HomeMy Public PortalAbout2005_03_08_r044The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED: March 8, 2005
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-/44 ADOPTED: March 8, 2005
A RESOLUTION: APPROVING THE TOWN/OAKLAWN AGREEMENT
AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO
EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the Sycolin Road Widening is a Capital Improvement Project that
will widen Sycolin Road from two-lane undivided to a four-lane divided roadway from
Hope Parkway to the southern corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, funds from various funding sources in the amount of $6,206,744
were allocated to design and construct the Sycolin Road Widening Project; and
WHEREAS, funds in the amount of $965,450 have been obligated to design the
Sycolin Road Widening Project and to construct the temporary turn lanes at the
intersection of Sycolin Road at Lawson Road and Sycolin Road at Tolbert Lane; and
WHEREAS, the estimated additional funding in the amount of $6,293,256 is
needed to fully fund the Sycolin Road Widening Project and is being accumulated at a
rate of approximately $1,000,000 per year from the town's share of the Loudoun County
Gasoline Tax; and
WHEREAS, construction of the Sycolin Road Widening Project is expected to
start by FY 2011 when all the funds are in place; and
WHEREAS, Oaklawn is proffered to build a right mm lane and other necessary
connections to the proposed Battlefield Parkway on the west side of Sycolin Road; and
A RESOLUTION:
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APPROVING THE TOWN/OAKLAWN AGREEMENT AND
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXCUTE THIS
AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, both the tom Sycolin Road Widening and the Oaklawn's proffered
improvements, contemplate improvements to the intersection of Sycolin Road and
Battlefield Parkway, however, timing would create duplicative construction processes,
avoidable financial impacts and public inconvenience; and
WHEREAS, to take advantage of the efficiencies associated with constructing the
Oaklawn proffered improvement and the town Sycolin Road Widening as a single project
at the intersection of Sycolin Road and Battlefield Parkway, and to avoid the unnecessary
expense of demolition Oaklawn's improvements at this intersection if both projects were
undertaken separately; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the town and Oaklawn to enter into the attached
Road Construction Agreement to provide the coordinated construction of the intersection
as a single project;
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. The attached Road Construction Agreement is hereby approved.
SECTION II. The Town Manager is authorized to execute this Road Construction
Agreement.
PASSED this 8th day of March 2005.
ATTEST:
erk-of ~ouncil
~C. Uh]stattd, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
R05: Approving Town/Oaklawn Agreement