03-08-96 Minutes BO~]~D OF
March 8, ~996
Mr. Karry ~. Daniel, Chairman
~. Edward B. ~arber
~s. Rely B. ~p~ey
~. Lane B.
~. Daniel oall~d' the meeting
order at 9:00 a.m. at the Westvaco Corgorate Center at the
Boul~er~ in C~e~terfield County+
0the=s attending ~ meeting were:
~. Ra~ond (Buddy) Klotz
M~. Elton Wade
~. Jaok Smr~,. Co~ty A~inistrator
~. Richar~ Glover
~. Dave Kaeohele
Ms. Patriciu O'Bannon
Mr. Fra~ Thornton
Mr. Virgil Hazelet=, County Manager
~. Leonidas
Mr. John Co,ad
M~. Viola Buskerville
Mr. Tim Kalnm
Mr. Anthony Jones
~. Robert Bobb, Ciny
Ai~O a~tending the meeting were staff from ~e fo~ localities~
repre~entatlve= from the =reater Richmond cha~er of co~erce and
~e Ric~ond Regional Planning
co~unulty repre~tat~ve~.
After cal]~ng the meeting to order, ~. Daniel called on ~. Rod
E!smr, Vise President of Westvaco, =o welcome attendees to the
Westvaco facility.
Op~i~g cu~ents and introduct~onn w~r~ provided by tbs Chai~
~arry ~. Daniel, Chairman, Ch~:fleld CQun%y; M:. Leonidas
Young, ~ayor, City of Richmond; ~. Jim Donati, Vice Chai~an,
~enrico Coun%y; ~n4 ~. Buddy Elotz, Chai~an, ~anover County.
The following presentations were made during th~ morning session:
This session was introduced and £aoilita%ed by Mr. Jim Denati,
Vice Chairman of Henries County Board of Supervisors.
Presentatien~ on the G~eater Richmond Chamber of Commerc~
TranmDortatien study were made by Mr. Bill Boinest, Chairman
Emeritus of Cr&igie, Inc. and Chairman of the Transportation
Study Task Force; Mr. Richard Beadles, President and CEO of
Realty Advisors, Inc. and Mr. John B. Thompson,
ThOmpSon an~ MedUllas.
Their presentstlon resumed Dna ca~e of ~rgency~ the next.steps
needed to ad,tess regional tran~portatlon needs, an~ the
smtabllshmant of a Regional Advocacy Transportation Board.
Discussion points included ADA financial bar~iers and ~eint bus
$e%-vio~ along Route 60 to John Tyler community college.
Thi~ ~e~ion was introduced and facilitated ~y Mr. ~uddy ~lotz,
chairman o£ the Hanover County Board of Smpervisor~.
Mr. Lane Ramsay, Chesterfield County Administrator, led th~
presentation by announcing th~ int~ntio~ Of t~e region to apply
for All America City and Community racognlt~en. ~e noted the
significance a~d ben,fits of submitting a regional application.
Mr. Glenn Let=on, AsEi~tant Director of Ches=erfield County
Planning Department~ sade a presentation on t~e application, the
projects bsing ~ubmitted and showed a video on the 1994 All
America City pro,ram.
T~E
Mayor Leonldms Young of the City of Richmond introduced and
facilitated =his session.
The first presentation was made by Dr. James Has$inger, Director
o~ the Richmond Kegional Planning District
r~port=d on the WO~ Of Fee~s ForWard and the recommendations
Mr. Ber~ Winterbottom, Principal with LDR International and'
~re=entar. ~e ~har~ inXermatiun on what sums other localities
dev~lop a plan ~cr Kichmond. He also conducted a brainstorming/
affinity exercise With the attendees on the importance of
Should b$, The results of this e~ercise are attached.
The ~ro~p recessed for lunch from 12:40 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Richmond Partnership.
This session was inkroduaed and fia~ilikate~ by Mr. Harry ~,
Daniel, Chairman of the Chesterfield County Board of supervisors.
The presentation was made by.~r. Gregory Wingfield, President Of
%he Greater Richmond Partnership. In ad4i%ion to highlighting
work ~¢tlvity of the Partnership for the past ~i~ months, Mr.
wingfield identified new initiatlvee ~dsr consideration by
Partnership.
~RAP-UP;DECI~ION POINTS
At the conclusion of the meeting, regional elected officials
adopfed the following action items related to the presentations
and discussions.
~, ~anagers meet to develop a plan and process to bring back to
the elected bodies to addres~ A.D.A. issues related to
transportation s~rvioes and financial impacts/b~neflts to
the region and each locality. The plan ~halI include an
examination of =he legal and federal legislativ~ issues
~' relating to A.D.A.
2.. ~upport the efforts of the Tran~portution Study Task
various proDosal~ in the trnnRportation study to be
con~i~ere~ ~or su~or~ by the ~our jurlsdio~ion~,
City and Co--unities designation.
4. Downtown Richmond i~ a ~pecial part of the region. ~e
j~isdic~ion~ endors~ ~h~ city's ~ffor~ =o ~n~anoe ~e
continued develo~ent and promotion of downto~ Ric~ond.
Planning directors or desi~ne~s from each j~i~diction will
~ve on the
Do.town Plan Advisory Co~ittee in an ex officio, non-
voting capacity and provide appropriate input about Downto~
move forward plan~ to expand the convention c~ter, and
bring tho~e reco~endatioms to th~ Chie~ ale=ted officials
for coordination wi~ its governing bodies and other
1996-~7.
The meeting adjourned at ~:~0
Atta~mnts
~arry G. D~niel
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