Crozet Community Meeting
May 8, 2014
7:30PM at the Field School

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Welcome
Agenda Review / Changes and additions from the floor.
Approval of the CCA’a last meeting's minutes (March 13, 2014) (Click here for draft of March 13 minutes)
Treasurer's Report by Emery Taylor  ($10 family contribution for 2014 now payable)
A Moment in Crozet History (Phil James)

Drop-in visit from Albemarle County Police officers (Evening Patrol Division) As part of the Albemarle County Police department community policing.

Presentations:  Albemarle Housing Improvement Program (AHIP) update on Orchard Acres and available grants for Orchard Acres home improvements (Joyce Dudek, Associate Director of Community Development and Ravi Respeto, Development Director)

The  new Crime Prevention Watch neighborhood sign program, Crozet Safety Corp (Jim Crosby and Tom Loach

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Virginia Broadband (Internet access) Survey

In an effort to determine how high-speed broadband Internet access might be extended to under served parts of Albemarle County, a Broadband Task Force was established in October 2013. Among the action items identified by the Broadband Task Force is the need to identify and analyze demand. To that end, a survey has been created for citizens to weigh-in on their broadband desires.

It is critical that all county residents and business owners, particularly those in rural areas, participate in the survey in order to establish important baseline data.  

The survey is available on-line at  www.wired.virginia.gov/broadband/broadband-survey

If you do not have a readily available Internet access, please go to the Crozet Library and use one of their FREE public computers to take the survey. You are the persons they need to hear from the most!

April 16, 2014

Hello everyone,

I am writing to provide you with a brief update on the demolition activities at the Acme Visible Records site in Crozet.  Despite winter’s best efforts to delay the project, the building demolition of the main manufacturing facility and former credit union building at the site was completed on March 28th, 2014.   Additionally, the former carpentry building was demolished. As you may recall, the original plan had been to keep it, but there ended up being significant roof, structural, and infrastructure issues with this building. Repair costs were astronomical as compared to the building value.  The building would have been more of a liability in a potential sale, than an asset.

The final remediation strategy development as required by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) program remains on schedule as discussed at our November Community meeting. We are working closely with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to advance the project toward completion. The goal remains to have the property ready for productive use in 2016.

As always, please contact me should you have any additional questions.

All the best,

Sarah
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Sarah Huddle, APR
Partner, Albright Group
804.788.4485 (o)
804.248.0489 (c)
www.ThinkAlbright.com

Dear Neighbor,

Please join us Saturday, April 26th from 8AM – 5PM for Comcast Cares Day. Join community volunteers as they work on various improvement and beautification projects throughout the Claudius Crozet Park. We will be painting, weeding, mulching, clearing brush, and replacing and fixing Park fencing.

Lunch is provided !

To register for Comcast Cares Day, please follow this link:
http://www.comcastinthecommunity.com/

Please note you will need to sign-in using your existing Google or Facebook account.

A comprehensive listing of projects we'll be tackling on the 26th is available by going to the Crozet Park website at:http://www.crozetpark.org/about-us/volunteering/

Hope to see you at the Park !

Kim
Kim Guenther
Board President, Claudius Crozet Park

Join the Crozet Lions at their third annual Crozet Lions Club Fantastic Pancake Dinner on Saturday evening April 5, from 5:00 to 7:30 PM. at the Field School (1408 Crozet Avenue), across the street from Crozet Elementary School.

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Your help is needed to support the Crozet Library funding increase requested as part of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library's annual budget request to Albemarle County.  The Albemarle County Executive's proposed budget for FY2015, released recently, includes increased funding for the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Those increases cover:
  1. Mandates required by the County's requested changes to the revised regional agreement,
  2. Additional costs due to the development of the new Northside Library,
  3. Salary increases to bring JMRL staff pay closer to comparable County positions, part of a multi-year effort, based upon the County's recommendation of a professional salary comparison.

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Albemarle County officials including Supervisor Ann Mallek will join Crozet residents and business owners at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Crozet Streetscape project on Tuesday, April 1, at noon on Crozet Avenue in front of the new Crozet Library.

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Fourth Annual Crozet Swing Dance Fundraiser
on Saturday, March 29, from 8 to 11 PM
at the Field School, 1408 Crozet Avenue
 (across from Crozet Elementary)

The dance is a fundraiser for the new Crozet/Western Albemarle Library (BCL), the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD) and the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad (WARS)

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RT. 29 ADVISORY PANEL MEETING
TO BE HELD 1 P.M., MARCH 27 IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

in the Main Auditorium at the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, 530 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Public can attend the meeting or videoconferenced locations, view live webstream or recorded podcast

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