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RESOLUTION NO. 2 0 0 2-16 0
PRESENTED September 24, 2002
ADOPTED September 24, 2002
A RESOLUTION:
APPROVING THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN FOR
VETERANS PARK AT BALLS BLUFF
WHEREAS, in March, 2001, the Town of Leesburg acquired an 86-acre tract of
land with frontage on the Potomac River and located immediately adjacent to Balls Bluff
Regional Park, which is operated by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council appropriated funds as part of the Fiscal Year 2001
budget for the development of the park master plan site, which is now officially known as
Veterans Park at Balls Bluff; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council awarded a contract to Rhodeside and Harwell,
Incorporated to develop a master plan for the park site; and
WHEREAS, Rhodeside and Harwell worked closely with staff from the Leesburg
Parks and Recreation Department, Leesburg Planning Department, and the Northern
Virginia Regional Park Authority to develop alternative park plans; and
WHEREAS, Rhodeside and Harwell encouraged citizen involvement in the
planning process by conducting two citizen input sessions; and
WHEREAS, as a result, the proposed alternatives were molded into one
recommendation that promotes primarily passive development for the park site proposing
a park access road to the river, an outdoor education/visitors' center, trails, and a non-
motorized boat launch area; and
A RESOLUTION:
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APPROVING THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN FOR
VETERANS PARK AT BALLS BLUFF
WHEREAS, the proposed master plan has been unanimously endorsed by both
the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission and the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on Tuesday, September 10, 2002, to
consider the proposed master plan for Veterans Park at Balls Bluff; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Parks and Recreation recommends adopting the
master plan for Veterans Park at Balls Bluff as presented.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
that the proposed master plan for Veterans Park at Balls Bluff, dated August 2002, which
promotes primarily passive development for the park site including a park access road to
the river, an outdoor education/visitors' center, trails, and a non-motorized boat launch
area, is approved as presented.
FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the implementation and timing of this long-range
park master plan depends on the town-Wide priorities of the Council, the availability of
funding and the debt situation of the town at that time.
PASSED this 24th day of September 2002.
ATTEST:
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