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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Though the 1990 session of the Virginia General Assembly is still five months away, Rappahannock’s Board of Supervisors has already formulated a “wish list” of proposals to submit to our representatives in Richmond.
The board approved a list of initiatives which it feels would benefit the residents of the county at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
First on the list was a recommendation that impact fees for off site improvements that a locality can impose on a developer be allowed for all jurisdictions in the state and be available for such services as schools and fire and police protection as well as roads. In last year’s session, impact fees were approved for some fast-growing areas, but were limited to funding for new roads.
In one of the bill’s many manifestations Rappahannock County was included in the list of jurisdictions that could impose impact fees, but by the time the bill negotiated the legislative process, Rappahannock was no longer eligible.
Since the problem with increased development in Rappahannock would not necessarily be limited to inadequate roads, County Administrator John McCarthy explained, his position is that the county would prefer to be able to have offers of improvements be extended to other necessary services like education, fire protection or water service.
Mr. McCarthy told the supervisors that the bill was not scheduled to take effect until July 1990, and that “construction and development groups would try to get the bill stricken before it ever takes effect. Our concern is that if a 150 unit subdivision is built, we’d have to build a new school,” he said.
A second recommendation had to do with the issue of annexation of county land by towns. A study com
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