COMMUTER HOURS.
UM, JUST LAST MONTH, I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE LONG.
JANUARY 12TH, THERE WAS A SERIOUS ACCIDENT RIGHT AT THREE CHOPPED AND BROAD.
UH, BROAD WAS SHUT DOWN, TRAFFIC REROUTED, UH, TO SHALLOW WELL.
UM, AND EVEN WITH THIS PICKUP LANE ON SITE, WHICH THEY SAY THE VEHICLES EXITING ARE GONNA HAVE TO, TO TURN ON BROAD STREET.
I UNDERSTAND THE DAILY ACTIVITIES, TRYING TO GET TO WORK ON TIME, TRYING TO GET TO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
WE'LL SIT IN TRAFFIC WHEN TRAFFIC BACKS UP.
PEOPLE MAKE RUSH DECISIONS, THEY DART INTO SMALL GAPS.
THEY TRY TO BEAT THE NEXT ONCOMING CAR.
AND ACCIDENT RISK RISES SIGNIFICANTLY.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WILL START DRIVING NEXT YEAR.
THE THOUGHT OF HER HAVING TO NA NAVIGATE THIS DAILY GRIDLOCK IS A REAL PROBLEM, CONCERN NOT ONLY FOR MY FAMILY, BUT ALL WHO TRAVEL THIS AREA.
SO ADDING INTENSITY DOES NOT IMPROVE SAFETY.
IT INCREASES EXPOSURE OR PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS TO PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CLEAR.
THE RULE ENHANCEMENT AREA IS MEANT TO PRESERVE LARGE PARCELS, OPEN SPACE, AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL HISTORY AND CHARACTER.
IT WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR THIS AGGRESSIVE AND AMBITIOUS LAYOUT.
ONCE WE EXPAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND INCREASE DENSITY HERE, WE PERMANENTLY CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THIS LAND.
AND WE CANNOT UNDO THIS DECISION.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EXISTS TO PROVIDE PREDICTABILITY.
IF WE SET ASIDE, IF WE SET IT ASIDE, WE LOSE ITS MEANING.
THE RURAL ENHANCEMENT AREAS SHOULD REMAIN RURAL.
WE HAVE ENOUGH GROWTH IN OUR COUNTY WITHIN OUR CURRENT PLAN, DIRECT GROWTH TO WHERE IT BELONGS.
HIGH DENSITY ZONES AND VILLAGES KEEP G***H AND RURAL AND BEAUTIFUL.
THE REASON WHY WE MOVED HERE RESPECTFULLY, THAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE UPHELD AND FOR THE, FOR THESE REASONS, WE OPPOSE THIS EXPANSION.
HI, MY NAME IS UH, BURKE MORTON AND I LIVE AT 7 6 4 3 CHOP ROAD.
AND UH, I'M GONNA SEED MY TIME, UH, TO MS. WEBSTER.
I LIVE AT 7 6 4 3 CHOPPED ROAD AND I'M GONNA SEED MY TIME.
I LIVE AT 7 7 1 BROAD STREET ROAD, MANNEQUIN SABOT.
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AND I'M AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER ON THE SOUTH.AND THIS ACTUALLY WAS MY GRANDPA'S BARN IN SILO.
UM, I GREW UP AT THIS LOCATION.
I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO CAN SAY THAT 60 YEARS WORTH OF LIVING HERE WENT TO GLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, GRADUATED IN 85, WENT TO VIRGINIA TECH, GOT A MASTER'S DEGREE, WORKED AT PFIZER FOR 30 YEARS OR WHATEVER.
AND I'M EARLY RETIRED AND NOW I DRIVE FOR MEALS ON WHEELS.
SO I, I GET THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THING.
SO ANYWAY, I OPPOSE APPROVAL OF THIS PERMIT.
AND THIS IS WHY 0.1, THE SITE DOES NOT MEET GENERALLY ACCEPTED SCHOOL ACREAGE STANDARDS.
THIS IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL, BUT FOR REFERENCE, ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S OFFICIAL PLANNING GUIDELINES, THE COMBINED AGE SCHOOL SITE OF THIS SCALE SHOULD PROVIDE ROUGHLY 11 ACRES.
THE PROPOSED SEVEN ACRE SITE FALLS WELL BELOW THIS RECOMMENDED STANDARD RAISING SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THE SITE'S ABILITY TO SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT THE FUNCTIONAL NEEDS OF A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
AT THE 2022 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, PRIOR TO APPROVAL OF THE PERMIT FOR THE CURRENT SHALLOW, SHALLOW WELL SITE, YOU THE COMMISSION ASKED THE APPLICANTS OF THEIR PLANS FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
THE APPLICANT STATED THEY DIDN'T WANT A LARGE GROUP OF KIDS THAT THE MODEL WOULDN'T WORK FOR OVER 50 CHILDREN.
AND IF THEY NEEDED TO MOVE, THEY PROBABLY LOOKED TO HENRICO BECAUSE THOSE TRAVELING THE FURTHEST COME FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF SCHWART BUNK.
THIS IS ONLY ONE MILE CLOSER TO HENRICO.
BROAD STREET ROAD, A 55 MILE PER HOUR ARTERIAL HIGHWAY INTERSECTING A RURAL ROAD HEAVILY USED BY AGRICULTURAL TRUCKS.
AND WHEN I SAY HEAVILY USED, I'VE BEEN HERE 60 YEARS.
HEAVILY USED SLUDGE TRUCKS, SLUDGE, SLUDGE, SLUDGE.
THE INTERSECTION IS DANGEROUS.
JANUARY THE 12TH, 9 1 1 CAR ACCIDENT.
YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CAR ACCIDENT, THIS ISN'T A JOKE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.
IT'S A T INTERSECTION SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO HILLS WITHIN A VERY SHORT DISTANCE OF EACH OTHER.
THERE'S ANOTHER INTERSECTION AT THE TOP OF ONE OF THEM.
WE'RE SIX 12 ACROSS FROM WOODLAWN.
THERE'S NO WARNING SIGNS, NO WATCH FOR TURNING VEHICLE SIGNS ON EITHER SIDE OF THESE HILLS.
THERE'S DRIVEWAYS ON BOTH SIDES.
THERE'S DRIVEWAYS ON THREE CHOP CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION.
IN FACT, I TURN ON MY TURN LIGHT WHEN I LEAVE MY DRIVEWAY SO THAT PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE KNOW WHERE I'M GOING.
AND I ALSO TURN ON EITHER MY HAZARDS OR MY TURN LIGHT WHEN I COME DOWN OVER THOSE HILLS SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T RAM ME FROM THE BACK 'CAUSE I TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY AT THE BOTTOM, ALMOST RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE STREET SHOP THERE.
IF THE TURN LANE SCHOOL WARNING SIGNAGE OR REDUCED SPEED LIMITS ARE NOT REQUIRED, HOW HAS THE COUNTY EVALUATED WHETHER THE TERMINATION SETS A PRECEDENT FOR LOWERED SAFETY STANDARDS? THIS IS A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.
THIS IS NOT AT LEAST, WELL FOR ME, I'LL JUST SPEAK FOR ME.
THIS IS NOT THE SIMPLE INCONVENIENCE OF INCREASED TRAFFIC.
NOTHING TO DO WITH TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE A CAR FULL OF KIDS BEING REAR-ENDED IN THAT LITTLE INTERSECTION AT 55 MILES PER HOUR.
THE EPA HAS RECOMMENDED THAT NEW SCHOOLS BE LOCATED AWAY FROM HIGH TRAFFIC ROADS BECAUSE OF SUCH HAZARDS.
IN FACT, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THERE ARE NO PUBLIC, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, OR HIGH SCHOOLS ON BROAD STREET, BROAD STREET ROAD, ROUTE TWO 50.
ANY NAME YOU WANNA GIVE IT IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ALL THE WAY UNTIL YOU GET TO CHARLOTTESVILLE.
BUT RICHMOND CITY TO CHARLOTTESVILLE, NO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CENTRAL RICHMOND OR CENTRAL MONTESSORI ON EAST BROAD, WHICH IS NOT A VERY TRAFFICKED AREA.
UH, CHARTER HOUSE ON WEST BROAD, THAT'S WHERE UMFS WAS.
AND THEN ADAMS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY REGISTERED AS A CHILDCARE FACILITY THAT'S ON OVER A HUNDRED ACRES.
IT'S NOT IN AN INTERSECTION LIKE THIS AREA.
AND AS FAR AS THE TWO PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN RICHMOND, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY AT A LOT LOWER MILE, PRO LOT LOWER SPEED LIMIT.
AND THERE'S TRAFFIC LIGHTS 0.3 BECAUSE THIS SITE WILL SERVE YOUNG CHILDREN.
AND BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN USED ONLY FOR AGRICULTURE SINCE AT LEAST 1936 WHEN MY DAD MOVED UP HERE AND I'VE SEEN IT AND HEARD IT
I ASK THAT THE COUNTY CAREFULLY CONSIDER THESE POTENTIAL HAZARDS, MOST OF WHICH ARE ADDRESSED WITH MY WRITTEN SUBMISSION THAT I SENT YOU.
ALL ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDE HISTORIC, PERSISTENT ORGANIC PEST, ORGANIC CHLORINE PESTICIDES SUCH AS DT, DDT, RECENT COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS OF GLYPHOSATE, WHICH IS ROUNDUP FOR EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS WHAT ROUNDUP IS, THEY SPRAY IT ON THE FIELDS.
SO ABANDONED SILOS, THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY
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OLD.AND WHILE THEY'RE VERY BEAUTIFUL, THEY HAVE LADDER ON 'EM.
I KNOW I'VE CLIMBED THEM, CLIMBED THEM.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU GOT A FOUR FEET, 10 FOOT FENCE, KIDS ARE GONNA TRY TO CLIMB THOSE SILOS.
STORM WATER PONDS HAVE CONSTRUCTED AND THEN AIR POLLUTION, EPA AGAIN, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT NEW SCHOOLS BE LOCATED AWAY FROM ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS BECAUSE OF AIR POLLUTION, SLUDGE SLUDGE AND CHEMICAL PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTHEAST, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF WOODLAWN THERE RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM 'EM AND HARVESTING AND TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES.
TYPICAL FARMING WILL CONTINUE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A SCHOOL YARD FULL OF CHILDREN.
VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION RESOURCES CLASSIFY SCHOOLS AS SENSITIVE AREAS THAT SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM ROUTINE PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS AND ENCOURAGE BUFFERS AND DRIFT REDUCTION PRACTICES.
THESE PUBLICATIONS SPECIFICALLY ADVISE THAT SENSITIVE SITES LIKE SCHOOLS NOT BE LOCATED NEAR ROUTINE SPRAY AREAS COMMONLY FOUND IN AGRICULTURAL ZONES.
ALL OF THIS BEING SAID, THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE PROPOSED USE.
AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS, MY OWN SON DIED SIX YEARS AGO.
KIDS HERE CAN'T VOTE FOR THIS, RIGHT? IT'S THE ADULTS THAT NEED TO DO IT.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE ADULTS NEED TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THE INFORMATION BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT AND NOT BE IN A HURRY TO GET THIS DONE BY A CERTAIN TIME SO THAT SCHOOL CAN OPEN BY A CERTAIN TIME TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AND EVALUATE ALL THE RESOURCES, RESEARCH FOR YOURSELVES, ALL THIS INFORMATION, AND THEN MAKE A DECISION BASED OFF OF WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN, NOT REALLY EXACTLY WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE BUSINESS OR WHAT'S GOOD FOR WHATEVER.
AND MY SON, HE WENT TO RICHMOND MONTESSORI SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL AND GROVE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN RICHMOND.
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE SCHOOL, NONE OF THESE PROPOSALS.
THIS LOCATION IS A VERY BAD LOCATION.
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING MY COMMENTS IN THE PUBLIC PRACTICE.
I LIVE AT 7 7 4 3 CHOPPED ROAD AND I'D LIKE TO SEED MY TIME TO RUDY BUTLER.
THAT'S THE WIFE, MY NEIGHBORS FIRE CHIEF HERE FOR YEARS.
UH, FRANKIE IS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS. SO, UH, MS. WISE WANTED ME TO SPEAK TO ON BEHALF OF THEM.
I'LL TELL YOU HOW WE GOT HERE.
I WAS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 20 YEARS.
I'M SORRY, CAN I GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? OH, I'M SORRY.
DEAR
I HAVEN'T DONE THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
I WAS ON THE BOARD HERE FOR 20 YEARS AND WE WANTED TO SAVE GLANDS, RURAL AREA.
THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY COMES HERE, WANTS TO LIVE HERE.
SO WE DID WEST CREEK, MY FRIENDS, AND WE WERE GOING TO PUT ALL THE COMMERCIAL IN WEST CREEK AND WE DID, WE DIDN'T GET MOTOROLA, BUT WE GOT A ENGINEERING SCHOOL AT VCU AND WE GOT TO 88.
WE WANTED THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE IN THE LOW END OF THE COUNTY TO SAVE THE OTHER FOR RURAL ENHANCEMENT.
RIGHT NOW WE DIDN'T GET MOTOROLA, BUT WE GOT EI LILLY COMING THROUGH THAT SPOT.
SO WHEN WE GOT SOME GREAT COMPANIES, CARMAX, CAP ONE, UH, WE HAVE HAD THE FEDERAL RESERVE.
I REMEMBER MEETING WITH THAT GUY,
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY WANTED.
THEY WANTED TO SAVE THE COUNTY FOR RURAL ENHANCEMENT.
AND THIS LAND IS, WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD, WE HAD TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WANTED TO COME TO PUT SOMETHING THERE.
AND OF COURSE I DIDN'T WANT IT.
COURSE I LIVED RIGHT THERE AT IT.
BUT WE HAD PEOPLE WANTED TO PUT A AUCTION HOUSE OUT AND WE TURNED THEM DOWN.
WE, WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO PUT A RIDING STABLE THERE.
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GOTTA LOOK OUT IF PEOPLE WANT GO THEM TO BE RURAL AND WE START, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THIS SCHOOL.THE PROPER PLACE WOULD BE PROBABLY AROUND VILLE, SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE FOR THAT SCHOOL.
AND I THINK THEY WANT TO PUT IN THE TURN LANES NOW ON FREE SHOP BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT IT A TURN LANE ON TWO 50.
BUT THE CHINESE AMERICAN CHURCH HAS TURNED LANES AND THEY ONLY MEET PROBABLY SUNDAY AND A FEW CALLS DURING THE WEEK TIME SALEM, WE MADE PUT IN TURN LANES AND THE CHURCH DOWN IN, IN THE VALLEY THERE, I CALL 'EM A TRADITIONAL CHURCH.
WE MADE THEM AND THEY ARE VERY SMALL CHURCH TO PUT IN TURN LANES.
I THINK THESE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANTED TO TURN IN TURN LANES ON TWO 50 BECAUSE IT COST TOO MUCH.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WANTED TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE THEY AT NOW BEHIND THEM FROM THE CARAVA AND THE CARAVA DECIDED NOT TO BECAUSE IT WOULD IMPACT THOSE NICE HOMES RIGHT DOWN SHALLOW WELL FROM THEM.
AND I, I APPRECIATE THE CARAVA THINKING ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS, BUT FOLKS, IT BOILS DOWN TO THIS, IF WE BREAK IT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THERE'S PLENTY OF LAND AROUND CENTERVILLE.
THEY GOT, I KNOW WHEN WE BUILT A DAYCARE A LONG TIME AGO, WE WANTED TO BUILD A REASON WE BUILT THAT WAS BECAUSE OF WATER AND SEWER, HOW MUCH WATER THESE PEOPLE GOING TO USE.
I, UH, WE HAD TO DRILL A DEEPER WELL WHEN IT STARTED BUILDING THE HOUSES AROUND US.
SO, UH, AND, AND THE THING ON FREE CHOP, PEOPLE SPEED IT.
I TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE PUT UP OUR MAILBOX BACK BECAUSE PEOPLE SWING AROUND THAT IT, IT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR THESE PEOPLE, BUT IT'S A WRONG PLACE.
I HAVE ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TELL YOU.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, I DON'T THINK THESE PEOPLE WANT TO PUT UP.
IF YOU SEND A KID DIE AND THEY END UP WITH CANCER OR SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN USED ON, ON THAT LAND FOR 21 YEARS.
I, IT'S A CASE NOW WITH BAYER IN THE SUPREME COURT THAT THERE, UH, HEARING RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON DC IN A FEW WEEKS WHERE BAY IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE, UH, THING AND, AND THEY HAVE SET ASIDE $9 BILLION FOR THINGS.
WOULD YOU WANT YOUR KID TO GO TO WHERE WELL ROUNDUP BEEN PUT ON A PROPERTY FOUR TIMES A YEAR AFTER WITH CROPS TO, TO, UH, LET A KID GO THERE MAYBE LATER IN LIFE, HAVE CANCER AND THEN THEY SUE YOU.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW.
I FOUND THAT ABOUT AND AND I'M NOT SHOOTING YOU ANY BULL.
IT IT'S A GUY THAT WROTE IT, UH, DECEMBER, I MEAN MR. BUTLER, FEBRUARY THE 17TH, UH, THE DATE OF THE ARTICLE IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, IT ALSO APPEARED IN A RICHMOND PAPER.
THANK YOU MR. BUTLER FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU SAW IT IN THE RICHMOND PAPER.
BUT THIS, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED.
YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T TELL ABOUT THIS.
I TOLD YOU ABOUT A PIECE TO GO GET AND YOU WOULDN'T GO.
THANK YOU FOR YOU PEOPLE SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION.
I KNOW IT'S A USELESS JOB SOMETIMES, BUT THANK Y'ALL.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION THROUGH THE YEARS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD FOR THIS COUNTY.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, MY LICENSED PRO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
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UM, I'VE LIVED IN THE COUNTY FOR 40 YEARS, UH, THIS SUMMER.UM, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY WITH THIS SITE.
UM, I THINK THERE'S NO DENYING WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSAL, I MEAN THE SCHOOL WITH THE KIDS, I MEAN, THAT'S GREAT, BUT THE ISSUE IS SAFETY AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR OWN ZONING ORDINANCE SPEAKS TO WHEN EVALUATING CONDITIONAL USES SPEAKS TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS BROAD STREET ROAD.
SO THAT ENTRANCE ONTO BROAD STREET ROAD, CURRENTLY I WAS THE ENGINEER RECORD ON THAT.
IT DOESN'T MEET SITE DISTANCE.
YOU CAN'T MEET SITE DISTANCE ON BROAD.
THE INTERSECTION OF THREE CHOPPED AND BROAD DOESN'T MEET SITE DISTANCE.
I HAVE ALSO, I HAVE ALSO WITNESSED TWO ACCIDENTS THERE.
ONE OF THEM I'VE HAD TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT ON.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE, LIKE FOR ME AS AN ENGINEER, LIKE TO, TO ALLOW A USE LIKE THIS TO OCCUR, KNOWING THAT THERE'S AN ESTABLISHED SAFETY ISSUE AND LIKE THAT THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IS IF THERE WAS AN ENTRANCE AND THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT WITH SOME OF THESE KIDS AND YOU'RE MAKING IT WORSE.
IF THIS WERE TO GET APPROVED, I THINK THE SCHOOL ITSELF IS A GREAT IDEA.
IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S AWESOME, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT TO BE.
IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES WITH BROAD STREET RIGHT THERE AND IT, YOU CANNOT MEET SITE DISTANCE EVEN IF YOU DID TURN LANES, SO, OKAY.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LAUREN JOINER.
MY ADDRESS IS 8 0 6 BROAD STREET ROAD AND I'M GONNA SEED MY TIME TO MY MOM, AMY.
MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY ADDRESS IS 8 0 6 BROAD STREET ROAD MANNEQUIN SABOT, WHICH IS THE WHITE FARMHOUSE NEXT DOOR TO THE PROPOSED BUSINESS LOCATION.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING US TONIGHT.
THIS PROCESS HAS PROVIDED A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR MY HUSBAND AND I TO INTERACT WITH MORE OF OUR MORE NEIGHBOR WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS.
WE'VE SPOKEN TO WELL OVER 60 NEIGHBORS IN NEARBY RESIDENTS WHO CO-SIGNED AN EMAIL I SENT TO THE COMMISSION AND BOARD DEMONSTRATING THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE SENTIMENTS I EXPRESSED TONIGHT.
WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IN 1999 WHEN IT WAS IN BAD SHAPE.
WE GUTTED AND RESTORED IT WHILE LIVING AND IN IT AND WORKING FULL-TIME JOBS.
WE RAISED OUR THREE CHILDREN HERE AND WE LOVE OUR HOME AND WE LOVE LIVING IN GOOCHLAND.
WE'RE OPPOSED TO THIS CON CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
FIRST, WE FEEL LIKE IT IGNORES GLAND'S.
PHASE TWO CALLS FOR 22,000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDINGS, A LARGE PARKING LOT, TWO RETAINING PONDS AND ABOVE GROUND SEPTIC SYSTEM LIGHTING A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF DISTURBED AREA NOISE, AND AN INTENSE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE AND TRAFFIC, ALL OF WHICH DEFY THAT DEFINITION.
THESE ALSO DO NOT MEET SOME OF THE STANDARDS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ACCORDING TO THE GLAND COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES.
SECOND, IT JEOPARDIZES THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS, AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD TONIGHT.
BUT I WENT SO FAR AS TO SUBMIT A FOIA REQUEST THE TO THE GLAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
THESE ARE THE ACCIDENT REPORTS FOR THE SMALL SECTION OF BROAD STREET AND THAT THE 3, 2, 3 CHOPPED INTERSECTIONS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
IN SUMMARY, THESE ARE 62 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING 127 CARS.
33 OF THE ACCIDENTS WERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THREE CHOPPED AND BROAD, AND THEY INVOLVED 58 VEHICLES.
ONE INCLUDED A COUNTY FIRE TRUCK AND A SCHOOL BUS.
A MOTORCYCLIST HAD TO BE AIR AIRLIFTED OUT OF THE INTERSECTION.
THE JAWS OF LIFE WERE USED TO, TO EXTRACT THE DRIVER FROM AN ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION ON JANUARY 12TH OF THIS YEAR, YOU YEAR, YOU HEARD OTHERS MENTION THAT ONE AND BOTH ROADS WERE CLOSED FOR OVER AN HOUR.
CO YEARS SAW MUCH LESS TRAFFIC AND STILL THERE WERE MANY ACCIDENTS.
DRIVERS CAN'T SEE, LIKE YOU HEARD JONATHAN SAY, DRIVERS CAN'T SEE WHAT'S COMING OVER THE HILLS AND EITHER DIRECTION WHEN YOU'RE SITTING DOWN AT AT THREE CHOPPED.
LIKEWISE, THE DRIVER'S HEADING EAST AND WEST ON TWO 50, CAN'T SEE WHO'S SITTING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL WAITING TO TURN ONTO THREE CHOPPED, ESPECIALLY IF A FEW CARS ARE SLOWED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
REAR END INSIDE COLLISION COLLISIONS ARE WELL DOCUMENTED IN THESE ACCIDENT REPORTS.
THE INTERSECTION IS ALSO AN ACTIVE COUNTY SCHOOL BUS STOP, WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION MOVING THE BUSINESS ENTRANCE.
A SHORT DISTANCE FROM BROAD STREET DOESN'T ELIMINATE THE DANGER AND PROTECTING CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE TO MEET HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS AS SPECIFIED IN THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, BASED ON THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED TRAFFIC OF 75 CARS ISH, THERE
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WILL BE OVER 300 INDIVIDUAL CAR TRIPS IN AND OUT DAILY OF THAT LOCATION, WHICH INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF ACCIDENTS AT A KNOWN DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.TURN LANES ARE STOPLIGHTS, ARE REASONABLE AND NECESSARY.
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WOULD ALSO HELP.
MY QUESTION THOUGH IS WHY DOES THE BUSEN HAVE BUSINESS HAVE TO BE RIGHT HERE AT THIS LOCATION? WOULDN'T ACTON ACADEMY BENEFIT GO GOOCHLAND IF WERE, IF IT WERE IN ONE OF THE VILLAGES OR AREAS ZONED FOR BUSINESS THAT HAD SAFER ACCESS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES, THAT THIS LOCATION IS FINANCIALLY MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THE APPLICANTS IS NOT A VALID REASON TO PUT THE BUSINESS HERE.
IF THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, WE THINK ADDITIONAL CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE REGARDING LIGHTING AND BUFFERING TO AFFORD US AND THE OTHER NEIGHBORS MORE PRIVACY.
WE'D LIKE THE HOME TO REMAIN A RESIDENCE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE PAST 27 YEARS AND MORE.
BUT THE 27 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN THERE, ALVIS FARMS HAS UTILIZED THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND OURS AS PART OF A FARM, THEIR FARMING OPERATION.
IF THIS APPLICATION IS PASSED EVEN IN PHASE ONE, MR. ALVIS WILL LIKELY CEASE FARMING OUR PROPERTY, THEREBY DIRECTLY INFRINGING ON OUR LIVELIHOOD, CAUSING A NEGATIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT FOR BOTH MR. ALVIS AND OURSELVES.
THIS DEVIATES FROM STANDARD NUMBER THREE FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS IN THE GLAND COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, WHICH STATES, QUOTE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONDITIONAL USE WILL NOT IMPEDE THE NORMAL AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY FOR USES PERMITTED IN THE DISTRICT.
I ASK THAT YOU PUT YOURSELVES IN OUR SHOES.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF SOMEONE PROPOSED THIS NEXT TO YOUR HOME? THIS WILL OBSTRUCT OUR VIEW OF THE SUNRISE AND PARKING LOT.
LIGHTS WILL DROWN OUT THE MOON AND STARS.
EVEN DARK SKY COMPLIANT LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT.
I SEE THEM EVERY NIGHT THROUGH THE DENSE WOODS FROM THE CHURCH NEXT DOOR.
FOR US TO BE FLANKED ON EITHER SIDE BY TWO LARGE DEVELOPMENTS, BOTH ACCOMPLISHED WITH CONDITIONAL USE, PERMITS WITHOUT A CLEAR BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS IS UNJUSTIFIED.
WE HOPE THESE POINTS GIVE YOU PAUSE TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES.
THE NEGATIVES AT THIS LOCATION FAR OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS.
UM, BORN, RAISED STILL LIVE AT EIGHT ZERO SIX BROAD STREET ROAD.
I SEED MY TIME TO MY DAD, KEVIN JOYNER.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS KEVIN JOYNER AND MY WIFE AND I LIVE AT 8 0 6 BROAD STREET ROAD DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
IN QUESTION, I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS APPLICATION.
THE PROPOSED INTENSE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SMALL PARCEL CONFL CONFLICTS WITH BOTH THE GLAND COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE STANDARDS FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS OUTLINED IN SECTION 1560 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
FIRST, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS RURAL ENHANCEMENT.
THESE AREAS ARE INTENDED TO, AND I QUOTE, EXHIBIT A RURAL CHARACTER WITH LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL FOREST, OR OTHER USES WHICH ARE NOT PLANNED FOR PUBLIC OR CENTRAL UTILITIES.
THESE AREAS OF THE COUNTY PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE RURAL CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY AND SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM URBAN SPRAWL.
WHILE THE SITE PLAN FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT NOTES WELL IN PRIVATE, WELL IN SEPTIC SYSTEMS WILL BE UTILIZED.
THE FEASIBILITY AND LONG-TERM ADEQUACY OF THESE FOR SUCH A HIGH INTENSITY USE REMAINS UNCLEAR.
THE PROJECT SCALE, INCLUDING LARGE PARKING LOTS, GYMNASIUMS, SEDIMENT PONDS, AND PHASED EXPANSION DOES NOT REFLECT RURAL CHARACTER.
DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE BETTER SUITED TO DESIGNATED GROWTH AREAS OR LOCATIONS WITHIN EXISTING COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNED PUBLIC UTILITIES AS ENCOURAGED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PRESERVE THESE RURAL AREAS.
SECOND, THIS PROPOSAL FAILS TO MEET SEVERAL KEY STANDARDS FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1560 OF THE GLAND CODE OF ORDINANCES.
STANDARD NUMBER ONE STATES THE USE MUST NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, COMFORT, OR GENERAL WELFARE ON HEALTH.
THE INTENSITY COULD STRAIN GROUNDWATER AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS POTENTIALLY IMPACTING NEIGHBORING WELL AND SEPTIC FIELDS ON SAFETY.
IT WOULD GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AT THE ALREADY HAZARDOUS INTERSECTION OF THREE CHOPPED IN BROAD STREET SHERIFF'S OFFICE INCIDENT REPORTS THAT MY WIFE HAD VIA THE FOIA REQUEST DOCUMENT.
EXISTING DANGERS HERE SURELY ARE CAUSED IN PART BY LIMITED SITE DISTANCES, NOTABLY PRIOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS ON THIS PROPERTY.
ROUTED TRAFFIC, ALL TRAFFIC TO BROAD STREET
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TO SAFEGUARD THREE CHOPPED ROAD USERS.YET THIS PLAN DIRECTS EVEN MORE TRAFFIC ONTO THREE CHOPPED NEAR THE INTERSECTION.
HEIGHTENING RISKS ON COMFORT, MINIMAL OR NO BUFFERS ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE MEAN NOISE ACTIVITY, LIGHTING, AND VIEWS FROM THE SCHOOL WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT OUR HOME DESTROYING OUR EASTERN VIEW SHED AND EVERYDAY PEACE.
STANDARD FOUR STATES, THE ARCHITECTURAL APPEAL AND FUNCTIONAL PLAN MUST NOT VARY SO GREATLY FROM NEIGHBORING STRUCTURES ARE DISTRICT CHARACTER AS TO DEPRECIATE PROPERTY VALUES.
THIS PROPOSED INTENSITY, THIS PROPOSED INTENSITY STARKLY CONTRAST WITH THE SURROUNDING RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
STANDARD SIX STATES, ADEQUATE INGRESS AND EGRESS MUST BE PROVIDED, PRIORITIZING VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
PRIOR C PS, AGAIN FOR THIS SAME PROPERTY WERE FOR MICRO BUSINESSES, WHICH HAD NEGLIGIBLE TRAFFIC VIA THE BROAD STREET ACCESS ROUTING ALL SCHOOL TRAFFIC ONTO THREE CHOPS.
SO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION AT BROAD STREET SHOWS INADEQUATE CONSIDERATION FOR SAFETY AND TRAFFIC FLOW.
STANDARD SEVEN AND STANDARD NINE BOAS BOTH TALK ABOUT SCREENING.
STANDARD SEVEN STATES OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING MUST MINIMIZE NOISE, GLARE OR OTHER EFFECTS ON ADJOINING PROPERTIES.
STANDARD NINE STATES ADEQUATE SCREENING AND BUFFERING MUST BE PROVIDED WITH LITTLE TO NO EFFECTIVE BARRIER ADJACENT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
THESE IMPACTS WILL BE UNAVOIDABLE.
A STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IS TYPICALLY A 35 FOOT WIDE BUFFER WITH STAGGERED ROWS OF TREES SUCH AS LELAND CYPRUS.
PHASE ONE OFFERS ALMOST NO BUFFER AND PHASE TWO SHOWS ONLY INSUFFICIENT FENCING IN A FEW SMALL TREES.
ENCLOSING APPROVING THIS APPLICATION WOULD SANDWICH OUR HOME BETWEEN TWO QUASI COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS ELIMINATING TWO POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND CONSOLIDATING THEM INTO ONE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USE.
THIS CONTRADICTS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S INTENT TO PRESERVE RURAL CHARACTER ALONG THIS STRETCH OF BROAD STREET BETWEEN CENTERVILLE AND OILVILLE VILLAGES.
AND TO DEVELOP THOUGHTFULLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THIS LOCATION IS SIMPLY NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
WE WILL HAVE A TIME FOR YOU TO REBUTTAL IF YOU WANT TO ONCE, IF THAT'S OKAY.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK AGAIN? SURE.
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS MARK KANTHAL, UH, I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT.
I PRACTICE ALL ACROSS VIRGINIA AND, UH, THE LAND USE AREA.
UM, I I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY VERY BRIEFLY, UM, HONORING YOUR TIME AND EVERYONE'S TIME, UH, TO, UM, GO THROUGH JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE ITEMS OF LAW, SORT OF REVIEW STANDARDS AND, UM, A COUPLE, UH, FACTUAL CLARIFICATIONS THAT, UM, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN CONFUSED AMONG SOME OF THE COMMENTS.
SO GOING TO THE RURAL ENHANCEMENT, IF YOU GO TO CHAPTER THREE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, YOUR, UM, ONE OF YOUR GOALS IS TO KEEP PROPERTIES INTACT.
SORT OF THIS TRADITIONAL, FORMER, FORMERLY AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY WILL ACTUALLY BE INCREASED IN SIZE WITH THE, UH, LOT LINE VACATION.
SO IT'LL BE PRESERVED AS AN INTACT PARCEL INSTEAD OF SUBDIVIDED.
UM, VACANCY IS NOT DESIRABLE, UH, IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, WE DO KNOW THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A DEMAND FOR VERY ACTIVE USES FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THE VACANT BARN IS NOT A DESIRABLE USE, UH, UNDER YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ADAPTIVE REUSE IS ENCOURAGED UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY DEFINITION, UH, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SORT OF UNDER LAW, IT'S A GUIDELINE, AND YOUR ORDINANCE IS AN IMPLEMENTATION.
AND SO YOUR ORDINANCE HAS CREATED SCHOOL USE AS AN IMPLEMENTATION WITH, WITH, OF COURSE, THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE BALANCING, YOU KNOW, HERE TODAY.
AND BALANCING IS THE WORD THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN USES.
SO BALANCING THE ADAPTIVE REUSE, YOUR ORDINANCE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTS THE SCHOOL USE THROUGH ITS LANGUAGE.
SO THE ORDINANCE IS AN IMPLEMENTATION.
SO THE PREMISE THAT A SCHOOL IS NOT APPROPRIATE IS REBUTTED BY YOUR OWN ORDINANCE, WHICH IS AGAIN, A LAWFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.
UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE USES.
THIS USE IS TOO SMALL OR THIS PROPERTY'S TOO SMALL TO BE A FARM AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FARMLAND AGAIN.
I HEARD A SUGGESTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FARMLAND
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HOUSING.I HEARD A SUGGESTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, I HEARD A SUGGESTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, IT CANNOT BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE YOU, YOUR, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND YOUR ORDINANCE DOES NOT RECOMMEND SUBURBAN SPRAWL.
AND SUBURBAN SPRAWL MEANS RESIDENTIAL.
SO WE WILL NOT EVER SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THIS PROPERTY.
UM, I WANT
UH, LET'S LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK, PLEASE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE PAST, USES THE PAST CONDITIONAL USES WHILE THEY HAVE EXPIRED.
UH, ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE NEIGHBOR, UH, FOLKS WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN OPPOSITION, UH, FORMERLY OPERATED A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OUT OF THIS BARN.
UH, SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME VERY ACTIVE USES IN THE PAST.
UM, THERE, THERE WAS A MAKEUP DISTRIBUTION CENTER OPERATED OUT OF THIS BARN BUILDING AS WELL.
SO THERE, THERE HAVE INDEED, UH, BEEN SOME VERY ACTIVE USES.
AGAIN, UM, THE, UH, THE PERMITTED USES YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED UNDER THE ORDINANCE WITHOUT THIS OPEN PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
A LOT OF THEM OBVIOUSLY ARE, STILL HAVE SOME COMMENTS.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE ROBUST CONVERSATION, UH, LEADING TO A BETTER APPLICATION IS, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO DO.
THE PARENTS HAVE SPOKEN TONIGHT, AND A NUMBER OF THE STUDENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T HERE JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT THE SCHOOL.
THEY ALSO WERE HERE AND THEY LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY, OR THEY HAVE BUSINESSES HERE IN THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, SO, AND THEY'RE NEARBY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOLKS WHO LIVE NEARBY.
THEY MAY NOT LIVE IMMEDIATELY NEXT DOOR, UH, BUT THEY ARE INDEED NEIGHBORS IN THE DISTRICT AND IN THE AREA.
UM, WITH THE TRAFFIC CONFLICTS, UH, WE HEARD A COMMENT ABOUT BIKES ON THE WEEKEND.
YOU KNOW, WE WILL NOT BE HAVING WEEKEND CLASSES.
THERE MAY BE SOME PARENT STUDENT EVENTS ON THE WEEKEND.
SO THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC CONFLICT WITH THE BIKES DOES, UH, WILL, WILL NOT BE A CONFLICT.
UH, THE, UM, THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS AT THE CURRENT BROAD STREET LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH CARLINE OR THE SCHOOL.
THEY'VE ALL BEEN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS OR ON THE WEEKENDS.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN IN SESSION.
SO THEY, SO WHEN WE HAVE SEEN ACCIDENTS ON BROAD STREET, UM, WHICH EVERYONE HAS SEEN THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN DURING SCHOOL HOURS RELATED TO PICK UP OR DROP OFF.
BECAUSE REMEMBER, ONCE YOU DROP OFF, THERE IS NO ONE COMING AND GOING FOR SAFETY REASONS, WE BLOCK OFF WITH CONES.
WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY IN THE PROPERTY.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ALL THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS ARE REALLY SPEAKING TO A COMBINED 16% OF THE DAY.
THAT'S WHAT THE TIA SHOOT THAT SHOWS.
RIGHT? AND SO, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO REMEMBER THAT A CAR LINE AT DROP OFF AND PICKUP IS A 15 TO 30 MINUTE PERIOD.
UH, SO IT'S AN AGGREGATE, A 60 MINUTE PERIOD, UH, DURING THE DAY.
AND, UH, BASED ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY, YOU KNOW, WHICH, WHICH, WHICH IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CONFLICTS, WE HAVE MOVED THE PICKUP TIME.
UH, SO IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE OBSERVED PEAK HOUR, UH, PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC THAT WAS OBSERVED BY THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
A COUPLE OTHER, UM, KEY ITEMS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE DROP OFF TIME, WHILE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS IS 125.
OUR EXPERIENCE OVER MANY YEARS, UH, IS THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE KID IN, IN A FAMILY, MORE THAN ONE STUDENT IN A FAMILY.
UH, WE'RE SEEING, WE DO SEE A LOT OF CARPOOLING, MULTIPLE CHILDREN IN ONE VEHICLE, LOTS OF FOUR KID FAMILIES.
SO, SO BASED ON THE CURRENT, BASED ON THE CURRENT RATE OF SORT OF CAR SHARING, UH, AT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER, WE'D PROBABLY SEE ABOUT 60 CARS.
WE STUDIED AT FULL BUILD OUT, AT, AT FULL BUILD OUT, AS IF EVERYBODY, EVERY CHILD WAS IN A SEPARATE CAR.
UH, BUT THE, UM, THE PRACTICAL IMPACT BASED ON, UH, THE YEARS OF OPERATION TO DATE ARE, UM, ARE INDEED, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD SEE A RATE OF ABOUT 60 CARS IN CARLINE, UH, THE TIMES OF ACCIDENTS.
WE DID STUDY, UH, THE ACCIDENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF THREE CHOPPED AND BROAD STREET, UH, ROAD.
UM, THE TIMES OF THE ACCIDENTS, UH, DURING THE HOURS WHERE CARLINE WOULD OCCUR, UH, ARE INDEED LOWER.
AND THAT RELATIVE TO OTHER INTERSECTIONS, UH, WHILE THERE MAY BE A STACK OF, OF ACCIDENT REPORTS, UH, DURING THE TIME OF OUR USE, AND A LOT OF THESE ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING AT NIGHT, UM, IT, THEY'RE NOT HAPPENING DURING THE TIME OF OUR USE.
UM, A KEY ITEM AS WELL IS THAT IN THE, UM, VDOT STUDY, UH, AS PART OF THE TRAFFIC, UM, THE TIA, UH, THE SITE DISTANCE, UH, AT THREE CHOPPED ON EACH, EACH WAY ON BROAD STREET ROAD, UH, WAS DEEMED ACCESS, UH, ACCEPTABLE BY
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VDOT.THIS, THIS WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP TO DOUBLE CHECK DURING ALL OF OUR MANY PRELIMINARY MEETINGS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS.
THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AS SOMETHING THAT TRIPLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A, A CALL SPECIFICALLY MAKING SURE THAT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE AND THAT VDOT APPROVED THAT, UH, THE, UM, THE, THE FENCE THAT IT'S DESCRIBED IS WOODEN AND NOT VINYL.
SO, UM, WE ARE, WE HAVE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WORKED HARD TO MATCH THE AESTHETIC, THE RURAL AESTHETIC, UH, AND HIGH QUALITY OF THE COUNTY.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, LIKE DENSITY OF SHRUBS, UM, OR BUFFERS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU CREATE THE CONDITIONS, UH, IN A CUP, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE GLAD, UM, TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OFFERED SHRUBS WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WOULD BE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS, VISUAL CONFLICTS.
UM, WE DO WANT TO, UM, TO NOTE IN TERMS OF THE LIGHT COMMENTS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE OPERATING AT NIGHT.
WE DON'T WANNA HAVE EVENTS AT NIGHT.
UH, THE LIGHTS ARE GONNA BE OFF AT NIGHT.
UM, WE ARE OFF CAMPUS AT THREE 30.
UM, SO WE ARE THERE UNTIL THREE 30 AND WE DON'T, AND WE, AND FOUR YEARS OF OPERATING, OUR CHILDREN HAVE NEVER SEEN THEIR SCHOOL AT NIGHT IN THE DARK
UM, AND WE DON'T PLAN FOR THAT TO CHANGE.
UM, EVEN AS WE GET OLDER LEARNERS, OLDER LEARNERS SPEND 50 TO 75% OFF CAMPUS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE DOING REAL WORLD APPRENTICESHIPS.
SO YOU CAN'T SAY, YOU KNOW, OH, WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OLDER LEARNERS.
THEY'RE GONNA DO EVENING THINGS.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH ACTON ACADEMIES JUST BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE AND THE, THE NATURE OF THE SCHOOL IS SO DIFFERENT AS THEY GET OLDER.
AND IN, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE, THE AREAS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH, UH, FOR SCHOOLS OF CERTAIN SIZES, UH, WHAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS DO IS, IS NOT WHAT ACTON.
THE, THE, THE CHILDREN, THE STUDENTS AT ACTON ARE GETTING THEIR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND THEIR, THEIR, THEIR SPORTS IS HAPPENING OFF CAMPUS AS PART OF A PART OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING, INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PROGRAMMING.
UH, STATE SCHOOLS ARE BUILDING FOR 12 AND 18 HOUR DAYS, UH, WHERE THERE ARE GAMES AND PRACTICES EVERY DAY.
NONE OF THAT IS GONNA OCCUR ON THIS SITE, WHICH, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE COMMENT THAT 11 ACRES IS REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED FOR A SCHOOL.
UM, WE ARE NOT A SCHOOL THAT REQUIRES SPORTS COMPLEX SPACE.
WE ACTUALLY MET, UM, WITH ONE OF THE COUPLES THAT SPOKE, UM, THAT WERE CONCERNED.
WE MET WITH THEM AT MCDONALD'S.
UM, SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE WAS A SWIMMING POND.
UM, BUT WE PUT THOSE CONCERNS AT EASE JUST BECAUSE WE ARE A SMALL, SMALL SCHOOL WITH NO PLANS TO HAVE ANY ACADEMIC, UM, OR SORRY, UM, ATHLETIC PROGRAMMING.
AND THE, UM, I JUST, UH, I, I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMMENT TO ADDRESS IN TERMS OF PLAYING IN ROUNDUP SOIL.
UM, I WOULD NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHERE, YOU KNOW, AREAS WERE NOT FARMED, UM, THAT THE, ANY, ANY OUTDOOR AREA WOULD BE AREA THAT WAS NOT, UM, PART OF COMMERCIAL FARMING.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD NOTE, UM, THAT THE, THE AREAS THAT WERE, THE, THE, THE TILLED FIELDS AND TREATED FIELDS ARE, ARE INDEED THE ADJACENT EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SO, AND THE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT WE WILL, WE WILL BE AVOIDING ANY AREAS AND, AND DOING ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OF, OF OUR PLAY AREAS.
AND FINALLY, UM, THE COMMENT WITH RESPECT TO LOCATING IN VILLAGES, THIS IS A BETTER SITE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT HAVING PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS.
YOUR VILLAGE PLANS RECOMMEND SIDEWALKS.
YOU'RE BUILT FOR SORT OF A DIFFERENT PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT.
THIS SITE DOES NOT HAVE PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS.
YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS ARE BEING BROUGHT IN A CAR LINE TO THE PROPERTY SAFELY INSIDE WITH 15 TO 30 MINUTE PERIODS OUTSIDE OF PEAK TRAFFIC AREAS.
SO IN TERMS OF, OF, OF THE VILLAGE CONCEPT, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD ONE.
UH, FOR A SCHOOL THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT SERVED BY BUSES, UH, I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO CORRECT THE 22,000 SQUARE FOOT, UM, BUILDING THAT HAS NOT ACTUALLY WAS NEVER 22,000.
WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT.
UM, BUT 11,500 IS THE CHANGE THAT WE MADE AFTER HEARING THE CONCERNS.
UM, AND JUST TO, TO REITERATE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL, UM, PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION, WHICH I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE NEED TO BE IN A VILLAGE.
THE CURRENT, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN CENTERVILLE, THERE'S ONE PIECE OF LAND.
YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO BUY HALF OF CENTERVILLE.
IT'S BEHIND THE GAS STATION, UM, BEHIND WHERE THE FISH MARKET IS, IT IS OVER $20 MILLION.
THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY CURRENTLY.
AND, UM, AS A SMALL FAMILY WITH, UH, FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE BUILDING THIS, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
RIGHT? WE'RE, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE, WE'RE, THE APPLICANT IS A GLAND RESIDENT, UH, LIVES NEARBY.
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OF, AND MOST OF THE PARENTS ARE GLAND RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS OWNERS.UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO BE A PART OF GLAND AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, THAT PEOPLE FEAR CHANGE AND, AND WE RESPECT THAT.
AND WE, WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE ROBUST DIALOGUE.
UH, BUT WE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN RESPONSIVE TO THE SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS, THE THINGS THAT WE, THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AND, AND, UM, ARE APPROPRIATE TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE.
WE'RE GLAD TO ANSWER ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GLAD FOR YOUR TIME AND MM-HMM
THANK YOU FOR STAYING SO LATE FOR US.
UH, WATER AND SEPTIC WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS.
I MEAN, HAVE YOU HAD THIS, UH, AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH YES.
ASSESSED THIS PROPERTY FOR SEPTIC? YES.
UM, MY HUSBAND ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH LAST WEEK, AND IT WAS A REALLY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
UM, WE HAVE A LOW NUMBER OF STUDENTS, UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE ABIDE BY THE STUDENT NUMBER OF GALLONS PER DAY.
UM, THERE'S MORE, THE SOIL'S GREAT.
UM, WE KNEW IT HAD ALREADY BEEN PERKED BY THE OWNER, UM, BUT IT WAS PERKED AGAIN AND TESTED FOR COMMERCIAL AT THIS LEVEL, UM, WITH THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN WE WANT TO GROW TO.
UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS JUST FINE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE ARE WILLING TO DO A, A TEST.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW, I FORGET THE EXACT NAME, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN PAY FOR TESTING TO PROVE THAT THE WATER SITUATION IS NOT A PROBLEM AND WON'T IMPACT NEIGHBORING, UH, PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORING AREAS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.
I THINK OVERALL, YOU KNOW, AS I HEAR CONCERNS, I JUST, WE, WE HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS.
UM, WE HAVE A FAMILY THAT SHOWED UP JUST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN KIND AND OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN KIND.
AND SO WE ARE WILLING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO BE GREAT NEIGHBORS IN THE FUTURE, UM, BECAUSE THAT, WE HOPE THIS IS A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP.
AND SO, UM, IF, IF MR. JOYNER WANTS, YOU KNOW, FOUR FOOT FOUR, FOUR FEET DEEP, YOU KNOW, LELAND CYPRESS, THEN WE'LL DO IT.
IF HE WANTS DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS TO LOOK AT, WE WILL DO IT.
I MEAN, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO, UM, APPEASE, UH, THE REQUEST.
I JUST, I THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING ALL THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? UM, CARRIE? YES, SIR.
SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS IS TRAFFIC, UM, RISKS.
UH, I ONLY HEARD IT MENTIONED ONCE.
CAN WE HA IS THERE, IS THERE SCHOOL SIGNS OR FLASHING LIGHTS DURING DROP OFF HOURS? UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, WE DID HAVE THAT QUESTION FROM A CITIZEN COMMENT, AND WE DID ACTUALLY LOOK INTO THAT PROCESS, UM, TO HAVE A SCHOOL ZONE.
I'LL, I'LL PARAPHRASE A BIT, BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT OUR, OUR COUNTY ENGINEER CAN SPEAK MORE TO IT.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUALIFIERS IN ORDER TO BE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT, THE FLASHY LIGHTS.
UM, SOME OF THE QUALIFIERS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR PEDESTRIAN USES FOR, FOR SCHOOL CROSSINGS.
UM, OTHERS DO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, TRAFFIC.
AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE LIST IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
UM, STAFF WAS NOT CERTAIN THAT BASED ON THE QUALIFIERS THE SCHOOL WOULD QUALIFY, BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS APPLY TO VDOT AND SEE IF THAT COULD OCCUR.
SO V VDOT WOULD DICTATE IF THE SIGN COULD GO UP OR NOT.
SO, AND SINCE IT IS A VDOT ROAD, VDOT WOULD HAVE PURVIEW OVER ANY NEW SIGNAGE OR, UM, REDUCTION IN SPEED.
DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY INPUT FROM, UH, FIRE AND SAFETY FROM THE COUNTY? I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY THERE WAS COMMENTS PROVIDER? ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT? YEAH, THERE, THERE WERE COMMENTS PROVIDED FOR, UM, THE STAFF REPORT, WHICH WERE GENERALLY RELATED TO, UM, THE POD REVIEW REGARDING THE, UM, THE COMMERCIAL ENTRANCES, THE CONNECTIVITY AND CIRCULATION ON SITE FOR THE HOSE LAY OF THE NEW BUILDINGS.
AND WE ALSO ADDED THE CONDITION FOR THE EMERGENCY ACCESS TO ENSURE THAT IT WOULD, UM, WORK WITH FIRES REQUIREMENTS.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S MORE THAT THEY NEED TO ADD, BUT THAT WAS WHAT WAS PROVIDED WITH THE STAFF ANALYSIS.
AND PARKING LIGHTS ARE OFF AT NIGHT, UH, BY NINE.
WE DID ADD A CONDITION THAT THEY WOULD BE, UM, OFF BY 9:00 PM OTHER THAN SECURITY LIGHTING, CAN THEY BE OFF EARLIER? THEY, THEY COULD BE OFF EARLIER.
UM, WE CAN REC THE, THE VERBIAGE OF THE LIGHTING CONDITION WOULD, WAS THAT
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THE LIGHTING PLAN FOR THE SITE BE DESIGNED GENERALLY TO LIMIT LIGHT TRESPASS.SO IT DOES ALLOW THE DEVELOPER, THE APPLICANT TO PUT FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT THE CONDITION INSTEAD OF THAT NINE O'CLOCK, YOU KNOW, NINE O'CLOCK SUMMERTIME, NINE O'CLOCK WINTERTIME? MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT MANY HOURS IN BETWEEN AS FAR AS NIGHT, UM, THAT IT NEEDS TO GO OFF WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS OF DUSK, IS THAT IT IS COMPLETELY WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW TO ADD OR EDIT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
ALL EGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE STUDENTS IS ON THREE CHOP ROAD? YES, SIR.
WENT THROUGH, I MEAN, I LIVE ON THREE CHOPPED, NOT THERE, BUT, UH, NOT THAT ONE
AND I KNOW THAT THREE CHOP LEAVES BROAD STREET ROAD AND IT COMES BACK TO BROAD STREET ROAD.
HOW FAR TO THE NEXT, AS, AS YOU LEAVE THREE CHOP THERE.
HOW FAR IF, I MEAN, I'M THINKING IF I WERE A PARENT AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTERSECTION RIGHT NEXT TO THE SCHOOL PROPOSAL, I, I MIGHT GO IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
BUT DOES IT, IS IT, DOES IT TAKE LIKE SEVEN MILES DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE YOU GET BACK TO BROAD STREET? OR IS IT JUST, IS IT, YOU KNOW, OLD ROAD WAS RIGHT.
IT CONNECTS TO SHALLOW WELL ROAD.
OH, IT CONNECTS TO SHALLOW, WELL, LESS THAN A MILE.
LESS THAN A MILE, AND THEN YOU'RE ON SHALLOW.
AND IN THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, WE CAN ALSO AGREE, OR IN THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE, THE COUNTY STAFF CAN DECIDE DIRECTIONALITY OF PARENTS COMING OUT OF.
SO IF, IF, IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM, UM, OR A CONCERN ABOUT GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION IN THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN MM-HMM
YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU'RE ONLY TURNING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
YOU COULD DRIVE THEM TO LEFT TURN ONLY.
WE, WE'VE ADDRESSED PARENTS AND WE HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER, COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
UM, THIS CAME UP IN ALL OF OUR, OUR PRELIMINARY MEETINGS.
UM, THE COOL THING ABOUT BEING SUCH A SMALL COMMUNITY OF, OF, OF PARENTS AND LEARNERS IS THAT WE HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND THERE ARE NO PUBLIC, UM, THERE'S NO PUBLIC TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE TO DIRECT AND HOPE THEY GET IT RIGHT.
SO OUR PARENTS, IF WE SAY, HEY, IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM DEEPER INTO GLAND, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COME DOWN THREE CHOP ROAD.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE THREE FAMILIES.
AND CONSISTENTLY THAT HAS BEEN THE RATIO AS WE'VE GROWN EVERY YEAR.
IT'S A LOW, MUCH LOWER NUMBER.
A LOT OF THE FAMILIES OUT IN THAT DIRECTION, HOMESCHOOL.
UM, AND, AND SO WE HAVE SEEN THAT IF WE ASK OUR PARENTS, HEY, CAN YOU FOLLOW THIS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN? EVEN IF WE CHANGE THINGS CURRENTLY, THEY'RE VERY RECEPTIVE TO THAT.
AND SO IT ALLOWS US TO CREATE A LOT OF CONTROL, UM, COMPLETE CONTROL OVER OUR TRAFFIC.
UM, AND, UH, AS WE GROW, I THINK THAT WORKS IN OUR FAVOR THAT WE CAN ADJUST AND DO WHAT WE NEED.
WELL, AND IT ALLOWS YOU, THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, YES.
TO, TO CONTROL THE DIRECTIONALITY AND, AND, UH, AND PACING.
SO IT, IT'S AN IMPORTANT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE REASON THAT THE, THE, THE, THAT I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNTY WROTE THE CONDITION THE WAY IT DID, IS SO THAT THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST PRACTICE FOR THE TIME THAT IT IS REVIEWED.
COULD YOU BRING UP THE PICTURE OF THE SITE PLAN AGAIN FOR ME? I THINK IT'D BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO SEE IT AS I ASK THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT, AS EASY AS GOING BACK FURTHER, IT HAS TO DO WITH STACKING OF TRAFFIC.
UM, I THINK THE APPLICANT'S DONE A GREAT JOB HOUSING ALL THE CARS ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT THERE IS A PLAN TO HAVE A LARGE BOLUS, LIKE ALL THE CARS LEAVE WITHIN 15 TO 20 MINUTES, NO 30 MINUTES.
OR IS IT SPREAD OUT OVER A LONGER TIME? UM, WE HAVE MENTIONED THAT AS WE GROW TO THE THRESHOLD OF, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS TO GET BUSY, WE HAVE EXPANDED THE PICKUP TIME.
UM, WE WOULD GO UPWARDS OF 90 MINUTES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY 'CAUSE WE ARE A VERY FLEXIBLE SCHOOL.
UM, AND SO THE, WHAT YOU SEE ON HERE, THAT'S IF EVERY PARENT AT THAT PHASE SHOWED UP AT ALL THE SAME TIME, AND WHEN YOU SEE THE TAA STUDY THAT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATES THE LIVE ACTION CARS OF WHAT THEY STUDIED OUR CURRENT SCHOOL FOR A WHOLE DAY.
UM, AND THEN THEY RAMP THAT UP BASED ON THE RATIO OF HOW WE WANNA GROW.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY TWO CARS WAITING AT THE STOPLIGHT STOP SIGN RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF THREE CHOP AND BROAD, UM, EVEN AT OUR BUSIEST PEAK, IT'S, IT'S QUITE FAST THING TO WATCH.
WAS REALLY HOW THEY WOULD BACK UP AT THAT INTERSECTION.
I, YES, AT THE MOST I WENT AND DROVE.
I WENT AND DROVE IT A COUPLE TIMES RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME.
AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET OUT.
SOMETIMES IT'S A TWO OR THREE MINUTE WAIT.
UM, AND BROAD'S ONLY GETTING BUSIER.
AND I THINK, UM, WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT THIS IS THAT A LOT OF OUR PARENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL HERE, SOME OF THEM ARE, WE HAVE, UM, WE CALL THEM PLAYGROUND WARRIORS.
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GOOD 15 TO 25% OF OUR FAMILIES DON'T LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.THEY PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND FOR CLOSE TO AN HOUR TO HOUR AND A HALF AFTER SCHOOL.
SO THIS RUSH OF MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE LEAVING, WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT AT OUR CURRENT PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY'RE NORMALLY HANGING OUT FOR A WHILE.
SO IT'S A VERY SLOW TRICKLE AND NOT A MASS EXIT.
UM, THAT COULD HAPPEN I GUESS ON A REALLY RAINY DAY.
BUT WE HAVEN'T, WE DON'T EXPERIENCE THAT CURRENTLY.
IT'S VERY GRADUAL, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN HELPFUL, SO THANK YOU.
CAN, CAN YOU ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT HOW DROP OFF WORKS? IS IT, UM, YEAH.
WHAT DOES IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? DO ALL THE KIDS COME IN THE FRONT DOOR?
SOME PARENTS THAT ARE TYPE A ARE THERE 15 MINUTES EARLY, AND THEN SOME THAT ARE ROLLING IN RIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
UM, HONESTLY, IT WORKS WELL BECAUSE THE SPACING ALLOWS US TO NOT HAVE BACKUP AND NOT HAVE, HAVE ANY ISSUES.
AND EV WE'RE, WE'RE OPERATING CURRENTLY WITH 50, ALMOST 50 LEARNERS ON AN ACRE AND A HALF RIGHT NOW WITH A VERY SMALL PARKING LOT.
AND WE'VE HAD NO INCIDENTS, NO, NO TROUBLE.
EVEN THE NEIGHBORS SAYING HE'S LEAVING AT THE SAME TIME TO TAKE HIS DAUGHTER TO GYMNASTICS AND DOESN'T EXPERIENCE A BACKUP ON SHALLOW WELL, AND THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE GIVEN THAT INTERSECTION.
SO, UM, WE BASICALLY, IT'S A GRADUAL PICKUP LINE AND IT, IT'S CONSTANTLY MOVING.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A WHOLE, UH, DOUBLE LINE OF TRAFFIC SITTING AND WAITING, AND THEN EVERYONE EXITS AT ONE TIME, MOST DAYS, I WOULD SAY EVERY DAY.
UM, MY HUSBAND'S THERE EVERY DAY, I'M NOT, BUT I'M THERE ENOUGH TO KNOW, UM, THAT PEOPLE NECESSARILY, THEY'RE NOT SITTING AND WAITING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN MASS EXITING, IT'S A CONSTANT STREAM.
UM, AND AS WE GROW, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CONDITIONED THAT WE WILL EXTEND THE PICKUP HOUR, UM, TO BE EVEN LONGER SO THAT PARENTS HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY OF WHEN TO PICK UP THEIR CHILD, WHICH THEN CUTS DOWN ON THE, THE STACKING ISSUE.
UM, I WOULDN'T EVEN CALL IT AN ISSUE.
UM, BUT IF WE DID, THAT IS WHY WE CREATED THIS LOOP.
UM, THIS WOULD BE A GRAVEL LOOP TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO ADJUST FOR THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
IS THERE A, IS THERE A BUFFER FOR PHASE ONE? THERE IS.
THESE ARE THE DARKER GREENS, UM, ARE ADDED FOR THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.
PROPERTY TO THE WEST ARE NEW TREES ADDED.
THERE'S AN EXISTING BUFFER HERE.
AND THEN STAFF ADDED ANOTHER CONDITION WHERE EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SHOWN HERE, WE'D LIKE, UM, PLANTING ALONG, UH, THREE CHOP ROAD AS WELL TO MITIGATE THE V SHED FROM THAT CORNER.
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF BUFFER BETWEEN THE JOINER PROPERTY AND THIS, I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT 1, 2, 3, 6 TREES.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S CONCEPTUAL, BUT THAT'S NOT A LOT.
UM, I CAN DEFINITELY, IF, IF I, IF WE WERE GONNA COUNT THE TREES, I COULD HAVE ADDED MORE TREES.
UM, BUT IDEALLY SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO DO, WHICH WE ARE OPEN TO, IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE, SEE HOW CLOSE THAT EMERGENCY EXIT LANE IS TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
IN ORDER TO NOT PUT A BUFFER INTO THEIR PROPERTY, WHAT WE COULD DO IS PUT A MULTIPLE LAYERED BUFFER THAT'S WELL DONE ON THE OP, ON THE INTERIOR SIDE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S A FIRE LANE, SO THAT'S NOT GONNA BE USED.
SO WE COULD PUT IT INSIDE OF THAT.
THAT PROBABLY, HONESTLY, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR US TO DO MORE FOR THEM.
IT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE COVERAGE FOR THEM.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK TO, I, I GREW UP ON 10 ACRES.
WE FARM OUR, WE HAVE SO SOYBEANS IN MY PARENTS' FRONT FIELD.
UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO KEEP FARMING ALL OF THAT OPEN AREA IF THEY DON'T REQUIRE THAT POTENTIAL BMP.
WE'D LOVE TO CON HAVE THE FARMER CONTINUE TO FARM.
UM, THAT'S LESS MAINTENANCE FOR US.
IT MAINTAINS WHAT EVERYONE'S USED TO SEEING, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS WELL.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
YES, MADAM CHAIR, I DID WANNA OFFER, IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF ALTERING ANY OF THE CONDITIONS, I CAN BRING UP THE FULL LIST AS THEY'RE IN THE STA UH, AS THEY'RE IN THE, UH, AGENDA PACKET AND WE CAN REVIEW THE LANGUAGE.
AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, UM, DRAFT SOME LANGUAGE IF, IF THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? I I WAS JUST, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL 'EM UP.
DO WE WANNA CHANGE SOME OF THE, UH, CONDITIONS? REAL TIME IS WHAT SHE'S OFFERING? OH, DID YOU CLOSE? UM, I DID, YES.
YEAH, IT'LL JUST TAKE ME A MOMENT TO GET THERE.
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OKAY.THIS IS THE SUMMARY, BUT I'D LIKE TO PULL UP THE, UH, FULL LANGUAGE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND I'M HAPPY TO DRAFT SOME LANGUAGE IF WE'D LIKE TO ADD SOME CONDITIONS.
I BELIEVE NUMBER FIVE IS THE LIGHTING CONDITION.
RIGHT NOW IT STATES THAT ALL LIGHTING HAS TO BE OFF BY 9:00 PM WE COULD ADD SOME LANGUAGE AND DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN, UH, WINTER AND SUMMER.
UM, COULD ALSO ADD SOME LANDSCAPING LANGUAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING SOMEWHERE ON THE SITE.
BUT I'LL, UM, MAKE SURE THAT MS. SPALDING IS ON BOARD BEFORE YOU DRAFT ANYTHING.
SORRY, I DON'T, I KNOW YOU'RE UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN, WHATEVER.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO STEP AWAY FOR YOUR DELIBERATE AS WELL.
UM, I, I, I STILL HAVE THE CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC.
UM, I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THAT BEING A 55 AND KIDS GOING THERE.
I HAVE CONCERNS WITH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY THERE'S AN ACCIDENT WITH PICKUP AND DROP OFF.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, MR. FERGUSON IN OUR, WOULD, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COME UP AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION OR KIND OF WHAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED? AND, UM, I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
I REALLY AM MADAM CHAIR AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UM, EDDIE FERGUSON, THE FIRE RESCUE CHIEF FOR, UH, GLAND COUNTY.
UM, WHEN PROJECTS COME THROUGH, UH, THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT, WE LOOK AT THE PROJECTS FROM A COUPLE ANGLES.
WE LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS, UH, FROM THE VIRGINIA STATEWIDE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND LOOKING AT THE CONCEPTUAL AS IT IS TODAY, UH, WE HAVE MADE, AS MS. RAGLAND STATED, WE HAVE MADE SOME COMMENTS ON THE CONCEPTUAL, UH, AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT WHAT, UH, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON THE CONCEPTUAL WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE VIRGINIA STATEWIDE FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
NOW, OF COURSE, UM, ANY PROJECT THAT COMES THROUGH, UM, WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRE CODE AND THE BUILDING CODE WHEN YOU START TO DO A PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE SECOND THING IS, AS FIRE RESCUE CHIEF, UM, I HAVE TO LOOK AT PROJECTS, UM, NOT ONLY FROM THE FIRE CODE PERSPECTIVE, BUT I'LL LOOK AT IT FROM A COMMUNITY SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.
AND WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT, UM, I DO HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS WITH BOTH OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS THERE AT THREE CHOP THERE AT, AT WOOD LONG, UH, WITH OR WITHOUT ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON ANY OF THOSE ROADS.
THOSE, BOTH OF THOSE, UH, INTERSECTIONS DO HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS.
I DO HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THEM.
AND I, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THOSE INTERSECTIONS, UH, THERE ARE HILLS AND THERE ARE ISSUES WITH LINE OF SIGHT DISTANCES THERE AS FAR AS TRAFFIC COMING OVER.
THERE'S HILLS AND MANY OF THOSE ACCIDENTS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I'VE ACTUALLY, UM, BEEN ON THOSE ACCIDENT SCENES AND EVEN THE MOST RECENT ONE, UH, AND CERTAINLY, UM, WOULD BE HONEST IN TELLING YOU THAT I DO HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS WITH, UH, WITH THOSE INTERSECTIONS AS THEY ARE TODAY WITH OR WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY, UM, THE ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UH, ARE GETTING BUSIER.
UH, I DO NOT HAVE THE CRASH DATA IN FRONT OF ME.
I JUST KNOW THE CRASH DATA THAT, THAT I HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WITNESSED THERE FIRSTHAND.
UH, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU.
AND IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN, AN INCIDENT WITH A FIRE ENGINE THERE, AND THERE WAS, UM, AND THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED AND THE FIRE ENGINE, YOU KNOW, CAME OVER THE HILL AND, UM, RE REGRET THAT OCCURRED.
UH, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO THINK ABOUT OR TO HAVE A FIRE ENGINE INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT, BUT, UH, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER IT.
UH, BUT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, UH, WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THIS CASE, UM, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S MY HONEST ANSWER AS YOUR FIRE CHIEF.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OR ANY, ANYTHING WE WANT TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS, I MIGHT BE ECHOING WHAT CHIEF FERGUSON JUST SAID, BUT YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS THAT TRAFFIC ON BROAD STREET IS DIFFERENT NOW THAN IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO THAN IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO.
AND I ANTICIPATE THAT FIVE YEARS, HENCE IT WILL BE EVEN MORE INTENSE THAN IT IS NOW.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WE SEE IN THAT AREA ON BROAD STREET, I 64 CONTINUES TO HAVE INCREASES IN ACCIDENTS.
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HAPPENS, WE SEE ALL THAT TRAFFIC DIVERT ONTO BROAD STREET, UM, WHICH INCREASES, UH, RISK THERE AS WELL.UM, TALKING ABOUT ACCIDENTS WITH FIRE TRUCKS, I WAS TALKING WITH CHIEF FERGUSON, UH, YESTERDAY.
WE'VE HAD TWO FIRE TRUCKS RECENTLY HIT BY CARS WHEN THE FIRETRUCK WAS THERE TO BLOCK.
SO IT HAD PRESENTED ALMOST ITS FULL SIDE TO TRAFFIC AND CARS RAN RIGHT INTO THEM.
AND A PERFECT WORLD, PEOPLE FOLLOW LAWS, PEOPLE DRIVE RESPECTFULLY, BUT I'M GONNA QUOTE CHIEF FERGUSON, I THINK I GOT 'EM ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THE FIVE DS, DISTRACTED, DRUNK, DRUGGED, DROWSY AND JUST DUMB DRIVERS.
AND WHEN YOU PUT MORE PEOPLE INTO A SMALL SPACE, YOU GET MORE AND MORE OF THAT AS TIME GOES ON.
UM, I THINK THE APPLICANT'S DONE MARVELOUS THINGS, NOT ONLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS.
I THINK THE APPLICANT IS GONNA DO GREAT THINGS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
I JUST HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THAT SPECIFIC INTERSECTION FOR THIS USE.
WE, WE ALL HAVE CONCERNS, BUT IT'S KIND OF JUST TALK, ISN'T IT? I MEAN, THERE'S NO SOLVE OF, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THOSE ROADS.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE VDO T'S PURVIEWS.
I THINK THE ALLSOP HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, UH, BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN POSSIBLY DO AND EVEN MORE TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
RIGHT NOW, I THINK I'D ALSO LOOK AT TRACK RECORD.
UM, ACTON RIGHT NOW IS AT SHALLOW WELL AND BROAD, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, IF YOU'RE COMING OUT OF WHERE ACTON IS NOW ON SHALLOW WELL, AND YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, THERE'S A HILL RIGHT THERE MM-HMM
UM, I THINK THE FACT THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ACCIDENT YET, UM, SAYS A LOT.
I ALSO KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF TIMES VDOT WILL NOT LOWER SPEED LIMITS UNLESS THERE HAS BEEN A DECEASED PERSON ON THAT ROAD.
SO I STILL DO HAVE CONCERNS THAT, UH, THAT 45 AND 55 IS JUST MM-HMM
TOO SLOW, OR I'M SORRY, TOO FAST MADAM CHAIR.
I MOVE THAT THE COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CU 2 0 26 DASH 0 0 0 2 APPLICATION BY MICHAEL AND CAITLIN OP SUBJECT TO THE IMPOSED CONDITIONS.
AND THOSE WERE THE LIGHTING AND THE, UM, LANDSCAPE, CORRECT? YES.
BUT WE MIGHT NEED CLARIFICATION ON WHAT WE MEANT BY LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING.
WELL, NOT NO LATER THAN ONE HOUR AFTER DUSK.
AND I THINK WE SAID TWO HOURS, MAYBE NO LATER THAN ONE HOUR AFTER DUSK IS, I'M SORRY, YOU WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED.
MAY I MAKE A, MAY I MAKE A PROCEDURAL COMMENT? YOU DON'T HAVE A SECOND YET.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR DISCUSSION BEFORE A VOTE.
NOW, UH, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS NOW, HE, AS, AS, UH, MR. MCLAUGHLIN WAS SAYING WAS ONE HOUR AFTER DUSK THE LIGHTS WOULD BE TURNED OFF.
I THOUGHT THE SUGGESTION BY THE CHAIR WAS TWO HOURS.
THINK NO, NO LATER THAN, SO IF Y'ALL WANTED TO SHUT 'EM OFF EARLIER, YOU COULD.
WE DON'T EVEN WANT THEM, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
THEM
YOU HAVE THAT WHY WE WOULD RECOMMEND.
UM, YOU WANNA SAY WHAT KIND OF, AND YOU CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC.
I WOULD NEED HELP BEING MORE SPECIFIC.
UM,
IF THAT SUITS THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND SO WE STARTED WITH LIGHTING.
SO I AM GOING TO SUGGEST THAT DUSK CAN BE, UH, A NEBULOUS CONCEPT.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE NOAH KEEPS TRACK OF EXACTLY WHEN DUSK IS.
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I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WANNA GET THAT PARTICULAR, UM, DUSK IS JUST POTENTIALLY HARDER TO ENFORCE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY YOU CAN FIND TO PHRASE IT.SO I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST.
I BELIEVE WE UTILIZE THE TERM SUNSET FOR A PREVIOUS, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.
AND I THINK DUSK CIVIL TWILIGHT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S TYPICALLY 30 MINUTES BEYOND, UH, SUNSET.
SO IF WE SAY TWO HOURS AFTER SUNSET.
SO MAY I INTERJECT THEN MADAM CHAIR? AND ARE YOU PROPOSING TO ADJUST CONDITION FIVE FOR LIGHTING A SECOND TO LAST SENTENCE WHERE IT TAPERS MUST BE TURNED OFF BY RATHER THAN 9:00 PM INTERJECT NO LATER THAN TWO HOURS AFTER SUNSET.
IS THAT GOOD? TWO HOURS AFTER SUNSET? YEP.
I WOULD ASK THE APPLICANT WHAT ABOUT YOUR TWO TO FOUR MEETINGS IN THE EVENING A YEAR, AND HOW WOULD SHUTTING THE LIGHTS OFF AHEAD OF THAT IMPACT THAT, UM, THEY ARE IN THE MORNING.
SO WHAT WAS THE SUGGESTED CHANGE ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN? I I DON'T REALLY, I'M, I'M CERTAINLY NOT CLEAR ON THAT.
UM, IF YOU, SO THE, THE LANDSCAPING PLAN CONDITION NINE DOES REFERENCE THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND DOES CALL OUT SPECIFIC, SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY THE LAND STATE ESCAPING, EXCUSE ME, ADJACENT TO THE TAX MAP NUMBER, WHICH IS THE JOINER'S PROPERTY TO THE WEST.
IT STATES AS DEMONSTRATED ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, WHICH WHEN IT CAME TO POT, WE WOULD PROBABLY MEASURE A, A LINEAR, UM, MEASUREMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S A DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO FILL THE TREES.
THERE'S NOT MANY THAT EXIST THERE NOW.
AND THAT DOES SUGGEST THE DOUBLE ROW OF EVERGREEN TREES, UM, WITHOUT ADJUSTING THE CONCEPT PLAN ON THE SPOT.
BUT I'LL, I'LL NO OVER TO OUR, UH, ATTORNEY AND PERHAPS A NUMERICAL DISCLAIMER OF HOWEVER MANY HUNDRED FEET.
WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE WITHOUT ADJUSTING THE CONCEPT PLAN? MR. MCLAUGHLIN, YOU ASKED FOR A SPEC.
IS ARE YOU WANTING TO ADD A LOCATION OR ARE YOU WANTING TO INCREASE THE DENSITY OF THE LANDSCAPING? YEAH, I, AND I, I THINK THERE'S TWO REALLY TO, TO MENTION TO THE EAST OF THE, THE, UH, FIRE ROAD, BUT ALSO THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH THAT'S NOT MENTIONED HERE.
UM, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD THAT TAX MAP NUMBER AS WELL.
DO WE HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT? IS THAT ON THE CONSENT? I CAN LOOK.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY THEN NORTH TO THE NORTH? YES, SIR.
I HAVE THE G SO THIS IS THE, THE JOINER'S PROPERTY.
THE, ON THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH CURRENTLY MAY BE EASIER TO PULL UP THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
THERE IS FENCING AND THERE IS LANDSCAPING INSTALLATION CALLED OUT.
IT'S PROBABLY TOO HARD TO READ ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT DOES SPECIFICALLY STATE ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN SUPPLEMENTAL LANDSCAPINGS SUCH AS LELAND CYPRESS TREES OR OTHER COMPARABLE, UH, NON DECIDUOUS TREES AND PLANTINGS WITH A SPACING OF NO MORE THAN 12 FEET APART IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROFESSIONAL NURSERY NURSERY MAN RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT'S WHAT'S ON THERE RIGHT NOW FOR THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH? YEAH, I KNOW.
I CAN'T SEE IT WELL ON HERE, BUT ZOOMING BACK ONE MORE WHAT I READ TO YOU, I'M SORRY, IT'S OFF THE SCREEN, BUT THE ARROW HERE POINTS TO WHAT I JUST STATED.
SO WHAT I JUST READ IS THE DESCRIPTOR FOR THESE ADDED TREES AT THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE, AND THAT'S ADDITION.
AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE FENCE.
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DO YOU HAVE THE TAX MAP NUMBER? THANK YOU.SO TO, TO MATCH THE TREATMENT OF THE TWO ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, WE COULD ADD WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE PLAN RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A AND B.
WE COULD ADD C, WHICH GIVES THE SAME QUALIFIERS AS THE TAX MAP NUMBER TO THE WEST AS THE TAX MAP NUMBER TO THE NORTH, WHICH I DO HAVE THE TAX MAP NUMBER.
AND COULD AT STATE WHERE NO TREES EXIST, A STAGGERED DOUBLE ROW OF EVERGREEN TREES, A MINIMUM OF SIX FEET IN HEIGHT AT A, IN SIX FEET OF HEIGHT IN PLANTING IN A MAXIMUM OF 10 FEET APART, MUST BE INSTALLED, MAINTAINED, AND REPLACED.
IF THEY DIE BECOME DISEASED OR ARE REMOVED, VARIATIONS MAY BE APPROVED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.
MS. RAGLAND, WOULD YOU ALSO FIND IT ACCEPTABLE? BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING TO JUST ADD THE TAX MAP NUMBER TO A, SO THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, LANDSCAPING MUST BE INSTALLED ADJACENT TO TAX MAP NUMBER 46 116 D AND 46 116 A.
DOES THAT WORK? OR AM I MISSING SOMETHING? IS THERE A CONFLICT? BECAUSE THERE IS THE QUALIFIER FOR THE LANDSCAPING AT THE NORTH CURRENTLY ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
DOES, DO THE CONDITIONS SUPERSEDE IF THEY ARE MORE STRICT? YOU COULD STRIKE THAT, COULDN'T YOU? PROBABLY SO I SEE YOUR POINT IN ADDING A THIRD.
PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE APPLICANT'S WILLINGNESS TO, UM, TO GO TO ALL, ALL THIS, UH, ACCOM, MAKE ALL THESE ACCOMMODATIONS.
UM, I, I LOOK AT THESE BUILDINGS AND I'M, I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, THESE COULD BE, THESE COULD BE RURAL STRUCTURES, THESE COULD BE BARNS, THESE COULD BE LOTS OF THESE BUILDINGS COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT HERE, UH, AND WITH WITHOUT EVER COMING BEFORE THE ZONING, UH, THE, THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
UH, I, I THINK IS, IS COMMENDABLE PERSONALLY.
SO ARE, ARE WE DONE WITH THE LANDSCAPING DISCUSSION? JUST WANNA MAKE SURE CARRIE'S, WE NEED A, WE NEED A COMPLETED CONDITION TO READ BACK.
SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, MR. KIMBERLY, IS NO, WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE.
I'M HAPPY, I'M HAPPY TO STATE IT FOR THE RECORD, BUT I AM NOT SURE HOW TO GET THE RUN ON SENTENCE IN FRONT OF HIM.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN THAT'S BEEN RAISED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND ACCIDENTS AND MM-HMM
YOU SUGGESTED THAT YOU COULD CONTROL, UH, THE, THE FLOW OF THE TRAFFIC.
IS THERE SOME SORT OF CONDITION THAT COULD BE ADDED THAT, THAT WE COULD ADD HERE THAT WOULD, UH, AMELIORATE THE CONCERNS AT THE, AT THE, AT THAT THREE CHOPPED AND BROAD INTERSECTION? YOUR, YOUR MICROPHONE IS TURNED OFF.
UH, MARK KANTHAL, UM, FOR THE APPLICANT, THE, UM, THE, UH, THERE IS AN EXISTING CONDITION THAT REQUIRES THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, RIGHT? SO IF THERE WERE SPECIFIC CONCERNS OR DIRECTIONALITY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, YOU COULD ADD LANGUAGE THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING DIRECTIONALITY FOR BEST PRACTICES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WHATEVER YOU WANT IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT'S A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT, THAT YOUR OFFICIALS, UH, HAVE TO APPROVE.
WELL THEN IT, IT, IT WILL BE REVIEWED BY OUR OFFICIALS THEN IS WHAT YOU'RE YES, SIR.
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HAS THE APPLICANT EVER CONSIDERED STAGGERED START TIMES K THROUGH TWO GOES? YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE NOT TRADITIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION WHERE YOUR K ONE, TWO YES.BUT THAT SEEMS TO WORK WITH SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, IF YOUR LETTERS A THROUGH K, YOU COME IN AT EIGHT.
IF YOU'RE L THROUGH Z OR I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A MYRIAD OF ISSUES.
UM, WE ARE, I WILL SAY WE ARE OPEN TO THAT.
UM, THE, THE, THE TRICKY PART IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY SIBLINGS.
UM, IT IS VERY HARD TO PROVE THIS IN MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE ACTUALLY DID A STUDY ON OTHER ACTON BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO, UH, A LOT OF HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES, PEOPLE THAT WANNA HOMESCHOOL, BUT THEY HAVE JOBS.
AND SO WE'RE ATTRACTING LARGE FAMILIES.
I MEAN, WE HAVE FIVE FAMILIES THAT HAVE FOUR PLUS KIDS.
SO IF YOU THINK FIVE FAMILIES WITH FOUR PLUS KIDS, THE AMOUNT OF KIDS IN FIVE CARS, IT'S REALLY UNBELIEVABLE.
UM, BUT YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT MOVING FORWARD.
BUT OUR PRECEDENT IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN THAT IS CONSISTENT.
THE PROBLEM WITH YOUR SUGGESTION IS JUST THAT, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE THREE CHILDREN ACROSS THREE STUDIOS, YEAH, THAT'S HARD TO NAVIGATE.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE, WE'RE NOT SHUTTING DOWN IDEAS.
THAT'S JUST THE, THAT WOULD BE HARD MAYBE BY THE LAST NAME.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I, I DON'T KNOW THE LAST, I'M JUST THINKING ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
I MEAN IT, THERE ARE, AGAIN, OUR PARENTS ARE VERY FLEXIBLE, UM, AND WE ARE FLEXIBLE.
SO NO, I JUST WANNA PROTECT AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE CUP TRANSFERS WITH THE PROPERTY AND WHY, WHILE WE HAVE A WONDERFUL WILLING PARTICIPANT AND PARTNER IN THIS NOW, IF SOMETHING WERE TO CHANGE, WE MAY NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
UM, YEAH, I WANTED TO, SO CARRIES TODD UP.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THE, THE COMMENTS.
SO I SAID FIRST OFF, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, OH, I'M SORRY FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RAY CASH AND I LIVE DOWN THE HALL THERE THAT WAY
UM, I, I THINK THAT, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, UH, PLAN QUICKLY IN THE STAGGERED TIMES, SO I REMEMBER THE CONCERN TRAFFIC WISE FROM THE TRAFFIC STUDY IS THAT PEAK TRAVEL TIME.
AND SO THAT IS A RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR US TO LOOK AT OPTIONS THAT THEY WOULD MANAGE TO DROP OFF AND PICK UP TO THAT.
SO THAT, UH, SO I WOULD AGREE THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD'VE TO LOOK AT EACH DAY OF DEVELOPMENT SO THAT CONCERN COULD BE ADDRESSED.
UM, AND WHAT WAS THE NEXT, UH, THE CEP? SO IF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT DOES TRANSFER, UM, WITH THE PROPERTY, PART OF THAT IS THEY ARE STILL SUBJECT TO THE EXACT SAME CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONS FOR A SCHOOL USE THAT WE CONTINUE ON THE PROPERTY.
SO IF A DIFFERENT, UM, LET'S SAY SOMEONE ELSE TOOK OVER THE ACTON SCHOOL AND ITS OPERATIONS HERE, OR YOU HAD A SCHOOL IN MORE, YOU KNOW, THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL THAT'S UP THE STREET WITH ADAMS, THERE WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME EVALUATIONS, COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS TO INCLUDE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
LIMITATION ON ACTIVITIES AND, AND DENSITY.
SO, UM, DOES THAT ANSWER OTHER CONCERNS? UH, AND THE CEP RENEWAL, OF COURSE, UM, WE HAVE THE EXPIRATION OF 2031, IF ANYTHING WOULD BE EVALUATED THAT TIME.
AND OF COURSE, AS WE ARE COMPLAINT BASE, PART OF THE EVALUATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS WE, WE'D MONITOR IT'S COMPLIANCE OVER TIME.
IF THERE IS A CONCERN, THAT'S SOMETHING THIS BODY, UM, AMONGST AND AS WELL AS THE BOARD WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD TO MAKE 'EM GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS OR SEIZE THE ACTIVITY.
I'M JUST FEELING TOM, LIKE CARRIE WRITES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU WANT ME TO GET THE STEPS STOOL OUT? SEE, LOOK WITH THAT, GOT ANY GOOD JOKES? MAGIC TRICK? OH YEAH.
IS IT OPEN? MY KIT
I NEED TO KEEP THE CROWD ENTERTAINED, KEEP HIM ENGAGED.
NOTHING WORSE THAN READING STUFF INTO THE RECORD THAT YOU'RE JUST BEEN THERE.
YOU READY? SHE'LL LET YOU KNOW I'LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DELIBERATING.
CAN I ASK ANOTHER APPLICANT QUESTION? YOU'RE GONNA BE EXPANDING UP K THROUGH 12, SO YOU'LL HAVE DRIVER AGE STUDENTS.
WHAT, UH, WHAT IS THE THOUGHT FOR STUDENTS DRIVING THEMSELVES? HOW, HOW MIGHT THAT CHANGE THE, UH, TRAFFIC PLAN? HOW MIGHT THAT CHANGE PARKING, ET CETERA? UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, JUST TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, UM, OUR CURRENT SITUATION THERE, WE, WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO HAVING ALMOST 15 LEARNERS LIVING
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IN ONE, LIVING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODUM, AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE FULL EXPECTATION THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF HOPPING IN THE CAR TO GET LESS TRAFFIC, MORE PEOPLE, MORE LEARNERS IN ONE CAR.
UM, I ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, I ANTICIPATE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE FAMILIES ARE INCREDIBLY INTENTIONAL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CHILDREN, A LOT OF, UM, RULES SURROUNDING WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO.
AND I THINK THERE'D HAVE TO BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, SAFETY AND EARNED FREEDOM LEVELS.
UM, THE WHOLE SCHOOL OPERATES ON FREEDOM LEVELS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT DRIVING TO SCHOOL WOULD BE AN EARNED FREEDOM LEVEL FOR MOST RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS.
UM, AND YES, OUR PA UM, OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN CAN INCLUDE WHEN THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE THAT CAN BECOME SOMETHING THAT IS A PART OF OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AS WE HAVE DRIVERS THAT ARE OF AGE, UM, TO DRIVE.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT, BUT I JUST GOT A KID OUTTA DIAPERS, SO I JUST CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THAT.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE GRASS PARKING SPACES THAT ARE ON THIS YES.
CHART RIGHT IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT, UM, AND TO SPEAK TO THAT, UM, THE CHILDREN AS THEY IN INVITED YOU TO DO A CHILD'S BUSINESS FAIR.
RIGHT NOW WE, UM, RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY HAS GRACIOUSLY LET US USE THEIR GYM.
UM, AND IN THE FUTURE, UM, IT MIGHT BE MORE FESTIVAL STYLE WHERE IT'S OUTSIDE AND THAT'S WHEN GRANDPARENTS CAN COME.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS WHERE WE'D HAVE A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THAT ONE DAY A YEAR TO HAVE A BUSINESS FAIR.
AND THAT'S JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PARKING.
ALL THOSE GREEN SPOTS ARE JUST GRASS.
UM, IT'S OVERFLOW FOR THAT ONE DAY A YEAR WHEN WE HAVE A BUSINESS.
WE DO HAVE A QUICK, UH, POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
I KNOW WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
SO DO WE, NOW WE HAVE KIND OF THE CLARIFICATIONS ON THESE.
DO WE JUST ADD TO THAT MOTION AS AMENDED OR SHOULD WE RESTART MY UNDERSTANDING? IF I GO BACK, MS. PARKER, TELL ME IF YOU HEARD THE SAME THING.
YOU ACTUALLY MADE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A CHANGE TO TWO CONDITIONS AND THEN YOU WORKED OUT THE CHANGE TO THE TWO CONDITIONS.
SO I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CLARIFY WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE.
SINCE YOU MADE THE, OKAY, SO THIS IS CLARIFICATION FOR OUR AMENDMENT TO THE, UM, CU 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 0 0 2.
LANDSCAPING MUST BE INSTALLED ADJACENT.
OH, UH, TM 46 DASH ONE DASH ZERO DASH ONE ZERO.
A 16 WHERE NO TREES, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO READ IT.
WHERE NO TREES EXIST, A STAGGERED DOUBLE ROW OF EVERGREEN TREES, A MINIMUM OF SIX FEET IN HEIGHT AT PLANTING AND A MAXIMUM OF OF 10 FEET APART MUST BE INSTALLED, MAINTAINED AND REPLACED.
IF THEY DIE BECOME DISEASED OR ARE REMOVED, VARIATIONS MAY BE APPROVED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.
AND FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO CONDITION SIX TO ADD PARAGRAPH C, WHICH SAYS EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST READ.
AND NOW YOU ALSO MADE A CHANGE TO CONDITION NUMBER FIVE, CORRECT? UH, CHANGE CONDITION NUMBER FIVE WOULD BE TO REMOVE 9:00 PM AND INSTEAD ADD NO LATER THAN TWO HOURS AFTER SUNSET.
I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE.
OH, WE'VE ALREADY SECONDED THAT.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION NO.
UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL VOTE MR. KIMBERLY.
MR. DEAN, AS MUCH AS MY HEART AND MOST OF MY HEAD WANTS TO SAY YES FOR REASONS TO SAFETY AT THAT INTERSECTION, I'M A NO.
THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS AMENDED PASSES ON A FOUR ONE VOTE.
THIS CASE IS EXPECTED TO BE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON APRIL 14TH, 2026.
IT WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
[11. Adjournment]
IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS, UH, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.