HomeMy Public PortalAbout2011_03_08_R031 Opposing Construction of the JDCThe Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED March 8, 2011
RESOLUTION NO.: 2011 -031 ADOPTED March 8, 2011
A RESOLUTION: OPPOSING CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW JUVENILE
DETENTION CENTER SOUTH OF KINCAID AND
TAVISTOCK COMMUNITIES UNTIL ALTERNATIVES ARE
EXAMINED
WHEREAS, the County of Loudoun has contracted with a company to design a
new juvenile detention center on county -owned land within 500 feet of the Kincaid
Forest and Tavistock Communities; and
WHEREAS, the County of Loudoun has indicated to the Town Council and the
Leesburg Southeast communities during meetings on Feb. 22, March 1 and March 3,
2011, that construction of this facility is scheduled to be completed in the year 2013; and
WHEREAS, the construction of this center will require the taxpayers of Loudoun
County to spend up to $3 million to open up Kincaid Boulevard to the proposed juvenile
detention center site, including accommodation of construction traffic; and
WHEREAS, the construction of this center also may necessitate the construction
of Crosstrail Boulevard from the intersection of Shreve Mill Road and Sycolin, eastward
to Philip Bolen Park and connecting to Crosstrail, at a projected cost of at least $24
million; and
WHEREAS, the County staff has not yet conducted a traffic study to determine
whether the expenditure of such tax dollars (about $27 million) is feasible, except to
service traffic to Bolen Park (which opens this spring), and
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A RESOLUTION: OPPOSING CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW JUVENILE
DETENTION CENTER SOUTH OF KINCAID AND
TAVISTOCK COMMUNITIES UNTIL ALTERNATIVES ARE
EXAMINED
WHEREAS, the costs involved and potential impacts to the Kincaid and
Tavistock communities could be serious, let alone the other plans for developing the
County Government Site.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Council of the Town of
Leesburg in Virginia hereby asks the Board of Supervisors of Loudoun County to
consider and designate an alternative location for the Juvenile Detention Center which is
not so close to residential communities.
PASSED this 8 day of March, 2011
ATTEST:
Clerk of
C. mstattd, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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