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brought up for the Town Planning Commission meeting on Monday, September 24.
Metcalf speaks
During the public forum, William Metcalf approached the board and said that the citizens of Piedmont Avenue have adjusted the proposal to apply only to the houses that are connected to the town’s water system. He also encouraged the council to take a hard look at the proposal. “I don’t think that a boundary line is sacred and we’ve been consistently ignored,” Metcalf insisted. “It is an injustice and it’s time that we get the chance to be recognized as part of the town and have the right to vote as part of the town.”
The Piedmont group includes fourteen property owners that are petitioning to be included within the Tbwn of Washington.
Mt. Salem
water cleanup
Don Hearl, of the Environmental Systems Service (ESS) approached the board with a graph showing what was wrong with the town’s water system causing yellow water for residents of Mt. Salem Ave.
He reported that the water system on Mt. Salem consists of new 8-inch PVC pipe that runs along near the old 4-inch castiron pipe. He said that the citizens who have rusty water are possibly connected to the old one. “There is debris in the line that we can’t get out using our current method of flushing,” Hearl said.
Hearl reported that there should be other flushing valves further on down the line. These valve were rumored to have been paved over by the VDOT. “If we can find the valves and flush the 4-inch line we should be good,” Hearl said.
The Council voted to allow the ESS to relocate the valves and re-flush the system.
Water rate
survey completed
Project engineer Herb White reported that the water rate survey had been completed. The council was able to review before voting it into effect.
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