by Neil Richard
The Board of Supervisors held a short work session on the Comprehensive Plan on August 21, 2019. They had a short Agenda and focused most of their discussion on the updated Comprehensive Plan and to review the changes that were made from their feedback at the previous work session.
Water and Waste Water Capacity
With Jonathon Weakley, the Service Authority General Manager, present for the meeting, the Supervisors were looking to create a better partnership between the County and the Service Authority going forward as it concerns the Purkins Corner Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) service area. With several proposed developments on the table, the Purkins Corner WWTP is near the end of its capacity and is also on the radar of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for closure. The general feeling between the two boards is to replace the existing WWTP facility with a new one to allow for future growth.
Additionally, there was some discussion on how the unused water storage tank in Cleydael could be used by the Service Authority for both water needs and fire suppression needs. Warren Veazey spoke during Public Comment before the meeting that he felt removing Cleydael as a primary settlement area from the Comprehensive Plan was a bad idea. Veazey said that as a partner, he was willing to allow the Service Authority to access the water tank as needed. Weakley said he would reach out to Veazey as soon as possible to see what kind of agreement could be made but did say that other aspects would need to be considered before it could be used. Primary among these is that the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) would need to approve the tank for drinking water use.
Dahlgren Settlement Zone
Another primary discussion point for the Supervisors was the exact layout of the Dahlgren primary settlement area. During the discussion there was some confusion at the start about the difference between the settlement area, what message it sends to developers, and the military overlay district. The Board decided to keep the military overlay district as it was, allowing the Navy to provide an opinion for potential development within that area. Some Supervisors also felt that the message a designated settlement area would send to a developer is that the Supervisors would be more amenable to rezoning requests within that area. This was important when they discussed the layout of the settlement area as Brabo suggested moving the line away from the main gate but it was pointed out that many of those homes are zoned commercial and any rezoning to a residential designation would be more difficult outside of the settlement area. The biggest changes to the settlement area was the boundary lines off Owens Drive and Windsor Drive. There was also a small change to the Courthouse West Settlement Area to include the former King George Elementary School.
By the end of the meeting, the Supervisors approved sending the drafted Comprehensive Plan to the Planning Commission for a Public Hearing.
The Board of Supervisors held a short work session on the Comprehensive Plan on August 21, 2019. They had a short Agenda and focused most of their discussion on the updated Comprehensive Plan and to review the changes that were made from their feedback at the previous work session.
Water and Waste Water Capacity
With Jonathon Weakley, the Service Authority General Manager, present for the meeting, the Supervisors were looking to create a better partnership between the County and the Service Authority going forward as it concerns the Purkins Corner Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) service area. With several proposed developments on the table, the Purkins Corner WWTP is near the end of its capacity and is also on the radar of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for closure. The general feeling between the two boards is to replace the existing WWTP facility with a new one to allow for future growth.
Additionally, there was some discussion on how the unused water storage tank in Cleydael could be used by the Service Authority for both water needs and fire suppression needs. Warren Veazey spoke during Public Comment before the meeting that he felt removing Cleydael as a primary settlement area from the Comprehensive Plan was a bad idea. Veazey said that as a partner, he was willing to allow the Service Authority to access the water tank as needed. Weakley said he would reach out to Veazey as soon as possible to see what kind of agreement could be made but did say that other aspects would need to be considered before it could be used. Primary among these is that the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) would need to approve the tank for drinking water use.
Dahlgren Settlement Zone
Another primary discussion point for the Supervisors was the exact layout of the Dahlgren primary settlement area. During the discussion there was some confusion at the start about the difference between the settlement area, what message it sends to developers, and the military overlay district. The Board decided to keep the military overlay district as it was, allowing the Navy to provide an opinion for potential development within that area. Some Supervisors also felt that the message a designated settlement area would send to a developer is that the Supervisors would be more amenable to rezoning requests within that area. This was important when they discussed the layout of the settlement area as Brabo suggested moving the line away from the main gate but it was pointed out that many of those homes are zoned commercial and any rezoning to a residential designation would be more difficult outside of the settlement area. The biggest changes to the settlement area was the boundary lines off Owens Drive and Windsor Drive. There was also a small change to the Courthouse West Settlement Area to include the former King George Elementary School.
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| A rough sketch of the two main areas the Supervisors want to remove from the Proposed Dahlgren Primary Settlement Area. |
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| The western half of the Courthouse area would include the current School Board Office building. |
By the end of the meeting, the Supervisors approved sending the drafted Comprehensive Plan to the Planning Commission for a Public Hearing.
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I do hope that Mr. Veezey will explain that there is no wells to fill that storage tank and the previous owner failed to honor their commitment to upgrade the controls and Pumps of the Cleydael water system. King George County Service authority honored their part of the agreement and installed close to a mile of 12" water main. Surely existing staff will point the board in the direction of existing water models that show no benefit to bringing that tank into the existing water system.
ReplyDeleteAlso I dont see the logic of building a new WWTP on a site that has no stream to discharge into. Surely Mr Weakly would agree that the effluent being the only stream would only keep KGCSA under the thumbs of a DEQ who enjoys justifying their existence with fines levied on small community wastewater plants. And this must be the first time in 27 years that the Service Authority is funding and going into debt for a developers project. Mr. Weakly you may not be signing off on the DMR's but think about the logic of building a wasterwater plant where you are discharging in the field. I don't expect Mr. Bennett to understand that but then Mr Weakly you should understand.
King George County Service Authority would never have constructed a plant on that site. Now the county and school board would because they were not responsible for the plant once constructed.
ReplyDeleteThe only logical place to take the Courthouse wastewater to is Hopyard. Every newly installed force main and pump station was designed and constructed to reverse flow and take them to Hopyard. Unless the developers of Hopyard are willing to purchase all existing connections in Hopyard they do not own such connections, they belong to KGCSA.