Public hearing before Fluvanna Supervisors on stripping solar as allowed use on agricultural land 

The Fluvanna Board of Supervisors meet at 5 p.m. in the Circuit Courtroom in the Fluvanna Courts Building. (meeting packet)

There are eight items under action matters. 

• Supervisors will consider four position upgrades in the Commissioner of the Revenue’s office which will increase the salaries for those positions while requiring more skills. (learn more)
• Supervisors will authorize a letter sending a letter of willingness to a company that’s commemorating the farewell tour across the United States that the Marquis de Lafayette took 200 years ago. More on this later in the week. (learn more)
• Supervisors will be asked to contribute $2,500 to the 2025 Regional Housing Summit to be held by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission. This will be third such event. (learn more)
• Supervisors will be asked to consider a position upgrade in the Department of Emergency Services, a relatively new county function. This would also reorganize the department with a command structure featuring a captain and four lieutenants. (learn more)
• Should the county waive the rules for a non-compliant sign to be placed at the new Wawa at Zion Crossroads? That will be the subject of a public hearing if Supervisors authorize one for the larger-than-allowed sign. (learn more)
• Another public hearing authorization is for one to allow the county to assess an electronic summons fee. That would be held on August 21, 2024. (learn more)
• Supervisors will be asked to appropriate nearly $300,000 for two projects related to the Fork Union Sanitary District to be produced by Dewberry Engineering. One is for a preliminary engineer report for a water supply expansion. The second is for waterline and valve replacements along about 3,000 feet on Bremo Road. (learn more)
• Supervisors will also be asked to spend $4,500 from a FY2025 Board contingency fund on a facilitator for a future leadership retreat with the Berkley Group. (learn more)

There is a closed session scheduled after action matters. 

There are four public hearings. 

• There’s an application for a rezoning of 4.125 acres of land in the Zion Crossroads Industrial Park from Agricultural to Industrial. This would allow for a boundary line adjustment to enable a road connection to the parcel. (learn more)
• There’s an application from Fluvanna-Louisa Housing Founation for their Mountain Hill subdivision. They’re requesting a waiver from the rural cluster requirements for a community that will be targeted at seniors and disabled individuals. There would be nine lots and as drawn there’s not enough open space to qualify without the exemption. (learn more)
• There are fee increases for the review of erosion and sediment control plans. (learn more)
• The Board of Supervisors will consider the removal of utility scale solar as a possible use on agricultural land with a conditional use permit. The Planning Commission recently recommended deferring on the idea until their meeting July 9, 2024 while another idea is further fleshed out. This would be a special S-1 district that would allow solar panels. (learn more)

Supervisors will not meet again until August 7. Until then, let’s ponder some of what’s on the consent agenda for this meeting. 

• Fluvanna County will also join the opioid settlement against Kroger (learn more)
• Fluvanna County received an additional $26,048 from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles for stop fees in FY24. (learn more)
• A new private road in the Carol Farm subdivision will be called Still Waters Lane. (learn more)

Before you go: The time to write and research of this article is covered by paid subscribers to Charlottesville Community Engagement. In fact, this particular installment is from the July 1, 2024 Week Ahead edition of the newsletter.