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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED March 13, 1990
90-44 ADOPTED March 13~ 1990
ASKING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO EXPEDITE THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE LEESBURG LIFIRARY
WHEREAS, Leesburg's Thomas Balch Library, built in 1922 to hold 4,000 books, now holds
40,000 books and is wholly inadequate to service the needs of the growing Leesburg community of
over 19,000 people; and
WHEREAS, Loudoun citizens recognized the severe deficiencies of our library system and
approved a $6.6 million bond referendum in 1984 for new library projects to include a new Leesburg
library; and
WHEREAS, Loudoun County has used these bond funds to open new libraries in Middleburg
and Lovettsville, and to plan a new library in Eastern Loudoun; and
WHEREAS, the county administrator proposed to further delay construction of the new
Leesburg library until FY 1992; and
WHEREAS, it is physically impossible to complete construction of the Leesburg library at the
Old Waterford Road site adjacent to Ida Lee Park by July 9, 1991, which was the completion date
imposed by the Deed of Gift and Dedication of the 3-acre site to the county; and
WHEREAS, without modification of the dedication instrument, this land will revert to Ida Lee
Park and will be ineligible as a site for the new library, and
WHEREAS, this Council wishes to convey to the Board of Supervisors its utmost cooperation in
assuring that this 3-acre tract remains the property of the public library board and Loudoun County
and that it seeks the support of the Board of Supervisors to include funding in the budget to allow
construction to begin on this facility as soon as possible:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Vir~nia as follows:
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RESOLUTION - CONSTRUCTION OF THE LEESBURG T,mRARY
SECTION I. This Council joins the hundreds of Leesburg citizens who ask the Board of
Supervisors to ensure funding for the Leesburg library in the proposed FY 1991 County of Loudoun
budget so that construction of the new Leesburg library can commence as soon as possible. This
Council directs the town msnager to ensure a thorough and expedited review of all plans and
submittals for this critical facility.
SECTION II. This Council has no objection and fully supports a revised Deed of Gift and
Dedication to allow additional time necessary for the County of Loudoun to complete construction of
the Leesburg library adjacent to Ida Lee Park.
SECTION III. The town m-nager is authorized and directed to forward copies of this resolution
to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, the Public Library Board of Loudoun County, Mr. and
Mrs. Wi!H,m F. Rust, Jr., and the Leesburg area news medi~
PASSED this 13th day of March
~990.
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
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Clerk of Co, cji-
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