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ildredge submitted a tatement signed by nine nembers and eight nonnembers of the Washington business Council endorsing he year-round operation of he ski area and describing he Alpine slide as “nothing nore than a snowless :oboggan.” Washington attorney Douglas Baumgardner, representing the ski area, gave the BZA petitions signed by 533 Rappahannock residents in support of Moore’s “Alpine slide and other uses.”
At the previous BZA hearing on the ski area’s application, many of the objections centered around the inadequacy of the Harris Hollow access road and possible inadequacies in water supply and sanitary waste facilities. Opponents questioned whether the ski area’s current septic system was adequate to handle the crowds Moore needs to make the venture a success. They also asked who would pay for the maintenance on the ski area access road.
These questions remained unanswered at the first BZA public hearing since no one was there from either the Health Department or Highway Department.
The same questions came up January 12 and again went unanswered. Again, there were no representatives present from either department, although testimony revealed that they had been asked to attend. Baumgarder had a letter from the county sanitarian, Jack Lxickhart. However, it failed to address any of the issues raised during the hearings and stated only the obvious—that,
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