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Home My Public Portal About1962_05_14 73 Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Leesburg Town Council, May 14, 1962 Arregular meeting. of the Leesburg Town Council was held in the Council Chambers , Leesburg, Virginia, May 14, 1962. _ . • Mayor Frank Raflo called the meeting to order at 7:35 P .M. Councilman- present were George J. Babson; Stanley F. Caulkins, George F. Hammerly, Maurice R. Lowenbach and John W. Pumphrey. Councilman Hunter M. Leach arrived at 7:40 P.M. . -Upon Motion of Councilman Hammerly;. seconded by Councilman Caulkinsiand with general agreement of the Council members. the minutes of the April 23 , 1962 meeting were approved with the- following correction. • "Councilman Babson was shown as voting Yea for the resolution oh the Appropriations for Fiscal year 1962 when he ABSTAINED from voting on this issue. - The Mayor gave his report and read the following proclamation. - PROCLAMATION 00 WHEREAS, May 30, is designated as Memorial Day, a day set apart Cr'. for all Citizens to remember with reverence the patriotic motives of those who have given their lives in defense of our country , z N0W, THEREFORE, I , Frank Raflo Mayor of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, call. upon all citizens, businesses , and organizations to observe this day with their thoughts and prayers and to give evidence publicly of this observance by the appropriate display of our National Flag. , The Report of the Town Manager was given. Upon Motion of Councilman Lowenbach; seconded. by Councilman Pumphrey ;and there being no objection to a.roll call: vote the .following IIresolution was approved . Voting Yeas, Councilmen, Babson, Caulkins, Hammerly, Lowenbach and Pumphrey. WHEREAS, the Council for the Town of Leesburg did on November 13, 1961 at a regular meeting pass a resolution requesting the Virginia 'Department of Highways to accept into the secondary road system for the fiscal year 1961-62 approximately 0.163 miles of West South Street . and Sout}i-Wirt .Street and , WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Highways did by letter dated April 10, 1962 , state that the above 0.163 miles of streets was not eligible to be added to the secondary system, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,. by the Council for the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia, that the Virginia Department of Highways be `-. requested to accept into their secondary- system for the fiscal year 1961-620.2096 miles of South Catoctin Circle from its intersection with the south right-of-way line of the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad , thence in a westerly direction 1106.69 feet toward its inter- section of Route #15, all as is described in Deed Book. 358 , page 498 and Plat Book #7, Foio 106-107, of the records in the Clerk' s Office of Loudoun County, Virginia, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Virginia Department of Highways be requested to accept into their secondary system for the fiscal year 1961-62 that portion of Harrison Street lying between East Loudoun and East Market Streets for a total distance of 0.0404 miles , all as is described in Deed Book 395, page 686 andDeed Book 408, page 273 of the records in the Clerks Office of Loudoun County , Virginia. Upon Motion of Councilman Lowenbach; seconded by Councilman Pumphrey and there being no objection to a roll -call vote the -following resolution was approved. Voting -Yeas, Councilmen Babson,- Caulkins, Hammerly, Lowenbach and Pumphrey. I F 7. . - - - - • BE IT RESOLVED , by the Council for the Town of Leesburg , in Virginia, that action taken by the Town Manager to replace U.S. Treasury Note No. 25927 in the amount of $10,000, by May 15, 1962 for U.S. Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness in the amount of $10,000, 30 due May 15, . 1963 is hereby approved. • Upon• Motion of Councilman Hammerly seconded by Councilman Caulkins and with theegeneral consent of the Councilmen the meeting was recessed for forty-five minutes. • • The meeting was called to• order after the recess at 10: 17 P.M. by Maryor-Raf4o: Councilmen present were George J.. Babson ' Stanley' F. Caulkins, George P. Hammerly, Hunter M. Leach, Maurice R1 Lowenbahh and John W. Pumphrey. ' following The report of the Airport Committee was given by Chairman George P. Hammerly. . During the. past months your committee has concerned itself with an evaluation and study of the present Leesburg airport and the advisability of the town seeking another municipal air- port at another location. Engineering advice to the town has indicated that. the best interests of the town will be served by having the airport moved. State and Federal aviation officials have concurred in this opinion: Preliminary requests for available, matching funds from FAA have been made, pending the completion of the sale. • Your committee then has made it know publicly that the town would consider bona fide proposals for the possbile sale • . of the airport land. About four weeks ago, a positive proposal was presented to the committee. fleeting of the airport committee was held last Friday evening in the council chambers to which all members of the council were invited , and the proposal, of the purchaser was discussed . While the committee. was in general agreement: with the concept of the proposal it felt that it should undergo the full scrutiny of the town' s attorney and such other legal -. ' assistance he might want to call in to aid him in evaluating this contract. • • Mr. Marting asked for the assistance of Mr. Richard 'Hill of the law firm of Hill, diZ'erega, and Debutts and together they have studied the contract. In their opinions, in some instances the phraseology left the true meaning and intent unclear arid -they ' have reworded several of. the various paragraphs and presented a revised contract to your committee. With the leave of the council, your committee would now like toreview this contract , paragraph by paragraph with all of the members of council and have the floor open for discussion-- and suggestion on their as to each section. Mr. -Martin and Mr. -Hill are here to aid and assist in that discussion. - • Following the full reading of this contract as -part of the committee report, your airport committee chairman would then like to reserve the right to have the floor to offer a resolution onbehalf of the committee. If shall now read the contract as part of this report and - trust that the members of council will feel free to discuss it I/ fully and suggest whatever changes they feel warranted . . . r :. . .v . .} r 'of r. .• ;. r } :: n I r . . nm :. n Er;�: ..(�..r(�.:d :.rc(;�.+(.p p:.C`�i'':('("(:a' 'S•(:'Q'1.B'f V 4t'F P' �Y V:It •d.f. t.T(r 0.16'1?!! • Agreement and Plat Constitute Exhibits A & B Attached . • • 75 Upon Motion of Councilman Hammer.ly; seconded by Councilman Caulkins and' there being no objection to a roll call vote the fol- lowing resolution.was approved. Voting Yeas , Councilmen. Caulkins Hammerly, Leach, Lowenbach,, Pumphrey and Mayor. Raflo... Nays , Council- man Babson. . WHEREAS the Town of Leesburgis. the Grantee in that cettain deed recorded in Deed Book 13 N, Page 307, from Arthur Godfrey,,. et us,' in which fifty-eight ( 58) acres located in the eastern end of said Town was conveyed to said Town, upon the conditionsubsequent that if at any time within_ twenty (20) years from the date of said deed , the said land should cease to be used as a "public airport" , IIthe title would revert to Godfrey Foundation, Ind. , and WHEREAS, Arthur Godfrey operates a public airport- thereon at the present time, and . WHEREAS , the said airport constitutes a public hazard and should be eliminated and has never. been operated as public property, and WHEREAS , the Godfrey Foundation, Inc. has agreed to release its interest in. said land in the event of a sale thereof upon cer- tain conditions , and 00 t,; WHEREAS , negotiations have been in progress lookingtoward a, sale' thereof, and M WHEREAS, A contract embodying the terms thereof, including _ certain conditions precedent , has been prepared by the attorneys for the Town, and WHEREAS, the said agreement has been read verbatim to the Council,. and WHEREAS, the Council. considers that said terms are advantageous , IIthaLeesbuig t:BE' IT THEREOFE ORDAINED By the Council for the Town of The Town Manager is hereby authorized to enter into the following contract on behaldf of the Town of Leesburg , and the Mayor shall authenticate this by signing the same., which is spread in-haec verba hereafter, to-wit:•. ` BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter into the reasl estage broker' s com- mission Contract and the Mayor shall authenticate this by signing the same, which is spread in haec verba hereafter, to wit: • Attached Commission Contract entered as Exhibit C Mayor Raflor announced that there would be a meetingof the Finance Committee on Monday, May 21, 1962 at 7: 30 P.M. in the Council Chambers and requested that all Councilmen. attent if gpssible. U ' Upon Motion of Councilman Babson, seconded by Councilman Pumphrey, and since there was no other business to come before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 10:45 P .M. with the general 'consent of the Council. _ •