Evening star., 1959-12-28
FAIRFAX
Urban County Bill
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voters elect to switch to either
of the urban forms.
Following adoption of either
of the optional forms of county
government. elections would be
held in each district in the
next November general election
to name five-rhember district
councils"
Among the powers granted
district councils would be those
to:
Prepare and make public
Recommendations in the fields
of planning and zoning, which
resolutions shall have a place
on the agenda of the urban
county board of supervisors;
Determine the number, type
and extent of the services to
be provided within the district
and at district expense by the
county until such time as
the service shall be provided
by the county on a uniform
countrywide basis;
Perform any duties and
functions delegated to such
district councils by the urban
county board of supervisors -
Sanitary Districts Provided
Each of the newly-created
districts would be reconstructed
as a sanitary district" under
general law. This means the
board of supervisors could i'm
pose special assessments for
special services desired in one
district and not in another. For
example, refuse collections,
water and sewer services might
be provided in the urban dis
trictS while not needed in the
rural section Of the county.
A referendum on whether to
make the change to either form
could be called in so to 80 DAYS
after petition by 10 per cent of
the qualified voters or by reso-
luton Of the supervisors.
The council subcommittee
which sent the report to the
full council included as mem
bers State Senator John A. K.
Donovan Of Fairfax and Falls
Church; Fairfax County Ex-
ecutive Carleton C. Massey:
Assistant commemorative At
torney K. McFarlane Smith of
Arlington and Attorney Calvin
Van Dyck Of Arlington.
Public Hearing Held
The subcommittee, headed
by Delegate j. ]. williams, jr.,
OF Henrico County, held a pub
lie hearing in Richmond on
May 29 at which conflicting
testimony was offered by Fair
fax County officials who were
opposed by spokesmen for the
cities and towns in and ad-
joining the county.
James Keith, a Fairfax su-
pervisor. outlined the county's
proposals which included the
freeze against new incorpora-
tions and a variation of the
suggested division of the area
into districts.
Senator Donovan outlined
the high points Of the county's
proposal which are not includ-
ed in the councils recommen-
dations. They are:
An outright prohibition
against future annexations.
A prohibition against the ex-
tension of municipal services
into adjacent territory.
No Time Limit Set
A requirement compelling
municipalities to hold refer
enda on diSsolving their char
terS at the next general elec-
ton following adoption of
either of the two new forms of
county government.
AS recommended, no time
limit is set in which munich
palities may vote to decide
whether to merge with the
county.
Also, the original county
proposal was to have the chair
man of each district council
constitute the board of super
visors. The county later modi-
fled this suggestion to provide
that each supervisor would be
an eX-officio member of his
rnSnortivn district noJ1Y,njI The