HomeMy Public PortalAbout1977_02_09_R026RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED February 9~ 1977
77-26 ADOPTED February 9~ 1977
AUTHORIZING MANAGER TO MAKE OFFER TO HERBERT BRYANT
ASSOCIATES FOR TRACT OF LAND.
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg and the Town Council have for
many years recognized that the portion of Harrison Street Extended
from East Royal Street to East South Street was privately owned
but has been used as a street by the public for many years; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid portion of Harrison Street Extended
has been recently and unexpectedly obstructed by a lessee of the
owner of said street; and
WHEREAS, obstruction of said street will cause serious eco-
nomic problems to the landowers and businesses served by said
street, as well as serious interference with fire protection to
the entire area; and
WHEREAS, the other public streets which provide access to the
industries and residences are inadequate especially for heavy trucks
and tractor-trailers; and
WHEREAS, the safety, health and welfare of the citizens of the
Town of Leesburg would require the free utilization immediately of
the aforesaid street; and
WHEREAS, Herbert Bryant Associates advised that it would
not sell a small portion of their tract of land to the town for
street purposes; and
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WHEREAS, after due consideration of the legal aspects in-
cluding resort to condemnation and the emergency nature of the
obstruction of the street, the Council has determined to acquire
the entire parcel owned by Herbert Bryant Associates with the
objective of utilizing the necessary area for establishing a
street and re-sale of the remainder unless a pressing public
use can be made for its retention:
NOW, THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Lees-
burg, Virginia, as follows:
The manager is authorized and directed to offer, in a form
approved by the Town Attorney, up to $70,000 cash to Herbert Bryant
Associates on a square footage basis for marketable and insurable
titl~ within thirty days from acceptance of this offer, to the ap-
proximately 44,000 square foot tract of Herbert Bryant Associates
in the Town of Leesburg subject to survey acceptable to the town,
and further subject to the condition that neither Herbert Bryant
Associates ~r its lessee shall, after acceptance of this offer,
interfere with the movement of traffic across the tract in the
existing roadbed from Royal Street to South Street. This offer
shall be subject to acceptance within five days from receipt.
PASSED this 9th day of February , 1977.
ATTEST:
Clerk of ~uncil
Mary Anise Newman, Mayor
Town of Leesburg