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But what options has the town explored - other than placing a lien on the homes of those who don’t pay or allow an easement on their property - to ensure the everyone else will participate in the project and within a timing framework that will allow the town to pay its obligation to the Virginia Resource Authority (VRA, the agency that funded the $4 million loan to the town)?
Even accepting that eventually every property will pay - liens would have to be settled before any real estate transaction could occur - ignores the fact that the financing model presented by the town council still assumes a great majority of homeowners will hook-up and pay when asked to.
Town resident. Bud Smoot, said very clearly at a public hearing on Dec. 30 that he had no intention of hooking on to the new system. His septic field was just fine.
Attorney Peter Luke, who has his law office on Gay Street and owns other property in town, was unhappy with the proposed 20-foot easement because it leaves very little room to build or add on. Not having the easement issue resolved leaves open the question of townsfolk challenging a critical aspect of the project on a house by house, building by building basis.
The town council - and its proposed financial model - has made no provision for legal challenges and is relying on full cooperation and participation by home and
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