The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My Public Portal About2007_10_10_r143 The Town of Leesburg, ,~_'lirginia PRESENTED October 10. 2007 RESOLUTION NO. 2007-143 ADOPTED October 10. 2007 A RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL'S REPRESENTATIVES TO THE AADP COMMITTEE AND TOWN STAFF TO WORK WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF LOUDOUN COUNTY AND LOUDOUN COUNTY STAFF TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT FOR THE "PRIMARY ANNEXATION AREA" WITHIN THE LEESBURG JOINT PLANNING AREA. WHEREAS, the 2005 Town Plan and the 2001 Revised General Plan call for the Town and the County to work together to jointly plan land development adjacent to the Town; and WHEREAS, the Annexation Area Development Policies (AADP) established through the '......... 1982 Leesburg Area Management Plan (LAMP) establishes provisions for a joint committee of the Town and County to review and discuss changes within the JLMA; and WHEREAS, the AADP committee met in September of 2006 to begin discussions of joint planning; and WHEREAS, the AADP convened on September 18, October 2, and October 23,2006, and again on January 11, March 8, April 12, May 1 0, July 12, and September 27,2007; and WHEREAS, the Town Council of Leesburg met on October 11,2006 to discuss and accept the recommendation of the AADP joint committee to establish the Leesburg Joint Planning Area for the purpose of joint planning; and WHEREAS, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors met on October 17, 2006 to discuss and accept the recommendation of the AADP joint committee to establish the Leesburg Joint Planning Area for the purpose of joint planning; and -2- A RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL'S REPRESENTATIVES TO THE AADP COMMITTEE AND TOWN STAFF TO WORK WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF LOUDOUN COUNTY AND LOUDOUN .,,- COUNTY STAFF, TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION AGREEMENT FOR THE "PRIMARY ANNEXATION AREA" WITHIN THE LEESBURG JOINT PLANNING AREA. WHEREAS, the AADP joint committee has discussed annexation of areas within the Leesburg Joint Planning Area; and WHEREAS, on May 8, 2007, Town Council adopted Resolution 2007-87 (Attachment 1), identifying a portion of the Leesburg Joint Planning Area as the Town's "primary annexation area," generally between Rt. 7 East and Dulles Greenway and between the Town boundary and Sycolin and Goose creeks; THEREFORE, RESOLVED that the Council ofthe Town of Leesburg in Virginia authorizes the Town Council's representatives to the AADP Committee and Town staff to work '-- with representatives of Loudoun County and Loudoun County staff, to begin the process of preparing the documents necessary for a voluntary annexation agreement for the "primary annexation area" (as shown on Attachment 2). PASSED this 10th day of October 2007. ATTEST: ~(\~t~ Kristen C. Umstattd, Mayor Town of Leesburg 7ldd; R07: AuthorizationforV oluntary Annex2 ,-.