HomeMy Public PortalAbout2019_09_10_R135 Requests for Capital Funding from the County of Loudoun for Fiscal Year 2021The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED: September 10, 2019
RESOLUTION NO. 2019-135 ADOPTED: September 10, 2019
A RESOLUTION: REQUESTS FOR CAPITAL FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY OF
LOUDOUN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021
WHEREAS, the County of Loudoun annually solicits funding requests from the Loudoun
towns as part of the County's Capital Improvement Program and budget development process; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg Capital Improvements Program includes multiple
projects that will mutually serve both the Town of Leesburg and the County of Loudoun; and
WHEREAS, in July 2019, the County of Loudoun solicited town requests for Fiscal Year
2021 funding for projects that are generally limited to: (1) capital improvements to facilities owned
by the County or located within the Town, but operated by the County; and (2) local pedestrian or
transportation related improvements that benefit the County; and
WHEREAS, the Town has identified several pedestrian and transportation related projects
in the Town's current Capital Improvements Program that meet the County's funding criteria that
includes the widening of Evergreen Mill Road, a Traffic Signal at Sycolin Road and Gateway
Drive; ADA pedestrian projects in proximity to County of Loudoun facilities; Public Bus Shelters;
and a Traffic Study to measure the impacts of the Courthouse Expansion in conjunction with other
anticipated development in downtown Leesburg. In addition, funding for Veterans Park at Balls
Bluff is being requested to cover anticipated increases in the total cost of the project.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia that the
Town Council respectfully submits the following Capital funding requests in the total amount of
$6,528,200 for consideration during the County of Loudoun's Fiscal Year 2021 budget
development deliberations:
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A RESOLUTION: REQUEST FOR CAPITAL FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY OF
LOUDOUN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021
• $2,000,000 in additional funding for Veterans Park at Balls Bluff.
• $3,000,000 for Evergreen Mill Road Widening.
• $750,000 for a Traffic Signal at Sycolin Road and Gateway Drive.
• $400,000 for ADA projects in proximity to County of Loudoun facilities
• $178,200 for Public Bus Shelters.
• $200,000 for a Traffic Study to measure the impacts of the Courthouse Expansion in
conjunction with other anticipated development in downtown Leesburg.
PASSED this 10th day of September, 2019.
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
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