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By Monty Tayloe
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Washington Town Council inched closer to a final vote on the adoption of a new Comprehensive Plan at their November 9 meeting. Washington Mayor Eugene Leggett indicated that the council would vote on the final draft of the Comprehensive. Plan at their December 14 meeting.
“This comprehensive plan goes along with the general wishes of the county and the town,” said Washington resident Phil Irwin, addressing the council. Irwin’s belief that Washington residents are behind the proposed final draft is supported by the largely silent public comment phases of the last two meetings concerning the proposed plan. The apparent approval of the general public is in contrast to the obvious misgivings of some members of Washington’s government.
At the October 24 Comprehensive Plan meeting council member Alice Butler, whose home is outside the Primary Sewer Service Area (PSA) and Planning Commission member Mary Ann Kuhn of the Middleton Inn both expressedconcern about existing structures outside the PSA.
On that Wednesday, it was Vice Mayor Reinhardt Lynch.
“Why can’t we extend sewer to the existing structures in the secondary service area?” Lynch asked the council after the close of public comments. The question reflects a concern, repeated at all the previous Town Council meetings, that the current draft plan leaves important parts of Washington outside the PSA. Several prominent buildings, including the
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