Lynchburg City Council to review government response to July flooding

Plus: They'll get briefings on several land use items in advance of October 10 public hearings

Very short on time today!

The seven member Lynchburg City Council meets at 4 p.m. for a work session followed by a regular session. (work session agenda)

There are three regular items:

• There’s a work session on changes to the taxicab ordinance (staff report)

• There’s a review of how the city responded to a major flood in July (staff report)

• There will be a discussion of options to stabilize 12th Street (staff report)

There are six business item briefings that preview future votes. 

• There is an appeal of a decision by the Historic Preservation Commission to deny a Certificate of Appropriateness at 713 Pearl Street. This will be before Council at the October 10, 2023 meeting. (staff report)

• There is a discussion for a 44-unit development at 532 and 536 Leesville Road that requires a Conditional Use Permit. This is also on the October 10 agenda. (staff report)

• There is a briefing on a Conditional Use Permit for 333, 335, and 337 College Street to allow the University of Lynchburg to operate office space in the R-2 zoned neighborhood. (staff report)

• The University of Lynchburg also wants to operate a laundry facility at 504 Westwood Avenue. That also takes a conditional use permit. The public hearing is on October 10. (staff report)

• There’s a conditional use permit and request to amend the Future Land Use Map to allow a 19-unit apartment complex at 3146 and 3150 Wards Ferry Road. Also October 10. This is across the street from Heritage High School. (staff report)

• There is a review of the city’s draft legislative agenda for 2024. (staff report)

There will also be a roll call on Councilor Hegelson’s desire to have a public hearing on the city’s tax policy. No materials are in the meeting overview. 

The work session will conclude with a review of City Manager’s Wynter C. Benda’s performance. 

I don’t see a regular meeting agenda in the portal? 

The location of the proposed 19 unit apartment complex on Wards Ferry Road (Credit: Timberlake Investments) 

Reading material:

• Lynchburg City staff addresses merit resolution, Emma Martin, Lynchburg News & Advance, September 15, 2023

• 'Still they chose to close our school': T.C. Miller, Sandusky elementary schools on the line after school board vote, Emma Martin, Lynchburg News & Advance, September 21, 2023

• What’s the price of expansion? Sandy River project moves forward, Brian Carlton, Farmville Herald, September 22, 2023

• Blackwater CSO tunnel construction to start May 2024, Emma Martin, Lynchburg News & Advance, September 22, 2023

• “Save Our Schools” Parents are concerned with Lynchburg city school boards decision, Amaiya Howard, WDBJ-7, September 24, 2023