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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2015_tcmin1123 COUNCIL MEETING November 23, 2015 Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, 7:30 p.m. Mayor Umstattd presiding. Council Members Present: Kelly Burk, David Butler, Thomas Dunn, Suzanne Fox, Katie Sheldon Hammler, Marty Martinez and Mayor Umstattd. Council Members Absent: None. Staff Present: Deputy Town Manager Keith Markel, Town Attorney Barbara Notar, Director of Planning and Zoning Susan Berry Hill and Clerk of Council Lee Ann Green AGENDA ITEMS 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. INVOCATION: Candace Brinkley 3. SALUTE TO THE FLAG: Mayor Umstattd 4. ROLL CALL: Showing all members present. 5. MINUTES a. Work Session Minutes of November 9, 2015 On a motion by Vice Mayor Burk, seconded by Council Member Butler, the work session minutes of November 9, 2015 were approved by a vote of 7-0. 6. ADOPTING THE MEETING AGENDA On the motion of Vice Mayor Burk, seconded by Council Member Martinez, the meeting agenda was approved after adding Items I1 a and 14a to the Consent Agenda, by the following vote: Aye: Burk, Butler, Dunn, Fox, Hammier, Martinez, and Mayor Umstattd Nay: None Vote: 7-0 7. PRESENTATIONS a. Proclamation -American Indian Heritage Month PROCLAMATION NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH NOVEMBER 2015 WHEREAS, in 1991, Congress passes Senate Joint Resolution 172 which "authorized the President to proclaim the month of November 1991, and the month of each November thereafter, as `American Indian Heritage Month.'; and WHEREAS, American Indians, the first Americans, have made enormous contributions to the life of our Country, and the earliest beginnings of its history; and 1 I Page COUNCIL MEETING November 23, 2015 WHEREAS, American Indians have greatly enhanced the culture, prosperity, and greatness of our Commonwealth and nation; and WHEREAS, local organizations such as the Loudoun Museum and the Thomas Balch Library both offer a variety of information for individuals who wish to discover the contributions that American Indians have made to Loudoun County and nationwide; and WHEREAS, it is fitting to recognize the many accomplishments and contributions of American Indians to our shared culture, and to the preservation of our lands, and of the tradition of America's first inhabitants. THEREFORE PROCLAIMED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia the month of November of the Year 2015 as National American Indian Heritage Month in the Town of Leesburg, and urge the citizens of Leesburg, as well as all community organizations, to preserve and remember the accomplishments of Native Americans throughout the history of our nation. PROCLAIMED this 23th day of November 2015. b. Presentation—Volunteers of America (Chesapeake) and Loudoun Homeless Services—Beth Hodge Ms. Hodge gave a brief presentation on the services provided by the Volunteers of America and the Loudoun Homeless Services to the Loudoun community. 8. PETITIONERS The Petitioner's Section was opened at 7:52 p.m. Christine Gleckner, land use planner with Walsh Colucci: I wanted to clarify for the record our understanding of this motion in that I represent the applicant for the Crescent Parke application, I should clarify, that we will be scheduled for a town council public hearing in February to the extent—we've got a schedule mapped out to the extent that can be adhered to and that the March 8 date was put in the motion kind of as a back stop date. We went one date out beyond what we were expecting to be scheduled for just so we don't have to come back in February for a similar motion again. Our expectation and the schedule is for us to be at a Town Council public hearing in February. Dunn: I just didn't want to have concern from the planning commission that you are going to work together, come up with something—hopefully agreement, but then their concern is often they come up with a plan, the applicant goes away and comes back to Council with a different plan. The extra time that you are looking for is just to pull together, is that your expectation or is it to —I would not want to see that you came back with a whole lot of changes from what the planning commission had discussed with you. 2 I Page COUNCIL MEETING November 23, 2015 Gleckner: Based on the schedule that we have, we are meeting with the planning commission at their first meeting in December to have a discussion with them and to the extent that we can accommodate their comments, I can't guarantee that we are all going to be in agreement, but we will listen and do what we can. Then we will prepare a revised application package that can be advertised for the planning commission public hearing. Then between that public hearing and the town council public hearing, there isn't going to be enough time for a major redo. So, I don't think that will come to pass. We are going to make our best shot to revise and submit an application package in December for both Planning Commission and Town Council consideration. The Petitioners Section was closed at 7:55 p.m. 9. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA On a motion by Council Member Butler, seconded by Council Member Dunn, the following items were moved for approval as the Consent Agenda: a. Easement for Washington Gas Light Company RESOLUTION 2015-137 Authorizing the Conveyance of an Easement to Washington Gas Light Company for a Gas Line on Town Property to Serve the Utilities Waste Water Treatment Facilities Property b. Public Improvements at Spring Arbor of Leesburg(TLPF 2009-0007) RESOLUTION 2015-138 Accepting the Public Improvements, Releasing the Performance Guarantee, and Approving a Maintenance Guarantee for Spring Arbor of Leesburg(TLPF 2009-0007) c. Support for the Toys for Tots Campaign RESOLUTION 2015-139 Town Council Recognizes and Supports the Loudoun County Detachment of the Marine Corps League on the National Toys for Tots Campaign d. Easements for Virginia Electric and Power Company&Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative RESOLUTION 2015-140 Authorizing the Conveyance of an Easement to Virginia Electric and Power Company to Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative for a Utility Easement on Town Property Located Along Sycolin Road e. Initiating Resolution to Amend the Town's Sign Ordinance(Article 15 of the Zoning Ordinance) RESOLUTION 2015-141 3 I Page COUNCIL MEETING November 23, 2015 Initiating Amendments to the Sign Ordinance(Article 15 of the Zoning Ordinance) after the U.S. Supreme Court Decision of Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona, 135 S.CT.2218(2015) f. Motion to Amend the Previously Adopted Crescent Parke Motion MOTION 2015-018 I move that staff and the Planning Commission be directed to forward TLZM2013- 0006 Crescent Parke back to the Town Council such that the application may be advertised for new Town Council public hearing on or before March 8, 2016 The Consent Agenda was approved by the following vote: Aye: Burk, Butler, Dunn, Fox, Hammier, Martinez, and Mayor Umstattd Nay: None Vote: 7-0 10. PUBLIC HEARINGS a. None. 11. RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS a. None. 12. ORDINANCES a. None. 13. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. None. 14. NEW BUSINESS a. Additions to Future Council Meetings Council Member Dunn: There is a couple of things. I guess it could have gone under new business, but I don't think I would have gotten the requisite votes to put a motion to reconsider Zoning Ordinance 2015-135, which we passed last week for the stage and the water park. So, I will just ask that we can put that on for our next meeting. A motion to reconsider. Mayor: It will have to be a motion to rescind. This item will be added to the next Council meeting. Dunn: We need to have a discussion about the process for interim or new mayor. I know that there is a process out there, but we got to actually act on it at some point. It was decided to put this on the January 11 work session agenda. 4 I Page COUNCIL MEETING November 23, 2015 Dunn: The other thing I wanted to bring up was either a zoning ordinance change or text amendment that would allow for seating—tables and chairs, restaurant type seating at convenience type gas stations. Much like you would have a Sheetz or Wawa. I am under the understanding that we don't currently allow that. It is one of those things like why not. So, if we could have a discussion about that, I think that would help in some of our recruitment of businesses and allow some of the developers or land owners to recruit a higher or better quality business or tenant than those that are just strictly gas stations. It was decided to put this on the December work session agenda. Council Member Fox: On November 10 we were presented with a nice presentation about the telecommunication cells. I would like to have a discussion. I think there were some very valid points made. I know the school system would like to expand—get some expansion for the students. I know there are people who can't use cell phones in their homes, and I would like to have a discussion on this. I am hoping to get that on a future agenda. It was decided to put this on the January 11 work session agenda. 15. COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS: Council Member Fox: I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to everybody and I am glad we are going to be out of here by 8:20. Council Member Hammier: I just wanted to let the public know that we apologize if some of the leaves on the curb have been sitting there for a while. There was one truck that was out of commission, but we expect that will be moving at a faster click, but that did come to Council as a concern. I, too, wanted to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels if you are going out of town. Council Member Martinez: Happy Thanksgiving to all. Vice Mayor Burk: I would like to thank the person that returned my scarf that fell off at the Halloween Parade. They were kind enough to send it back to me, but I could not read the return address and I would like to thank them personally for doing that, so if they are within hearing distance and they could give me a call or send me an email, I would really appreciate it. I want to welcome some new businesses to town—the Bank of Clarke County, Spokes in the Villages at Leesburg, the DSW Shoe place, and the Joint Chiropractic Services. Congratulations to the Bluemont Concert Series. They were recognized by Dominion Power and Middleburg Bank for their education series and they received a check for$5,000, which most certainly was well deserved. I would like to thank the George Marshall International Center for their Veteran's Day celebration. They do such a good job honoring vets. The following Sunday, they had lunch with Etta Dennis. She is a local person who was born in Norway and lived through the Holocaust. She is absolutely one of the most interesting people you will ever meet and we are lucky to have her here in Leesburg and it was a fascinating afternoon. If you have not had a chance, go see the American Revolution Statute. Many, many people of very diverse backgrounds worked to 5 I Page COUNCIL MEETING November 23, 2015 raise money for this and it was a great partnership and they were able to reach their goal and it is quite impressive. I am going to congratulate Stilson Greene and Don Chapman for organizing the Songs, Stories and Gas Money series, kind of like an indoor Acoustics on the Green. I wanted to thank Stacy at the Villages of Leesburg for allowing me to stand in for the Mayor at the tree lighting at the villages. My grandson was very excited to see all the lights although he did not like the man on stilts. I want to wish everybody a very, very happy Thanksgiving. Council Member Butler: I would like to say that the Veteran's Day stuff was really nice. It was nice seeing everybody and everybody giving praise and stories about veterans from a number of different wars. The Village at Leesburg was really hopping on Saturday afternoon and also evening. It was amazing how many people were out there having dinner. There were lines out the door at just about every restaurant on that strip there. Other than that, I hope everybody has a Happy Thanksgiving. Council Member Dunn: I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and encourage you to get together with family, because if it is like mine, if you don't show up you are the one they are going to be talking about. 16. MAYOR'S COMMENTS I would like to thank the Chamber of Commerce for putting on the Nonprofit's Legislative Reception last week. It was very worthwhile. I got to talk with a lot of really top notch nonprofits. Interfaith Relief, as you might anticipate, is extremely busy at this time of the year putting together thanksgiving meals for people who need help feeding their families. I would like to make one disclosure. I met with Molly Novotny and representatives of one our Lutheran Churches in town who are proposing to build a day care center and eventually a church on the 15 acres adjacent to the back yards of the Jacob Court residences in Woodlea Manor. So, that is underway. That would require potentially a boundary line adjustment to bring it into the town. I expect that other council members will be contacted both by folks in Woodlea who are monitoring this and by Molly Novotny, who is representing the church. I had a really amazing experience as an educator for the day at Tuscarora High School on the 19t. I got to teach three civics classes there with Wendy [inaudible] who is a wonderful teacher. It was really eye opening. First and foremost because the students were all so very polite and attentive. So, a lot of credit goes to them, but Ms. [Yakov] is just excellent at monitoring her students, how much they are learning, what the best way is for them to learn, but I learned that there are certainly challenges for good teachers when it comes to the resources they are being given to do the best job they can. But, she is wonderful and so are her students. 17. MANAGER'S COMMENTS First off, I want to wish Kaj a speedy recovery and hope he is back to 100 percent real soon. Also, thank you for the leaf comment. The crews are working extremely hard. So, I want to thank the public works team out there. We have got four trucks working six days a week. Just to give you an idea—the magnitude, it is a blessing to have so many great trees in this town, but that also means a lot of leaves and a lot of clean up. Each day we are collecting over 20 tons of leaf debris throughout the town and recycling that, so it is a huge task and they are working very hard. Over the next few weeks, they will be making a 6 I Page COUNCIL MEETING November 23, 2015 serious dent in all the accumulating leaves. So, we are working on that. Also, I wanted to let you know that Hope Parkway is getting the finishing touches put on it so I sent out a note to you all looking for a ribbon cutting hopefully late next week if that works for your schedules. So, let me know if that works and we will get that scheduled. [inaudible]. All that is in and will be delivered next Monday. Installation Tuesday/Wednesday, if mother nature cooperates and the weather holds out. Everything is in place. Other than that, a very Happy Thanksgiving. 18. ADJOURNMENT On a motion by Council Member Martinez, seconded by Council Member Fox, the meeting was adjourned at 8:21 p.m. Kristen C. Umstattd, Mayor Town of Leesburg v • t tii Clerk of '• 2015_tcmin1123 7 I Page