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Funding
discussed
at Planning
BY GERALD OCHS
Rappahannock News Special Writer
At its January meeting, the Planning Commission was presented with a hand-drawn map of county conservation easements by Potomac Environmental Council President Chris Miller. According to the map, that also appeared on the cover of the Jan. 12 issue of the Rappahannock News, Rappahannock County can boast nearly 10,000 acres, or seven percent, of its privately held land in such donated easements.
Miller also encouraged the Planning Commission and the county to be cognizant of and enthusiastic about legislation pending "in the Virginia legislature that commits $40 million over the next two years to fund land conservation. He noted that applications are presently available and that “many organizations have filled them out and are awaiting funding.” Late last summer the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution, at the request of the Conservation Land Coalition, supporting such a dedicated funding source for land conservation in Virginia. The Conservation Land Coalition’s proposal called for the funds to be drawn from the Commonwealth’s portion of the retd estate recordation tax.
At the top of the meeting, the Planning Commission elected its officers for the calendar year. Despite Werner Krebser’s health-related absence, he vtfhs unanimously reelected Chairman, and Vice^ Chairman Tom Junk was reelected as well.
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