AGENDA DATE: 7/5/2017
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Meeting Street Name Change
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Resolution to rename Meeting Street to Berkmar Drive
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Walker, Kamptner, Graham, Weaver, Emerick
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Douglas C. Walker
BACKGROUND: The Berkmar Drive Extension project, part of VDOT's Route 29 Solutions projects, will connect the existing Berkmar Drive to the existing Meeting Street, with completion expected in July 2017. See Attachment A for a map showing the alignment.
The County's Road Naming and Property Numbering Ordinance and Manual is designed to improve delivery of emergency services and assure consistent addressing and road naming. County Code ? 7-202 incorporates the procedures and standards set forth in the Manual by reference.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Quality Government Operations: Ensure County government's capacity to provide high quality service that achieves community priorities
DISCUSSION: Virginia Code ? 15.2-2019 and the County's Road Naming and Property Numbering Ordinance (County Code ? 7-200 et seq.) and Manual allow the Board to rename any road at any time (Part I Section 7). One of the Manual's guidelines is to use the same road name when a proposed road is a continuation of or in alignment with an approved road, provided the offset is less than 60 feet (Part I Section 4(k)). This is to avoid the situation where a road changes names multiple times.
Town Properties LLC is building 11 townhomes along a portion of Meeting Street (north of Timberwood Blvd). Staff recommends that Meeting Street be renamed Berkmar Drive due to the connection of the two roads, and has notified Town Properties LLC that the addresses along Meeting Street may need to change. The Certificates of Occupancy have not been issued as of June 15, 2017.
BUDGET IMPACT: New road signs will be fabricated to replace the existing Meeting Street signs. This falls under normal ...
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