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RESOLUTION NO.
89-144
PRESENTED July 25, 1989
ADOPTED July 25, 1989
A RESOLUTION: ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE THE RETENTION
OF THE COUNTY SEAT IN LEESBURG
WHEREAS, this Council on November 8, 1988 endorsed a Leesburg location for Loudoun County's
consolidated government center; and
WHEREAS, Leesburg has been the county seat and center for county administration for over 230
years; and
WHE~, the preservation of m~or elements of county administration in or near Leesburg's
historic downtown is of the highest priority of this Council; and
WHE~, the growth, vitality and major role Leesburg plays today in the civic, business
and cultural life of the county is inextricably linked to the town remaining the county seat and host for
the county's administrative offices; and
WHE~, this Council wishes to participate in and promote the efforts of Leesburg's business
and professional community to ensure the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors carefully considers the
mAniFold tangible and intangible benefits a Leesburg location for the new county administrative complex
holds for both the county's and the town's future:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. A committee is hereby created of town government representatives and leaders of
the Leesburg business and professional community and citizens to work toward the preservation of
Leesburg as the county seat for Loudoun County government and to ensure that the future consolidated
county administrative complex win be located in or near Leesburg~s Historic District.
SECTION H. The following are hereby appointed to serve on this committee until its expiratiom
Paul E. Bengtson, Ken Crovo, Christopher Mundy, Norman Myers, Bruce T. Roberts,
Howard M. Armfield, Grenville T. Emmet
ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE
PASSED this 25th day of
ATTEST:
Clerk of Co~cil
July ,1989.
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
seat