Crozet Community Meeting Agenda
November 11, 2017
7:30 PM at the Field School

(Click here for PDF version of the agenda)

Welcome
Agenda Review / Changes and additions from the floor.
Approval of the CCA’s last meeting’s minutes (September 14, 2017) (Click here for PDF version of the minutes)
Albemarle County Police Department (ACPD) may visit and give an update. (Evening Patrol Division)

Presentation:  SP 2017-20 Re-Store’n Station application for Mulberry Station – BP Station, convenience store, at 6115 Rockfish Gap Turnpike (Jo Higgins)
– Hours of operation: allow the store to operate 20 hours a day
– Fuel sales: allow two additional fuel pump dispensers.
Note : No change in the building footprint, gas canopy, fueling islands, parking areas, impervious areas or water use are proposed.
Initial County Staff comments for this application are available by clicking here.

Updates and News from Ann Mallek, our county supervisor

Old Business:

• Update on Claudius Crozet Park.
  • This Saturday November 11th from 8AM to Noon — Tree and Bush planting needs volunteers. The holes are pre-dug and soil amendments are provided. Bring a willingness to help and work gloves. Rain or Shine at Crozet Park!
• Update from the Crozet Master Plan (CMP) survey committee.

New Business:

• ?

Comments or Questions?  

Future Agenda Items?
Election of CCA officers occurs at our next meeting, January 11, 2018. Nominations are open for President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Current officers are: President: Tim Tolson, Vice-President: Lisa Goehler, Secretary: Jo Ann Perkins, and Treasurer: Emery Taylor. Candidates must be present at the January 11 meeting or have spoken with a current officer about their willingness to serve if elected.

Announcements –  

• Crozet Community Orchestra has TWO Concerts this weekend!
  • Concert 1: Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 7:00 pm at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1500 Rio Rd E, Charlottesville, VA
  • Concert 2: Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 4:00 pm at Crozet Baptist Church, 5804 Saint George Avenue, Crozet with a pre-concert lecture by violinist Monika Chamasyan.
  • Details: http://www.crozetcommunityorchestra.org
• Claudius Crozet Park Tree and Bush Planting needs volunteers this Saturday, November 11, at Crozet Park from 8AM to Noon. The holes are pre-dug and soil and amendments provided. Bring a willingness and work gloves. Rain or Shine!
• Crozet Community Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting Wednesday, November 15 at 7:00 PM at Crozet Elementary. –> back at the Crozet Library   Community Meeting for SP 2017-20 Re-Store’n Station.
• Crozet Volunteer Fire Department Christmas Parade will be Sunday, December 3th at 3:00 PM. Lineup is at 2:00 PM on Wayland Drive in Crozet.
• Others?

The next CCA meeting is January 11, 2018 at 7:30 PM at the Field School

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This email list is moderated, so you cannot get spam because only approved email messages are sent out.  Volume is usually 4-6 emails a month, all related to Crozet & Western Albemarle events and concerns.

Crozet Community Meeting Agenda
September 14, 2017
7:30 PM at the Field School

(Click here for PDF version of the agenda)

Welcome
Agenda Review / Changes and additions from the floor.
Approval of the CCA’s last meeting’s minutes (May 11, 2017) (Click here for PDF version of the minutes)
Albemarle County Police Department (ACPD) may visit and give an update. (Evening Patrol Division)

Presentation: Update from Downtown Crozet Initiative, Inc, Pat Groot
Draft DCI Mission: Our mission is to foster a high quality of life in Downtown Crozet by providing resources to ensure that the inevitable changes in the area preserve the best of the original character while also serving the needs of the present growing population. To that end, DCI, Inc. will support economic vitality and community development in Downtown Crozet and facilitate many of the recommendations of the Albemarle County Crozet Master Plan.
Visit website for further details: www.downtowncrozetinitiative.com

Update on the environmental remediation activities taking place at the former Acme Visible Records site currently owned by Wilson Jones Company (WJC) and the work planned for the last half of this year.  Click here for a fact sheet (background) and their latest remediation work letter.  Tim Tolson

Updates and News from Ann Mallek, our county supervisor

Old Business:

• Re-cap of Crozet Independence Day Celebration held on July 1, 2017
• Update from the Crozet Master Plan (CMP) survey committee. Next survey committee meeting is September 26 at 7:30 PM at the Crozet Library.
• Update on Claudius Crozet Park.
  • Wednesday, September 20th — United Way Day of Caring at the Park; tackling a variety of projects throughout the Park and can always use more hands. For those interested in helping, just show up at 9:30AM.
  • Saturday and Sunday, October 7th and 8th — Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival; we are always looking for volunteers. Volunteers can sign-up by going to http://crozetfestival.com/
  • Saturday, November 18th 2-5PM; SK8Crozet Fundraiser and Official Perimeter Trail Grand Opening

New Business:

• Sponsoring/hosting a local candidates forum in October? If yes, volunteer to organize?
• Other?

Comments or Questions?  

Future Agenda Items?

Announcements –  

• Crozet Community Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting Wednesday, September 20 at 7:00 PM at the Crozet Library. Details and notices on our website.
• Rivanna Solid Waste Authority Hazardous Waste Amnesty Days start Thursday, September 28 with business collection requiring pre-registration via email with John Doffinger (John@careenv.com) or Jim McKenna (Jim@careenv.com) or call to 1-800-494-2273. There is a fee associated with disposal..
  Household Hazardous waste on Friday & Saturday, 9/29-30 from 9A to 2P and then the next three Saturdays in October. Details on our website and http://www.rivanna.org/hhw/
• Crozet Trails Crew Seventh Annual 5K Trail Race, Saturday October7, at Crozet Park. Details: https://crozettrailscrew.org/register-for-the-2017-5k-trail-race/
• Others?

The next CCA meeting is November 9, 2017 at 7:30 PM at the Field School

Join our email list by signing up at: http://CrozetCommunity.org/contact-us/
This email list is moderated, so you cannot get spam because only approved email messages are sent out.  Volume is usually 4-6 emails a month, all related to Crozet & Western Albemarle events and concerns.

Crozet Community Survey
June 2017
Survey is closing August 20!

We want to gather input from as many people in Crozet as possible, so we appreciate you sharing your opinion on topics related to Crozet.  We urge you and others in your household to fill out and complete this questionnaire as soon as possible.    If you received a letter inviting you to take this survey, please click here to go to the scientific sample survey webpage.  The two survey’s questions are identical.

It should take about 15 minutes to complete the questions in the survey. There are no right or wrong answers; what’s important is your opinion.  All of your responses will be anonymous and kept confidential, only group results will be published.

When you’re ready, click here to go to the public survey to begin the survey.   Thank you in advance for your time and thoughtful input.    [We delayed the availability of the public survey to give time for the letters to arrive in case you should be taking the scientific sample Crozet Community Survey.]

This survey was sponsored and developed by local citizens of the Crozet Community Association (CCA), the Downtown Crozet Initiative (DCI), and the Crozet Board of Trade (CBT), and Albemarle County staff. It is the first step of the upcoming Crozet Master Plan update/revision. It is one of several opportunities for your active participation in the decisions affecting our community in the next five and beyond.

The Crozet Master Plan (CMP) is supposed to be revised every five years. That revision time should have been in 2015, however the County postponed the revision until 2018.   In order to complete the revision with as little delay as possible, we are starting with a community survey now, as was done in 2009 before the 2010 Crozet Master Plan revision.

OPENING OF PUBLIC SURVEY LINK WAS POSTPONED.

Our invitation letters to selected households to take the Crozet Community Survey started to arrive this weekend.  We mailed to a random sample of  2,000  of the 2,600 households inside the Crozet growth area, and 1,000 households adjacent to the growth area  to take the Crozet Community survey, so not everyone will get an invitation letter.  Responses to the survey from this scientific sample of households are now streaming in online.

Unfortunately, the mailing of the invitation letters was unexpectedly delayed, so we must postpone the opening of the “public” survey to give all of you who have received a letter a chance to open and take the survey.  We’ll open the link to the “public” survey on Saturday, June 17 at Noon; that link will be available to anyone who wishes to add their voice to the survey results.

We appreciate your patience and understanding regarding the delay in making the public survey available.

Please contact the CCA at CrozetCommunity@gmail.com if you have trouble starting the survey or have other problems or questions regarding the Crozet Community Survey.

Crozet Community Survey
Scientific Sample
June 2017

You are at this webpage because you’ve been randomly selected to share your opinion on topics related to Crozet. By using a scientifically representative sample of Crozet residents, survey results can be used to draw conclusions about the whole community’s perspective, so we ask that only you complete the questionnaire.  Please complete the questionnaire as soon as possible.

It should take about 15 minutes to complete the questions below. There are no right or wrong answers; what’s important is your opinion.  All of your responses will be kept confidential, only group results will be published.

Please have your access code  that was printed in the letter you received handy. You will need to enter it to gain access to the survey.  When you’re ready, click here  to start the survey.   Thank you in advance for your time and input.

We invite others in your household to take the survey by clicking here to go to the public survey webpage.  The two survey’s questions are identical, however the public survey will not be available until the weekend of June 10-11.

This survey was sponsored and developed by local citizens of the Crozet Community Association (CCA), the Downtown Crozet Initiative (DCI), and the Crozet Board of Trade (CBT), and Albemarle County staff. It is the first step of the upcoming Crozet Master Plan update/revision. It is one of several opportunities for your active participation in the decisions affecting our community in the next five and beyond.

The Crozet Master Plan (CMP) is supposed to be revised every five years. That revision time should have been in 2015, however the County postponed the revision until 2018.   In order to complete the revision with as little delay as possible, we are starting with a community survey now, as was done in 2009 before the 2010 Crozet Master Plan revision.

Please contact the CCA at CrozetCommunity@gmail.com if you have trouble starting the survey or have other problems or questions.  

The Seventh Annual Crozet Independence Day Parade, Celebration, and Fireworks

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Making a Contribution

These events involve a lot of donated time from a lot of individuals and donated materials and services from local companies, but it still cannot happen without financial contributions, too.

• You can contribute right now, online, by clicking on this link: 
• Please put “CIDC donation” in the Designation box.

Of course, we appreciate all donations, but to boost our efforts to cover expenses, we have three leadership donor levels and we are hoping that you will show your support by becoming a lead patron this year.

• For a gift of $500 or more, we will prominently display your company banner you provide at the entrance to the park during the event, identify your patron status in the Crozet Gazette and event handbill and provide you with ten passes to the celebration in the park.
• For a gift of $250 to $499, you will receive acknowledgment in the Crozet Gazette and event handbill and four passes to the celebration in the park.
• And, for a gift of $100 to $249, you will receive two passes to the celebration in the park, published thanks in the Crozet Gazette and the event handbill.

July will be here before you know it.  Won’t you join us by contributing whatever you can afford?  If being a lead patron is too much this, please send whatever you can afford.   Your contribution is tax-deductible charitable donation. Thank you!

1. You can mail a check payable to: Downtown Crozet Association and send it to: DCA, P.O. Box 863, Crozet, VA 22932.  Please put  “CIDC donation” on the memo line.
2. You can contribute right now, online, by clicking on this link: 
3. Please put “CIDC donation” in the Designation box.
4. Thank you for your generous support!

It takes a village – won’t you help out on Saturday, July 1 for an hour?

We need your help for just an hour or two on Sunday, July 1.  Below is the website to sign-up to help with the Crozet Independence Day Celebration (CIDC) between 5PM to 10PM. There are a variety of tasks and time slots. Most of the time slots are only an hour – so there’s lots of ways to help and still enjoy the event.
To sign up, please click here! 

When you sign-up it will ask for your name, email and, optionally phone number.  No one else can see your email and phone.  We promise we won’t share it.  It’s helpful for us to have it if something happens and we need to let you know about a last minute change.

We urge church groups, civic and neighborhood associations to sign-up.  Crozet Trails Crew already has volunteered to staff one spot the whole evening!  Let’s see which group can have the most volunteers!

With your help, we can make this Crozet Independence Day celebration the best ever!