The Agenda: Local government briefs for 9.9.24

The Virginia Home at 1101 Hampton St. in Richmond. (BizSense file photo)

Hanover board to consider bonds sale for new Virginia Home facility

The Hanover Board of Supervisors is expected Wednesday to weigh approval of a bonds sale to help the Virginia Home build a new facility in the county.

The Virginia Home, which is a nonprofit home for adults with disabilities, is seeking county approval to issue up to $70 million in industrial revenue bonds to help fund the construction of a 160-bed, 190,000-square-foot facility near the intersection of Pole Green and Bell Creek roads.

The bonds the organization is vying for are being issued through the Hanover Economic Development Authority, which would act as a conduit for The Virginia Home to tap the public bond market.

The EDA last month provided initial approval for the bonds sale, and the county supervisors are now slated to consider whether to OK the move. The EDA is expected to later provide final approval.

The Virginia Home has previously shared plans to sell its current facility in Richmond and move to Hanover, where it plans to build a larger facility.

The full agenda for the Hanover board meeting can be found here.

Chesterfield OKs Powhite Parkway project funding, floodwall contract

Chesterfield County’s planned Upper Magnolia technology park is situated to the west of proposed Powhite Parkway extension through the Upper Magnolia property. (Image courtesy Chesterfield County)

Recent actions by the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors have rolled forward projects to extend the Powhite Parkway and build a floodwall at the Addison Evans Water Treatment Plant.

The board in late August voted to appropriate $42.9 million from multiple funding sources for transportation projects.

A $27.2 million chunk was put toward phase I of the Powhite Parkway extension project, per a county news release. The first phase of the Powhite project is planned to extend the road a little over 2 miles to Woolridge Road from its current terminus near its interchange with Route 288.

The Powhite allocation is money generated by tax revenue from the Central Virginia Transportation Authority. County officials have previously shared plans to use CVTA money to pay off municipal bonds sold to finance the Powhite extension. The first phase has been estimated to cost $170 million.

A further $6.4 million of the nearly $43 million funding appropriated by the board last month was earmarked for a roundabout to be built at the Beach and Riverway roads intersection.

In addition to CVTA funds, VDOT funding and federal reimbursements were other funding sources for the overall appropriation, which go toward nearly 20 projects.

Also at its late August meeting, the board approved a $21.1 million construction contract with Kokosing Industrial for construction of a floodwall at the Addison Evans facility, which is on the Swift Creek Reservoir, per the county release. The county received two bids for the project.

The project had previously been anticipated to cost $11.6 million, but the cost estimate more recently increased due to design modifications and higher costs for building materials.

Longtime Chesterfield employee to head community engagement department

Kimberly Conley

Chesterfield recently announced that it selected Kimberly Conley to serve as its director of Community Engagement and Resources Department.

Conley has worked for Chesterfield for more than 30 years. She assumed her new role in late August, and had previously been the department’s assistant director, per a county announcement.

The department works to connect county residents with various resources. Under the department’s umbrella are offices like Volunteer Engagement, Aging and Disability Resources and Mobility Services. The department is part of the county’s Human Services.

Conley has degrees from Virginia State University and Central Michigan University.

Apartment projects in Belle Heights, Bellemeade on City Council agenda

Richmond City Council meets in regular session Monday at 6 p.m.

Business includes a special-use request from Harper Associates for three apartment buildings totaling 266 units at its Belle Heights development.

The Real McCoy Cos. seeks a special-use permit for a five-story apartment building totaling 96 units in the 1800 block of Richmond Highway. The apartments in the city’s Bellemeade area would be restricted to renters who are 55 and up.

The full agenda can be found here.

Townhomes near River Mill on Henrico supervisors agenda

Henrico supervisors meet in regular session Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Deferred from July is HHHunt Homes’ plan to build 57 townhomes on an 8-acre site southeast of Woodman and Winfrey roads. The undeveloped site adjoins HHHunt’s River Mill community and is just west of an 82-unit townhome section that was part of the original 2016 rezoning.

The full agenda can be found here.

Reynolds Crossing rezoning, 130-home subdivision on Henrico planning agenda

The 31-acre parcel at the corner of Forest Avenue and West Broad is being eyed for redevelopment. (Google Earth)

The Henrico County Planning Commission meets Thursday at 7 p.m. Full agenda here.

Deferred from last month is Reynolds Development’s plan to reinvent parts of its Reynolds Crossing complex at the corner of West Broad Street and Forest Avenue. Plans call for about a half-dozen new buildings to reach as high as 10 or 12 stories and over 1,200 dwelling units.

Also on the agenda is a rezoning request from GEM Capital LLC, an entity tied to local developer Ned Massie, for a 130-home subdivision on 66 acres at 1830 N. Washington St., northwest of the Airport Drive-Interstate 295 interchange near Highland Springs.

Henrico names director for new outreach and engagement department

Henrico appointed Jelisa Turner as director of the county’s newly established outreach and engagement department. She previously worked with Henrico Fire as its CARE (community assistance, resources and education) program manager.

In her new role, Turner will direct efforts to promote county residents’ wellbeing and resiliency, facilitate community outreach and engagement opportunities, and oversee the county’s strategy for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB), according to a release.

The Board of Supervisors established the department to streamline and strengthen how Henrico serves residents with diverse needs, including seniors, members of multicultural communities, individuals with disabilities and others, the release states. The department took effect July 1 and has a staff of six employees previously assigned to human resources, public relations and the fire division.

Turner previously served as Henrico’s advocate for the aging, overseeing the office offering services for older adults. She has a master’s degree in gerontology from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from UVA.

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