Community Workshop Input from the Thought Wall and Open-Ended Response Sheet June 9, 10 and 11, 2014 Date Comment Comp Plan Comp Plan Comp Plan Comment Comment Topic #1 Topic #2 Topic #3 Source Type 6/1/2014 Colonial Parkway Beautiful connection to our past. Transportation Community Community Thought (One Person Showed Agreement with this Statement) character Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 I enjoy living in James City County because it is a Transportation Parks and Community Community Thought well planned community. I only wish we had better recreation character Workshop Wall bike trails. Our park system is outstanding. 6/1/2014 Grove has possiblilities like mentioned below. Close Economic Land use Population Community Thought to B6 Open Carter's Grove. development needs Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Need grocery store, and more amenities in the Grove Economic Population Land use Community Thought area. More Recreation Centers/Rec Facilities in the development needs Workshop Wall Grove area (indoor gyms, pool, track, workout clothing stores, and anything that will create more jobs in the Grove area (resturaunts, clothing stores, and more) (small resturaunts, fast food, antique shops)). (Three People Showed Agreement with this Comment) 6/1/2014 Where we can have more chickens! Land use Community Thought Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Roads without bike paths Transportation Community Thought Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Grove has a lot to offer. Many possibilities. Either Economic Land use Population Community Thought require trailer park to become more appealing, or plat development needs Workshop Wall trees to hide them. Open Carter's Grove: even to walkers/runners/animals. Thrift shops/antiques/popular fast food. Make 7 eleven spruce up. Whether they end up by - passing us, we could still be like Norge or Toano. Give business incentives. Bring affordable businesses in till we get going. (One Person Showed Agreement with this Comment) 6/1/2014 Jamestown Island is a tresure. (One Person Showed Community Community Thought Agreement with this Comment) character Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Sidewalks on Mooretown Road and streetlights solar Transportation Population Community Thought needs Workshop Wall Community Workshop Input from the Thought Wall and Open-Ended Response Sheet June 9, 10 and 11, 2014 Date Comment Comp Plan Comp Plan Comp Plan Comment Comment Topic #1 Topic #2 Topic #3 Source Type 6/1/2014 Mainland Farm - Historic Connection Community Community Thought character Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Village of Toano maintain Historic character of this Land use Economic Community Community Thought area and Forge Road. Keep Mooretown rural- no development character Workshop Wall extensions 6/1/2014 Less town home construction Housing Land use Community Community Thought character Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 White Hall is too dense and there is not nearly Housing Community Thought enough parking for residents Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Check your building applications more carefully (two Housing Community Thought parking spaces per house, at least) Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 No increase of WATA buses on Rt 60. Transportation Community Thought Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Keep Mooretown Extension rural Land use Economic Community Community Thought development character Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Where there are NO BIKE PATHS! Transportation Community Thought Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Where there is no Sustainability by the Government Community Community Thought Participation Workshop Wall Team 6/1/2014 More street lighting on back streets and community Transportation Community Community Thought dupsters on side walkways and streets (back) character Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Jamestown island peaceful (and may disapear with Community Environment Community Thought climate change!) character Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Jamestown Youth Basin allows people to take Parks and Population Community Thought advantage of our waterway and enjoy the outdoors recreation needs Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Building "F" twice a month! Public facilities Community Thought Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 It was great until our lovely open spaces were filled Land use Update Community Thought with strip malls and parking lots!! Then being told process Workshop Wall what we could do with land we did own!! 6/1/2014 The whole county until everyone else started telling Update process Community Thought Community Workshop Input from the Thought Wall and Open-Ended Response Sheet June 9, 10 and 11, 2014 Date Comment Comp Plan Comp Plan Comp Plan Comment Comment Topic #1 Topic #2 Topic #3 Source Type residents how to live Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Chick River Park: 1.Beautiful intro to JCC 2. Water Parks and Community Community Thought access for boaters 3. Activites for youth recreation character Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Freedom Park: it combines respect for our heritage Parks and Community Thought with divers and recreational activities recreation Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Why do we need Mooretown Extension?? Transportation Community Thought Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Places where people have freedom with property Update process Land use Community Thought Workshop Wall 6/1/2014 Top of Dresser Bridge over Chickahominy, Beautiful Community Parks and Community Thought Rt. 5 entrance to county and a great place to stop for character recreation Workshop Wall water while biking. (One Person Agrees with the Comment, adding: the view on the other river too). 6/9/2014 How can you address high need areas of our Community Population Housing Community Response community? What about people who need housing, Participation needs Workshop Sheet food, other social services. These are not revenue Team producing but they affect the growth of a healthy, well educated workforce. 6/10/2014 If we have an aging population, then we will need a Population Housing Demographics Community Response different form and quality of housing to support this needs Workshop Sheet fact. Some form group tranisition housing affordable at multiple levels of income. 6/10/2014 9200 PSA unbuilt residences. Seems enough for next Housing Land use Population Community Response 10 - 20 years. Constrain added acrage outside PSA. needs Workshop Sheet 6/10/2014 Although Steven Stansbury seems to be a good guy Update process Community Community Response and quality speaker, I am left wondering why we paid Participation Workshop Sheet to bring him here to "help" with the Comp Plan and Team how much we spent to do so. I think that our - JCC Personel - should be competent/qualified to present to us. Nothing bad to say about the man but wonder what it says about our people. Community Workshop Input from the Thought Wall and Open-Ended Response Sheet June 9, 10 and 11, 2014 Date Comment Comp Plan Comp Plan Comp Plan Comment Comment Topic #1 Topic #2 Topic #3 Source Type 6/10/2014 Workforce needs - what businesses are you Update process Community Community Response attracting? You should base planning, transportation, Participation Workshop Sheet housing land use based on where you want to be in Team 20 - 30 years as a community 6/10/2014 Your polls should answer the questions I stated above Update process Community Community Response and then you should come back with a summary… If Participation Workshop Sheet we focus on X business, then the impact on roads, Team land use, housing, is X. Give 3 - 4 scenarios so that we are not giving unrealistic demands. Right now you are asking for our wish list without giving us the tools to make educated crecommendations for improvemment. This process could alleviate disappointed citizens when their expectations are not met. 6/10/2014 Many of the published (5/14) comments on the Update process Community Parks and Community Response telephone survey for the Comp Plan update relate Participation recreation Workshop Sheet directly to the County-owned Jamestown Team Campground (formerly), Jamestown Marinia, and Mainland Farm, and the environs. The survey had high marks for JCC Parks and Rec which oversees some of these areas. 6/10/2014 In responses to the survey, the community Land use Economic Parks and Community Response highlighted: "connections to history;" "tourism;" development recreation Workshop Sheet preservation of farmland (78%) overdevelopment; activities for children, teens, and seniors; reuse of empty buildings; and building more trails (81%). All of the aforementioned elements can be found in the former Jamestown Campground, consisting of Jamestown Beach, the historic (former) Vermillion House, and the open grounds. This property is a "gateway" into JCC and can serve as an element of tourism with natural (beach, rural setting, wetlands) and historical components (the historic house and archeological sites). Moreover, the property is Community Workshop Input from the Thought Wall and Open-Ended Response Sheet June 9, 10 and 11, 2014 Date Comment Comp Plan Comp Plan Comp Plan Comment Comment Topic #1 Topic #2 Topic #3 Source Type currently the venue for the JCC "DirtDiggers" program, Christopher Newport University field schools, and Elder hostel (e.g. ages c. 8 - 80). The former Vermillion House (c. 1852) is an excellent candidate for adoptive reuse (modern office space or rental space) eligable for historic tax credits. Finally, a network of already built trail systems exist in the environs: the Virginia Capital Trail and the Greensprings Trails, both popular and well used. All these existing and potential amenities should be connected, enhanced, and protected for the benifit of James City County citizens. 6/11/2014 Safety improvements are needed for James River Transportation Land use Community Response Elementary School--walking, crossing, etc. Workshop Sheet 6/11/2014 We moved to James City County because it had rural Land use Transportation Community Response areas and was not all developed. The County should Workshop Sheet make sure this is not lost, particularly as it makes transportation improvements. 6/11/2014 Route 60 through Grove is in need of improvements Transportation Community Response that will allow traffic to flow more freely at all times, Workshop Sheet but most importantly in emergency situations.