01-19-2021 Economic Development Meeting Packet
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE MEETING
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Board Meeting Room
39 Bank Street
Chatham, Virginia 24531
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER (2:30 PM)
2. ROLL CALL
3. AGENDA ITEMS TO BE ADDED
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Please remember that the Committee Meeting is designed for internal Committee and
County Staff communication, discussion, and work. It is not a question and answer session
with the audience. Accordingly, during the Committee Meeting, no questions or comments
from the audience will be entertained. Respectfully, any outbursts or disorderly conduct
from the audience will not be tolerated and may result in the offending person’s removal
from the Committee Meeting. As a reminder, all County citizens, and other appropriate
parties as designated by the Board’s Bylaws, are permitted to make comments under the
Hearing of the Citizens’ Section of tonight’s Business Meeting.
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. IDA Meeting Update
6. MATTERS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
7. CLOSED SESSION
a. Discussion concerning a prospective business or industry or the expansion of an existing
business or industry where no previous announcement has been made of the business' or
industry's interest in locating or expanding its facilities in the community.
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(5)
Subject Matters: Projects Recycle and Matterhorn
Purpose: Project(s) Update
b. Consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body regarding
specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel. Nothing
in this subdivision shall be construed to permit the closure of a meeting merely because
an attorney representing the public body is in attendance or is consulted on a matter.
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: AEP Transmission Line Relocation at Southern
Virginia Megasite Tobacco Commission Loan
Agreement
Purpose: Legal Consultation/Advice Regarding the Same
(2) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: AeroFarms Tenant Improvement Financing
Purpose: Legal Consultation/Advice Regarding the Same
8. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND CLOSED SESSION CERTIFICATION
a. Closed Session Certification
9. ADJOURNMENT
Economic Development Committee
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: IDA Meeting Update
Staff Contact(s): Matthew D. Rowe
Agenda Date: January 19, 2021 Item Number: 4.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
Matthew D. Rowe, Economic Development Director, will provide an IDA Meeting update.
4.a
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Economic Development Committee
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title:
Discussion concerning a prospective business or industry or the expansion
of an existing business or industry where no previous announcement has
been made of the business' or industry's interest in locating or expanding
its facilities in the community.
Staff Contact(s): Matthew D. Rowe
Agenda Date: January 19, 2021 Item Number: 6.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(5)
Subject Matters: Projects Recycle and Matterhorn
Purpose: Economic Development Project Updates
6.a
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Economic Development Committee
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title:
Consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body
regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by
such counsel.
Staff Contact(s): Matthew D. Rowe
Agenda Date: January 19, 2021 Item Number: 6.b
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: AEP Transmission Line Relocation at Southern Virginia
Megasite Tobacco Commission Loan Agreement
Purpose: Legal Consultation/Advice Regarding the Same
(2) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: AeroFarms Tenant Improvement Financing
Purpose: Legal Consultation/Advice Regarding the Same
6.b
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Economic Development Committee
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: Closed Session Certification
Staff Contact(s): J. Vaden Hunt, Esq.
Agenda Date: January 19, 2021 Item Number: 7.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
CLOSED MEETING CERTIFICATION
BE IT RESOLVED that at the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors’ Economic
Development Committee Meeting on January 19, 2021, the Committee hereby certifies by a
recorded vote that to the best of each Committee Member’s knowledge only public business
matters lawfully exempted from the Open Meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of
Information Act (“Act”) and identified in the Motion authorizing the Closed Meeting were heard,
discussed, or considered in the Closed Meeting. If any Member believes that there was a
departure from the requirements of the Act, he shall so state prior to the vote indicating the
substance of the departure. The Statement shall be recorded in the Committee’s Minutes.
Vote
Ronald S. Scearce Yes/No
Timothy W. Dudley Yes/No
Robert (“Bob”) W. Warren Yes/No
7.a
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