CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Preceded by a morning pinwheel planting outside the County Office Building by staff from Albemarle County Child Protective Services, Albemarle County Police Department’s Special Victims and Victim/Witness Units, and community partner agencies, Albemarle County’s Board of Supervisors will open their afternoon meeting with a recognition of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Part of a proclamation that will be adopted reads “child abuse and neglect remain serious public health and social concerns affecting children and families across our region and prevention and early intervention efforts, including education, family support, and community engagement, help strengthen protective factors for children and caregivers.”

Afterwards, supervisors will hear from Christine Putnam from Dark Skies of the Piedmont for another proclamation recognizing Dark Sky Week.

This is an international recognition for the week of April 13-20 started actually by a high school student in Midlothian when she was 15-years old and first recognized in April 2003.

It occurs during the week of a new moon when the skies are the darkest.

Supervisors will also be presented the VDOT Quarterly Report by Charlottesville Residency Administrator Carrie Shepheard.

Among the project updates will be Avon Street improvements, Route 250 improvements through Pantops including the Route 20 intersection, the Route 240/250 Roundabout & Rte. 680 Browns Gap Turnpike Bridge Replacement over Lickinghole Creek project expected to be completed midsummer, and Fontaine Avenue improvements.

They’ll also hear from county transportation planner Alberic Karina-Plun of a VDOT/Albemarle County draft secondary six-year plan where a lot of unpaved road projects and maintenance is updated.

There’s an operating and capital budget work session also on the agenda for which there were no supporting documents as of 1 p.m. Tuesday.

In the night session, there’s only one public hearing which on a North Pointe rezoning of 150-acres of property off 29 north of Profitt Road where the developer is asking for zoning skewed toward more residential than commercial properties.

Previous zoning in the region in 2006 anticipated more retail commercial development needs than is the reality in 2026.

As such, the developer is requesting to allow proffers and application plans for the current “Planned Development Mixed Commercial (PDMC)” to be amended “to allow a residential increase and commercial decrease.”

InfoCville editor Sean Tubbs told Cville Right Now Live Monday the developers project more housing needs as these parcels are just a short distance away from Rivanna Futures where a new AstraZeneca plant is being built, and more commercial development is projected.

The afternoon meeting starts 1 p.m. and the evening session at 6 p.m.