City manager report: New name for area’s solid waste drop-off point

When you’re the City Manager of Charlottesville, you sit on a lot of boards and commissions as well as the occasional authority. Since last August, Sam Sanders is a member of the Board for the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority, a body formed in 1990 to oversee the Ivy Landfill.

The landfill was closed in 2001 and the RSWA has been responsible for its remediation and has become responsible for solid waste disposal in Albemarle and Charlottesville. As part of that work, a transfer facility was built that has been known as the Ivy Materials Utilization Center. 

“One of the more recent actions is that we renamed the Ivy Materials Utilization Center the Ivy Solid Waste and Recycling Center so people would know exactly what it does,” Sanders said. “Who knows what materials utilization really is? So we made that crystal clear.”

Sanders also sits on the Airport Authority Board alongside County Executive Jeffrey Richardson and Donald Long. Long also is the chair of the Albemarle Economic Development Authority. The airport board governs Charlottesville Regional Airport, and Sanders’ written report has information about providing additional transportation options to get there. 

CHO’s website lists the names of taxi companies but does not have any information about ride-sharing services. 

“Airport is finalizing an operating agreement with Uber and will begin discussions with Lyft shortly,” reads Sanders’ written report for the August 19 meeting. 

Cab drivers pay $500 to register with the airport to be able to use the taxi stand to pick up passengers at an authorized location. 

That written report also contains at least other information of interest to readers of Charlottesville Community Engagement. The City Council and Albemarle Board of Supervisors will meet on September 17 for the first time since a virtual meeting in October 2020. (read those minutes)

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