ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>FBSolutions - Jefferson WV Government Issues</title> <style type="text/css"> h1,h2,h3{font-family:Times;position:relative;left:5px;text-align:left} p{font-family:Garamond;margin-top:15px;} div#main{position:absolute;top:350px;left:310px;text-align:justify; margin:5px;width:40%;float:right;float:left;} div#main2{text-align:justify;margin:5px;position:absolute;top:1000px;left:310px;width:450px;} div#dyk{position:absolute;top:30px;right:30px;width:400px;border-style:solid;border-width:3px; border-color:#744A00;padding:5px} div#main_pic{position:absolute;top:30px;left:30px;} div#title{position:absolute;top:200px;left:280px;margin-bottom:50px;} .horizborder{position:absolute;top:260px;left:300px;padding:15px;} .border2{position:absolute;top:315px;left:30px;} /*.nav a{display:block;padding:5px;text-decoration:none;width:200px;margin:2px;color:#fffbc6;font-family:Garamond;color:black;text-align:center;}*/ .nav a{display:block;padding:5px;text-decoration:none;width:85%;margin:2px;color:#fffbc6;font-family:Garamond;color:black;text-align:center;} .navtop a{display:block;padding:5px;position:relative;left:75%;text-decoration:none;width:120px;margin:2px;text-align:center;color:#fffbc6;font-family:Garamond;color:black;} .toc a{display:block;padding:5px;text-decoration:none;width:90%;margin:2px;text-align:center;color:#fffbc6;font-family:Garamond;color:black;} a:link, a:visited{background:#fffbc6;border:2px outset #efb57c;} a:focus, a:hover{background:#DAA670;border:2px outset #DAA670;color:black;} a:active{background: #BB8E60;border:2px outset #BB8E60;} div#sidebar{position:relative;top:350px;z-index:1;float:left;width:20%;padding:10px; margin:10px;border-style:solid;border-color:#744A00;} div#sidebarright{float:right;width:15%;padding:10px;margin:10px;position:relative;top:400px; border-style:solid;border-color:#744A00;text-align:left;} div#pic{float:right;float:left;} div#hilite{background-color:FAF519;} .entries{text-align:justify;margin:5px;position:relative;top:20px;} .std a{background:none;border:none;display:inline;} </style> </head> <body> <div id="dyk"> <h3>Did You Know?</h3> <p> Fire Departments have provided budget data to the County Commission. This information shows how successful volunteers have been in fund raising and operational revenue. The revenue-expenditure spread sheet is a compilation of individual Fire Company reports.</p> <a href="govtworks.html#Fire Co. Budget Data"target="_blank">Fire Department Budgets</a> </div> <div id="main_pic"> <img src="images/view county.JPG" width="240" height="240" align="left" /> </div> <br>&nbsp</br> <br>&nbsp</br> <div id="title"> <h1><a name="FB Solutions">FB Solutions</a></h1> </div> <div class="horizborder"> <img src="images/border1a.JPG" align ="right" /> </div> <div class="border2"> <hr width="600px" size="5" noshade="noshade" align="left" /> </div> <div id="main"> <p>Welcome to FBSolutions. We're here to help you keep an eye on your local government. Our goal is to present <q>the rest of the story</q>... background on local issues, how our government is supposed to work, how it <em>actually</em> works, and plenty of difficult-to-access information that creates a thread through seemingly disconnected events.</p> <div class="std"> <p>Your occasionally gentle host is Fred Blackmer. If you have complaints, praise or suggestions, you can reach Fred at:<a href=mailto:"fred@fredblackmer.com"> fred@fredblackmer.com</a></p></div> <p>And speaking of Fred, here's a note from him....</p> <p>Subscribers: This is an opportunity to have the same information that land use professionals have been paying for. It also includes one on one answers to questions about specific issues. Regular updates on County, City and agency meetings will be posted. Detailed reports on Impact Fees, Zoning, Property Taxes, Board of Education and general interest items will be presented in chapter form. Background information on current headlines coupled with direct links to relevant regulations will allow better understanding of issues.</p> <p>I have always believed that the best guarantee of responsive government and the "Rule of Law" is an informed public. This site is dedicated to that end. Hope to hear from you soon...</p> <p><i>Fred</i></p> <h3>FB Solutions Consulting Services</h3> <p>By the way - if you, your business, or your organization needs to interact with local or state government, you can turn to Fred for support...<a href="fb_services.html">click to learn more</a></p> </div> <!--end main--> <div id="sidebar"> <h3>Blackmer for Delegate Website</h3> <div class="nav"> <a href="http://www.blackmer4delegate.com/index.html"target="_blank"> Visit Fred's website for his 2012 WV 66th District Delegate campaign</a> </div> <h4>What's Your Vision for Jefferson County?</h4></td></tr> <div class="nav"> <a href="http://fredblackmer.wikia.com/wiki/Comprehensive_Plan_Wiki"target="_blank">Comprehensive Plan Wiki</a> </div> <div class="nav"> <a href="Comp Plan Adopted 03182004Full Color.pdf"target="_blank">Original (2004) Comprehensive Plan PDF (For Reference)</a> </div> <h4>What's Your Government Up To? </h4> <div class="nav"> <a href="govtworks.html">How Local Gov't Works</a> </div> <div class="nav"> <a href="special_issues_front.html">Special Issues</a> </div> <h4>Links to the Backroom</h4> <div class="nav"> <a href="backroom/index.html">Backroom Main Page</a> </div> <div class="nav"> <a href="backroom/JCC_lead/cc_mtgs.html">Jefferson County Commission Reports</a> </div> <div class="nav"> <a href="backroom/JCPC_lead/planning_mtgs.html">Jefferson Co Planning Commission Reports</a> </div> <div class="nav"> <a href="backroom/editorials/editorials.html">Editorials</a> </div> <div class="nav"> <a href="backroom/special_issues/special_issues.html">Special Issues Backroom</a> </div> </div> <!--end sidebar--> <div id="sidebarright"> <h3>Quote of the Week</h3> <p>"I hope people can learn from this that you can run a political race and do it as gentlemen and do it based on issues..."</p> <div class="std"><p>To listen <a href="/audio/pellish interview.WMA"target="_blank">Click Here</a></p></div> <p align="right">Walt Pellish, Election Night 2010</p> <hr size="5" noshade="noshade" /> <h3>Front Page Table of Contents</h3> <div class="toc"><a href="#Morgan's Grove Market Rezoning">Morgan's Grove Market Rezoning</a></div> <div class="toc"><a href="#Magisterial Districts - Change to 10">Magisterial Districts - Change to 10</a></div> <div class="toc"><a href="spirit_columns.html">Spirit of Jefferson Columns</a></div> <div class="toc"><a href="#Fred's List">Fred's List</a></div> </div><!--end sidebar right--> <div id="main2"> <div class="entries"> <h2><u><a name="Morgan's Grove Market Rezoning">Morgan's Grove Market Rezoning</a></u></h2> <p>There have been several letters and statements regarding "heavy industrial" or "adult uses" on the subject property. These uses are simply not possible under the current county zoning ordinance. The selected zoning designation and associated standards, restrictions and process eliminate any future residential, heavy industrial or significant light industrial use. Small scale commercial development in support of community goals is the basic permitted use when the current ordinance is viewed as a complete document. The requested zoning classification will provide the most oversight and public participation available in current county regulation.</p> <div class="std"><p>To read the complete owner's petition for rezoning <a href="owner petition complete.pdf"target=_blank">Click Here</a></p></div> <div class="std"><p>To read the applicant's response to Planning staff comments <a href="response to staff comments.html"target=_blank">Click Here</a></p></div> <div class="std"><p>To read the Planning Commission's motion on this application <a href="PC motion and second.html"target=_blank">Click Here</a></p></div> <div class="std"><p>To read the current zoning setback requirements <a href="Current Zoning setback requirements.pdf"target=_blank">Click Here</a></p></div> </div> <br>&nbsp</br> <div class="entries"> <h2><u><a name="Magisterial Districts - Change to 10">Magisterial Districts - Change to 10</a></u></h2> <div class="std"><p>For background data on the value and process of Jefferson County changing from 5 to 10 Magisterial Districts <a href="Magisterial_single_doc.pdf"target=_blank">Click Here</a></p></div> <div class="std"><p>...and there's more. To listen to Fred talk with Elliot Simon about Magisterial redistricting on Elliot's radio show, "Common Sense" <a href="district pt1.WMA"target=_blank">Click Here for Part 1 </a> and <a href="districts pt2.WMA"target=_blank">Click Here for Part 2</a></p></div> </div> <br>&nbsp</br> <div class="entries"> <h2><u><a name="Fred's List">Fred's List</a></u></h2> <p>When I attend meetings, read the paper or see Internet postings about what my local government has done on any particular day, I wonder. Are they doing their job? What is their job? Where do I even start looking to find out?</p> <p>This is a Nation of laws. Surely the answer is somewhere in State statute.</p> <hr width="600px" size="2" noshade="noshade" align="left" /> <p>Now you have a choice to make.</p> <div class="std"><p>A. Read <a href="special_issues_front.html#Option A">this dull and dry version</a> of West Virginia Constitution and Law. <p>B. Read <div id="pic"><a href="/backroom/special_issues/special_issues.html#Option B"><img src="images/editor.jpg" alt="your host" width="115" height="95" align="left" /></a></div>... my version</p><br>&nbsp</br></div> <br>&nbsp</br> <br>&nbsp</br> <div class="navtop"> <a href="#FB Solutions">Back to the Top</a> </div> <br>&nbsp</br> <img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=fredbla1.dat|display=Counter|ft=6|md=5|frgb=100;139;216|dd=7"> </div> <!-- main2--> </body> </html>