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Legislators Seek Tighter Greenway Restrictions Amid Request for Increased Tolls

BY NORMAN K. STYER AND HANNA PAMPALONI nyster@loudounnow.com hpampaloni@loudounnow.com

for the improvement of these roads using a combination of modern materials and practices that have been researched and approved by the Federal Highway Administration and used across the country by State Highway Authorities,” Perry stated. “I’m thrilled to get this done for my

As the State Corporation Commission continues its review of the request by Toll Road Investors Partnership II, the company that owns the 14-mile Dulles Greenway, to raise toll rates, Loudoun legislators have introduced legislation to the General Assembly to address rate costs.

SCC hearing officer Mike Thomas on Tuesday presided over a second public hearing on the application to increase the maximum tolls charged to most drivers to $8.10 during peak hours, up from the current $5.80; and to $6.40 during off-peak hours, up from $5.25. The session followed a Jan. 9 hearing at Freedom High School in South Riding where local elected representatives and area residents questioned the reasonableness of an up to 40% single-year increase, said that current tolls already discourage use of the highway, lamented that local side roads are more congested

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Loudoun Delegation Pushes for Flexibility in Rural Road Improvements

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A bill by Sen. Russet Perry (D-31) that would clarify a part of state code to allow counties to provide maintenance for unpaved roads has passed unanimously in the Senate.

Perry’s bill, SB 644, looks to address concerns by community members seek-

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School Board Hears $527.1M in Budget Asks

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN

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The School Board heard budget requests totaling $527.1 million and 55 additional full-time equivalent positions during briefings on nine departments over two work sessions as it reviews of Superintendent Aaron Spence’s $1.8 billion budget.

On Tuesday, the Department of Academics—a newly created department after a July 2023 reorganization of the departments of Instruction, Student Services and School Leadership—and the Department of Teaching and Learning presented their budget requests.

Chief Academic Officer Ashley Ellis asked for one FTE, bringing the office number to 22 and $8,605,300—an 8.3% increase from the FY2024 revised budget.

Her budget includes $684,668 in salary, benefits, training, materials and equipment. It also includes a $7.9 million for the division of Research, Assessment and School Improvement or RASI, which is led by Ryan Tyler.

The Department of Teaching and Learning had the biggest budget ask so far, requesting $179.8 million, a 2.5% increase from the revised FY2024 budget and additional 39 FTEs. Of the budget, $138.8 million is earmarked for personnel, a 2.4% increase from the FY2024 revised budget; $40.5 million for operations and maintenance or a 1.9% increase; and $491,283 in capital outlay.

Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Neil Slevin said one of the reasons for the increase in the capital outlay budget was an increase in health and medical sciences equipment.

Of the 39 full-time employees, 29 will go to the division of English learners, eight for teaching and learning, and two for professional learning.

The breakdown for each of these divisions includes $62,408,783 for English learners, $26,533,736 for professional learning, and teaching and learning is asking for $89,154,910.

Administrators said the increase in the budget is attributable to instructional

needs identified in the strategic plan, the staffing of Henrietta Lacks Elementary and Watson Mountain Middle Schools, the phased expansion of the STEP program, English learner student supports, reading and math interventions, the expansion of opportunities for students in the new health and medical sciences program, international baccalaureate program, dual language immersion program—which will add first grade fall 2024— and extracurricular activities.

The Department of Student Services was originally scheduled to present Tuesday night but the briefing was moved to Feb. 1 after the work session ran late.

During the School Board’s Jan. 25 work session, members heard requests from six other departments totaling $338.7 million and 15 new FTE positions. Included in that 15 were three for Human Resources and Talent Development, to cover Title IX positions; two new web developer positions added to the Communications and Community Engagement office in addition to Chief Communications and Community Engagement Officer Natalie

Allen who was hired August 2023. Five new positions are requested for the Department of Digital Innovation—two to support the opening of Henrietta Lacks Elementary School and Watson Mountain Middle School next fall, two supervisors and a service desk engineer; and four in the Office of the Superintendent; three for the office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility, and a new school security officer at Watson Mountain Middle School.

The Department of Digital Innovation presented the largest budget request Jan. 25, seeking $65.2 million, an overall increase of 3.3%.

Chief Technology Officer Aaron Smith said the office was responsible for providing more than 25,000 devices for students, more than 2,800 devices for staff members, the replacement of classroom technology including the interactive panels, software and licensing agreements, cybersecurity, internet and network BUDGET HEARING continues on page 33

‘Enlisted, Enrolled or Employed’

Education Leaders Outline Workforce Development Efforts

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Economic Development Advisory Commission chair Chauvon McFadden.

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN

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Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Aaron Spence and

Northern Virginia Community College Loudoun Campus Provost Julie Ledig on Friday provided a workforce development update to the county’s Economic Development Advisory Commission.

They were asked questions from moderator Davie Diaz including how their organizations approach enhancing the region’s workforce, what they offer for businesses to engage with students, and how they measure success in those efforts.

Spence said they want to make sure when students leave the division they are as prepared as they can be—“either enlisted, enrolled or employed.”

He said the division’s goal is to provide every child with the opportunity to explore what they are passionate about and then to connect that to the work they are doing in school.

“We want to be a part of the K-to-retirement pipeline and we want to really try to help our kids understand the connections between what it is they are learning with us and the opportunities that we are providing for them and what they are going to be doing next,” he said.

He said in his first four months on the job he’s heard a lot of talk about workforce development but said there isn’t a plan in place that adequately connects

with the schools.

“My belief is that we need to have a big tent conversation on workforce development, and we need to get everyone under the tent. There is a lot of folks who want to work with the schools but instead of it being ‘let’s develop a course,’ and there is nothing wrong with doing that, but let’s figure out why we developed that course and figure out who can help us make those opportunities more widely available,” he said. “Because our kids need to know what exists for them and often they don’t. [We need] to be able to show them what exists and the trajectory to achieve their goals relative to that and then we can work together to build out a pipeline for how that happens.”

“In the community college we say ‘community’ is our middle name, so we have a community-focused mission at NOVA,” Ledig said.

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Commission Recommends Additional Housing at Stone Ridge Loudoun

BY HANNA PAMPALONI

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The county Planning Commission last week recommended approval of an application to add 144 residential units to the Stone Ridge community, some to be built on a previously designated church site, and to change the designation of a parcel of land within the development from passive park to common open space.

The proposal, made by Stone Ridge Community Development, consists of three separate properties known as Landbay F, which is 4.39 acres; Landbay O, which is 2.9 acres; and the Shaw/Cross Property, which is 26.59 acres. The proposal includes 65 single-family detached and 79 single-family attached units.

Planning and Zoning Project Manager Bryce Johnson told the commission that, while the project is generally consistent with the county’s General Plan and Countywide Transportation Plan, there were four outstanding issues he would like more time to work on.

“The applicant is working with staff to

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A map showing the three parcels of land involved in the application from Stone Ridge Community Development to build 144 residential units.

resolve some of these issues,” Johnson said.

The concerns include building design, transportation, the fiscal impact of attainable housing, and the administration of the proffers, and concept development plan.

Commissioners asked about transportation and specifically the sidewalks that the developer agreed to build.

“The 2019 Countywide Transportation Plan, or CTP, generally anticipates 10-footwide asphalt shared-use paths along the subject properties’ frontages with adjacent roads …” Johnson said. “The applicant pro-

poses a mixture of solutions to address this planned infrastructure, however, it does not generally meet the planned infrastructure per the CTP.” He said the developer had proposed 6to 10.5-foot concrete sidewalks along the units and had agreed to fill in several “missing links” in the area’s sidewalks including west of Gum Spring Road, south along Tall Cedars Parkway, east of Stone Springs Boulevard and north of Greenstone Drive. The additional sidewalks would connect the neighborhood to Mercer Middle School, as well.

Commissioner Dale Polen Myers (At Large) said she didn’t think the Virginia Department of Transportation would allow 10.5-foot sidewalks in the area because of the current right of ways in place.

“We have the opportunity here to get it and get it done,” she said. “The discussion is about 4.5 feet, not about doing it. We’ve got somebody here willing to do it safely and connect that school now.”

Johnson said it was up to the commissioners if they wanted to accept a six-foot path instead of 10.

Commissioner Clifford Keirce (Sterling) asked if Johnson could clarify whether there were any missing links in the

neighborhood that the developer was not addressing.

“They’re filling in the sidewalk. The question is, is the commission OK with the width and the material being proposed,” Johnson said.

Commissioner Robin-Eve Jasper (Little River) asked what the minimum recommended width for shared-use paths under American Association of State Highways Transportation Officials standards.

Senior Transportation Planner Lindsay Marfurt said that she did not know the AASHTO standards, but that VDOT required a minimum of 10 feet. “Anything less than that requires a design waiver,” she said.

Jasper said she had looked up the AASHTO guidelines and it also recommended a 10-foot minimum.

“They recommend 12 to 14 [feet] for more heavily used paths,” she said. “This to me presents a question of what the expectation is for people traveling around the neighborhood.”

Jasper said she also had concerns about the density of housing.

Stone Ridge Community Development representative Denise Harrover said the company would be willing to build the path as wide as VDOT would allow.

Stone Ridge Homeowners Association President Mike Roads said the neighborhood was happy about the prospect of having the path regardless of its width.

“If all we can get is a 6-foot path, then that’s what we’ll take. I don’t think it’s a question of whether it needs to be 10 feet.

It’s 6 feet because that’s all the space that’s there,” he said.

The motion to recommend approval included stipulations that Harrover would continue to work with staff to resolve the outstanding issues and build the path to the 10 feet where able and six feet where not.

The application will now move to the Board of Supervisors for consideration. n

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NextEra Attorney Appointed to SCC Recusal Expected on Western Loudoun Power Line Project

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The General Assembly last week appointed two judges to the three-member State Corporation Commission–Kelsey Bagot and Sam Towell.

Bagot is a Loudoun County resident who works as a senior attorney for NextEra Energy, the electric utility company planning to build a 130-mile MidAtlanic Resiliency Link high-voltage transmission line that would cross western Loudoun.

The SCC holds the approval authority on the route once it’s finalized and submitted by the company.

Bagot also worked as a legal advisor from 2021 to 2023 at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an entity that has the authority to override an SCC decision if the county is designated as a National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor.

Her 6-year term will begin April 1.

The appointments passed in the Senate on a 97-0 vote and in the House on a 98-0 vote.

Loudoun’s General Assembly representatives said Bagot will recuse herself from SCC consideration of NextEra-related cases, including the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link.

“As you know the issue of the NextEra 500kV line is one of great concern not just to me, but to a majority of my constituents,” Del. Geary Higgins (R-30) stated.

“Unfortunately, the process for nominating these SCC judges left myself and members of my party in the dark, so I was unable to play a role in the nomination or confirmation process for this position,” he said.

Higgins said he believes that with Bagot’s recusal, her nomination will not affect the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link.

“I’ve been told that Ms. Bagot is thoroughly qualified, intensely vetted, and comes highly recommended by FERC Commissioner Mark Christie,” he said.

“My office will remain vigilant to ensure there are no conflicts and we will continue to advocate for routing this transmission line through the existing right of way.”

Sen. Russet Perry (D-31) said Bagot would also be required to step down from her position at NextEra. Del. David Reid (D-28) said there were 23 applicants reviewed by the assembly’s commerce and labor committees.

“They went through an extensive inter-

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view and vetting process to get down to these two individuals,” he said.

Reid said NextEra is one of the largest renewable energy producers in the country. “[Bagot] comes to do this with a renewable energy experience and portfolio,” he said. “That is something that is really very important and she is able to support and work towards Virginia’s Clean Economy Act which we passed in 2021, the Virginian Energy Plan that myself and Sen. Barbara Favola passed also in 2021. So, she comes with the experience to be able to understand the legislative intent from what we did in those years to being able to move us towards a clean renewable energy economy.”

The SCC has regulatory authority over public utilities, insurance, state-charted financial institutions, securities, retail franchising and railroads. It is also the state’s central filing office for corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and Uniform Commercial Code liens.

The commission is a three-member body with members elected to six-year staggered terms. After the December 2022 resignation of Judith Jagdmann, the commission had been short two members with the General Assembly unable to come to a consensus on appointments.

Former commissioners have been filling in on a rotating basis since then.

Jehmal Hudson is the current chair of the commission and is serving his first term, which expires Jan. 31, 2026. Before being elected, Hudson was vice president of government affairs at the National Hydropower Association. He also worked as a regulatory practitioner for 10 years at FERC. Towell lives in Richmond and works as the associate general counsel for litigation at Smithfield Foods. He also previously served as the deputy attorney general for civil litigation under Attorney General Mark Herring from 2017 to 2021.

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Schools Launch Tutoring as Part of All in VA Plan

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Legislative, Audit and Policy Committee members Lauren Shernoff (Leesburg) and April Chandler (Algonkian) discussed the formation of a joint committee to discuss issues brought up by Loudoun Education Association President Sandy Sullivan. Not pictured is Anne Donohue (At-Large) who participated in the meeting remotely.

School Board Plans Joint Committee to Develop Collective Bargaining Terms

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN

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The School Board’s Legislative, Audit & Policy Committee on Jan. 25 approved a recommendation from the previous School Board to establish a joint committee to develop the scope of a collective bargaining resolution.

During the final meeting of its term, the previous School Board punted the adoption of collective bargaining, instead voting to recommend the incoming board form a committee of School Board members, administrators, Loudoun Education Association board members and schoolbased staff to discuss eight items of concern brought up by LEA president Sandy

Sullivan in a Dec. 7 letter to the board.

During the Jan. 25 meeting, the committee, consisting of chair April Chandler (Algonkian), Lauren Shernoff (Leesburg), and Anne Donohue (At-Large), voted to move forward with that plan.

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Board to Tackle Model Policies for Transgender Students

BY ALEXIS GUSTIN

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A School Board committee Wednesday night decided to pick up where the former School Board members left off and continue to debate whether to update the division’s current policy on transgender students to reflect changes sought by the Youngkin administration’s 2023 model polices.

The Student Services Committee made up of new board members Kari LaBell (Catoctin), Anne Donohue (At-Large) and School Board Chair Melinda Mansfield (Dulles), agreed it was important to continue the discussion.

“My thought is to continue the process that we started, and you have already

started working on, so that we can be thoughtful about looking at the policies, everything together,” Mansfield said.

Assistant Superintendent for Student Services Tedra Richardson brought the committee up to speed after the last meeting in November ended with then-committee Chair Harris Mahedavi (Ashburn) asking the staff to provide revisions to Policy 8040 that included blending the two policies together while following all applicable laws and making sure to protect the rights of all students.

Mahedavi suggested that approach after the committee heard from then-acting division counsel Wesley D. Allen about how the model policies relate to the Virginia Human Rights Act, Title IX, and the division’s non-discrimination policies.

Allen brought up several items for the committee to consider as it looked at keeping Policy 8040 as it is, adopting the state policies, or merging the two.

At the time Allen referenced an opinion issued by Attorney General Jason Miyares in August. In the opinion, Miyares said that the model policies comply with the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, Title IX and the Virginia Human Rights Act, as well as state law.

Allen said saying the opinion was advisory and not necessarily binding law.

Allen also said there didn’t appear to be any ramifications if the division didn’t implement the model policies nor were there any set timelines but noted the policies TRANSGENDER POLICIES continues on page 8

The school division has begun reading and math tutoring services for qualifying third through eighthgrade students in accordance with the state’s All in VA Plan.

Tutors have been screened and placed in various schools around the division, while others continue to apply and go through the selection process.

In addition to tutors in schools, several online resources are available to students and their families.

All K-12 students have access to free online services, like Varsity Tutors, through their LCPS GO account. Varsity Tutors provides an option for families who are requesting tutoring services for their student who have not been identified for tutoring as a part of the All In VA Tutoring criteria from the state or is unable to attend scheduled tutoring sessions.

The division has also purchased online tutoring that schools can request be assigned for specific students. Each student would receive two hours per week of virtual tutoring in reading or math.

“We know that there is work to do regarding unfinished learning as a result of the pandemic, and we are laser focused on solutions,” Chief Academic Officer Ashley Ellis said.

“This is one of the many steps LCPS is taking to ensure that our students have the support they need to be successful.”

The high-dosage tutoring does not replace LCPS’ current structure for providing support and remediation to address individual student needs, according to an announcement.

For more information on tutoring at LCPS, go to the parent resource services page at lcps.org.

Nominations Sought for Annual Operational Award The school division is seeking nominations for its annual Operations Awards program, formerly known as the SCHOOL NOTEBOOK continues on page 11

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Loudoun Student Realizes Conducting Dream Nearly Four Years Later Addison Miller was preparing to conduct one of her original orchestral compositions during her eighth-grade year at Blue Ridge Middle School. Then COVID-19 happened, and that dream went dormant for a while.

Now a Loudoun Valley High School senior, she has since maintained her love of music and creativity and was recently invited to conduct her original piece, “Marvel’s Backup Song” during a Blue Ridge Middle School concert series in December.

Before conducting, she told the audience the story of how her seventh-grade music teacher, Jennifer Galang, believed in her work and had the school’s orchestra ensemble learn and perform two of her compositions.

Miller told how she was supposed to conduct the orchestra at the spring 2020 concert performing the very piece she was prepared to conduct that night.

The orchestra played flawlessly under Miller’s lead and there wasn’t a dry eye in the audience, according to an announcement.

“Composing music has taken me places that I never thought I would go.

While I’ve premiered works in Richmond, at George Mason University, and at the Governor’s School, nothing felt quite as special as conducting on the same stage that I premiered my first ever work, four years later,” she said.

Miller said Galang instilled in her the confidence that started her on the path she is on now in music.

“That year was the year I decided to major in music, and now, four years later, I am about to go audition at five different schools to major in cello performance,” she said.

Miller said she plans to continue composing music and may pursue a master’s degree in composition.

“I hope that other musicians learn from someone like Mrs. Galang who teaches her students that they should always launch themself at any opportunity possible, because you never know how something may change your entire life,” she said.

“Addison is an incredibly talented

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Addison Miller conducts her original song “Marvel’s Backup Song” in December. The Loudoun Valley High School senior was able to fulfill a dream she had to conduct her middle school’s orchestra, playing one of her original pieces after COVID-19 closed schools in 2020.

musician. It was amazing to be able to bring her back to Blue Ridge to conduct another one of her compositions. I love her passion for all things music. Being able to provide the space for her and other young musicians to shine is such

an honor,” Galang said.

“It was such a magical event to come full circle with Addison conducting her piece. Covid took so much, it was nice to get something back,” Principal Brion Bell said. n

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Transgender policies continued from page 6 went into effect July 19.

That November meeting ended with no decision being made and the staff being directed to make revisions for review at its next meeting in December. That meeting was canceled because of scheduling conflicts with members.

The committee had been reviewing side-by-side comparisons of Policy

Collective bargaining continued from page 6 Donohue asked whether the work of the joint committee should be limited to only the eight items, or be permitted to undertake a broader review of other parts of the draft resolution. She also asked whether employees other than teachers and LEA members should be considered for membership.

Chandler and Shernoff both said they liked the idea of expanding the membership, although Chandler expressed con-

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8040, the state’s 2021 model policies that prompted the creation of that policy, and the 2023 model policies.

Donohue said she placed the item on the agenda to hear from the other committee members whether they wanted to review the proposed revisions or if they had other ideas on how they wanted to treat Policy 8040.

“I believe at this time it is incumbent on our committee to decide whether we want you to continue with preparing proposed revisions or not … whether to

leave it as is, whether to replace it, whether to repeal it, or ask the department to finish the process of preparing proposed revisions to be presented to us,” Donohue said. “Those are the options as I see them for how to proceed.”

LaBell said she felt it was critical to continue the review to better understand the impacts on the students and parents.

Richardson said the staff could present the committee with the proposed revisions by the next meeting Feb.15.

Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington and

Prince William County Public Schools have decided to continue using their current transgender policies, which they have said offer greater protections for transgender students.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools which originally had decided to keep using its transgender policy, modified it in October to include parents could submit in writing if they wanted their child called by a different pronoun and allowing a nickname commonly associated with the student’s given name upon request. n

cerns about having it become too big and delay the adoption of collective bargaining even more.

The committee decided to have one representative each from the division’s Human Resources and Talent Development Department and the Department of Business and Financial Services, a principal and a licensed teacher not in LEA appointed by Superintendent Aaron Spence, two LEA board members and one licensed teacher who is a member of LEA appointed by Sullivan, and two School Board members. They also asked for a third-party mediator to help keep the discussions going forward and asked Chief

of Staff Daniel Smith and Division Counsel Wesley D. Allen to find one.

The vote to decide on the makeup of the committee passed unanimously.

“This whole conversation regarding what is going to happen with the committee, I feel very good about it,” Sullivan said after the vote. “All with collaboration and making sure there is folks appointed from both sides so we can hear a variety of opinions, a variety of expertise.”

She said one thing that wasn’t discussed and that wasn’t clear was whether attorneys would be allowed to be in the meetings to provide support for both sides.

She also said she appreciated what Donohue brought up about limiting the scope of the conversation of the committee to just the eight items she brought up.

“They weren’t there for all of that and so that wasn’t in the motion, but the goal was to create a committee,” she said.

Allen confirmed to the committee that the LA&P Committee may determine the parameters around what is talked about in the joint committee later.

The committee asked that membership recommendations from each party be submitted to the LA&P committee by Feb. 15 so they can be finalized in the February meeting. n

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Foxcroft School Only Virginia School to Earn AP CSA and AP CSP Female Diversity Awards

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Foxcroft School earned two College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Awards for its female representation in both AP Computer Science A and AP Computer Science Principles courses during the 2022-23 year.

The school is the only Virginia school to do so and is one of only 68 worldwide to earn the awards.

“Foxcroft continues to lead the way in STEM education for girls,” Head of School Cathy S. McGehee stated in the announcement.

“We encourage our students to take computer science.

The technology field is one where women continue to be underrepresented, and efforts such as ours can Foxcroft School make a difference. Congratulations to our AP Com- Foxcroft School earned two College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Awards for its female puter Science students and representation in both AP Computer Science A and AP their outstanding teachers.” Computer Science Principles courses during the 2022-23 This is the third time academic year.

Foxcroft has received both awards and the fifth time it has re- in Computer Science has helped grow ceived AP Computer Science Female other programs at Foxcroft, includDiversity Awards. The prior awards ing eSports, the FIRST Tech Robotics were for both categories for the 2021- Challenge, and several Computer Sci22 and 2019-20 academic years, AP ence-focused concentration projects,” CSA during the 2018-19 academic Innovation Lab Director and AP CSP year, and AP CSP for the 2017-18 ac- teacher Alex Northrup said. ademic year.

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HRTD Awards program.

Categories this year include bus driver, bus attendant, maintenance, custodial, school nutrition services, safety, technology and support staff employees. Nominations for an outstanding employee in those categories may be submitted by staff members, parents, students and/or community members. A selection committee will review nominations.

To nominate an outstanding employee, submit a completed nomination at tinyurl.com/LCPSawards.

Nominations are due by 5 p.m.

Feb. 23.

The name of the awards program was changed to include more categories and allow more division employees to become eligible for recognition. n

Lovettsville Union Cemetery P. O. Box 146, 12930 Lutheran Church Rd Lovettsville, VA 20180 www.lovettsvillecemetery.org facebook.com/Lovettsville Union

NOTICE Lot Holder’s Annual Meeting March 11, 2024 at 6:30 P.M. To Be Held At New Jerusalem Lutheran Church 12942 Lutheran Church Rd Lovettsville, VA 20180

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Mary Robin Peterson Mary Robin Peterson, a loving mother and dedicated horsewoman, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday, January 16th, 2024, at the age of 61. Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Douglas and Betty Robin, her sister Dale, and her daughter Darcy Peterson. Mary leaves behind a legacy of love and compassion that will endure in the hearts of those she profoundly influenced. Survived by her two children, Andrew Peterson, of Middleburg, VA, and Robin Peterson, of Arlington, VA, Mary’s nurturing spirit lives on in the cherished memories of her children. She is also survived by her devoted long-term partner, James Hobgood, of Purcellville, VA, whose heart holds the echoes of the shared love and memories they built together over the years. A celebration of Mary’s life will be held at a future time. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to her favorite equine rescue, The Gingersnap Girls, at https:// gingersnapgirls.org.

Janet MacDonald Manthos Having lived a storied life sailing on freighters and soaring with the Navy Blue Angels, Janet MacDonald Manthos died peacefully in her home, January 11, 2024.

Born in, and proud to be from Bozeman, Montana, she attended the University of Maryland and was a sister of Kappa Alpha Theta. Upon graduation, she was recruited by the Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C., the only woman in the 1950 academy class of 85 men.

Highlights of her life adventures included traveling the world, designing wood furniture, building a radio station, restoring a Lucketts log cabin, turning Morrisworth barn into a home, championing vocational excellence, and raising four children. Three of them survive her as well as 9 grandchildren, extended family, and loving friends in Montana and the west (“the Dizzies”), Canada, England, and Loudoun County.

Private services will be held at a later date. An avid reader, Janet would smile at donations made to any library in her memory.

Hope Bazaco Dies at 99 Hope Bacos Bazaco, a wonderful woman, mother, grandmother, and great- grandmother, passed away Jan. 27, at the age of 99.

She was born Aug. 6, 1924, in Brooklyn, NY. Hope’s warm and loving personality endeared her to all who knew her. She had a natural talent for entertaining people and took great joy in raising and caring for not only her family but also caring for her friends.

One of Hope’s greatest accomplishments was being a dedicated homemaker to her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She poured her heart and soul into creating a loving and nurturing environment for her family. Her love and support were unwavering, leaving a lasting impact on each and every one of us.

Hope was a talented writer, known for her book of anecdotes that are loved by all. She had a way with words and a gift for storytelling. In her later years, she focused on developing her “Words of Wisdom,” which she would text out individually to a select group of friends and family. Her words touched the hearts of many and provided guidance and inspiration.

Aside from her writing, Hope had a passion for cooking and baking. Her signature dish, Baklava, was renowned not only in the local area, but also among the troops in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. She would send her beloved dessert to the soldiers, bringing them a taste of home and a reminder that they were not forgotten.

Hope’s love for her family extended to the Doukenie Winery, where she spent many joyful moments entertaining guests with stories of the family history. She particularly loved sharing the story of her mother, Doukenie, who immigrated to the United States from Greece, by herself, at age 15. Doukenie’s strength and determination in raising four children and becoming a successful property owner and stock wizard inspired Hope. She believed that her mother’s influence was the foundation of their family’s success, but in truth, it was Hope herself who was the pillar of the family.

Hope’s impact on the lives of those who knew her was immeasurable. Her unwavering support, love, and positive influence left a lasting impression on everyone she encountered. She will be fondly remembered not only locally but also throughout the nation.

Hope’s dedication to her family, her faith in God, and her cherished friendships were the driving forces in her life. She lived each day with love and kindness, leaving a legacy of warmth and compassion.

A viewing and service will be held on Feb. 1 at Loudoun Funeral Chapel, 158 Catoctin Cir SE, Leesburg, VA 20175. Gathering and visitation begins at 10 a.m., service at 11 a.m and interment followed at Hillsboro Cemetery at 1 p.m. A Celebration of Life will follow at Doukenie Winery.

Hope is survived by her children: George, Richard, and Hope Alethia, her grandchildren, Christa, Michael, Hunter, Madison, and Breadon. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren: Dylan, Jackson, Eleana, Theo, and Niko.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to Hope’s Garden in Hillsboro, at HillsboroPreservation.org with donations helping to preserve Hope’s legacy, or to Medical Missionaries at MedicalMissionaries.org.

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Nonprofits

LoCo Disc Golf Kicks Off Ice Bowl Fundraiser

BY HANNA PAMPALONI hpampaloni@loudounnow.com

The LoCo Disc Golf Club celebrated the “crown jewel” of its 13th annual LoCo Ice Bowl fundraiser for Loudoun Hunger Relief at Morven Park on Saturday with disc golf and chili competitions.

Last year, the organization raised over $40,000 for LHR, a world record for a disc golf ice bowl, and since 2012 it has raised more than $150,000. Every winter in communities across North America, ice bowls are held to create local awareness about disc golf and raise money to fight hunger.

This year, teams traveled from as far away as Pennsylvania for a chance to compete at Morven Park’s two courses— Marguerite’s Meander, stretching roughly 7,500 feet and the 6,000-foot Morley’s Maze.

Out of almost 120 players, Matt Hammersten won the gold prize with Keegan Bohnenberger earning the silver, Christopher King taking home the bronze and Keerti Goorah winning the emerald.

LoCo Disc Golf Club’s event also includes a chili cook-off. On Saturday, near-

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A disc golf player competes at Morven Park in the 13th annual LoCo Disc Golf Ice Bowl and Chili Cookoff Jan. 27, 2024.

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Pete Acerno, Tim Winkler, Juan Ramirez and Thomas Adams pose for a photo during the annual LoCo Dis Golf Ice Bowl Jan. 27, 2024.

ly 20 contestants vied for the top place in two chili categories—open and vegetarian—with a panel of nine judges. Anthony Mangus won first place in the open category unseating two-year consecutive champion Steve Duncan. Mike Tomlin

won first place in the vegetarian category.

The Ice Bowl season runs all winter with the next competition taking place Feb. 3 at Hal and Berni Hanson Park and the finale scheduled for March 7.

LoCo Disc Golf Club is a charitable

organization with a mission to grow the sport of disc golf, host tournaments for all skill-levels, support other disc golf clubs in the region and provide support to local park departments and private landowners in maintaining and installing disc golf courses in Loudoun County.

To learn more about LoCo Disc Golf or to donate to Loudoun Hunger Relief through the fundraiser go to locodiscgolf.com. n

Claude Moore Foundation Announces $2.6M in Nonprofit Grants The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation has distributed $2,553,570 in grants to nonprofit organizations primarily serving Loudoun County.

Under the foundation’s mission, the grants are intended to provide operating support to organizations that work to “give a leg up” to under-resourced populations and individuals living with disabilities.

The grants also include funding for nursing scholarships, literacy, and youth leadership programs.

In 2023, the foundation surpassed $100 million in grant funding. Since 1990 it has supported workforce development and education initiatives, including the Claude Moore Scholars Program and essential health and human services initiatives.

The foundation is a private Virginia philanthropy established by Dr. Claude Moore in 1987.

“We are honored to continue to sup-

The 2024 grants are: • A Place to Be, $185,000 • Center for Excellence in Education, $130,00 • Community Foundation for Loudoun & Northern Fauquier Counties, $300,00

• Healthworks for Northern Virginia, $75,000 • James Madison University, Precious Time, $85,520

Scouts, $45,000 • Northern Virginia Dental Clinic, $90,000

• Legacy Farms, $60,000

• Northern Virginia Family Service, $58,000

• Loudoun Education Foundation, $120,000

• Our Stomping Ground, $120,000

• Loudoun Free Clinic, $90,000

• Shenandoah University: Claude Moore Center for Literacy, $85,050

• Future Kings, $25,000

• Loudoun Literacy Council, $120,000

• The Arc of Loudoun, $260,000

• Girl Scout Council of Nation’s Capital, $45,000

• Loudoun Serenity House, $85,000

• The Ryan Bartel Foundation, $55,000

• Loudoun Youth, Inc., $80,000

• Healthwagon, $50,000

• National Capital Area Council, Boy

• Virginia Health Care Foundation, $100,000

County and across the Commonwealth to help under-resourced individuals create a path to success,” Executive Director J. Lambert said. “These organizations support educational programs, resiliency

training, life skills training, and more and lay the foundation for a better life for area residents and our communities.”

Learn more about this year’s awards at claudemoorefoundation.org. n

• Every Citizen Has Opportunities (ECHO), $290,000

port organizations focused on making an impact on quality of life today and for the future through education. Our yearly invitational grants support organizations that provide access to vital services in Loudoun

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LCSO Charges Suspected Fentanyl Dealer Under Terrorism Statute

BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com

A 24-year-old Aldie man faces terrorism, drug and firearms charges following a months-long investigation into the distribution of fentanyl in Northern Virginia.

During the execution of a search warrant at the home of Austin Shin on Friday morning, Sheriff ’s Office investigators seized thousands of fentanyl pills, a handgun and ammunition; more than $6,000 in US currency, and 10.2 ounces of marijuana.

Shin is charged with three counts of distribution of fentanyl, two counts of possession with intent to distribute, three counts of distribution of narcotics on/near school property, possession, manufacturing, and distribution of weapon of terrorism (fentanyl), possession of a firearm by

Public Safety a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm while in possession of narcotics.

The terrorism charge is based on a state law that targets anyone who knowingly manufactures or distributes “a weapon of terrorism” containing a detectable amount of fentanyl. The Class 4 felony is punishable by a sentence of two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

Shin was previously arrested in 2022, in Alexandria, with approximately one thousand fentanyl pills and a firearm, and was on probation for those charges when arrested, according to the agency. He also has faced drug charges in Loudoun County. He pleaded guilty to distribution of marijuana in 2018, receiving two-year

suspended sentence. In 2019, he again pleaded guilty to distribution of marijuana and received a five-year prison sentence, with three years suspended.

He was held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.

A preliminary hearing in Loudoun County District Court is scheduled for Feb. 29.

“I am committed to ending the distribution of fentanyl in Loudoun County, and this is an important arrest in our ongoing war to hold distributors of this lethal drug accountable,” Sheriff Mike Chapman stated in the announcement of the arrest.

Last year there were 19 fatal and 71 non-fatal opioid-related overdoses in Loudoun County, with 22 of the non-fatal overdoses involving juveniles. Almost all of these were attributed to fentanyl, according to the Sheriff ’s Office. n

SAFETY notes Two Charged in Downtown Leesburg Burglaries The Leesburg Police Department has charged two Purcellville residents with burglaries of two downtown businesses.

The first burglary was Jan. 18 on North King Street. The business’ representative said that earlier that morning, shortly before 3 a.m., a man and woman entered the closed building and stole property.

The second happened Jan. 26. Officers responded to a North Street business where a representative reported that shortly after midnight a woman entered the building and stole property.

That evening, an officer stopped to check the welfare of a man, Samuel Jenkins III, 46, who was unsteady on his feet on East Market Street. He was with Abigail Laura, 38.

Jenkins was arrested for public intoxication and on an outstanding warrant.

Laura was arrested on multiple outstanding warrants. They were held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.

Investigators identified them as suspects in the burglaries.

Jenkins is charged with one count of burglary and one count of public intoxication. Laura has been charged with two counts of burglary, one count of larceny, one count of destruction of property, and

Sheriff’s Office photo

Master Deputy Jeremy Krapfl, center, his family, Sheriff Michael Chapman and other deputies after being released from medical treatment Jan. 27.

one count of drug possession.

Anyone with information regarding either of the burglaries is asked to contact the Leesburg Police Department at 703771-4500. Those wishing to remain anonymous may call the Leesburg Crime Line at 703-443-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent using TIPSUBMIT via text.

Text 274637 (CRIMES) and begin your message with LPDTIP.

Injured Motorcycle Deputy Released from Hospital Following more than two weeks of treatment after he was struck by a vehicle, Loudoun County Master Deputy Jeremy Krapfl returned home Saturday with a full police escort.

On Jan. 11, Krapfl and Deputy First Class Brian Plaugher were on their motorcycles responding to a crash on Watson Road near Leesburg when they were struck by an oncoming vehicle that crossed into their lane. Both were transported to a hospital. While Plaugher was treated and released the same day, Krapfl suffered significant injuries to his left leg and underwent four surgeries. He will continue his recovery at home.

The teen driver was cited for failure to maintain control of his car.

In addition to Sheriff ’s Office personnel, units from the Fairfax County Police Department, Leesburg Police Department, and Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police Department joined in the escort procession. n

Jury Trial in Fatal Car Crash Delayed

BY HANNA PAMPALONI hpampaloni@loudounnow.com

A five-day jury trial for a Maryland man charged with aggravated involuntary manslaughter in an April 2022 fatal car crash has been postponed, following an emergency motion to continue filed by the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office.

Rogel Hernandez Reyes is accused of driving at speeds of nearly 100 mph on Rt. 7 near Sterling when the car crossed into the median and rolled over. A passenger, Orlando Rodriguez, was thrown from the car and died at the scene.

Prosecutors alleged Hernandez Reyes had a blood alcohol content of 0.183% at the time.

The trial was scheduled to start Jan. 29.

County prosecutors on Friday requested a delay because a key witness had not been properly subpoenaed to testify.

Oswaldo Lazo was a passenger in the car with Hernandez Reyes, Rodriguez, and Jonathan Andres.

According to the emergency motion, subpoenas for Lazo and Andres were issued by the Circuit Court on Oct. 16, 2023, and “presumably” mailed to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office.

The first effort to serve Lazo in Maryland occurred in December.

On Jan. 22, Maryland informed newly installed Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Jason Faw that law-enforcement had made contact with Andres, but that he refused to accept the service of subpoena.

Contact had also been made with Lazo’s mother, but paperwork had not been served.

Faw asked Circuit Court Judge Matthew P. Snow for more time to ensure Lazo, described as a “necessary” witness, will appear.

Snow granted the delay and set a Feb. 1 hearing to reschedule the trial, possibly in late April. n

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County Opens Western Rt. 7 Corridor Study

BY HANNA PAMPALONI hpampaloni@loudounnow.com

County transportation staff members gathered with community members on Jan. 25 to hear from residents about safety, traffic, and other concerns along Rt. 7 from Rt. 690 west to the Clarke County line.

Purcellville Mayor Stanley J. Milan and council members Carol Luke and Caleb Stought, Round Hill council members Isaac Pacheco and Mary Anne Graham and Chief of Staff for Supervisor Caleb Kershner (R-Catoctin) Stacey Carey were among those gathered in the Purcellville Library.

Assistant Director of Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Lou Mosurak said the meeting was part of the county’s safety and operational corridor study of Rt. 7, one of several other studies the county is working to complete.

“So far, our office has completed Rt. 9, Rt. 15 south, and we’re currently working on this study, as well as one for Rt. 50 from Northstar Boulevard west to the Middleburg area and then Rt. 287,” he said.

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A community member writes notes on a map during a public input meeting for the county’s Rt. 7 corridor study Jan. 25.

AECOM constructing engineering company representative Paul Anderson said the goal of the study was to assess safety, operating conditions and roadway conditions, as well as forecast future traffic conditions, identify phased improvements

and collaborate with the community.

AECOM representative Nigel Hareth said during the study, they had identified some crash “hot spots” at the Rt. 601 and Rt. 7 intersection, Clayton Hall Road and Rt. 7 merge and crossover, Stoneleigh Drive and Rt. 7 intersection by the Hill High Market, and at the western Rt. 7 business intersection in Round Hill.

The hairpin curve on Snickersville Turnpike and the Rt. 7 westbound offramp at Round Hill were also identified as high crash areas.

Hareth said that high speeds along Rt. 7 were concerning, with only 12% traveling at the speed limit, nearly 30% traveling between 56 and 60 miles per hour, 36% traveling at up to 65 mph, and almost 20% traveling up to 70 miles per hour. The remaining 4% of drivers were traveling above 71 mph.

“For eastbound traffic, the majority of vehicles or roughly three-quarters of it, travels eastbound at the 6 a.m. peak,” Hareth said. “Whereas, the inverse RT. 7 STUDY continues on page 16

Purcellville Police Begin Use of Body Worn Cameras

BY HANNA PAMPALONI hpampaloni@loudounnow.com

The Purcellville Police Department has begun testing and training its newly received body-worn cameras.

Officers will use the cameras while on patrol, responding to calls for service and conducting traffic stops.

All department patrol vehicles are already equipped with in-car cameras, which automatically activate when emergency equipment turns on or can be manually engaged by officers.

Once fully integrated, the system will turn on both the body-worn cameras and the in-car camera simultaneously when either is in range and activated. Use of the body-worn cameras will now align the department with the current audio and video recording equipment of local law enforcement in the Northern Virginia region, including the Leesburg Police Department and the Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office.

“Safety and trust among our

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Purcellville Police Sgt. Camp poses for a photo with the department’s new body-worn cameras Jan. 25.

community members are top priorities for our department,” Police Chief Cynthia McAlister stated. “The Purcellville Police Department strives for effective police services built through accountability and transparency. We engage our community

through courteous and proactive outreach and communication, and work diligently to constantly improve our professionalism. Careful thought and consideration have been given to all policies and procedures surrounding the usage of BWCs to best balance both the needs of the public and the Department, when utilizing this technology. Utilizing the BWCs will continue to allow the Department to be transparent in our actions and impact within the community.”

The Town Council in July voted to make two budget amendments allocating $15,099 for the in-car cameras and $30,179 for the body-worn cameras from the town’s General Fund reserves. The department also received funding from two grants equaling nearly $100,000.

In March 2023, the department asked the public for comments on the development of its body-worn camera policy to comply with state code. The comments were logged and incorporated into applicable edits, prior to the issuance and training of the final policy to Department members. n

Town of Lovettsville

Retiring Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office sergeant Howard Craig was honored with a resolution by the Lovettsville Town Council on Jan. 25.

LOVETTSVILLE LCSO Sergeant Craig Honored by Town Council A Lovettsville Town Council resolution to honor a Loudoun County Sheriff ’s Office western Loudoun station sergeant took on special significance for Mayor Christopher Hornbaker as he shared how Howard Craig solved his cousin’s murder after years of it remaining unsolved.

The council voted 5-0-1, with council member Tom Budnar absent, to adopt the resolution during its meeting Jan. 25.

Patrick Hornbaker was found dead in his Hillsboro-area home May 21, 2001, the victim of a robbery. Robert Roy was arrested in the case in 2008 after Craig was assigned as an investigator. He later pled guilty to a charge of second-degree murder.

“The Hornbaker family will forever be indebted to what you did for my cousin,” Hornbaker said. “… Without you Sgt. Craig, I don’t know that that case would have been solved like so many other cases in Loudoun County. So, we will definitely miss you.”

“Sergeant Craig’s latest assignment was the Station Sergeant for Western Loudoun Station that serves and encompasses the Town of Lovettsville, where he served the Lovettsville community with distinction as a consistent collaborator with and contributor to numerous Lovettsville community events while always striving to ensure the safety and welfare of the citizen of AROUND TOWNS continues on page 16

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Lovettsville Council to Review $6.3M FY25 Budget Proposal

BY HANNA PAMPALONI

hpampaloni@loudounnow.com

Lovettsville Town Manager Jason Cournoyer last week presented his $6.3 million fiscal year 2025 budget to the Town Council. The proposed spending plan is nearly a 10% decrease from the previous year.

The budget includes $1.98 million for the General Fund, $1.46 million for the Capital Projects Fund, $2.76 million for the Utilities Fund, and $115,850 for the Event Fund.

Cournoyer said there were two main changes to the year’s proposed budget–a significantly smaller Capital Project list and a smaller allocation for the Event Fund to reflect plans to outsource much of the town’s annual Oktoberfest activities this year.

“This is something that in the coming weeks we will get a lot more information once we get an execution plan with Oktoberfest,” he said.

The proposed budget also includes a 2% cost-of-living raise and a 3.5% merit raise for the staff, as well as adjustments to retirements and healthcare benefits.

“I am proposing a new full-time position. This is unfortunately in anticipation of perhaps the retirement of our staple public works coordinator now that is parttime. But it will take a full-time position to replace him and also to start addressing more routine maintenance items in utilities,” Cournoyer said.

A full-time public works coordinator

is expected to cost an additional $51,000 in addition to the approximately $27,000 allocated for the part-time position currently.

“We’re on a good trend for this year.

Our expenditures are not keeping up with the growth of our revenues, so I project that this year is going to be another year that we exceed our revenue projections,” Cournoyer said.

The FY2025 proposed budget holds the real estate tax rate at the current level of 15.25-cent per $100 in assessed value. The

equalized real estate tax rate is 14.75 cents, with a cent generating $52,700 in revenue.

Holding the tax rate would result in an average annual tax bill increase of $29.75 a year, or $2.48 more a month, according to the presentation.

Cournoyer proposed a utility rate increase of 3%, which would on average be a $2.93 increase each month.

He said the 7% increase in the Utilities Fund is attributed to the new full-time position, some capital projects and an increased focus on addressing infiltration

and inflow concerns.

The FY2025 Capital Improvement Plan includes 10 projects actively funded in addition to a few recurring.

“We’re close to 90% grant funded again [for capital projects] and the largest majority of that is in transportation projects,” Cournoyer said.

The council plans four budget works sessions on Feb. 2, 8, 22, and March 8. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for Feb. 22 with an expected adoption of the budget March 20. n

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‘I Heard the Bells’ Takes Favorite’s Prize at Cabin Fever Film Festival Purcellville’s seventh annual Cabin Fever Film Festival took place over the weekend with 14 contestants vying for prizes in categories including Most Likely to Break Cabin Fever and Festival Favorite.

The event, co-hosted by the Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center and the town’s art council, was held Friday, Jan. 26 and Saturday, Jan. 27. The theme for this year’s festival was “Connections.” Winners received $500 and a locally crafted trophy.

Ten of the contestants were first-time competitors with Guy Noffsinger’s “Citi-

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and vistos to the Town of Lovettsville and the great Western Loudoun region,” according to the proclamation.

Sheriff Mike Chapman also attended the meeting and said Craig was going to be missed for the hard work and dedication that Craig brought to the sheriff ’s office.

“Thank you, Town of Lovettsville. I much appreciate the honor,” Craig said.

MIDDLEBURG New Community Programs Coming to Town The town staff is moving forward with planning for two new programs that will put a spotlight on the community.

Middleburg Day is envisioned as a neighborhood picnic that will be held at the park near Town Hall. Planned to be held annually, tentatively on the Friday after Memorial Day, the event will celebrate Middleburg’s people and history.

The Citizen Academy planned Aug. 14 as a one-day training session for residents who want to learn more about the operations of town government—from the town council’s duties to the inner workings of the water treatment plants.

The program was proposed in 2019, but its planning was delayed by the pandemic and then the focus on the new Town Hall construction. Initially, the academy will be limited to 10 participants.

Boosted Police Recruitment Efforts Under Review After an eight-month search has failed to turn up a qualified candidate for an open police officer position, Chief Shaun D. Jones is looking for new initiatives that could boost recruitment efforts.

fied” winning Most Likely to Break Cabin Fever, Josh Ryan’s “Harbinger: A Treasure Hunt Prequel” winning Best in Theme and the Morrison brothers’ “I Heard the Bells” winning Festival Favorite.

“Hand in Color” by Jennifer Porter and “Life in Color” by Evan Jackson earned honorable mentions.

The awards for contestants were created by pottery artist Geoff DeMark and prizes were sponsored by the Town of Purcellville, Friends of Franklin Park Arts Center, and the Franklin Park Arts Center. n According to a briefing to the Town Council last week, pay has been identified as a top concern and the department is conducting a pay study to ensure its compensation is competitive.

But other incentives also are being considered. Those include allowing officers to take home their police cruisers, eliminating rotating work shifts, and changing policies to potentially permit officers to have beards and tattoos.

Jones noted that the town is limited to recruiting experienced officers because the pace and nature of calls in town don’t meet the needs of new recruits working toward their certifications.

“It takes a special person to work in the Town of Middleburg,” Jones said.

PURCELLVILLE

Town of Purcellville

Brett Choyce (left) is presented his award.

Choyce’s Chili is Mayor’s Choice at American Legion Brett Choyce won the Mayor’s Choice Award during the annual chili cook off at the Purcellville American Legion Post 293.

Choyce received the award from Mayor Stanley Milan along with Andy Rider, Sons of the American Legion Commander Squadron 293, and Kevin Chaplin, Sons of the American Legion Commander Detachment of Virginia.

The event raised over $3,600 for Loudoun County veterans and their families. n

Franklin Park Arts Center

The seventh annual Cabin Fever Film Festival was held at the Franklin Park Arts Center on Jan. 26-27.

RT. 7 STUDY continued from page 14 westbound where the majority of traffic travels at the 4 p.m. peak.”

AECO representative Nour Abdul said it was important to recognize that nearly 80% of all traffic on Rt. 7 was regional as opposed to local.

“What do we mean by local? It’s a trip that either originated, ended or both within Rt. 7,” she said, adding that the regional category was usually made up of commuters starting before and on their way past Rt. 7.

“It just shows you how important Rt. 7 from a regional or commuter perspective,” Abdul said.

Anderson said it was important to the finished project to receive feedback from residents on their concerns about Rt. 7 and its arterial roadways.

Residents had the opportunity to mark maps of the seven-mile stretch of highway and additional roads to bring attention to areas they felt needed it with several noting the same areas presented as crash hot spots.

Several drew attention to the Loudoun County/Clarke County border where Blue Ridge Mountain Road intersects with Rt. 7.

“Line of sight issues for cross traffic” one sticky note said.

“High volumes from brewery and App. Trail parking. Traffic backs up from Mt. Weather” another read.

Another area of concern for residents was at Hill High Market.

“Intersection of Stoneleigh Dr. and Rt. 7 needs traffic light. Very bad location,” one note said. Another added, “At Stoneleigh intersection, put in lane lines for left turn only and straight only (going both directions).”

Another said that drivers couldn’t see painted lines on the roads and a fourth said to get rid of the butterfly sanctuary that is protected on the median calling it “extremely dangerous.”

Other community members drew attention to Clayton Hall Road at Bluemont, saying it was hard for school buses to turn onto it during the afternoon rush hour.

“Speed of traffic coming down hill makes entry to 7 deadly!” another comment said.

Anderson thanked residents for attending the meeting said this would only be one of the opportunities residents had to weigh in on the study.

“Our finished project will be a report that is presented to the Board of Supervisors,” he said. “We won’t be developing design or construction plans in what we do. These will be concepts and budgetary guidelines.”

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LIVE MUSIC MELISSA QUINN FOX 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. bearchasebrew.com JUST DOUG 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankyspub.com JASON MASI 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Quattro Goombas Brewery, 22860 Little River Turnpike, Aldie. quattrogoombas.com VICTOR TORRES DUO 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankyspub.com CHRIS BOWEN 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Harvest Gap Brewery, 15485 Purcellville Road, Hillsboro. harvestgap.com ELIJAH MYERS 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Harpers Ferry Brewing, 37412 Adventure Center Lane, Loudoun Heights. harpersferrybrewing.com JP JONES 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Lost Barrel Brewing, 36138 Little River Turnpike, Middleburg. lostbarrel.com TWO FOR THE ROAD 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Flying Ace Farm, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville. flyingacefarm.com TODD BROOKS & POUR DECISIONS 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Old Ox Brewery, 44652 Guilford Drive, Ashburn. oldoxbrewery.com BRITTON JAMES 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Social House Kitchen & Tap, 42841 Creek View Plaza, Ashburn. socialhouseasburn.com LSHA BAND 8 to midnight Friday, Feb. 2 Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankyspub.com

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Silas Redd in his Nostalgia vintage boutique in Purcellville.

WHY I LOVE LOUDOUN: Silas Redd Loudoun style guru Silas Redd studied fashion merchandising at VCU and worked for Macy’s and Brooks Brothers before opening the vintage boutique Nostalgia in Purcellville in 2016. In October 2023, he opened his unique men’s boutique, Mister on Main, within the same building as Nostalgia.

Favorite place to eat in Loudoun?

I’m a sucker for the BLT sandwich at Market Burger in Purcellville. The Pub in Purcellville has a great chicken Caesar salad (extra cheese and dressing for me.)

I’m also a fan of the salmon at Magnolias!

Favorite place for a craft beverage?

Hands down Walsh Family Wine. I really enjoy the variety of wines they have including the Viognier. It’s one thing to have a good bottle of wine, but Sarah Walsh really makes every guest feel like family when you visit. I also appreciate that they hold events to highlight other up and coming businesses.

Why We

LO VE Loudoun Best hidden gem in Loudoun?

Abernethy & Spencer Greenhouse in Lincoln. There’s no way you can be sad when you visit there. I think a lot of people, especially those moving from more densely populated areas, are unaware that there is a huge plant nursery right in their backyard.

What’s a must-see place in Loudoun to take an out-of-town visitor?

Bear Chase Brewing. It combines incredible views with the wine and beer Loudoun is known for. Two birds with one stone.

What is your Favorite event in Loudoun to go to?

The Purcellville Tag Sale each October.

It’s so great to see people supporting local businesses and it also gives new and upcoming vendors a way to launch their businesses.

What’s a fun fact to share about Loudoun?

Built in 1832 by the Quaker abolitionist Samuel M. Janney, the Springdale Village Inn in Lincoln was one of the last stops on the Underground Railroad.

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continued from page 17 THE BOBBY THOMPSON TRIO 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville. monksq.com EYES OF THE NILE 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St. SW., Leesburg. $15 to $35. tallyhotheater.com BRUCE EWAN 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Creek’s Edge Winery, 41255 Annas Lane, Lovettsville. creeksedgewinery.com CHRIS BOWEN 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. bearchasebrew.com DAN CRONIN 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Sunset Hills Vineyard, 38295 Fremont Overlook Lane, Purcellville. sunsethillvineyard.com

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KRISTY COX & GRASSTIME 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Lucketts Community Center luckettsbluegrass.org The native Australian, who is a candidate for the International Bluegrass Music Awards for emerging artists and female vocalist of the year, brings her Nashville bank to the Lucketts stage.

JOE DOWNER 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Bleu Frog Vineyards, 16413 Little River Turnpike, Leesburg. bleufrogvineyards.com

DAN FISK 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Quattro Goombas Brewery, 22860 Little River Turnpike, Aldie. quattrogoombas.com

GARRETT MABE 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 8 Chains North Winery, 38593 Daymont Lane, Waterford.

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CHRIS ELLINGHOUS 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton. thebarnsathamiltonstation.com

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YOKO SAYS NO 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Spanky’s Shenanigans spankyspub.com

THAT 1 GUY 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 8 Tally Ho Theater tallyhotheater.com

A party band favorite returns to Spanky’s for a night of rock favorites.

Mike Silverman, the inventor and player of The Magic Pipe, combines elements of classical music with electronica during his one-man concert performance that is equal parts music, technology, science, art and spectacle.

DENNIS WAYLAND 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Old 690 Brewing Company, 15670 Ashbury Church Road, Hillsboro. old690.com ZACH JONES 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Harvest Gap Brewery, 15485 Purcellville Road, Hillsboro. harvestgap.com

HALL VOTE 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Firefly Cellars, 40325 Charles Town Pike, Hamilton. fireflycellars.com MELISSA QUINN FOX 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Doukenie Winery, 14727 Mountain Road, Hillsboro. doukeniewinery.com

WAYNE SNOW 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Hillsboro. breauxvineyards.com

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Where do you get the clothes for Nostalgia from?

From up and down the East Coast.

Despite popular belief, we don’t source Goodwill or estate sales. Mostly we get calls from private sellers or people stop by. I have a few sources where I can make bulk purchases, but those are top secret.

What’s the most precious item you have on sale or have sold at Nostalgia?

Where to start? One of our dresses was worn to the Oscars. Several items have been on TV, in movies and on Netflix. I was recently able to acquire a collection of historical clothing from 1840 to 1920 from a 90-year-old woman who had collected for decades. I was happy to get every single item placed in the hands of buyers who will ensure the collection is studied and stored properly.

What’s the concept behind Mister on Main?

To give men an easier outlet for shopping in our area. We rival some of the national chains on price and style.

We don’t have thousands of items, but today’s male shopper doesn’t want that.

They want somewhere they can pop in and out. We try to approach the menswear as “traditional with a punch”; the punch being a wild color or print. It has really taken off over the last year and I’m excited to see how our customers will respond to our spring/summer collection arriving soon.

What are your favorite shops in Loudoun?

I like Twigs in Purcellville.

Amy really knows how to create a lifestyle environment. My neighbors at Twin Flame Vintage are really cool.

They are filling a niche market that isn’t really seen around here. My latest guilty pleasure has been Elsass in Round Hill for home decor and furniture.

They ship over amazing items from France that are drool-worthy and don’t break the bank. I’m also a fan of The Hamilton Mercantile. It’s the coffee shop and country market that dreams are made of.

You are a dapper dresser – who is your favorite designer?

I love brands that tell a story and therefore I’m a huge fan of Ralph Lauren.

My latest obsession is Todd Snyder. The quality. The fabrics. The styles! They feel like the hip little brother of Ralph Lauren.

Does Loudoun have a “style”?

Different areas of Loudoun each have their own style. We are mostly known for that equestrian look, but that has shifted to more casual dressing. One minute I see a woman in Lululemon and the woman behind her is in a floor-length fur…

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continued from page 18 GARY SMALLWOOD 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Flying Ace Farm, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville. flyingacefarm.com ANDREW RENNER 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Chrysalis Vineyards at The Ag District, 39025 Little River Turnpike, Middleburg. chrysaliswine.com DEREK KRETZER & FRIENDS 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Lost Barrel Brewing, 36138 Little River Turnpike, Middleburg. lostbarrel.com LAURA CASHMAN 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Harvest Gap Brewery, 15485 Purcellville Road, Hillsboro. harvestgap.com JULIET LLOYD TRIO 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. bearchasebrew.com VOLUME’S 11 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Old Ox Brewery, 44652 Guilford Drive, Ashburn. old690.com GABE MATTHEWS BAND 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Social House Kitchen & Tap, 42841 Creek View Plaza, Ashburn. socialhouseashburn.com FADED HOME/ARI VOXX 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Simply Yoga, 11 W. Market St., Leesburg. $20. facebook.com/leesburg.movement KRISTY COX AND GRASSTIME 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, Lucketts. luckettsbluegrass.org YOKO SAYS NO 8 to midnight Saturday, Feb. 3 Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankyspub.com SHANNON BIELSKI AND MOONLIGHT DRIVE 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Monk’s BBQ, 251 N. 21st St., Purcellville. monksq.com PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St. SW., Leesburg. $20 to $50. tallyhotheater.com MICHELLE AND JASON HANNAN DUO 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 Vanish Farmwoods Brewery, 42245 Black Hops Lane, Lucketts. vanishbeer.com ERIC CAMPBELL 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. bearchasebrew.com DAN MCGUIRE 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 Bleu Frog Vineyards, 16413 Little River Turnpike, Leesburg. bleufrogvineyards.com

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DAVE GOODRICH 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton. thebarnsathamiltonstation.com MEISHA HERRON 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 Harvest Gap Brewery, 15485 Purcellville Road, Hillsboro. harvestgap.com SCOTT KURT 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 Flying Ace Farm, 40950 Flying Ace Lane, Lovettsville. flyingacefarm.com ANDY CARIGNAN 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Hillsboro. breauxvineyards.com DOMINICA KNAPP 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 Harpers Ferry Brewing, 37412 Adventure Center Lane, Loudoun Heights. harpersferrybrewing.com DAVID GOODRUM 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg. spankyspub.com DYLAN WOELFEL 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8 Bear Chase Brewing Company, 33665 Bear Chase Lane, Bluemont. bearchasebrewing.com THAT 1 GUY 8 to 11 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8 Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. tallyhotheater.com

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HAPPENINGS WRITING IN NATURE 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 Morven Park Grounds, 17339 Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg. loudounwildlife.org SEARCHING FOR BIRDS OF PREY 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Road NW., Leesburg. loudounwildlife.org WES ISELI’S BIG MAGIC AND ILLUSION SHOW 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 Woodgrove High School, 36811 Allder School Road, Purcellville. $15. wesiseli.com SEARCHING FOR BIRDS OF PREY FIELD TRIP 1:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Starting location TBD loudounwildlife.org VALENTINES PAINT AND SIP 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 Old Ox Brewery, 44652 Guilford Drive, Ashburn. $49. oldoxbrewery.com CRAFT, CANVAS AND CHEERS 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 The Craft Of Brewing, 21140 Ashburn Crossing Drive, Ashburn. $45. thecraftob.com LITERARY SPEED DATING 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6 Brambleton Library, 22850 Brambleton Plaza, Brambleton. library.loudoun.gov/Brambleton

ORDER OF PUBLICATION COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316 Case No.:

JJ045188-11-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Ashli Martinez-Bonilla

The object of this suit is to hold a third permanency planning hearing and review of Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1281 for Ashli Martinez-Bonilla.

It is ORDERED that the defendant(s) Maynor Martinez Acosta, putative father and Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before March 12, 2024 at 3:00 p.m

Loudoun County Department of Family Services

2/1, 2/8, 2/15 & 2/22/24

v.

Maynor Martinez Acosta, putative father and Unknown Father

TOWN OF LEESBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2025-2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM Pursuant to Va. Code § 15.2-2239, the Leesburg Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia, to solicit public comment on the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2030 Capital Improvements Program (CIP).

The following table reflects potential Fiscal Year 2025 requested funding totaling $43,578,083. The requested funding amount will be included in the Town Manager’s Fiscal Year 2025 Proposed Budget scheduled to be presented to Town Council during their regular meeting the evening of February 13, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. The following table summarizes the CIP projects to be funded in FY 2025:

CATEGORY

FY 2025 AMOUNT

ADMINISTRATION

$2,290,883

§ Management costs associated with the Capital Improvements Program

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

$4,505,000

§ Capital Asset Replacement Program § Downtown Streetlights Phase II § Town Hall Fire System Upgrade § Town Hall Parking Garage Structural Repairs § Town Shop Expansion and Refurbishment

PARKS & RECREATION

$1,301,000

§ Miscellaneous Playground Surface and Equipment § Pickleball Courts § Old Waterford Road Trail to Morven Park § Washington & Old Dominion Trail Lighting

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS

$14,899,000

§ Evergreen Mill Road Widening § Miscellaneous Roadway, Pedestrian, and ADA Projects § Plaza Street Sidewalk § Traffic Signal - Fieldstone Drive and Battlefield Parkway § Traffic Signal Replacements

STORM DRAINAGE

$4,281,700

§ Chesapeake Bay TMDL Phase III § Floodplain Study and Resiliency Planning § Lawson Road Pedestrian Crossing of Tuscarora Creek § Miscellaneous Storm Drainage System Analysis & Repair § Town Branch Stream Channel Improvements at Mosby Drive – Catoctin Circle to Morven Park Road § Tuscarora Creek Stream Restoration (Utilities Maintenance Building to Town Shop)

AIRPORT

$1,788,000

§ Airport Air Traffic Control Tower § Airport Runway Pavement Rehabilitation § Airport Hangar Row Lane Security Fence Replacement

UTILITIES

$14,512,500

§ Water Pollution Control Facility Solids Processing Improvements § Water Pollution Control Facility Storage Tanks Recoating & Rehabilitation § Water Treatment Plan Electrical Upgrades § Utilities Repair, Replacement, and Rehabilitation Program

MAJOR PROJECTS

Copies of the proposed CIP Summary with a complete list of projects are available in the Department of Finance & Administrative Services, Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. by calling 703-771-2763. Questions should be directed to Clark Case, Director of Finance and Administrative Services at 703-771-2720.

At this hearing, all persons desiring to express their views concerning this matter 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.

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Legal Notices PUBLIC HEARING The LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS will hold a public hearing in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, at 6:00 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, February 14, 2024, in order to consider: PROPOSED 2023 CAPITAL INTENSITY FACTORS The Board of Supervisors will review and consider revisions to the Capital Intensity Factors (CIF), the dollar amount of the capital facilities impact of a residential unit, based on the type of unit and its location.

CIFs establish an estimate of the average capital facilities cost associated with new residential units in the County and are used in the evaluation and negotiation of proffers associated with residential rezonings.

The proposed 2023 CIF would update: the Standard and the Age-Restricted and Continuing Care Retirement Communities CIFs; implement a new Roads CIF as well as a new Urban Multi-Family Attached CIF; and provide an optional By-Size Differential CIF that reduces the Standard and Age-Restricted CIF when smaller-than-average unit sizes are proffered.

Per Loudoun County’s Fiscal Policy, the CIFs are to be updated periodically. Revisions reflect the Fiscal Management and Housing policies in the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan.

Copies of the proposed 2023 Capital Intensity Factors and supporting documents may be examined at the Loudoun County Government Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia from 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday or call (703) 777-0200. Documents may also be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun. gov/bosdocuments.

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT SECOND SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2021-2025 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE FY2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN On April 14, 2021, the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved the County’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2025 Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Consolidated Plan) which requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) for each year. On July 12, 2023, the Board approved a Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan and the FY 2024 AAP. Pursuant to Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 42 United States Code §5301, et seq., and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations at 24 Code of Federal Regulations Subtitle A §91.105(c), the Board shall consider a second Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan and the FY 2024 AAP. The proposed second Substantial Amendment includes changes to the following components of the Consolidated Plan and the FY 2024 AAP: High Priority Activities • Projects that promote energy efficiency and conservation through rehabilitation or retrofitting of existing buildings (24 CFR 570.201(c)); and • Public Facilities (24 CFR 570.201(c).

Unexpended and unallocated CDBG funds to be reprogrammed to the following FY 2024 eligible high priority activities.

Organization Loudoun County Government

CDBG Citation 24 CFR 570.201(c) Upgrade 1st Floor Public Restrooms at 1 Harrison Street, SE -ADA compliance

National Objective

Funded Amount

Low-Mod Limited Clientele (LMC)

$645,000

Copies of the draft Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan and the Substantial Amendment to the FY 2024 AAP will be available January 12, 2024, through February 14, 2024, until 4:00pm, and may be examined at the offices of the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), 106 Catoctin Circle, SE, Leesburg, VA 20175, Monday through Friday, 8:30am from and 5:00pm. The Substantial Amendment will also be available January 12, 2024, online at www.loudoun.gov/cdbg through February 14, 2024.

All citizens and organizations are invited to present their views and comments. Written comments may be submitted to the CDBG Program Manager at the Department of Housing and Community Development, P. O. Box 7000, Leesburg, VA 20177 or by e-mail to housing@loudoun.gov by no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 14, 2024.

LEASE OF LOUDOUN COUNTY REAL PROPERTY Old Arcola School

Pursuant to Virginia Code §15.2-1800 et seq., the Board of Supervisors shall consider a proposed option to lease and lease to Old Arcola Elementary 9% Owner LLC of up to six contiguous acres of land located within the property known as the Old Arcola School. The purpose of the proposed option to lease and lease is for the development of multi-family affordable rental units under the terms and conditions of the associated purchase and sales agreement between the County of Loudoun and Capretti Land Inc., dated March 1, 2022. The Old Arcola School is located on the east side of Stone Springs Boulevard (Route 659), north of John Mosby Highway (Route 50) and south of Arcola Mills Drive (Route 621), at 24244 Stone Springs Boulevard, Arcola, Virginia. The Old Arcola School consists of four parcels of approximately 11.13 acres and is more particularly described as PINs: 203-20-8192-000, 162-25-3177-000, 203-20-7070-000 and 203-20-9349-000.

A copy of the purchase and sales agreement depicting the approximate location of the six acres of land, and a copy of the option to lease, may be examined at the Loudoun County Government Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call 703-777-0200. Documents may also be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments.

REVIEW AND RENEWAL, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE NEW BLUEMONT AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT The current period of the New Bluemont Agricultural and Forestal District (District) will expire on June 1, 2024. The District has a 4-year period and a subdivision minimum lot size of 20 acres. Pursuant to Chapter 1226 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County, the Board of Supervisors (Board) has directed staff, the Agricultural District Advisory Committee (ADAC), and the Planning Commission to conduct a review in order to determine whether to continue, modify, or terminate the District. Parcels currently enrolled in the District are located within an area generally south of Sunny Ridge Road (Route 761) and Mountain Orchard Lane, east of the boundary with Clarke County, north of Forest Hill Lane and Ridgeside Road (Route 765),west of Foggy Bottom Road (Route 626), Black Oak Road (Route 735), Silcott Springs Road (Route 690), and Woodgrove Road (Route 719) in the Catoctin and Little River Election Districts.

During this review, land less than 5 acres, or 20 acres or greater, in size that is currently enrolled in the District will be automatically renewed. However, any parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres will be ineligible for renewal and inclusion within the District unless the owner submits an application on forms provided by the Department of Planning and Zoning and one or more of the following criteria is met: 1.

Management Plan that specifically states that the property owner(s) are accumulating the required 5-year production records in order to qualify for agricultural, to include horticulture, land use tax deferral.

2.

Animal Husbandry including Equine uses (commercial or non-commercial) with a Management Plan that relates the pasture carrying capacity to limit the number of animals allowed.

3.

Forests and woodlands with a management plan that specifies the actions required to maintain and enhance the stands.

4.

Wetlands, flood plains, streams and/or rivers that have Management Plans that set forth the terms for their maintenance and enhancement.

During this review, land within the District may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the Board at any time before the Board acts to continue, modify, or terminate the District.

Landowners of the following parcels, currently enrolled in the New Bluemont Agricultural and Forestal District, were notified by certified mail of the District’s review.

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5.301

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3.463

609-26-3592-000

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633-46-6646-000

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16.826

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2.7

609-27-1684-000

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40

633-48-5762-000

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38.991

609-27-9560-000

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5.501

647-20-1688-000

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24.543

609-27-9780-000

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5.124

649-28-2628-000

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4

609-36-0289-000

/33//23/////3/

24.551

649-28-9645-000

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12.262

610-25-4022-000

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16

649-30-1508-000

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13

610-35-3696-000

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36.376

649-38-9363-000

/41////////79C

5.162

610-35-9402-000

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39.231

649-40-5211-000

/42////////30I

18

610-39-7684-000

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6.883

649-49-2802-000

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5.5

611-10-3799-000

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23.476

650-20-3019-000

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24.42

611-19-3378-000

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20

650-25-2860-000

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30

611-35-9973-000

/42//23////12C

10.613

650-35-3066-000

/41////////69/

22.25

612-49-4815-000

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20.057

650-35-9812-000

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20.649

629-19-8595-000

/33///2/////4/

20.209

663-10-2948-000

/41////////74/

99.04

629-27-4326-000

/33/A/1////10/

9.977

66-34-04127-000

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14.97

629-30-2015-000

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23.996

663-40-5577-000

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17.181

The ADAC held a public meeting on November 6, 2023, to review and make recommendations concerning whether to continue, modify, or terminate the New Bluemont Agricultural and Forestal District, and to review renewal applications and requests for withdrawal of land from the District. The reports and recommendations of the ADAC and the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, will be considered by the Board at its public hearing.

Landowners of the following parcels, currently enrolled in the New Catoctin North Agricultural and Forestal District, were notified by certified mail of the District’s review.

Parcel Listings: PIN

TAX MAP NUMBER

ACRES ENROLLED

PIN

TAX MAP NUMBER

ACRES ENROLLED

214-35-6019-000

//5/////////1/

465

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3

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254-18-2213-000

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8.664

294-27-1522-000

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3.16

254-28-5435-000

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19.208

294-29-4872-000

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26.93

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//4////////15/

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294-30-0245-000

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10

254-38-4867-000

//4////////14/

19.121

294-36-8406-000

/10/////////5/

2.98

255-27-0117-000

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7.078

294-37-8024-000

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52.84

255-36-5007-000

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6

294-39-8719-000

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10

255-46-7350-000

//4/////////9A

13.739

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//4/////////6B

15.079

255-47-2537-000

//4////////11B

12.055

295-49-4877-000

/10////////67E

18

The ADAC held a public meeting on November 6, 2023, to review and make recommendations concerning whether to continue, modify, or terminate the New Catoctin North Agricultural and Forestal District, and to review renewal applications and requests for withdrawal of land from the District. The report and recommendations of the ADAC will be considered by the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, at its public hearing on December 18, 2023. The reports and recommendations of the ADAC and the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, will be considered by the Board at its public hearing.

REVIEW AND RENEWAL, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE NEW CATOCTIN SOUTH AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT The current period of the New Catoctin South Agricultural and Forestal District (District) will expire on June 1, 2024. The District has a 4-year period and a subdivision minimum lot size of 20 acres. Pursuant to Chapter 1226 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County, the Board of Supervisors (Board) has directed staff, the Agricultural District Advisory Committee (ADAC), and the Planning Commission to conduct a review in order to determine whether to continue, modify, or terminate the District. Parcels currently enrolled in the District are located within an area generally south of Lovettsville Road (Route 672), east of Berlin Turnpike (Route 287), Mountain Road (Route 690), and Charles Town Pike (Route 9), west of James Monroe Highway (Route 15), and north of Leesburg Pike (Route 7) in the Catoctin Election District.

REVIEW AND RENEWAL, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE NEW CATOCTIN NORTH AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT

During this review, land less than 5 acres, or 20 acres or greater, in size that is currently enrolled in the District will be automatically renewed. However, any parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres will be ineligible for renewal and inclusion within the District unless the owner submits an application on forms provided by the Department of Planning and Zoning and one or more of the following criteria is met:

The current period of the New Catoctin North Agricultural and Forestal District (District) will expire on June 1, 2024. The District has a 4-year period and a subdivision minimum lot size of 20 acres. Pursuant to Chapter 1226 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County, the Board of Supervisors (Board) has directed staff, the Agricultural District Advisory Committee (ADAC), and the Planning Commission to conduct a review in order to determine whether to continue, modify, or terminate the District. Parcels currently enrolled in the District are located within an area generally on the north and south sides, and north of Lovettsville Road (Route 672), on the east side of Quarter Branch Road (Route 663), and on the southwest side and southwestward of the Potomac River in the Catoctin Election District.

1.

Management Plan that specifically states that the property owner(s) are accumulating the required 5-year production records in order to qualify for agricultural, to include horticulture, land use tax deferral.

2.

Animal Husbandry including Equine uses (commercial or non-commercial) with a Management Plan that relates the pasture carrying capacity to limit the number of animals allowed.

3.

Forests and woodlands with a management plan that specifies the actions required to maintain and enhance the stands.

4.

Wetlands, flood plains, streams and/or rivers that have Management Plans that set forth the terms for their maintenance and enhancement.

During this review, land less than 5 acres, or 20 acres or greater, in size that is currently enrolled in the District will be automatically renewed. However, any parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres will be ineligible for renewal and inclusion within the District unless the owner submits an application on forms provided by the Department of Planning and Zoning and one or more of the following criteria is met:

During this review, land within the District may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the Board at any time before the Board acts to continue, modify, or terminate the District.

1.

Management Plan that specifically states that the property owner(s) are accumulating the required 5-year production records in order to qualify for agricultural, to include horticulture, land use tax deferral.

2.

Animal Husbandry including Equine uses (commercial or non-commercial) with a Management Plan that relates the pasture carrying capacity to limit the number of animals allowed.

3.

Forests and woodlands with a management plan that specifies the actions required to maintain and enhance the stands.

4.

Wetlands, flood plains, streams and/or rivers that have Management Plans that set forth the terms for their maintenance and enhancement.

During this review, land within the District may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the Board at any time before the Board acts to continue, modify, or terminate the District.

Landowners of the following parcels, currently enrolled in the New Catoctin South Agricultural and Forestal District, were notified by certified mail of the District’s review.

Parcel Listings: PIN

TAX MAP NUMBER

ACRES ENROLLED

PIN

TAX MAP NUMBER

ACRES ENROLLED

175-16-8963-000

/11///////136C

21.84

269-10-0599-000

/39////////24A

7.32

176-18-5191-000

/20///7/////4/

10

269-17-3982-000

/38//23/////8F

0.36

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TAX MAP NUMBER

ACRES ENROLLED

PIN

TAX MAP NUMBER

ACRES ENROLLED

PIN

TAX MAP NUMBER

ACRES ENROLLED

PIN

TAX MAP NUMBER

ACRES ENROLLED

176-26-2763-000

/19///1/////9/

10

269-19-5231-000

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6.69

224-45-3600-000

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6

343-17-2370-000

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10.19

176-28-1282-000

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10

269-27-3011-000

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5.33

224-46-2478-000

/29///1/////3/

34.069

343-26-4262-000

/27///9/////1/

10.05

176-45-0505-000

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10

269-27-6365-000

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9.91

225-15-4365-000

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57.241

343-26-7784-000

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10.01

176-45-6303-000

/19///////133/

29.889

269-36-1546-000

/38//27///C1G/

2.92

225-16-6450-000

/29//10////39/

65.138

343-28-2600-000

/37///4/////2/

11.00

176-46-7590-000

/19///////136B

16.649

269-36-9502-000

/38//23////2F/

13.13

228-35-1089-000

/39////////20/

15

343-37-5854-000

/27//27///4A1/

10.00 10.62

176-47-1125-000

/19///1/////4/

10

270-49-2526-000

/47////////37/

20.66

258-16-0342-000

/10///1/////5/

10

343-40-5838-000

/28///5////12/

176-47-6614-000

/19///1/////5/

10

270-49-3191-000

/38//19/////4/

7.82

258-17-0425-000

/10///1/////3/

13.71

344-20-0266-000

/38///7/////6/

12.45

177-03-9285-000

/19///5/////7E

25.1

270-49-4244-000

/38//19/////3/

6.35

258-18-0755-000

/10////////35/

4.78

344-29-5789-000

/38///7/////5/

10.01

177-26-8595-000

/19///////112/

66.272

297-20-6093-000

/10////////32/

139.60

259-20-2792-000

/19///3/////1/

13.76

344-30-3992-000

/38//29/////F/

39.98

177-28-4132-000

/19///5/////2/

30.708

297-27-2207-000

/10//28/////1/

10.00

259-28-9160-000

/18//18/////B/

32.897

344-46-7875-000

/37//12/////1/

11.10

177-28-8562-000

/19///5/////4A

15.01

297-37-5127-000

/10///4/////3/

10.00

259-30-4193-000

/19/////////6A

60.895

373-10-2350-000

/17//29/////3/

10.00

177-37-7111-000

/19///5/////1/

15

298-35-8503-000

/18/////////4/

8.08

259-36-9406-000

/18//18/////A/

37.184

373-20-8381-000

/17//38/////2/

6.00

177-38-1260-000

/19///5/////3/

24.889

298-38-2577-000

/18///1/////5/

10.06

259-37-6970-000

/18//18/////D/

37.56

373-25-6641-000

/17////////13D

10.66

177-48-5973-000

/19///5/////7D

10

299-26-3293-000

/18///4/////3/

10.00

259-48-9678-000

/18//18/////C/

34.777

373-28-2075-000

/17////////52/

24.25

180-18-8905-000

/30/A/2/////6A

15.746

300-17-3563-000

/18////////43/

129.00

259-49-7349-000

/19/////////7A

20.2

374-30-2576-000

/17////////32/

50.86

181-48-5474-000

/30/A/2/////6B

6

300-25-9134-000

/18///7/////4/

25.50

260-25-4610-000

/18////////18/

23

374-49-8889-000

/17//29/////5/

10.00

218-26-3250-000

/11///////108/

12.02

300-37-9219-000

/18////////20A

45.37

261-18-6132-000

/19//11/////2/

10.072

375-28-4534-000

/17//48////27/

2.39

218-26-9487-000

/11///////108B

0.519

300-40-3839-000

/18////////18D

20.00

261-18-6784-000

/19//11/////1/

11.742

375-37-7792-000

/17//48////12/

21.33

218-27-2397-000

/11///////109/

6.519

300-46-0411-000

/18////////29/

237.74

261-28-4870-000

/19//22////A2/

10

378-49-7170-000

/27/B/1/////1/

5.57

218-27-6682-000

/11///////112A

0.349

300-48-1654-000

/18////////20/

55.62

261-30-6905-000

/19//22////A1/

243.06

409-10-8065-000

/16//19////12/

15.89

218-47-5801-000

/11////////57/

28.469

302-10-6514-000

/28////////38C

12.00

262-30-3755-000

/19//11////16A

48.46

409-18-2398-000

/16//19/////2/

10.00

219-16-6841-000

/19///3/////3/

34.9

302-35-9580-000

/28///1/////1A

11.34

262-48-6367-000

/19//11/////3A

20.12

409-18-7038-000

/16//19/////5/

10.00

219-16-7588-000

/19//20/////1/

40

302-35-9908-000

/28//26/////2A

7.92

262-49-5364-000

/19//11/////9A

14.97

409-19-2094-000

/16//19/////7/

10.00

219-25-1765-000

/19///3/////1A

2.799

303-26-5697-000

/28/A/2/////6/

1.90

264-18-5754-000

/29//13/////4/

7.31

409-19-9988-000

/16//19////10/

10.81

219-25-7612-000

/19///3/////3A

2.9

303-27-2253-000

/28////////30B

18.79

264-25-2551-000

/28///7/////5/

5.97

409-28-2043-000

/16//19/////1/

10.01

219-26-0152-000

/19///3/////2/

19.399

303-28-5546-000

/28//25/////A/

2.27

264-28-1124-000

/28////////41/

31.16

409-29-1949-000

/16//19/////8/

10.00

219-27-4216-000

/19////////13/

29.77

303-36-3605-000

/28/A/2/////7/

1.52

264-45-2988-000

/28///8/////6/

12.32

409-29-9950-000

/16//19////11/

10.49

219-28-9575-000

/19//13/////1/

5.53

303-40-6724-000

/28///8/////5/

10.45

265-10-2944-000

/29//10////37/

55.00

409-39-2112-000

/17//23////10/

10.00

219-35-7575-000

/19////////11A

7.796

304-17-9374-000

/28//16/////A/

14.56

265-45-7981-000

/28///7////13/

6.45

409-39-2464-000

/17//23/////9/

10.01

219-38-2703-000

/19////////15B

7.019

304-18-5133-000

/28//16/////B/

14.63

265-47-0829-000

/29///4/////2/

10

409-39-9170-000

/17//23////12/

10.01

220-19-4655-000

/19//21////10E

11.75

304-45-2424-000

/28////////10/

25.55

265-47-4762-000

/29///4/////3/

7.70

*305-27-2495-000

/28////////14A

3.119 17.969

220-36-2094-000

/19///3/////4/

30.208

304-45-5972-000

/28////////10A

20.01

266-10-6578-000

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45.50

**258-19-6538-000

/11////////89/

220-37-9513-000

/19///4/////9/

11.289

305-25-2513-000

/38//29/////C/

24.31

267-10-8108-000

/39/////////3A

20.00

**265-48-3196-000

/29//13/////2/

6.39

221-16-3840-000

/19//11////13/

25.67

305-28-1781-000

/28////////15/

53.22

267-27-3099-000

/38////////81A

24.88

**302-46-0037-000

/28///1/////1/

11.00

221-17-3382-000

/19////////70/

40

305-30-2176-000

/38////////86/

13.88

267-30-4050-000

/29//10////54/

28.58

**343-35-1601-000

/37///6/////4A

10.00

221-18-6655-000

/19////////61/

32.354

305-38-3098-000

/28//27/////3/

31.23

268-3-03324-000

/39////////21B

13.64

**378-30-2855-000

/27/B/1/////9/

6.65

221-20-3596-000

/19////////41D

11.189

305-39-2280-000

/28//27/////2/

38.09

268-39-2289-000

/38////////82B

10.00

**409-19-9930-000

/16//19/////9/

10.46

268-49-0956-000

/38////////82C

10.00

**409-20-7552-000

/16//19////13/

10.34

221-28-6195-000

/19////////58/

51.681

305-40-8918-000

/28//21////14/

22.84

221-28-8921-000

/19////////60/

24

306-40-0213-000

/38////////79A

14.59

222-10-6681-000

/29////////54/

1.82

306-40-4122-000

/38////////77C

7.07

222-15-3557-000

/19//11////20/

27.167

306-49-7263-000

/38////////77/

20.34

222-16-0179-000

/19//11////21/

31.932

307-27-7853-000

/38//34//69A2/

6.19

222-16-6198-000

/19//11////22/

22.229

307-28-0983-000

/38////////69A

5.79

222-36-0843-000

/19//11////24/

22.678

337-35-2828-000

/17///5////10/

10.00

222-45-3154-000

/19//11////15A

22.829

337-37-7089-000

/17////////48/

11.25

222-46-4356-000

/19//11////14/

32.926

337-45-2650-000

/17///5////12/

21.87

223-16-2434-000

/29///1/////2/

28.069

338-15-3696-000

/17//13/////5/

10.25

223-17-6820-000

/29///9/////5/

9.529

338-16-9331-000

/17//13/////1/

10.17

223-17-6961-000

/29///9/////6/

2.73

339-36-2453-000

/17////////36/

15.51

223-17-9141-000

/29///9/////4/

1.87

341-10-3295-000

/28//29/////1/

144.00

223-18-1061-000

/29///9/////C/

1.409

342-19-0713-000

/27//13/////2/

9.21

223-18-2835-000

/29///9/////3/

2.24

342-29-0786-000

/28///3/////3/

10.00

223-18-7241-000

/29///9/////A/

12.71

343-15-9953-000

/37///6/////1/

30.96

223-27-8312-000

/29///9/////B/

19.92

343-16-8839-000

/37///////100/

2.56

*Indicates a parcel whose owner is withdrawing it from the District. ** Indicates a parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres whose owner did not properly apply for renewal.

The ADAC held a public meeting on November 6, 2023, to review and make recommendations concerning whether to continue, modify, or terminate the New Catoctin South Agricultural and Forestal District, and to review renewal applications and requests for withdrawal of land from the District. The reports and recommendations of the ADAC and the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, will be considered by the Board at its public hearing.

REVIEW AND RENEWAL, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE NEW EBENEZER AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICT The current period of the New Ebenezer Agricultural and Forestal District (the District) will expire on June 1, 2024. The District has a four-year period and a subdivision minimum lot size of 50 acres. Pursuant to Chapter 1226 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County, the Board of Supervisors (Board) has directed staff, the Agricultural District Advisory Committee (ADAC), and the Planning Commission to conduct a review in order to determine whether to continue, modify, or terminate the District. Parcels currently enrolled in the District are located within an area generally south of Snickersville Turnpike (Route

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734), on the east and west sides and east of Foggy Bottom Road (Route 626), Ridgeside Road (Route 765), Trappe Road (Route 619), and Greengarden Road (Route 719), on the northwest side and northwest of Unison Road (Route 630), and west of Woodtrail Road (Route 700) in the Catoctin and Little River Election Districts.

During this review, land less than 5 acres, or 20 acres or greater, in size that is currently enrolled in the District will be automatically renewed. However, any parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres will be ineligible for renewal and inclusion within the District unless the owner submits an application on forms provided by the Department of Planning and Zoning and one or more of the following criteria is met: 1.

Management Plan that specifically states that the property owner(s) are accumulating the required 5-year production records in order to qualify for agricultural, to include horticulture, land use tax deferral.

2.

Animal Husbandry including Equine uses (commercial or non-commercial) with a Management Plan that relates the pasture carrying capacity to limit the number of animals allowed.

3.

Forests and woodlands with a management plan that specifies the actions required to maintain and enhance the stands.

4.

Wetlands, flood plains, streams and/or rivers that have Management Plans that set forth the terms for their maintenance and enhancement.

During this review, land within the District may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the Board at any time before the Board acts to continue, modify, or terminate the District.

Landowners of the following parcels, currently enrolled in the New Ebenezer Agricultural and Forestal District, were notified by certified mail of the District’s review.

Parcel Listings: PIN

TAX MAP NUMBER

ACRES ENROLLED

PIN

TAX MAP NUMBER

ACRES ENROLLED

590-15-2895-000

/55///6///9A1/

25.209

637-10-8064-000

/54////////48/

74.697

590-25-3187-000

/55///6///7A1/

31.799

638-25-3068-000

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638-27-5395-000

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614-48-4938-000

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638-40-2327-000

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123.5

615-25-7848-000

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638-47-8743-000

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2.453

615-46-4519-000

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651-10-3256-000

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19.378

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97.645

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652-19-5532-000

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10.039

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14.194

652-29-8099-000

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11.979

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8.633

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11.022

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33.152

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20.172

617-47-2127-000

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48.824

653-27-9646-000

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32.5

634-18-9165-000

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10.09

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41.516

634-19-3114-000

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10

653-49-3820-000

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20.057

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66.875

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655-39-9257-000

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*Indicates a parcel containing at least 5 acres but less than 20 acres whose owner did not properly apply for renewal.

The ADAC held a public meeting on November 6, 2023, to review and make recommendations concerning whether to continue, modify, or terminate the New Ebenezer Agricultural and Forestal District, and to review renewal applications and requests for withdrawal of land from the District. The reports and recommendations of the ADAC and the Planning Commission, along with any proposed modifications, will be considered by the Board at its public hearing.

In accordance with Section 15.2-4307 of the Code of Virginia, the applications referenced above may be examined at the Loudoun County Government Center, Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or by calling 703-7770246 (option 5) to request hard copies or electronic copies or electronically at: https://www.loudoun.gov/adac. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments.

LEGI-2023-0067, Goose Creek Retail LLC: SPEX-2023-0011 (Special Exception)

Goose Creek Retail LLC has submitted an application for a special exception for an approximately 0.51acre portion of a 15.92 acre property located on the northwest corner of Belmont Ridge Road (Route 659) and Sycolin Road (Route 625) in the Ashburn Election District (the Subject Property). The Subject Property is more particularly described as: Tax Map #/78//86/////D/, 42810 Creek View Plaza, Ashburn Virginia; PIN #153-18-6338-000. The applicant seeks special exception approval to allow a restaurant with drive-through use, pursuant to Section 4-204(B)(9) of the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance on property zoned PD-CC(CC) (Planned Development – Commercial Center (Community Center). The application is being processed under the land use and development regulations of the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance in accordance with the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance Grandfathering Resolution dated December 13, 2023.

LEGI-2023-0055, WISHING STAR SUBSTATION: ZCPA-2022-0009, CMPT-2022-0010, CMPT-2022-0011, SPEX-2022-0047, SPEX-2023-0025 & SPMI-2022-0018 (Zoning Concept Plan Amendment, Commission Permits, Special Exceptions, and Minor Special Exception)

Dominion Energy submitted applications for a zoning concept plan amendment, special exceptions, commission permits, and a minor special exception for approximately 45.74 acres of land south of Arcola Mills Drive (Route 621), north of Briarfield Lane (Route 3442), and east of Paddock Gate Place (Route 3571) in the Little River Election District (Subject Property). The Subject Property is more particularly described as: PIN

PROPERTY ADDRESS

TAX MAP NUMBER

202-28-2993-000

N/A

101/D/2/////8/

202-36-9702-000

N/A

101/D/7////B1/

For CMPT-2022-0010 and CMPT-2022-0011, the applicant seeks commission permits for two Utility, Major, uses on the Subject Property per the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, as amended. For ZCPA2022-0009, the applicant seeks to amend proffered conditions associated with ZMAP-2018-0015, JK Technology Park #1, to allow Utility Substation, Transmission, and Utility Substation, Distribution, uses on the Subject Property. For SPEX-2022-0047 and SPEX-2023-0025, the applicant seeks to allow a Utility Substation, Transmission, use within the Planned Development Industrial Park Zoning District and within moderately steep slope areas. For SPMI-2022-0018 the applicant seeks to modify landscape buffer requirements between proposed uses on the subject property. ZCPA-2022-0009, SPEX-2022-0047, SPEX-2023-0025, and SPMI-2022-0018 are being processed under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance pursuant to the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance Grandfathering Resolution, dated December 13, 2023.

LEGI-2023-0019, CEDAR TERRACE AT SOUTH RIDING: ZMAP-2021-0016, ZCPA-2021-0008, SPEX-2021-0042, SPEX-2022-0028, SPEX-2022-0029, SPEX-2022-0030, ZMOD-2021-0050, ZMOD-2021-0051, ZMOD-2021-0052, ZMOD-2021-0053, ZMOD-2021-0054, ZMOD-2021-0055, ZMOD-2023-0005, ZMOD-2023-0006, ZMOD-2023-0007, ZMOD-2023-0008, ZMOD-2023-0020, ZMOD-2023-0024, and ZMOD-2023-0025 (Zoning Map Amendment, Zoning Concept Plan Amendment, Special Exception & Zoning Modifications)

Toll VA II, LP has submitted applications for the following: a zoning map amendment, a zoning concept plan amendment, special exceptions, and zoning modifications for approximately 52.3 acres of land located south of Little River Turnpike (Route 50), west of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 606) and the east side of Tall Cedars Parkway (Route 2200) in the Dulles Election District (Subject Property). The Subject Property is more particularly described as: PIN

PROPERTY ADDRESS

164-49-0541-000

N/A

TAX MAP NUMBER 101////////48C

164-39-7141-000

N/A

106/B52///U10/

164-38-8966-000

N/A

101////////48B

164-38-9782-000

24995 Riding Plaza #100, Chantilly, Virginia

106/B52////U7/

164-29-4686-000

N/A

106/B52///MSQ/

164-28-1764-000

N/A

101////////57A

For ZMAP-2021-0016, the applicant seeks to rezone a 25.9-acre portion of the Subject Property from PD-CC(SC) (Planned Development - Commercial Center (Small Regional Center)), PD-H4 (Planned Development-Housing 4), and CLI (Commercial Light Industry) zoning districts to the (R-16 ADU) Town-

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Legal Notices house/Multifamily – 16 zoning district to develop a total of 383 dwelling units consisting of up to 211 single family attached units, 120 multifamily stacked units, and 52 multifamily attached units at a density of 14.79 dwelling units per acre. For ZCPA-2021-0008, the applicant is proposing to amend the proffers and Concept Development Plan (CDP) approved with ZMAP-2006-0018 to permit development of up to 222,200 square feet of commercial uses on 26.4 acres of the Subject Property currently zoned PDCC(SC). For SPEX-2021-0042, the applicant seeks to reduce the front and rear yards from 15 feet to 5 feet for single-family attached units. For SPEX-2022-0028, SPEX-2022-0029, and SPEX-2022-0030, the applicant seeks special exceptions to permit an Animal Hospital, Veterinary Services, and Indoor Kennel uses, respectively, in the PD-CC(SC) zoning district. For ZMOD-2021-0050, ZMOD-2021-0051, ZMOD-2021-0052, ZMOD-2021-0053, ZMOD-2021-0054, ZMOD-2021-0055, ZMOD-2023-0005, ZMOD-2023-0006, ZMOD-2023-0007, ZMOD-2023-0008, ZMOD-2023-0020, ZMOD-2023-0024, and ZMOD-2023-0025, the applicant seeks zoning modifications for various regulations affecting the Subject Property including but not limited to: reduce the PD-CC zoned district yard adjacent to residential districts from 100 feet to 0 feet, reduce PD-CC district yards adjacent to non-residential districts from 35 feet to 0 feet for buildings and from 35 feet to 0 feet for parking, waive the requirement that Small Regional Centers must have controlled access to major collector roads to allow for right-in only access to the Subject Property from Loudoun County Parkway and Route 50, reduce the building and parking setbacks from 75 feet to 35 feet along Tall Cedars Parkway, increase the R-16 district size from 25 acres to 29.54 acres, increase the maximum building height in the R-16 district to up to 60 feet with no additional setbacks in Land Bay 3 and up to 55 feet with no additional setbacks in Land Bay 2, reduce the affordable dwelling unit building parking requirement in Land Bay 3 to 1.5 parking spaces per dwelling unit, permit the Route 50 interchange reservation area to remain in its current vegetated state for up to 30 years due to the impending interchange construction, allow structures requiring a building permit to be erected upon a lot fronting on to open space, reduce the required parking for the proposed pool, clubhouse, and central recreation area to five parking spaces, reduce the required road corridor buffer from 10 feet to 9 feet on Street Types 2 and 3, and reduce from 10 feet to 0 feet on Street Type 4, as referenced in the Cedar Terrace Design Guidelines (this road corridor buffer width reduction includes the reduction of plant units within the buffer), increase the maximum building height in the PD-CC (SC) district to up to 60 feet with no additional setbacks in Land Bay 1, to permit a primary access point on a residential neighborhood street, for the access point at PIN 164-48-2842-000 and PIN 164-48-1914-000, and to allow commercial and service uses and structures and their parking areas to be oriented toward existing and planned minor streets in residential neighborhoods or from existing and planned adjacent residential neighborhoods not separated from the district by streets. The applications are being processed under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County

ORDER OF PUBLICATION COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316 Case No.:

JJ046598-06-00, -07-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Chloe Love Loudoun County Department of Family Services v.

Willie Huff, putative father, and Unknown Father The object of this suit is to hold a hearing on the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights of Willie Huff, putative father, and Unknown Father, pursuant to Virginia Code §16.1-283 for Chloe Love. Willie Huff, putative father, and Unknown Father are hereby notified that failure to appear on the hereinafter noticed date and time may result

in the entry of an Order approving a permanency goal of adoption as well as the termination of their residual parental rights with respect to Chloe Love. Willie Huff, putative father and Unknown Father, are hereby further notified that if their residual parental rights are terminated, they will no longer have any legal rights with respect to said minor child, including, but not limited to, the right to visit Chloe Love; any authority with respect to the care and supervision of Chloe Love; or the right to make health related decisions or determine the religious affiliation of Chloe Love. Further, Willie Huff, putative father, and Unknown Father will have no legal and /or financial obligations with respect to Chloe Love, and the Department of Family Services of Loudoun County, Virginia may be granted the authority to place Chloe Love for adoption and consent to the adoption of Chloe Love.

Zoning Ordinance pursuant to the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance Grandfathering Resolution, dated December 13, 2023 Copies of the proposed plans, ordinances, and amendments for each land use application listed above may be examined at the Loudoun County Government Center; Information Desk, 1st Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call 703-777-0246 (option 5) to request hard copies or electronic copies. Additional project files related to land use applications for public hearings may be reviewed electronically at loudoun.gov/landmarc. In addition, documents may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: loudoun.gov/bosdocuments.

Board of Supervisors public hearings are held in the Board Room of the Government Center. Meetings are televised on Comcast Government Channel 23 and Verizon FiOS Channel 40. Meetings also are livestreamed at loudoun.gov/meetings.

Members of the public desiring to do so may appear and present their views regarding those matters listed for public hearing. Members of the public who wish to provide public input, whether electronically or in person, are encouraged to sign-up in advance; however, speakers may sign-up during the public hearing.

If you wish to sign-up in advance, call the Office of the County Administrator at (703) 777-0200. For this public hearing, advanced sign-up will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on February 2, 2024, and no later than 12:00 p.m. on February 14, 2024. Members of the public may also submit written comments by email sent to bos@loudoun.gov. Any written comments received prior to the public hearing will be distributed to Board members. Members of the public may also submit comments on land use items electronically at loudoun. gov/landapplications.

Hearing assistance is available for meetings in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room. If you require any type of reasonable accommodation as a result of a physical, sensory, or mental disability to participate in this meeting, please contact the Office of the County Administrator at 703-777-0200/TTY-711. At least one business day of advance notice is requested; some accommodations may require more than one day of notice. FM Assistive Listening System is available at the meetings.

BY ORDER OF: PHYLLIS J. RANDALL, CHAIR LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

ORDER OF PUBLICATION COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316 Case No.:

JJ046599-06-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Briston Love Loudoun County Department of Family Services v.

Unknown Father The object of this suit is to hold a hearing on the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights of Unknown Father, pursuant to Virginia Code §16.1283 for Briston Love. Unknown Father is hereby notified that failure to appear on the hereinafter noticed date and time may result in the entry of an

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Order approving a permanency goal of adoption as well as the termination of his residual parental rights with respect to Briston Love. Unknown Father is hereby further notified that if his residual parental rights are terminated, he will no longer have any legal rights with respect to said minor child, including, but not limited to, the right to visit Briston Love; any authority with respect to the care and supervision of Briston Love; or the right to make health related decisions or determine the religious affiliation of Briston Love.

Further, Unknown Father, will have no legal and /or financial obligations with respect to Briston Love, and the Department of Family Services of Loudoun County, Virginia may be granted the authority to place Briston Love for adoption and consent to the adoption of Briston Love.

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It is ORDERED that the defendant(s) Willie Huff, putative father, and Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before February 7, 2024 at 3:00pm 1/18, 1/25 & 2/1/24

It is ORDERED that the defendant(s) Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before February 7, 2024 at 3:00pm 1/18, 1/25, & 2/1/24

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ATTENTION LOUDOUN COUNTY BUSINESS OWNERS

TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PURSUANT TO SECTION 15.2-2507 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, 1950, AS AMENDED, TO CONSIDER A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION Pursuant to Section 15.2-2507 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the LOVETTSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL will hold a public hearing on Thursday February 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, in the Town Council Chamber, 6 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, Virginia to consider the following budget amendment: A supplemental appropriation in Fiscal Year 2024 in the amount of $200,700.00 of Fiscal Year 2023 General Fund unassigned fund balance funding associated with the purchase of property, which exceeds one percent of the total expenditures shown in the Fiscal Year 2024 adopted budget.

All persons desiring to speak will be given an opportunity to do so at this meeting. Written copies of statements are requested but not required.

Written comments regarding this item can be submitted to clerk@lovettsvilleva.gov by 3:00pm on the day of the meeting. Members of the public may access and participate in this meeting electronically. https://www.lovettsvilleva.gov/town-hall-videos/ A copy of any additional information regarding the proposed appropriation is available for review at the Town Hall between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm weekdays or by special appointment, holidays excepted. Call 540-822-5788 for more information or visit www.lovettsvilleva.gov. In the event the meeting is cancelled, the public hearing will be convened at the next regular scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LOUDOUN COUNTY GORDON L. HARRIS, et ux.

Plaintiffs, V. PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE, c.t.a, d.b.n. of the Estate of Thomas L. Settle, Deceased, et al.

Defendants.

MARCH 1 DEADLINE Notification of 2024 business tax filing requirements has been mailed to each business and self-employed person on our tax rolls. The notification contains the account number and owner name necessary to report both business receipts and business equipment online.

BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL DUE MARCH 1 Business owners who possess a 2023 Loudoun County Business License must obtain a 2024 license by reporting their calendar year 2023 gross receipts and paying the applicable license tax or fee at www.loudoun.gov/efile. The annual FILING and PAYMENT DEADLINE is midnight, March 1. After reporting the business’ receipts online, filers will be provided with a link to pay online as well. Owners of new businesses must obtain a license within 30 days of beginning business. Owners of businesses located in one of Loudoun’s incorporated towns should contact the respective town regarding business licensing requirements.

BUSINESS EQUIPMENT REPORTING DUE MARCH 1 Owners of business equipment that was located in Loudoun County on January 1, 2024, must report it for taxation at www.loudoun.gov/efile. The reporting of original cost, year of purchase, location, and item description for all business equipment in the county is due by midnight, March 1, 2024. Resulting semi-annual tax bills for this equipment must be paid to the Treasurer by the May and October deadlines. The reporting of business equipment is made to the Commissioner of the Revenue for all businesses in the County whether within or outside of an incorporated town.

Business owners subject to local business taxes must file annually, even if there is no tax due or property to declare. Mailing address changes and notification of business closure should also be reported at www.loudoun.gov/efile. Most transactions with our office can be done online. For more information or filing assistance, please visit www.loudoun.gov/ cor or contact my office at businesstax@loudoun.gov or 703-777-0260. You may also write or stop by my office weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The office in Leesburg is undergoing renovations that may result in longer wait times. So that we may better serve you, taxpayers are encouraged to email or call prior to visiting the office.

Robert S. Wertz, Jr. Commissioner of the Revenue Loudoun County Loudoun Tech Center Office 46000 Center Oak Plaza, Sterling Government Center Office 1 Harrison St. SE, 1st Floor, Leesburg

CASE NO. CL 24-38

ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to quiet title by adverse possession to an 8.31-acre parcel of land located near the village of Paris, Virginia in Loudoun and Clarke Counties, as shown on plat recorded in Clarke County Deed Book 676 at Page 901 and Loudoun County Instrument # 20210413- 0043480, and being designated by Clarke County as Tax Map 39-A-508 and Loudoun County as PIN 655-388138.

An affidavit having been made and filed stating that defendant MOFFETT EDWIN SKINNER is a nonresident individual; and it appearing that the Complaint states that there are or may be persons, whose names are unknown, interested in the subject real property, such unknown parties being the heirs, devisees and successors in title to the following who are deceased: MRS. ROBERT L. SKINNER (who may be the same person as VIRGINIA SKINNER), DALES HUTCHISON, VIRGINIA HUTCHISON and THOMAS SETTLE MOORE who are made parties defendant by the general description of PARTIES UNKNOWN. It is hereby ORDERED that the said nonresident defendant MOFFETT EDWIN SKINNER and the said persons made defendants by the general description of PARTIES UNKNOWN do appear and protect their interests on or before the 15th day of March, 2024, at 9:00 A.M. and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

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MAILING ADDRESS: PO Box 8000, Leesburg, VA 20177-9804 Phone: 703-777-0260 E-mail: businesstax@loudoun.gov Website: www.loudoun.gov/cor 2/1 & 2/8/24

TOWN OF PURCELLVILLE PUBLIC NOTICE The Planning Commission of the Town of Purcellville will convene in the Town Council Chambers located at 221 South Nursery Avenue, Purcellville, Virginia on Thursday, February 15th, 2024 at 6:30 PM to discuss and make recommendation on the following: Zoning Map Adoption: The adoption of an updated Official Zoning Map to reflect the modifications and updates approved since the last publication of the Official Zoning Map on March 30, 2018. This update is required by Virginia Code and precedes any proposals associated with the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite, which will be the subject of future Public Hearings.

Additional information regarding this item is available for review at the Purcellville Town Hall at 221 South Nursery Avenue, Purcellville, Virginia during regular business hours, holidays excepted. The Zoning Map can be viewed at www.purcellvilleva.gov/592/Zoning.

With a three day notice, persons requiring special accommodations are requested to contact Planning Operations Coordinator, Kendall Wisniewski, at kwisniewski@purcellvilleva.gov, 540-751-2324.

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION will conduct a public hearing during its work session on Thursday, February 8, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room on the first floor of the County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia. The items proposed for public hearing during this work session are as follows: LEGI-2023-0027, INNOVATION GATEWAY: ZMAP-2022-0001, SPEX-2022-0002, ZMOD-2022-0005, ZMOD-2022-0006, ZMOD-2022-0007, ZMOD-2022-0008, ZMOD-2022-0009, ZMOD-2022-0010 & ZMOD-2023-0071 (Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception, & Zoning Modifications)

FRH REALTY, LLC and BCG JV STERLING, LLC submitted applications for: a zoning map amendment, a special exception, and zoning modifications for approximately 29.13 acres of land located west of Shaw Road (Route 636), east of Sully Road (Route 28), and south of Old Ox Road (Route 606) in the Sterling Election District (the Subject Property) and more particularly described as: PIN 035-45-7494-000 034-16-0552-000

PROPERTY ADDRESS N/A N/A

TAX MAP NUMBER /94////////33E /94////////33B

For ZMAP-2022-0001, the applicants seek to rezone the Subject property from the PD-RDP (Planned Development – Research and Development Park) under the 1972 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance to the PD-TC (Planned Development – Town Center) and PD-OP (Planned Development – Office Park) zoning districts under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to develop 425 multifamily attached (MFA) dwelling units at a density of approximately 40 dwelling units per acre within the proposed PD-TC zoning district and to develop 700,000 square feet (SF) of data center and office uses within the proposed PD-OP zoning district. For SPEX-2022-0002, the applicants seek to increase the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in the PD-OP district from 0.6 to 1.0. For ZMOD-2022-0005, ZMOD-2022-0006, ZMOD-2022-0007, ZMOD-2022-0008, ZMOD-2022-0009, ZMOD-2022-0010, and ZMOD-2023-0071, the applicants seek zoning ordinance modifications for various regulations affecting the Subject Property including but not limited to: to allow a PD-TC District of a minimum of 12 acres, allow a Town Center Fringe without a Town Center Core in the PD-TC district, allow a minimum five foot setback between the parking spaces within the PD-TC district and the eastern boundary of the PD-OP district, to allow for 100 percent of the total gross floor area within the PD-TC district to be devoted to residential use; to eliminate the requirement for a minimum 3 percent of total gross floor area used for civic uses and/or other public uses, educational uses, cultural uses, or community rooms and buildings in the PD-TC district; to allow a block perimeter of a minimum of 3,200 feet without a through-block pedestrian linkage in the PD-TC district, to allow a minimum five foot setback between the parking spaces within the PD-OP district and the northernmost drive aisle of the PD-TC district, to allow a building height of up to 110 feet if it is set back from streets or from lot lines that do not constitute boundaries of districts with lower maximum height restrictions, in addition to each of the required minimum yard dimensions, a distance of not less than one foot for each one foot of height that it exceeds the 60 foot limit in the PD-TC district; and to eliminate the requirement for a Type B Buffer Yard for the south side of Land Bay 1 adjacent to open space.

LEGI-2023-0034, ARCOLA FARMS RESIDENTIAL: ZMAP-2022-0006, ZMOD-2022-0029, ZMOD-2022-0030, ZMOD-2022-0031, ZMOD-2023-0021, & ZMOD-2023-0022 (Zoning Map Amendment & Zoning Modifications)

TOLL MID-ATLANTIC LP COMPANY, INC. and TRIDENT OLSEN, LLC, submitted applications for: a zoning map amendment and zoning modifications for approximately 80.28 acres of land located south of Ryan Road (Route 772) and north of Evergreen Mills Road (Route 621) in the Little River and Ashburn Election Districts (the Subject Property) and more particularly described as: PIN 242-29-6894-000 242-29-9973-000 242-20-3664-000 199-25-1135-000 199-25-3525-000 199-25-6408-000 199-15-7187-000 199-15-5059-000 242-10-8536-000 242-20-3804-000 242-29-8917-000 242-10-0179-000 242-10-2937-000 200-45-5437-000 (portion of)

PROPERTY ADDRESS 41689 Ryan Road, Ashburn, Virginia 41721 Ryan Road, Ashburn, Virginia 41739 Ryan Road, Ashburn, Virginia 41819 Ryan Road, Ashburn, Virginia 41929 Ryan Road, Ashburn, Virginia 42395 Ryan Road, Suite 301, Ashburn, Virginia 41929 Ryan Road, Ashburn, Virginia N/A 23168 Evergreen Mills Road, Ashburn, Virginia 41777 Ryan Road, Ashburn, Virginia 23066 Evergreen Mills Road, Leesburg, Virginia 23094 Evergreen Mills Road, Leesburg, Virginia 23106 Evergreen Mills Road, Leesburg, Virginia

TAX MAP NUMBER /91///6/////9/ /91///6/////8/ /91///6/////7/ /91///6/////5/ /91///6/////4/ /91///6/////3/ /91///6/////2/ /91///6/////1/ /91///6////17/ /91///6////14/ /91///6////13/ /91///6////15/ /91///6////16/

N/A

/92/Y/2/////Z/

For ZMAP-2022-0006, the applicants seek to rezone the Subject property from the TR-10 (Transition Residential) and PD-H4 (Planned Development-Housing) under the Revised 1993 Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance to the R-4 (Residential) in order to develop 307 single-family detached (SFD) dwelling units at a density of approximately 3.82 dwelling units per acre. For ZMOD-2022-0029, ZMOD-2022-0030, ZMOD2022-0031, ZMOD-2023-0021 and ZMOD-2023-0022, the applicants seek zoning ordinance modifications for various regulations affecting the Subject Property including but not limited to: to reduce lot width from 40 to 33 feet, to increase lot coverage from 35 percent to 45 percent and to permit an open space density less than 1 lot/7,000 square feet, allow frontage and access on private streets for lots within the development, to reduce front yards from 15 to 9 feet and to reduce side yards from 8 to 5 feet, to allow front yards to have more than 55 percent impervious surface, and to eliminate the requirement that trees must be planted at a density of 1 tree per 50 linear feet along both sides of all alleys.

The above applications are being processed under the land use and development regulations of the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in accordance with the ZOR Grandfathering Resolution dated December 13, 2023.

Copies of the proposed plans, ordinances, or amendments for each item listed above may be examined at the Loudoun County Government Center, Office of County Administrator, Information Desk, First Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday or call 703-777-0246 (option 5), to request hard copies or electronic copies. Additional project files related to land use applications and land use ordinances may be reviewed electronically at loudoun.gov/landmarc.

Additionally, documents may be viewed and downloaded electronically the week before the hearing at www. loudoun.gov/pc. For further information, contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246 (option 5).

Planning Commission work sessions and public hearings are held in the Board Room of the Government Center. Public hearings and work sessions are televised on Comcast Government Channel 23 and Verizon FiOS Channel 40, and are also are livestreamed at loudoun.gov/meetings.

Members of the public desiring to do so may appear and present their views during the public hearing portion of the work session. Public comment will be received only for those items listed for public hearing. Members of the public who wish to provide public input, whether electronically or in person, are encouraged to sign-up in advance; however, speakers may sign-up during the hearing. If you wish to sign-up in advance, please call the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246 (option 5) prior to 12:00 PM on the day of the work session; however, speakers may also sign-up at the work session. Written comments concerning any item before the Commission are welcomed at any time and may be sent to the Loudoun County Planning Commission, P.O. Box 7000 Leesburg, VA 20177-7000, or by e-mail to loudounpc@ loudoun.gov. If written comments are presented at the hearing, please provide ten (10) copies for distribution to the Commission and for the Clerk’s records. Members of the public may also submit comments on land use items electronically at loudoun.gov/landapplications. Any individual representing and/or proposing to be the sole speaker on behalf of a citizen’s organization or civic association is encouraged to contact the Department of Planning and Zoning prior to the date of the work session to request additional time to speak on behalf of such organization.

Regularly scheduled Planning Commission work sessions are held on the second Thursday of each month.

In the event the work session cannot be conducted on that date due to weather or other conditions that make it hazardous for members to attend the work session, the work session may be continued to the third Tuesday of the month. In the event the work session may not be held on the third Tuesday due to weather or other conditions that make it hazardous for members to attend the work session, the work session may be continued to the Thursday following the third Tuesday.

Hearing assistance is available for meetings in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room. FM Assistive Listening System is available at the meetings. If you require any type of reasonable accommodation as a result of a physical, sensory, or mental disability to participate in this meeting, contact the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-777-0246 (option 5). Three business days advance notice is requested.

BY ORDER OF:

MICHELLE FRANK, CHAIR LOUDOUN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION

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Legal Notices Loudoun County Public Schools Park View High School Community Meeting February 5, 2024 Loudoun County Public Schools will be hosting a meeting with the Park View High School community on the design of their new school on Monday, February 5, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria.

This meeting will continue the conversation with students, staff, parents, and the community to receive input on the replacement school. The February 5 meeting will review the new building and campus schematic design.

Additional information is posted at www.lcps.org/Page/252014.

Those who need translation/interpretation assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any disability in order to participate meaningfully in the community meeting should contact the Support Services office at 571-252-1385 at least three (3) days prior to the meeting.

Kevin L. Lewis, Chief Operations Officer Loudoun County Public Schools Department of Support Services 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, Virginia 20148 Telephone: 571-252-1385 Email: ParkViewReplacement@LCPS.org 01/25/2024, 02/01/2024

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316 Case No.:

JJ041604-07-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Gabriela Medina Lainez Loudoun County Department of Family Services

February 5, 2024 The deadline for payment of the Supplemental Real Estate and Personal Property taxes are on February 5, 2024.

Please note: Payments received or postmarked after February 5, 2024, will incur a 10 percent penalty and interest. Any such penalty, when assessed, shall become part of the tax with interest accruing on both the tax and penalty at a rate of 10% annually. Personal Property taxes remaining unpaid after 60 calendar days from the original due date will incur an additional 15% penalty.

Taxpayers who are having financial difficulties should contact our Collections Team at 703-771-5656 who stand ready to assist.

CONVENIENT PAYMENT OPTIONS AND LOCATIONS Online:

www.loudounportal.com/taxes Pay using electronic check, VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Discover

By Telephone:

24-hour line 1-800-269-5971 703-777-0280 during regular business hours.

Pay using electronic check, VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Discover

Please note: There is a convenience fee added to a Credit Card transaction.

No fee is charged for electronic checks (e-check).

The object of this suit is to hold a third Permanency planning hearing and review of Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1-281 for Gabriela Medina Lainez; as well as approve a Kinship Guardian Assistance Agreement pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 63.21305 and 63.2-1306.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Jose Medina, putative father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before February 21, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

v.

COUNTY OF LOUDOUN SUPPLEMENTAL REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX DEADLINE Henry C. Eickelberg, Treasurer

For Your Safety and Convenience, please consider making payments online, by phone or mail.

Park View High School is located at 400 West Laurel Avenue, in Sterling.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

1/25, 2/1, 2/8 & 2/15/24

Jose Medina, Putative Father

By Mail:

County of Loudoun P.O. Box 1000 Leesburg, Virginia 20177-1000

TREASURER’S OFFICE LOCATIONS Hours: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

1 Harrison Street, S.E. 1st Floor Leesburg, Virginia 20175

46000 Center Oak Plaza 1st Floor Sterling, Virginia 20166

*A 24 hour drop box is located outside the Sterling and Leesburg locations. All Check payments should be made payable to “County of Loudoun”.

Please contact the Loudoun County Treasurer's Office at 703-777-0280 or email us at taxes@ loudoun.gov with questions or if you have not received your bill.

Stay up to date on tax information by subscribing to the Tax Notices category of Alert Loudoun at www.louduon.gov/alert. You can also text the word “TAXES” to 888777 to receive text messages about tax-related information, including upcoming deadlines. Additional message and data rates may apply.

TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LVCU 2024-0001, APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Pursuant to Sections 15.2-2204 and 15.2-2286 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, the LOVETTSVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a public hearing at their meeting at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, in the Lovettsville Town Hall Council Chambers located at 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, Virginia at which time the Commission is to consider an application for Conditional Use Permit filed by the Lovettsville Game Protective Association of Lovettsville Virginia, to expand the existing Game Club building by 1,600 square feet to add a mechanical storage space, updated bathrooms, and a drive-through portico to the front of the building. The improvements will not increase the occupancy capacity of the building.

The 4.0-acre parcel houses the existing game club and a youth baseball diamond. The property sits on the west side of Berlin Pike approximately 240 feet south of the intersection with South Church Street, and is further identified as Loudoun County Parcel Identification (PIN) Number: 370-49-7231.

For information regarding Real Property or Personal Property Tax Exemptions or Deferrals, please contact the Exemptions Divisions of the Commissioner of the Revenue’s Office at taxrelief@loudoun. gov, by phone at 703-737-8557 or visit www.loudoun.gov/taxrelief 1/25 & 2/1/24

ORDER OF PUBLICATION COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316 Case No.:

JJ047413-02 -00

All persons wishing to speak will be given the opportunity to do so at this meeting. Written copies of statements are requested but not required.

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

Written comments regarding this item can be submitted to clerk@lovettsvilleva.gov by 3:00PM on the day of the meeting. Members of the public may access and participate in this meeting electronically.

The proposed zoning amendment is available for review on the Town website at: www.lovettsvilleva. gov/government/planning-commission/. You may also request a copy be sent to you via email by contacting John Merrithew, Planning Director at (540) 822-5788 between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm weekdays, holidays excepted. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened on the next regularly scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Yessiah Recinos Morales

1-25-24 & 2-1-24

Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v.

Ebony Morales, Mother and Anderson Alejandro Recinos Rivas, Father

The object of this suit is to hold a foster care review hearing and review of foster care plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282 and 16.1281 for Yessiah Recinos Morales.

It is ORDERED that the defendant(s) Ebony Morales, Mother and Anderson Alejandro Recinos Rivas, Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before February 7, 2024 at 3:00pm 1/11, 1/18, 1/25 & 2/1/24

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LOUDOUN COUNTY WILL BE ACCEPTING SEALED COMPETITIVE BIDS/PROPOSALS FOR: FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES, RFP No. 642827 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, February 27, 2024.

ABC LICENSE

Magic Wand LLC trading as The Global Local and 102 Loudoun St Sw, Leesburg, Virginia 20175.

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Retail Wine and Beer Off Premises license to sell o rmanufacture alcoholic beverages.

Tyra Flynn, Owner Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices.

Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

2/1 & 2/8/24

ORDER OF PUBLICATION COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316 Case No.:

JJ048309-01-00, JJ048310-01-00

Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Yanelis Banegas and Yadiel Banegas Loudoun County Department of Family Services v.

ABC LICENSE

Fredrick Schaufeld trading as Shoe’s Cup and Cork, 17 N. King St., Leesburg, Virginia 20176.

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA AlCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Retail Restaurant or Caterer Application Restaurant, Beer, Wine, Mixed Beverages, Consumed On and Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Jimmy Zinter, General Manager Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices.

Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

2/1 & 2/8/24

The object of this suit is to hold an adjudicatory hearing pursuant to Virginia Code § 16.1-252 for Yanelis Banegas and Yadiel Banegas; and hold a dispositional hearing for review of initial Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-278.2 and 16.1-281 for Yanelis Banegas and Yadiel Banegas.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Marvin Echeverria, putative father and Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before January 25, 2024 at 10:00am (Adjudicatory); and February 22, 2024 at 10:00am (Dispositional)

Marvin Echeverria, putative father and Unknown Father

1/18, 1/25, 2/1 & 2/8/24

FIREARMS AND ACCESSORIES, IFB No. 639836 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, February 23, 2024.

JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR ZONE 1 - JUDICIAL FACILITIES, IFB No. 645812 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, February 22, 2024.

LEGAL ADVERTISING SERVICES, IFB No. 645810 until prior to 4:00 p.m., local “Atomic Time”, February 22, 2024.

Solicitation forms may be obtained 24 hours a day by visiting our web site at www.loudoun.gov/procurement. If you do not have access to the Internet, call (703) 777-0403, M - F, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

WHEN CALLING, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR ANY TYPE OF DISABILITY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCUREMENT. 2/1/24

NOTICE OF IMPOUNDMENT OF ABANDONED VEHICLES This notice is to inform the owner and any person having a security interest in their right to reclaim the motor vehicle herein described within 15 days after the date of storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody, and the failure of the owner or persons having security interests to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner, and all persons having security interests of all right, title and interest in the vehicle, and consent to the sale of the abandoned motor vehicle at a public auction.

This notice shall also advise the owner of record of his or her right to contest the determination by the Sheriff that the motor vehicle was “abandoned,” as provided in Chapter 630.08 of the Loudoun County Ordinance, by requesting a hearing before the County Administrator in writing. Such written request for a hearing must be made within 15 days of the notice.

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TOWN OF LOVETTSVILLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

2/1 & 2/8/24

LVRZ 2024-0001, 32 SOUTH LOUDOUN LLC REQUEST TO REZONE 32 SOUTH LOUDOUN STREET FROM THE C-1, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, TO THE R-3, RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT Pursuant to Sections 15.2-2204 and 15.2-2286 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, and Section 42-34 of the Lovettsville Zoning Ordinance, the LOVETTSVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a public hearing at 7:00PM on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, in the Lovettsville Town Council Chambers, 6 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, Virginia. Written comments regarding this item can be submitted to clerk@lovettsvilleva.gov by 3:00PM on the day of the meeting. Members of the public may access and participate in this meeting electronically.

The purpose of the hearing is to consider an application filed by 32 South Loudoun LLC of Lovettsville, Virginia, to rezone property from the C-1, Community Commercial Zoning District to the R-3, Residential Zoning District, to retain the existing home and permit residential development of the property. The 4.22-acre parcel is identified as 32 South Loudoun Street, and as Loudoun County Parcel Identification (PIN) Number: 370-30-2180.

All people wishing to speak will be given the opportunity to do so at this meeting. Written copies of statements are requested but not required.

The rezoning application is available for review on the Town website at: www.lovettsvilleva.gov/ government/planning-commission/. You may also request a copy be sent to you via email by contacting John Merrithew, Planning Director at (540) 822-5788 between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm weekdays, holidays excepted. In the event the meeting is postponed, the public hearing will be convened at the next regularly scheduled meeting at the same time and place.

1/25/24 & 2/1/24

FIND OUT ABOUT THE COUNTY’S REAL ESTATE AND VEHICLE TAX RELIEF PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTS AGED 65 YEARS OR OLDER OR WHO ARE DISABLED Commissioner of the Revenue, Robert S. Wertz, Jr., encourages eligible property owners who are aged 65 years or older, OR are totally and permanently disabled, to learn about Loudoun’s property relief programs. Applicants that meet qualifying criteria of the program, including income and net worth limits, may be relieved of up to 100% of real estate taxes on their primary dwelling and lot, up to 3 acres. In addition, eligible applicants may also have their vehicle taxes reduced.

To learn more about this tax relief program, please plan on attending one of the free sessions that are being offered throughout the county. No appointment or RSVP is required.

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10:30 AM

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Monday, March 11, 2024

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Ice Art at the Village The snow has melted away, but the celebration of winter continued Saturday with the Village of Leesburg’s annual Ice Fest.

The event featured an ice-carving competition under the direction of veteran ice artist Chris Wyer, and opportunities to try out curling and ice skating sponsored by the ION International Training Center.

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Workforce development continued from page 3 of our mission so not only do we offer two-year applied degree programs that prepare people for immediate employment. We also offer lots of industry certifications and non-credit programs that are a quick start into the workforce or to reskilling,” she said.

She said many of NVCC’s students start taking classes without knowing what they want to do or with a lack of confidence because they’ve never been successful in education.

“Our job is to turn that around for them,” she said.

She said the school has a mission to help build the region’s workforce by working directly with employers.

“We have an advisory committee of industry professionals that help us understand how to constantly be improving our education in order to meet employer needs but also meet student’s needs,” she

said.

Asked how they measure success relative to workforce development, Ledig said they use traditional measures like graduation and completion rates and job placement for the workforce programs, but she said they also look at other studies like economic and social mobility for students and economic impact studies. Ledig said the most recent economic impact study revealed the school’s impact on the Northern Virginia community was $4.4 billion.

Spence said the division also looks at traditional metrics like graduation rates and how many students are going into jobs and how many are going into higher education, but also how many industry credentials are available to students to earn.

Spence said the division has over 100 courses and 17 career pathways available to students. He also said they are on track to have 1,000 partners working with the division and students, which he said is another way to measure success.

Both said there are opportunities

for businesses to get involved with the schools, including NVCC’s Business Engagement Center and the school division’s Job for A Day program.

Ledig said the Business Engagement Center allows area businesses to post job opportunities and internships. She also highlighted the new Guaranteed Interview Program that links businesses and students.

Spence highlighted the division’s School Business Partnership, where businesses offer opportunities for students to engage with them to better prepare to enter the workforce.

They were also asked to give examples of successful corporate collaborations.

Spence pointed to the Health and Medical Sciences Academy that will begin fall 2024 at Briar Woods and Tuscarora high schools. The program was created to expand student learning opportunities in health science. The curriculum was created to help students earn industry credentials to enter the workforce in highly skilled healthcare jobs. He also talked

about Amazon Web Services’ Think Big Space at J.L. Simpson Middle School. He said the partnership not only allows students a space to create and solve problems around technology, but it also serves as a training site for teachers across the division to learn how to integrate technology.

As a result of that, Spence said a course on cloud computing has been developed for high school students.

Ledig said Google provided $80,000 to hold career days that were focused on STEM. She said they were then able to host 400 high school students who had the chance to meet with industry leaders who could coach the students on career opportunities. She said they received another $80,000 this year and have put $45,000 into scholarships for students.

The EDAC was created in 1995 by the Board of Supervisors and is a public/private partnership responsible for promoting economic development in Loudoun County. As an advisory group, it provides business information to the Department of Economic Development. n

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Budget hearing continued from page 3 connectivity, cell phones, hotspots and bus WIFI. He said the department will have 267 employees with the addition of five requested FTEs for FY2025 and said they are introducing a 24/7/365 monitoring service.

HRTD, which will have a total of 83 employees with the addition of the three requested this year, is seeking $16.9 million, a 6.7% increase from FY2024’s adopted budget. Of that amount, $14.5 million is slated for salaries and benefits.

Chief Human Resources Officer Lisa Boland introduced several recruitment and retention initiatives, including a $2,000 new teacher sign-on bonus and an additional $2,000 for teachers who sign on to teach special education or at a Title I school, increasing the daily substitute teacher rate from $112 to $135 and increasing the daily sub loyalty rate from $133 to $150 a day. The loyalty rate is an enhanced pay rate for substitutes who work more than 25 days in a teaching position. She said that with the increases division’s subs will be paid closer to neighboring divisions. Prince William County daily subs are paid $136 a day, followed by $133 in Fairfax County. A phased tuition assistance program that will start in FY2025 with $300,000 and a dedicated employee assistance counselor were also introduced.

The Department of Business and Financial Services requested $12.4 million to fund 70 positions, the same number

Rural roads continued from page 1 constituents and provide our rural localities and residents with access to funds for rural road improvements not tied to paving.”

Loudoun has over 250 miles of unpaved roads and residents who live along those roads have expressed opposition to paving them.

In September, county supervisors pushed a vote on whether to pave several sections of gravel roads across the county to the next term following community opposition.

Del. Geary Higgins (R-30) and Del. David Reid (D-28) have introduced similar legislation in the House. Higgins’ bill was

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the department has had since 2023. Chief Financial Officer Sharon Willoughby said it’s a 3.6% overall increase, with a large part of their operations and maintenance increase attributed to credit card fees, inflation, a higher volume of professional accounting services to help with the two new schools and materials and supplies.

Under the umbrella of the Department of Business and Financial Services is the School Nutrition fund, which employs 419 workers and has a budget of $48.8 million.

This number, according to Willoughby is down $2.9 million from FY2024’s adopted budget and down about 18 positions, 17 which were floater school nutrition workers that were reduced in the FY2025 budget, and one was a vacant school nutrition specialist.

Changes coming to the School Nutrition Fund for FY2025 include a proposed $0.20 increase for all meals, which will bring elementary lunches to $3.25 and secondary lunches to $3.35. Breakfast will increase to $2.30.

She also said the division will get additional federal support in FY2025 because of the expansion of eligibility for the United States Department of Agriculture Community Eligibility Program that offers free meals to every student enrolled at qualifying schools. She said because of the change in student percentage ratios, they estimate about 20 schools will qualify in FY2025, up from 11 this year.

Willoughby noted that in FY2023 the division had over $130,000 unpaid student meal debt and said FY2024 is already looking at $102,000. She said they are continuing their efforts to support universal free meals at school.

The Office of the School Board requested $1.6 million, or a 5.4% increase from last year’s adopted budget. The office saw a 4.1% increase in personnel costs attributable to the vote to increase the salary of School Board members when it adopted the FY2024 budget. That increase, $27,456 for board members and $30,201 for the chair, went into effect Jan. 1.

The department has 10 employees, including one full time aid for each School Board member and the School Board clerk. The office saw a 14.2% increase in operations and maintenance costs in FY2025, increasing from $196,972 to $224,972 due to software and software license, translation services and travel costs, according to Chief of Staff Daniel Smith.

The Superintendent’s Office, which consists of the office of DEIA, the Auditor General, the Chief of Staff (which includes the Safety and Security office, the Office of the Ombuds, and the office of Strategic Planning) and the Division Counsel had the second largest budget ask of $22.2 million. The office, with a total of 139 positions for FY25, had a 5.3% increase in personnel costs and a 25.7% increase in operations and maintenance costs. Smith said those increases were attributable to office, supplies, printing, uniforms for the safety and security officers, software licenses and computers.

Individual office budgets include $723,753 for the Auditor General’s Office, an increase of 4.98%, $863,884 and a 9.98% increase for the office of Chief of Staff, a $2.5 million and a 32.21% increase for the DEIA office, a $2.2 million budget for the division counsel, $247,989 and a 13.26% increase for the office of the Om-

buds, $15 million budget and an 11.13% increase for the safety and security office and $800,925 for the superintendent’s office, a 71.57% decrease from FY2024.

Finally, the Department of Communication and Community Engagement presented a $3.4 million budget, an 11.1% increase over FY2024’s revised budget. The department saw a 31% increase from the adopted FY2024 budget which includes the addition of Allen’s salary and benefits.

The ask for two additional FTE’s increases the personnel budget by 13.6% from FY2024 revised budget.

Allen said in her presentation that, based on 2022 survey responses from members of the National School Public Relations Association, that school divisions with 75,000 students have communications teams of 15 or more. With the two FTEs and Allen’s position added last year, the division will have 16 members of its communications team.

Willoughby walked board members through understanding staffing standards and compensation as well as a fund that is called the non-departmental fund. The non-departmental section covers division-wide costs that are not associated with a particular department and include costs associated with retiree health care, disbursements of athletic ticket sales back to schools, FTEs related to contingency and flexible staffing among other items. The non-departmental fund’s total FY2025 budget ask is $168 million.

The School Board will hear from the departments of Student Services, School Leadership and Support Services Feb. 1.

The budget will be adopted Feb. 6. n

referred to a subcommittee of the House Rules Committee on Jan. 25 and Reid’s bill on Jan. 16 was referred to a subcommittee of the House Transportation Committee.

All three bills would allow improvements to include drainage upgrades, new materials, and other treatments if they will increase safety, reduce maintenance costs, or enhance the historical qualities of the highway without paving them.

Higgins’ bill would also direct the Department of Transportation to review methods of improving unpaved roads and report its findings and recommendations to the chairs of the House and Senate road committees by Nov. 1.

“Fixing our gravel roads is very important to our rural district,” Higgins stated.

“I’m excited to work with Delegate Reid and Senator Perry on getting meaningful change on the Governor’s desk. Our gravel

roads have gone too long without necessary improvements and maintenance, and I hope by doing this, we can provide our residents with a long-overdue solution.”

Reid said he found no objections after speaking with VDOT representatives.

“This goes back to one of the issues where we, as Virginia are a Dillon-rule state, … the localities only have the powers that are granted to them by the General Assembly and the same thing for VDOT. So, under the current code as it exists … the Department of Transportation and [the county’s Department of Transportation & Capital Infrastructure] believe that the way the code is written does not allow them to do improvements to gravel roads, rural roads, other than paving them. So, the entire intent of this is for them to get permission from the General Assembly that says you can do other things to improve rural

roads other than paving them,” Reid said.

Perry and Reid’s bills would add the language, “such improvement may consist of enhancements to such highway or highway segment other than paving, such as improved materials, drainage upgrades, or enhanced design of the highway profile.

Other techniques shall be considered improvements if they increase safety, reduce maintenance costs, or enhance the historic qualities of the highway or highway segment,” to section 33.2-359.

Reid’s bill was approved with amendments by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, of which Reid is a member, Tuesday with an 8-0 vote. It is now referred back to the Transportation Committee which meets next on Thursday at 9 a.m. n

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NORMAN K. STYER Publisher and Editor nstyer@loudounnow.com EDITORIAL

As the focus of the data center debate in Loudoun County moves from nuisance concerns such as aesthetics and noise to the underbuilt power grid, two important regulatory shifts should be at the top of the agenda.

First, there needs to be a new structure to govern the funding of infrastructure upgrades that can be directly attributed to the massive demand generated by these businesses.

For both the power and data center industries, the practice of spreading the costs among the bills charged to ratepayers across the region is a nice sleight of hand.

For other types of development projects in Loudoun, the builders are expected to pay a fair share of the infrastructure needed to support their endeavors. That might include contributions to fund new schools and more road capacity. Among the long-touted benefits of data centers is that they bring none of those impacts;

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they are just noisy, ugly concrete boxes that handled our credit card payments, provided our Netflix streams, and generated lots of tax revenue. Now, it is clear that there are billions of dollars in utility investments required to keep their servers humming. A far greater share of those costs— just like the costs generated by other large developments— should be borne by those creating the demand.

The other priority should be creating requirements that power lines crossing sensitive areas—historic sites, protected open spaces, neighborhoods, for example—be placed underground. We’ve already heard the objections.

The regulations would increase costs, likely take more time to complete projects and push beyond conventional engineering practices. However, it might be best to just recognize those implications as the price of placing this infrastructure where it doesn’t belong. n

LETTERS to the Editor Retail Theft Editor:

Just what is it that former Leesburg Vice Mayor Del. Fernando “Marty” Martinez (D-29) has against the small business owners of Leesburg he was elected to represent? Del. Martinez was the lead sponsor of an effort to repeal a bill passed last year that would make it a Class 3 felony for anyone to conspire or act in concert with one or more people to steal merchandise with a value exceeding $5,000 with the intent to sell stolen merchandise for profit.

This bi-partisan proactive approach resulted from a Virginia state report which determined an annual loss of $1.3 billion resulted from retail theft,

costing the state more than $80 million in lost tax revenue.

The repeal bill which sponsors, like Del. Martinez, argued that the original bill would “ensnare people who resort to stealing to survive, including low-income people, the homeless and those struggling with addiction” has been sent by a House subcommittee to the Virginia State Crime Commission for further study.

The Leesburg Outlet Mall is a magnet for retail theft. Last summer, three individuals, acting in concert, stole 20 wallets from the Michael Kors outlet valued at $5,960 … exactly the type of crime this legislation, which was designed as a deterrent, not a “snare” will help prevent in the future.

Recently elected Commonwealth Attorney Robert “Bob” Anderson has made clear that his office is not going to ignore any criminal statutes and intends to aggressively prosecute retail thefts and people who rob small businesses. “… retail theft is costly for retailers, dangerous for employees and customers and often leads to other issues.”

Recent reports show the top three cities experiencing a huge rise in retail crime are NY with 65%, Los Angeles with 61% and Virginia Beach with 44%.

Sponsors of a repeal plan to push for it again next year. Don’t let Del. Martinez “Virginia Beach our Leesburg.”

— Eleanor Lockwood, Ashburn

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Greenway restrictions continued from page 1 because motorists avoid the Greenway, and questioned the Greenway’s business strategy.

This week’s call-in hearing conducted in Richmond generated little additional comment, as several of the people who signed up to participate did not answer their phones when called by the SCC staff or were unable to speak at that time. One said she was in a doctor’s office.

The next step in the review will be a Feb. 16 during which the hearing officer will consider rebuttal testimony. The examiner then will compile recommendations to be considered by the SCC judges.

Meanwhile, competing bills are under review in the General Assembly to alter the way Greenway tolls are regulated.

Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-32) has introduced a bill that would give the SCC the authority to lower toll rates, not just approve or deny the requested increases.

“I want to lower tolls and I want to see if distance-based tolling makes sense,” Subramanyam said. “I believe the State Corporation Commission already has that authority but based on comments made by people at the commission it seems like they’re not sure that they do, or don’t think that they do. So, this essentially is clarifying that they can lower tolls and that they can put in distance-based tolling if it’s justified.”

“We as toll road payers should not be on the hook for [TRIP II’s] lobbying expenses and for other extraneous things that have nothing to do with operating the road.

— Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-32)

In 2021 the General Assembly passed legislation introduced by Subramanyam that enacted new oversight and transparency on the state’s only privately owned toll road and tightened the way the SCC evaluates the Greenway’s requests for toll increases, put rules around refinancing its debt and limited to once a year the amount of time’s the Greenway could request a toll increase.

“I think that was a really good fix to that problem,” Subramanyam said adding that now he wants to build on that.

“We as toll road payers should not be on the hook for [TRIP II’s] lobbying expenses and for other extraneous things that have nothing to do with operating the road. If they want to do all that other stuff, they can with the profit they make from the road. They shouldn’t do it on the backs of toll road payers.”

Subramanyam said he thought the SCC was the right organization to manage the toll road.

“Their job is to protect ratepayers and commuters on the toll road. So, if you take it out of their purview and put it in the hands of someone who may have a political incentive to lower tolls for the short term and then jack up the tolls long term, it puts us in a bad spot long term,” he said.

Del. David Reid (D-28) has proposed a bill that would move oversight of the toll road from the Highway Corporation Act to the Public-Private Transportation Act. “The existing toll road under the Highway Corporation Act has been in place since 1995 … and in those entire 28 years, there has never been a time when the tolls have gone down. They have always gone up,” Reid said.

He said if the toll rates had increased to match inflation during the past three decades, they would have only risen 3%.

“It’s actually gone up on average annually 8.27% per year. So, this is an example of doing the same thing and expecting a different result,” Reid said.

He said that during former Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration, the governor’s

transportation experts had told him that the only way to see a reduction in toll rates and the implementation of distance-based tolling was to move it from the HCA to the PPTA to create a new contract.

“Virginia’s PPTA program is nationally recognized as probably one of, if not the best, PPTA programs in the nation,” he said.

Reid said Gov. Glen Youngkin’s transportation experts agreed.

“This has been a nonpartisan or bipartisan approach, to be able to provide toll relief to the commuters of Loudoun County as well as people that live west of Loudoun County that use the road and people in Fairfax County that use the road and come into Loudoun County,” Reid said.

He said he had been working on this bill for seven years and that it addressed each concern brought up by stakeholders during that time.

“The Northam Administration had said to me ‘we believe that we can reduce the tolls on the eastern end of the road by 50%.’ That’s pretty significant because if you’re currently paying $5.80 and it can then go down to $2.90, that’s real money in people’s pocket,” Reid said.

Subramanyam’s bill was referred to the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee Jan. 10. Reid’s bill was approved by a Transportation subcommittee of which Reid is a member in a 5-3 vote and recommended to advance to the House Appropriations Committee Jan. 30. n

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