Evening star., 1952-12-11
Fairfax Meetinq
Set tuesday on
Sanitation PI an
Supervisors Seek
Early Decision on
Creating Authority

The Fairfax Board of Count.
Supervisors will hold a specia
meeting at 4:30 pm. Tuesday tt
reach final decision about crea
ton of a sanitation authority.
The special meeting date wa
set yesterday when several mem
bers indicated they wanted tn,
issue decided Immediately.
Creation Of an authority tt
operate county sewer facilities
and possibly trash and garbage
facilities, has been under con.
sideration in Fairfax County fol
about two years. A 12-membel
committee appointed by the super.
visors to study sewer problem:
unanimously recommended ths
authority plan.
The proposed authority woulc
operate much like a utility. pro.
viding sewer services for a fee
Members of the authority would
be appointed by the supervisors
but once created the authority
would be controlled by the State
Corporation Commission,
Approved by Corbalis.
The existing sewer facilities ir
Fairfax County have been pro-
vided through the Sanitary Dis
trict method. James j. Corbalis
jr., the county's sanitary engineer
has given his support to the au-
thority plan because he said he
believes the county can expand
It's sewer service more quickly
that way.
G.. Wallace Carper, chairman
of the Board of Supervisors, sale
he was willing to abide by the
recommendation of the specia
committee which recommended
an authority.
THAT was a good committee
and those people gave this prob.
lem careful study-they went into
it a lot more closely than we have
had time to do" said Mr.. Carper
"And I think Mr.. Corbalis knows
what he's talking about when hi
says an authority is what we need
I wouldn't want to substitute my
judgment for his in a matter like
this"
Mrs. Anne Wilkins, supervisor
from Falls Church district, saic
she believes the committee haC
done a good job, but she pointed
out that it had not considered 8
third possible solution to the
sewer problem. She said the COM
mittee had not studied possible
creation of a county public works
department to operate sewer
facilities on a county wide basis
directly under control OF the
Board Of Supervisors.
Lighting Plans Offered.
Two proposals for street light
ing in the many suburban areas
surrounding Falls Church were
submitted to the board by Mr.
Corbalis.
Under each plan the Board o1
Supervisors would create what is
known as a small sanitary dis
trict-or special tax district-tc
finance the street lights. The two
plans differ only in size and cost
The first plan would provide
street lights for Jefferson Village
Tyler Park, Fenwick Park, Ire
mont Gardens, Greenway Downs
Westlawn, Woodley, Bel Air anc
Annelee Heights. Under this plar
the county would take over Isl
existing private street lights anc
add 1876 new ones. This woulc
cost about $1,000 a year and re.
quire a tax levy Of 5 cents.
The second plan would cover
all the area included in plan one
plus the additional subdivisions
Walnut Hills. Donna Lee Gardens
Poplar Heights, Sleepy Hollow
Hillwood. Ravenwood, Lee Boule-
ward Heights. Broyhill Park anc
Holmes Run Acres. The county
would take over 173 existine
street lights under this plan and
have 433 additional lights in
stalled. The cost would be $10,908
requiring a Accent tax levy.
To Sound Out Residents.
The supervisors took the matte
under advisement until the senti
ments of affected residents cal
be determined.
Rezoning of a 69-acre tract OF
Route 123 near Oakton was f1nall,
denied by a 4-to-2 vote. The sam
rezoning earlier had resulted in ;
deadlock. Virginia Properties. Inc
sought to have the property re
zoned from rural to suburban
residential for a subdivision. Su
pervisor Arthur Shaffer, VIII
earlier had voted against a motiol
to deny the rezoning request
changed his position yesterda,
and voted against the application
County Executive c. C. Masse.
announced that the State Com
pensation Commission had ap
proved the new salary scales rec
commended by the supervisors TO
State constitutional offices in tn
county. The new scale is abou
10 per cent above the old one.
The supervisors decided to asl
county employees if they want t.
join group disqualification, witt
the county sharing individus
membership costs $3.50 with tn
employees. The annual cost t.
the county would be about $4,000