Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 24, 1993 TAG: 9303240144
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: GREG EDWARDS STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Medium
VA. 177 CORRIDOR HEARING IS APRIL 26
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a public hearing for April 26 on an agreement with Radford for development of the Virginia 177 corridor.The supervisors set the date for the hearing after reviewing the proposed agreement in a closed session Monday night.
The public will be given a chance to comment on the agreement and an accompanying county ordinance. Copies of both documents are available for review in the county administrator's office on the third floor of the courthouse.
County Administrator Betty Thomas said no major changes have been made in the agreement, which was approved by county voters in a referendum last August.
Under its terms, Montgomery County will give Radford 27.5 percent of the tax revenue from the 2,200-acre Virginia 177 corridor between Rock Road and Interstate 81 south of Radford. In exchange, Radford will agree not to annex the area.
Both governments would cooperate on land-use planning and the extension of water and sewer service in the corridor.
The state Commission on Local Government approved the agreement in December with some suggested amendments.
One change suggested by the commission and added to the agreement says that Radford would be allowed to annex county land if the city decides at sometime in the future to return to town status. Another change eliminates some small, hard to track taxes from the revenue sharing agreement.
Radford City Council and the supervisors must give their final approval and it must be approved by a three-judge circuit court panel before it becomes legally binding.
The April 26 hearing will be held in the courthouse beginning at 7 p.m.
Earlier during Monday's meeting, several residents from the Bradshaw Valley-Ironto section of the county once again pleaded with the board not to build a new county landfill near them. The county has been studying a potential landfill site between Bradshaw and Flatwoods roads.
Some of the residents also thanked the supervisors for what they said was a change of attitude toward their concerns.
Karen Wilson acknowledged Thomas' help with run-off problems caused by the construction of a rail line through the Bradshaw Valley to the new Roanoke Valley Regional landfill. The county administrator had written a letter to a state erosion-control specialist.
Later, Supervisor Henry Jablonski of Christiansburg urged the board to hold a meeting when all alternatives being considered by the county for trash and garbage disposal could be explained to the public.
The county is looking for a way to dispose of its garbage when the midcounty landfill closes, sometime before the turn of the century.
Supervisor Jim Moore of Blacksburg added that he believes the board should not restrict its discussions of solid-waste disposal alternatives to closed-door meetings. And he suggested the board establish a citizens advisory council on solid-waste matters.
In other business, the board's attempts to enact a $15 fee for door-to-door salespeople in Montgomery County stalled and was tabled on a 4-3 vote when supervisors found they were unsure just who would have to pay the fee.
The proposed fee was designed to cover the costs of criminal background checks on salespeople before they are issued a solicitor's permit.
Supervisor Larry Linkous of Blacksburg urged the board to consider raising the fee to put the cost of door-to-door sales permits on a more equal footing with the permit fees charged established local businesses.
The solicitation fee would not apply to charitable sales such as cookie sales by Girl Scouts.