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Committee forwards wireless lease, Main Street and Patterson Avenue grant resolution to council; appointments approved
Summary
The Land Use Committee forwarded a cell-site lease, a Virginia Main Street application and a VDOT pedestrian-safety grant application to full City Council with recommendations to approve.
The Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee voted to forward several papers to full City Council with recommendations to approve.
Item summaries and outcomes: - Ordinance 20 20 five-one 165 (paper 2): a five-year lease between the city and New Singular Wireless PCS LLC to allow continued operation of a telecommunications facility at 3518 North Hopkins Road. The lease initial rent is stated as $47,000 with an annual increase described in the presentation as 3% per year (staff described the term as a 5-year lease with five additional extension terms). The committee held a public hearing with no speakers and voted to forward the ordinance to council with a recommendation to approve. Committee members recorded votes as: Mr. Bridal — Aye; Vice Chair Robertson — Aye; Chair Jones — Aye.
- Resolution 20 25 R0 30 (paper 3): a resolution supporting an application to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for participation in the Virginia Main Street program as an Exploring Main Street community. The administration said the city would pay a $375 per-year fee for the Exploring stage, receive technical assistance, and initially target the Broad Street corridor (approximate boundaries described as Eighteenth to Belvidere). No public commenters spoke for or against; the committee voted to forward with recommendation to approve (Mr. Burton — Aye; Vice Chair Robertson — Aye; Chair Jones — Aye).
- Resolution 20 25 R0 32 (paper 4): a resolution supporting an application to the Virginia Department of Transportation Transportation Alternatives Program to fund pedestrian-safety improvements on Patterson Avenue (Maple Avenue to Libby Avenue). The project budget figure cited by staff was approximately $1,440,000, with a federal request of $1,000,000 (80% of the project) and a required local match of $250,000; staff also proposed an additional $187,000 in local CBT funds to improve competitiveness. The committee held a public hearing with no speakers and voted to forward with recommendation to approve (unanimous recorded “Aye”s by the voting members present).
- Appointments (board packet): The committee voted to forward three appointment recommendations to council: James Hutzler (Community Transportation Advisory Committee, MPO representative), Bridal Sims (position not specified in transcript packet language), and William Andrews (reappointment to Board of Fire Appeals). The committee record shows the motion carried and the committee voted to forward with recommendation to approve (votes recorded in the transcript: Bridal — Aye; Vice Chair Robertson — Aye; Chair Jones — Aye).
Procedural notes: Public hearings were held for papers 2–4; no members of the public spoke for or against those three items. Committee members asked clarifying questions about the lease rent escalation for paper 2 and about project boundaries and match commitments for the Patterson Avenue grant application.
Ending: The committee forwarded the items to full council with recommendations to approve and requested no changes to those papers at the committee level; council will consider final approval at a subsequent meeting.
