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02-10-93 MinutesBOARD OF SUPERVI~O~ HINUTE8 I I ~ehruary ~0~ 19~3 /6r. Whaley ~. Colbert Kr. J. L. ~c~ale, III staff in Atten~an~e~ Housing Ms. ~arilyn E. Cole~ Exec. Ass~. to Co. Admin. ~r~- Doris R. Del{art, Aeet. CO. A~min., Legit. S~c~. and Intergovern. A£~aire Chief Robert L. Eames, ~r., Fire Department Deputy Co. Admin., Dir., Planning Dir., Accounting Mr. Richard M. McElfish, Dir., EDv. ~ngineering Mr. St~ven L. Mica=, Mrs. Pauline A. Mitchell~ Dir., ~ews & Public Infol~mation s6rvico~ Police Department Deput7 County Admin., ~. David E. W~lc~onz, Dir., utilities Administrator, CDBG office Mr. warren called ~he regularly scheduled meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. On notion of Mr. Colbert, seco~e~ by Mr. ~arber, tho Board Vote: Unanimous Mr. Ramsay st-~ted th~~ county has bean notified and re~eived the Awmrd for .'¢Disti~g~ished Budget Prese~tat±on" for the fiscal year b~ginni~g July ~ ~92 from ~e ~overnment Finance officers A~soGiatlon and noted thi~ i~ the ninth consecutive to Mr. Steamier aD~ co--ended staff for their effo~t~. Mr. Daniel ~tated he will be attending tOle virginia Association of CO~n%i~ Municipal League Lmgimlativs Day on Feb~u&ry 12, 1995. Ma further ~tated the Budget and Audit Committee ma~ and reviewed tho Capital ImprQve~eDt Program and ~evenue projectio~ for FY94 and the Commlttea was offering the following recommendations: es=abllshing a policy to allocate r~ve~ue received above pro~ected levels to nonrecurring costs/ preparation of an agenda item for the February 24, 1993 meeting to uunsider advertiging the currant tax rate for a public hearing; review of the County Admi~istrator'~ budget on March 24, 1993 with amphasi~ on the distribution of revenue; and inttructing~he County Administrator to prepare recommand=ti~ns for the next budget year and using the competitive bid process us a way to reduce cost while maintaining the same during ~e UDcQming work ~es=ion on the budget. 'Mr. ~oHal~ stated he held his constltuent~ meeting on February 10, 19~3 with ~e topic of disoussion b~ing ~e budget and co~O~r~ ware expressed from citiz~n~ regarding futura revenue and tax rates and the reco~endations offered Dy Budge~ and Audit Co~ittee ware consistent with these concerns. He further ~tated concerns were al~o e~Dre~sed about leaf bu~in~ in t~e County. H~ nc:ed his next constitueDa~ n~eting would be held ~arch 29, 1993. ~. Colber~ s~a~O ho attended ~v%ralmeeting~ for ~toaca District and, ~peclfically, one meeting relating to the 91anning for a co~ity ~onter. He further state~ h~ met with Boy Scout Troop 822 in winterpo~k and indicated he f=lt the County was fortunate to have such outstanding younq man as Mr, Barber stated ~e held his 'First Monday" meeting wi~h ~e toDic of discus=ion being legislative is~ue~ and noted the topic of discussion for n~ month's m~eting nesting with the ~es Rive~ ~ansis club and appreciation 'to th~ Club for their ~fforts in the recent contribution of a school bus to the social Se~vice~ Ha indicated he ~n~oy~d ~ activitie= =pondered during "Black History Month" celebration. Mr. Warren stated he held his con~tituent~ meeting an~ meeting wa~ hel~ on ~ebrua~ 1, 1993 at ~onacan High School wi~h~e top~= of discussion being budget i~ue~ and noted his ne~ meetlnq wo~ld be ~1~ on March 1, On motion of Mr. Daniel, ~conded by Mr. Colbert, the Board moved Item 13.A., Resolution Recognizing ~r. Herbert J. Dr~eller, General service~ Department, to i~ediately follOW ~i~ item; added Item 7.C.10., Assig~ent of chester Repair Contract Pa~ent~ for Financing of the Methane Electric Generating Plant Con,track,on ~o follow Item 7.C.9., A~u~ptanc~ Z/lO/9~ of a Parcel of Land Along Genito Road from South Richmond Church of God; added Item 7.C.11., Donation to Virginia state university for the'"D=. Un~ine smith ~eore scholarship Fund" to follow Item 7.C.10.; replaced Item 7.C.7., Requeet for Bingo/Raffle Permit; and added Item 5.C., Work Session Regarding an Update of the Legislative Program to be held during dinner. R~sOLUTiON REOOGNIZI~¢ ~. ~? ~- DR~ELLER, ~ERAL SER~IC~ Mr. Howell i~t~oduc~d ~. and Mrs. Herbert J. DrY,ilar and sta~- Drumheller has provided twmnty-on~ y~ar~ of quality servic~ to th~ CoUnty. He further stated %he Department would mi~s hi~ loyal au~ dedicated service. On motion of the Board, the ~ollowi~g resolution was ~EREAS, Mr. Herbert J. Dru~eller retired from ~uilding~ and Grounds Division of th~ Department of General 8e~vice~ on February 1, 1993; ~ER~S, Mr. Drumheller wam hired on De=~er 15, 1971; and ~R~S, Hr. Drumheller ha= provided over twenty-one of quality service tO the citizen~ of Chesterfield County; and ~EREAS, ~r. D~umheller has supervised the malntenan~e and graph of the County's hea~ing/oooling plant~ from a few ~mall building~ to an administrative complex comprising ~everal hundred thousand aquarm feet; and WHEREAS, Mr. Dru~eller has s~en heatln~/cooling control sys=ems evolve from simple switches .%O compute~-based point- sensitive program~l and ~EREAS, Mr, Dru~eller waa ins=rumen%al in establishing h~atinq/coolinq e~ipment, thu~ increamln9 the efzici~ncy and life expectancy OS ~aid equlpment~ and WHEREAS, ~r. Dr~ell~r ha~ guided the maintenance WHZR~AS, ~r. DmuRhetler has providpd th~ Buildings and many years o~ loyal and dedicated serviQe; and ~EREAS, Chesterfield County an~ ~h= Beard of Eupervisors wi1! miss Mr. Dru~eller's diligent NOW, ~REFOR~ B~ IT RESOLUED, that the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors publicly recognizes Mr. Herbert J. Drumheller and exte~s on b~half of it~ members a~d the citizens of Chesterfield County :heir appr~oia=ion for his service to the County. ~D, BE IT ~T~R R~OLV~D, ~at a copy of this resolution b= presented t0 Mr. ~erb~rt J. Dr~mheller and that ~.=hi~ resolution bm permanently recor~ed among the pap~r~ of Vote: Unanimous 9~-91 ~ :±1! : '. II ].~L ........ [ .................. i I .......... Mr. Warren presented~he executed resolution to ~r. ~rumheller, accompanied b~bi~ wife, thanked him for his dedicated service to the ceunty~ and wished him and his wifm well"in their retirement. fiscal year 1994 includiag major sources of revenue in the ~enstruotion. and r~valuations of property ~er 19~4-1994~ commercial/industrial real e~tate; the analysis of chang~ in revaluations; and personal property revenue percentage~ uf ears in the. County and the level needed to maintain the existing tax ba~e; local sales Lax percentages of ehn.nge FY84-FYP~; and the projected six percent increase for the to the FY93 adopted ~udget include an increase of approximately $4 ~illion in real estate revenue, appreximately $4 million in expected to ~ ~14.3 milllon and this amount includes an propeeted u~es of these new funds including $~ million to sGhools and $6.3 million to County operations. of residential growth e~p~rienced by the County and growth di~rlbutien o~ recordation taxes and how it would apply to the ~anagament and efforts in preparing the budget. M~. Daniel ~tated the Budge= and Audit Committee revenue projections for FY94 and t~e Committee w~e reco~memdlng a~ovc projected levels to nonreeurrinq oosts$ to set ~he date for a public hearing for &dver=i$em~nt of tax rates; and to instruct the County Admini~trator to address items being placed in a competitive bid process whale main=aiming the current projection~ a~d be instructed to reduue their budget to fall within ~hose revenue projections. ar. ~sNale. stated the Budget end AUdit Co~mittee ~s~ requesting Daniel. Budget and Audit co~ittee'mreco~endations and th= timeframe in which to ap~ly the policy on allooatiuns as it relates to On motion o~ Mr, Daniel, the Board agreed to e&tablish a policy to allocat~ revenue received --above projected levels to nonrecurring itmne. (.It ~as muted there ~s no second to the motion. ) Vote: Unanimous Mr. Daniel made a motion to set a date for a public hearing at the regularly mcheduled meeting on February 24, ig93, to .authorize advertisement Of the tax rate based on the current rate of $1709 Der $100 of asse~ed value. (It was noted there Discussion, comments, and questions ensued relative to th= ~chool Board's budget being above allocations; whether the Board should advertise a h~gh~r tax rate; concerns expressed from citizens at constituent~ meetings regarding t~e tax ~ate; and the amount of increase which would be neede~ in the tax rate to fund ~he proposed $¢hool budget. s~t a date for a publi~ hearing at the regularly scheduled maeting on February 24, 19~, tc autheri~e ~dv~rt~m~nt of th~ tax rate ba~ed ou the current rate of $1.09 per $100 of asse~se~ value. (It %as noted ~here was no second to the ~oticn. ) Mr. Daniel noted the Budget and Audit Committe~ has requested on the competitive bid process for supply of County services. 5.M. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGP~%M FOR PY94-F¥98 Ma. Becky Thomas, Fiscal Impact Analyst of the Budget and ~nagement Department, presented an overview oD the proposed Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for FY94-F¥98 including a review of the County's debt management policies, specifically, emphasis on those ratios and policies that particularly guided the formulation of th~ propo~d CIP mush am the debt mervlce to expenditure ratio and the policy of increasing reliance on current revenue~ to finance =~pital improvemmntm. Sh~ mtated the County's total CIP of $208.8 million is comprised of general Cuunty, Schools, and utilities, she reviewed the proposed debt issuance schedul~ for the planning yeurm FY94- FY98 inelmdin~ proposed debt issuance amounts for General County projects, S~hool projects, the Regional ~ail, and ~ohn the propom~d imsuence schedule on the debt service to e~penditmres ratio; funding sources ~or the General County pQr%ien ef the CI~ including the General Fund and reserves transfer~ debt financing, contributions fro~ other localities, other sources, and cash proffers. She then summarized the analysis of the Romerve for~h/ture capital Projects. Thmre was brief discussion relative to a bond referendum being pla=cd on the Movember ballot. When asked, as. Thomas stated the proposed debt issuance schedule represented the County'~ available debt capacity for bend r~ferendum. She then reviewed thc ~arious functional areas including the Admlnis~ratien of Justice project summary prog~a~ing/pre-design approach; Airpor~ 'improvements: Drainage; ~eneral Services~ Libraries; Parks and Recreation; Planning; Public Safety; T~ansportation; Educationj the unfunded project list; and the proposed ~chedule should a bond 2/1Q;93 referendum be held in ~eVember, 1994. ~4r. Ramsay ~ri~ed the ¢%~ included the 'Se~ooI~'s CIP and staff recommends funding at the same level adopted by the Schsel Board. DiscussiOn, questions~ and comments ensued relative to ~ecuring futLtre school sites; wh~her the debt ratio is above or below t~hm ~arget; ¢l~rlfication thaC approval of th~ cIP would appropriate the flr~t year~s fund~ and adopt the remainder of the program as a plan of action; apace needs for the Chri~%ma~ ~other Program being unSunded and adequate space being given to the Program; whether th~ Virginia Departmen~ of Transportation (VDOT) wo~ld contribute to Sanding the installation of sp~ad bumps %hr0ughout the County; and the additional work r~quired for various library projects due %0 poor workmanship. · Mr. ZcHal~'re~ested staff =o Send a written co~it~ent to the Christmam ~other regarding the Program~ ~paue ns~dm. ~. Warren h~l~ a silent praye~ due to t~e recent pasming of meeting early. It was generally agreed to re=em~ for fi~e minu~mS, Recenvening: o ~%RK~ ~ RECREATION ~DVISOBY COtillION On ~otion of Mr. Daniel~ seconded by ~r. WarreD, the Board ~u~pended its rules at thi~ time to allow ~imultaneous nemination/appolnt~nt of a member to nerve on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission. Ayc~ ~. Warren, Mr. Colbert, Nr~ Daniel, and Mr. McKale. On motion of ~- Daniel, seconded ~y ~. Warren, th~ Board on ~e Parks ~nd Recreation.Advisory Co~sslon, repr~$eDtlng Dal~ District, whoso ~e~ is effective i=ediately and will Ayes: ~r, Warren, Mr. Colbert, M~. Daniel, and Mr. ~cHale. Absent: Mr. Barber, ~tr. F~den stated after Conducting & public hearing on January ~eal=h Center Commission for operation of the Lucy Ccr~ Nursing resolution to formally establish the ~ealth Center Commission and appointment of ~even ms~er~ -- one representing ~ach Co~ission. On motion of ~r. Colbert, seconded by ~r. Daniel,. the Board adopted the following resolution creating a health center commission: ' W~R~S, a rmomnt ammemmment of general County functionm and activities was conductod by a citizens committee known as the Revenue Remources and IDframtructure Co~ittee appointed by the Board Of Supervimorm; and WHEREAS, that co~ittee reco~ended that the County consider privatizing the op~atlon of the Chesterfield County ~u~inq Home; and Remouroes and Infrastructur~ co~i=tee and County staff, the Board of Snpervi~or~ appointed a Transition co~ittee consisting of citizen~ ~arimnce~ in the health care industry Nur~inq Home; and ~S, the Transition co~ittee reoo~ended establishing Uirgtnia; and establishing such a commls$ion was held on January l~, 1999, by h~r~. NOW, TEEREFORE ZE IT RZSOLVED, by the Board of ~u~ervlsor$ of Chesterfield Ceunty that a public n~ed %xists for the e~t~bllshm~n~ of a Eaalth Cen~er co~ission ~ursuant to Chapter 37, Title 15.1 of the Code of Virginia. ~D, D~ IT ~TM~ R~gOLVE~, that the public heal%h and welfare, ~ncludln~ the welfar~ of persons of low income in the County and surrounding ~rea~, requlrs the acquisition, construction, and operation o~ public humpital facilities, · ~ar=icularly nursing tomes, for i~abitants of the County and AND~ BE IT ~TH~ RESOLVED, that the County of ckesterfield hereby ~tabl~nh~ a ~eal~ Center Co~ission for the purpose of operating nursing hom~s~ ho~pi%al or health =~n~ Saoilitiss permitted by chapter 37, Title 1~.I of the Code of Virginia. Governing Board off'the Commlsslun shall be a~9ointed by the wi~h ini%ial aDpo~ntmen~ from one ~ four y~ars an~ individual AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED~ that subje=% =o a dete~ination by the De9ar~nt of Health and Kuman Services, that t~e Co~mis~ion can take control of the Chem~erfield County Nursin~ Home withou~ adversely affecting the County's Hill- Burton obligations, the co~ission ~hall assume eff~otiv~ control of =he Nu=sing Home on July 1, 1~93, a~d i~ tb~ meantime, shall prepare and pre~nt a ~la~ to the Board of Supervisors by ~my 1~ 199~ ~ur the lease or conveyance of ~ property and the need for financial or othar operational support f~om the County, if any. Ayes: Mr. Wa~re~, ~r. Colbert, Mr. Daniel, and Mr. ~c~ale. Absent: Mr. Barber. ........................... ~L JD ........ [ L ......... Mr. Daniel stated he would defer nomination~ of a me~ber serve en the, Health Center commission, representing Dale District, ~til February 24~ 1993. Mr. Colbert stated he would de£er nomination~ of a ~en%ber to serve on the Health Center Commission, representing District, until February ~4, Mr. Ks~le mt=ted he would defer nominations of a member to serve on the ~eal~h center Commission, representing Bermuda District, until February 24, 1993. ~r. Warren, on behalf of Mr. Barber, nominated Mr. Dominic Pul=e, re~resenting Mi~lothian District, to serve on the Health center Commission. Mr. Warre~ nomina~e~ Dr. Richard Selgrad~ representing Clover Hill Dimtrict, to serve OR ~he aaalth Center Commission. 0m motion of Mr. Warren, seconded .by ~Ir. Daniel, the Board nominated Mr. Dominie J, ~uleo, ~epresenting Midlo~hlan District, and Dr- Richard Belgrad, representing Clover ~ill District, tn serve an the ~ealth Center Commission, formal appointment~ will. be considered a~ tho February ~4, 1993 meeting. Azld, further,~ ~he beard deferred consideration of Netoaca Districts, untll F~bruary 24, 1993. Ayes: Mr. Warren, I',~. colbert, ~r. Daniel, and Mr. McHale. Absent: Mr. mather, ?.B. ~TRBBTLIGHT I~ST~LLATIO~ COST On motion of ~r. colbert, seconded by ~r. Warren, the ~oa~d approved the streetllght install=tio~ Cost approvals in the Katoaca Magisterial District ~s follows: * Intersection OD Court street and Terry Strew%, Upgrade e~is%~ng 3300 l~men ~er¢~ry Vapor Light to 8000 lumen Sodium Vapor Light. Co~t to upgrade light: $152.00. ~ Dupuy Road~ vioinity of 3400, on pole Ho nest to install light. * Loyal Avenue, on pole ~S31C No co~t to instell * Loyal Avenue, an ~ola ~$31E . NO cost to instmll light. * Loyal Avenue~ on pole No Oo~t to install * Loyal Avemue~ on pole Ne sos= to install light. Ayes: Mr. Warre~, ~4r. Colbert, ~r. Daniel, and Mr. Absent: Mr. Barber. On ~otlen o£ ){r. EcRale, ~ec<nded by Mr. Colbert, the Board appropriated $86,904 in State r4venue for continuation of the Special Drug Prese~ution ~rsnt and increased expenditures for th~ FY93 Drug Prosecution Grant. (It im n~te~is ~ant funds a~oc~at~d costs and no CD--fy funds a~e i~volved.) Ay~s: ~r. Warren, Mr. Colbert, Mr. Daniel, and Mr. MCHale. Absent: Mr. Barber. APPROVe50~ PAYMENT TO COO~ERS ~ ~YBP~m_ND FOR ADDITIONAL AUDITIR~ SERVICES RELATE~ TO TNH P~R~ORF~/~CE ~UDIT OF T~ BUTLDIN~ INSPECTIO~ DEP~TME~. On ~otion of Mr. McHale, s~conde~ by ~r. colbert, %he Board authorized the p~nt of $6,611.01 to Cooper~ & Lybrand for Ayes: Mr. Wa~re~, Mr. colbert, Mr. Daniel, and Mr. McHale. Absent: Mr. Barber. ?.~.2. AUTHORIZATION FOR CO~T¥ ADMINIS~TO~ TO EXECUT~ ~ C~NTI~%CT WITH THE VIRGINIA HOUSINO D~VELOPH~NT AUTHORITY TO SERVI~E ~OM~NITY ' After brief discussion, cn motio~ 0f M~. M~ale, ~econdad by ~r. Colbert, the Board authorized the County A~inlstratur to execute a GontraGt with the Virginia Housing Development Authority to service C~uni~ D~v~lopm~nt Block Grant loans subject to approval by th~ County Attorney. 7,C,4. AUTHORIZATION FON CO~;TY A~MINI~TIt~TOR TO ENTER author~ze~ the County Adminiatretor to enter into an agreement ut~llzation of pa~s-thrcugh public law and State funds in 1993 and appropriated $~1,500 of anticipated pa~e-through public.law and State funding f~r the transportation model update. (It iz netsd a copy of ~he ~greeme~t in f~led with the papers of thi~ Board.) ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ENDORSINO..?~H VIRGINIA ~. Colbert, the Board adopted the following re~elution: WHEREAS, the Intermodel Surface Trenspurtation Efficiency Act of 199~ authorized the development of a National Highway W~ER~A~, the virqinia Department of Transportation has prepared s draft National Highway System for Virginia including certain roads in Chesterfield Ceun=y. HOW, T~REFORE BE IT RESOLVED~ that the Chesterfield County Board of supervisors ~ndor~es the Virginia Depart~ent of Transportation?s draft National Highway System. AND B~ IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board requests the virginia DePartment ef Transportation to add Huguenot Road from Route 60 te Chippenham Parkway to the National Highway System. Ayes: ~r. Warren, ~r. Colbert, Mr. Daniel~ and Mr. NcHale. Absemt: ~r. Barber. on mo~ioR of Mr. HcEale, seceDd~d by F~r. Colbert, T-he Board · amended the~minutee of the December 9, 1992 ~oard m~eting as awarded a contract to S. ROOK/Estabroek Corporation, in amount of $161,000 lees two percent for payment made within twenty days, for lighting of baseball/softball sielde at ~n~he~er Hiah School and .Naneheste~ Middle ~chool. (It is noted funds for this projects ~are appropriated from ~he Clover Hill Sports Complex at the October 14/ 1992:80ard meeting.) .Vote: Ununimo~S" TO: "On motlon of 5[r. Barber, seconded by Mr. ~eHale, the Board awarded a contract to ~. Roek/Estabrook COrporation, in the amount Of $161,000 less two percent for payment made withiu twenty dhye~ for iigh=ing of baseball/~cftball fields MemohesterH~gh BchoOl..a.sd authorizD~ the County Adminls~rator resoonsiv~ and :esponmi~le ~idder fox la,helm? £o: one baseball/softball field &t Maneh.ester Middl- School. (It is note~ funds forl these projects were appropriated £rom the Clover Hill Sports Complex at the October 14, 1992 Eoard meeting,) Ayes: ~r. Warren, Mr. Colbert, Mr. Daniel, and Mr. NcHale. Absent: Mr. Barber. 7.~.7. REOUEZTS FOK ~IM~O/~AF~L~ ~.ERMITS On ~otlon o£ F~r. MoHale, ~onded by ~r. Colbert, the Board approved bingo/ruffle permits for the following organizations for calender year ~993: ORgANIZaTION TYPE South Ric~hmond Rotary Club Raffle Raffle St. Edward's Churuh 2/10/9~ Bird Mueic Boomters Raffle Mr. warren, Mr. dolb~rt, Mr. Dsniel, and Mr. McHale. Abmsnt: Mr. Barber. ~CCEPTANCE OF A OO~YANCE OP L;~ND A~D IMPROVEME~$ PROM ~ENSLEY VOLU~TRRR FIRE DEFARTM~T_NO.~. INCORFOP~TE~ND~UTMORIZATION FOR OO~Y~MINIS~TOR TO ~XE~TE ~E NE~ DE~ ~ ~ CERTIFICATE OF SAT~.R~CTION On motion of ~r. McHale, ~econd~d by Mr. Colbert, ~e Beard accepted, on behalf of th~ County, ~e conveyance of Lots 23 a~d 24, ~nd the wemtmrn half of LOt~ 25~29, Block G, ~ubdivimio~ Of a part of Block "G" of the village of Bensley; Lot~ 1-6 and 1~-20, Block M, Village of Bemmley; u portio~ a 12 foot alley adjacent to LO~ 2~ Block G; a portion of a f~ot ali~y adjacent to LOtM 1-6 ~nd Lot 16, Block M; and a portio~ of a 12 foo~ atl~y adjacent ~ the western hals of LO~m 1~-20, ~loQk ~; and ~0 fee% of Parkdala Road adjacent to 1-6, Block M~ and existing improvements fr~m Bentley volunteer Fire Department ~o. ~, Incorporated and authorized the dounty Administrator tO execute the n~ces~ary deed and a certificate Chesterfield Volunteer Fir= Department ~o. 3~ I~corpora~d~ recorded in Dee~ ~ook 1~24 a= P~g~ 55~. (It is not~ a ¢o9Y of the vicinity sketch is filed wi~ the puper~ cf this Board.) Ayes: ~. ~arren, Mr. Colbert, Nr. Daniel, and ~. 7.~,9, ~CC~FP~%N~E OF A FARCRL O~;..n%~D ~-LON~ ~NITO ROAD FROM On motion of ~r. McHale, seconded by Mr. Colbert,. the Board accepted, on behalf of the County, a parcel of land G~nito Road from South Richmond Church c~ Go~ and a~orized the C~unty Adminis=rator =o exeoute ~he n~cessary de~d. (Tt noted a copy of the pla~ i~ filed wi~ the puper~ of ~hi~ Ayms: ~. Warren, ~r. Colbert~ Mr. Danlel, and ~. MoRale. ~ENERAFIN~ PLANT CONSTRUOTION '' On motion of ~r. ~c~al~, sec~n~e~ by ~r. Colbert, the Boar~ assigned th~ Chester Landfill Repair Contract pa~rmants to Signet Bank/Virginia, Trustee, for ~inanoln~ of ~_he Me%keno Electric Generating Plant construction. (It is noted approval of this assignment does n~t chan~e Zhe terms or service obligations of the contractor, E.T. Energie~/~entry Well~ Work~, Inc.) UNDINE SMITH MOORE B~EOLARSMIR FUNDt~ On motion of Y~f. MaHale, eecondad by Mr. colber~ the ~oard centrib~ted $i,0~0 to Virginia State University in honor of Dr. Undine smith Moore for the "Dr. Undine Smirk Moo~e Scholarship F~nd." (It is noted said fun~ will coma from the Kate=ca Magisterial D/s~ict Three Cent Read Fund.} ~ Ayes: Mr. Warren, Mr. Colbert, Mr- Daniel, and M~. MoB=lo. Absent: Mr. Da~ber- On motion of Mr. McJ~ale, ~ooon~e~ by Wt. Warren, the Board acee~ted the following reports: l{r. Ramsay ~resented the Board with a report on the d0veloper water and sewer contracts exa~ted ~y the County Admlnistrato~. · Mr. Ramsay presented the Beard with a status e~ the General Fund Balance; Ressrv~ for ~utur~ Capital Projects; D~strict Road and street Light Funds; Lease P~rehasos; and School Board Agenda. Mr. Ramsay ~tated the Vir~inla Department of Tranzportat4en has formally notified the County of the acceptance of the following roads into the Sta~e Seaon~ary System: ~DDiTiOW~ LENGTH BI{A~DO~, SECTION ~ - ~Effeotiv~ Route 4~91 (Cor~yville Road) - From 0.O~ mil= West Route ~293 to 0.23 milo Southwest Route 4293 0.20 Route 4289 (Corryville Terrace) - From Route ~o 0.0~ mile North Rout= 4292 ~.05 Rou~e 4~ (dorryville Cou~t} - From Route 4292 C~T~S MILL - S~CTION 1 Route 6000 Carters M{]i ~u~lev=rd) - From Rout~ 6U~ =o Route ~OOZ 0.06 Rou=~ 6~01 Cart~r~ W~y Road) ~ F~om 0.05 mile Ra~t Route ~000 tO 0.45 mile S~u~w~t Route 6000 0.50 Route 6002 Cart~r~ crossing Road) - From Route 6001 to 0.08 milo ~orthwe~ Route 6~01 0.08 Route 6~0~, Carter~ Way Court) v From Ro~te.~0Ol to 0.0~ mile southeast Route 6001 0.06 Route ~003 Carter~ Creek Drive) - ~rom Route Route 6004 Car~ers Cr~k Place) - From Rout= 6003 to 0.1~ mile ~ast Route 6003 ~ON WOODS - S~ION D Route ~030 (Mason Wo~s Drive) - From Q.02 mile North Route 4034 to Route 4029 Route 403~ (Mason Dale Pla~) - From Rou~e 4029 to 0.13 mile North Route 4o29 0.13 93-100 Route 4838 (Mason Dale circle) - From Route 4029 to 0.04 mile~North Route 4029 ~" 0.04 Mi Route 403? (Mason Dal~ Court) - From Route 40.29 to 0.05 mile East Route 4029 0.0~ Mi Rout= 4038 (Mason Dale Terrace) - From Rou~o 4029 to 0.10 milo East Route 40]9 0.10 Mi Route 4039 (~ason Dale Way) - From 0.0~ mil~ West Route 4029 to 0.1.2 mile East Route 4029 O.17 ~i OLD CREEK NEST -- SECTIONS 8 & 9 Route §090 (Malben Way) - From Route 2767 to 8.08 milo South Route .2767 0.0~ Mi Route 5091 (Morgan Trail Drive) - From Route 2767 ~o 0,09 mile South Rout~ 2767 0.09 Mi Route 5O92 (~artslde Place) - ~rom Route ~767 to ~.09 mile ~outh Route 2767 0.09 ~i Route 5093 (Far.hill Lane) - From Route 2767 to Route ~094 (Mardas court) ~ From 0.04 mile West Route .2767 ~o 0.I7 milo East Route 2767 8.21 Mi Route 5095 (Mad=as circle) - ~r0m Route ~094 to CLOVER RILL FA.RMg, S~CTION H - (Eff.eCt~V~ 1--25--93) ROU~U 4126 (Elkweed Reed) - From Route 1292 to 0.28 Rou=e 4125 (B~ekta~l Court) - Prom Route 41~6 to Route 4481 0.~7 Mi Route 4488 (Hamlin C~rcle) - From Route ~8~ to Route 44~1 (~amlin Way) - From 0.03 ~ile ~orth Route 4480 to O.lO mile South Rou~ 44~O 0.1~ ~i Absent: ~r. Barber. 9. EXECUTIV~ S~8~IO}~ PURBUANT TO SECTION .2.1--344 (a} ~1], CODE CONSID~TiON OF ~TTER~ B~TXN~ TO THE 0n not,on of Mr. Morale, seconded by ~. Colbert, the Board went into EXacutiv~ session p~suant =o S~o%ion 2.1-344 ~a} (1), Code of Virginia, 1950, a~ ~nded, for discussion or 93-101 ~/10/93 con$ideratinn of matters relating to the asslgD~ntr appointment, ~er£ormance, ~emoval or resignation O£,~ .specific appo£ntee of the Board. Ayes; Mr, Warren~ Mr. ColDer%, ~r. Daniel, and ~r. ~oHalo. Absent: Mr. Barber- on motion ur Hr. Me,ale, seconded by ~[r. Dnni=l, tho Board adopted the ~ollowing resolution: WHEREAS, the Board of Superviser~ has this day adjourned into Executive Semsion in accordance with a formal vot~ of the ~oard and in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom O~ Information Act; and Session w~s conducted in oonformity with law. NOW, ~EREFORE BE IT RE~OLVED, the Board of Supervisors does hereby certify ~at tO ~e be~t of each member's knowledge, i) only public business matter~ lawfully exempted f~om open meeting r~irement~ under =he Freedom of Information certificati~ applies, and ! ~ ii) only suoh publi~ business matters as were identified in t~e ~. Danfel : Aye- ~. Colbert: Aye. Mr. Warrc~ ~ Aye. Mr. Bar~r : ~sent. On mo~ion of Mr. Daniel, ~econded by Mr. ~cHale, the Board reeeooed to =he A~ministratlon ~uilding, Room 582, for dinne~ and a work ~ession re~ardin~ an update of the Legislative Authorities" and stated the Bill ha~ been approved by the finunei~q oertain coot= of residential development.' ~a then reviewe~the typo~ of improvements which could be' financed and co~aunity development district petit~nn the Board of ~uper~isers~ the Board would be required to hold a public the process to i~s~e tax-exempt hond~ by the Authority and how t~e debt service would be paid baok. He not~4 the Board could not mediSy t_he pmtitlon Su~itted"by the property Owners when ¢on~iderinq the request. DiscHssion,' comments, and questions ensued relative to the issuance of debt'~by the Authority and whether tl~is %yp~ of legislation could negatively impact the County's bond rating; whether the County would be legally ~espensibla if a development did not susoes~; whether the legislation was ~tate- wide authority; how the community development authorities have wu~ed in other localitia~ and, specifically, as it relates to the repayment of debt 'service; which categories of infrastructure improvements ware Dart of the Bill; requesting the SeDat~ Co~itt~ to m~dy the Bill before considerinq adoption of the Bill; w~ethe~ r~he virginia Assooiation of Counties has taken a positio~ ~n~e ~ill a~d the po~ition the County ~hould take on the Bi~l; and ~e pa=~ons of the On m~tion of Mr. Daniel, seconded by ~. McHale, iL was the "Community DevelOpment A~thorities." Ayes: ~. Warren, Mr. Colbert, M~. Daniel, and~. MoHalk. Absent: Mr. Barber. Ayes: M~. Warren~ Mr. Colbert, Mr. Dan~el, an~ ~. Absent: ~r. Barber. ~r. Ramuey stated the County ha~ be~n notified by the Legislative Delegation that it w~ antioipat~d ~h~ public purpose bill would bB amends4 in the Counties, Citi~= and To~ Co~ittee with an amendment to prohibit the County from using any so~t of f~e ~o pay for repairs to homes de,ged by shrink/swell ~Oil~ and would limit the source of the pa~ent tax r~v~. ~. McHal~ s=ated he did not feel the ~oard ha~'collectlvely de=i~ed their position at t~im point in time; however, he did not feel th= Boaro shsuld be constrains4 on source~ of revenue for pa~ent. ~r. Daniel and ~r. Colbert concurred with Mr. McHale. There ~an brief discussion relative to the Bill as ~itte~+ ~r. Ramsey r~viewed Senate B~ll ~877 which prohibits localities from having a residenoy retirement for ~t~ ~mDloy~e=. furthe~ stated th~ Poli~ D~partment ha~ a residency requirement wit~i~ the policies of ~ Depar~men~ for police officers. He further stated the Chief of ~olicu felt it would be beneficial to continue to re~i~e police offioer$ employed by %he county t0 reside in the County. Discussion, oomments, and questions ensued relativ~ to when th~ r~idency policy wa~ ~stablishsd for the Police De~ar~ent and tho County requesting the Legislative D~legation to exempt or gray,father Che~terfi=ld from the p~oposed Bill. It was the general con~ensu~ of the Board to the Chesterfield CouDty Police Department. T.Di~cussion, co~ent~, and qBestionm enmued relative to the ~mtatum of the county~ Le~i~latlve Program and the '~lean Alternative ~els Program. 93-10~ 2/10/93 It was generally agreed to recess to the Public Meeting Room. Re¢onvening: Warren introduced ReVerend ~eil Gutma~er, pastor of Sherbo~r~e united Methodist Church, who gave the invocation. I2. PLEDGE O~ ALLE~Ii~NCE, TO THE F~%~ OF THE UNITED ~TATES O~ ~MERI~A Mr- Stlth' led the Pledge Of Allegiance to the Flag cf the united states u~ America. M~. Stlth then recognized ~he values end con%riDutions made by · Associate Justice Thurgoed Marshall and ~r. Arthur Ashe who both xecently passed away. ~EC0~NI~I~LR- ROBERT TURNBULL ELLIOTT UPON ATTAI~IN~ R~NE OF~__~LE ~COU~ On motion of the B0ardt the following resolution wam adopted: WHEREAS, The Boy Scouts of AJ~erica w=~ incorporated by W~lliam D.. Boyce on February.8, 1910; and ~ER~AS, T~e Boy ~oou=~ of ~ericu wa~ founded to promote citizenship training, personal ~mvelopm~nt and fitness ~f ~ndividuals; and ~E~AS, after earning a~ lea~t twenty-One merit b~dges in a wld~ variety of fi~ld~, serving in ~ leadership position in a troop, carrying out a service project beneficiR1 to his co~uni~, being active in the troop, demon~trating spirit, and living u~ ~o ~a ~cout Oath and Law~ and ~ER~S, ~. Robert Turnbull Elliu~t, Brandermill Church, Troop 890, ha~ ~Gomplished those high ~tandar~s o~ co~i~ment and ha~ reached the long-~ought goal of =agle Scout which received byless than two percent of ~osa individuals entering the Scouting mov~ent; ~E~S, growing =hro~g~ his experisDce~ in Scouting, learning th~ lessons of responsible citizenship~ a~d DriVing himself o~ the qr~at accompli~en=~ Of hi~ County, Robert of whom wu can all b~ v~ry proud. NOW, .~EREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, ~hat the Chenterfield Coun~y ~oard o~ Supervi~or~ hereby extends its cong~atulat~on~ to ~. Robert T~nbull Elliott and acknowledges ~e good fortunu o~ the County t0 hav~ =uch mn out~=anding young man 93-104 2/10/9~ Mr. Warren presented the executed resolution ~o Mr. Elliott, accompanied by members of hi~ family, and congratulated him on ~i~ outstanding ~hisvemenC. D~Y" ~r. Stith introduced ~. Frank ~ndric~, Administrative A~slstan~ %o the President for Governmental R~lation~, and ~rofessor Vale~ie T~mpl~ Thompson, frs~ Vir~in~m State On motion of the Board, the following resolutisn was adopted: WI~EREA$, Dr. undine smith Moore was born August 2~, 1~04 in Jarrett, Virginia -- the youngest of three children Of James William smith and Hardie Turnbull smith; WEEREAS, Dr. Moore wa~ a r~sldent cf Chesterfield County a~ the ti~e of h~r death; and at Virginia Stat~ University in Ettri~k; who hav~ ~i~in~i~hed themselves in ~ome of ~rlom~ most important posit~ons of musical lea~e~Bhip~ and Martyr, was nominated for a ~litmer Pr~me; and WEER~S, on Sunday~ February 14, 1993, Dr, Moore's Ca~tata, SGene$ from the Life of a Rart~r, w~ll b~ performed at Virginia State Universityf W~ER~S, the procmmds from ~his special event will be to establish thm ~Undin~ ~mith Moore Memorial Scholarship Fund" at Virginia State University for music students. NOW, THEREFORE ME IT RESOLVED, that the Chesterfield County Soard of supervisors fully support~ thi~ activity and recognizes and uu~portS S~day, February 14~ 1993 as "undine smith Moor~ Day" in Chesterfield county. ~D, BE IT F~TH~R ResoLVeD, that the Board of Supervisors calls this resolution to the attention of all citizen~ by "recognizing Dr. Moore's contribution to %him region and ~ncourages attendance at this significant program. '' Ayes: Mr. Warre~, ~. Co~bert, ~. Daniel, and Mr. Morale. Abment: Mr. Barber. Nrl Col~ert presented the executed remolution to~. Hmndri~m and Ms. Thompson and recognized the accomplimhment~ and contributions of Dr. Moore. students at the University in m~=ti~q their goals. 93-105 2/I0/93 MEDICIN~ ~D ~SCHEDULING OF THE PUB~I~ HE~iNG ~TIN~ TO B~INESZ LiC~S~ Dr. Zavik~ representing Veterin~ri~n~ for E~itabl~ Tax~tion, r~ques~e~ th~ public hearing r~garding business license taxes op~ortunity for the veterinarians to attend ~he maetln~ and that they felt the Board should protest oitisens from unjust taxa%ion;.and that they w~re opposed to the changes in the regarding business license taxes. ~D~. Tedemchl, representing Ueterlnmrians for E~itabl~ Taxation, st=ted h~ felt the County ha~ change~ t~e method in they felt..the .Cod~ had ~een misinterpreted; %~at ~he did not fe~l ~ey had been treated fairly; that he felt manager system; ~at it had been indicated (to them) that of Revenuers Office and the Treasur~r'~ Cffice under ~ County manager system and.~ey ~upporte~ the conc~t~ and that they felt %he tax policies should De changed. ~r. Warren olarlfled ther~ wa~ a ~peclal co~itt=e ~alted 'FOOUS on the Future", which wa~ e~tabl~she~ by the Business Council Governanoe Co~ittee, wko ar~ adverting changes =o~ld have an impact on Count~ government; however, ~u Board of Superviso~ Was no~ ~Declfically addressing the Mr. Daniel stated he had ~e~uasted the public hearing consider changes in busine~n licen~e~ taxes to ba h~Id on April ?, 1~93 in an effort to combine thos~ public hearing~ ~ealing with revenue an~ tax measures but i% was not his intention to place a hardship on citizen~ desiring to attend the public ~earing. He ~eques~ed the County Administrator to ta~e ~pprOpriate steps to chang~ th~ publlc h~arin~ dat~ from April 7, 1993 to ~o~ 24, 1~93, a~ FOOD CONCESSION BY NUeB~NOT LITTLE. ~EAGUE Mr. ~asden state~ this date and time hae been advertised for a public hearing to consider the oonYeyance ufa leas~ of real property iD the Chesterfield Park~ ~ystem for operation of a food oonoesslon by ~ugueaot Little League, Mr. George Beadles eDated ooneideratlon should be given to privatizing the~o types of leases as he felt these types of issues should not be considered by the Board. There being no cae else to address this issue, the public hearing was closed. I i When asked, Mr. Micas staked state law requires public hearings to be held by boards of supervi~or~ when Considering leases, On motion of Y~. Daniel, seconded by F~I~. McKal~, the Board epprave~ a lease of real prep~rty to~D~guenot Little League for the operation of a food conoeesien at the Robiou~ Athletic Cemplex for two years, subjeq~ to the County's standard lease Ayes: Mr. Warren, Mr. Colbert, ~. Daniel, and ~. KcHale. Absent: Mr. Berber. 15.~- TO CONSIDER ~N ORDINANCE TO ~K~D THE ~ODE O~ THE COUNTY OF ~HESTEREIELD. 1978, AS ~_~DED,' ~Y ADDING A ~FEW SECT~O~ 19.1-9 (h) RE~TING TO TRE ~G~ O~ VEHICLE~ USED AS T~ICABS Mr. MiCaS stated thi~ date a~ tim~ has been a~verti~ed ~cr a public hearing to consider an ordinance relating to the age of vehicte~ ~ed aa taxicabs. He further ~tatad no vehicle would bm old~r than five years and adoption of the ordinance would make 'the County consistent with ~e re~lation~ of other ordinance was reco~endud 'by the Rioh~o~d Regional Planning District collision's Ta~ioab A~viso~y soard. ~h~ or~inanc~ needed to be amended. hearin~ Wa~ clo~ad. On motion of Mr. Daniel~ seconded by ~. Colbert, ~e Board ~dopted the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE T0 ~END ~= COD~ 0F T~Z CO~TY OF CHESTERFIELD, 1978, AS ~DED~ BY ~DING A THE AGE OF VEHICLES USED AS TAXICABS BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield County: (1) That seotion 19.~-3 oi %he Code o~ the County of Chesterfj193~, 1978, as amended, is amended and ~eenaoted to (h) Age of vehicles under cer~ifiua~. It shall be unlawful for a certificate ~lder to place into service a for- hir~ v~h~cle which ts more t.han five (5) model yeur$ old at the time it is pla~d into ~ervice; provided, however, ~at onc~ properly placed ~n ~ervi~e a ~vehicle may contlnu~ to be use~ ns a for-hire vehicle indeflnit~lylby the same certificate holder if ~uch .vehicle otherwise ~eet~ the retirements of ~is chaDter an~ iS the certificate under which it is o~erate~ do~ not lap~e~ i~ r~newed annually and is not revoked. (~) This ordinance ~hall beoome effectiv~ i~adiataly upon adoption. Ayes: ~r. Warren, ~r. colbert Mr. Daniel, ~nd Mr. MoHalk. Absent: Mr. Barber. 93-107 ¢O~'i;T~O~ ~EeT~IELD~ X9.78. i~ AMENDED, ~Y AP~OV~ ~. ~ti~ stated %hi~ date and time hue teen advertised fur publi= hearing to aon~ider an ordinance relating to site plan a~proval. ~e further ~ta~ed adoption of the ordinanc~ would bring ~ County in conformance with recently a~opted State law. Mr. George Beadl~ e~r~ssed concerns relative to considering timm limits for ~oning requests which have already granted. There beln~ no one els~ to address thi~ ordinance, th~ ~ublic hearing was closed. Mr. Warren r~cognlzed ~r. Harry Mar~h~ Planning and expressed appreciation to the Planning Co~ssioners m=ating bhey arean integral part of th~ zoning 'On motion o~ ~. M~al~, saconded by Mr, Colbert, the adopted ~e~follow~ng ordi~oe:. .. .. ~ ORDINANCE TO ~D TH~ ~0D~ OF OF CH~, 1978, AS ~ENDED~ BY ~ENDING SE~ION 21.1-277 ~TI~G T0 ~XTE P~N APPROVAL BE IT 0RDAIN~D by the Board of Supervisors of che~terfield (1) That S~ction 21.1-277 of the Code o~ the County 'read as follows: -,,,. ~ec. 21.~-~T7. ~iC~ ~.ian auuroval. (a) ~ approved site plan ~hall become null and void if no significant work i~ done or development is made on the site wi~in five (S) years after final ~it~ plan approval. (b) There shall be no clearing or grading Of any site wi~o~t approval of a gradin~ a~d/0~ erosion control pia~ by the Direotor of planning and the Directo~ of Environmsn=al Engineering. Construction ur dev~10pmen= may begin upon a~prova! of the ult~ plan by.the Director of Plannin~ and building pe~it~ by the Buildin~ official. (2) This Ordinance shall becoma affeotive immediately upon.adoption. Ayes: Mr. Warren, Mr- Colberb, M~. Daniel, and ~. ~cHale, Absent: Mr. Barber. 15.D. TO OONSIDEK AN 0I~DTN~E TO ~I%C~..TE A T~ENTY FOOT .TEMPO~-%RY D~N~GE EASEMEN~ WITHIN RIV~'S CREST MT. S~i~ ~tated this date and time ha~ been advertised for a p~lic hearing to consider ~ O~dinance to vacate n twenty foot temporary ~ainag~ easement within River's Cresb Su~iVi~ion, Section 1. No one came forward to speak in favor of or agaln~t the ordinanoe. On Notion of Mr. Colbert, sesonde~ by }{r,'~c~ale, the Board a~opted the following ordinance: A~ ORDINANCE whereby the COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD, VIRGINIA, ("GRANTOR") vacates to GARY H. LOVING and NORIK0 LOVINg, (husband and wife) ("GRkNTEE") , a 20' temporary drainage easement across Lo=~ 6 and 7', Rive=ms Crest Subdivision, section 1, Bermuda Magisterial O~strict, Ch%~tarfield County, Virqinia, as shown on a plat thereof duly recorded in the Clark's of~ica of the Circuit CourD Of Chesterfield County in Plat Book 78, Pages 6~-6A. WHEREAS, Gary H. and Neriko Lovimq, petitioned the ~oard of Supervisors of Chestsrfleld County, Virginia to vacate an ~0' temporary drainage eaZemmnt in River's Cre~t Subdlvls~en, Section 1, B~r~uda Magisterial Oistrict, Chesterfield County, Virginia, mor~ particularly s~own on a plat of r~oord in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of said County in Plat Book 78, Pnqes 62-~4, da~ed November 12, 1~91, ~a~ by ~. K. Timmons and Associate~, P.O., Inc. The easement petitioned to be vacated is more fully desuribed as A 20' temporary drainage easement across LO~S 6 a~d 7, River's crest Subdlvi~ion, ~eotion 1, Bermuda District, ~h~terfleld, Virginia, au s~own on a plat thereof by J. K. Timmons and A~so=iates, P.o., Inc., dated ~ovember 1~, 1991, a copy of which is recorded in the clerk's Offi¢~ of the C~rcu~t Court of chesterfield County, Virginia, in Deed Book 7~, WHZREAS, ~otioe has hesn given p~r~uant to Zection 15.1-431 of the Code of Vircinia, 1950, as amended, by advertising; and, W~REAS, no public necessity exist~ fo~ the continuance of the ~a~ement sought to be vacated. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY T~E BOARO OF SU~ER¥ISORS OF CHEST=RUI~LD COUNTY, VIRGINIA: That pursuant to Section 1~.1-48~(b) of the ~D_~ of Virginia, 1950, as amended~ the a~ore~ald easement be and i~ hereby vacated. GRANTOR dOam h~reby reserve all of its right, title and in River's Crest Subdlvi~ion, Section 1. T~i$ Ordinance shall be in full force and effect in accordance with Section 15.1-482(b) cf the Code of Virginia, 1950, ae amended, and a certified copy of this 0rdiaano~, together with thirty days heresY%er in the Clerk's Office of %he Circuit Court of Chesterfield County, Virginia, pursuant to Section 15.1-485 of the Cede of V~r~{nla, 1950, as The effect of this Ordlnanoe pursuant to Section 15.1-4s3 is to the plat vacated. This Ordinance shall Vest fee simple any rights of public Accordingly, this Ordinance shall be indexed in the names of thc County of Chesterfield as qrantcr and Gary H.'Lovlmg and Noriko Loving, (husband and wife), or their ~uccessors in Ayes: Mr. Warren, ~tr. Colbert, ~Ir. Daniel, and Mr. MeHale. 93-I09 ~/~0/93 1.5.E. TO ~O~ST,~H THE CABLE R~NEWAL COM~iTTE~lg ~OF~NITY Mr. Mike Chernau,-Assistant County Attorney, stated thia~d~ts and ~ime has been advertised for a public hearing to needs of %ha County. He further stated the cable Franchise Renewal Committee was appointed by the Board of for tho next five to ten years. He ~tated the Commi=tee mad~ a preliminary report on its findings to the Board on NoVember 24, 1992, and at ~at time, ~e p~lio ~earing was sub~oriber~ which would be conducted by an independent third party selected by the co~ittee and paid by Storer Cable; =mploying a ~=ign engineering consultant by =he County assist staff in developin~ the technical spacification~ of the cable ~ymtem; a~d adoption of a schedule of actien regarding ~= S=orer fr~nchlse renewul~ ~a noted the public hearing ~uld ~e ~eld ~ov~mb~r 23, 1993. He then revi~we~ %he schedule '~ill ~m~act Storer financially, and it~ plans %0 f~nancm any Holman, a m~ of %k~ Cable Television Franohiss Co~ittee has conducted inoludin~ assls~ing staff by reviewing stcrer'n operations ~n the County; analyzing Storages system; touring Storer's facilities; and conduc=ing public hearings in eaC~ District to ~dentify ~he future cabl~ n~ds of t~e Hs further stated ~he Co~ittee met wit~ a r~presentative of .... ComcaSt, Stor~r~s~ew parent corporation, for a presentation ~h~ cable industry and the .,himto~ of ~cable teo~nolo~y i~Gluding options co~ca~t ~s oflering to i~cr~ase the cap=C'ity Mr. Warren expressed appreciation =o ~h~ Co~it%~e for their ~. Ron Wright, rmDreaenting Jay $ear~ News Service, stated his company provides p~ogra~ing to Starer Cablm; ~hat they the mo~ aGco~odating; and that ~y supported ~u franchise ~ asked, ~. Mica~ stated theoretically the CO~Rty coul~ re. ire =hat cable metrics be available to every houmm in the county. ~. Tucker Smit~ ~tated he r~ides in the Co~ty; that he is cable operator in Florida and revi~we~ direct television upgrades. H~ further stated he would b= sellinq diremt television in h~m mrea by he. year; %hat subscribers believe 93-110 2/Z0/~ Mr. Buck Dopp~ General..~anag~r of Storer Cable, expressed appreciation for the opportunity to address this issue and citizens for their input and stated Storer Cable's rates wer~ not the highest in the area although their rates are higher than some local cable companies due to certain factor~ $~ch the density cf homes per mile, the amount of growth and e~pansion required, the nnmbsr of miles o£ cable plant, storer's contracts with programmers; economic and technical support for public, educational, and goverr~ent access, and the increased le~s than the Consumer Price Index.(CPI) since and the CPI has risen about 63 percent while Storer'~ cost per channel has ~i~en ~6 percent. He reviewed Storer's limited basic service and preferred basic service options ~d mtated it was Stor~r~m incentive to keep rates down and affordable. Me then reviewed $~oror's financial strength and stated the debt Icad carried by Storer hms not curtailed capital improvomentm during the first franchise term and the debt load would not curtail capital improvements during the second franchise term- He Then reviewed improvements made by $torer including customers having a choice of 37 channels; the activation Of approximately 1,000 miles more than premised in the initial view with addressable converters u~ing the moe~ advanced technolbgy available; and the investment of $12.~ million during the last four years for naDi=al improvements. ~e stated S~o~em ha~ provided substantial financial information to the Committee; that Storer is now a subsidiary of Ca,cast; that all cf the old Storer debt obligations du~ at the end of 1992 been mst; and that starer coul~ provid~ assurance~ ~ram it~ bankers, lsb~e~s of credit, and other evidence tc demonstrate their financial ability to make good on their Gemmitments. rsvlewe~ Starer'a technical ability and noted the technical upgrade anticipated is contingent on being awarded at.least a 15-year franchise ~y ~he county; that they felt the franchise document should have th~ flexibility to emcompas~ changing technology and Ce~L~unlty needs; and that the term should be to 20 years. ~e further stated t~e goal of storer is to establish an ongoing partnership wi~h county staff and that ldcal investment, by companies lik~ sto~er strengthen the economic tax base and provides jobs an~ additional tax revenue. ~e ~a~ed Ztorer ~as committed to providing citizens high- quality oeble.servi~a at affordable prices. There being no cna else to address this issue, th~ ~uDlie hearing was ~lcsed. There wac brief discussion relative tc changing cable technolo~y. ~r. Daniel inquired if t~e ~ope~ed recommendations had submitted ~y the Cu~ittee. ~r. Chernau stated the reco~mendation~ which ha~ bean addressed with the Co~u~ittea. Di~c~slon~ comments, and questions ensued relatlve to who would be pa~ing for th~ conEultant and the survey; the length of the s~vsy; and the cost to ~ond~ot t~e survey. ~r. Daniel stated he felt since the survey would be conducted in the interest of the pgbli¢ ~eGtor, then the County ShOUld pay for the survey and consultant. ~r. Ramsay clarified the racpnm~ndation was for the Co~ittee and staff to ~tr~¢t~re the ~utvey with Storer Cable paying th~ Mr. Daniel stated he felt the Survey and Gonsulta~t was for public purpo~Dn~, ,therefore, the County mhould pay.the costs There was brief dimcussion relative to the Gost of the survey. Mr. Warren stated he felt the eonmultant should be independent and repol~Ctothe County and the Committee an~ hot bm conneoted to the Oable ¢~pany. Ke furth=r mtated if the s~rvey was conCReted and designed by the Committee, he felt he could support the oom~ af the survey being paid by. Storer. There wam brief discumuion relative to deferring thi~ imsue to provide an opportunity for the COrL~i%~ee to fozl~alty vote rpq~Xr~ment= to consider when awardin~ t~e oabl~ frsnchise, th~n considera=ion should be given to the County paying the ~.' C~ernau stated ~e reco~end~tion~ had b~n submitted by staff and had not bran formally endorsed by the Co~ittee. be fo~ally vote~ on by the Committee. Mr. Warren in~uire~ a~ to whether the co~ittee had made r~co~endation~ regarding ~e propossd suhe~ule of Action oonsul~an=- ~. chernau clarified the re~o~endations h=d been discussed wi~ t~ co~ittee; however, ~e Co~ittee had There was brief discussion relative to th~ cost Of the ..being paid by ~¢n motion of. Mr.,~ Danlel~ seoo~ded by Mr. M=Hale, =he Board defe~ed consideration oS reco~endationE for adoption of a So~edule of Action on Storer's Fran~i~ Renewal; authorization to hire a demign engineer cuns~ltant; and for a survey of s~scribers until F~b~ary ~4, 1993, to provide an opportunity for the Cuble Franohise Rsn~wal Co~ittee to formally address the pro9os~d reoo~endations submitted by staff. ~r- McKale stated he felt idea~ should be incurporated into the ~isinc~ntive compensation to the franchisee. ~. Warren ~xcu=ed ~i~elf from the meeting. ~ O~DZN~¢~ ~0 ~EWD THE COD~ OP THE .C.OUI~P~ ~ TDENTIFiED.,~ T~ PROPOSED Mr. Colbe~ ra~estefl a ~inety day deferral on ~ public hearing for consideration oi ~e ~outh~r~ a~d ~=~ Area Plan, an amendment to the Plan for Chesterfield and related ordinances. He then mad~ a motioD, ~condedby~. McHale, for the Board to defer the Dubli= hearing to oonsider ~e southern an~ W~stern ~ea Plan, an ~e~e~t to the Plan fo~ Chesterfield and ~e following related ~rdlnances: a County- wi~ ordinance ~o amend ~he Coda of the County of Chesterfield, 197a, as amended, by a~e~ding and ~eenacti~g Seo~ion~ ~1-77.20, 21-146~ 21.1-49, and 21.1-129 and by adding Section 21.1-212.1, relating generally to developm=nt ~egulations in R-S8 and A Zoning Di~trlots and to She p~oteotion of identified visual r~sources; a County-wide ordinance to ~end the Code of County of Chest~rfleld, 197~, as amended, by amending re~actlng ~ecfilons 1~-1--~ 18.1-27, 18.1-29, a~d 18.1-55~ relating generally to =he re,la,ion Of subdivisions; and an or~inaDce to amends'the 'Cod~ of'%h~ County of Chesterfield, · 978~ as amended, by am~ndlng and reenacting Section 20-4~ and by adding Zectlon ~0-63.1, r~lating to mandatory conneetio~ Cuenty water and/or wastewater syst~s in certafm areas identifie~ by the propoEed ~outhern and We~ta~ ~lan, until ~ay 12, 1~93. N~. Warren returned to the meeting. Nr. ~eorge Beadle~ ~tated he was opposed to The deferral Dublio h~arfng had already been advertised and ~iti~n~ who were pre~ent ~hould be allowed to ad~e~ the ~s~ue at this tim~ even if ~ha deuision was to defer the publi= hearing. Mr. Jerry J=w~t stated he supported the request for a deferral aS he f~lt ~is i~ue re,ifad additional review. Mr. Lud ~udgins stated he supported thc =e~eet for a ~ furtheT state~ he felt tho COU~=y should address how prop=try in the western part of th~ County could be utilized for home sites by' providing incentlv~s to make i= more attrao=ive to citi=enn to r~gide in the County. Ther~ D~ing no one else to address the deferral, the deferral issus was conuide~d by the Board. Mr. Warren called for the vote on ~he motion made by ~. Colbert, seconded by ~r. McHale, for the Board to defer the public hearing fo~ consideration of the sou~ern an~ W~st~rn Area Plan, an am~n~en% %u the Plan for Chesterfield and the following related ordinance~ a County-wide ordinance to amend the Code of tho C~unty o~ chesterfield, ~9~8, as ~ended, by amending and r~e~amting Sections 21-77.20, 21-146, 21.1-49, and 21.1-129 and by adding s~ction 21.1-212.1, r~lating generally to develoDmen% regulations in R-SS and A Zoning Distric~ and toga proteotion of identifie~ visual reEources; a County-wide ordinance to amend the Co4~ o~ ~e couhty of C~esterfield, 19~8, a~ amended, by amending and re,acting Sections t~.~-2, 18.1-27, 18.1-29, and ~8.1-5~, relating generally to r~gulation of s~bdivimion~; and an o~dinance ~c amend the cede of th~ County of Chesterfield, ~, aa amended, by ~nding and re~nacting Sec%ion 20-4~ and by adding S~ction 20-63.1, ~/10/93 ............. :! · IL t---_[ ..... IJ ........... I ....... relating to mandatory oonneution to County water wastewater systems in certain areas identified by the proposed Souther'n and WeStern Flan, until May 12, 1993. Ayes: ~r. Wurre~, Mr. colbert, Mr. Daniel, and Mr+ On motion of ~Ir. McHale, seconded by Mr. Colber~ %h~ B~ard adjo~ed at 8:3o p.m. until Fabruary 24~ ~993 at 3:00 Aye~: M~. Warren~ Mr. Colbert, ~r. Daniel, and Kr. Arthur S. Warren chairman 93-114 2/1Q/93