Crozet Community Meeting Agenda
January 12, 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 (November 10, 2016) (Click here for PDF version of the minutes)
A Moment in Crozet History – (Phil James)

Albemarle County Police Department (ACPD) visit and update. (Evening Patrol Division)

Presentation: Downtown Crozet Initiative (DCI) committee report. (Tim Tolson, Dave Stoner)

• Update on Crozet downtown plaza plans (Click here for PDF)
• Update on grant application possibilities for the Crozet downtown plaza
• Visit website for details: www.downtowncrozetinitiative.com

Updates and News from Ann Mallek, our county supervisor.

Old Business:

• Update from the Crozet Master Plan (CMP) survey committee (Tom Loach)

New Business:

• Election of CCA officers: 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 this meeting or have spoken with a current officer about their willingness to serve if elected.
• Additional CCA member on the Albemarle County Police Department Blue Ridge District Citizens Advisory Team.
• Other?

Comments or Questions?  

Future Agenda Items?

Announcements –

• Crozet Community Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting Wednesday, January 18 at 7:00 PM at the Crozet Library. Details and notices on our website.
• Crozet Volunteer Fire Department Open House,
  Saturday, January 14.
• Others?

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

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Crozet Community Meeting Agenda
November 10, 2016
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 8, 2016) (Click here for PDF version of the minutes)
A Moment in Crozet History – Unfortunately Phil James cannot be with us tonight.

Albemarle County Police Department (ACPD) visit and update. (Evening Patrol Division)

Presentation: Barnes Lumber property phase 1 re-zoning and the issues with VDOT regarding the road network, parking, the Square, and the transect from downtown to the residential neighborhoods around it. (Frank Stoner, Milestone Properties)

Updates and News from Ann Mallek, our county supervisor.

Old Business:

• Motion from last meeting (9/8/16) “The CCA should be the lead organization in Master Plan Revision for Crozet and to do so by creating a committee to guide the revision and survey the community with Tom Loach as the chair of the committee.” Crozet Master Plan survey committee final adoption/rejection.
• Update from Downtown Crozet Initiative committee
  • Visit website for details: www.downtowncrozetinitiative.com

New Business:

• Additional CCA member on the Albemarle County Police Department Blue Ridge District Citizens Advisory Team. Meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 10 AM at Fifth Street office.
• Other?

Comments or Questions?  

Future Agenda Items?

• Election of CCA officers occurs at our next meeting, January 12, 2017. 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 12 meeting or have spoken with a current officer about their willingness to serve if elected.

Announcements –  

• Crozet Community Orchestra Concert this Sunday, November 13 at 4:00 PM at the Crozet Baptist Church. Free admission. Details: http://www.crozetcommunityorchestra.org
• Crozet Community Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting Wednesday, November 16 at 7:00 PM at the Crozet Library. Details and notices on our website.
• Crozet Volunteer Fire Department Christmas Parade will be Sunday, December 4th at 3:00 PM
• Others?

The next CCA meeting is January 12, 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 Park Expansion
Your input is necessary!

Almost three years ago the Park’s board of directors solicited input via online survey from the Crozet community and the County at large regarding ideas for new amenities at community-owned Claudius Crozet Park.

From that input significant capital improvements were triggered including new pavilions, a dog park, expanded parking and soon, a multipurpose perimeter trail. A pond-side amphitheater is planned for 2017.

We are now soliciting input on the largest of these capital improvements, a comprehensive expansion of the Park’s aquatic and fitness center.  Your input will directly guide our efforts.

Please help us take this next big step by providing your input at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/facility-expansion

Dedication of the memorial chimney
at Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park
on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 1:00 pm

Where:
The entrance to Byrom Park is on Route 810 in Blackwells Hollow.
Follow Garth Road to the Piedmont Store in Whitehall, go around the curve to the right onto Rt. 810 (do not go straight up to Sugar Hollow), Follow Rt. 810 for 7.8 miles and entrance is on the left.  Approximately 45 minutes from Charlottesville.

More details about the Chimney project:
http://www.crozetgazette.com/2016/10/brhp-memorial-dedication-planned-for-november-5/

http://www.crozetgazette.com/2016/09/this-memorial-will-be-set-in-stone/

http://www.crozetgazette.com/2016/08/secrets-of-the-blue-ridge-shenandoah-the-taking-and-making-of-a-national-park/

Background:
Albemarle Blue Ridge Heritage is a grassroots effort to create a monument, in the form of a stone chimney with memorial plaque, to honor families displaced from land now in the Shenandoah National Park. Additionally, the Albemarle project intends to construct a shelter that will including information panels and can be used for mission-related cultural and educational events.

The project will utilize living history and cultural exhibits, displays, presentations, and demonstrations to promote historical and cultural tourism, to engage the local community, and to educate future generations and visitors to the area about the people who lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains before the creation of Shenandoah National Park and who gave up so much to make the Park possible.

Phase 1 is complete: a stand-alone (non-working) chimney with memorial plaque to acknowledge and honor the sacrifices of families displaced from their homes and land for the creation of Shenandoah National Park. In Phase II we intend to construct a post and beam structure to shelter informational and educational panels regarding the displacement and the community that existed in these mountains prior to the displacement.

In addition, the shelter can promote recreation, tourism to the area and educate our school-aged children through heritage events and demonstrations of mountain culture. The structure will be built to the approximate dimensions of a modest size house in the Albemarle section of the Park survey area during the 1930’s, just prior to creation of the Park.

Additional online resources that may be of assistance to you include:
Webpage: http://www.blueridgeheritageproject.com/albemarle/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AlbemarleBRHP/
Please let me know if you have additional questions or I can provide additional information to assist in your process.  For information contact:
Paul Cantrell
Albemarle Blue Ridge Heritage Project
Steering Committee
AlbemarleBlueRidgeHeritage@gmail.com