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Crozet Community Advisory Committee Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M. Virtual Meeting

This meeting is being held pursuant to and in compliance with Ordinance No. 20-A (14); An Ordinance to Ensure the Continuity of Government During the Covid-19 Disaster.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING ONLINE:

Download Zoom. Use this link https://albemarle-org.zoom.us/j/94571782297 to join the webinar.

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Dial (301) 715-8592. Type in the Webinar ID 945 7178 2297 followed by the pound (#) sign. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

1. Call to Order & Agenda Review (3 minutes)Allie Pesch, CCAC Chair
2. Approve Meeting Minutes (2 minutes)Allie Pesch, CCAC Chair

AGENDA

3. Discussion: Crozet Master Plan Land Use (75 minutes)

Staff: Rachel Falkenstein, Michaela Accardi, Tori Kanellopoulos

Topics:

1. Downtown Neighborhoods Overlay
2. Middle Density Residential
3. Land Use in Old Trail Village
4. Draft Land Use Recommendations

Discussion Questions:

1. Has staff accurately summarized the community and CCAC feedback to date?
2. Do you have any additional comments or questions on these topics?

4. Other Business (10 minutes)

Allie Pesch, CCAC Chair

Next Meeting:
Special Meeting (Monday, November 30, 7:00 PM)

Supporting documents

– Crozet Future Land Use Plan Community Engagement Summary (hint: the County have done a lot to engage the community.

– Agenda

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Some Recent Background

The September Crozet Land Use meeting, held during the day, was full of good information and discussion.

My Quick thoughts from that meeting

• We need creative density, commensurate with infrastructure improvements
• There are a lot of people who say they want affordable housing, but want it somewhere else
• Seems like a lot of Crozetians don’t like the current growth patterns, and want to shut down development. At least the ones speaking out. 
• Some of the stuff that is being built around Crozet is certainly contributing to the changes in Crozet
• We need affordable housing here. Not “over there.”
• I agree with the commenters that this feels somewhat rushed, but we still need to do something soon
• We need a developer to come and propose/put up something like thisthat is functional and creative.
• Ceasing development is not a good or viable solution (I’m working on a follow up post on this, and would welcome citations in favor or against this argument)
• Zoom meetings are fantastic in that they open the meetings in a way that make them much easier to access, jump in and out, and learn. 
  • No driving or parking
  • Meetings are recorded and put on YouTube
  • Transcripts of the meetings!