HomeMy Public PortalAbout2011_12_13_R147 Supporting Watershed Committee Recommendations for LIDThe Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -147
PRESENTED: December 13, 2011
ADOPTED: December 13, 2011
A RESOLUTION: SUPPORTING THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT (LID)
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEESBURG WATERSHED
COMMITTEE AND ADOPTING A STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING
LID IN LEESBURG
WHEREAS, Town Council established the Leesburg Watershed Committee to coordinate
efforts for protecting Town streams; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council adopted the recommendations of the Leesburg Watershed
Committee in December of 2007 to address watershed improvement recommendations contained
within the report entitled "Summary of Findings from Tuscarora Creek Field Work and Baseline
Assessments "; 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, the Town's
Virginia Discharge Elimination System permit for stormwater, and state and federal stormwater
management requirements; and
WHEREAS, the Leesburg Watershed Committee forwarded a report to Town Council
dated July 13, 2011 containing recommendations related to implementing Low Impact
Development (LID) and addressing stormwater management in Leesburg; and
WHEREAS, Low Impact Development can help the Town achieve natural resource and
stormwater management objectives and regulations; and
WHEREAS, Town Council desires analysis and provision of a strategy to implement the
LID recommendations.
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A RESOLUTION: SUPPORTING THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT (LID)
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEESBURG WATERSHED
COMMITTEE AND ADOPTING A STRATEGY FOR PROMOTING
LID IN LEESBURG.
THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia that the
Town Council hereby directs the Leesburg Watershed Committee to work with Town staff and
interested stakeholders to compile recommendations to update Town regulations to promote use
of LID to the maximum extent practicable beginning with evaluation of Town regulations
affecting the amount of impervious surface created during land development.
PASSED this 13th day of December, 2011.
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16istVn C. mstattd, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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Clerk of C Ucil
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