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How to Protect: How to Protect: Water Farmlands & Forests Farmlands & Forests Farms as Viable Businesses 1 Land Policy Task Force y Virginia Tech Build-out Analysis of Floyd County Subdivision Trends in FC

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How to Protect: How to Protect:

  • Water
  • Farmlands & Forests
  • Farmlands & Forests
  • Farms as Viable Businesses

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Land Policy Task Force y

  • Virginia Tech Build-out Analysis of Floyd

County

  • Subdivision Trends in FC

C t f C it S i i FC

  • Cost of Community Services in FC
  • Water and Land Vulnerabilities in FC
  • Planning Tools Currently Used in FC

Planning Tools Currently Used in FC

  • Additional Planning Tools Available (VA)

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h IF EVERY LAND PARCEL that already exists (with NO NEW already exists (with NO NEW SUBDIVISIONS) had ONE ) dwelling built on it…

( d t d f M 2012 VT R t) ( d t d f M 2012 VT R t) (adapted from May 2012 VT Report) (adapted from May 2012 VT Report)

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(adapted from May 2012 VT Report) (adapted from May 2012 VT Report)

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(adapted from May 2012 VT Report) (adapted from May 2012 VT Report)

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Parcels: 2002 to 2009 Parcels: 2002 to 2009

Acreage 2002 Parcels 2009 Parcels Amount Change Percent Change Residential 7,016

  • 9,082
  • 2,066
  • 29.4%

Commercial\Industrial 101

  • 198
  • 97
  • 96.0%

AG 20 to 99 Acres 3,410

  • 3,200
  • (210)
  • ‐6.2%

AG Over 99 Acres 735

  • 536
  • (199)
  • ‐27.1%

Tax Exempt 416

  • 480
  • 64
  • 15.4%

Subtotal 11,678

  • 13,496
  • 1,818
  • 15.6%

No Data 479

  • 48
  • (431)
  • ‐90.0%

No Data 479

  • 48
  • (431)
  • 90.0%

Total 12,157

  • 13,544
  • 1,387
  • NA

According to mapping and calculations by the NRVPDC According to mapping and calculations by the NRVPDC In just 7 years, 27% reduction in large tracts and 29% increase in residential parcels; this has costs to the County.

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Cost of Community Services Study, 2010 Analysis of 2009 Fiscal Year Analysis of 2009 Fiscal Year

FY 2009 Residential Commercial Farm, Forest Development Development Lands Total Revenues $ 30,657,726 $ 27,082,617 $ 1,768,373 $ 1,806,736 Total Expend. $ 31,033,006 $ 29,595,801 $ 804,528 $ 632,677 Net Contrib. $ (375,280) $ (2,513,184) $ 963,845 $ 1,174,059 (Rev – Exp) Land Use Ratio* 1: 1.09 1: 0.45 1: 0.35

Study Findings: y g * Estimated Cost for each $1 of revenue generated

Shifts from farm and forests to residential has had some negative fiscal consequences

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Any 100‐acre parcel Could be turned into many parcels up to 100 parcels parcels, up to 100 parcels, through building a new road

  • r family subdivisions.
  • r family subdivisions.

Vulnerabilities: Loss of farmland and fiscal hits, potential for greater density than water supports

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Lack of protection for homeowners

  • r business owners in the County if

adjacent lands have catastrophic uses …like

MINING, BLASTING, MEDICAL MINING, BLASTING, MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATOR, WATER BOTTLING near your home or business

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Vulnerable to adjacent major uses who deplete or destroy drinking water

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Vulnerabilities: Water only in cracks & fissures. Groundwater resources are already

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Vulnerabilities: Wells and springs here are vulnerable to contamination, disruption (e.g blasting

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Drought of 1998‐2002 Drought of 1998 2002

∗ Hundreds of Replacement Wells in Floyd County

∗ Lacked info on static level, depth to bedrock, depth to fracture, or water storage

Replacement Wells August, 1999 to June 30, 2001 Rest of August, 1999 to June 30, 2001 FC NRV 29% FC 71%

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Very vulnerable to drought

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Completing Task L d P li T k F

∗ Presentation to the Planning Commission

~ Land Policy Task Force

∗ Series of 6 to 8 articles to share information with citizens

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Trying out a planning game as a possible education tool.

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Recommended Action Items

∗ Pursue stream gauges through federal/state

in next Year

Pursue stream gauges through federal/state emergency funding and help locate an unused well appropriate for monitoring‐Emergency

Services Coordinator

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Recommended Action Items

∗ P l t /i t t d d t i t f

in next Year

∗ Pursue volunteers/interns to do data input of well records for Floyd County Water Database‐ Community and Economic Development Director Community and Economic Development Director

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Recommended Action Items

A th th i i f th Fl d

in next Year

∗ As they pursue their own review of the Floyd County Subdivision Ordinance, consider the suggestions herein: gg

∗ To prevent so much abuse of the family subdivision provision, ∗ To implement the sliding scale ∗ To implement the sliding scale, ∗ To differentiate between major and minor subdivisions, and ∗ To provide for cluster subdivisions in certain limited circumstances

‐Floyd County Planning Commission

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Recommended Action Items

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in next Year

∗ Establish Research Committee ~ Planning Commission

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Recommended Action Items

∗ As the p rs e their o n re ie of

in next Year

∗ As they pursue their own review of the Floyd County Subdivision Ordinance, consider the suggestions herein: suggestions herein:

∗ To prevent so much abuse of the family subdivision provision, T i l t th lidi l ∗ To implement the sliding scale, ∗ To differentiate between major and minor subdivisions, and ∗ To provide for cluster subdivisions in certain limited circumstances

‐Floyd County Planning Commission

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Recommended Action Items

∗ Establish a Speaker’s

in next Year

∗ Establish a Speaker’s Bureau to share information with students and citizens groups regarding our i t it ti unique water situation in Floyd County and things we can do to g help‐ Citizen volunteers,

Soil and Water Conservation District Conservation District

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Recommended Action Items

∗ R t t 7 b Pl i g C i i t

in next Year

∗ Return to a 7‐member Planning Commission to help with the workload‐ Board of Supervisors

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Photo by Doug Thompson, Floyd Press

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Recommended Action Items

∗ C lt th C t tt b t th t ti l

in next Year

∗ Consult the County attorney about the potential strength and value of a Water Protection Ordinance with regards to pollution prevention and protection‐ with regards to pollution prevention and protection

Board of Supervisors

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Arsenic Mine

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Recommended Action Items

∗ Pl i g C i i d th P bli S i

in next Year

∗ Planning Commission and the Public Service Authority could meet twice/year to share plans and trends‐Floyd County Planning Commission and Floyd‐ and trends Floyd County Planning Commission and Floyd

Floyd County Public Service Authority

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