Public notice: Cost to build 47 CRHA units at Sixth Street is listed as $29.2 million

I recently failed to report in advance that City Council would be holding two public hearings on a Thursday, a day that it not normal. I saw that date in a public notice in the Charlottesville Daily Progress, but it did not register. So I have decided to create a series of regular postings of what’s in public notices as a way of signal boosting what is in them. Newspaper circulation is much lower than when I was young. My readership is fairly small, but my job as a journalist is to point people in the direction of information.

This is not an exhaustive list, but you can conduct your own research at Public Notice Virginia. 

• There will be a public auction on February 27 at 2 p.m. on the front steps of the Albemarle County Courth ouse to pay delinquent taxes on three properties in Albemarle and one in Charlottesville. Details are available at the website of the law firm Martin & Wren. The Charlottesville property is 217 Oak Street and the owner since at least 1985 is deceased. (C-Ville Weekly, February 8, 2024)
• Southwest Mountain Vineyards on Route 231 is seeking a limited brewery and limited distillery license. Objections to the issuance have to be submitted to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority no later than 30 days after the first of two required newspaper notices and the first was published on February 3.  The ABC license search tool is here. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, February 10, 2024)
• The Department of Environmental Quality is seeking comment on a recommended “enforcement action” on the firm Linco for violations of the State Water Control Board regulations within the City of Charlottesville. The notice points to a DEQ website with pending corrective actions, and here’s a link to this one. This is related to a fish kill in an unnamed tributary of Moores Creek related to an unpermitted discharge around Stratford Court that killed around 869 fish, 527 dead salamanders, and 309 dead worms. The comment period is open from February 12 to March 12. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, February 10, 2024)
• An entity called KIRTI HIR LLC is seeking a license to sell beer and wine at a location at 1001 West Main Street trading as 7 Day Jr. This building is currently occupied by several other businesses.  (Charlottesville Daily Progress, February 8, 2024)
• Crozet Seafood is also seeking a license to sell beer and wine at their location. There’s also a pending application that will go before the Architectural Review Board as mentioned by Jim Duncan on January 22, 2024. This application is COL-5000137. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, February 8, 2024) 
• The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority will hold a public hearing on March 25 on their Capital Fund Plan for FY24 through FY28 and 5 Year Action Plan. The former is available here and the latter is available here. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, February 3, 2024) 
• The total cost of construction is estimated at $29,228,900 to build 47 units of new public housing units in the first phase of the Sixth Street Apartments projects, according to a public notice of two actions to be taken by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. One is a request the state agency will make of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to release funds for the project. Forgive the shouting, but the other is a FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT that construction won’t have an effect on the human environment. That means no further review is necessary. The notice has more information about people can make comments. (Charlottesville Daily Progress, February 1, 2024)

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