Duane Snow (R)
The key elements of the plan that are impor- Drive to Hollymead Town Centre which would The expressway and millions of dollars spent
tant to me are: One, the Hillsdale connector include building a new bridge across the would be for the purpose of accommodating
from Hydraulic to Greenbrier Drive; Two, ex- Rivanna River; Four, enlarge the current ramp 10% of the traffic headed through the area.
tend the widening of 29 North from its cur- from 29 North to the 29 250 bypass to two It would leave 90% of the traffic wandering
rent location just North of the Rivanna River lanes. around cumbersome traffic patterns to get to
to the Hollymead area; Three, extend Berkmar their desired locations.
RIO DISTRICT but that might be… I like roundabouts, once people get
David Slutzky (D)
used to them, but they may need to do a grade separated
If you could focus
Incumbent
there. So that would be one thing. [S]econd…proceed with
vetting, public hearings and trying to use the advantageous
[O]ne of my personal priorities in getting on the Board was
bid climate to proceed with the Water Plan….I think the bid
on one area for
rural area protection and as I have said I believe that the
climate will be here for a while. I think it’s going to take a
purpose for rural area protection is all about protecting eco-
while for the economy to recover. So let’s take advantage of
logical systems that provide service value to our community.
that.
improved partnership
It turns out that the City of Charlottesville is a major benefi-
I would love to see schools [in City and County] do more to-
ciary of all of those ecological systems in our rural areas.
gether,I tried to broach the topic of transportation when I
with the City of
But yet the City of Charlottesville has little or no role in rural
was on the School Board and do joint transportation….I
area protection. That’s the burden of the County, as it turns
think that may save money for both school divisions.
out, even though the City is a beneficiary….
Charlottesville during
So an area of cooperation between the City and the County
John Lowry (I)
I think would be for us to have an honest discussion about
I am going to go right back to the water plan because it is
the next two years,
the revenue sharing agreement in specific about the fact
that the City is a major beneficiary of the Land Use Tax
an area that has much discussion right now and what we
break that we give rural area land owners and yet they are
need really is leadership both in the City and the County to
what area would
charging us a punitive amount because we do that. And I
move us forward.
would like to see the revenue sharing agreement modified if
the City is willing to do it to address that particular issue.
I can see [why] the City, [which] has not grown in population
significantly in the 40 years almost that I have been here,
that be?
And I have had some preliminary conversations with my
friends on City Council and I think they are at least open to
can balk at having to pay for a huge new reservoir. The fact
the discussion, and I think that would be a very important
of the matter is the County is going to experience the natural
area for improved partnership if you will.
growth. I am not saying rapid growth, but it will be growth in
the area, even [Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle
Population] would admit that there will be growth in the
Rodney Thomas (R)
County...largely in the growth area and [they will require] wa-
Challenger
ter and sewer hookups, so what we need is a way to be eq-
uitable and I think we can be equitable.
It would be the revenue sharing agreement. Albemarle
The City and the County have their own separate authorities
County is about to give the city, again, $18 million dollars of
for water and sewer, thereby they can have their own sepa-
the taxpayers money and has absolutely no say in how it is
rate rates. So I think this is the highest priority because
used. I would like to designate some of that money for
2011 is a drop dead date, we have to not only begin to exe-
shared services like transportation, [the Charlottesville
cute the plan, but the state authorities have the ability to
Albemarle Technical Education Center], and other areas we
pull the Ragged Mountain Reservoir plug because it is
currently cooperate in. I would also work to make sure the
flawed and they might deem it dangerous to stay as it is.
City finishes the Meadowcreek Parkway, as they have already
We have got a deadline coming. [That is why the water plan
promised. There is also much work to be done on sharing of
is] my first priority.
fire services between the County and City.
JACK JOUETT DISTRICT
Duane Snow (R)
Dennis Rooker (I)
Incumbent
SAMUEL MILLER I think we need to explore common interest and goals that
Madison Cummings (D)
would help both localities save money and improve the
I would say completion of the current water supply plan. I
quality of life. For example public transportation and com-
think that that is the most pressing issue that is being jointly Improved partnership with Charlottesville should be several
bining certain public services.
worked on by the City and County. I think that the drought of those projects that have been going on and being dis-
that we had five years ago indicates that we are today sub- cussed for some time. Help them get to the point where they
ject to the vagaries of weather, and we need to get a plan in complete the Meadowcreek Parkway with what would be ei-
place and implement it that does not expose our community ther an efficient grade separated interchange, I guess they
to the threats that drought can bring. probably can’t do a roundabout there at McIntire and 250,
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