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. The opportunities for the public to access and participate in the electronic meeting are posted on the Albemarle County website on the Board of Supervisors’ home page and on the Albemarle County calendar. Participation will include the opportunity to comment on those matters for which comments from the public will be received.
1. Call to Order.
2. Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Moment of Silence.
4. Adoption of Final Agenda.
5. Brief Announcements by Board Members.
6. Proclamations and Recognitions:
7. From the Public: Matters Not Listed for Public Hearing on the Agenda or on Matters Previously Considered by the Board or Matters that are Pending Before the Board.
17. From the Public: Matters Not Listed for Public Hearing on the Agenda or on Matters Previously Considered by the Board or Matters that are Pending Before the Board.
Public Hearings:
18. An Ordinance to Approve County Police and Fire Rescue Sworn and Uniformed Employee Bonuses. To receive public comment on its intent to adopt an ordinance to authorize the payment of monetary bonuses to eligible public safety employees of Albemarle County pursuant to Virginia Code § 15.2-1508. The ordinance would authorize a one-time payment of $3,000.00 to eligible full-time and part-time regular employees of the Albemarle County Police Department and the Albemarle County Department of Fire Rescue who were active employees as of December 1, 2021 and who fill a total position of 0.7 full time equivalent and above, and a sign-on payment of $3,000.00 to all sworn or uniformed full-time and part-time regular employees of the Albemarle County Police Department and the Albemarle County Department of Fire Rescue who have a hire date between December 1, 2021 and November 30, 2022, and who fill a total position of 0.7 full time equivalent and above.
20. An Ordinance to Amend County Code Chapter 15, Taxation. To receive public comment on its intent to adopt an ordinance to amend County Code Chapter 15, Taxation. The proposed ordinance would amend Article 9, Transient Occupancy Tax (§§ 15-900 Definitions, 15-901 Transient occupancy tax imposed; amount, 15-902 Collecting and remitting the tax; reports, 15-903 Preserving records, and 15-905 Enforcement; duty of Director of Finance), to provide that the retail sales and use tax and transient occupancy taxes on accommodations may be collected and remitted by an accommodations intermediary, instead of only by the accommodations provider, pursuant to Va. Code §§ 58.1-3818.8, 58.1-3819, and 58.1-3826.
21. Agricultural and Forestal Districts (AFDs). Ordinance to amend County Code Chapter 3, Agricultural and Forestal Districts, Article 2, Districts of Statewide Significance, Division 2, Districts, to review certain districts and to add lands to certain districts, as specified below:
a) AFD 2021-06 Glen Oaks District AFD – District Review. The proposed ordinance would amend Section 3-216, Glen Oaks Agricultural and Forestal District, to continue the district for all parcels identified in the district regulations, to set the next district review deadline date of December 1, 2026, and to remove any parcels in the district for which a request for withdrawal is received before the Board acts on the proposed ordinance. The review of the district will be reduced from once every ten years to once every five years, so that the next review of the district after the current review will occur prior to December 1, 2026; and
b) AFD 2021-07 Free Union AFD – Addition. The proposed ordinance would amend Section 3-215, Free Union Agricultural and Forestal District, to add TMP 7-26B to the district; and
22. ZTA202100002 Special Exception Procedures. This proposed ordinance would amend certain sections of County Code Chapter 18 (Zoning). To the extent that the following County Code sections identify the Albemarle County Planning Commission and certain administrative agents as responsible for considering and acting on requests for zoning waivers, modifications, variations, and substitutions, the proposed ordinance would amend each of these sections by substituting the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors for the Commission and those agents (respectively), in order to clarify and confirm that the Board is to consider and act on zoning special exceptions, consistent with applicable case law: § 18-4.2 (Critical slopes); § 18-4.2.2 (Building site area and dimensions); § 18-4.2.5 (Modification or waiver); § 18-4.6.6 (Lot access requirements); § 18-4.10.2.1; § 18-4.10.3.1 (Exceptions—Excluded from application); § 18-4.10.3.2 (Exceptions—Limited); § 18-4.12.2 (Applicability); § 18-4.12.13 (Loading areas); § 18-4.12.15 (Minimum design requirements and improvements for parking areas); § 18-4.12.
Thank you for attending today's public hearing. During the 2021 Calendar Year, the Chair is Ned L. Gallaway and the Vice-Chair is Donna P. Price.
During the time set aside for "From the Public: Matters Not Listed for Public Hearing on the Agenda or on Matters Previously Considered by the Board or Matters that are Pending Before the Board" (“From the Public”), individuals may address the Board of Supervisors concerning matters previously considered by the Board or matters that are pending before the Board. Please visit the Participation Guide for Public Meetings on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors webpage for instructions on how to join the virtual meeting.
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speaker
• Back and forth debate is prohibited
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Clerk, Board of County Supervisors
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia
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7. From the Public: Matters Not Listed for Public Hearing on the Agenda or on Matters Previously Considered by the Board or Matters that are Pending Before the Board.