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By Gerald Ochs
Rappahannock News Writer
What would have appeared to have been a cakewalk to Board of Supervisor approval turned out to be a rout in the other direction, and . Board disapproval was averted only by the last minute withdrawal of the Amissville Area Community Association-led proposal for transportation enhancement funding under the Federal TEA-21 program.
AACA President Steve Miller presented the association 8 proposal at a Board of Supervisors public hearing on Monday afternoon, at which he outlined their approach to Amissville enhancements. The AACA proposal sought financial support in four areas: for highway landscaping; for historical markers; for a feasibility study of pedestrian access within the Amissville village area; and for historic village documentation.
The proposal, that had been submitted to the Department of Transportation to meet a Jan. 31, 2001 deadline, had to be heard by the public and approved by the Board of Supervisors in order to meet Federal guidelines, but time constraints dictated that the submittal precede Supervisor s okay.
The Feb. 5 public hearing was scheduled at last month’s Board of Supervisors meeting, and was expected to have been a formality.
The reality differed greatly from expectations. The first of the public to speak after Mr. Miller's presentation was Bob Dennis, President of the Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance, and he said that he supported the proposed concept.
Mr. Dennis was followed by a string of speakers in opposition to the proposal—Emil Smet was concerned with safety issues surrounding any pedestrian walkways and with expenditure of tax monies; Jack Atkins presented a petition that he said contained 135 people opposed to "solicitation of any funds for the program"; Roger Cordani expressed concerns about the safety and tax issues, as well as the potential problem in getting the volunteers required to fulfill the proposed project objectives; John Ferdetta was concerned with the volunteer issue and that the AACA "was a select group . . . telling others what they needed. "
Others spoke against the proposal and none spoke for it, but Mr. Miller provided a sheaf of letters in
See PROJECT, Page A8
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