Category: CCAC

Read or skim the recap here in this PDF of the thread with all the tweets from the meeting. But first, please watch this part of the meeting in which one of the residents laments the lack of affordable housing in Albemarle County. And then advocate for more housing in Albemarle, even if it’s in your backyard.

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Public – Most here are in on social security or disability.

She brings up other proposals; if you reject this, you’re not concerned about affordable housing.

*Everyone* needs an opportunity to live here.

Me: *everyone* needs to watch her comments. #CCAC0123

— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) January 12, 2023

Continue reading “January 2023 CCAC Recap – Mobile Home Park Meeting”

A few takeaways from the CCAC meeting on 9 November 2022.

Apologies for the list format; wanted to get this published as it’s fresh, and my brain works better in list format for digesting and conveying this sort of information.

• Lots of Crozet Trails Crew people in attendance for the Crozet Trails update. Learn more, and get involved here!
• The CACs are getting two staff liaisons to help the CACs; having staff dedicated to the CACs will be great.
• Talk about the County having information libraries and dedicated places for sharing of information. (the County site is challenging at best to navigate; hopefully when the re-do it, they’ll keep the URLs that they’ve linked to over the years — link rot is damaging).
• Discussion about educating ourselves and community members about the timelines of things, things being developments, infrastructure, etc — many projects start five to ten years out, and people don’t pay attention until it’s close to immediately affecting their own back yards.
• Public member asked about the purpose of the CCAC. Learn about the Crozet acronyms here. Here is the CCAC Fact Sheet.
• Virtual meeting policy discussed and adopted; we will be able to have up to 3 all-virtual meetings.
  • I think it would be best if we could have all hybrid meetings for all the CACs, but there just isn’t the staff or money for that.
• Might not be a December CCAC meeting as the mobile home park may need a public meeting.
• Montclair is in the appeal period, and may appeal. Learn more about Montclair tonight, 10 November at the CCA meeting.
• The Vue still haven’t planted any trees; apparently they are finally planning to do so this month.
• Lots of tweets about the Crozet Trails Crew.
  • The Crozet Trails Crew, and Trails, are one of the best parts about Crozet, and they have done incredible work — pure volunteer work — to connect Crozet neighborhoods and people. The more work, help, and attention they get, the better.
  • Take 30 minutes and watch Terri Miyamoto’s video – that link is to the video; pull up her presentation here to follow along.
  • And then get involved … and maybe go drink a beer at Starr Hill, as they’re donating $1 to the Crozet Trails Crew for every Love you drink!
  • If you can’t get involved, please donate to, and thank the Crozet Trails Crew.

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All of the tweets with the #CCAC1122 hashtag are here

• A PDF of all of the tweets, as I’m not sure Twitter is going to be around.

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Watch the whole meeting, thanks to the Crozet Gazette.

Continue reading “Crozet Trails & Virtual Meetings – November 2022 CCAC Wrap-up”

They’re going to be back in person, and those who preferred to watch at home are S.O.L.

Agenda is below.

Crozet Community Advisory Committee Wednesday, September 14, 2022

7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M. Crozet Library Meeting Room |

AGENDA

1. Call to Order & Agenda Review (3 minutes) Joe Fore, CCAC Chair
2. Approve Meeting Minutes (2 minutes) Joe Fore, CCAC Chair
3. AC Parks & Green Systems Presentation (60 minutes) •
   • Tim Padalino, Chief of Parks Planning
     • Countywide Parks & Rec Priorities and Projects
     • Parks & Rec Projects in the Crozet Area
4. Committee business – (25 minutes)

• In-person meetings procedures

Next Meeting: tentative October 12, 2022

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Much of the parks conversation will likely have already been covered by Sean Tubbs, but the CCAC discussion will naturally be more focused on Crozet – likely the redevelopment of Crozet Park, Old Trail park development, and anything at Mint Springs (I can’t think of anything).

I’m sorry for the delay and brevity in posting this.

All my tweets from the CCAC meeting are here.

Disclosure: I’m now a member of the Crozet CAC; if I write something as opinion, I’ll note that.

Zoom is so good. I wish they’d be willing/able to have hybrid meetings. Covid, accessibility, etc. #CCAC0822 pic.twitter.com/DwC7s6yqXw

— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) August 10, 2022

Big takeways from the meeting

• Downtown Crozet redevelopment is targeting June 2023 to be pushing dirt
• VDOT has been a significant challenge
• The right programming for the downtown plaza, and everything really, is what will lead to a successful redevelopment.
• My interpretation: Crozet is too small for the things it says it wants.
• I had no idea Albemarle County does not have a public works department; public bathrooms will be fantastic.
• Integrating art into the new downtown
• So much discussion about parking. (more on this below)
• At least one hotel likely in downtown Crozet.
• This has been going on for a long time.
• I still suck at threading tweets.
• Going back to in-person meetings. (my opinion: this is absurd, both from public health perspective, and from the public accessibility/recording of meetings perspective)
• Bike/ped path through Parkside Village
• Why has this taken so long? — watch here for the answer. (It would be awful if August 2022 was the last video-recorded CCAC meeting)

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In what is hopefully not the last CCAC video

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Pick one: minimum parking requirements or affordable, sustainable cities. pic.twitter.com/G92d1o1vEy

— M. Nolan Gray (@mnolangray) September 7, 2022

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Continue reading “August CCAC Recap”

Local government matters, and as I’ve said for years, these meetings – as slow as they may seem – shape how our County lives and grows. Whenever the Crozet Downtown is redeveloped, that redevelopment will in part be influenced by a meeting three years ago, or five, or seven. Keep in mind that the lumberyard was sold at auction just over ten years ago.

#CCAC0822

via email from Joe Fore, Chair of the CCAC

note that this is an email from Joe to the CCAC

“The Crozet Community Advisory Committee will meet this Wednesday, August 10 at 7 p.m., via Zoom. 

You can join the meeting here: https://albemarle-org.zoom.us/j/94571782297. …

Instructions for joining and meeting materials are also posted on the Albemarle County Calendar.

Our main agenda item this month will be a presentation from the Downtown Crozet Initiative updating us on the status of the Plaza and the downtown redevelopment.

We’ll also leave some time at the end of the meeting to talk about areas where the CCAC may be able to help with some of the Master Plan’s implementation goals.

For example, Goal 5 in the Land Use section of the Crozet Master Plan suggests that the County should “Increase capacity of the CCAC, local schools, or other community groups to initiate, implement, and manage placemaking projects.” (Master Plan, p. 27)

There may also be opportunities for us to assist with some other Master Plan implementation goals, such as the Downtown Neighborhoods Architectural and Cultural Resources Study and Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing Survey. (p. 26)”

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Crozet Community Advisory Committee Wednesday, August 10, 2022 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 (16); 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.

BY PHONE/CALL-IN:

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]

AGENDA

1. Call to Order & Agenda Review (3 minutes) Joe Fore, CCAC Chair
2. Approve Meeting Minutes (2 minutes) Joe Fore, CCAC Chair
3. Presentation from the Downtown Crozet Initiative (60 minutes) Meg Holden, DCI President
4. Committee business – Master Plan implementation (30 minutes)

Joe Fore, CCAC Chair

Next Meeting: September 14, 2022

CCAC meeting on 11 May 2022 was focused Albemarle County’s Climate Change initiative, and yielded an interesting discussion.

If you’re interested, I would encourage you to either read all of the tweets (click here, scroll to the bottom and make your way up), or watch the video of the meeting.

A few tweets from the meeting

Climate action agenda.#CCAC0522 pic.twitter.com/CaALy88ZVp

— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) May 11, 2022

Land use and transportation are inextricably linked. We're locking ourselves into car-centric patterns when we incentivize sprawl. https://t.co/4qLdUwGJnt

— Walkable, bikable Charlottesville (@carfreecville) March 14, 2022

These are some great topics.https://t.co/8rogxl73Xn

#CCAC0522 pic.twitter.com/xwvG0mm9Im

— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) May 11, 2022

I guess I should disclose that I’m now a CCAC member, and my tweets reflect my thoughts and opinions, and not that of the CCAC. #CCAC0522

— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) May 11, 2022

I commented noting that density is great, *but* should be done so that people can get places *without* getting in cars, & we have infrastructure for bike/ped transportation.

#CCAC0522

— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) May 12, 2022

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More Matt Helt.

What about our schools being accessible by bike/ped?

Build a pavilion for the farmer’s market.

What about the fleet?

EV chargers?

Rooftop solar

Lots of talk; very little action.

Accountability in the plan w/ consequences.

Lots here.

#CCAC0522

— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) May 12, 2022

On to the budget update from Ann.

“It’s a horrifying large number” –

Millions more than when she joined the board. Higher population, the higher the cost. We have 20K more people than in 2008.

One of our biggest burdens is the ability to hold onto staff.

#CCAC0522

— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) May 12, 2022

Read more: CCAC, Climate, and Infrastructure

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Instead of eventually simply repaving our roads, we need to reimagine transportation infrastructure, and do it differently. https://t.co/qTc4uimz8o

— Jim Duncan (@JimDuncan) May 14, 2022