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The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED May 22. 2007
RESOLUTION NO. 2007-89
ADOPTED
May 22. 2007
A RESOLUTION:
SUPPORTING EXPANSION OF THE LEESBURG WATERSHED
PLANNING COMMITTEE AND DIRECTING THE FOCUS OF
THEIR WORK
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg adopted a resolution on September 14,2004 to
work cooperatively with the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEe) for watershed planning
within the Town; and
WHEREAS, as part of that resolution the Town Council established a Steering
Committee consisting of the Environmental Advisory Commission, a member of the
Planning Commission as selected by that Commission and appropriate Town staff to
coordinate the efforts of the Town and the PEC; and
WHEREAS, watershed planning can help implement the natural resources policies of
the Town Plan, the Urban Forestry Management Plan, the Parks and Recreation Plan, and the
Town's Virginia Discharge EI~mination System permit for stormwater; and
WHEREAS, the Leesburg Watershed Steering Committee established by the Town
Council recommends the following strategy to address watershed improvement
recommendations contained within the report entitled "Summary of Findings from Tuscarora
Creek Field Work and Baseline Assessments."
THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION 1. The Town Council hereby endorses expansion and continuation of the
Leesburg Watershed Steering Committee to increase stakeholder input through the addition
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A RESOLUTION : SUPPORTING EXPANSION OF THE LEESBURG
WATERSHED PLANNING COMMITTEE AND DIRECITNG
THE FOCUS OF THEIR WORK
of representatives from the business community, the building industry, a local conservation
group, public or private schools, and Town residents (the additional representatives to be
sought by the Committee).
SECTION II. The Town Council requests the Leesburg Watershed Steering
Committee complete an evaluation of the 87 recommendations in the Tuscarora Creek
Watershed Study to determine short-term priorities based on feasibility, cost-benefit, and
furtherance of natural resource policies of the Town Plan, the Urban Forestry Management
Plan, the Parks and Recreation Plan, and the Town's Virginia Discharge Elimination System
(MS-4) permit for stormwater.
SECTION III. Any Leesburg Watershed Protection Plan recommended by the
Steering Committee be developed in cooperation with current efforts to develop a county-
wide stream protection Strategy for Watershed Management (SWMS).
SECTION IV. The Town Council hereby endorses Town pursuit of grants and
partnerships to fund such activities as public education, demonstration projects, reforestation,
watershed planning, stormwater management programs and other priorities as may be
recommended by the Steering Committee and approved by the Town Council.
PASSED this 22nd day of May 2007.
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ATTEST:
R07: Watershed Committee - Resolution.doc