Well, that was fun. Read the tweets. Watch the video.
Video of the meeting, thanks to Crozet Gazette, is below.
Highlights
- Baseball lights
- Good presentation. Would have been neighborly if they’d done any neighborhood outreach rather than assuming they’ll get approval (they will). (here’s the presentation)
- They’ll probably be fine.
- Downtown Crozet Initiative is getting closer to pushing dirt.
- Going to be extending road through Hilltop soon.
- Parking downtown is going to suck.
- The Plaza will be cool
- Ann Mallek said that Dominion Power had admitted they were the cause of the hum. (
I was right) Humming update. Maybe it’s Yancey Mill. - Eastern Avenue was mentioned
Baseball Lights
Lots of people here tonight for baseball lights. #ccac1018
(Wish they showed interest at any other meeting) pic.twitter.com/ZfAXlW3495
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Going to be so telling when the baseball lights people leave when their topic is over. #BadCommunity #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Ok. Onto the meeting. #CCAC1018 https://t.co/gJWTQZGJ4i
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Cheryl Madison – lots of kids play baseball. They need fields (so do lacrosse, soccer, etc) #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Here’s the agenda for tonight’s meeting. https://t.co/gJWTQZGJ4i #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Lights will help them practice more. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Lights. #ccac1018 pic.twitter.com/OA8K6BZiKO
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Applying for a minor site plan Revision with Albemarle County to add LED lights. They have $131K of $140K (hmm. “minor”?) #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Now getting into technical details of the lights. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Joe from Musco lights is up. Talking about lights and history of their lights. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
As a community member, I appreciate that they have a history of lights, but don’t care. What are they proposing to put in?
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Are they going to do a traffic study to show how much more traffic will be on the roads due to the later hours? #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Talking pole height, candles, lights, player perspective etc. (nothing about the neighbor perspective) #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
The view from outside. The bottom photo is an older field. #ccac1018 pic.twitter.com/vQpogxxfLp
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
– Will this presentation be online?
– What will the penalties be for going late? (Answer: none)
– Will they use solar? (nope)
– They keep speaking to player perspective; what about the neighbors’ ? (very little)— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Someone raised the question of the new storms, winds, etc.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
70’ poles proposed. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Question; where are we in the process?
Peachtree – in the process with the County.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
CCAC member: community is great for raising so much money for such a relatively small number of kids. (agree) #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Me: not notifying any of the neighbors was rude. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Baseball lights over. Now everyone will leave. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Downtown Crozet Initiative
Now on to Downtown Crozet Initiative.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
#ccac1018 pic.twitter.com/a4PMxOT3WP
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
More on DCI growth and its history . #ccac1018 pic.twitter.com/4mri0zmjYa
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Now talking about the proposed downtown community plaza. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Going to have a board of 15 for the DCI. Did I hear that right? 15?!
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
DCI now have 501c(3) and area Virginia Main Street community that will open resources/grants/involved w/ VA Tourism
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 17, 2018
Meg talking about community events to bring people together. They’ve upped social media now. @CrozetDowntown here on Twitter,
@downtowncrozetinitiative on Instagram
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Downtown Crozet 5K. https://t.co/RpCRlUSA7w #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Construction connecting library event and the something to Hilltop soon. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Parking is going to suck. #ccac1018 pic.twitter.com/LxqpCOiC6T
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Want to make railroad a feature, not a bug. #ccac1018 pic.twitter.com/LkWGYYwCQM
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
They have made progress, and might be removing the parking outcropping in the Square. Also, they want a crossing. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Question: any plans for sidewalks on 240 from Highlands and Western Ridge?#CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Rich Pleasants – how about cleaning up Barnes Lumberyard? #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Back to parking. Plaza design, timing, scale of buildings, creating an architectural code as the County ARB doesn’t apply to this stuff.#CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Frank talking about a project with Perrone and JAUNT that could driverless-shuttle people from garages to downtown #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Jenni talking about how people need to get accustomed to not necessarily parking in front of businesses. Walking isn’t bad. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Parking: “hopefully” the county will put in a parking structure one day. (in narrator’s voice, “they won’t.”#CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
DCI is done. Now on to all-CAC meeting stuff. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
All – CAC Meetings
DCI is done. Now on to all-CAC meeting stuff. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Oh, good. They’re talking about handouts. Wish I had one. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Spoke too soon. @thecrozetway brought me one. #ccac1018 pic.twitter.com/AvhPfHsBUn
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Tom Loach quoted something I wrote. I wish I knew when I wrote it. (bet it was a long time ago) #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Clarification: I didn’t write it. I was quoting someone else. #CCAC1018 https://t.co/ZlFc4KEmIw
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Tom Loach – final buildout number for Crozet is going to be about 17K. It used to be 12K, then thought to be 24K, now it’s ~17K.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Tom Loach still talking about ways to organize all the CACs. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Talking about revenue sharing. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Thanks!
#CCAC1018 https://t.co/N2G9dXyEOn
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Going to refer to @CrozetGazette’s video that they’ll put up later. This is minutiae about growth, rezoning, by-right, net & gross density, GIS mapping, critical slopes …
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Allie asking group to prioritize the list.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Valerie Long cautions against master plans being too narrowly defined. Should be a flexible document. We should focus on Crozet.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Valerie – I think each CAC has different focuses.
David – some of the CACs have competing agendas
Tom Loach – I disagree; we need more detail in the master plan— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
David – my biggest concern is looking at City of Charlottesville & neighborhood associations. They could be a barrier instead of facilitator of growth
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Consensus – we need better and more accurate data.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Tom Loach just said “brewskis.” #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
County staff – we are listening to you.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Me: pretty sure nothing was accomplished in the past 30 minutes. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Library staff kicking us out.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Allie saying she’s welcoming agenda items.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Adjourning. in a minute.
Ann – update on the humming. Dominion Power. #CCAC1018
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
TJPDC dot org – go there, put support for Eastern Avenue.
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) October 18, 2018
Video of the October CCAC meeting is now available at https://t.co/5WXjiGAru5 #CCAC1018 @crozetdowntown
— The Crozet Gazette (@CrozetGazette) October 19, 2018
Video
