HomeMy Public PortalAbout1984_06_13_R083The Town of Leesburg in Virginia
PRESENTED June 13, 1984
RESOLUTION NO. 84-83 ADOPTED June 13, 1984
A RESOLUTION: REQUESTING TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ROUTE 654 (LAWSON
ROAD) FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS' SECONDARY ROAD IM-
PROVEMENT PROGRAM TO THE TOWN OF LEESBURG'S URBAN ACCOUNT
WHEREAS, the town on January 1, 1984 annexed 7.5 square miles of territory
in Loudoun County; and
WHEREAS, the annexation included Secondary Route 654 located southeast of
the old corporate limits and extending from the intersection of Route 643 to
the intersection of Route 7; and
WHEREAS, State Secondary fund allocations had been made toward the improve-
ment of this section of Route 654 in the amount of $300,000; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Loudoun County, by resolution, has re-
quested that the funds be utilized for the improvement of Route 654 which, as a
result of the annexation, has become a municipal street maintained by the town;
and
WHEREAS, the town is desirous of providing improvements to Route 654 to im-
prove service to residents of that area as had been planned by the Board of Super-
visors:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I. The Leesburg Town Council requests that the sum of $284,545.77,
which sum had been allocated toward the improvements for Route 654, be trans-
ferred to the State Urban System accounts for allocation to an Urban Improvement
project for Route 654 (Lawson Road), which project shall be identified and re-
quested by the Leesburg Town Council within one year of this resolution.
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RESOLUTION: REQUESTING TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ROUTE 654
SECTION II. If the town fails to request said project within this one year
time period or if, after said project has been requested by the town and work has
commenced on engineering, right-of-way or construction and the town subsequently
decides to cancel such construction or improvement, the town agrees that said
funds shall be returned to the Secondary System funds for Loudoun County and the
town shall reimburse the Department of Highways and Transportation the net amount
of all funds expended by the Department for planning, engineering, right-of-way
acquisition or construction.
PASSED this 13th day of
ATTEST:
Clerk of C~ncil
June ., 1984.
Town of Leesburg