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►Water
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and for years the project never got beyond the discussion phase. ■ However, approximately four uears ago an aggressive town council took the bull by the horns and began to research funding for the project. The leaking pipes were causing more difficulties ail the time and the system only had one main shut-off v$lve, which meant when there was a break in the line, the whole system had to be shut down. ;■ Even though supplementary valves were added, the system was wearing out and the town council decided, alter the Farmers Home Adrrtinistration came up with a grant loan program, to start the design phase of the new system.
Brad Fisher, Washington’s treasurer since the late 1970s, has been at the helm of the project since its inception. Having worked for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission for a number of years, he was well qualified for the position.
According to Mr. Fisher, the project was costed out at $1.1 million. The FmHA said it could give them around $700,000, 50 percent of which would be as a grant and 50 percent as a five percent loan. , The project was broken down into three phases: source development and treatment system, distribution system and a large storage facility. “The distribution system was our main problem,” said Mr. Fisher, “because it had gotten to the point where it was costing us $12,000 to $14,000 a year to repair it.”
“We realized that things had gotten so bad that it was costing us
►Zone
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ere inside the overlay zone want commercial zoning in the future, they will have to “buy into this plan,” Mr. McCarthy said.
“This will have the least impact on the present day owners and the least impact on the community,” Mr. McCarthy said. “It gives us better leverage in the face of applications.”
He said the plan and design guidelines will next be written as amendments to the zoning ordinance and advertised for public hearings by the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. Hie design guidelines could also be applied to other general commercial areas if the county feels more are needed in the future, he said.
The plan calls for plantings around any future commercial uses of the land to screen the area from surrounding agricultural zones. Buildings should be a minimum of 100 feet from the right-of-way of U.S. 522-211, 75 feet from areas outside the general commercial zone and 50 feet from any private or secondary roads.
Parking should be shaded and in small lots serving 20 of fewer care. Buildings within 500 feet of the fourlane highway are limited to 35 feet. Utilities are to be burned underground.
The guidelines discourage clearing large areas and recommend following existing topography. Two small streams in the area are to be protected from development.
Chairman Allen Stokes asked about plans for water and sewer service to the area. Mr. McCarthy said that water is not a problem in the area, and plans call for septic systems. However, he noted that the sewage systems at both schools are having problems. He said if it becomes necessary to invest public
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