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Up Of An Iceberg
Harris described Moore’s proposals in the special use permit application before the BZA for consideration as “only the tip of the iceberg” and suggested that any permit granted be a “ooncise document so we know exactly what the permit will entail...I don’t think it’s in the best interests of the county to give open-ended consent ...especially in view of the track record” of the Rappahannock ski area’s two bankruptcies.
He asked that the BZA schedule another meeting on the application to allow for in-depth study of the permit application wording.
Addressing the issue of Moore’s commercial zoning, County Engineer Fanning Baumgardner reported that he had colored in the entire 300-acre tract as commercial property under the direction of the county Planning Commission. He added that the ski area’s sewage disposal system was a septic field, but did not elaborate on,whether the facility was located in a flood plain.
Moore told the BZA members that he didn’t know that the ski area had failed to contribute to the local rescue associations and guessed the omission was due to lack of money rather than deliberate oversight.
“It just isn’t so” that ski area management is using their property’s commercial' zoning as a club over the county’s head,” Moore continued. “We’ve had our commercial zoning from the start,” as explained by Baumgardner and Luke, added Moore.
When Camelback’s president began to address Krebser’s allegations that the asbestos in the slide may prove to be a health hazard, Chairman Gardiner interrupted.
“I don’t think personally that that warrants comment,” said Gardiner, noting that the Alpine slides had been approved “everywhere they’ve been proposed in the country.”
Asbestos No Problem
Once the asbestos is in the slide, it’s no problem, Moore explained. When the material is being ground during construction, “then theoretically (asbestos) particles are in the air,” he said. During this process, workers wear masks, he added.
Peter Kramer asked if the sled had an abrasive action on the asbestos cement track.
“It’s polishing rather than abrasive,” Ken Knive responded.
"Nylon from the sled leaves particles on the track rather than the track leaving particles on the sled.”
David Langelle interjected that when he worked at Camelback during slide construction, he’d asked for a mask “but they were not available.” He continued that thfc track could be abused very easily, resulting in numerous minor but underplayed injuries. “It takes one or two times down to learn how to operate the sled...From my own head count, one out of every ten people who went down for the first time would fall out of the sled—at the very least.”
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