The Virginia legislature is moving forward with “proffers” reform. Chesterfield County has used the proffers system to fund infrastructure due to its impact on growth. The legislature’s language indicates proffers cannot be “unreasonable” which means it is open for interpretation. Proffers are a major piece of Chesterfield’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) with $3.94 million in revenue coming from proffers in FY16. Localities typically use proffers as a means to control growth. Proffers in Chesterfield, although only implied, starts at $18,966 and decreases from there with various contingencies agreed on between developers and zoning officials. Currently, Senate Bill 549 is making…
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The 108-acre site at the confluence of the Falling Creek and the James River is on its way to becoming a park for Chesterfield County. Trust for Public Land recently purchased the property from UB Properties Inc, a subsidiary of Union Bank & Trust and will transfer the land to Chesterfield County. According to Capital Region Land Conservancy(CRLC), their “first conversations” about the future disposition of the Riverwalk property was in January 2012. CRLC has worked closely with Chesterfield County to guide the potential conservation of the land and introduce partners such as the Trust for Public Land. CRLC supports…
Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation Director Michael S. Golden announced recently his plans to retire, effective April 1. His career with the county has spanned nearly 37 years, including serving as parks and recreation director since 1992. Under Golden’s leadership, the county has seen significant progress with the facilities for youth sports, historical sites and conservation areas on the James and Appomattox rivers. The county parks system has grown to accommodate more than five million visitors a year. Through his philosophy of working with regional partners, the county has also experienced an increase in sports tourism. “Mike is clearly passionate…
The Chesterfield County Joint County-Schools Employee Benefits Committee will conduct a meeting on Monday, February 15, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 502 at the Lane B. Ramsey Administration Building, 9901 Lori Rd. The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors/School Board Capital Construction Goals & Accountability Committee will conduct a meeting on Wednesday, February 17, at 12:30 p.m. at the School Board Administration Building, 9900 Krause Rd. The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors/School Board Liaison Committee will conduct a meeting on Wednesday, February 17, at 2 p.m. at the School Board Administration Building, 9900 Krause Rd..
J.L. “Jay” Stegmaier, Chesterfield County Administrator, last Thursday announced his retirement effective July 1. After 10 years as the County Administrator and a total of 37 years with the County, Mr. Stegmaier said it was time. In fact he said that his wife, Margot, and he made a plan, during counseling before their wedding that he would have retired three years ago. Stegmaier has seen many changes in Chesterfield since he began working in the Budget and Management department in 1979. The population has grown by 150 percent from 134,000 (1979) to 337,000 (2016) and the budget, county personnel and…
Work has begun on a Comprehensive Plan for the Northern Jefferson Davis Highway corridor. Tourist courts, motels and family entertainment venues are not what you think of while driving on Jefferson Davis Highway. Until the late 1950s, what was known as the Pike was a bucolic route for those traveling along the east coast. Once Interstate 95 was built, the decline of the Pike was not far behind. The Interstate robbed the businesses on the parallel strip of highway by being a quicker way to travel. Now, Chesterfield County, as part of “Moving Forward – The Comprehensive Plan for Chesterfield…
Chesterfield County names Kiva Rogers as its new director of the Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Social Services Department. Rogers, a 15-year member of the Social Services team and current assistant director for family services, will assume the lead role Feb. 1. “We are very fortunate to have Kiva Rogers, who has come up through department ranks, be selected as the new Director for Social Services,” Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Social Services Board Chairman J. Chris Kollman, III said. “In working with Kiva, I have seen her display her leadership abilities, and I look forward to seeing the department continue to excel.” In her new…
On February 2, 2016 Virginia Parents for Medical Marijuana will hold a Press Conference at 11:15 am in front of the Virginia General Assembly Building in Richmond. The group, composed of parents and their children with intractable epilepsy, will be in Richmond to lobby members of the Assembly in support of Senate Bill (SB) 701, “Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; permitting of pharmaceutical processors to manufacture and provide.” The group was successful last year in helping to pass Senator Dave Marsden’s bill, SB1235 and Delegate Dave Albo’s bill, HB1445 which provided an affirmative defense to patients with intractable epilepsy taking Cannabidiol oil (CBD)…
The Board of Supervisors last week approved a request to construct another section of sidewalk along the east side of Harrowgate Road. (Curtis Street to Hyde Park Drive). The sidewalk project will be paid for by an appropriation of $400,000 in anticipated Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) reimbursements to the Chesterfield Department of Transportation (CDOT) and $100,000 from the General Road Improvement Account. “I have been working with CDOT to have sidewalks put in throughout the Bermuda district especially roads such as Harrowgate, where there are a large number of residential neighborhoods,” said Bermuda District Supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle. “Barbara Smith in…
Steve Elswick became the chairman of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors last week during the first meeting of the county’s government body. Without a strike of the gavel, County Administrator J.L. “Jay” Stegmaier brought the Board meeting to order. He took the center seat saying that he would take the place of a regular Board chair until a new chair could be elected. Matoaca District Supervisor Elswick sat next to Stegmaier, ready to take on the chairmanship fo the second year. Bermuda District Supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle, motioned that Elswick take the job as chair. The next motion allowed Ms.…