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King and Queen planning panel presses for stoplights, advances comprehensive plan updates
Summary
At its Sept. 3 meeting, the King & Queen County Planning Commission continued revisions to the county Comprehensive Plan with a focus on transportation safety, requested stoplights at two Route 33 intersections, and received staff updates on a telework center and the purchase of land for a new elementary school.
King & Queen CountyPlanning Commission Chairman Hunter Richardson called the commission to order on Sept. 3 at the King and Queen Court House, and members continued work on the county's Comprehensive Plan with a particular focus on transportation safety.
Donna Elliott Sprouse, the county's director of community development, told commissioners she has "almost completed" the checklist of revisions from prior meetings and will finish the transportation chapter after obtaining updated school attendance numbers and any edits from the Economic Development Authority. Commissioners pressed staff to record safety concerns and traffic increases along key corridors.
Commissioner Robert Coleman Jr. said Route 14 needs improvements between the courthouse and St. Stephens Church, saying trucks "prefer not to take this route" because of multiple 90-degree turns, and several commissioners expressed support for installing traffic signals at the intersections of York River Road and Route 33 and at Buena Vista Road and Route 33.
Sprouse said she will incorporate the commissioners' concerns and proposed intersection improvements into the transportation section of the Comprehensive Plan.
In staff updates, County Administrator and County Attorney Vivan Seay said the county's new Telework Center will house the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission and Sentara Telehealth and will include reservable space for local businesses and citizens to hold meetings or use copying services.
Sprouse distributed the Planning Commission's FY2024'1025 budget and noted the VCU Certified Planning Commission Training fee has risen from $650 to $750; she has registered Edmond Wilson Jr. for the January 2025 session and said she may reallocate funds if both Mac Bradley and Mr. Allen wish to attend.
Seay also told the commission that the county purchased roughly 61 acres behind the existing high school (the high school sits on about 30 acres) for a planned new elementary school campus and that an RFP for design services will be prepared and issued soon.
Procedural business: Commissioner Commer Jackson moved to approve the Aug. 5 minutes; Jonathan Massey seconded the motion. The minutes were approved with six votes in favor (Massey, Richardson, Fleming, Coleman, Bradley, Jackson) and one abstention (Wilson).
Commissioner Robert Coleman Jr. moved to adjourn; Michael Fleming seconded. The motion was ratified by a unanimous "Aye" vote of members present. The commission set its next meeting for Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at 6 p.m.
The meeting minutes note no public comments were offered during the allotted public comment period.
