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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1956_08_29SPEC 60 • • BE IT FURTHERRESOLVED that a copy of same be placed on file in the office of the Auditor-Treasurer of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, designated as the Official "Major Thorofare Plan for the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia and Vicinity, " and that the Auditor-Treasurer be and _he hereby directed to deliver to the Chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals for the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, and the Chairman of. the Planning Commission of the Planning Commission of Loudoun County, in Virginia, . and to the Zoning Administrator for Loudoun County, Virginia, a copy of W!#g said elan, togeather with copy of thtt resolution. There being no further business and upon motion duly amde IIseconded and carried Council adjourned. • 1/4 y -ifiztee-27,/,;14/7/ KW' ' if ?;,(A Recorder. Mayor. SPECIAL AUGUST, 29, 1956 At a special meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Town of Leesburg, held in the Council Chamber Wednesday August 29, 1956 at 7 :30 o ' clock P. M; there were present E. B. White, Mayor, Horace M. Hallett, Recorder, George J. Durfey, Reginald K. Gheen, C. R. Hollandsworth, dnd C. R. Lytle, Councilmen. Upon motion of C. R. Lytle seconded by Reginald K. Gheen and carried by a vote of 3 to 1 Lytle Durfey, and Hollandsworth for Gheen against the following resolution was adopted : BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia that. Robert K. Wilson be and he is hereby requested to cancel the contract for the aerial photographs of certain areas of the Town of Leesburg. Upon motion of Reginald K. Gheen seconded by C. R. Lytle and unaminously carried the following resolution was adopted : BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia that the Auditor-Treasurer be nad he is authorized and directed to pay Robert K. Wilson the sum of ; 500.00 as a partical payment for the survey work he has done in the parking lot area. Upon motion of Reginald K. Gheen seconded by George J. Dur- fey and unaminously carried the following resolution -was adopted : BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the Townnof Leesburg in Virginia that the Auditor-Treasurer be and he is hereby authoriz- e/ ed and directed to pay to each Official and Councilman of. the Town of Leesburg attending the annual convention of the League of • Virginia Mtnicipalities to be held im Roanoke, Virginia, Septem- ber 23, 24, 25, 1956 theheumeof 450.00 • On motion of C. R. Hollandsworth, seconded by C. R. Lytle and unani- mously carried, the following-resolution was adopted: WHEREAS, at a special meeting of the Town Council held on the 27th day of July , 1956, a resolution was duly adopted authorizing the acceptance of the offer of Mrs. Emma S. Franklin to sell a certain- tract of land adjoining the two Parking Lots in the Town of Leesburg, in the block between Loudoun and Market Streets and King and Wirt Streets, of rectangular shape, approximately 60 x 90 feet in size, for the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00); and, WHEREAS, the Town Attorney was authorized and directed to complete the negotiations for the purchase of said tract in accordance with Mrs. Franklin's . offer; and, . _ WHEREAS, the-Town Attorney has reported to this Council.that the said Mrs. Franklin, at the time of making said offer, was not the 'owner of said Si . property but owned only an undivided interest in said property; and, WHEREAS, jibe Toith Attorney duly advised the( said Mrs. Franklin of the Town of Leesburg's desire to purchase said tract and accept her said- offer; and, • WHEREAS, the said Mrs. Franklin did subsequently, together with het daughter, acquire the fee- simple title to said property together with other properties similarly held by her and others; and, WHEREAS, the said Mrs. 'Franklin on the 17th day of August, 1956, did ' advise the Town Attorney that she had determined to dispose of all of her property rather than the tract offered to and desired by the Town of Leesburg; and, • •} WHEREAS, the Town Attorney has reported that in order to obtain the particular tract desired by the Town of Leesburg, for the Town of Leesburg, it was necessary for ''him _torpurchase all- of the property of Mrs. Franklin and her daughter in said block, and prior thereto consulted with certain members of the Town Council and received their approval of his doing so as to enable the Town of Leesburg to acquire the desired parcel at the price offered vq by the said- Mrs. Franklin, and did thereafter purchase all of the said Mrs. C1 Franklin and her daughter's property -in said- block; and, M • • WHEREAS, the Town Attorney has- reported to this Council that he will �., deliver a fee simple title -to the• aforesaid-tract of approximately 60 x 90 feet at the- price offered by the said- Mrs. -Fra.nkl-in- and- approved by this Council on the -0?), day of ,<] 1956; - NOW,'THEREFORE., BF IT OLVED, by- the- Town Council- that it does hereby approve of:the acts of the Town.Attorney.-as- here in set forth and as related to said CoUncil.by the said.Town Attorney-, which said acts were. taken in order to-obtain the. lands- desired- by the Town a-t the price specified by the said Mrs.t Franklin in. hen offer-; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the- Auditor-Treasurer be and he is hereby U authorized'and.directed• to .pay to- the said- Town Attorney the sum of four Thousand'Dollars' ($11,000.00) uponthe delivery by. the said Town Attorney of a warranty deed conveying. the fee simple- title to said tract-to the Town of Leesburg; and, • BE IT-FURTHER RESOLVED,- That the Town• Attorney shall, upon the delivery.of..said deed, furnish to- the- Auditor-Treasurer a policy of title insurance insuring the title of. said lands.• . • • • Mayor Attest: Recorder RESOLUTION ' Reginald K. Oheen C. R. Hollandsworth pD'Motion.of i:-Seconded bye and uoaminously carried;the following resolution was adopted: BE IT RESOLVED, that the bill of Hayes, Seay, Mattern and Mattern of Roanoke, Virginias in the amount of $587.34 be not paid by the Auditor-Treasurer until such time as said firm shall, in accordance with its prior commitments, furnish the Auditor-Treasurer of.the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, with the maps,.charts and statistical data, which services are the subject of the bill of said firm. There being no further business and upon motion duly made seconded and un- aminously carried Council adjourned. • • Mayor. Recorder