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(clockwise from top left) • Leesburg Town Manger John Wells packs up his desk days before his retirement in October. • Loudoun Water purchased the Goose Creek and Beaverdam reservoirs from the City of Fairfax, stirring controversy when it closed the property from public access.
• Mark Herring took over as Virginia’s attorney general, the first Loudouner to be elected to statewide office since Gov. Westmoreland Davis in 1917.
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Julie Pastor retires December 31st as the county’s planning and zoning director.
bound to complain about the sounds of planes, which hampers “Dulles’ ability to realize its fullest economic potential, thereby negatively affecting Loudoun’s economy,” according to Pastor. And that third item is not so much a “line in the sand” as a “line” to be built: Metrorail’s Silver Line. Loudoun started preparing for it long ago. Accomplishing this work and other endeavors meant trying to balance the wishes of residents, politicians and land developers, and trying to figure out what would be best for the future. Another example of Pastor’s success is that this year she was a named to the American Institute of Certified Planners’ College of Fellows, essentially the planning world’s hall of fame. With her departure, longtime Assistant Continued on Page 31
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Indeed, she was able to get along with the politicians and make her mark. She points to what she lovingly calls her “three lines in the sand.” The first is the urban growth line, a divide on county planning documents that separates more developed areas from more rural ones. Central water and sewer services are not envisioned beyond that line. The idea for this line was to protect the land-based resources of rural Loudoun for agribusiness, Pastor noted. A second “line” created zoning boundaries near Dulles Airport that plan for commercial development close to the facility while restricting housing. The notion is to nurture the airport as an economic engine while preventing dwellings that would end up being noisy places in which to live. If people live too close to the airport, they’re
• Construction at the Hounds baseball stadium in Ashburn never got rolling; instead the investors and One Loudoun are battling it out in court.
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hen asked recently about her accomplishments, Julie Pastor quickly moved the focus off herself. For example: The secret to her success over a 35-year career? “You surround yourself with great people,” she said, echoing her message at a Dec. 3 Loudoun County Board of Supervisors meeting that her work wasn’t a “solo act.” And that’s true. But Pastor, who retires Dec. 31 as the county’s planning and zoning director, certainly has had an impact in Loudoun, which has seen a population boom over her 22 years on the job. Pastor walks to work, and she said the streets of downtown Leesburg used to be so quiet that they seemed spooky when she traversed them at night after long meetings of the supervisors, Planning Commission or other county agencies. That’s not so anymore, as the county’s population is more than 330,000, quite a jump from the 86,000 when Pastor started. Back then, in 1992, the planning job was attractive because that department could help shape how growth would change Loudoun, she said. “To me, it was like a blank slate,” Pastor said. A fair number of land development projects had been approved, she said, but county leaders still had the opportunity to try to avoid the infrastructure problems that can result when a lot of people move into a locality in a short amount of time. So Pastor headed to Loudoun after toiling in the public and private sectors in, and closer to, Washington, DC. She even worked in the first mayoral administration of the late Marion Barry in the District of Columbia. Perhaps she was destined to spend more time in local government than in the business world, however. She noted that even when she was growing up in New Hampshire, she aimed to help her community, signing up for tasks including working in soup kitchens. “I just always was very civic-oriented,” Pastor said. Here, she eventually would manage almost 60 employees and learn to deal with a variety of demands from residents and county supervisors. The latter could be a tough crowd as some of them even sometimes viewed the local government staff as enemies rather than as advisers. “You have to have that kind of thick skin,” Pastor said.
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he Dec. 12 news that medical-device manufacturer K2M Group Holdings Inc. plans to expand in Leesburg may have been announced by Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office in Richmond, but local economic development efforts also played a role in getting the company to remain in Loudoun. For example, county supervisors are expected to approve next month $450,000 worth of incentives for the company: a $340,000 cash grant and $110,000 worth of waived fees. The money is slated to come from a
$500,000 fund supervisors created in July 2013 to help attract new businesses to Loudoun and retain companies already here. It’s a relatively new tool that the Board of Supervisors and economic development officials feel is necessary to have at the county’s disposal: not a be all, end all in terms of marketing, but a necessary arrow in the quiver when targeting sought-after firms. “No deal is ever one thing” only, Buddy Rizer, who leads Loudoun’s Economic Development Department, said. In the case of K2M, the $450,000 will serve as a local match to $450,000 from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund, an account Virginia’s chief executive can use to close deals to bring companies to the Old Dominion or to ensure
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minor children. A two-year protective order was granted by Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge Pamela Brooks and made permanent in September after Braulio Castillo appealed it to the Circuit Court. Over the strong—and repeated objections of the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office—Castillo was set free on a bond that was eventually set at $2 million. Judges rejected several motions by prosecutors seeking to return Castillo to jail until trial, citing him as a flight risk and a danger to witnesses in the case. As a condition of his release, Castillo was wearing a GPS monitoring system and was subject to a 10:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. daily curfew. The couple’s children were in the custody of the Department of Family Services. The case is scheduled for a 14-day jury trial beginning July 14.
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The May 24 fatal shooting of a Purcellville youth by a town police officer resulted in a fourmonth investigation and, ultimately, a finding that the officer was justified in his actions. It was the second such finding of justifiable homicide by a Loudoun law enforcement officer, following 2013’s investigation into Loudoun deputy’s shooting of a woman in the Sterling Costco store. In both cases, officers were confronted by mentally disturbed individuals armed with knives. The Purcellville shooting happened May 24, when at 2:14 p.m. the Purcellville Police Department received a call reporting a youth threatening suicide at a Frazer Drive townhouse. As officers responded, they were told the subject was running through the neighborhood, possibly armed with a knife. Officer Timothy Hood was Continued on Next Page
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• A Baltimore man was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony following the March shooting death of his wife after an apparent domestic-related homicide north of Leesburg. Kelvin N. Forde, 50, faces a jury trial in May. Deputies were called to the area of Woolsthorpe Drive and Hambrick Manor Lane, off Rt. 15 north of Raspberry Falls and found 55-year-old Ruby C. Forde dead. The couple was reportedly en route from Maryland to
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summer, Williams urged them to approach the process with optimism. He didn’t sugarcoat the expenses that are likely around the corner for the school district, with growing enrollment, two new schools scheduled to open in fall of 2015 and the rising cost of employee health coverage. But he encouraged them to begin planning with a “success mentality” as opposed to a “survivor mentality.” “We’re anticipating that the budget is going to be bigger, and remember if we want to continue to improve we’re going to be asking, what new investments are we going to need to build on the success of LCPS,” he said. During a budget meeting in August, School
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session? In my first term in the House of Delegates, I will introduce bills to require colleges to report campus sexual-assault complaints to the police, as well as require all jurisdictions that do not provide uniKathleen Murphy versal full-day kindergarten to develop a plan to introduce the program by the 2016 school year. If called upon to make budget cuts, on which five areas would you concentrate? Having worked on the Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill, I know how to find waste and abuse in any budget. I would approach budget issues keeping in mind what is in the best interest of the 34th District. I will vote to maintain or increase funding for education, transportation and public safety. Do you believe Virginians are taxed too heavily, not enough or just the right amount? What would you change? Nobody likes to pay taxes, but we all recognize that taxes support our schools, our roads and our economy. What Richmond has failed to do is make responsible budget decisions to ensure that tax increases are not necessary. Because the General Assembly is not meeting its Continued on Next Page
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9:30-11 a.m., Loudoun Country Day School, 20600 Red Cedar Drive, Leesburg. Contact: 571-207-8084 The Leesburg South Moms Club presents a preschool fair featuring schools in and around Leesburg.
Wednesday, Jan. 7 Mindfulness Seminar
6-10 p.m., Comfort Suites, 80 Prosperity Ave,, Leesburg. Contact: dan.towery@gmail.com Therapist Dan Towery of Riverside Counseling Center presents a four-hour seminar on using mindfulness techniques to help with anxiety, stress, anger or depression. Cost is $115 in advance, $135 at the door if space allows.
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9 a.m.-noon, Morven Park, Leesburg. Contact: www.loudounwildlife.com The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy presents a five-week series on sustainable gardening taking place every Tuesday morning through Feb. 3. Cost is $50 for five sessions, and advance registration is required.
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6 p.m., doors open, 7 p.m., music begins. Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, Leesburg. Contact: www.luckettsbluegrass.com Stephenson’s long career including many appearances on the Grand Ole Opry has helped make his clear tenor voice instantly recognizable by many serious bluegrass fans. He’ll perform his perennial favorites as well as a few songs from his latest CD. Tickets are $15.
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11 a.m.-2 p.m., Heritage Farm Museum, 21668 Heritage Farm Lane, Sterling. Contact: www. heritagefarmmuseum.org Bring your own 18-inch doll and the two of you can create a book about your adventures at the Heritage Farm Museum. Learn about what your lives would have been like more than 100 years ago. Make matching bonnets for you and your doll to bring home with you. Have a special lunch of tea sandwiches and teacakes and receive a handmade outfit for your doll (included in $35 admission). Advance registration is required.
tion Center Classroom will be home base, with trails, ponds, meadows and woods further enhancing this fun learning experience. The event is for children ages 4 to 6 and the cost is $14.
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he year 2014 was an outstanding one for Loudoun County athletes. Seven county high schools combined to win 10 team state championships, while seven individuals
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1. HUNTER ENJOYS RECORD-BREAKING YEAR
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Few could have predicted that when Loudoun Valley’s Andrew Hunter won his first Virginia Group 3A state cross country championship by 18 seconds (15 minutes, 37 seconds for the 5,000-meter distance) as a sophomore in the fall of 2013, he would go on to such incred-
Briar Woods won its first state volleyball title.
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controlled victory in the 3,200 (9:28.49). At the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, NC, Hunter finished second in the two mile in 8:53.81 (the No. 3 U.S. time for the season) and came back the next day to run 4:10.94 for the mile (second in Virginia for the year and the No. 2 sophomore time for the season in the U.S.). Moving on to junior status in the fall, Hunter repeated as the 3A cross country state champion in November, winning by 54 seconds in a course-record time of 14:41 at Great Meadow in The Plains. He then went on to capture the Foot Locker Cross Country South Regional by 18 seconds (14:36) in Charlotte, NC, before finishing fourth (15:14) in the nation as the top underclassman in December
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ible regional and national heights as a distance runner in 2014. Although Loudoun County does not sponsor indoor track per se, Hunter’s tear began “under cover” at the Virginia Meet of Champions held in March at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton. He ran 9:11.22 for 3,200 meters, which was the fastest time in the state for the indoor season. Outdoors in April, Hunter won the Penn Relays’ 3,000 in Philadelphia in 8:16.31. It was the top time in the United States and a sophomore class record. He then won the state 3A title in the 1,600 (4:10.04) in June and doubled back for a
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2. RAIDERS CONTINUE VOLLEYBALL DOMINANCE, FALCONS CLAIM FIRST CROWN
After winning its sixth championship in seven years in 2013, the Loudoun County volleyball team saw an upheaval of sorts as the Raiders graduated five key seniors and longtime coach Jenica Brown decided to retire. But with a solid core of players returning and new coach Sherrilyn Hanna leading the way, Loudoun County cruised to its second straight Group 4A state championship in November with a three-game sweep of James Continued on Next Page
of tie-breaking penalty kicks to defeat Jefferson Forest for the 4A girls crown in Lynchburg. The teams played to a 3-3 tie through regulation and four overtime periods, but Dominion won 13-12 in penalty kicks. Sophomore goalkeeper Allie Brandt made a save on Jefferson Forest’s final attempt to clinch the victory, while sophomore Breanna Mitchell scored twice in regulation and assisted on sophomore Meghan Hale’s goal.
4. WOODGROVE WINS STATE SOFTBALL, LACROSSE TITLES
6. FOUR DECADES IN THE WAITING, VIKINGS CLAIM ANOTHER BASEBALL TITLE
The Broad Run boys soccer team was one of four in Loudoun to win state titles in 2014.
Loudoun Valley junior Brandon Weaver outlasted the weather in October to claim the Group 3A state golf individual championship. The 3A East Region low medalist the week before with an even-par 72, Weaver shot a 2-under par 70 on the first day of the state tournament at Ivy Hill Golf Club in Forest. He was at even-par after three holes the second day before rain wiped out the rest of the event and Weaver was declared the individual champion. Weaver became the second straight Viking golfer to win the 3A individual title, joining Ian Hildebrand (currently playing at Virginia
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Just as the Tuscarora football team began its quest for a state championship, the Huskies girls cross country team decided it would try one out for size. The Huskies won the Group 5A state title at the Great Meadow course in The Plains in November, outdistancing Deep Run by 21 points. Freshman Emma Wolcott placed third overall in 18:25 to lead Tuscarora, while senior Anna Wasko was fifth in 18:57. Rounding out the scoring for the Huskies were junior Rosie Kostka (22nd), junior Raiya Al-Nsour (27th) and freshman Nicole Fitz (32nd).
Rumors of the lightning in J.B. Bukauskas’ right arm had made the rounds of baseball scouts by the time the spring high school season began in March. And in his first outing of the season, the Stone Bridge senior proved the hype was legitimate. Bukauskas struck out the side on nine pitches in a preseason scrimmage against Herndon with a scout from almost every team in Major League Baseball attending. Possessing a fastball clocked regularly in excess of 95 mph and a solid slider and changeup to go along with it, the righthander kept impressing baseball’s scouting J.B. Bukauskas elite up to the end of the season. In late May shoulder inflammation caused Bukauskas to end his season as a pitcher, but not before he didn’t allow an earned run en route to a 7-0 record with 88 strikeouts. His success helped lead Stone Bridge to a Group 5A North Region championship and the state semifinals. Considered a potential first-round pick in baseball’s First-Year Player Amateur Draft in June, Bukauskas—who accelerated his academic progress to graduate a year early at Stone Bridge—announced he would honor his scholarship to North Carolina and declined to sign with a pro team even after being selected in the 20th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks. n
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5. TUSCARORA RUNNERS CLAIM 8. WEAVER WINS SCHOOL’S FIRST STATE TITLE 3A GOLF CROWN
10. STONE BRIDGE HURLER DRAWS NATIONAL ATTENTION
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Loudoun County has long been a hotbed of competitive soccer in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Over the past two decades—beginning with the Park View boys winning backto-back titles in 1991-92—Broad Run (five girls), Potomac Falls (two girls, one boys), Stone Bridge (two girls) and Woodgrove (two girls) combined with the Patriots to win 14 state championships in the sport. The 2014 spring season proved to be one of total dominance for Loudoun in the Group 4A and 5A classifications, as all four championships went to county schools, each claiming the first soccer title for their gender at their school. Senior J.P. Reategui recorded his second hat trick of the season to lead the Broad Run boys to a 3-2 victory over Albemarle for the 5A championship in Burke. Reategui and his Spartan senior teammates had graduated at the nearby Patriot Center earlier in the day and capped their careers with the state title. Senior Emma Quirk and sophomore Rayven Conner scored first-half goals to lead Briar Woods to the 5A girls title in Burke with a 2-1 victory over neighborhood-rival Stone Bridge. The Falcons allowed an early goal to Bulldog freshman Emily Fox, but the Briar Woods backline of senior Carly Melkus, junior Nikki Batt, sophomore Laura Kelly and freshman Kaela Price joined with senior goalkeeper Tori Riopelle (five saves) to keep Stone Bridge off the scoreboard the rest of the game. Down a level, senior James Moreno scored with 10 seconds remaining to lift Loudoun County to a 1-0 victory over Midlothian for the 4A boys title in Lynchburg. Moreno scored 31 goals to the lead the Raiders, who also got solid contributions from junior goalkeeper Matt Tourbin and senior defenders Caleb Hilgartner, Nate Juth and Andy Levesque. The Dominion girls proved to be the most resilient team as the Titans withstood 15 rounds
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two more titles last spring. The Wolverines claimed another softball crown with the Group 4A trophy, while the girls lacrosse team became the first public school in Loudoun to win a state championship as it took the 5A title. The Wolverine softball team reached the state finals for the fourth straight season (each year of the program’s existence) and won its second title with a 24-1 rout of Fauquier in Lynchburg. The run total set a state record for a championship game. Sophomore Adriana Erickson had two home runs and five runs batted in to lead the 24-hit attack, while seniors Corinne Vennitti, Rachel Harris and Jazmyn Rohrer, juniors Grace Sanderson and Alexa Dolby and sophomore Hallie Daughtry each had multiple hits. Vennitti and Rohrer paced the Wolverine pitching staff throughout the season. Playing in a higher classification because of a limited number of teams, Woodgrove won the 5A lacrosse title with a 15-1 victory over neighborhood-rival Loudoun Valley in Burke. Sophomores Nora Bowen and Courtney Olivier each had four goals in the finals, while senior Ashley Wacker and junior Emma Leszczak each added three. Junior Ashley Morris anchored things in goal for the Wolverines.
Four Loudoun wrestlers endured months of hard work and personal dedication to win individual wrestling state championships in March. Potomac Falls senior Omer Nezam and Briar Woods junior Bryan Capozzoli each claimed Group 5A titles, while Loudoun County senior Hunter Day won in Group 4A and Loudoun Valley senior Sid Byers captured a 3A crown. Nezam defeated Freedom’s Bradley Nelson, 3-2, to capture the 160-pound 5A championship. Nezam had lost four times to Nelson during the year, including in the Conference 14 and 5A North Region finals the previous two weeks. Capozzoli won 10 straight postseason matches, including all three by fall at the state tournament, en route to the 220-pound title. Capozzoli pinned Great Bridge’s Jalen Booker in 5:08 in the finals. Day defeated Eastern View’s Logan Shurina, 1-0, to take the 160-pound championship in 4A, while Byers scored a 5-3 victory over Waynesboro’s Nathan Henderson for the 3A 285-pound title. In addition, Loudoun had a record breaker in Briar Woods senior Michael Hulcher, who placed fourth at 132 in Group 5A. The Group AA state champion at 126 in 2013, Hulcher completed his career with a county record for victories with an overall mark of 189-28.
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The Tuscarora football team had been building a winning program since the school opened in 2010. Over their first four seasons, the Huskies made three playoff appearances and were hungry for a state championship in 2014. Tuscarora gained extra emotional momentum when Adam Fortune, the defensive coordinator for the Huskies since the program began, suddenly died July 7. The beloved 37-year-old assistant and best friend to head coach Michael Burnett was in the minds of the players, coaches and fans all season and Tuscarora Noah Reimers dedicated its stadium to his memory on Oct. 10 as Fortune Field. The Huskies did not let Fortune down. Led by senior running back Noah Reimers and a stout defense, Tuscarora won its first 14 games to advance to the Group 5A state championship game in Charlottesville. Unfortunately for the Huskies, their dreams came to an end that December afternoon as L.C. Bird won its third straight state title with a 22-19 victory. Reimers—who has verbally committed to play at Harvard next fall—finished the year as the first Loudoun County player to surpass 3,000 yards rushing in a season. The Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year, Reimers finished the year with 3,040 yards and 47 touchdowns as he pushed his career total to more than 6,200 yards.
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It took 42 years, but once again, the Loudoun Valley baseball team is a state champion. The Vikings won the Group 3A title with a 9-1 victory over Poquoson in Lynchburg in June, claiming their first state crown since 1972. Junior Jack DeGroat pitched a 4-hit complete game with 10 strikeouts a day after earning the save in the state semifinals. Loudoun Valley broke the game open with six runs in the fourth inning. Junior Sam Urban, senior J.D. Carpenter, sophomore Trey McDyre, senior Collin Hoffman and senior Mikey Pugh had consecutive run-scoring singles before sophomore Hunter Gore hit a sacrifice fly to cap the inning.
Tech). Up a few levels, Tuscarora won the 5A North Region championship as junior Trevor Hutchinson took low-medalist honors with a 74. The Huskies finished fourth at the 5A state tournament.
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In its short existence, Woodgrove High School has become quite familiar with state championships. In the first three years the school was open (2010-13), the Wolverines brought home a pair of state titles in girls soccer and a softball crown in 2012. Make it five championships in four years as Woodgrove added
Individually, Heritage freshman Weini Kelati—a native of Eritrea in Africa—burst onto the scene to win several invitationals during the season before placing second at the Group 4A state championships in 17:38. She went on to finish fifth in the Foot Locker South Regional (17:04) and was 20th at the national event in San Diego, CA. Loudoun Valley senior Ciara Donohue also had an outstanding year, capped with a second-place finish (18:06) at the Group 3A state championships. She was sixth at the Foot Locker South Regional (17:14) and placed 27th at the national meet.
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Wood in Richmond. Junior hitters Taylor Borup (426 kills for the season) and Rachel Voketaitis, senior setters/hitters Hannah Vandegrift and Olivia Aycock and senior Libero Emily Solis led the Raiders to their third straight title and a state-record seventh in eight years. At the 5A level, Briar Woods emerged from the shadow of neighborhood rival Stone Bridge (five straight berths in the state semifinals) and Broad Run (2013 state semifinalist) to claim its first 5A North Region and state championships. Led by seniors Sydney Daniel, Taylor van der Biezen and Lauren Mooney along with junior hitters Lauren Twitty (321 kills) and Jasmine Ellison, the Falcons rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Stone Bridge for the 5A North Region title. Briar Woods then repeated the feat in Richmond in the state finals, coming back from the brink of elimination to defeat Princess Anne in five games.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLES 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 18 Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LEESBURG PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a public hearing on THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 to consider the following amendments to the Zoning Ordinance: 1. Sec. 6.3.2. B-1 Community (Downtown) Business Use Regulations to allow “Research & Development and/or Production� as an allowable use. 2. Sec. 6.4.2. B-2 Established Corridor Commercial District Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Production� as an allowable use. 3. Sec. 6.5.2. B-3 Community Retail/Commercial District Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Production� as an allowable use. 4. Sec. 6.6.2. B-4 Mixed-Use Business District Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Flex Industrial�, “Production�, and “Distribution� as allowable uses and to delete “Manufacturing and Assembly� as a use. 5. Sec. 6.6.4. B-4 Mixed-Use Business District Additional Standards to update terminology for use types. 6. Sec. 6.7.2. I-1 Industrial/Research Park District Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Flex Industrial�, “Production�, “Mini-warehouse�, and “Distribution� as allowable uses and to delete “Manufacturing and Assembly� as a use. 7. Sec. 7.10.9.D.1. CD-C, Crescent Design – Commercial Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Production� as an allowable use. 8. Sec. 7.10.9.E.1. CD-MUO, Crescent Design – Mixed Use Optional Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Production� as an allowable use. 9. Sec. 7.10.9.H.1. CD-CC, Crescent Design – Commercial Corridor Use Regulations to update terminology and to add “Production� as an allowable use. 10. Sec. 8.6.2. PEC, Planned Employment Center Permitted Uses to update terminology and to add “Flex Industrial� and “Production� as allowable uses. 11. Sec. 9.1.1. Establishment of Use Categories to update terminology. 12. Sec. 9.2. Use Table to update terminology and allowable uses. 13. Sec. 9.3.11.2. Industrial, Flex Use Standards to establish performance standards for “Flex Industrial� uses. 14. Sec. 9.3.17.01. Office Use Standards to establish performance standards for “Office� uses. 15. Sec. 9.3.17.11. Outdoor Storage Use Standards to establish performance standards for “Outdoor Storage� uses. 16. Sec. 9.3.22. Research and Development Use Standards to update performance standards for “Research & Development� uses as well as to establish performance standards for “Production� use. 17. Sec. 9.3.32. Warehouse/Distribution Use Standards to establish performance standards for “Warehouse� and “Distribution� uses. 18. Sec. 11.3. Number of Parking Spaces Required to update terminology for use types. 19. Sec. 11.9. Number of Off Street Loading Spaces Required to update terminology for use types. 20. Sec. 18.1.15. Basic Industry to remove this definition since this use is not allowed. 21. Sec. 18.1.84. Industrial, Flex to clarify the definition in regard to “Flex Industrial� use. 22. Sec. 18.1.104. Manufacturing and Assembly to remove this definition since this use is proposed to be eliminated from the I-1 and B-4 Districts. 23. Sec. 18.1.106. Mixed Use to update terminology for use types. 24. Sec. 18.1.121. Office to modify the definition for clarity and to allow some accessory uses. 25. Sec. 18.1.127. Outdoor Storage to remove a performance standard that is being revised and relocated to Article 9. 26. Sec. 18.1.142. Planned Development to update terminology for use types. 27. Sec. 18.1.150. Production to add a new definition that describes an allowable use in non-residential districts. 28. Sec. 18.1.127. Research and Development to clarify and simplify terminology. Copies and additional information regarding the proposed Zoning Ordinance amendments are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by calling 703-771-2766 and asking for Irish Grandfield, Project Manager. This zoning ordinance amendment application is identified as case number TLOA-2014-0005.
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TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION TLSE-2014-0004 UNIWEST MINI-WAREHOUSE Pursuant to Sections 15.2-1427, 15.2-2204, 15.2-2205 and 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the Leesburg Town Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, 20176 to consider Special Exception Application TLSE-2014-0004, Uniwest Mini-Warehouse a request to permit a three-story, 74,593 square foot indoor storage facility on vacant land fronting Battlefield Parkway. The subject property has no assigned address and is located on Battlefield Parkway behind the Fort Evans II Plaza shopping center in northeast Leesburg. The 4.89 acre parcel is zoned B-3, Community Retail/Commercial District. The property is further described as Loudoun County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 141-17-1241 and Loudoun County Tax Map Number /49//28////B9/. The Town Plan designates this property as “Community Office� on the Land Use Policy Map. Special Exception Application TLSE-2014-0004 is a request to allow an indoor mini-warehouse facility subject to the standards of Section 9.3.14 of the Zoning Ordinance. Additional information and copies of this application are available at the Department of Planning and Zoning located on the second floor of the Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), or by contacting Irish Grandfield, Senior Planner at 703-771-2766 or igrandfield@leesburgva.gov.)
At this hearing all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations should contact the Clerk of the Commission at (703) 771-2434, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.
At these hearings, all persons desiring to express their views concerning these matters will be heard. Persons requiring special accommodations at the Town Council meeting should contact the Clerk of Council at (703) 771-2733 three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711.
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Bernard Christopher Parks,of Sterling, Virginia, died on Dec. 26, 2014 at Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg, VA. A viewing will be held Saturaday Jan. 3, 2014, 10:00am till 11:00 a.m. A funeral Service will be held Sat. Jan. 3, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, 2516 Squirrel Hill Road, Herndon, Virginia 20171. He is survived by: Wife Jacqueline A, Parks, 2 Sons-Bernard Parks Jr. and Mario Parks of Sterling, VA.
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Petrina Lily Dennis, 60, of Sterling, VA, died on Thursday, December 18, 2014. She is survived by her daughters, Jessica Dennis of Montana and Alyssa Dennis of Georgia; sisters, Kate Tita and Graceen Kishpan. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Gilbert Funeral Home located in Whitehall, PA. Memorial donations may be made to the National Fibromyalgia Research Association at www.nfra.net. Share condolences with the family at www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com.
Jennifer J. Hall of Reston, Virginia died on Dec. 17, 2014. A viewing will be held Monday Dec. 29, 2014 from 10:00am till 11:00 a.m. A funeral Service will be held Mon. Dec. 29, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Heritage Fellowship Church, 2501 Fox Mill Road, Reston, Virginia 20191 He is survived by: Mother – Deacon Dorothea M. Hall of Lucie Florida (1) Brother Justin C. Hall (Tracee) and nephew- Bryant C. Hall of Houston Texas. And a host of aunts, uncles other relatives and friends.Interment: Mt. Zion Community Cemetery, Leesburg, VA Arrangements by: Lyles Funeral Service of Purcellville, VA
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ooking back on 2014, it is difficult to recall another year when there has been so great a turnover among the ranks of Loudoun government leaders. The county’s longest serving government administrator, Schools Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick, retired in June after 40 years of service. His career started in the classroom and ended serving as the CEO of Loudoun’s largest workforce for more than two decades. Several top administrators followed him into retirement, leaving the school system with a very different balance in the institutional knowledge: fresh blood ratio. The county government witnessed the departure of longtime executives, as well. Those include Attorney Jack Roberts and Planning Director Julie Pastor, with Deputy County Administrator Linda Neri to follow this month. Each played critical roles in guiding Loudoun through rapid growth. Leesburg and Purcellville also saw the departure of longtime leaders—Town Manager John Wells and Mayor Bob Lazaro, respectively—whose hallmarks include leaving their municipalities in far stronger fiscal shape then when they took up those positions. Politically, there is no bigger change than in the county’s representation in the House of Representatives. Frank Wolf provided that service for more than 30 years, a Republican rewarded with re-election every two years regardless of which direction the county’s political pendulum was swinging at the time. It’s a tenure unlikely to be matched in today’s increasingly polarized electoral landscape. Not to be overlooked are the retirements this month of two of the most senior members of the Leesburg Police Department. Captains Clagett Moxley and Jeff VanGilder joined the department as young patrol officers on a small-town force three decades ago. As they rose through the ranks, both helped shaped the agency into a modern, multi-faceted organization while building reputations as effective problem solvers. These are but some of the community builders whose careers contributed to the quality of life enjoyed in Loudoun today. Their experience will be missed, but their service should be held up as examples for those who follow them.
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Dear Editor: Congratulations to Gabriela Bohnett and her new year-round Ashburn Youth Symphonic Orchestra. [“Ashburn Youth Symphony Debuts,” Dec. 18, 2014] I noted she replicated the El Sistema program in Venezuela, where children go to regular school in the morning and then go to the music conservatory in the afternoon. Coincidentally, a few years before the launch of El Sistema, I Continued on Next Page
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Dear Editor: What a joy to see the article about our veterinarian, Mike Strickland, and how nice of Ms. Rust to make that donation to the Leesburg Veterinary Hospital. [“Aol Volunteer Donates $10,000 To Leesburg Veterinary Hospital,” Dec. 25, 2014] A few years ago, we had sick kids and were going out of town and our old Labrador dog needed a last minute visit to see Dr. Mike. What he prescribed, we just were not able to afford at the holidays with sick kids and mandatory travel plans. He very quietly put all the necessary things into a bag and just gave them to me. I was humbled and appreciative of his understanding and generosity. While we were out of town, Dr. Mike called more than once and checked with the young man who was house sitting for us to make sure that our dog was OK. Dr. Strickland is also active in Boy Scout troop 711 of Purcellville as an assistant scoutmaster and serves sacrificially with many two legged youngsters helping them become prepared for life in his “spare” time. He often shows up to meetings having come straight from surgery. He is a really great guy. Thanks for some good news. Margo Lassiter, Lovettsville
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oudoun’s flu season is ramping up quickly—and it’s hitting the young and old particularly hard. Tuesday it was reported that an Ashburn boy, a fifth grader at Creighton’s Corner Elementary School, had died as a result of complications associated with the flu after spending several days in an area hospital with a high fever. Privacy laws prohibit hospitals from sharing patient information and few details have been released about that case. Two other cases of child flu deaths in Virginia were reported last week. “We have no deaths at Inova Loudoun Hospital so far due to the current flu outbreak,” ILH President and CEO Pat Walters said Tuesday. The hospital also temporarily restricted its visiting policy because of the flu. Visitation hours until further notice will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. No visitors under age 16 will be allowed, nor those with any symptoms of flu-like illness. Visitors will be limited to two persons. They also may be issued masks while visiting and asked to wash hands frequently. “The flu is here; it’s earlier and it’s hitting harder,” Loudoun Health Director Dr. David Goodfriend said. “But our message is the same: Reduce the chance of getting the flu—vaccination is still the best step people can take. Get good nutrition, plenty of sleep, keep your body healthy, cover your mouth when you cough, wash your hands and stay home if you’re sick.” Goodfriend also urged parents who had not yet had their children vaccinated to do so now, while they are on winter break from school. He recommended the Centers for Disease Control and the Virginia Department of
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The idea is that the fund is filled from money in annual county budget surpluses. That way, it isn’t tied up in budget negotiations each year, where it would compete with other service needs. On the other hand, if Loudoun doesn’t have the money for it one year, the fund won’t get a fresh infusion of cash. Letourneau said the main factor involved with deciding who gets incentives is the county’s ability to see a return on the investment. A business receiving a cash contribution needs to generate, over three years, at least the same amount of new local tax revenue as the incentive cost Loudoun to provide. So if the supervisors agree to give a company $250,000, for example, then the county should realize at least $250,000 worth of new revenue from that business before three years is up. If not, then the firm agrees to pay back the incentive. Instead of giving a company cash, supervisors also can agree to complete infrastructure projects that help the prospective business, such as building a road or putting in sidewalks. In that case, the business promises to generate at least as much new tax revenue over five years as the cost of the infrastructure. Completing an infrastructure incentive deal is the supervisors’ preference over offering cash, Letourneau said. However, he also pointed out that K2M shouldn’t have any problem meeting its commitment. “We’re going to be collecting more than we’re giving them in less than three years,” he said.
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Rizer noted that K2M’s expansion would mark the first time that a cash grant from the incentive fund has been used. And Eric Major, president and CEO of K2M, confirmed that the company had considered moving to other localities in Northern Virginia as well as crossing state borders to either West Virginia or Maryland.
“We did look at a lot of options,” he said. Partnerships the business has forged with Loudoun and Leesburg, however, made for a compelling reason to expand in the county rather than moving away, Major said. Employee commuting patterns and access to Dulles Airport were big factors in the decision to stay, the CEO said. Almost 270 of K2M’s 460 employees work at the Leesburg headquarters, and physician customers visit that operation from all over the world, which meant the local availability of international flights was a plus. Earlier this year, supervisors also approved a $500,000 infrastructure incentive to keep Ashburn-based Telos Corp. from leaving the county and expanding elsewhere. The county government’s contribution in that deal was the construction of Russell Branch Parkway between Ashburn Road and Ashburn Village Boulevard. Because the county already had funded that work, the agreement required no taxpayer dollars to be spent on the incentive. The road will help with employees’ access to Telos’ headquarters, Rizer said. “It was a very important part of the deal for them,” he said. And, as Major noted, Telos CEO John Wood said that, beyond the positives of the road project itself, it’s rewarding when a county and state show their commitment to a company. The $500,000 infrastructure grant for Telos was a match to $500,000 from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund. A lot of government officials can say they support [a company], Wood said, but putting up money shows they really do. The K2M and Telos deals were closed using incentives, and Rizer emphasized that that’s where the tool is effective: at the end of negotiations. They can’t make a bad location seem good to a prospective business or turn around an agreement that just doesn’t work, he said. Incentives help Loudoun compete with other localities, Rizer said. That is, if two places rank almost the same on a list of desirable locations for a business making a move, incentives offered here may swing a deal in Loudoun’s favor.
Rizer underscored the payback aspect of incentives, as well. That ensures that grants are “in no way gifts.” They serve “to help grow the economy,” he said, bringing new jobs and new tax revenue.
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K2M’s announcement came just days after the supervisors’ finance committee discussed incentives and how to pay for them. At that meeting, board Vice Chairman Shawn M. Williams (R-Broad Run) affirmed the idea that cash contributions be used only if other incentives don’t work. He also questioned the need for putting money into the incentive fund. Instead, he said, the supervisors could simply allocate incentive money on a case-by-case basis. Supervisor Kenneth D. Reid (R-Leesburg) also voiced support for using cash grants as a last resort. Finance committee members, however, ended up unanimously recommending that the full Board of Supervisors allocate $950,000 for the incentive fund: $450,000 to replace the K2M incentives, and another $500,000 that could be spent on other projects. County Chairman Scott K. York (R-At Large) noted before that vote that the board needs to be “very picky” with how it uses the incentive fund, but that supervisors “have that opportunity on a case-by-case basis.” Supervisor Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn), who chairs the board’s finance committee, said that the incentive program has brought “significant business” into the county. Buona also works for Telos, but has said he was not involved in that company’s negotiations with the county. Not everyone is necessarily sold on the incentive fund, however. Supervisor Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling) noted during the Dec. 9 meeting that he judges each prospect for incentive funds on a project-by-project basis. And he said that some county residents are
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