AGENDA DATE: 8/18/2021
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VDOT Roadway Construction & Maintenance and Utility Easements on Parcel ID 04700-00-00-016A0
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Resolution to approve granting a roadway construction & maintenance easement and a utility easement to VDOT on Parcel ID 04700-00-00-016A0
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Richardson, Clark
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: VDOT began development on a grouping of six Albemarle County Smart Scale road improvement projects in 2017 that included the construction of a roundabout and turn lanes at the Stony Point Road (Route 20), Proffit Road (Route 649), and Riggory Ridge Road (Route 1494) intersection (Attachment C). The roundabout design needed to account for and be sensitive to several parcels in the County's rural area under perpetual conservation/open space land easements. Albemarle County received approval for $4 million in Fiscal Year 2018 (FY 18) Smart Scale funding for these Intersection Improvements. The project is in the design and right of way acquisition phase, both of which need to consider and accommodate parcels subject to conservation easements.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Rural Area Character - preserve the character of rural life with protected scenic areas and historic sites.
DISCUSSION: The Riggory (Parcel ID 04700-00-00-016A0), a 30.72-acre parcel fronting on Stony Point Road close to The Riggory Ridge Road intersection, is one of those properties under conservation easement that VDOT needs for the project (Attachment A). The Riggory is subject to a 1992 conservation easement jointly held by the Albemarle Conservation Easement Authority (ACEA) and Albemarle County (Attachment B). A VDOT right of way for Stony Point Road, preexisting the 1992 conservation easement, already runs over the property's edge. A utility easement also crosses the property. To construct the roundabout, V...
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