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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED March 26, 1991
91-71 ADOPTED March 26, 1991
ESTABLISHING A POSITION ON REDISTRICTING OF LOUDOUN COUNTY
WHEREAS, the House of Delegates redistricting plan which was approved by the House of
Delegates Privileges and Elections Committee on March 21, 1991, creates the 32nd and 33rd districts,
which both include Town of Leesburg precincts; and
WHEREAS, the proposed 33rd district contains a population of 64,298, which includes Dry Mill and
Simpson precincts in the Town of Leesburg, all precincts in northern Fauquier County and western
Loudoun County (except Lucketts precinct), the Arcola precinct in eastern Loudoun County, and Kinross
and Franklin precincts in western Fairfax County; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg, county seat of Loudoun County, shares a "community of
interest" that should not be split between two districts and from other towns in Loudoun; and
WHEREAS, Leesburg east, Leesburg west and Lucketts precincts can be transferred from the 32nd
to the 33rd district and Arcola, Franklin and Kinross precincts can be transferred from the 33rd to the
32nd district to maintain the legally permissible population in each district:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
The Leesburg Town Council hereby requests the House Privileges and Elections Committee and
the House of Delegates to maintain the Town of Leesburg, a dearly defined community of interest, in
a single delegate district, by transferring Leesburg east, Leesburg west and Lucket~ precincts from the
proposed 32nd to the proposed 33rd district and Arcola, Franklin and Kinross precincts from the
proposed 33rd to the proposed 32nd district.
PASSED this 26th day of March , 1991.
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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