Wednesday, June 4, 2025: Goochland Supervisors to hold public hearing on through-truck restriction for Parkside Village
Plus: Meetings in Albemarle County and Fluvanna County
This is the final edition of this newsletter for the week and it’s not the most exciting. It could be argued that most of the population would not find any of it exciting. Why is that? Why are the details of our civilization not of interest to everyone who stands to know how things are put together?
In any case, perhaps this is not a winning argument. Perhaps I choose not to use the word “winning” here because I’m going to do the work anyway. For whatever reason, this is what I chose to do with my life.
I’ll be back with another edition soon enough. The goal for this summer is to try to get these published a day before each meeting. Another goal might be to migrate this to another newsletter platform or content management system. I’m not sure yet.
What matters is that I go through the agendas to share what’s in them. It’s the least a Town Crier can do! If you’re interested in helping this venture succeed, take a look at my attempt to write up a page telling you how you can support the work.
Goochland Supervisors to hold public hearing on a through truck restriction
The five members of the Goochland County Board of Supervisors will meet today at 3:30 p.m. at 1800 Sandy Hook Road in Goochland. (agenda packet)
This is not a very full meeting. Minutes from this spring will be approved and there will be many reports. The consent agenda includes a couple of budget resolutions and a couple of secondary road acceptances.
There does not appear to be a closed meeting.
There is a public hearing on a proposed through-truck road restriction for several roads in the Parkside Village subdivision.
“Large trucks use Hemsby Road (Rte. 1246), Stradsett Road (Rte. 1247), Brandiston Street (Rte. 1248), Park Village Boulevard (Rte. 1251), Yare Steet (Rte. 1253), and Village Trail (Rte. 1254) in the Parkside Village subdivision between Ashland Road (Rte. 623) and Pouncey Tract Road. (Rte. 271) as a cut through, and citizens have engaged District 4 Supervisor Charlie Vaughters about installing “Through Trucks Prohibited” signs on these streets (approx. 0.79 mile),” reads the staff report.
The Board of Supervisors will then adjourn and return on July 1.
Stories about Goochland:
Amazon plans fourth robotics fulfillment center in Virginia, Phillip Neuffer, Supply Chain Dive, May 19, 2025
Goochland names next county administrator after previous administrator resigned, Clare Gehlich, WRIC 8News, May 23, 2025
Albemarle Supervisors to hold public hearing on proposal to fill-in floodplain in Woolen Mills
The six members of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will meet in Lane Auditorium at 1 p.m. in the government building at 401 McIntire Road. (meeting info)
They’ll begin with a proclamation recognizing National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
“Virginia has 1,200 gun deaths every year, with a rate of 13.6 deaths per 100,000 people, and has the 34th highest rate of gun deaths in the US, and localities across the nation, including Albemarle County, are working to end the senseless violence with evidence-based Solutions,” reads the proclamation.
“Anyone can join this campaign by pledging to wear orange on June 6th, the first Friday in June in 2025, to help raise awareness about gun violence,” the resolution continues.
The first item was to have been be a presentation of a financing plan for renovations to the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Authority presented by Davenport Public Finance. That will be taken off of the agenda due to bids coming in over budget.
Design and engineering services have been paid for through interim financing through a mechanism known as a Bond Anticipation Note (BAN).
The anticipated level of permanent financing is $36.9 million in bonds. The Commonwealth of Virginia is contributing $11,689,250 toward the project but Davenport is recommending a separate Grant Anticipation Note (GAN) of $12.1 million to cover that amount until the reimbursement is official.
After that there will be a work session on the draft Comprehensive Plan chapter on Cultural Resources and information on Resilient Communities. The Planning Commission reviewed this last week. It’s on a long list of items I suspect I’ll never get to. (staff report)
Albemarle County does not usually list what a closed meeting will be about before it is held. This is not a best practice. They’re scheduled to meet behind closed doors at 4:30 p.m. and return at 6 p.m. for the regular meeting.
The first item is a public hearing on amendments and appropriations in the FY2025 budget. Read the details here and read the resolution here.
There are two land use public hearings.
The first is for a special use permit for the Living Earth School to be able to operate a boarding camp on 287 acres adjacent to Walnut Creek Park. The Planning Commission recommended approval on a unanimous vote on March 11, 2025. (meeting materials)
The second is for a special use permit to fill in a portion of the floodplain to allow for construction of an additional building at the Woolen Mills Industrial Park. The Planning Commission voted 4 to 3 to recommend approval on April 22, 2025. I wrote a story about this for C-Ville Weekly.
Stories for Albemarle County:
New effort aims to make homeownership more permanent in Albemarle County, Jacob Phillips, May 28, 2025
Jack Jouett District candidates square off at Free Enterprise Forum, Sean Tubbs, C-Ville Weekly, May 30, 2025
FBI shows up at Charlottesville public defender's home unannounced after ICE raid, Hawes Spencer, Charlottesville Daily Progress (paywall), June 1, 2025
Department of Homeland Security takes down ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ list that included central Virginia localities, Toby Sherman, WVIR 29News, Toby Sherman, June 2, 2025
Jail renovation stalls after contractor bids exceed budget, Anastasiia Carrier, Charlottesville Tomorrow, June 2, 2025
Vista 29 project moves forward with help from city, county, Pimm Dyar, CBS19 News, June 2, 2025
Fluvanna County Supervisors to create new tourism body
The five members of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors will meet at 5 p.m. in the Circuit Courtroom in the Fluvanna Courts Building at 72 Main Street in Palmyra. I did not actually write this up for the Week Ahead this week as I was quite late. (meeting packet)
There are two presentations today.
One is an update on the restoration of Fluvanna’s historic courthouse. No details in the packet.
The other is an update on the fire training building. The packet is also devoid of details on this topic.
There are eight action items.
The first is to consider a resolution to spend $27,000 on a case management system for the Commonwealth’s Attorney. Eleven reasons are given in the staff report including something called “electronic discovery” that I would love to dig into more if I had more time. (learn more)
The second is the establishment of the Fluvanna County Tourism Advisory Committee to take over the functions of the Economic Development and Tourism Advisory Council. That body will be defunct as of June 30. (learn more)
The third is to advertise a resolution for a public hearing to be held on July 2 to amend the county ordinance to allow for lifetime dog licenses. (learn more)
The fourth is to make adjustments to the pay scale for county employees to account for compression. This is a phenomenon when new hires are paid more than long-term employees due to changing conditions in the market. (learn more)
The fifth is to make amendments to the personnel policy related to leave and holidays. (learn more)
The sixth has the title of “Social Services Performance-Based Bonus Opportunity for Medical Assistance Renewal.” This is to set a public hearing on July 2, 2025 to provide some bonuses to some employees. (learn more)
The seventh is to advertise a public hearing on July 2 for a lease agreement with Cellco Partnership. (learn more)
There are no public hearings.
Stories from Fluvanna County:
Supervisors debate permits, school funding, Heather Michon, Fluvanna Review, May 29, 2025
