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It has come time for me to speak my mind; on some of the happenings in our wonderful community. Most Crozet area citizens have little knowledge of the dark side of what is going on in Crozet, right under our noses. Let’s me start by saying, that when I moved my family here in August 2014, I had high hopes of retiring here. I still feel that way. However, I can’t sit idly by and watch what is going on around us and not exercise my right to free speech.
Should be an interesting meeting. I suspect the presenters will be talking about the lights, all the neighborhood outreach they’ve done, and penalties when the lights are on beyond their allowed times.
Crozet Library
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Nextdoor has been abuzz. (Get it?)
Update – community meeting 30 October. Go to the bottom.
Ann Mallek sent this this morning:
Valerie Long had seen these postings about the noise as well, and had shared them with Sarah Yancey May (one of the three sibling owners) and the other family members who run the Mill. She had also spoken to someone who had called her about it. At that point, and again today, Sarah confirmed that there is nothing different that they are doing there that would be generating a noise like has been described.
The mill is shut down at night other than the dry kilns drying the wood and the boilers, and they have been in operation for decades. They do run on a motor, but it does not generate anywhere near the level of noise that has been described in the neighborhood group postings.
Since there are some who have heard the noise near the Mill and are concerned that it may be from the Mill, the owners have asked an acoustic consultant to look into it for them. They have engaged Bill Yoder with a firm called Accentech to assist them. He is a scientist and acoustical consultant. He would like to speak with some of the residents who have been hearing the noise, so Valerie will connect him with Allen Billyk from the Old Trail Community Association who can then connect him to Marie Westbrook and Alice Faintich. He will also be conducting an on-site investigation.
Below, Please see links to videos and also dates of community meeting to learn more.
Here are some videos that might help better explain and describe the noises.
This first one is a guy changing the spacer which keeps the lines spaced and prevents them from hitting each other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE__F9dTU8k Spacers can be different depending on how many lines there are per phase. If you go to google images and search for “transmission line spacers” you will see that there are spacers for two-, three-, and four-line phases.
This second one is a guy riding in a buggy, so you can hear the humming that they are referencing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeMFnyMXDNw
Good morning,
Phase 2 of the project is about half complete, and we are in the process of removing old conductor wire, which means they will soon be pulling new conductor wire.
Phase 3 of the project (the last segment) is in the pre-construction phase and will move into active construction soon. Our goal is to complete construction by April 2019. Rehab activities may still happen after the end date, however.
There will be a construction informational meeting held on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the Crozet Elementary, 1407 Crozet Avenue, in the cafeteria. All of our customers are welcome to attend and ask any questions about the construction process.
We will be mailing postcards sometime this week, so they should be received sometime next week.
VDOT has combined six projects in Albemarle County into one $35.9 million design-build package. One contractor will be selected to both complete the final design and construct all six projects. The projects were approved for SMART SCALE and/or Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding by the Commonwealth Transportation Board in July 2017. VDOT proposes to:
Continue reading “Public Hearings About Roads and Such. Fun. Important”
The best part of the year, fall, is upon us.
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The owner of the Re-Store ‘N Station in Crozet has appealed the latest Albemarle County Board of Supervisors decision regarding the hours of the gas station.
In July, the Board of Supervisors approved part of an amendment to the station’s special-use permit amendment that would allow for two additional fuel pump stations at the site on U.S. 250, but did not approve requests to extend the hours of operation of the convenience store and to allow fuel pumps to be operational around the clock.
Jeffries II LLC, which owns the property, filed an appeal in Albemarle Circuit Court in August, arguing the board “improperly considered whether the underlying by-right use of the property as a convenience store/service station was consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, instead of limiting its analysis to the impacts arising from water consumption.”
I should have made Restore N Station its own category for easier reference.
Last week’s CCAC meeting yielded some interesting and, candidly, troubling, thoughts about the future of Crozet schools. If you haven’t read the linked story and tweets, please do so.
If you don’t have kids in the schools, you’re still impacted as property values are directly tied to (perceived) quality of schools.
Economically, we would say that above average school quality as a flow of service is capitalized into value, just like an income stream. There is a broad consensus in the academic literature that school quality matters (Black, 1999, Brasington, 1999), and it seems that elementary school may matter even more than high school in driving locational preferences of home buyers with children. Empirical research has found that a one standard deviation increase in school quality (measured by test scores or school rankings) increases the value of a single family property by 1 to 3 percent. (source; bolding above is mine)
The next meetings (with the exception of joint Board meetings and meetings with Legislators) are September 27; October 11 & 25; November 8; and December 6 & 13.
Here is a link to the meeting calendar, that might be helpful, as it takes the scheduled meetings out further.
Some big and heady discussions at tonight’s CCAC meeting. I encourage, and darn near implore you, to read the tweets. And get aware and involved.
Crozet is a great place to live; sometimes it’s good to take a moment and appreciate where we choose to live.
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CROZET COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Crozet Library
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
1. Introductions and Agenda Review (Allie Pesch – CCAC chair)
2. Approval of Minutes
3. Discussion of Community Advisory Committees (Ann Mallek – 15min)
4. School Board Updates (David Oberg, Albemarle County School Board Member, White Hall District – 45 min)
5. Crozet Trails Crew Update (Terri Miyamoto, CTC President; Dan Mahon, Albemarle County Parks and Recreation Outdoor Recreation Supervisor – 20 min)
6. Discussion on Continuing All CAC Meetings (All – 20 min)
7. Items Not Listed on the Agenda
8. Future agenda topics
– Frank Stoner/DCI update – October or November