Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-19
Civic Federation
Fairfax
Sanitation Plan
Will Fight Proposed
County Authority
At Public Hearing

AT FuDIiC nearing
A proposed countrywide santa
ton authority will be opposed by
the Fairfax Civic Federation be-
fore the Board of Supervisors at
a public hearing on December 80.
The federation took this action
last night while at the same time
it adopted resolutions asking the
supervisors to:
/. Go ahead with present meth
DDS for providing sewers in indi.
vidual sanitary districts.
2. Establish a commission to
study the advantages of placing
all sanitation facilities under a
proposed public works department.
3. Conduct a study tn determine.
how sewers may eventually DO
financed on a county wide OASIS.
John c. Shower submitted the
four resolutions which were
adopted.
Recommended by Commission.
Earlier, a citizens commission
appointed by the supervisors had
recommended the sanitation au-
thority plan. The federation is
the largest civic body to oppose
the idea to date.
Establishment of countrywide
sanitation authority would neces-
state the creation of a separate
agency which, for the next so
years. would remain free of the
supervision of the elected mem
bers of the Board of Supervisors.
Mr.. Shower said. It would func-
ton as separate corporation UNI
der supervision of the State Cor
poration Commission at Rich
mond. he said.
Mr.. Shower expressed the belief
that better enabling legislation
could be passed by the General
Assembly to meet the problem on
a countrywide basis. As it is. he
said. establishment of a county,
wide sanitation authority now
would take the matter out of the
hands of the citizens for so years.
For these reasons. he said, the
supervisors should proceed with
existing methods to establish sep
arate sanitary districts.
Three Proposed for Board.
Meanwhile the county govern
ing heads should set up a COM
mission to study the merits Of
placing all sewer problems under
a Public Works Department which
would serve under County Execu-
tive Carleton Massey who. in turn,
serves under the supervisors. Mr..
Shower suggested that Mr.. Massey
serve as chairman Of the proposed
study commission and that it in
clude as members Commonwealth
Attorney Hugh Marsh and James
j. Corbalis, sanitary engineer for
the county.
In asking the supervisors also
to study how to finance sewers on
a countrywide basis, Mr.. Shower
suggested that additional legisla-
ton may be necessary. Eventually.
he said, the separate sanitary dis
tricts might be consolidated into
one country-w wide system or con-
tinue to function as individual
districts with the rest of the
county operating as a single sys-
tenn.
The federation directed Omer
Hirst, Bernard Mullady and Mr..
Shower to appear at a public hear
ing by the supervisors at 2:30 pm.
December 80 at Fairfax.
A plan for reapportioning the
county's six magisterial districts
into seven areas was suggested to
the federation so that a seven
member Board of Supervisors
would be created, thus eliminating
the possibility of deadlocked vot-
ing on the present six-member
board.
Raymond Cromely. represent.
ing the Fairfax County RepubH-
can Club, suggested the seven
lmagisterial districts.
Three Approximately Equal.
OF the seven districts contem.
plated, three would be of rela.
lively equal size and population.
Mr.. Cromely stated. They would
Include all subdivisions now To-
Gated between Route and the
Potomac River: between Route /
land Shirley highway, and between
Mclean and north Of Route 7.
Populations in these areas, Mr..
lCromely said, is approximately
1900 each, based on the 1852
census.
/ Two districts containing popu-
Ilations of from $4,000 to $4,000
would include Annandale and its
tenvirons and the area between
Fairfax and Vienna near Route so.
Two unspecified rural areas,
populations of 10000 and 1000,
rounded out the Cromely redis-
Itricting scheme.
In introducing his proposal, Mr..
Cromely emphasized the need for
combating what he referred to as
"gerrymandering" in Fairfax
County. AS proof of this asser-
ton he cited Fairfax County's
present six supervisors. three of
whom represent about SO per cent
Of the county.
The federation also heard a plea
from DR. Harold Kennedy, county
health officer, for bond issue to
build a new health center.
DR.. Kennedy said present facili.
ties are grossly inadequate" de.
|claring he found it impossible to
retain the staff. maintain and ex-
tend the departments services
under present conditions
A resolution favoring the bond
issue was quickly passed by the
group following DR.. Kennedy's
talk.
K. e. Turner, president, con-
Quoted the meeting in the An.
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