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SPECIAL MFF'TING, June 27, 1955. •
At a special meeting of the Mayor and the Council of the Town
of Leesburg, In Virginia, held in the Council Chamber on Monday,
June 27, 1955, at 7 :30 o' clock, P. M. , there Fere present, Maurice
R. Lowenbach, Jr. , Mayor, Horace M. Hallett, Recorder, George J.
Durfey, Howard B. Gill, Reginald K. Gheen, Frank Raflo, and Morton
Riddle, III, Councilmen.
Mayor Lowenbach read a letter from The Virginia Department of
Highways regarding the construction. on Route 15, in front of the
Leesburg Laundry, in which it stated that the sewer line was found
• to be higher than the Town plans had shown, and that there would
not be as large a drainage area under this street ,as had been con-
templated. However, it will be far superior to the drainage that
had been in operation in the past.
Mayor Lowenbach read an application from Mrs. Francis L. Patton
requesting permission to connect a building to the line near the Mon-
roe Manor Subdivision. Mayor Lowenbach stated that Mrs. Patton had
informed him that Mr. Lowe had advised her that he had had the water
and sewer line installed, and that he would not give permission for
this request to be granted until she had paid him a substantial a-
. ' mount for said connection. After some discussion with the Council,
and the Town' s Attorney,. Mayor Lowenbach requested that the Water
and Sewer Committee meet with the Town' s Attorney, and Messrs. .Ahalt
and Lowe, owners of the Monroe Manor Subdivision, and. seeif this
problem could not be corrected to the satisfaction of all parties
concerned. -
Mayor Lowenbach read another applciation for a sewer connection
of The. Leesburg Laundry, and Mr. Kerby Kendell informed the Council
that it would be much more convenient for him to make this connection
while the construction on Route 15 was being made then after said
work had been completed. In view of the fact that the State Water
'. Control Board, had requested the Leesburg Laundry to install a hold-
ing. tank before disposing it' s sewerage into the Town' s sewerage
system, the following resolution was adopted.
Upon motion of Reginald K. Gheen, seconded by Frank Raflo, and
unanimously carried, . the following resolution was adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Vir-
ginia, that The Leesburg Laundry, be, and they are hereby granted
permission to make the said sewer connection in the street in Route
15, but they shall not be permitted to empty sewerage into the Town' s
sewerage system until the State Water Controll Board has assured the
Council of the Town of Leesburg that it will be. satisfactory for the
Leesburg - Laundry to dispose of it' s waste into the 'Town' s sewer system.
Mayor Lowenbach read an offer submitted by Carleton Penn, II,
in behalf of a client of his .in the amount of 35,000.00 for the pur-
chase of the Tonw Hall building. After some discussion, and upon
motion of Frank Raflo, seconded by Howard B. Gill, and unanimously
carried, the following ordinance was adopted:
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WHEREAS, it is the desire .of the Tobin Council of the Town of
Leesburg, in Virginia, to sell ,the property on the Northeast corner
of King and Loudoun Streets on which the Town. Hall is located; and,
Il • WHEREAS, said property has heretofore been advertised for sale
by the Town Council and bids for the pruchase of same requested;
and,
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WHEREAS, inquiries have been received with respect to the pur-
chase of said property; and,
WHEREAS, an offer has been received by the Mayor and Town
Council of the Town of• Leesburg," in Virginia, to purchase the said
Town Hall property in the Town of Leesburg, Virginia; and, .
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WHEREAS, it is the opinion of• the Mayor and the Town Council
of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, that the best interest of
the Town would be served by the sale of the said Town Hall property,
as hereinafter described;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and the Council of
the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, in a duly called meeting held
in Council Chambers on June 27, 1955, as follows :
(1) That the property known as the Town Hall, in the Town of
Leesburg, Virginia, situated on the Northeast corner of King and
Loudoun Streets in said Town, be sold as hereinafter provided for,
after due publication, and more particularly described as follows :
"Beginning at (1) the Southwest corner of the brick build-
' ing pn the above lot ; thence with the West side of• the brick
building and with said line extended to intersect the South
side of the brick building on the Semones lot N 27 deg. S
• 71.4 feet to (2 ) thence with the South line of the Semones
lot S 63 deg. E 36.3 feet to (3) a point 0.5 feet South of
the Southeast corner of the brick building on the Semones
lot ; thence with a new division line through the Town of
Leesburg property S 80 deg. 58 min. E 35.8 feet to (4) ;
thence S 63 deg. E 8.8 feet to (5) the Northwest corner
of the Fire Department building; thence with the West side
of the Fire Department building S27• deg. W 32.1 feet to
• (6 ) an offset in said building; thence with said offset S
63 deg. E 0.9 feet to (7) the Northeast corner of the build-
ing on the above lot ; thence with the East side of the brick
building on the above lot S 26 deg. 51.min. W 51.66 feet to
(8) the Southeast corner of said building, said point being
7.6 feet North of the curb line of Loudoun Street ; thence N
62 deg. 04 min. W 80.2 feet to the point of beginning, con-
taining 6,038.27 square feet, more or less ."
(2) That the property known as the Fire Department Building,
- situated immediately to the East on• Loudoun Street , adjoining the
Town Hall property described in Paragraph (1) above, be sold.
(3) That the property of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia,
described in Paragraphs (1) and (2) above, be sold as a unit,
reserving the right to the Town of Leesburg, - in Virginia, to use
said property described in Paragraph (2) , on which the Leesburg
- Volunter Fire Department' s Houma is now located, for so long as
said property remains the principal and main Fire House Station
in the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia.
(4) That bids will be received up to 5 o' clock P. M. (EST)
on July 11, 1955, for the purchase of the foregoing properties
• mentioned in Paragraphs ( 1) , (2) and (3) hereinabove, either as
a unit or as individual tracts , at which time the said bids will
be- opened by the Auditor-Treasurer of the Town of Leesburg, in
- Virginia.
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(5) That the Town Council reserves the right to reject any
and all bids , and further, said Town Council reserves the right
to accept the most advantageous and best bid received.
(6 ) That all person desiring to bid for the purchase of
said property shall address their proposal to George E. Ward,
Auditor-Treasurer of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia.
• (7) That no bid of less than Ninety Per Cent (90%) of the
appraised value of said property will be considered, said pro-
perty having heretofore been appraised by three (3) independent
- appraisers , namely, Arthur S. Jenkins , Harry I. Tiffany and John
Allen Johnston, residents of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia,
as follows :
For the Town Hall property described in
Paragraph (1) hereinabove $ 30,000.00
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For the property on which the Fire House
Station of the Leesburg Volunteer Fire
Department is now situated, and des-
cribed in Paragraph (2), hereinabove .10,000..00
For both the properties described in
Paragraph ( 1) and (2) above 40,000.00
(8) That immediately after the opening of said bids on July
11, 1955, as hereinabove provided for, objections., if- any, to said
sale will be heard.
.(9) That the Auditor-Treasurer of the Town of Leesburg, in
-Virginia, is hereby authorized, instructed, directed and request-
ed to publish this. Ordinance, providing for the notice of sale
of said property., for .two (2consecutive weeks, commencing June
30, 1955, in the BLUE RIDGE HERALD, Purcellville, Virginia, and
THE LOUDOUN TIMES MIRROR, Leesburg, Virginia, newspapers published
• and having general circulation in Leesburg and in Loudoun -County,
Virginia. .
/Si Horace M. Hallett
Recorder
I, HORACE M. HALLETT, Recorder of the Town of Leesburg, Lees-
burg, Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing is an exact
copy of an Ordinance passed by the Town Council of the Town of
Leesburg, in Virginia, at its meeting held in Council Chambers on
the 27th day of June, 1955.
/S/ Horace M. Hallett -
• Recorder .
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Mr. Vesey, the Town' s Attorney, informed the Council that Mr.
Stilson H. Hall had requested that the Town of Leesburg turn back
to Mr. Arthur Godfrey the property' known as the, "Air Port Proper-
ty". Council tabled this matter until a later date.
Mayor Lowenbach informed the Council that there would be a
- Special Meeting of Council, Tuesday, July 5th, at 7 :45 P. M.
There bang no further business , upon motion dully made, second-
ed and carried, Council adjourned.
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REGULAR MEETING, JULY 11, 1955.
At a regular-meeting of the Mayor and- Council. of the Town of
Leesburg,- in Virginia, held- in the Council Chamber, Monday, July
11th, at .7 :30 -o!-clock P; M. , there were present Maurice R. Lowen-
bach, Jr.-, Mayor,-Horace M. Hallett, Recorder, George J. Durfey,
_ Reginald B. Gheen-,--Howard- -B.--Gill, Emmerson H. James, Frank Raflo,
and Morton Riddle; III,--Councilmen.
Maurice Lowenbach -submitted -his resignation as Mayor of the
Town of Leesburg--giving his -reason--that--since he had moved his
residence, outside-of -the-corporate-limits , he felt that. he was not
eligible to hold this position-any-longer. •
And upon Motion -of Frank-Raflo;--seconded by Morton Riddle, III,
and unanimously carried, the following resolution was adopted :
BE IT- RESOLVED, by the Council of -the Town of- Leesburg, in
Virginia,- that--the -Council does hereby -accept the resignation of
Mayor Lowenbach--with deep regrets.
The Town' s attorney advised Council that in view of the fact