The Blacksburg Planning Commission held its regular meeting on September 1, 2026, at 6:30 PM in the Roger E. Hedgepeth Chambers of the Blacksburg Municipal Building. All seven commissioners were present. There were no public hearings or public comments.
Welcome to the regular meeting of the Blacksburg Planning Commission. Um these are held every first two or for the first Tuesday of every month uh at 6 30 p.m. in the Roger E. Hedgepath Chambers of the Black Blacksburg Municipal Building at 300 South Main Street. The public, which is not in attendance tonight, may address the planning commission during specified times on the agenda. Um were they here, they would speak once at the podium, state their name and address, direct comments only to the commission, and limit their speaking time to three minutes. Speak only once during the public hearing period comment period. Um so we'll begin by calling ourselves to order andrew will do a roll call for us. Thank you. Welcome. Britt. Here Herman. Ford here. Jones. Here. Reinhardt. Here, Walker here. We have a quorum. Thank you. Um our consent agenda includes only the uh planning commission minutes from August 4th. Um do we have a motion? I move approval of the consent agenda. Okay. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. All those opposed, none. We have no public hearings this evening, and as I mentioned, no public in attendance, so no public comment. Um we will move right on to unfinished business. Um we have um a slate of planning commission office well, we have our annual planning commission officer elections. Um we have a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. Um we'll first hear from the nominating committee. Madam Chair, the nominating committee, which consists of me and Jerry Ford, have uh uh put together a slate of nominees. Um Melissa Jones for Chair, Susanna Reinhart for Vice Chair, and Blaine Keesey for Secretary. Are there other nominations? All right, just seeing none, we'll move to a vote. Um all of those who are or do we need a motion on this one? No, yes, or does his count as a motion? Um I move we approve the slate of officers as presented by Mr. Britt. Ah, thank you. Do we have second? Thank you. Okay, now we'll have a vote. All those in favor of the slate say aye. Aye. All of those opposed, none. All right. Then we shall move on to committee reports. Um zoning ordinance review committee has not met. Um does the historic or design review board report.