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by the Inn’s owners, Patrick O’Connell and Reinhardt Lynch. He at-; tended the work session.
Mr. O’Connell, who is also an ; ARB member, said the ARB wanted • to make residence in the town a requirement of board membership. ‘
He said that the feeling among * the remaining board members was • that anyone passing a law ought to; be subject to it, and that there was 1 “a certain unfairness that would Jbe; perceived.”
Eve Willis, an ARB member, • said the ban on non-residents was a * political, not a practical, decision. “I; like having an architect around. I think politically the town doesn’t* want us to have a non-resident.” -
Ray Gooch, one of four Town * Council members to attend the work 1 session, argued that having an ar- * chitect on the board has been benefi- ' dal. He said Mr. Haffler asked good * questions, could read blueprints and * was familiar with other technical as- i pects of architecture. )
Mr. Gooch also said a non-voting * architect on the board would not be ' workable. He said that the county, has a stake in the future of Washing- ‘ ton.
“We’re the county seat ... we; owe the county a responsibility for ’ keeping the town the way both the town and the county want it to be,” he said. - *
"Town Attorney Frank Reynolds ‘ said the CLG only asks localities to make their best efforts to have an . architect on the ARB, and that there - are certified boards without architects in Virginia.
Mr. Haffler said he “would urge! i you all to make every attempt to - have an architect or a planner on the board.”
“I think it was a healthy thing,
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