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Planners

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land use and road planning.

..“Rappahannock must define its owp future,” said Mr. Herd’s review. Ip order to do this, the report recommends the following:

,1. “Do not hesitate to confront potential long term problems and issues,” by challenging assumptions and forecasts, and by being realistic and confronting the issues.”

2. “Use potential problems as an impetus to prevent or solve those problems,” by identifying problems before they get out of control .

3. “Avoid the tendency to deny pptential problems.” “A rational balance of well planned land use coordinated with well designed roadways \yill generally be the most effective approach,” the review said.

4. “The county should take charge of its own future.” ■4, Planning Commissioner Sharon Rjerce asked how much input would be.allowed for the design of the bypasses. County Administrator Jphn McCarthy said that for long term plans, input would be possible, but probably not on short term plans. / • Louis G. “Butch” Zindel said that now is the time to look at zoning for areas designated to be bypassed. Susan Babcock said that

jojizens.should be the ones to decide •J^iere they should be. Mr.

McCarthy agreed, -saying JVrt>solutely.” He said that he didn’t

jQiuik any bypass is a possibility $c£ept for Sperryville. “It helps to Shave agricultural land at intersecJttJms,” he said.

Dr. Krebser said that he would iHke a definition about what is commercial. “I think commercial should be in the villages and not on the highway,” he said. “The biggest proponent for agricultural preservation is the Bleu Rock. They wouldn’t get

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