Augusta County meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Parks & Recreation Commission hears Stuarts Draft stage bid; solar and grant items sit on agendas

The only decision recorded in Augusta County's meeting summaries over the past two weeks came from the Parks & Recreation Commission, which approved its August meeting minutes on a 5-0 vote at its Oct. 21 meeting. Staff also reported that Lantz Construction won the bid to build a new covered stage at Stuarts Draft Park for under $30,000.

The summary records the vote and the staff report. It does not describe a separate commission vote on the stage contract, and it gives no contract figure beyond under $30,000.

Parks & Recreation Commission (Oct. 21)

• Approved August minutes, 5-0.
• Staff reported Lantz Construction won the bid for a new covered stage at Stuarts Draft Park, for under $30,000.

Planning Commission: two solar requests (Oct. 13)

Agenda only. Minutes have not been published, so no outcome is known.

The commission was scheduled to hold public hearings to determine whether substantial accord exists for two solar energy project requests:

• A Special Use Permit for SRE Solar Origination 2, LLC (3.5 MWac) at Weyers Cave Road and Fountain Cave Road.
• A Special Use Permit for Augusta CSG 2, LLC (4.95 MWac) north of Parkersburg Turnpike.

The agenda also listed review of the 2025 Annual Report. A special use permit is a request for county permission to use land in a way the zoning rules do not automatically allow.

Board of Supervisors: grant and financial reports (Oct. 14)

Agenda only. Minutes have not been published, so no votes or outcomes are available.

Items listed for the meeting were:

• A Parks & Recreation Matching Grant for Ruritan Charities of Mt. Sidney, Inc. for $36,464.00.
• The Quarterly Financial Report, including infrastructure and school year end fund balance.
• A draft Legislative Package.
• Supplemental Appropriations.
• Ambulance Billing.

The $36,464.00 figure is the amount listed on the agenda for the matching grant. The agenda does not state whether the Board approved it.

Coming up

Board of Supervisors, Oct. 26. A staff briefing is scheduled on a draft data center ordinance and a 15-month extension request for the CAVA COF Performance Agreement. The agenda also lists Fire-Rescue Fund Grant Committee recommendations, domestic chickens in single family residences, and a SAW Regional Radio Project update, along with reports from VDOT and Fire-Rescue staff.

Board of Zoning Appeals, Nov. 5. Public hearings are scheduled on seven special use permit requests described in the agenda summary: short-term rentals at 282 Bald Rock Road, 159 Azalea Drive and 314 High Meadow Lane; expansion of a non-conforming dwelling at 32 Seawright Springs Road; a deer processing and taxidermy business at 378 Smoky Row Road; a kennel and boarding facility at 1100 Quicks Mill Road; and a 199' telecommunication tower on Mt. Solon Road. A hearing regarding a Dominion Energy storage yard is scheduled to be continued.

All upcoming items are listed on agendas. They are not decisions, and outcomes will not be known until minutes are published.

Augusta County roundup: Parks board approves minutes; supervisors to weigh bonus, tax referendum

The Augusta County Parks and Recreation Commission approved its May minutes as written (6-0) at its Aug. 19 meeting, the only formal decision recorded in the past two weeks. Two other county bodies met but have not yet published minutes, leaving their agenda items pending. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hold a staff briefing Aug. 24 to discuss several items, including a courthouse contract extension and a property tax relief rate.

Parks & Recreation Commission

The commission voted 6-0 to approve the May minutes. The director's report included updates that the county has no plans to continue with Athletes Global Corporation and that no direct revenue was received from Clymore Elementary's event at Natural Chimneys Park. No other substantive decisions were made; the remaining items were informational.

Planning Commission (Aug. 11)

The Planning Commission held a public hearing on two land-use requests. The first was a request to withdraw 90.113 acres (TMP 037 92) at 1655 Knightly Mill Road from the Middle River Agricultural and Forestal District. The second was a request to rezone 6.06 acres (TMP 027 122A) east of Lee Highway (Route 11) in Mount Sidney from General Business to General Industrial with proffers. The commission also considered approving minutes from its July 14 meeting. Minutes from this session have not yet been published, so no decisions are recorded.

Board of Supervisors (Aug. 12)

The Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on an ordinance for employee bonuses and considered a resolution to place a school construction sales tax referendum on the ballot. The board also discussed a rezoning request for 6.928 acres at 38 Lyndale Lane in Lyndhurst (TMP 076 54B) from Single Family Residential-15 to Rural Residential; the Planning Commission has recommended denial. Other agenda items included an Agriculture Crop Press Study and a possible AFID planning grant application, as well as consideration of ownership of portraits from the 1901 Augusta County Circuit Courthouse. Minutes have not yet been published.

Coming up

The Board of Supervisors will hold a staff briefing on Aug. 24. Items for discussion include a contract amendment for the Moseley courthouse contract with $17,000 in funding, a resolution setting the Personal Property Tax Relief Act rate, a TAP application for a sidewalk extension on Quicks Mill Road from US11 to Charlottes Court, a sewer easement for C&C Tire at 2620 Stuarts Draft Highway, and a rezoning of 6.06 acres in Mount Sidney from General Business to General Industrial. The meeting is a staff briefing, so most items are for discussion rather than final action.