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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2015_02_24_R032 Amending the FY 2015-20 CIP to Add Hope Pkwy Ext The Town of Leesburg, Virginia PRESENTED: February 24, 2015 RESOLUTION NO. 2015-032 ADOPTED: February24, 2015 A RESOLUTION: AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2015-2020 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO ADD HOPE PARKWAY EXTENSION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT WHEREAS, K2M Group Holding (the "Development") is currently planning to expand its global headquarters on property located past the end of existing Hope Parkway, and has expressed interest in completing the Hope Parkway extension between that point and Miller Drive; and WHEREAS, completing this section of roadway will provide access to the Development as well as function as an alternate route for emergency vehicles and reduce congestion on Sycolin Road; and WHEREAS, Town Council will be requesting a Virginia Department of Transportation Economic Development Access Program Grant("Grant") from the Commonwealth Transportation Board in the amount of$500,000 plus an additional $150,000 that is to be matched by town funding, for a total grant amount of$650,000 for the portion of the road adjacent to the Development; and WHEREAS,the Grant requires a$150,000 match from the Town of Leesburg which will be provided from offsite transportation proffer funds and/or general obligation bond funds; and WHEREAS,the Town will provide the balance of funding in the amount of$1,619,000 from general obligation bond funding; and WHEREAS, a third party, Oaldawn, LLC and Oaklawn Development Partners LLC (jointly, Oaldawn), is providing the design of the roadway construction plans and the donation of -2- A RESOLUTION: AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2015-2020 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO ADD HOPE PARKWAY EXTENSION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT the land for the roadway at no cost to the Town; and WHEREAS, Oaklawn will reimburse the Town for its construction costs,minus the Grant funds, in accordance with the approved memorandum of agreement between the Town and Oa'dawn dated August 14, 2014 and amended November 12, 2014; and WHEREAS,with the Grant, proffer funding and general obligation bond funding,there is sufficient funding available to be appropriated to the Capital Fund to cover the estimated costs associated with the construction of the Hope Parkway Extension. THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia that: SECTION I. The Fiscal Year 2015-2020 Capital Improvements Program is hereby amended. SECTION II. An appropriation in the amount of$2,419,000 is made to construct the project entitled Hope Parkway Extension, consisting of the following funding sources: $500,000 Economic Development Access Program Grant; $150,000 in VDOT matching funding; $150,000 in offsite transportation proffer funding and/or general obligation bond funding; and $1,619,000 of general obligation bond funding. SECTION III. Funding to be appropriated is $700,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 ending June 30, 2015. The balance of the needed funding of$1,719,000 will be shown in the Capital Improvements Program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016. -3- A RESOLUTION: AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2015-2020 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO ADD HOPE PARKWAY EXTENSION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT PASSED this 24th day of February, 2015. •Lititiardp _ sten C. mstattd, Mayor Town of Leesburg AT ST• 4IF Clerk of CO P:\Resolutions\2015\0224 Amending FY15-20 CIP-Hope Pkwy Ext.doc