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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-04-12SPECIAL123 APRIL 12~ lC)67 A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS OF ALBEMARLE OOUNTY WAS HELD ON THIS DATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING WAIVER; WE~ THE UNDERSIGNED~ MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTYt ¥1RGINIA~ DO HEREBY WAIVE NOTICE AND SPEOIAL BERVICE THEREOF~ OF A MEETING TO BE HELD ON APRIL 1~ 1967~ FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ~AMEB RIVER BASIN~ AND WE DO HEREBY CONSENT TO ANY AND ALL BUSINESS AND THE TAKING OF SUCH ACTION AT SAID MEETING UPON THE MATTER HERE- INABOVE MENTIONED AS MAY BE LAWFUL~ INCIDENT~ AND NECE~Y TH~E~ETO. EDGAR N. QARNET~- ROBERT THRAVES PRESENT: MESSRS. ESGAR N. GARNETT~ GARRETT ~, KIRKSEY, GEORGE C. PALMER, II; F. PAULETT; ROBERT THRAVES AND R. A, YANOEY, ABSEa~: NONE, THE ~UNTY EXECUTIVE PRESENTED RESOLUTION PREPARED BY ~, ~ILLIAM C. OVERMAN AT HIS REQUEST WITH REGAR9 TO PUBLIC HEARING OF THE STATE ~ATER CONTROL ~ARD RELATIVE TO THE dAMES RIVER BASIN. AFTER REVlE~ OF THIS RESOLUTION; THE SAME WAS UNANI~USLY A~PTED FOLLOWS: ~EREAS~ THE STATE ~ATER ~NTROL ~ARD NAS BEEN CHARGED TO DEVELOP NEW · ATER qUALITY STANDARSS FOR THE STREAMS OF VIRGINIA IN CARRYING OUT THE TENT OF THE ~ATERQUALITY AOT OF 1965; ~EREAS, THE STATE ~ATER ~NTROL BOARD HAS CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THE FEELING OF THE PUBLIC AND OF THE GOVERNING BODIES AND OTHER RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES IN THE POLITICAL SUB-- 91VISION8 OF THE VARIOUS MAdOR ~ATERSHED8 OF THE STATE; AND ~[~[AS; 5U~H A HEARING IS TO BE GONSUOTED IN RICH~ND; VIRGINIA~ ON APRIL t~; 1~7, RELATIVE TO THE dAMES RIVER BASIN IN VIRGINIA; NO~, TH~EF~E, BE IT RE~VED THAT THE~ARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE~UNTY OF ALBEMARLE ~ES ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT TO THE STATE ~ATER ~NTROL ~ARD AND CAUSE THE SAME TO BE PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AFORESAIg: TO ~IT: APPROXIMATELY ~00 PERCENT OF ALBEMARLE ~OUNTY LIES IN THE ~AMES RIVER WATERSHED. ~T IS DRAINED PRIMARILY BY SEVERAL MAJOR RIVERS WHICH ARE TRIBUTARIES TO THE ~AMES RIVER AND CONSIST OF HARDWARE RIVER; RiVANNA RIVER~ MECHUM RIVER~ II~JORMONS RIVER~ DOYLE RIVER~ ANY THE LYNCH RIVER. ALONG THE REACHES OF SEVERAL OF THESE STREAMS ARE TO BE FOUND A NUMBER OF MAJOR INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS. THESE INCLUDE MORTON FROZEN FOODS~ INC.~ ACME VISIBLE RECORDS~ INC.~ U, S, RUBBER COMPANY~ STROM- BERG-CARLSON CORPORATION~ THE SPERRY PIEDMONT COMPANY~ INC,~ AND OTHERS. IN THE AG~REGATE~ THESE INDUSTRIES AND OTHER ALLIED BUSINESSES AFFORD EMPLOY- MENT TO APPROXIMATELY 5~OOO PERSONS9 AND COIdPRISE THE LARGEST ELEMENT IN THE ECONOMY OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY~ REPRESENTING ?8 PERCENT OF THE COVERED EIdPLOYMENTo IN APRILj 1C~ THE ~)ARD OF SUPERVISoRs CREATED THE ALBEMARLE ~A:)UNTY SERVICE AUTHORITY UNDER THE VIRGINIA ~ATER AND SEWER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1990, AND EMPOWERED IT TO TAKE SUCH STEPS AS WERE NECESSARY AND COULD BE TAKEN TO PROVIDE PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR THE COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL WATER-BORNE WASTES GENERATED IN ALBEMARLE ~K)UNTY~ AND TO UNDERTAKE THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY IN ALBEIdARLE COUNTY, B/CAUSE THE PREPONDERANCE OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REFERRED TO IS IN THE RIVANNA RIVER VALLEY AND BECAUSE AN ACCOMPANYING INTENSIFICATION OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAVE'OCCURRED THERE~ THE AUTHORITY TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO THAT AREA WHICH INCLUDES CROZET AND THE NORTH CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA. THE AUTHORITYIS FIRST PROJECT WAS TO PROVIDE IMPROVED WATER TREATMENT AND DIS- TRIBUTION FACILITIES FOR THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF CROZET~ AND THAT AREA NORTH OF AND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE~ VIRGINIA. THE AUTHORITY IS CURRENTLY PROCEEDING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER FACILITIES FOR THE TOWN OF ~COTTS- VILLE AND ITS ENVIRONS. ~?,ONSTRUCTION OF SEWERAGE FACILITIES IN THIS SAME AREA HAS SUBSTANTIALLY BEEN COMPLETED° ~N ADDITION~ THE AUTHORITY IS CURRENTLY PROCEEDING WITH FINAL ENGINEERING STUDIES OFr SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT IN THE CROZET AREA. ~T IS CONTEMPLATED THAT FACILITI, ES FOR THESE SERVICES WiLL BE FINANCED BY THE PROCEEDS OF A REVENUE ~OND SALE OF THE AUTHORITY, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE UNDERTAKINGB AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE SEWERAGE IM- PROVEMENTS WILL RESULT IN A SIZEABLE REDUCTION OF UNTREATED WATER-BORNE WASTES ENTERING THE VARIOUS TRIBUTARIES OF THE dAMES RIVER FROM WITHIN ALBEMARLE COUNTY. THE DEGREE OF TREATMENT CONTEMPLATED IN THE~DESIGN OF THE NECESSARY PLANTS WILL PROVIDE AN ~ PERCENT B.0oDo REDUCTION. THE TREATED EFFLUENTS WILL BE DISCHARGED INTO THESE TRIBUTARIES OF THE ~AMES RIVER. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT AND~TO THE MITIGATION OF POLLUTION OF THE WATERS OF THE dAMES RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WHICH DRAIN ALBEMARLE COUNTY. THEY DESIREr IN THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY AND OF VIRGINIA! TO SEE THAT THE ~UALITY OF THE RIVER WATERS IS MAINTAINED TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARD. THEY ARE CONTENT TO LEAVE THE 3 125 ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS STANDARD TO THE JUDGEMENT OF THE STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD. THEY KNOW THAT THiS JUDGEMENT WILL TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE FOLLOWING ClRCUMSTANCESt A. THE INDUSTRIAL~ COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS THEY EXIST ALONG THE JAMES RIVER TRIBUTARIES IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY HAVE BEEN OF GREAT SIGNIFI- CANCE IN TNE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTY~ AND THEIR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, B. UNDER THE POLlCY~ WHICH THE COUNTY IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TOj OF PROVIDING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES AS CONTEMPLATED IN THE VIRGINIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1950, SUCH SERVICES CAN BE PROVIDED ONLY ON A SELF-LIqUIDATING BASIS WITH THE CONNECTED USERS PAYING THE ENTI~E COST THROUGH SERVICE CHARGES, C. THIS BEING THE CASE~ THE OVER-ALL PUBLIC INTEREST IN STREAM PURIFICATION WILL BE GREATLY BENEFITED AT THE EXPENSE OF A LIMITED SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION. NO CAUSE IS SEEN TO ANTICIPATE ANY UNWILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF THIS--SEGMENT TO PAY FOR PUBLIC SEWERAGE WITHIN REASONABLE AND TOLERABLE LIMITATIONS. BUT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE SUCH LIMITATtONj IT WILL BE NECESSARY THAT THE JAMES RIVER qUALITY STANDARD BE NO HIGHER THAN THAT WHICH CAN BE MAINTAINED WHILE USING IT AS A RECEIVING STREAM FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENTS WHICH HAS BEEN TREATED BY CONVENTIONAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TREATMENT TO APPROXIMATELY ~ PERCENT ~,0.D. REDUOTION AND HAVE~ IN ADDITIONj BEEN GIVEN APPROPRIATE CHEMICAL TREATMENT. ON MOTIONj THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. CHA I RMAN