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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1978_06_14_R114 TOWN OF LEESBURG IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA PRESENTED June 14' ~I978 RESOLUTION NO. 78-114 ADOPTE~ June~14~ 1978 A RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT FOR PURCHASE OF WELL SITES AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, as follows: SECTION I. The Mayor is authorized and directed to execute an agreement in a form approved by the Town Attorney on behalf of the town with Consolidated Dairy Farms, Inc., for the purchase of two parcels of land containing 10,000 and 10,390 square feet, respectively, as described on the two plats made by DeLashmutt Associates, Certified Engineers and Land Surveyors, dated June, 1978. The terms and conditions of the agreement shall be as follows: (a) The purchase price shall be $16,000.00, of which $2,000.00 shall be paid upon execution of the agree- ment, and the balance of the purchase price shall be paid by check at the time of delivery of the deed conveying the parcels of land. (b) The town shall be entitled to take possession of the land on the date of closing. (c) The title to the real estate shall be marketable and insurable without exception by a recognized title insurance company and free of any restriction or encumbrance which would inhibit the use of the real estate for well sites for the production of water. (d) The seller shall agree to convey the land according to the survey and plats with general warranty of title and the usual English covenants of title. (e) The real estate taxes shall be prorated to the date of closing and the seller will pay the grantor tax on the conveyance. -2- (f) The agreement shall be contingent upon the purchaser securing all of the necessary permits and approvals from the appropriate agencies prior to the date of closing for the production of water and if not secured within the time prescribed herein the seller shall return the $2,000.00 deposit. (g) If the present title of seller does not prove to be marketable or insurable or has restrictions inhibiting the proposed use, the town may declare the purchase rescinded and the seller shall return the deposit forth- with and there shall be no further liability on the part of the seller. (h) Full settlement shall be made on or before October 1, 1978, provided all permits and approvals have been secured. In the event additional time is required by the town to secure the aforesaid, seller agrees to extend the time for performance until December 1, 1978 but no longer. (i) If title is marketable and insurable and purchaser neglects or refuses to complete the purchase, the earnest money may, at seller's option, be forfeited as liquidated damages. SECTION II. An appropriation is made to Account #50,000.805, Well Development, in the amount of $2,000.00 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978. PASSED this l~th day of June , 1978. ATTESTs: Clerk of ~ouncil Mary A~ne Newman, Mayor Town of Leesburg