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Board to weigh stormwater management options

After devoting two months to adopting the county’s 2014-15 fiscal year budget, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors has moved on to more difficult decisions, and has a lengthy agenda planned for its meeting Tuesday night in the colonial courthouse.

During the meeting, scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock, the board is expected to discuss its intent to incorporate itself as a Virginia Stormwater Management Program Authority.

County staff is currently proposing a set of fees for developing property in Gloucester, with a stormwater review base fee of $750, plus a per-acre cost and a land disturbance base fee of $200, plus per-acre cost. However, the board of supervisors will essentially have the final say in setting the fees for permitting and stormwater review.

Gloucester’s environmental programs administrator Scott Rae told the board of supervisors during its April 1 meeting that one thing they must decide is whether to set the fees lower to benefit business develo...

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