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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1988_01_05SPEC I //// 7 V • MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF LRF,SBURG TOWN COUNCIL January 5, 1988 A special meeting of the Leesburg Town Council was held on January 5, 1988 at 4:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers, 10 Loudoun Street,S.W., Leesburg,Virginia pursuant to notice thereof having been delivered to all councilmembers prior thereto, for the purpose of considering legislation with respect to Sections 1 and 7 of the Tavistock Farms Planned Residential Neighborhood, as well as the proposed school site. The meeting was called to order by Councllmember Tolbert. Present were: Councilmembers Arl Curry, Brian Kelley, Hunter Leach and John Tolbert, Jr. Absent were Mayor Robert E. Sevila, Charles Williams and James E. Clem. Also present was Town Manager Jeffrey H. Minor. Mr. Minor stated that town staff has been working for several months with the Tavistock Farms, Signature Communities people and the Board of Education with respect to development, primarily of the new elementary schooL Under the proffers of the Tavistock rezoning, there are certain conditions that need to be met before the property can transfer from Tavistock Farms to the school board. All parties have been working together to resolve the engineering issues related to Section 1 and Section 7, which relate to the Tavistock school site. The town prepared a letter agreement on the school site for engineering comments on the construction drawings. This agreement has been executed by the town and by the school board. The town has issued a similar agreement, today, for Section 1 and will probably issue another one for Section 7, by Thursday. To help move this process along, we have two items of legislation that deal with Tavistock. The first is legislation that deals with Sections 1 and 7 of Tavistock, the second deals with the school board. On motion of Mr. Kelley, seconded by Mr. Leach, the following resolution was proposed and unanimously adopted. 88-1 - RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT AND APPROVING A PERFORMANCE IFARMS GUARANTEE AND WATER AND SEWER EXTENSION PERMITS FOR TAVISTOCK PLANNED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, SECTIONS 1 AND 7 • RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows: SECTION I. The manager shall execute the contract for public improvements (PC-2) with Tavistock Farms General Partnership as shown on the plans approved by the Director of Engineering and Public Works for the Tavistock Farms Planned Residential Neighborhood, Sections 1 and 7. SECTION II. The extension of municipal water and sewer works for the Tavistock Farms Planned Residential Neighborhood, Sections 1 and 7, are approved in accordance with Sections 15-9 and 19-18 of the Town Code. SECTION III. Irrevocable letters of credit in a form approved by the town attorney from Perpetual Savings Bank FSB of McLean, Virginia in the amount of $900,000 for Section 1 and $2,000,000 for Section 7 are approved as security to guarantee installation of the public improvements shown on plans approved by the Director of Engineering and Public Works for Tavistock Farms Planned Residential Neighborhood, Sections 1 and 7. Aye: CouncilmembeerCurry, Kelley, Leach and Tolbert Nay: None On motion of Mr. Kelley, seconded by Mr. Curry, the following resolution wasro sed and unanimously adopted P Pounanimously 88-2 - RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT, WATER AND SEWER PERMITS, AND WAIVING THE PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE FOR THE TAVISTOCK SCHOOL SITE WHEREAS, the Director of Engineering and Public Works has conditionally approved construction drawings for the Tavistock Farms Elementary School, to be constructi.l}3 by the Loudoun County School Board of Education (School Board hereafter);and WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to waive the costs associated with a performance guarantee for the necessary public improvements: Special Meeting of the Town Council - January 5, 1=it THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows: SECTION I. The manager shall execute the contract for public improvements (PC-2) with the School Board as shown on the plans approved by the Director of Engineering and Public Works for the Tavistock Elementary School site, located within the Tavistock Farms Planned Residential Neighborhood. SECTION IL The extension of municipal water and sewer works for the Tavistock Farms School site is approved in accordance with Sections 15-9 and 19-18 of the Town Code. SECTION M. The performance guarantee for the public improvements in the amount of $126,504 is waived, conditioned on the requirement that occupancy to the school shall not be permitted until the public improvements are completed to the satisfaction of the town, or a subsequent performance guarantee is furnished in an amount approved by the Director of Engineering and Public Works for outstanding punch list items. Mr. Kelley asked, who actually has title to this property. Mr. Minor replied Tavistock Farms, until legislation has been passed by the Board of Supervisors, then the Board of Education will obtain title. Aye: Councilmembeis Curry, Kelley, Leach, and Tolbert Nay: None • Mr. Minor asked Council to also consider a bond approval for the Paxton Subdivision Section 1, which was not listed on the Special Meeting notice. On motion of Mr. Curry, seconded by Mr. Leach, the following resolution was proposed and unanimously adopted. 88-3 - RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT AND APPROVING A PERFORMANCE BOND AND WATER AND SEWER EXTENSION PERMITS FOR PAXTON SUBDIVISION,SECTION 1 RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows: SECTION I. The manager shall execute the contract for public improvements (PC-2) with Brownell, Inc. as shown on the plans approved by the Director of Engineering and Public Works for the Paxton Subdivision, Section 1. SECTION H. The extension of municipal water and sewer works for the Paxton Subdivision, Section 1 is approved in accordance with Sections 15-9 and 19-18 of the Town Code. SECTION M. An irrevocable bank letter of credit in a form approved by the town attorney from Equitable Federal Savings and Loan of Maryland with Thomas Galloway as authorized agent in rn Virginia, in the amount of $260,000 is approved as security to guarantee installation of the public improvements shown on plans approved by the Director of Engineering and Public Works for the Paxton Subdivision, Section 1. �f Mr. Curry esked if this would take care of any legal problems. Mr. Minor stated yes. Aye: Councilmemberf Curry, Kelley, Ivarh and Tolbert Nay. None On motion and duly seconded the meeting was adjourned. Mayor Pro-Te-2