The
Albemarle County Planning Commission
met on Tuesday evening, and into Wednesday morning, to hold four work sessions related to developments near Glenmore in the County’s
Village of Rivanna
designated growth area
. In attendance were over 100 community members, largely from the Glenmore and Running Deer neighborhoods.
The projects before the Commission would, if ultimately approved at future meetings, expand the gated community of Glenmore into three new neighborhood areas and create the Rivanna Village mixed-use development between Route 250 and Glenmore.
| Project under review | Housing Units |
|---|---|
| Rivanna Village | Up to 500 homes |
| Livengood | 41-57 homes |
| Leake | 110 homes |
| Glen Oaks | 24 homes |
|
TOTAL |
675-691 homes |
Notes: Leake, Livengood & Rivanna Village are within the growth area. Glen Oaks is outside the growth area. The developer would like Glen Oaks, Leake, and Livengood all incorporated into Glenmore.
While no formal votes were taken on these projects, the Commission provided direction in a number of key areas giving most in attendance a little bit of what they were looking for, while few residents and commissioners were satisfied that enough information was on the table for traffic considerations.
A stream crossing for the Glen Oaks neighborhood was the launching point for the evening’s discussions. Glen Oaks is a development
previously rejected by the Planning Commission
and
deferred by the Board of Supervisors
. Don Franco with KG Associates brought forward a new design for the 24 home project which he would like connected to Glenmore. Residents in the Running Deer neighborhood made clear their preference that traffic not be channeled through their community to Route 250.
The Commission reached consensus that Glen Oaks should be connected to Glenmore and not Running Deer. Glen Oaks will be serviced by private roads since the proposed access requires a dam crossing, something VDOT will not accept into their secondary road system. Later in the discussions of the Leake and Livengood neighborhoods, the Commission gave further support to the developer’s goal of expanding Glenmore with these new developments.
During the course of the evening, the following issues were among those raised by the public:
Charlottesville Tomorrow
has produced three recordings of this meeting.
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Recording #1 – Glen Oaks
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Recording #2 – Leake/Livengood
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Recording #3 – Rivanna Village
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Brian Wheeler
