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RESOLUTION NO.
PRESENTED September 27, 1996
96-204 ADOPTED September 27, 1996
A RESOLUTION: STATING LEESBURG'S POSITION ON A HIGH SCHOOL SITE
WHEREAS, on July 17, 1996, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors adopted a
resolution authorizing the acquisition of a twenty-acre Leesburg elementary school site conditioned
upon the town's adoption of a resolution committing to provide a sixty-acre high school site by July
1, 1998, and
WHEREAS, Mayor Clem's letter of July 31, 1996, defining the Town Council's time frame
for response was received favorably by Chairman Myers on behalf of the Loudoun County Board
of Supervisors by letter on August 6, 1996; and
WHEREAS, the responsibility for provision of education for Leesburg children is the
responsibility of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the Loudoun County School Board;
and
as
(AADP's); and
WHEREAS, Leesburg citizens pay full Loudoun County taxes to finance education; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has always fulfilled and will continue to fulfill its obligations
required in the Annexation Agreement and the Annexation Area Development Policies
WHEREAS, the Town Council is and has always been committed to work with the Loudoun
County Board of Supervisors and the Loudoun County School Board to ensure safe, quality
education for Leesburg's school children; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council's commitment is exemplified by the following examples:
recent installation at a cost of over $300,000 of two traffic signals--Edwards
Ferry/Plaza and Route 621/South King that provide safe and more effective
pedestrian and vehicular movements for the specific benefit of walking school
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children at Edwards Ferry/Plaza and school bus traffic at Route 621/South
King Street.
the installation, at a cost of over $40,000, for a traffic signal at Catoctin Circle
and Dry Mill Road for the benefit of Loudoun County High School.
the investment of over 1,000 hours per year of professional law enforcement
personnel toward the popular DARE, Adopt-A-Cop, Safety Day, and a
myriad of other law enforcement related programs being conducted fully at
the Town's expense to improve the quality of education for children at the
elementary, middle, and high schools in Leesburg.
Balch Library is open and available for school research projects today only
through the diligent efforts of Town Council and the taxpayers of Leesburg.
Sycolin Road, the main route for school buses serving Cool Spring Elementary
and Simpson Middle School, will be resurfaced this fall by 100% town tax
revenue.
the Town Council has worked with the state highway department to improve
the Sycolin/Bypass intersection for the benefit of school traffic.
the Town staff and Town Council worked diligently to ensure finished sites
for the Cool Spring, Balls Bluff Elementary School and the Potomac Station
Middle School.
the Town established a pro rata fee to provide water to serve the Potomac
Station Middle School site earlier than planned and;
WHEREAS, the Town Council was discreetly but actively investigating and analyzing
potential sites for the new elementary and high schools when the advertisement for design/build
appeared in the local newspapers causing adverse impact on prices under consideration; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council was meeting regularly and discussing the Board's
request in light of our obligation under the AADP's; and
WHEREAS, the Town has consistently met its AADP obligations and will continue
working with the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the Loudoun County School Board to
ensure a safe and quality education for our children.
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THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. The Town will meet its obligations as identified in the Annexation Agreement
and AADP's with Loudoun County.
SECTION II. In the spirit of cooperation with the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
and the Loudoun County School Board, although the Town Council is not obligated to provide a
high school site of this size at this time, the Town Council will provide or finance a high school site
of 50 acres by July 1, 2000, providing the following criteria are satisfied:
(1) Citizens of Leesburg attend schools currently located in Leesburg or at future
sites in locations acceptable to the Town Council.
(2) The Town is hereby relieved of any further obligations under the AADP's to
acquire school sites.
SECTION III. The Town Council reaffirms its continuing offer to meet and work with the
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the Loudoun County School Board to reinforce the
necessary dialogue to ensure safe, quality education for all of Leesburg's school children.
SECTION IV. This resolution shall be in effect upon its passage.
PASSED this 27th day of Sevtember , 1996.
· Clem, Mayor
Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
R:H.Sch. Site
The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED September 27, 1996
ADOPTED September 27, 1996
the Leesburg Town Council.
PASSED this 27th day of September, 1996.
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
2Yames E. Clem, Mayor
/Town of Leesburg
RESOLUTION NO. 96-204-A
A RESOLUTION: CERTIFYING EXECUTIVE SESSION OF SEPTEMBER 27, 1996
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, has this day convened in
Executive Session in accordance with an affirmative recorded vote of the Leesburg Town Council and in
accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Leesburg Town Council does hereby certify
that to the best of each member's knowledge, 1) only public business matters lawfully exempted from
open Ineeting requirements under the Freedom of Information Act were discussed in the Executive
Session to which this certification applies; and 2) only such public business matters as were identified
in the Motion by which the said Executive Session was convened were heard, discussed or considered by
The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED October 2, 1996
RESOLUTION NO. 96-204-B ADOPTED October 2, 1996
A RESOLUTION: CERTIFYING EXECUTIVE SESSION OF OCTOBER 2, 1996
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, has this day convened in
Executive Session in accordance with an affirmative recorded vote of the Leesburg Town Council and in
accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Leesburg Town Council does hereby certify
that to the best of each member's knowledge, 1) only public business matters lawfully exempted from
open meeting requirements under the Freedom of Information Act were discussed in the Executive
Session to which this certification applies; and 2) only such public business matters as were identified
in the Motion by which the said Executive Session was convened were heard, discussed or considered by
the Leesburg Town Council.
PASSED this 2nd (lay of ~)_c.~xt>_e.r__, 1996.
Jja4nes E. Clem, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council