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they could say that it was considered and then discarded for specific reasons.
If the village concept is presented as an alternative in public hearings on the comprehensive plan, it shouldn’t be described as a solution to preserving open spaces, according to Miller. He emphasized that currently, there’s no law in Virginia that enables a locality to say “this land is going to be open space...There’s no use saying ‘save this, save that’ because the laws of Virginia don't allow it,” he said.
Returning to the question of background research, the Planners agreed that Capelle and his staff should not complete a detailed examination of the county’s villages—Woodville, Washington, Flint Hill, Sperryville, Amissville and Chester Gap.
"Not right now,” added Luke.
Capelle reported that he would begin work on the comprehensive plan's countywide material two to three months from now and when that was finished, start work on the villages with community public meetings scheduled for Fall 1979. He estimated that the first final draft of the plan will be ready for official hearings by January 1980.
"That gives us six months to enact it (before the state deadline of July 1, 1980),” Miller said. “That’s good. That’s almost perfect.”
Capelle agreed to keep in contact with Miller on the plan’s progress and added that meetings between the Planning Commission and PD-9 staff could be held whenever needed.
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