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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL, JANUARY 8 , 1969.
A regular meeting of the Leesburg Town Council was held in the
Council Chambers , 12 W. Loudoun Street , Leesburg, Virginia , on January
8, 1969 at 7 :30 P.M. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Rollins ,
with Councilman Fishback offering the prayer . Those present were Mayor
Kenneth B . Rollins , Councilmen C . Maloy Fishback, Frederick R. Howard,
Walter F . Murray , Robert A . Orr and John W. Pumphrey ; also Town Manager
James W. Ritter, Jr . Absent from the meeting were Councilman G. Dewey
Hill and Town Attorney George M. Martin.
The Minutes of the regular meeting of December 11 , 1968 and the
special meeting of December 13 , 1968 were approved as written.
Mr . Bogora of Capital Area Soaring School, which School operates
at Godfrey Field, addressed Council regarding the operation of gliders
at the Airport and the animosity that seems to exist between Mr. Zebley
and this operation. He cited many instances in which he and Mr. Zebley
seemed to disagree . This matter was discussed at length by Mr. Bogora
and members of Council, and it was suggested by Councilman Murray that
Mr . Bogora and Mr. Zebley both meet with the Committee on Tuesday morn-
ing at 10 :45 .
Town Manager Ritter reported the following :
(1) The financial situation on the 1967 Bond Issue is getting to
the point where we do not have too much money left . It looks like we
will be all right this month and perhaps for February , however, something
will have to be done to meet our obligations after this time . Municipal
bonds last week were selling at 4. 85 and the State Treasurer 's Office
reports that this is higher than the market has been since 1934. There
are a lot of towns that are holding off selling bonds because of the high
market , so they will probably all go to market at the same time . He said
we want to delay this as long as possible , but the time will come when
we have to have the money to pay the contractors on the sewer projects ,
so it will either be sell the bonds , regardless of the market, or else
find some short-term borrowings from other sources .
(2) Bids were opened on Contract S-IV, the connecting link be-
tween S-II and S-III, and they were higher than anticipated. Limbach
was the low bidder, using concrete pipe , but he said he feels that even
this low bid is high. He said no recommendation has been made to John-
son and Williams , but it has been discussed with them. He said he and
Mr . Moody feel that Contracts S-II and S-III can be extended or enlarged
and they believe they can save the Town some: money in this way, however,
this is still in the discussion stage . There is a time element involved,
since the bids remain open for 60 days only .
(3) Dewberry , Nealon and Davis have completed their study on the
sewer line under dual lane Rt . 7 and they are working up a cost estimate .
(4) A lot of thought has been given to placing traffic signals at
Fort Evans Drive and Catoctin Circle on Rt . 7 . Now we find that the
Highway Department has to give their approval before we can do anything.
There will be a meeting with them next week . He pointed out that there
will probably have to be another traffic count to see if these signals
are justified in these locations .
(5) With regard to the item on the Agenda dealing with the pur-
chase of a new Police car, he said he has to let the State know within
two days if we are going to buy this car. He explained that the air
conditioning will cost only $100 .00 .
(6) Regarding the proposed study of the Hospital Watershed, Mr.
Phillips has outlined in his letter the same type of study he made in
1963 of the Woodberry Road drainage , which would include a large map.
He would list the proper size , show the alignment of the pipe and the
type of structure , however, this would not include any construction plans .
He said he had also discussed working up with him a formula whereby the
Town can ask developers to pay their pro-rata share on this type of thing
in developments . He recommended that this study be made by Mr . Phillips .
He also reported that Dewberry, Nealon and Davis looked at the project .
In the first place , they do not have any background on Leesburg, and
their price was listed as payroll cost, plus 100%.
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(7) He presented a copy of a Riot Ordinance which was given to
him by the Town Attorney the other day, however, he pointed out that
the Committee has not had a chance to look at it . He said Mr. Martin
believed this should be discussed and adopted tonight .
(8) He read a letter from a Mr. Stingley, commending the Police
Department for their helpfulness and consideration when he locked the t
keys to his car in the trunk . It was found that these two officers
were Elder and Hunt .
Mr. Moody reported on the Sewer Projects as follows :
S-I seems to be progressing right along in spite of the holidays
and the cold weather . They have been a little short-handed though, since
one crew and foreman have not returned 'since the New Year 's Holiday and
one colored crew from Altavista has not returned. They did get all of
the concrete in the ground before they left .
On S-II , the blasters were brought back in and it took about two
weeks to get 150 feet of pipe in, but all of the line is in now and
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they have started clean-up operations .
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CV On S-III , they didn 't get across Rt . 15 so they filled it in and
left it over the holidays . They are now working along the gravel road,
not breaking any records , but making more progress than in the past .
Mr. Ritter explained that the pipe across the Branch where Con-
tract S-II and S-III connect is to be 24-inch pipe . This was discussed,
and it was the general consensus of Council that this pipe should be
33-inch.
Mayor Rollins read a letter from Mr. Charles Turner regarding the
proposed road to the Hospital , which letter stated that the Board of
Supervisors have adopted a motion to give the Hospital $15 ,000 toward
this road. Mr . Ritter said Mr. Wiggins has written to Richmond to see
111 if it would be possible to get any State money on this project . The
Resolution regarding this road presented at the November 27th meeting
was discussed and it was the general consensus of the Council that this
resolution be sent to the Hospital and that Mr . Ritter advise the Board
of Supervisors of action taken by the Council regarding this matter.
On motion of Councilman Fishback , seconded by Councilman Howard,
Council voted unanimously that Mr. C. Stanley Reed be appointed to a
four-year term on the Leesburg Planning Commission, commencing Janu-
ary 1 , 1969 and expiring December 31 , 1972 .
On motion of Councilman Orr, seconded by Councilman Pumphrey, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted :
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg ,
that the following appropriations be made :
(a) $1,644 . 00 - Interest on Airport Bonds , due Jan. 1 , 1969.
Airport Fund.
(b) 2 ,463 .60 - Johnson and Williams , Engineering Services
on Contracts S-I , S-II and S-III for month
of November. 1967 Bond Issue .
(c) 2 ,472 . 96 - Johnson and Williams , Engineering Services
111 on Contracts S-I , S-II and S-III for month
of December . 1967 Bond Issue .
(d) 2 ,021 .88 - Purchase of a 1969 Plymouth Police Car
through State Purchases . Police Dept .
(e) 7 .20 - A & E Blueprinters . Printing expense on
Sewer Projects during month of November.
1967 Bond Issue . •
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MINUTES OF JANUARY 8 , 1969 MEETING .
On motion of Councilman Fishback, seconded by Councilman Howard,
the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
if that the following streets and additions to streets be in-
cluded in mileage payments , which streets have been built to
State Standards , and with a total mileage of 0.41 miles .
(List of Streets attached)
Mayor Rollins asked if anything has ever happened on the piece of
land across the Triangle on the west end of Leesburg to connect Morven
Park Road. Mr. Forbes reported that he had talked with Mr. Babson but ,
at that time , the land was tied up in Court litigation and he could
do nothing insofar as dedicating it to the Town was concerned. He
indicated that he would have no objection to this though if and when the
time came . Mayor Rollins asked Mr. Forbes to check with Mr. Babson again
and see if we can get this land .
On motion of Councilman Fishback, seconded by Councilman Orr, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that the following appropriations be made :
$127 , 929.42 - English Construction Co . - Estimate #4,
Contract S-I , 19% complete .
34, 724 .37 - Limbach Company - Estimate #6 , Contract
S-II , 83% complete .
6 ,796 .80 - English Construction Co . - Estimate #3 ,
Contract S-III , 32% complete.
Mr . Ritter said that we have made application for 25 per cent of the
Grant Money , which will give us another $150 ,000 , but we do not know
when we will get this .
On motion of Councilman Pumphrey, seconded by Councilman Fishback,
/ioIIlowing resolution was unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg ,
that the firm of Walter L. Phillips be authorized to proceed
with a drainage study of the Hospital Watershed, in accordance
with his letter dated January 2 , 1969, at an approximate cost
of $1 ,800 .
Mayor Rollins said that , at the last meeting, Mr. Ritter presented
a plan which would move the Council Chambers next door to the first floor
and turn the present Chambers into the Treasurer 's Office . Mr. Ritter
presented a sketch and explained just how this work would be accom-
plished, stating that he believed it would cost around $500 to $600.
The work itself would be done by Town forces . He said he had not yet
gotten a price on an air conditioner for next door . On motion of Council-
man Howard, seconded by Councilman Orr, Council voted unanimously that
the Town Manager be authorized to proceed with the remodeling of this
building and the adjoining building for use as Council Chambers and a
Treasurer 's Office in the future, as per plans submitted by Mr. Ritter.
There being no further business , the meeting adjourned at 9 : 15 P.M.
Mayor
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