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Board considers parks contract, easement amendments and leases including Crockett Park pier bid
Summary
The board reviewed several property and contract items: staff requested authorization to award the Crockett Park fishing pier and ADA pathway contract to the lowest responsive bidder (Gainesville Topsoil and Excavation, $425,000, project total ~$468,000), considered a homeowners-association waiver request from RST Bealton LLC, an open-space easement amendment for David and Catherine Hartley, an amendment to a long-term lease for Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services Board (now Encompass), and authorized scheduling a public hearing on a lease for Red Cardinal Aviation LLC at the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport.
County staff presented a set of land-use, lease and procurement items for board consideration.
Crockett Park fishing pier and ADA pathway: Procurement received three bids and staff recommended authorizing the county administrator to award the contract to Gainesville Topsoil and Excavation as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder for $425,000; total project costs were estimated at about $468,000 and budgeted from parks and recreation asset replacement funds. A speaker noted the prior pier crumbled in a December 2020 storm and described shoreline erosion and a desire to site the new pier farther into deeper water. "We're looking at about an 8 to 12 week schedule... hopefully before Memorial Day," one participant said.
RST Bealton LLC homeowners association waiver: Staff described a developer request to waive the requirement that a residential subdivision establish and maintain a homeowners association so long as the units remain rental units under single ownership and the developer retains ownership of lots, common areas and stormwater facilities. The staff recommendation would authorize the county administrator to execute an agreement to accommodate that request; staff answered questions about whether an HOA would be required if lots were later sold.
Open-space easement amendment (Hartley): David and Catherine Hartley requested an amendment to an open-space easement on roughly 19 acres at 7081 Young Road to allow limited accessory structures including a swimming pool while preserving an impervious-surface cap of 1%. Staff explained the change clarifies allowable structures for the existing residence and does not change the 1% impervious surface cap.
Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services Board lease amendment: Staff proposed an amendment to the long-term lease (to 2050) for county-owned property at 12 North Hill Drive in Warrenton to reflect the organization's operating name change to Encompass Community Supports and to update maintenance and improvement provisions in ways staff said are more favorable to the county.
Red Cardinal Aviation: Airport staff reported the current lease expires in October 2026 and the tenant has requested additional space. The board was asked to authorize the county administrator to schedule a public hearing at a future meeting to consider a commercial lease agreement.
Most of these items were presented and opened for questions; the transcript records staff presentations and Q&A but does not show recorded final votes on these resolutions within the excerpt. Staff said adoption of the attached RST resolution would authorize the county administrator to execute the agreement, and staff invited the board to set public hearings where required.
