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RESOLUTION NO.
88-4
PRESENTED
ADOPTED
January 13~ 1988
January 13~ 1988
A RESOLUTION: LEESBURG SUPPORT FOR A NORTHERN VIRGINIA SUBREGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION PLAN
WHEREAS, on September 17, 1987 Governor Gerald Baliles, in
recognition of the extraordinary transportation needs of Northern Virginia,
directed the development of a detailed Subregional Transportation Plan
for the area; and
WHEREAS, this Plan in map form, should reflect regional consensus on
transportation objectives and indicate construction objectives in the
greatest possible detail including, but not limited to, specific
rights-of-way, identification of interchanges, locations of new
transportation corridors (including the proposed Dulles Toll Road
Extension), mass transit and traffic management alternatives, demographic
information, and the estimated cost of necessary improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Plan will be the result of a fully coordinated effort
between State, local and federal entities, as well as the private sector,
and will take into consideration the transportation needs identified by
each of these entities; and
WHEREAS, such coordination is to be ensured through regularly
scheduled meetings of Policy, Technical and Citizen Committees composed of
mayors, board chairs, regional transportation organization chairs, local
staff representatives, and citizen representatives; and
WHEREAS, the Plan is to be prepared within one year; and the need for
such a detailed transportation Plan is fully recognized:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
~ESB~G SUPPORT FOR A NORTHE~ VIRGINIA SUB~GIONAL TRANSPO~TION
PLAN
SECTION I. This Council fully supports the efforts to prepare a
Northern Subregional Transportation Plan, and offers the assistance of
the Town of Leesburg in the corporative development of the Plan, as
necessary in order to achieve Governor Baliles' objective to have the
Plan adopted within one year.
SECTION II. Once the Northern Virginia Subregional Transportation
Plan is prepared, the Town of Leesburg will consider necessary amendments
to the Transportation Element of the Town Plan in order to implement the
Plan.
SECTION III. The Town Manager is authorized and directed to
transmit a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Gerald L. Baliles,
Governor of the Commonwealth; the Honorable VivianWatts, Secretary of
Transportation; the Honorable Ray D. Pethtel, Commissioner of
Transportation; the Honorable Charles L. Waddel~ the Honorable Kenneth B.
Rollins~ the Honorable Robert Andrews and Charles Perry, District
Engineer for the Northern Virginia District of the Virginia Department of
Transportation.
PASSED this 13th day of January , 1988.
Town of Leesburg
ATTE ST:
Clerk of~ouncil