HomeMy Public PortalAbout1998_08_11_R182 Stating the Council's Position re Wastewater Policy West of the Town's Corporate LimitsThe Town of
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED August 11, 1998
98-182 ADOPTED August 11, 1998
STATING THE TOWN COUNCIL'S POSITION REGARDING
WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE WEST OF THE
TOWN' S CORPORATE LIMIT
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Planning and Zoning Committee of the Town Council
requested at its August 4, 1998, meeting to have the full Council consider expressing a
position on providing town water and wastewater service west of the corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, the issue of water and wastewater service outside the town corporate
limits is discussed in elements one and five of the newly adopted 1997 Town Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Town Plan states that the town's water and wastewater master
plans anticipated only limited growth west of Leesburg based upon Loudoun County's
comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, the issue was thoroughly discussed in the enclosed Planning
Department memos dated January 28, 1993, and February 9, 1993, regarding proposed
development of Shenstone Farm and other developments west of Leesburg; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council in 1993 advised Loudoun County Planning
Commission members that no available water capacity and limited wastewater capacity
(.44 MGD) is available in the Dry Mill Branch sewershed and that town facilities were and
are being constructed in anticipation of little or no growth in the area west of town; and
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RESOLUTION - WATER AND SEWER SERVICE
WHEREAS, internal analyses conducted by the Utilities Department in 1991 and
1992 evaluated the potential of Shenstone and the Dry Mill Branch areas developing; and
WHEREAS, the department's analyses concluded that the development of
Shenstone Farm and subsequently the Dry Mill Branch sewershed would require a radical
change in our water and wastewater master plans with resulting substantial infrastructure
improvements requiring prohibitive funding.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia.
The established Town Council policy clearly delineated in the 1997 Town Plan,
Water and Wastewater Master Plans and in the 1984 annexation agreement and
subsequent Annexation Area Development Polices (AADPs) discouraging the extension of
water and wastewater facilities west of Leesburg's corporate limits is hereby reaffirmed.
PASSED this 11b day of August, 1998.
J/ffmes E. Clem, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of Council
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