HomeMy Public PortalAbout1973_05_03 64
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL, MAY 23 , 1973 .
A regular meeting of the Leesburg Town Council was held in the
Council Chambers , 10 West Loudoun Street , Leesburg , Virginia , on May
23, 1973 at 7 :30 P.M. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor,
with a prayer being offered by Councilman Wallace . Those present were :
Mayor GclDewey Hill, Councilmen Walter F . Murray , Robert A. Orr, Her-
bert L. Ridder, C. Terry Titus and John A. Wallace , Jr. ; also Acting
Town Manager .Robert C . Forbes and Town Attorney George M. Martin. Ab-
sent from the meeting was Councilman John W. Pumphrey .
The Minutes of the regular meeting of May 9, 1973 were approved
as written.
A large group of residents from Ayrlee Subdivision was present
at the meeting, protesting the opening of North Ayr Street from that
Subdivision as an entrance to the rear of the new Hospital. Mr. Don
Huckleberry, acting as spokesman , said that a .Petition to this effect
had been submitted to Council. He felt that this is a residential area
and could see no reason for opening this street to trucks , etc . to
come through this area . Mr. Larry Browne asked if there is any good
reason for such an entrance - it would seem inconvenient to approach
it from that entrance when there are two other entrances . The streets
in the subdivision are fairly narrow and there are always parked cars .
He also called attention to the fact that there are 14 or more chil-
dren playing in the area and riding bicycles . He said if there were
some good reason for this entrance , he might be happy to have it.
Mr. Dan Baker, who resides on Ayrlee Avenue and says he is not di-
rectly affected by such a street , protested the manner in which a
$7 ,000,000 addition to the Hospital is being constructed. He cited
the fact that, instead of running power lines into the front of the
building , they were taking them into the back and utilizing land of
those in the back of the Hospital without permission. He came home
one day and found a pole sunk on the back of his lot and, the next
day , the wires were up, all done with no thought to those people it
might affect. Mr. Delano Jenkins also could not see this as an ex-
pedient entrance to the Hospital, believing that either from Route 7
or the road going by the water tower would be better entrances than
going through Ayrlee Subdivision where so many turns would have to be
made. Mrs . Stanley T . Greene , Sr. said such a street would depreci-
ate the value of hers and other properties , since it would be a con-
venience for screaming ambulances and for maintenance men. She said
she is against it and she intends to stand there and see that it is
not done .
Councilman Titus explained that the plan calls for major access
to the Hospital off of Market and Cornwall Streets . Councilman Orr
said he understood this was to be an emergency exit only and he could
not see that there would be a lot of truck and high-speed traffic.
It is only to serve the parking lot . Mayor Hill said that, when he
returned the original Petition to Mrs . Greene , he understood that
she merely wanted to add a few names and then return it, which she
did. Mrs . Greene said that former Mayor Rollins' had promised there
would be a hearing before this street was opened. Mayor H•xll said
this street has always been on the drawing boards as a through
street, which would have meant a street about 60 to 70 feet wide ,
with probable higher speeds , as well as much more traffic than it
would have this way. He said he had talked with Colonel Valentine
after Mrs . Greene called and asked them to do nothing until these
people could be heard. The plans presented to the Town stated that
this was needed for an emergency fire exit and Colonel Valentine said
it is incumbent for them to have it there . The only thing it can be
now is a service street. The only time ambulances would be using it
would be if they were serving someone in that neighborhood, for which
residents might be glad if they were the one being served a little
faster because the street was there .
Mr. John Byers asked if this street is to be open all around the
building and said they are saving the beauty of the Hospital by hav-
ing the garbage and other service trucks go in the back way. He sug-
gested the use of Gibson Street for this purpose. Councilman Titus
explained that there is no direct access from Gibson Street. This is
not a through street and will eventually be closed off. Councilman
Murray said that, when the Hospital 's plan was presented and it was
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found that the building encroached on the future Ayr Street, as shown
on the Major Thorofare Plan, the Planning Commission was asked to
study this as to whether or not the Town wanted to close off"Ayr Street
completely or continue it around the Hospital. It was the Commission 's
recommendation to Council that it not be closed off entirely . Mr.
Byers thought this a bad move and asked that "Slow" signs at least be
provided for the children. Councilman Orr said the front street will
be a tremendous one of three levels , with one level being for a service
entrance . He said he had looked at Ayr Street yesterday and knew it
would mean more traffic , however, he compared this with circumstances
in his own neighborhood, Prospect Hills, where Catoctin Circle is be-
ing cut through and will connect Route 7 and Route 15 . He said that
it is necessary that the Hospital have this street for an emergency
entrance and exit for fire protection. There was some discussion re-
garding the possibility of various types of signs being placed at
this location. Mr. Byers could not understand why Gibson Street, which
is on the Hospital property , would be closed. Councilman Titus ex-
plained that it is a public street and belongs to the Town and Coun-
cilman Orr said it will lead only to the old Hospital, not the new
one . The temporary gravel road will be closed - the Hospital' has sold
this piece of land for a future medical building, however, perhaps
this could be negotiated with the Hospital .
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Councilman Orr suggested that a spokesman from the Hospital be
invited to come and talk with these people . Mayor Hill said he had
tried unsuccessfully to do this tonight. He referred this matter
back to the Street Committee and asked that they see if they can se-
cure a spokesman from the Hospital to meet with the Committee next
Tuesday. It was also suggested that some of these people might like
to be present for this meeting . Mr. Roger Caulkins asked if there
was any assurance' that no further work would be done on opening the
street . Mayor Hill said the Town will do all that the Town Attorney
advises they can do .
Acting Town Manager Robert Forbes reported as follows : •
(1) Mr. Ritter is out of intensive care and progressing satis-
factorily. He is expected home next week.
(2) The State Highway Department has mailed out a list of ten-
tative allocatiorgof interstate , primary and urban construction funds
for the next fiscal year. $2,700,000 is shown as a supplemental al-
location to continue dual-laning of the proposed By-Pass and Rt . 7
west, $75 ,000 as the initial allocation for Market Street from Ca-
toctin Circle to the east corporate limits and $75 ,000 a supplemental
allocation for King Street from Catoctin Circle to the By-Pass .
(3) Mr. Sam Thomas called this week and said the number of dis-
abled veterans eligible for free Town stickers is estimated to be 12
to 15 . Their eligibility is determined by a Veterans Affairs Com-
mittee and they are issued cards . Only those presenting cards to
the Treasurer would be eligible .
(4) Arrangements have been made to have Special Police to ac-
company the sewer line inspection crews being furnished by the Build-
er 's Advisory Committee next Wednesday night.
Councilman Ridder reported that Mayor Hill, Mr. Forbes and he
attended a meeting today at the Northern Virginia Planning District
Commission in Falls Church to discuss regional planning for sewer fa-
cilities. Leesburg is a part of this area under consideration, which
area includes Western Fairfax , Dulles Airport,- Herndon and Reston.
Attending this meeting were representatives from the State Water Con-
trol Board, staff members of NVPDC, Fairfax, Mr. Hallett of the Loudoun
,County Sanitation Authority and a representative of the Interstate
Task Force. A plan was presented for approaching this study and to
• complete it, which basically included four (4) steps, as follows : (1)
an analysis of the Blue Plains situation, particularly to determine
- what sewage is allotted to the various Virginia jurisdictions - this
would take approximately two months ; (2) an analysis of treatment
methodology - a study of how treatment can be effected - what sites
are available , how much land would be required if they go to a sprayy
irrigation system, which takes large areas of land - this study would
take about four months ; (3) development and analysis of alternatives ,
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which would take about six months after the first two steps have been
completed; and (4) Plan preparation once the best approach is deter-
mined. He said if Leesburg can be a study area by itself, presumably
we could go ahead (probably this would be determined at the end of
four months of this study) . However, the State Water Control Board
indicated that, in such an eventuality, they would have to be. strongly
convinced that this is the way it would have to be. If these ideas
don 't work out, they will have to determine what is the way for us to
go. Hopefully, this entire study can be completed in a year, but a
lot of this depends on other jurisdictions turning in the' required
information, such as population projections , so that amount of sewage
requirement can be decided. It is felt that some of the jurisdic-
tions down in the Fairfax area are not in any tremendous hurry for
this this is a perfect way to stymie growth by not cooperating.
He felt that this study effort, with the helpof the Executive Di-
rector, Mr. John Epling , would be tailored so that something a little
more final might be determined in a few months . They are also look-
ing for a study area whereby Leesburg could be dropped out and deter-
mine what kind of treatment plant would be neededfor the Leesburg
area . A consultant may be hired within a month. The cost is esti-
mated to be upwards of $60,000. for this study. He said they are semi-
encouraged - not discouraged, but not elated either. He thinksthey
are making some progress , but will not know anything more for another
four months . Mr. Forbes said this could be as much as five months,
since it will be another month before they hire consultants . Council-
man Titus said it was his understanding that the Northern Virginia
Planning District Commission and the State Water Control Board do not
agree . Mr. Ridder said the Water Control Board is not convinced that
breaking Leesburg out to itself is the most cost effective way to do
this. If Leesburg cannot be broken out to itself, then there will be
no alternative but to put up the money ourselves . Mayor Hill said
we would still have to meet the requirements of quality, etc. of the
Water Control Board, even if we put up our own money. Mr. Ridder
said we still do not know where we stand with regard to our priority
list, nor how long before funding would be available if we told our
consultants to go ahead with plans .
Councilman Wallace reported that the Airport Advisory Committee
met last week - they are an eager, knowledgeable and good business
group of people and he believes it will be a very productive group.
They spent Monday afternoon going over the facilities and will be
getting together again to start finding their objectives . He hopes
they will come back with some ideas about the Master Plan of the Air-
port.
Councilman Titus asked that Mr. Blackwell attend the next Street
Committee meeting to go over the various projects on which he has been
working since he will be leaving that firm shortly. He also compli-
mented Mr. Hyatt and Mr. Keyes and their crew on the night work they
have done on the inserting valves - he believed these men deserve
credit for the work they have done .
Mr. Titus also asked where we stand with Mr. Parker insofar as
the Health Department problem and the junk cars are concerned. He
personally feels it is time to take some action. Town Attorney George
Martin said he had talked with Mr. Rollins , as Trustee , and he has said
he will try to come up with a solution. The Trustees are in control
of the corporation that owns the property. Mr. Titus asked if the
Health Department does not have the right to take some action in a
situation of this kind. Mr. Forbes said if it jeopardizes a water
supply , the Health Department would let the Town know they are going
to take some action. A water and sewer line in the same ditch is
just not permitted. Mr. Martin suggested that Mr. Rollins meet with
the Utility Committee on this matter, he thinks it better to handle
this through the Trustees , rather than by legal action. Mayor Hill
said the Health Department has more power than we realize and they can
do as they did a couple of months ago, shut off the whple Town. Mr.
Titus suggested that we resort to legal action if we can ' t get some
other action on this.
Mr. Titus also asked if we have had any response on the Country Club
standpipe yet. Mr. Forbes said Johnson and Williams picked the wrong
elevation, therefore, the size of the tank would be affected. They
are going to look at it again and contact him and he, in turn, will
have to contact Mr. Jennings . He sent out bids on a 3 m.g .d. tank and.
chances are that this would be larger than necessary. He will continue
to work with them on this . Mr. Titus said they should meet on the
Potomac standpipe at the next meeting without further delay.
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On motion of Councilman Ridder, seconded by Councilman Murray,
the following resolution was placed on the floor for discussion :
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that Johnson and Williams be authorized to proceed with plans
for interim treatment measures at the Leesburg Water Pollu-
tion Control Facility, while awaiting the development of a
regional plan by the Northern Virginia Planning District
Commission.
Councilman Titus explained that this is the study Johnson and Williams
is supposed to do on the chemical treatment at the Sewage Treatment
Plant. He has met with the Water Control Board and is going to go
ahead with this as an interim measure until the NVPDC decides what
we an going to do. He asked if we have a proposal from Johnson and
Williams on this . Mr. Forbes said we have not. Mr. Titus thought
this left an open door unless it is tied down. He also said, if we
can ' t get any action from them on this, then perhaps we should get
another consultant . He did not think we should spend the taxpayers '
money like this. Mr. Forbes did not know if they had been requested
to submit a proposal . Both Councilmen Murray and Ridder withdrew
Cfl their motion and, on motion of Councilman Wallace, seconded by Coun-
CC cilman Ridder, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg ,
that Johnson and Williams be requested to submit a proposal
setting forth the estimated cost of engineering and construc-
tion plans for interim treatment measures at the Leesburg
Water Pollution Control Facility, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this proposal be submitted in
writing to the Street Committee by May 29th for their recom-
mendation, and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this proposal set forth a time
schedule for completion of various stages for this proposed
project.
On motion of Councilman Titus , seconded by Councilman Wallace,
the following resolution was proposed:
WHEREAS, a Builders Advisory Committee on Water and Sewer
has been formed by Leesburg developers , and
WHEREAS, the said Builders Advisory Committee on Water and
Sewer has offered its services to the Town to inspect the
sewerage system and locate points of excessive infiltration
of storm water,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the
Town of Leesburg, that permssion be andrthe same is hereby
granted to The Builders Advisory Committee on Water and Sewer
to conduct an inspection of the sewerage system and report
its findings to the Council .
On motion of Councilman Titus , seconded by Councilman Wallace, the
following amendment was offered, to add at the end :
"If private property is to be :entered, an agent of the
Town will accompany .any member of the Committee."
Councilman Murray believed that an agent of the Town should be with
these people at all times , not just on private property. Mayor Hill
explained that the Special Police will be out that night - this is
just a one-night stand. This is something that is unheard of - people
who are trying to do business with the Town wanting to help with their
problems . They will be bringing in 12 crews of at least two men each,
• who will attempt to inspect every manhole in Town. This Committee
will report back what they find and make recommendations as to how
we should correct the problems they find - they are well acquainted
with the problems found in manholes . It would take the Town a long
time and be very costly to conduct this study. He explained that it
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is being done at night because there is a drastic drop in flow be-
tween the hours of 11 :00 P.M. and 5 :00 A .M. and most of what they
see should be infiltration. Councilman Ridder suggested that some
publicity on this projest would probably be helpful. It was de-
cided that the n Pasflf4`sY$ublicize this , as well as the radio sta-
tion even though it is short notice for the Times-Mirror for this
weekis paper. The amendment was then unanimously adopted, and the
resolution, as amended, unanimously adopted. Councilman Titus asked
if a member of Council could act as an agent for the Town. Town At-
torney Martin said he could.
On motion of Councilman Murray, seconded by Councilman Orr, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted, although Mayor• Hill said
he had received some calls concerning the last carnival held in Vir-
ginia Village and perhaps we should make free licenses contingent on
leaving the grounds in as good a condition as found :
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the -Town of Leesburg,
that the license tax fee required under Sec. 21-33 of the Mu-
nicipal Code be waived for The Central Loudoun Little League
on May 28 through June 2 , 1973 .
On motion of Councilman Titus , seconded by Councilman Ridder,
the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that the Acting Town Manager be and he is hereby authorized
to engage the fine of Loudoun Engineering and Surveys to
prepare a plat and legal description of the Richard Clark
property proposed for street widening .
On motion of Councilman Wallace, seconded by Councilman Ridder,
the following resolution was unanimously adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that the following appropriations be made : •
$21, 349.40 - Southern Line Cleaning, Inc . - Utility Fund-
Capital Outlay.
1,076 .00 - C . E. Nance & Sons , Inc. - Invoice #1936 -
Utility Fund-Capital:0utlay.
1, 179.00 - C. E. Nance & Sons , Inc . - Invoice #1937 -
Utility Fund-Capital Outlay.
5 ,220.00 - Shaffer Equipment & Supply Co. , Inc . - Invoice
No. 5995 - General Fund-Capital Outlay.
105 .00 - Martin, Riemenschneider & Murtaugh - Utility
Fund-Water & Sewer Dept . -Legal Fees .
300.00 - Martin, Riemenschneider & Murtaugh - General
Fund-Capital Outlays-Legal Fees .
100 .00 - Meidinger & Associates , Inc . - General Fund-
Other Services & Supplies-Accounting .
The Southern Line Cleaning bill was discussed and it was explained that
the above amount is for work already done . However, Mayor Hill : ...
asked that it be impressed upon these people that, if they can ' t com-
plete the contract , we will get somebody else that can.
On motion of Councilman Wallace, seconded by Councilman Orr, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted after explanation by Mayor
Hill of the many advantages that could be derived from belonging to
such a group :
WHEREAS, an organization has been formed for all Mayors of
Incorporated Towns in the County of Loudoun, which will dis-
cuss the common problems of the various towns , and
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WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg feels that
this organization will be helpful to the Town and the County
_as,well,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town •
of Leesburg, that the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized to
join the Loudoun County Council of Mayors .
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On motion of Councilman Wallace, seconded by Councilman Titus ,
the following resolution was unanimously adopted :
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that the Acting Town Manager be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to have published in the Loudoun Times-Mirror
on May 31, 1973 and June 7 , 1973 , for Public Hearing on
June 13 , 1973, the tentative Budget and tentative tax rate
shown as $1.00 on real estate, $1.00 on personal property
and $ .80 on bank stock.
On motion of Councilman Wallace, seconded by Councilman Murray,
' the following resolution was unanimously adopted :
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that the Acting Town Manager be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to have published in the Metro-Virginia News
C: on June 3, 1973 , OMB Form 48-R0503 , showing a proposed use
of $38 ,913 .00 in Revenue Sharing monies , as designated by
the Council.
On motion of Councilman Orr, seconded by Councilman Murray, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted :
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that the accounting firm of Yount, Hyde & Company , Certi-
fied Public Accountants , be and the same is hereby author-
, ized to conduct the annual audit for the Town of Leesburg .
On motion of Councilman Ridder, seconded by Councilman Murray,
the following resolution was offered :
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that the Town Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to
accept payment from Green Acres Associates for sewer availa-
bility fees to serve seven (7) lots in Loudoun Hills Sub-
division, Section 1 , numbered 11, 12 , 15 , 16 , 123, 128 and
129, at the rate of $300.00 each for sewer.
Mr. Forbes said these were not all under contract and Councilman Titus
explained that several of these are under contract at the present
time, however, all were written after Februarx With. He said Mr.
Spain is due a hardhip because he is hooked on?is paying water bills .
The Committee put this on the Agenda for the Council to vote on, but
he did not believe the Committee was unanimousi in its feelings .
Councilman Ridder said this is a case that falls in the "gray area
as to how it should be handled - it doesn ' t particularly follow the
guidelines set up by Council. If a man is hooked on and using water
and sewer and paying his bill, it would seem that there is an im-
plied idea that he has been approved for water and sewer - he didn ' t
see that this could be done any other way.H He said he did not know
how it was handled in the office but, if the man has water and sewer
and is using it, he does not see how the developer could be blamed
for this . Councilman Orr moved to table this until they know more
about what is going on in this case, however, this died for lack of
a second. Mr. Chaves said they would have to find out- how this was
paid. Mr. Spain said the construction was done in 1971 in sequences
of 10 houses , then 11 houses and then 7 houses . In September of 1972,
Mr. deLashmutt hooked into water and sewer because he was putting in
other improvements . They paid for all water taps in Section 1 and
for four in Section 2 in September. - Mr. Creeger was paying $400 for
sewer taps at the time of settlement. He said they had stated to the
Committee on two occasions that he felt it unethical for the Town to
cut these off - the connections were functioning way before February
14th. He said they have paid the Town a great deal• of money, which
is being held. Councilman Wallace was not pleased that these situa-
tions seem to be handled one way and then another. Mayor Hill asked
if this could happen again and it was pointed out that Mr. Forbes
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could not issue a Zoning Certificate until all fees are paid. A vote
of 5 to I adopted the above resolution, with Councilman Wallace cast-
ing the dissenting vote.
On motion of Councilman Orr, seconded by Councilman Ridder, the
following resolution was offered :
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that the Acting Town Manager be arid he is hereby authorized
to engage the firm of Dewberry, Nealon & Davis for the pur-
pose of preparing a preliminary plan on moving of utilities
within the right-of-way of the proposed By-Pass and submit-
ting a cost estimate to the Highway Department before June
15 , 1973 . (Dewberry, Nealon & Davis ' cost not to exceed
$2,000) .
Mr. Forbes explained that the Highway Department requires that this
cost estimate be submitted by June 15th. It entails the moving of
water and sewer lines to the south of Dry Mill Subdivision, as well
as involving the work we propose to do to the Myers Well. The engi-
neers will advise: the Town and check with the State Health Department
to determine how the well house is to be treated within the median
strip, if necessary to put it there . It is possible that a vault can
be constructed, rather than a house , so that we would have access to
the well itself, with the chlorinating equipment off of the right-of-
way . The engineers are well aware that time is of essence and they
can get this job done by June 15th. These lines have to remain in
operation at all times , so it involves a lot of work. The roadways
will have to be depressed add the sewer line lowered approximately
6 feet. He said the Highway Department indicated they would pay for
the actual physical moving of the utilities , but they did not say
they would pay for the engineering costs . Councilman Wallace asked
Mayor Hill to write a letter to the Highway Department , requesting
that they pay for these engineering costs . There was some discussion
about these costs , however, it was felt this is a necessity, even if
they will not pay for them. Mayor Hill said we would not want to
argue with them too much over this , since it took 1' days to sal-
vage the Myers Well, which they wanted to abandon. Councilman Titus
asked that Mayor Hill include in his letter a request that easements
for the Town to get to the Well property be given by the Highway De-
partment . The above resolution was then unanimously adopted.
On motion of Councilman Titus , seconded by Councilman Ridder, the
following resolution was unanimously adopted :
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg,
that the proposal by Sydnor Hydrodynamics , Inc . dated April
30, 1973 to rework the Myers Well be and the same is hereby
accepted, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proposal by Sydnor Hydro-
dynamics , Inc . , per telephone conversation on May 10, 1973 ,
to furnish a 40 horsepower pump, pipe and strainer and labor
for installation for $6 ,400 be and the same is hereby accepted.
On motion of Councilman Murray, seconded by Councilman Wallace,
the following resolution was offered for consideration:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg ,
that the Town Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and
directed to issue a check to Hand Properties , Inc. in the
amount of $400 for refund of a portion of the water and sewer
availability fees charged for Medical Buildings on Gibson
Street .
There was a great deal of discussion concerning the above and it was
pointed out that no drawings of the interior plans of the buildings
had been furnished to the Town from which to figure the number of
fixture units in the buildings . . Mr. Alderman had claimed he was late
in submitting his claim for hardship because he did not know about a
deadline for such submission ; also, he felt he was due this considera-
tion because he was , in effect, already hooked into the line before
the moratorium. It was found that the tap he had was for construc-
tion use only . Mr. Alderman said the smaller tap was made at that
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time because the proper size tap was not available . He said he had
paid charges in the amount of approximately $7 ,000, and figured he
had a refund of approximately $3 ,000 due him. A. recalculation of
figures , based on the number. of units the Committee understood were
in the buildings , yielded the figure of $400 as a refund. CouncilI.
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man Murray offered the following amendment to the above, to. be added
at the end: "said refund due to an overcharge in previous amount. paid. " -:
However, this was not seconded and was later withdrawn by Mr. Murray.
Further discussion revealed that more fixture units were found to be
present on inspection by Mr . Chaves , and the amount was again recal-
culated. Mr. Chaves also pointed out that the set of plans the Town
has does not agree with the number of fixtures . There was also a
question as to whether Mr. Alderman is subject to the new rate. On
motion of Councilman Murray, seconded by Councilman Titus , Council
voted unanimously to call for the question. It is pointed out, how-
ever, that Councilman Orr left the meeting at approximately 9: 20 P.M. ,
thereby leaving only five (5) members present. A roll call vote on
the resolution above unanimously defeated it and Mayor Hill suggested
that this be refigured and properly billed.
On motion of Councilman Wallace, seconded by Councilman Ridder,
the following resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of 3 to 1,
and. one abstention, Mayor Hill voting against it and Councilman Titus
abstaining:
O BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg ,
that the Town Treasurer be and. he is hereby authorized to
accept payment from Sidney Z. Mensh and Co. , Inc . for sewer
and water availability fees to serve 24 lots in Leesburg Es-
tates Subdivision, Section 3 , numbered 1 through 12, and
Section 4,, numbered 1 through 12 , at the rate of $300 each
- for sewer and $300 each for water.
On motion of Councilman Wallace, seconded by Councilman Titus,
the meeting was adjourned at 9:55 P.M.
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