02-21-1952 MinutesVIRGINiA:At an adjourned meetin~ of the
board of Supervisors o£
Chesterfield County, held at the
Oourthouse on February 21, 1952,
at ~:OO p.m.
Pr~,~ sent:
Irvin G. Homer, Ohairman
H. T. ]oyne
J. P. Gtmter
R. J. Britton
Robt. O. Gill
S.R. Ha flue, Jr.
This day ~. ~. ~.inkney Sowers, Secretary Chesterfield ~uritan ~lui~s, app~;ared
before the ~oard presentin] a resolution urgin~ the B~rd to accede to the
w~s~es of t~e ~nchester Fire Depart.~ent in ~urchasin~ a new fire truck.
Also came, ~.~. ~. W. Sutton, af the i{icbmond :~ubb~r Comply, explaining the
specifications a?oed on by the i4anchestcr ?ire Department.
Upon consideration wh~reof and on motion of ,W. R.J.:~ritton, seconded by
i~ir. S.~t. Ha:~ue, Jr., it is resolved that the Executive Secretary be and he
hereby is direct(d to seek bids on the s~ecifJcations as [:.resented.
On motion oY i,[r. H. '£. Goyne, seconded by i~ir. J. P. '~
,~unter, it is resolved that
ti~e Executive Secretary be and he h~:~reby i~ directed to ;et bids on a John ~e~e
Fire truck for the Chester F~.re Depart;~ent.
This day i.,h~. Stuart $ch~,~i(it appeared before t~e board requestin:] this Doa~rd to
authorize ~},e a?proval by the County i%oad Engineer of S~.ction "., Clocks A, E
and D of th~ "Stratford Hi~s" Subdivision Plan dated february 7, 1952.
0pon conoideration u,h~-:reof a~l on motion of I~lr.R.J.Britton, seconded by
Mr. ii. T. Goyne, it is resolved that the County !load Engineer be and he hereby
is authorized to a~:prove the ~aid !~lat.
And be it further resolved that the County Road Encineer be and he her~,by
is authoriz~.d to a?prove Sect[on A of "Stratford i[i!ls" Subdivision, dated
April 19, 1951, which subdivision faces roads now in the Secondary /~ystem mhd
has said roads in front of four se~mrate lots of rights-of-way of only 30 feet
in width.
Tills day Dr. A. G. l~cklin al'peered before the !3card reeuesting so~e improvement
of Oakland Avenue jus~ outside of the Yilla,;e of ]i, ttrick.
U'~on consideration whereof and on motion of Dr. Gill, seconded by ,.~r. Go}me,
it is resolved that the ].~xecutive Secreta-~ ~'~e and he hereby is directed to let
ail the information on th+~ cost of ti~e previous im~rovement on Oakland Avenue
and cobbies of resolutions pertaining to said impro;~ement.
'fhis ~iay fir. Staniey appeared before the Bc~rd seekin.] the clarification of
prop~:rty lin~ on the zoninZ map.
Upon con~ider~.~tion whereof ~md on motion of i.h-. ~l. J. 3ritton, s~conded by
~.ir. ~. T. ~oyne, it is resolved theft the Executive Secretary be ~d he hereby
is a~thori~::ed to correct thc zonin~:] and frot:~rty lines to the extent that the
zo~ing for ~eneral business will exte~d back to 'the rear ]~ro?erty line of
~ta~ey's tract of Xand, it a?pearin.] that this was the intention of the Zoning
Board at thc time but was incorrectly dream, it is ha:re noted that ~r.
refrained fro~,~ votin~ on this motion.
This day i~[~. Louis ~aden, Ci~.~rk of Circuit Cota~t ca~e before the ~oard and re-
quested the ~.~oard to finance the installation of a visable card system for
delin~.ue_nt real estate taxes in the Clerk's Office of said County.
Upon consideration wh,~reof and on motion of Fir. H. T. Goyne, seconded by
Mr. R. J. Britton, it is resolved that l~h-. 'Jaden be and he hereby is authorized
to employ heir> to put %als system into effect, and that same be ch~r.~ed to the
General Fund of the Co,anty
On motion of' ~ '~ ~
T. ~oyne, seconded by ].tr. ~5. i{. Hague, Jr., it is resolved
that this Board r~f,~r the reouest of ~,tr. Vaden as to an addition to bis office
buildin;-~ to the Buildin~/:s and Grounds Co~m~ittee for a report at the next regular
mee ting".
This day again the matter of the Ass~ssin¢ ~o~ rd came beforet he Board and it
was pointed out that on said Asse,~s~in~: binary! there were presently only two
member~, whereu~ Mr. 1{. T. qo~e nominated Mr. V. I. ~urge~ ~ '- ~md Mr. Brit6on
nominated Mr. James Sowers which l~-~tter nomination was seconded bv i,~. 3. R
Ha]ue, Jr. - ·
Upon consideration ~?hereof and on motion it is resolved that i~. James
Sowers be and he hereby is appointed the thud member of the ~rd of Assessors.
This uay the Executive Oecret,'mry preseated to the ~oard a reo~uest from ,~r. Louis
Longest for ~5500.O0 being the money advanced for ~utting in a water system in
the ~iorrisdaie Subdivision, in accoraance with a contractural agreement, knd
it appeari~ that this system now pays 12~J, it is on motion of i~1r. H. T. Go]me,
seconded by Mr. J. P. Gunter, resolved that this reeu~st be granted and the sum
of ~5500.O0 be refunded to l~[r. Longest.
This day the Executive ;Secretary presented to the Board a bill submitted by i~k~.
Geo. Gregory, Sr., for ~2~'~1.~0 which sum is the amount that ~r. Gregory has
forwarded to the County for the construction of a water line in the Gre~ory
Subdivision. And it appearin,~ that,by a nrevious contract said amount should
be refunded aft~:r enough houses at i)60.O0 ~er house are built in sufficient
ouantity, it is on motion of ]~lr. H.T. ~myne, seconded by Mr. R. J. Britton,
resolved that this bill of ',f2!{81.80 be paid.
This day again the matter of crossinZ the Seaboard i~rline fly., with an 8"
pipe line in the vicinity of Bellwood came before the Board, and the Common-
wea!th's Attorney advised the Board that it did not have the authority to
sit-in the requested a~reem~nts submitted b)~ the Railroad. on motion of
}t. T. Goyne, seconded by i.'h~. J. P. Gunter, it is resolved that the
wealth's Attorney be and he herebM is renu~sted to write a letter explainin;
the situation to the Railway Company.
And be it f~rther resolved ~hat the Executive Secretary be and he hereby
is directed t o contact i~[r.. Vance Sykes for a possible solution.
This day Mr. Irvin G. Homer, [hairman of the Committee w!]ich vis,wed the Granite
Road, reported~at the concensus of those viewing the Granite Road showed
approval of the road plans as presently dravm. On motion of ~. Go~]e, seconded
by Dr. Gill, it is resolved that this Board adopt this report.
It is here noted that Mr. Britton voted int he negative.
On motion of Mr. ~[. J. Dritton, seconded by Mr. H. T. Goyne, it is resolved
that this Board request the Virginia De[~artment of Highways to hard-surface
Pauls Lane in the subdivisisn of Piney Knolls, the cost of same charged to
the 3¢ Road Fund.
On motion of' ~,ir. U. P. Gunter, seconded by i,~r. ~t. J. Britton, it is resolved
that the Executive Jecreuary be and he hereby is' reouested to present the
majority ol,dnion of the !-L~nrd of 3upervisors on the cuestion of s~ecial
taxation to the Co~,unittee from the General Assembly.
It is here noted that Mr. H. T. Goyne and i/k-. S. R. }{a~ue, Jr. voted in
the negative.
On motion of ~[r. J. F. Gunter, seconded by ~lr. H. T. Q~yne, it is resolved
that this ~oard approve the contract with Mrs. !{udd and the Executive
Secretary be and he hereby is ~uthori~'ed to accept the cost of the installa-
tion of the water line in the Ji~ay Winters Subdivisiom, which cost will be
ref~mded when said subdivision is !:,ayin/~ a 12',~ return to the County.
On motion of Mr. R. J. Britton, seconded b', i,ir. H. T. Goy~e, it is resolved
that this Board reeuest the Insurance Company to repair the i',Ianchester Fire
truck recently damaged.
On motion this Board is ordered adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on February,
22, 1952.
' E ecutive Secretary