Augusta County board of supervisors public staff briefing today at 1:30 pm

The monthly open-to-the-public staff briefing of the Augusta Board of Supervisors is today, Monday, April 19, at 1:30 pm at the Augusta Government Center in Verona.

Items on the agenda for the meeting include:

- A report from the Virginia Department of Transportation including a draft of the Six-Year Plan.

- Presentation of the annual report of the Recycling Committee.

- Presentation by the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service on an 18-month analysis of Electronic Weather Monitoring Stations data.

- Presentation by staff on options for dealing with methane-gas issues at the Regional Landfill.

- Discussion of the submission of an arts grant to the state for the Staunton Augusta Art Center, ShenanArts, the Stonewall Brigade Band and the Shenandoah Valley Art Center.

- Discussion of the recommendations of a Board of Supervisors committee regarding the proposed Riverheads-Greenville fire-rescue station.

- Planning Commission items:

1. Augusta Health Care Inc., rezoning, located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Tinkling Spring Road (Route 285) and Goose Creek Road (Route 636) in Fishersville (Wayne District).

2. Cedar Bluff Inc., rezoning, located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Benz Road (Route 1614) and Kolb Circle (Route 1615) in Lyndhurst (South River District).

3. County of Augusta (Stuarts Draft Park), amend and restate proffers, located on the east side of Edgewood Lane (Route 1562) approximately 0.1 of a mile south of the intersection with Stuarts Draft Highway (Route 340) in Stuarts Draft (South River District).

4. Upper Valley Regional Park Authority (Natural Chimneys), public use overlay, located on the north side of Natural Chimneys Road (Route 731) just east of the intersection of River Road (Route 730) and Natural Chimneys Road (North River District).

5. County of Augusta (Crimora Park), public use overlay, located on the north side of New Hope and Crimora Road (Route 612) approximately 0.5 of a mile west of the intersection with Eastside Highway (Route 340) in Crimora (Middle River District).

The meetings are open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. The Government Center is located on Rt. 11 in Verona. Turn at the Community Bank and cross the railroad tracks; take first right and follow signs to Public Meeting Room.

H/T Augusta Free Press