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SPECIAL APRIL 17, 1956
At a special meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Town of
Leesburg, in Virginia , held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday,
April 17 , 1956 , at 8 :00 o' clock P. M. , there were present , E. B.
White, Mayor, George J. Durfey, Reginald K. Gheen, Howard B. Gill ,
C. R. Hollandsworth, C. R. Lytle and Thelma J. Smoot, Councilmen.
The Mayor absented himself from the meeting. The recorder
not being present George •J. Durfey acted as .Mayor and Reginald
K. Gheen acted as Recorder.
On motion duly made by C. R. Lytel, seconded by Thelma J.
Smoot, the following resolution was uanimously adopted :
RESOLVED, that the Town Attorney, be, and he is hereby
authorized and directed to negotiate for and on behalf of the
Town of Leesburg, in Virginia., with the Mayor and Council of, -
the' Town of Fairfax , Fairfax County, Virginia, an agreement
providing for the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia , the right to
purchase at cost filtrated water from the reservoir and filtra-
tion plant which the Town of Fairfax proposes to build on Goose
{r. Creek, Loudoun County, Virginia, in the event said reservoir
and filtration plant are constructed and said agreement to
provide that said water will be furnished to the Town of Lees-
burg on a gravity flow basis , and further, that in the construc-
tion and operation of said dam and reservoir, the Town of Fair-
fax shall not impede, but permit to the fullest extent possible,
the natural flow of the waters of Goose Creek to riparians be-
low the site of said dam along the water course of Goose Creek,
and upon the negotiation of said agreement, report back to a
special meeting of this Council to be held at 8 :00 P. M. on
April 23, 1956.
There being no further business , upon motion duly made,
seconded and carried, Council adjourned.
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SPECIAL APRIL 23, 1956
At a special meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Town
of Leesburg, in Virginia, held in the Council Chamber on Mon-
day, April 23, 1956 , at 8 :00 o' clock P. M. , 'there were present,
E. B. White , Mayor, Horace M. Hallett, Recorder, George J. Dur-
fey, Reginald K. Gheen, Howard B. Gill , and C. R. Lytle, Council-
men.
The Mayor absented himself. Horace M. Hallett acted as
Mayor and George J. Durfey acted as Temporary Recorder.
Pursuant to the resolution adopted by the Council on April
17, 1956 , the Town Attorney, Howard W. Vesey, made his report
of his negotiations with the Town of Fairfax incident to the
use by the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, of filtered water
eminatleng from the filtration plant and reservoir which the
Town of Fairfax proposes to construct on Goose Creek, Loudoun
County, Virginia , some two and one-half miles above the point
where said waters flow into the Potomac River. Mr. Vesey sub-
mitted a draft of a proposed contract and outlined -its terms
and the negotiations which he had conducted. Thereafter there
followed a full discussion of said contract and the advisability
of executing same.
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After full consideration thereof Mr. Gheen moved that the
matter of the execution of the contract be tabled. The chair
called for a second. There being no second the motion was de-
clared to have failed because of lack of a second.