CVG RESIDENT HONORED

When Betty Matthews came to the annual Chester Business Association (CBA) picnic last week, she expected to be just another guest. But the CBA had other plans in mind: they honored Matthews with the first Betty Matthews Chester Quality of Life Award.“I was overwhelmed,” says Matthews. “It was a total surprise. I had no clue it was going to happen.”

The CBA board of directors originally came up with the award. “The [Snead-Stebbins] Businessperson of the Year award has some pretty strict guidelines, and we wanted to honor Betty – she’s a volunteer and what she’s done benefits the business community and the community as a whole – but she didn’t fit the businessperson of the year criteria,” says Jim Daniels, president of the CBA.

It was agreed that Matthews should be both the recipient and the namesake of the award, thanks to her work on the Chesterfield Center for the Arts. “If it weren’t for Betty, the Arts Center wouldn’t be moving forward,” Daniels says. “Right now, it is moving forward; an architect is planning and a model is being made. She’s kept it alive.”

According to Daniels, the Betty Matthews Chester Quality of Life Award will be given out on an as-needed basis to “someone who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to volunteer their time and efforts to doing things that make the general community a better place to live and do business.”

(Story courtesy of the Village News, 6-24-09)

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REZONING REQUESTED ON ADJACENT PROPERTY

The following will be heard on 6/22/09 at the Planning Commission meeting:

J. 08SN0285**: In Bermuda Magisterial District, EMERSON-ROPER COMPANIES, LLC requests rezoning and amendment of zoning district map from Agricultural (A) to Community Business (C-3) with Conditional Use to permit multifamily use plus Conditional Use Planned Development to permit exceptions to Ordinance requirements on 5.0 acres fronting 290 feet on the north line of Chester Village Drive across from Village Creek Drive. Density will be controlled by zoning conditions or Ordinance standards. The Comprehensive Plan suggests the property is appropriate for neighborhood mixed use uses. Tax ID 787-657-6225.http://www.chesterfield.gov/CommunityDevelopment/Planning/CPCAgenda/CPC6-22-09Ag.asp

Property in question is outlined in red in above photo. Enlarge photo by clicking on it.

See our previous story on this property by clicking on the following link:

http://chestervillagegreen.blogspot.com/2008/04/emerson-builders-buys-adjoining-land.html

County Supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle's meeting with home owners

An overflow crowd showed up for the scheduled meeting of our HOA membership with our

county Supervisor, Dorothy Jaeckle, Dr. Pete Smith, Deputy County Administrator, and three department heads. Our President, Howard Corey, chaired the meeting and presented the questions that had been given to Sup. Jaeckle ahead of time to allow them to prepare the most complete information possible. The topics and responses are as follows:

1) Collapsed building disposition: The Director of County Building Inspections reported that he had spoken to the owner a few days ago. The owner still intends to rebuild to the same design, but he mjust settle insurance claims first, and then wait for the climate to improve for new businesses and for condo sales. He has been asked to remove the remaining building materials. The Director as spoken to the school system about sponsoring a contest for a mural to be painted on the blank wall. Betty Matthews (Director of the Arts Center) has offered to supervise and to help choose an appropriate design.

2) Pond Certification: The County has scheduled a June 23 meeting for all parties connected with pond ownership and regulation to decide on how to proceed. Certification that the pond was consgtructed according to the approved design. Silt must be dredged. After certification the County will maintain the pond.

3) "Abandoned" land at the end of Delavial St.: The Commissioner of the Commonwealth Transportation Board must certify abondonment. Then it reverts back to the owners of the land on both sides.

4) Annual certification of home back-flow valves: This is required to prevent contamination of drinking water. (Valves sometimes break and fail because of freezing while they lie dormant during the winter.)

5) High speed rail: The proposed Richmond-Raliegh connection will pass through Chester, requiring the closing of at-grade crossings (only some of which will have an overpass built).

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REPORT ON HOA BOARD MEETING, June 3, 2009

Our Home Owners' Association Board of Directors met on June 3, 7:00 PM, at the Arts Center office.

1) The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.

2) Neighborhood Watch: The new security fence behind the three homes along Village Garden Drive at Village Garden Circle has accomplished its intended purpose of cutting down on trespassing.

3) The Architectural Review Committee has recieved three proposals for home modifications.

Also, the Committee requests those who sign up for satellite TV, please have the installers place the receiving dish in a location that cannot be seen from the street whenever possible.

4) Landscaping Committee: The new contract with Unlimited Landscaping has a separate agreement for snow removal as needed. The new contract comes in at a lower cost to the extent that it will still be lower (than it is now) after 6 years of annual 1.5% increases.

5) The Board has arranged for our County Supervisor, Dorothy Jaeckle, to meet with home owners at the Arts Center office on Wed., June 17, at 7:00 PM, to discuss:
-- the disposition of the collapsed building
-- the certification of our pond
-- the certification of home backflow valves
-- the possible deeding over to us of the abandoned land on Delavial Dr.
-- the possibility of establishing a county skate board area
-- how cut-backs in the county budget will affect us

If you would like to add other topics, please notify Howard Corey ahead of time, so that Supervisor Jaeckle can bring the appropriate information with her (Corey: 454-0602;
cvghoa@gmail.com).

6) Our home irrigation systems are in the process of being checked.

7) The Association will proceed with publishing a loose-leaf directory of Home Owners. All addresses will be listed, but individuals may request that their names not be published.

8) The U S Post Office requests that no cars or trucks block mail boxes. The mail carrier is NOT obligated to deliver mail to blocked mail boxes (when that happens the home owner will have to drive to the Post Office to pick up mail).

9) A Reminder: The Covenants we all signed require us NOT to park on the street.

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HOA NEWSLETTER FOR JUNE, 2009

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FARMERS' MARKET GROWS

On Saturday, May 30, the Farmers' Market on our Green had grown to 14 vendors. It continues every Saturday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, through October.