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RESOLUTION NO. 97-13
PRESENTED January 14, 1997
ADOPTED January 14, 1997
A RESOLUTION: AMENDING A LETTER OF INTENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND
THE LEESBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC. AND
PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF FIBERGLASS ROOF SHINGLES ON
THE FIRE STATION TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PUBLIC
SAFETY CENTER SITE
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg and Leesburg Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. executed
a Letter of Intent which provides terms under which the Leesburg Fire Company, Inc. will
construct and operate a fire station on the property purchased by the town for a public safety
center; and
WHEREAS, the town secured the services of an architect specializing in the design of
public buildings to design a police station for the public safety center site; and
WHEREAS, the architect provided an attractive design that met the needs of the police
department, and was approved by Town Council; and
WHEREAS, the design for the police station included a painted standing seam metal roof
for the police station to relate the facility to the "family" of town buildings on which similar roofs
have been installed; and
WHEREAS, under the terms of the aforementioned Letter of Intent, it was agreed that
"The building size, architecturals, elevations, site location, and site improvements of the fire
station shall be agreed to by both parties prior to construction thereof'; and
WHEREAS, the fire company was duly and in a timely manner advised of the design for
the exterior elevation of the police station, which included a painted standing seam metal roof;
A RESOLUTION:
and
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AMENDING A LETTER OF INTENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND
THE LEESBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC. AND
PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF FIBERGLASS ROOF SHINGLES ON
THE FIRE STATION TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PUBLIC
SAFETY CENTER SITE
WHEREAS, the architect for the fire company provided a design for the fire station which
harmonizes well with the design for the police station in all aspects but the roof covering
material; and
WHEREAS, the fire company elected not to install a painted standing seam metal roof
on the fire station to reduce the cost of its facility; and
WHEREAS, the fire company petitioned the town for relief from the requirement for
constructing a painted standing seam metal roof on the fire station and suggested substitution
thereof with a fiberglass shingle roof material; and
WHEREAS, the fire company advised the town that the color of the fiberglass shingle
roof proposed for the fire station would match as closely as possible the roof of the police station
using a standard available color.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I: The Town Manager is authorized to execute, on behalf of the town,
an amendment to the Letter of Intent Between The Town of Leesburg And The Leesburg
Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. conditionally relieving the fire company of the requirement for a
painted standing seam metal roof, and granting conditional approval of the use of fiberglass
shingles on
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A RESOLUTION: AMENDING A LETTER OF INTENT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND
THE LEESBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC. AND
PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF FIBERGLASS ROOF SHINGLES ON
THE FIRE STATION TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PUBLIC
SAFETY CENTER SITE
the fire station, provided that the fire company shall submit to the council, and obtain approval
thereof, a sample of the material in the color proposed for such use on the fire station, to ensure
that the color of the shingles will provide an acceptable match to the color of the painted standing
seam metal roof specified for the police station.
SECTION II: Upon approval by the Town Council of the color of the fiberglass
shingles proposed for use on the fire station, the Town Manager shall cause to be issued any
required approvals and permits by the town.
PASSED this 14thday of January , 1997.
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
james E. Clem, Mayor
Town of Leesburg