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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1996_09_27_R204 The Town of Leesburg, [ Vi g' ' lnla 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 RESOLUTION - HIGH SCHOOL SITE -2- 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. IO RESOLUTION - HIGH SCHOOL SITE -3- 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