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2. If it be considered presently advisable to extend the
Town' s water or sewer services beyond the location specified by
the annexation order there are other areas that have either an
urgent need or a sound economic basis for the expenditure of
public funds ; the water line contemplated by this resolution
.fails to qualify in either respect .
3. This resolution lies within a dangerous field of legis-
lation in that its effect is to substitute for the blind and
impartial ruling of a general ordinance a legislative process'
of special favor and unequal privilege.
. Very truly yours ,
/s/ Geo . J. Babson
George J. Babson, Mayor
Town of Leesburg, in Virginia"
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the sai uncil of
the Town of Leesburg does hereby readopt the res 1 ion as:
set forth hereinabove.
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There being no furtherbbusins-to ome before the meet-
ing, upon motion of Mr. Isaacs, s-c. '. • i •y74iir. Fishback, the
meeting adjourned. 4
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REGULAR MEETING, September 12, 1960 Y
A regular meeting of the Council of the Town of Leesburg,
in Virginia, was held September 12, 1960 at 8 :00 P. M. George_;. ;
J. Babson, Mayor, called the meeting to order at 8: 15 P. M.
There were present C. Maloy Fishback , Emerson H. James, Hunter
M. Leach, John W. Pumphrey and Austin J. Wright .
In the absence of the Recorder the Mayor appointed C. .
Maloy Fishback as Recorder pro-tem.
• The minutes of the meeting of August 22, 1960, were approved
as amended and corrected.
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The Treasurer then presented the financial statement for
the month of August , 1960.
Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr . James, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted :
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council for the Town of Leesburg
• that the method employed in the Plat of Vacation prepared by
Robert K.Wilson, Land Surveygr aid question as to whether the •
' building line restriction on Lot 1, Gibson Heights Subdivision,
as suggested in the letter from Stilson H. Hall, Attorney for
the Loudoun County Hospital , should be vacated, be and the IIsame is hereby referred to the Planning Commission for its
report and recommendation.
Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr . Pumphrey,
the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Loudoun Properties , Incorporated, has presented
to the Planning Commission of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia,
its plat of the subdivision owned by it , known as "Virginia
Knolls ; " and,
WHEREAS, the said Planning Commission has approved said
• plat , but recommending sidewalks on one side of the streets
in said subdivision only; ::and,
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WHEREAS, the Town Council is of the opinion that the in-
stallation of sidewalks in said subdivision would be unsafe,
undesirable, impracticable and unreasonable by reason of the
topography and location of said subdivision;
- - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, pursuant to the provisions
of Section IV of the Subdivision Ordinance of the Town of Leesburg,
' that a variance is hereby granted the subdivider with respect
. thereto, and the requirement for sidewalks in said subdivision
is hereby waived.
Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, -seconded by Mr. James, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted :
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council for the Town of Leesburg, in
Virginia, that twenty-four 6 ,000 iumeh incandescent lights on
Special Steel Poles, located on Market and King Streets, be
C changed to 10,000 lumen incandescent lights ; that one 2500 lumen
MI incandescent light located next to the Plaster Building on King
GJ Street be changed to a 10,000 lumen incandescent light ; that eight
C 2500 lumen incandescent lights located on Loudoun Street between
0-, Church and Wirt Streets be changed to 6 ,000 lumen incandescent
lights .
' Upon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr. Wright , the
following resolution was unanimously adopted :
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council for the Town of Leesburg, in
• Virginia, that two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) be ap-
• propriated for street lighting, from the General Fund--for the
' purpose of the preceding Resolution.
IIUpon motion of Mr. Fishback, seconded by Mr. Wright, and
unanimously carried, the proposal of L. B. Mason to extend the
• ;Town ' s Sludge Drying Beds (Project No. 2822) at a price of One
.. .Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Dollars ($1, 930.00) was accepted.
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• The Town Attorney was requested to prepare an appropriate contract .
There being no new or unfinished business to come before the
Council , upon motion of Mr . James, seconded by Mr. Wright , the
meeting adjourned.
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- REGULAR MEETING, SEPTEMBER 26 , 1960 •
A regular meeting of the Council for the Town of Leesburg,
- in Virginia, was to be held at 8:00 P. M. , September 26 , 1960.
' George J. Babson, Mayor, called the meeting to order at 9 : 10
P. M. There were present : C. Maloy Fishback, George E. Issacs,
Emerson H. James, Hunter M. Leach, John W. Pumphrey and Austin
J. Wright .
IIUpon motion of Mr. Leach, seconded by Mr. Wright, the minutes
, of the meeting of September 12, 1960, were unanimously approved
as written and previously read.
Upon motion of Mr . Fishback, seconded by Mr . James, the
' . following resolution was unanimously adopted: