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Home My Public Portal About1981_04_14SPEC 75 MINUT1S OF SPECIAL MEETING - PUBLIC HEARING ON COMMUNITY DEVELOP- MENT :.PPLICATION, APRIL 14 , 1981 . special meeting was held by the Leesburg Town Council in the C' uncil Chambers, 10 West Loudoun Street, Leesburg, Virginia, on Ap it 14 , 1981 at 7 : 30 p.m. for the purpose of holding a public heari .g on the Community Development Application, pursuant to Notic of same having been delivered to all Council members prior there o. All members of Council were present. ayor Rollins announced that this public hearing has been called to he .r comments from the public concerning the grant approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding the re- habil tation and redevelopment of a certain portion of Leesburg. 11 This as advertised in the local media to request public partici- patio ' and comments concerning the utilization of these funds and any o her comments the citizenry of this community would like to make •efore this Council . I he Notice of the public hearing was read into the record by Town tanager John Niccolls. assistant Manager Jeffrey Minor said this meeting is essentially an in ormational meeting for the citizens to give Council and the staff suggestions prior to the full application state. A memorandum will .e prepared for the next hearing that briefly touches on such sugge-tions. • project citizens committee will be appointed at the next pub- lic -aring on April 22 , 1981. Mr. Minor said every resident of the neig .orhood involved has been sent a letter, along with a survey requ=-t, prior to application for these funds. Mr. Niccolls said therm. was remarkable response. Mr. Bos suggested that a notice of the --cond Public hearing be sent to all of these residents. Mayor Roll ' . s asked the Town Manager to contact these residents to see which ones are interested in serving on this advisory committee. 11ihere was no-one present to discuss this matter. on motion of Mr . Willis, seconded by Mr. Tolbert, the public hear . ' g was adjourned. Mayor Lt C er of the Council Pro-Tem