HomeMy Public PortalAbout1988_11_08_R216RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED November 8, 1988
88-216 ADOPTED November 8~ 1988
ENDORSING A LEESBURG AREA LOCATION FOR THE PROPOSED COUNTY
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLEX
'WHEREAS, the growth of Loudoun County's government has outpaced its
ability to efficiently house the necessary personnel to manage and provide
services to one of the fastest growing populations in Northern Virginia; and
WHEREAS, in response to this need, the County of Loudoun has issued a
Request For Proposals to the Metropolitan Washington development community
to make available land and buildings to create a new consolidated county
government administrative complex; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg has been the county seat and gow~rnment
center for Loudoun County for over 200 years; and
WHEREAS, a Leesburg area location for the county government coz~lex
will facilitate the necessary linkage between the administrative e]Lements
of the county government and its courts complex; and
WHEREAS, the location of the county administrative complex in or near
Leesburg reinforces and strengthens Leesburg's historic relationship with
Loudoun County as its largest town and seat of government; and
WHEREAS, locating the new consolidated county administration complex
outside the Leesburg area will adversely affect Leesburg's economic
development opportunities and will impair the retention and growth of
support services including legal, real estate, land development and other
professional services; and
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RESOLUTION - ENDORSING A LEESBURG LOCATION FOR THE PROPOSED COUNTY COMPLEX
WHEREAS, the Annexation Area Development Policies, Town Plan and Town
Council Goals for 1988 all encourage retention of the county seat and
administrative offices within the Town of Leesburg; and
WHEREAS, significant zoned lands are available in Leesburg to accom-
modate the county's office needs; and
WHEREAS, Leesburg's central location enhances the access and
convenience of county citizens to county government services; and
WHEREAS, this Council wishes to publicly express its interest in
retaining the county administrative offices within the Town of Leesburg:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. This Council supports the location of a new consolidated
county administrative complex within the Town of Leesburg or its ~,ediate
environs west of Goose Creek.
SECTION II. This Council, town manager and staff pledge to work with
the county to expedite the land development approval process and to take
such other reasonable steps necessary to facilitate any successful proposal
to develop a consolidated county administrative complex within the Town of
Leesburg.
PASSED this
8th day of
Clerk of/Council
Novembe~~
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg