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Hemstreet Proposes LowerThan-Expected Tax Rate BY RENSS GREENE
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Loudoun Leaders Target Lower Housing Costs as Top Priority BY RENSS GREENE
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Loudoun leaders have been grappling for years with the question of what to do about the high cost of housing in Loudoun, looking at a diverse set of reports, suggestions and programs. This year, those disparate ideas may coalesce into a strategy to make housing more attainable for workers and families. Although the average income in Loudoun has grown every year and continues to be among the highest in the country, the cost of living has grown even more quickly, mirroring the national trend. A county report on housing prepared in 2017 wrote that according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, from 2000 to 2017, the area median income for the DC area grew by 25
percent. In Loudoun, however, the median cost of a home jumped by 116 percent, and rents jumped up 75 percent, far outpacing the growth in incomes. That has led to concerns that many Loudoun families are cost-burdened or “house-poor”—making, by most measures, a large paycheck, but spending much of that just keeping a roof over their heads, and living only a few missed paychecks away from potentially losing everything. According to the Dulles Area Association of Realtors, the median home sale price in Loudoun is $513,000. The median rent is $1,618 a month. By the standard definition of what homebuyers can afford—about three times their annual income—a person making the DC-area median inHOUSING COSTS continues on page 42
Just a few weeks after warning that demand for services and employee pay raises would make a tax rate reduction unlikely/difficult next year, County Administrator Tim Hemstreet last week presented a rosier scenario as he presented his FY 2021 budget recommendations. Hemstreet in January asked supervisors to revise their instruction to him upward, from writing a budget based on the equalized real estate tax rate—at which the average tax bill would stay the same—to the current tax rate, which, with growing real estate values, would mean hikes in homeowners’ tax bills. But on Feb. 12, Hemstreet proposed a $3.024 billion budget based on a one-cent real estate tax rate cut, to $1.035 per $100 of assessed value. The real estate tax rate is the county’s primary revenue source. Hemstreet attributed that proposed tax cut to “positive shifts” in the county’s revenue projections since the January vote, bringing in an expected additional $15.5 million in revenues. HIs proposal will still see the average real estate tax bill go up—the equalized rate overall this year is projected at $1.01, and the homeowners’ equalized
rate at $1.015. Hemstreet said the county’s budget growth this year is driven by the effort to update its employees’ job descriptions and pay scales, including catching their salaries up with other Northern Virginia jurisdictions; more money spent on capital projects and debt; and the cost of hiring hundreds of new employees in recent years. In particular, Hemstreet said, the county needs somewhere to put all those hires. The county is in the midst of plans to open up more office space, and Hemstreet said the county’s most recognizable office, the government center in the heart of downtown Leesburg, is so full that parking has been rearranged in the parking garage. Hemstreet’s budget proposed another 150 positions across 25 departments. The new employee payscales and raises, which take effect next month, are expected to cost $37.2 million. County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) again assured county employees that the board is likely to go ahead with those raises—”I have not heard anyone say that they don’t want to fulfill the [compensation and classification] study.” The proposed budget leaves TAX RATE continues on page 10
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Literacy Council Celebrates 40 Years of English Instruction BY PATRICK SZABO
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Decades ago, nearly all Loudouners were American born. In 2000, about 11 percent of the 312,000-resident population was foreign born, according to county data. Today, about a quarter of the 413,000-resident population was born outside the United States, with 32,000 Loudouners reporting they do not speak English well, according to the most recent U.S. Census data. That’s where the Loudoun Literacy Council comes in—working with more than 500 registered volunteers and a staff of seven to teach English communication to families who struggle to find the time or money to learn the language. This year, the council is celebrating 40 years of that work. Loudoun Literacy Council was set up in 1980, when, according to Executive Director Nikki Daruwala, the county reported its first influx of refugees. To help those new residents learn English to live in America to their fullest potential, a handful of women began hosting ad hoc tutoring classes. The program grew throughout the next two decades, adding more classes and events to better help adult English
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gram, which additionally gives children the chance to learn English.
Trial Begins in 2018 Double Homicide at Sterling Café BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.com
The trial opened Tuesday in the murder case against Hassan M. Gailani, who is charged with the shooting deaths of two men inside a Sterling hookah bar in 2018. Gailani, 36, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and a host of related charges in the May 14, 2018 shooting of Ahmed S. Osman, 35, of Sterling and Murtada A. Marof, 40, of Herndon, at Pharaoh Café. The jury trial is Gailani scheduled for nine days under the direction of Circuit Court Judge Stephen E. Sincavage. Jurors will be asked to decide whether the shooting was planned in advance with at least one of the victims targeted in the attack, as prosecutors will argue; or wheth-
er Gailani was suffering a mental condition that left him unable to understand the consequences of his actions or to resist the impulse to harm the victims—an insanity defense his attorneys have pursued. According to information provided by the Sheriff ’s Office and through testimony in pre-trial hearings, Gailani was apprehended in or near his vehicle in the parking lot of the Sterling shopping center, where the hookah lounge’s manager pointed him out to deputies who had responded to the scene. Inside the establishment—where Gailani, an American-born son of Sudanese citizens would often go to play cards with others from the area’s Sudanese community—Osman and Marof were on the floor. Osman was already dead. Marof was writhing in pain and died shortly after the EMS crew got him to the ambulance. Under questioning while sitting in custody in the deputy’s cruiser, Gailani appears in video footage to admit being the shooter. In a later interview, he would tell deputies he did not intend to shoot Marof
and showed remorse after learning he had died. Investigators later found a Kel-Tec 9mm pistol, along with a green gym bag containing a plastic gun box and an empty box of ammunition, in a Kia Soul that Gailani had rented. Following the shooting, Gailani drove the Kia from the café parking lot to his Toyota Camry, which he had parked about a half mile away from the scene. Gailani then drove the Camry back to the café parking lot, where he was found with the key to the Kia. Since then, Gailani has stated he remembers nothing about the shooting. In a court-ordered mental evaluation, a forensic psychologist found that Gailani suffered from a delusional disorder, rooted in suspicions that he had been drugged and sexually assaulted by an acquaintance while living in Sudan in 2008 and that he had acquired HIV as a result. He said he maintained that belief even after multiple tests showed negative results. He moved to the U.S. in 2011.
In the past four decades, Loudoun Literacy has helped more than 10,000 adults and served close to 4,000 families, all while distributing tens of thousands of books, with nearly 15,000 distributed in the last fiscal year alone. From July 2018 to June 2019, the council helped 315 adults learn English and provided 1,830 low-income families with literacy resources. “Each year, it’s grown more and more,” Daruwala said about the council’s programs. The council focuses its efforts equally on adult and youth classes. In the adult spectrum, there are five levels of courses that include a basic English class, which serves more than 300 adults annually. The council also offers individual tutoring for those who can’t make it to classes. “We don’t want anyone falling through the cracks,” Daruwala said. This year, the price of registration has been decreased to $40 to celebrate the council’s 40th anniversary. But, Daruwala said, there are many free classes and workarounds for low-income adults. For example, Daruwala said classes are free for adults who have kids enrolled in its programs, receive healthcare from the Loudoun Free Clinic or food from LOUDOUN LITERACY continues on page 43
In the interviews with the psychologist, Gailani said he thought he again had been drugged and assaulted twice in early 2018 by another acquaintance and by Osman. After that, Gailani said he sought to fight back and plotted to attack his aggressors. He assembled a bag with a TASER and a handgun and he took a shooting class. On May 13, he rented a car that would not be recognizable to the café patrons and waited outside for the two men to come to the club, with the intent to beat them up. While he was waiting, he saw Osman enter, but not the second man. He said he remembered reading an email from his insurance company while sitting in the rental car and then remembered being arrested in his Camry—but he said he remembered nothing in between and nothing about the shootings, according to pre-trial interviews. In addition to the charges of first-degree murder, which carry a sentence of 20 years to life in prison, Gailani is charged with seven counts of shooting within an occupied building and two counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony. n
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The county’s six-year plan for capital projects includes a few new projects, like more Rt. 7 widening and new funding for parks and trails, and a few projects are getting pushed back, like Rt. 50 widening and a trail from Franklin Park to Purcellville. Supervisors got their first look at County Administrator Tim Hemstreet’s proposal for the Capital Improvement Program at the Feb. 11 meeting of the Board of Supervisors finance committee. The program, which includes large investments like building new schools, roads and public facilities, looks six years into the future, with some projects designated beyond that. Those projects are funded in large part through debt financing by issuing bonds to be paid off over time, with additional funding from regional, state and federal assistance, proffers, other fees, and in the form of immediate payments from local tax revenues. This will be the first Capital Improvement Program for the new Board of Supervisors, with new members rushing to catch up on billions of dollars in planned projects. The six-year program plans for $2.1 billion in spending for county government projects, the majority of which will once
again be for transportation projects. The program proposes $1.2 billion in transportation projects alone. Meanwhile, the schools side of the capital budget totals $805.4 million over six years. A number of new projects were added to the county’s plans. One would extend water lines to homes in Broad Runs Farms, where some water lines have already been planned using federal funds to connect to properties affected by groundwater pollution stemming from the Hidden Lane landfill, an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site. The county would connect 311 more parcels, in addition to the 142 proposed by the EPA. Plans for a linear parks and trails system in the county, known as Emerald Ribbons, have also been added to the program. The program would receive funding in Fiscal Year 2022, which begins July 2021. And another project to widen eastbound Rt. 7 from Loudoun County Parkway to Rt. 28 has been added, with construction likely sometime after 2026. The county also has plans to build a backup Emergency Communications Center, expand the Adult Detention Center, and build a new public library in Purcellville. Other projects have been delayed, BUDGET continues on page 7
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Saines Pushes to Rename ‘Negro Hill’ BY RENSS GREENE
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Sup er visor Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling) is pushing to rename a spot near Claude Moore Park long known as “Negro Hill,” to Saines instead honor one of the area’s most prominent black farm families. The small rise, charted and named by the U.S. Geological Service, is just south of the Cascades Parkway interchange with Rt. 7. In some records, Saines said, it bears an even more unpleasant appellation—named for the racial slur against black people that begins with the same letter. Instead, Saines said, it should be named after the Nokes Family, which farmed the land before it was developed. “This was unbeknownst to us,” Saines said. “We had a gentleman who lives in Alexandria who works in Sterling. For some reason, I guess, he was using Google Maps or something, and he discovered it, and of course he took offense to that name.” Saines said the man proposed renaming it Douglass Hill, after Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery to become a national leader of the abolitionist movement before the Civil War, and for black people’s and women’s civil rights until his death. Saines said that was “a good name to choose,” but suggested Nokes instead. That would also put it near Nokes Boulevard. Supervisors were scheduled to vote on Saines’s proposal Feb. 18. n
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Supervisors Pitch Priorities to Business Leaders BY RENSS GREENE
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County supervisors during their first Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce PolicyMakers Series breakfast of the new term pitched their visions for the next four years. Once a year, supervisors sit down at one of the Loudoun Chamber’s series of breakfasts for policymakers and influential figures to talk about their work, issues and ideas. Friday’s event was the first PolicyMakers Series breakfast since the 2019 election brought in four new supervisors. And with Metro’s Silver Line tentatively slated to get rolling later this year and Loudoun workers grappling with high housing prices, those two topics were on supervisors’ minds. Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), who serves on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board of directors overseeing Metro and chairs the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, said having one entity, Capital Rail Constructors and Dulles Airport, building a multi-billion-dollar project and handing it off to a separate entity, Metro, is “a little difficult, as you might imagine.” But he said Metro is coming. Supervisor Sylvia Russell Glass (D-Broad Run) said the local government must work with local business to make the areas around Metro thrive. “The public and private sectors must continue to work together to make sure the areas around the Metro stations are developed at the highest and best use,” Glass said. “The decisions we make today will determine how economically viable the Metro is.” And she said she is “well aware that the lack of affordable housing can be a major barrier for those wishing to live and work in Loudoun. As a special education teacher, I know this all too well from friends and colleagues.” But, she said, “the arrival of Metro provides us with a fantastic chance to add to our affordable and workforce housing.” Supervisors also talked about the plans for more bike and pedestrian paths, as well as linear parks and green trails throughout the county. “Connectivity of our trails paths and walkways in Algonkian District, and throughout the county, will be a high priority of mine,” said Supervisor Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian). “I see some of my neighbors taking their lives in their hands to walk on certain roads in my district alone, where I think that we need some multimodal forms of transportation.” And Supervisor Michael R. Turner
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Supervisors Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian) and Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) speak at the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce’s PolicyMakers Series breakfast Friday, Feb. 14.
(D-Ashburn) said he has had a Loudoun County bike shirt designed and is looking into starting a cycling team. “Bike and pedestrian trails are critical to be able to move our families around,” Turner said. “If you come to me with a revitalization or a redevelopment—or all of us, for that matter—talk to me about how you’re going to connect that community to the new Metro stops. Talk to me about how you’re going to connect to the surrounding community.” That mirrored a sentiment common among the supervisors there—that Loudoun’s future would be shaped in large part by the business interests, particularly developers, in the room. “My charge to you guys is to listen to what was just said, what was said earlier from my colleagues, and what you already know that are issues in Loudoun County,” said Supervisor Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling). “Bring those applications to us that are actually going to solve these issues.” And Supervisor Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg) asked Chamber members to also bring conservation voices into their discussions, particularly discussions around the data center industry, its central role in the county government’s finances, and its push for renewable energy. “I would like to ask the Chamber to do what it did so well in bringing our nonprofits and our data centers together, to also reach out to our conservation community and bring them into a meeting with our businesses,” Umstattd said. “And especially our data centers, so that these two groups can come to learn that they each have something to offer the other.” Letourneau said southern Loudoun, home of his Dulles District, needs urgent attention.
“In these next four years, it’s imperative that we make progress on the southern part of the county,” Letourneau said. “It has been where a lot of the growth has been, it’s been where we have been dealing with a lot of crowding problems when it comes to schools, and it’s where we are dealing with, currently, extremely bad traffic congestion.” He has proposed a northern collector road across Dulles Airport property connecting Tall Cedars Parkway to Rt. 28 in Fairfax County, bypassing the Rt. 50 intersection and providing an alternate route to the east. When he first proposed the road in February 2018, he said it would be “probably my single top priority”—and said Friday the county has been making progress in talks with Dulles Airport. “It’s going to be a difficult project, it’s going to be an expensive project, but it’s one that’s necessary if you look at long term forecasts for Rt. 50,” Letourneau said. And Saines and Briskman said they would also be working to revitalize the county’s easternmost areas, and Saines indicated he would continue his push to dispel prejudices around the Sterling area as dangerous or violent. “There are a lot of good things in Sterling,” Saines, a lifelong resident, said. “We’ve seen some great development happen. There are a lot of misconceptions about Sterling, so I want to change those misconceptions.” And, he said, there are opportunities for revitalization and redevelopment in Sterling, inviting Chamber members to come take a tour. “It’s my job to respond to the people in the county who are sitting in this room, but it’s also my job to respond to the womPRIORITIES continues on page 7
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League of Women Voters Marks 100 Years of Suffrage Loudoun’s League of Women Voters celebrated the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote over the weekend, while also celebrating the League’s own 100th anniversary. Pat Wirth, of the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial, shared the personal stories and history behind the movement and honored its heroes dressed as Susan B. Anthony. Anthony spent a lifetime opposed to slavery and fighting for women’s right to vote, including being arrested for attempting to vote and collaborating with Elizabeth Cady Stanton to see the 19th Amendment introduced to Congress. After decades of protests, agitation and struggle, Congress passed the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women’s right to vote, on June 4, 1919, and it was ratified August 18, 1920. The program was held at Cascades Library Saturday, Feb. 15. n
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Budget continued from page 5 some indefinitely—such as a planned trail between Franklin Park and Purcellville, while the county studies a new path for the trail; and expanding the Juvenile Detention Center. And, for the second time, plans for a STEM library have been delayed indefinitely. A project to widen Rt. 50 between Tall Cedars Parkway to Loudoun County Parkway was pushed back two years to begin design work in 2027. Director of Management and Budget Erin McLellan said increasing construction costs have had an impact. “Many of the projects were re-estimated as we’ve continued to have difficulty with increasing project budgets and costs, so we did try as much as possible to keep things in position,” McLellan said. Finance committee Chairman Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) cautioned other supervisors that moving projects around in the six-year schedule can be complicated; with the county issuing close to its $225 million annual limit on new debt each year, escalating construction costs, and projects
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Town Moves on After Town Attorney Firing Rec Revenues BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ krodriguez@loudounnow.com
The Town Council will be looking for its next town attorney, following last week’s vote to approve a separation agreement with Barbara Notar. Notar had served as Leesburg’s town attorney since 2015, following almost seven years as deputy town attorney. Traditionally, Notar’s annual personnel evaluation had come without fireworks, Notar with annual 3 percent salary increases approved by the council. With those increases, Notar’s January 2015 starting salary of $135,000 increased to just under $152,000 by the time she was let go. Details of the separation agreement approved by the council Feb. 11 were not publicly released. The town denied the newspaper’s Freedom of Information Act request for the 10page document, citing a disclosure exemption that allows governments to deny access to “contracts settling public employee employment disputes held confidential as personnel records.” Last week’s vote ended an almost month-long saga, ignited by a Letter to the Editor signed by Mayor Kelly Burk, Vice Mayor Marty Martinez and Councilman Neil Steinberg that accused their four council colleagues of a coordinated campaign to terminate Notar, citing dissatisfaction with her handlings of the Graydon Manor project and the town-county
boundary line adjustment process. The four council members took their peers to task for airing a personnel matter in the public sphere, and denied any coordinated effort to fire the town attorney. In a separate vote, the council also agreed to a contract with Martin Crim, who had been representing the town in its evaluation of Notar. Crim is a shareholder at Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian, and has been practicing law for more than 25 years, primarily for cities, towns, and other local governments. Crim also serves as Middleburg’s town attorney, a role he is expected to continue even with his new duties in Leesburg, Town Manager Kaj Dentler said. The vote also authorized a supplemental appropriation of $264,000 from the town’s unassigned fund balance to cover the additional cost of legal services for the remainder of the fiscal year. Per a redacted retainer agreement shared with Loudoun Now, Crim has reduced his hourly rate to $300/hour while representing Leesburg. Dentler said Crim will serve as the town’s top legal counsel until a new town attorney has been hired. That selection process is expected to kick off fairly soon, with a work session planned for next week where council members are expected to weigh in on what they are looking for in the next town attorney. Also up for discussion is whether the town staff will handle the search, or a recruitment firm that specializes in senior staff positions should be hired, Dentler said. The council will have the final say in who is hired as the next town attorney, as that is one of only two town government positions, along with the town manager, that serves at the pleasure of the council. n
Leesburg Arts District Getting Marketing Boost BY KARA C. RODRIGUEZ krodriguez@loudounnow.com
Leesburg’s Commission on Public Art has proposed a new look for the town’s Arts & Cultural District. Commissioner Elizabeth Ransom last week presented to the Town Council a new logo created by local graphic designer Stilson Greene, which commissioners hope will bring some new energy to the district. The district, which includes the historic downtown area and portions of Catoctin Circle, was adopted by the Town Council in March 2011 to incentivize arts-related businesses and organizations to locate in town. Incentives such as Business and Professional Occupation License tax rebates, real estate tax rebates and zoning permit exemptions are offered. Ransom said the commission funded the promotional effort using the $10,000 allocated by the Town Council to the
commission in the current fiscal year’s budget. The project includes the logo design as well as the purchase of banners and poles to display the new image throughout the district. She said many local residents don’t even know the district exists, so the hope is that featuring its new image prominently throughout the area will raise its profile. It was a collaborative effort among the commission and other town boards and commissions, town departments and Visit Loudoun, with the county’s tourism body pledging an additional $9,500 to help promote the
arts in Leesburg. “People don’t always associate growth [of the arts] with economic growth, but it’s a proven vehicle for economic growth, tourism and more,” Ransom said, citing a figure from the National Endowment of the Arts that showed that arts contributed $17 billion to the state’s gross domestic product. She also put in a plug for funding for the commission in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2021 budget to continue to promote the district and Leesburg as an arts destination. Of the new logo, Ransom called it, “fresh, energetic, a little jazzy. It’s intended to express the vibrancy of the arts but also represent Leesburg’s historic past.” She said the commission hopes to have the logo displayed prominently throughout the district in time for April’s popular Flower & Garden Festival. The Town Council is expected to vote to formally approve the new logo during an upcoming meeting. n
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Consumer taxes aren’t the only strength for the Town of Leesburg this budget cycle, with recreation fees now taking up a sizable chunk of the town’s revenues. More than $5.2 million in recreation fees is forecast to come into the town’s bank rolls this coming fiscal year, making up 8 percent of the town’s annual General Fund revenues. That’s an almost $50,000 jump from the current fiscal year, which staff members acknowledged is in large part attributable to Ida Lee Park’s tennis center. The town installed an indoor tennis bubble at the park in 2007 and, given its popularity, town budget staff members have proposed extending the tennis season for its outdoor courts to further strengthen revenues. Proposed in this year’s capital projects budget is a seasonal air structure for Ida Lee’s three outdoor courts—in other words, a temporary tennis bubble for the winter seasons that can be brought down when warmer weather returns. While the project will cost just under $1 million, $400,000 of that is offset by proffers from developers. And it’s a project that’s expected to become revenue neutral fairly quickly, with an additional $35,000 in annual revenues, by way of classes and court fees, once the structure is up. Parks and Recreation Department Director Rich Williams said the tennis center revenue is projected to eclipse $1 million in the current fiscal year 2020, which would represent an almost 15 percent jump from five years ago. Elsewhere in Ida Lee, recreation center memberships also climbed in the past five fiscal years, with annual passes in particular bringing in a $100,000 increase since Fiscal Year 2016. Overall, recreation center admission and membership revenue is expected to top $1.7 million in the current fiscal year. Williams attributes the revenue increases to the products the department puts on the field. “The quality of the programs and facilities the town provides for its residents is one of the driving factors in the continued success of the Ida Lee Park Recreation Center and Tennis Center,” he said. n Every week leading up to budget adoption, Loudoun Now will take a look at an area that shapes the Town of Leesburg’s proposed Fiscal Year 2021 budget. For more information on the budget, go to Leesburgva.gov/budget.
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AROUND Town Microsoft Files for Wetlands Permits As part of its plans to construct a data center campus on the Compass Creek property just south of Leesburg, Microsoft Corp. has filed for state and federal permits to address the loss of 3 acres of wetlands and 4,527 feet of stream. The application seeks to address the impacts through the purchase of mitigation credits from an approved wetland/stream mitigation bank or through the contribution to an in-lieu fee fund through the Virginia Aquatic Resources Trust Fund. As part of the mandated review process, the Army Corps of Engineers is accepting public comments through March 9. The project is bounded to the west by the Dulles Greenway, the south by Sycolin Creek, and the east by the Leesburg Executive Airport. Learn more about the application at loudounnow.com/microsoft_wetlands_ permit.
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operational funding for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, funded in Loudoun by the local gas tax, when the Silver Line is planned to begin running in Loudoun in Fiscal Year 2021. Loudoun has already been banking gas tax revenues into a fund anticipating that opening. Fiscal Year 2021 begins July 1, 2020. The proposed budget is available online at loudoun.gov/budget. The first budget public hearings will be at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at the government center in Leesburg, 1 Harrison St. Another public hearing will be held Saturday, Feb. 29 at 9 a.m. at the Loudoun County Public Schools administration building in Broadlands, at 21000 Education Court. Comment is also accepted by email at loudounbudget@loudoun.gov, or to the Board of Supervisors comment line at 703-777-0115. n
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SCHOOL Notebook Board to Vote on TJHS Bus Service After reversing plans to reduce the number of students who can attend the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, the School Board is expected next week to restore bus service for those students. As one of its first actions after taking office, the board voted in January to reverse the prior board’s decision to cap enrollment for next year’s attendees to 50, down from the traditional practice of sending around 100 students to the magnet school. At that time, board members also made it clear they intended to reinstate bus service and Superintendent Eric Williams included that $540,000 cost in his budget. The board’s Curriculum and Instruction Committee has completed a review of the TJHS eligibility policy and added the bus service provision in an update planned for adoption Feb. 25. A majority on the previous School Board advocated scaling back Loudoun’s participation in Thomas Jefferson High School to instead put more resources into the Academies of Loudoun. New School Board members said they don’t want to reduce students’ opportunities to attend one
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Foxcroft School Hosts Galaxy Trek STEM Challenge Foxcroft School will host 40 teams of girls on Saturday as they compete in the 2020 Galaxy Trek STEM Challenge. Designed for middle and high school students, the competition will see girls from Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC, participate in challenges revolving around space exploration, using their knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and math to restore failing systems onboard a space station and preserve the astronauts’ scientific endeavors. Working in teams of three or four, the girls will rotate through challenges in biology, chemistry, physics, coding, and engineering. A winner will be declared for each challenge, as well as an overall winning team. In addition, students can answer trivia questions about space and space travel to earn raffle tickets and compete for prizes ranging from gift cards to tech devices. The event is sponsored by Leesburg-based Stryker Corporation and engineers from the medical technology company will host one of the challenges.
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Fatal Ashburn Crash Case Sent to Grand Jury Three months after 31-year-old Heather Wren was killed in an early morning car crash, the alleged driver of that car will soon know if and when he’ll be put on trial. Substitute General District Court Judge Charles F. Sievers last Friday found enough evidence to send the case against Brian Foley, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter, to a Foley grand jury for review. If indicted, the case will move to trial in Circuit Court. Foley, 31, faces a prison term of up to a decade if convicted of the class 5 felony. At the request of the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Sievers agreed to drop Foley’s DUI charge, a class 1 misdemeanor. The crash that killed Wren happened just before 2 a.m. Nov. 16 on Ashburn Farm Parkway, just east of Starflower Way. Investigators say Foley was driving eastbound on the road when his 2007 Toyota Scion careened left over the median, went
airborne and landed down an embankment off the side of the westbound lanes. Foley and Wren, both of whom had been drinking that night, were thrown from the car. Wren was pronounced dead on the scene. Foley’s attorney, Peter Greenspun, argued during the Feb. 14 preliminary hearing that there was not enough evidence to determine who was driving the car when it crashed. He also argued that Foley’s intoxication level—found to be 0.138-0.15 BAC, according to bloodwork done at the Reston Hospital following the wreck— was not high enough to be a proximate cause of the crash. “There is no evidence here as to what caused the accident,” he said. “There is zero evidence as to who was the driver.” Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Ryan Perry argued that Foley’s alleged slowed reaction time was enough evidence for probable cause that Foley was under the influence when the crash happened—one of the pieces necessary to prove when convicting someone of involuntary manslaughter. According to Erin Mannion, Wren’s older sister, Wren and Foley had met Mannion and her fiancé, along with some of Foley’s friends, at World of Beer,
which is now Jefferson Ale House, in One Loudoun the night of Nov. 15. Mannion testified that she saw Foley drink at least one shot of alcohol and order another beer and that Wren had been “nursing” a beer all night. Mannion said Wren and Foley snuck away from the group at about midnight without saying goodbye. Mannion said that when she called Wren, she didn’t pick up. When Greenspun asked whether Mannion noticed Foley to be “unsteady” or “not in control of his physical movements,” Mannion said she did not notice Foley to be acting in that way. Security footage from the One Loudoun parking garage showed Wren getting into the passenger seat of Foley’s car at 1:12 a.m. Additional security footage from the McDonald’s in Ashburn Farm’s Junction Plaza at 1:30 a.m. showed Foley enter the drive-through with Wren in the passenger seat, order food, pay for it and then drive off without grabbing it. The crash happened less than 20 minutes later about a half mile east of the McDonald’s on Ashburn Farm Parkway. According to the first deputy on the scene, the dispatch call concerning the wreck came in at 1:49 a.m. Deputy Sean Allen, an accident investigator, said the Toyota clipped a sewer
drain on the right-hand side of the eastbound lanes before shooting left, crossing the median, taking down a streetlight pole and coming to rest at the bottom of an embankment after crashing through a residential fence. Allen said there was an 18-by-18-inch chunk of concrete from the sewer drain on the driver seat when he arrived on the scene around 3 a.m. Alexandra Hollar, a volunteer EMT who was also the attendant-in-charge on the crash scene, said she found Wren in the prone position near the downed light post around 2 a.m. Wren was pronounced dead on arrival. Hollar said she found Foley at the bottom of the hill, also in the prone position next to the car. She said Foley’s breath smelled of alcohol. “It was noted right away,” she said. Allen said he interviewed Foley about two hours later while in the Intensive Care Unit at Reston Hospital. Foley told the investigator he didn’t feel drunk. Allen testified that Foley said he was unsure whether he was driving the car at the time of the crash and that it felt like a dream, and mentioned something about a deer. “This is a terrible case with tragic consequences,” Sievers said. A grand jury is set to meet next on March 9. n
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Loudoun County fire officials again are touting the safety benefits of residential sprinkler systems following a Sunday morning fire in Ashburn, Just before 11 a.m. Feb. 16, county dispatchers received a 911 call reporting a dryer fire at a condominium at Brae Terrace in Ashburn. The caller reported using a hand-held fire extinguisher to put out the fire. However, the first fire crews to arrive found an active fire in the building and requested additional resources bringing crews from Ashburn, Sterling, and Fairfax County. Firefighters extinguished the remaining fire that the sprinklers had contained to the dryer area. The neighboring condominium unit also received minor damages. The Loudoun County Fire Marshal’s Office determined the fire to be accidental, caused by a failure in the clothes dryer, and estimated damages to both units at $2,500.
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Two Men Charged in Sterling Burglaries Two suspects are in custody after a series of commercial burglaries in the Sterling area last week. They also have been connected to two other thefts that occurred earlier this year, according to the Sheriff ’s Office. Mark C. Judy, II, 30, and Joseph T. Walthall, 33, both of Sterling, were charged in connection with burglaries at four locations between Feb. 9 and Feb. 10 at the Sterling Vapez on East Holly Avenue, the Sunoco station on Davis Drive, the Sunoco station on Church Road, and Honest Tom’s Auto Care on Shepard Drive. They also are suspected in thefts at the Prime Mart on West Church Road on Jan. 29 and Feb. 2. Both men were charged with three counts of burglary, two counts of attempted burglary, and five counts of conspiracy to commit a burglary. Walthall was also charged with simple assault for an incident unrelated to the burglaries. Judy and
One person was hospitalized and two others were jailed following an altercation outside a Potomac Run Plaza restaurant early Friday morning. According to the Sheriff ’s Office, deputies were called to the shopping center parking lot at 1:20 a.m. Feb. 14. A suspect was said to have struck a victim with his vehicle and then fled the scene. Another suspect fled the area on foot. The victim sustained injuries described as serious but not life-threatening. Deputies located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. Deputies also located the second suspect. Both were found to be under the influence of alcohol. Yasser M. Al-Musawi, 23, of Ashburn, was charged with malicious wounding, assault and battery, and hit and run. He was held without bond at the Adult Detention Center. Steven Hernandez- Ayala, 23, of
The Sheriff ’s Office is investigating a single-vehicle crash on Rt. 50 that sent five occupants to the hospital Feb. 12. According to the report, the crash happened at 1 a.m. last Wednesday near the Four Chimneys Lane intersection east of Middleburg. A Toyota Sedan was westbound on Rt. 50 when it left the roadway and struck a tree. The occupants were transported to the hospital for treatment of injuries described as serious, but not life-threatening. The driver, Henry A. Perez-Lopez, 19, of Maryland, was charged with failure to maintain proper control of vehicle and driving without a license and was released on a summons. The crash remains under investigation. Anyone who witnessed the crash and has not already talked with law enforcement is asked to contact Investigator S. Allen at 703-777-1021.
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Assessment Increase: Total assessed value of real property, excluding additional assessments due to new construction or improvements to property, exceeds last year’s total assessed value of real property by 5.25 percent.
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Lowered Rate Necessary to Offset Increased Assessment: The tax rate which would levy the same amount of real estate tax as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate with the exclusions mentioned above, would be $0.175 per $100 of assessed value. This rate will be known as the “lowered tax rate” or “equalized tax rate.”
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Effective Rate Increase: The Town of Leesburg proposes to adopt a tax rate of $0.194 per $100 of assessed value. The difference between the equalized tax rate and the proposed rate would be $0.019 per $100, or 9.7 percent. This difference will be known as the “effective tax rate increase.” Individual property taxes may, however, increase at a percentage greater than or less than the above percentage, depending upon the type of dwelling and individual property assessments.
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Proposed Total Budget Increase: Based on the proposed real property effective tax rate and changes in the other revenues, the total General Fund budget of the Town of Leesburg will exceed last year’s General Fund budget by 3.9 percent.
A public hearing on the proposed real property effective tax rate will be held by the Leesburg Town Council on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chamber, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA, at which time any resident of the town shall have the right to provide written and oral comments on the proposed real property effective tax rate. If the public hearing is canceled for any unforeseen reason, the public hearing will be held during the next Town Council regular meeting. Persons requiring reasonable accommodations should contact the Clerk of Council at 703-771-2733, three days in advance of the meeting. For TTY/TDD service, use the Virginia Relay Center by dialing 711. 02/20/20
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BUSINESS Notes Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk to Appear at Belfort Furniture Belfort Furniture will host a Conversation on Design forum with award-winning interior designer and member of the Fab Five from Netflix’s “Queer Eye” on Sunday, March 1. In addition to the program and local meet-and-greet, Berk will be in town to launch his new collection, Bobby Berk for ART Furniture, at Belfort. During the 2 p.m. program, Berk will Berk discuss what inspired him to create the exclusive furniture line and how to express personality through design. “A well-designed space is a happy space. Each piece in my collection was designed to marry form and function, and your home should do the same,” Berk has said. The collection reflects Berk’s evolution of design styles—featuring mid-century styling that is grounded by refined and timeless forms with sculptural elements that nod to Art Deco. The collection boasts graphite stained bar cabinets, dining tables that pair trendy terrazzo and timeless natural wood. “Bobby Berk creates pieces with the perfect mix of visual interest using materials that are both organic and stylish, sophisticated, yet sleek. The design styles offer different materials that resonate with today’s consumer, such as vegan leather, brass, and walnut woods,” Executive Vice President Matt Huber said. During the March 1 event, customers will enjoy a Q&A, door prizes and refreshments. The event is open to all and will be held at Belfort Furniture’s Building 3, located at 22250 Shaw Road. Learn more and RSVP online at belfortfurniture.com/events.
Edge Selected to Manage Signal Hill Office Building The management division of Edge has been selected to provide property management and engineering services for the Signal Hill Office on Rt. 7 in Sterling. The three-story, 62,000-square-foot office building is located at 21335 Signal Hill Plaza in Sterling, at the intersection of Rt. 7 and Potomac View Road. Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University are long-term tenants along with two smaller tenants that were once part of the continuing CoOffice program of 17 private offices with shared amenities.
Edge is a commercial real estate firm providing a full complement of advisory, leasing, investment sales, management, construction, property management and engineering services to clients throughout the Washington, DC, Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Pennsylvania marketplaces. Founded in 2007, the company leases and manages more than 8.5 million square feet of commercial office, flex/office, industrial/warehouse, retail and mixed-use space. Learn more at signalhilloffice.com.
Ashleigh at Lansdowne Wins Senior Living Award The Ashleigh at Lansdowne community was one of six Retirement Unlimited, Inc. properties selected as 2020’s Best of Assisted Living Award Winners on SeniorAdvisor.com, the largest ratings and reviews site for senior care and services in North America and Canada. The annual SeniorAdvisor.com Best of Senior Living Awards tabulates over 240,000 family created reviews to find the highest quality care providers for this honor. Of the nearly 45,000 communities currently listed on SeniorAdvisor.com, just over 610 were recognized with the prestigious award. RUI’s Lansdowne center offers independent living, assisted living and memory care. Other RUI communities to qualify for the recognition were Heatherwood Community in Burke; Bay Lake Community in Virginia Beach; Paul Spring Community in Alexandria; The Hidenwood Community in Newport News; and The Towers Community in Richmond.
Atoka Properties Celebrates Banner Year During its annual staff kickoff meeting this month at Meadowkirk at Delta Farm, Atoka Properties/Middleburg Properties celebrated a record-breaking sales year and recognized its top performers. The firm reported a 29 percent increase in closed transactions during 2019 and 25 percent growth in sales volume. Among the staff recognitions were the presentation of the Founder’s Award, to agents with more the $10 million in sales, to Michele Noel, Moose Valliere, Rocky Westfall, the Clegg Team, and Scotti Sellers. The President’s Award, for more the $5 million in sales, went to Alanna Nichols, Marcy Cantatore, Meredith Gurdak, Paul Smith, McIntosh and Eldrege, Shannon Casey, Tamara Harrison and Kerrie Jenkins. The most improved awards were presented to Shannon Casey, Middleburg; Kristin Johnson, Purcellville; and Juanita Tool, Ashburn.
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Nonprofit Profiles of Loudoun
The Insurmountable Trap of No Transportation in Loudoun County
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The wide-open spaces and rural landscapes of Loudoun County are some of the area’s most attractive features. But for many of those without reliable access to transportation, those large distances between home and work can feel like a cage. When you cannot transport yourself or your loved ones to job interviews, doctor’s appointments, fresh food, or the emergency care you need without massive expenditures of time and money, the impact is immense and often deadly Due to the large size and relatively low density of our county, our neighbors in Loudoun are faced with the problem of having virtually no choice in the matter: you absolutely need a car to function in society. Cars are expensive, and cheaper or older ones are prone to failure. This is on top of the damage they cause to our environment, both through emissions and through deep reliance on oil and gas. Our infrastructure absolutely dictates a reliance on cars. Much of what little public transportation is available to our citizens is poorly utilized, dangerously outdated, and geographically inefficient. A Loudoun family of four on an ALICE Survival Budget spends approximately 8 percent of their monthly income on transportation. Only 3.6 percent of Loudoun’s workforce commutes using public trans-
portation. Of those residents who use public transportation, those with disabilities face further obstacles as a stunning 83 percent of Loudoun bus stops were not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additional studies and analysis of Loudoun’s public transportation system are required to identify opportunities to connect affordable housing with employment hubs and supporting services for vulnerable populations. This eye-opening statistic is only one of many highlighted data points in the Profiles of Loudoun report. Download the full report at CommunityFoundationLF.org/Profiles. To learn more about the Community Foundation, go to CommunityFoundationLF.org. n
Church Preservation Effort Bolstered by IRS Designation The Austin Grove Preservation Foundation has received its 501(c)(3) nonprofit, charitable organization status from the IRS. Kim Hart, general partner in the affordable housing builder Good Works LP, helping to lead the effort to preserve the church, which originally was built Hart from wood by freed slaves in 1872 following the end of the Civil War and rebuilt as a stone church in 1911. The property was used as a school for black
students from 1872 to the 1940s and was an active Methodist church until 2017 it was closed in a consolidation. Achieving tax-exempt nonprofit status will help the foundation, which has leased the property, keep up maintenance of the building and make it available for community events. In the long term, the church will be used to tell the stories of the families who built it and attended school and worship services there. The church is located at 33999 Austin Grove Road in Bluemont. For more information on the preservation effort contact Hart at kim@goodworksva.com or Ron Lincoln at ronlincoln @mac.com. n
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GIVING Back Threads of Hope Thrift Boutique Opens Mobile Hope has opened Threads of Hope, a boutique which accepts donations for gently used, quality clothes and then reinvests the funds to support youth in crisis. Located at Mobile Hope Leesburg headquarters, Threads is open every weekday. “Instead of our kids getting clothes out of a trash bag of donated items, we wanted to create a nice shopping experience for them, so we opened Threads of Hope,” CEO Donna Fortier said. “This has doubled as a training center for our crisis kids and others who need work experience and training. For a very small donation, the community can take home great clothes and interact with our kids who may be running the store that day.” Threads of Hope offers a variety of used and new clothing, shoes and accessories for infants, children, teens and adults, household items and books. it operates through a donation model, with most items having a suggested donation of $5 or less. Registered Mobile Hope clients will still be able to “shop” for free. For clients with transportation barriers, clothing and oth-
er basic needs will continue to be distributed through Mobile Hope’s bus at any of its eight bus stop locations. Mobile Hope is located at 741 Miller Drive, Suite F in Leesburg. Threads of Hope is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Learn more at mobilehopeloudoun.org.
Church Helps StoneSprings Newborns Celebrate First Valentine’s Day The babies born last week at StoneSprings Hospital Center got their very first valentine from a local congregation. The pastor of Restoration Church in Dulles South delivered caps and blankets from their Herndon campus, Floris United Methodist Church. Members knitted newborn-sized red caps and blankets to gift to families delivering at the hospital. “There’s always love in the air in Labor and Delivery,” stated StoneSprings CEO Matt Mathias. “The families touched by this kindness have extra reason to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year—and every year that follows. Restoration Church has given their babies a warm welcome to world.”
Loudoun Therapeutic Riding Places in National Photo Contest A photo showcasing the support provided by Loudoun Therapeutic Riding volunteers and riding instructors to a young boy mounting his pony earned a third-place prize in a national contest sponsored by the Nonprofit Insurance Alliance. The entry was selected from among nearly 400 photos submitted under the theme “Making a Difference” by
nonprofits across the United States that provide services for children, seniors, animals and people living with disabilities. The photo of a young boy dressed in an astronaut costume mounting his pony partner, Teddy, with the help of volunteers and riding instructors during the 2019 Ride-a-Thon fundraiser was taken by LTR staff member Hilary Sorrenti. “It is a great example of the joy felt by participants when they are given the opportunity to ride in a trusting environment with people who truly care,” she said.
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TOWN Notes
Our Towns C’est Bon Sells Dozens of Valentine’s Day Dinners-to-Go
LOVETTSVILLE Feb. 28 Deadline for American Legion Auxiliary Essay Contest
BY PATRICK SZABO
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For droves of Round Hill-area couples, Valentine’s Day dinner was a nomess, no-hassle romantic evening in. Savoir Fare catering company owner Joannie Wolford opened her C’est Bon dinners-to-go operation in the Old Furniture Factory last Friday and Saturday to sell three-course Valentine’s Day dinners-to-go. Customers selected one appetizer, entrée and dessert from a special menu that included selections like lobster chowder, braised beef short ribs and chocolate torte. On Valentine’s Day alone, the business sold about 80 meals in a threehour span. Beginning March 10, Wolford will open C’est Bon—French for “it’s good”—at its full capacity in the 400-square-foot frontend portion of the Furniture Factory. All food there will be prepared in Savoir Fare’s 2,500-square-
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Savoir Fare owner Joannie Wolford sold about 80 pre-made Valentine’s Day meals to area residents via her new C’est Bon dinners-to-go operation.
foot kitchen across the street. The opening will come after nine years of Savoir Fare selling dinners-togo out of a food truck that was once
mobile, but has been parked for the last two. Learn more about C’est Bon at facebook.com/SavoirFareCatering. n
Sister City Vote Again Delayed Amid ‘Bigoted’ Reactions BY PATRICK SZABO
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Following resident and Town Council criticism, Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser’s drive to form a partnership with the second largest city in Guyana will take a back seat to other Fraser town affairs for the time being. Fraser on Tuesday, Feb. 11 removed from the Town Council agenda a vote on a Sister City partnership between Purcellville and Linden, Guyana—an initiative he proposed last month after a November visit to the Guyanese embassy. Fraser said he removed the action item because he didn’t want to take up more of the public’s time
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than necessary, considering the council was faced with a lengthy agenda. He said the item could come back up at a later meeting after further consideration. Fraser proposed the Sister City idea Jan. 14, citing a suggestion that he should give back to his native country. He emphasized that the partnership would be between two individuals, not two towns—creating a working relationship between he and Linden Mayor Waneka Arrindell. According to a January staff report, the partnership would allow the localities to collaborate on academic exchange programs, business and economic development, commerce, town planning, governance and faith-based ministries. “This was meant to be an effort of global collaboration for economic and special gain for both countries,” Fraser said. On Jan. 28, the council agreed to table a vote on the initiative until Feb. 11 at Coun-
cilman Nedim Ogelman’s suggestion. Fraser at that meeting said he thought the majority of the Town Council would have voted against the initiative. The Sister City proposal sparked skepticism from residents and a few councilmen, some of whom were concerned that the partnership could burden taxpayers directly or indirectly, via town staff ’s time discussing the topic and preparing agenda items. Fraser said the initiative has been mischaracterized, noting that it was never intended to use taxpayer money or take up staff time—only the mayor’s time. He said the Sister City proposal even solicited bigoted comments from residents, with one resident demeaning Guyana in the “Purcellville Matters Uncensored” Facebook group. SISTER CITY continues on page 21
The American Legion Auxiliary is accepting submissions for its annual Americanism Essay Contest for students in grades 3-12 until 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28. The Lovettsville ALA Unit 1836 is hosting a competition for area students. Winners from six classes will receive a certificate and $25 and will be forwarded to the Virginia Department ALA for entry into the national competition. National winners will receive $50. An additional $50 donation in the winning students’ names will be made to the Children of Warriors National Presidents’ Scholarship fund. Copies of the contest rules can be picked up at Lovettsville Brainiacs, the community center, the library, the Post Office or the town office. Learn more at alpost1836.org or alaforveterans.org.
PURCELLVILLE Town Plans Meeting on 32nd St./Main St. Intersection Improvements The Town of Purcellville will hold a public informational meeting on the 32nd/Main Street intersection improvements from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27 at the town hall. The project, which is funded by VDOT and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, aims to improve transportation safety and operations at the intersection. The town staff and the design engineer, Kimley-Horn & Associates, will facilitate the meeting. For more information, call the town at 540-338-7421. TOWN NOTES continues on page 22
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Purcellville Council Ratifies 2 Settlement Agreements from Discredited 2017 Investigation BY PATRICK SZABO
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The Town of Purcellville could be just one step away from distancing itself more than ever from the nearly three-year-old botched investigation into now-discredited allegations against its police chief. The Town Council voted unanimously last Tuesday night to ratify two settlement agreements of undisclosed amounts related to a $16 million lawsuit brought against the town by Police Chief Cynthia McAlister and another legal dispute brought by a separate Police Department employee. A final outstanding lawsuit against the town, brought by Police Cpl. Kristopher Fraley, seeks $17.2 million for bodily, emotional and reputational harm resulting from his nearly 10-month suspension from October 2017 to August 2018. Once that’s settled—if it is settled before it goes to court—the town will make public the expenses it incurred to settle all three disputes, according to the motion the council voted to approve. Councilman Joel Grewe said that while he understands the concern over the Town Council having frequently met in executive sessions to discuss those legal matters, there are “good reasons” for those closeddoor meetings. He emphasized that the town can’t disclose the amount of money it has spent on legal matters “yet,” but that it would as soon as it settles the Fraley lawsuit. “By the end of the day, this is seen because it is public money,” he said. Mayor Kwasi Fraser echoed those comments. “We want full transparency on this but
Sister city continued from page 20 “Does anyone care that Fraser is PROCLAIMING a 3rd world sh$thole as your sister city,” the resident posted. “This resulted in [some residents] descending to the lowest moral precincts of humanity,” Fraser said. Fraser said a councilman also suggested that he consider countries other than Guyana as Purcellville’s sister city. Fraser said he interpreted that suggestion as one to look at a European country, where the population is predominantly white. He said he was confused why some
when it comes to legal matters there is that vanity of transparency versus the prudency of transparency,” he said. “Where in that realm of prudency is it prudent enough?” On Jan. 3, a Circuit Court judge dismissed McAlister’s July 22, 2019 case at the request of her attorneys. The town has not revealed how much of McAlister’s sought $16 million it paid out. The identity of the other Police Department employee who pressed the town for financial relief has also not been revealed, nor has the settlement amount. Fraley’s lawsuit could move to federal court. Vanegas—one of the defendants— requested that move on Dec. 31 because Fraley’s lawsuit asserts violations of two amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In August 2017, then-interim town manager Alex Vanegas initiated an investigation into now-discredited allegations of misconduct against McAlister. The investigation ended in a Nov. 1, 2017 Town Council vote of “no confidence” in the chief. Although Vanegas fired McAlister the next day, McAlister was reinstated Aug. 1, 2018 after other investigations found that Vanegas mismanaged the original investigation and was involved in an inappropriate relationship with the human resources consultant he hired to help lead the investigation—Georgia Nuckolls. Vanegas was placed on administrative leave in November 2017 and fired less than five months later. According to a March 4, 2019 expenditure summary, the town has spent $901,166.41 on costs associated with the multiple investigations—not including costs associated with the recent settlements. n residents and councilmen continue to question the Sister City proposal, since, he said, Guyana’s gross domestic product is expected to increase by 86 percent in 2020. “What community would not want to partner with such a country,” he asked. “That’s what I’m so baffled by.” Even if the Town Council votes to approve the partnership in the coming months, it would dissolve once Fraser leaves the office of mayor. His term expires June 30. He said he would make a decision on whether to run for a third term by this Wednesday, Feb. 19. The election will be held May 5. “I need my entire family to be fully onboard,” he said of that decision. n
Looking for a Few Good Loudoun Fellows Are you spiritually hungry? Do you want to LIVE your Christian faith in a more challenging and effective way? Are you ready for more study, so that you can deepen your relationship with Christ and further the work of God’s kingdom on earth? Then you are invited to join the Fellows Program, a year-long discipleship program from the CS Lewis Institute – Loudoun County, designed for those men and women who are ready to be intentional about spiritual growth and God’s work. The Fellows Program’s life-changing opportunity is designed to be The Fellows Program dramatically spiritually transformative. works! A survey of our It runs for one academic year Fellows found that 76% (September – June), with summer would be willing to lead readings beforehand, and a retreat a discipleship group in in September to formally initiate the their home; 100% exyear. Each month examines a different perienced an increase biblical theme, with an overall focus in their involvement in on spiritual formation, apologetics, ministry to their family evangelism and our call to serve and community; 88% others. A combination of dynamic increased their involvement in workplace minteachers and writers, experienced istry; and 84% said the mentors, effective small groups and program had “transactive engagement with Scripture formed or significantly produces mature believers who can impacted their life.” articulate, defend and joyfully live out their Christian faith in every aspect of their life. It is a true feast for hungry souls seeking “more.” Please prayerfully consider joining us for this exciting next step in your journey with Christ. We will be accepting Loudoun County applications through May 15, 2020. Cost of the Program -- due to generous support of the program, there is no tuition cost to the Program. Each Fellow is only responsible for their books, materials and the cost of the retreat. For more information about the CS Lewis Institute and the Fellows Program, please go to www.cslewisinstitute.org or contact Tim Bradley at t.bradley@cslewisinstitute.org.
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in law, nieces, nephews other relatives and friends. Viewing and visitation will be held on Saturday February 22, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. until time of service 12 noon at the Oakrum Baptist Church, 16419 Thoroughfare Road, Haymarket, VA 20137. Interment will be at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Aldie, VA. Arrangements by LYLES FUNERAL SERVICE, Serving Northern Virginia, Eric S. Lyles Director, Lic. VA/DC/ MD 1-800-388-1913.
H. Powers Thomas H. Powers Thomas, formerly president of AHT Insurance Company in Leesburg, died Saturday, Feb. 15, after a long illness. Saturday, Feb. 22 at 11:00am there will be a visitation at Hall’s Funeral Home in Purcellville, VA,
followed by a Celebration of Life at 12:00. A reception at Loudoun Golf & Country Club will immediately follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in the name of H. Powers Thomas to the United Way of the National Capital Area. They should be designated to Loudoun County Impact Fund #9005, and sent to 1577 Spring Hill Road, #420, Vienna, VA 22182.
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Old Ox, DC101 to Host Thirstday Live On Air
The Middleburg Library will host popup passport service from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24. Residents are invited to make it out to apply for their passports and have their photos taken. They are asked to pay with checks or money orders. For more information go to library. loudoun.gov/Middleburg or call the library at 540-687-5730.
Old Ox Brewery in Middleburg will host its first Thirstday with a special appearance from DC101’s Roche from 3-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27. Attendees will enjoy music and beer all while Roche live broadcasts the event. Old Ox will donate $1 from every beer it sells to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The event is a part of Loudoun County’s #LoCoAleTrail, which represents more than 30 breweries and more than 300 beers on tap. Call the brewery at 540-326-8943 for more information.
Land Trust, Goose Creek Association to Show Film
Open House and Art Show at Mortgage Hall Estate
The Land Trust of Virginia and Goose Creek Association will show the film “The Biggest Little Farm” from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 at The Hill School’s Sheila C. Johnson Auditorium. The film chronicles the eight-year quest of John and Molly Chester as they trade city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. The event will also feature a premier of a short documentary on the Goose Creek’s history, culture and challenges. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be served. To register, go to landtrustva.org/ event/the-biggest-little-farm. For more information, contact Kerry Roszel at kerry@landtrustva.org or 540-687-8441.
Sabrina Sutton of Sutton Rentals will host an oil painting exhibit with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 21 and an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at Mortgage Hall Estate—a 6,100-square-foot Georgian mansion located on 120 acres northwest of Middleburg. The exhibit, entitled “A Touch of Charm,” is a collection of oil paintings by artist Doreen Montis. Attendees are invited to meet her at the opening reception. Montis’ work focuses on realism and incorporates animals, people, floral, still life and landscapes. Learn more about her at dmontispa.faso.com. For more information on the exhibit, call Sutton at 540.326.5115.
Age 68 of Haymarket, VA Departed this life on Sunday February 09, 2020 at the Berkeley Center, Martinsburg, WV. She leaves to cherish fond memories, her children, L. Dwayne Williams of Cumberland, MD, Garland A. Williams (Melanie) of Catharpin, VA and Natalie S. Williams of Martinsburg, WV; one brother, Thurman Corum of Alexandria, VA, Seven grandchildren, Angel, Michael, Luke, Marlena, Landry, Alayna and Aiden; former husband and devoted friend L. Acie Williams of Aldie, VA and a host of sisters
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Library to Host Pop-Up Passport Service on Monday
National Sporting to Host Talk on WWI Trench Warfare The National Sporting Library & Museum will host a talk on trench warfare in World War I from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20. Charles Caramello, a professor of English at the University of Maryland, will analyze author Siegfried Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical trilogy “Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, and Sherston’s Progress,” and will address the question of whether equestrian riding prepared soldiers for the then-modern warfare of the Great War. Admission is $10 for nonmembers and free for members. To RSVP, email info@nationalsport-
ROUND HILL Sleeter Lake Park Opens for the Season March 1 The Town of Round Hill’s Sleeter Lake Park will open for the 2020 season Sunday, March 1. During the season—which stretches until Nov. 1—the park will open daily at 7 a.m. and will close at varying times throughout the year before sunset. For more information, call the town staff at 540-338-7878. For those who might get locked in the park after it closes, call the Sheriff ’s Office’s non-emergency line at 703-777-1021.
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LoCo Living
LOCO CULTURE Black History Month Talk with Jason Nichols Sunday, Feb. 23, 2 p.m. Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg Details: leesburgva.gov Nichols is an award-winning lecturer in the African American Studies Department at the University of Maryland, author, editor and radio host. Admission is free.
Bears in Your Backyard Sunday, Feb. 23, 2-4 p.m. Izaak Walton League, Loudoun County Chapter, 19237 Mountain Spring Lane, Leesburg Details: lcciwla.org Black bears, once a rare sight in Loudoun County, are becoming common in backyards. Jordan Green, district biologist for Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, discusses bear behavior with an eye toward minimizing the chance of a bear in your backyard and gives tips on what to do if you meet one. Event is free and open to the public.
LIBATIONS
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Julia Brizendine recently announced that she would disband her Feed Loudoun nonprofit after 11 years of collecting and delivering thousands of pounds of produce to food pantries.
Sowing the Seeds Feed Loudoun’s Founder Looks Back on a Decade of Helping Food Pantries Get Fresh BY JAN MERCKER
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A dozen years ago, Julia Brizendine cruised the roads of Loudoun in her pickup collecting crates of fresh produce from local gardens and farmers markets and delivering to food pantries on a mission to bring more nutritious food to neighbors in need. Like a modern day Johnny Appleseed, Brizendine set out to spread the word that food pantries welcome fresh fruits and vegetables at a time when shelf-stable donations were the norm. Over the past decade, Brizendine and her nonprofit Feed Loudoun have changed the landscape of food donation in the county. Now fresh produce donations have snowballed and taken on a life of their own, and Brizendine is stepping back, disbanding Feed Loudoun as she prepares to leave Loudoun.
“We have to really stop and be proud of ourselves right now. So many of the things that weren’t being done until we came in there to fill that gap are now being taken care of,” Brizendine said. Brizendine, an avid gardener who runs a small landscaping business, got her nonprofit rolling in early 2009, inspired by then President-elect Barack Obama’s call to service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. She was looking for a way to volunteer that would tap into her passion for plants and gardening. After conversations with the food pantry then known as Loudoun Interfaith Relief, which has since grown into Loudoun Hunger Relief, she realized there was a lack of understanding about the need for fresh produce donations. Brizendine launched her project under the auspices of the national organization Plant a Row for the Hungry. Her mission was BRIZENDINE continues on page 26
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Loudoun Winter Barrel Wine Tasting Saturday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m-5 p.m. Countywide Details: loudounwine.org Loudoun’s winemakers open their cellars for a day of barrel tastings. Tickets are $40. Check out the website for a list of participating wineries.
Breaux Vineyards Samedi Gras Saturday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Hillsboro Details: breauxvineyards.com Kick-off Mardi Gras a few days early with your Cajun cousins at Breaux Vineyards. The event features dancing, festive beads, king cake, costume contest and live music from the Voodoo Blues. Cajun food will be available for sale. Tickets are $15.
Mardi Gras Beer Crawl Saturday, Feb. 22, 4-9 p.m. Downtown Leesburg Details: loudounbrewing.com
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Details: franklinparkartscenter.org It’s a big band Saturday afternoon for the whole family. Tickets are $10 per adult or $20 per family.
Put on your favorite mask and visit local breweries for beer, beads and baubles. Participating breweries include, Black Hoof Brewing Company, Black Walnut Brewery, Crooked Run Brewing, Dog Money Restaurant & Brewery, Dynasty Brewing Company, Loudoun Brewing Company and MacDowell Brew Kitchen.
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The Vine Women’s Wine Dinner Thursday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. 868 Estate Vineyards, 14001 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro Details: 868estatevineyards.com This Mardi Gras-themed dinner features New Orleans cuisine, great wines and conversation. Tickets are $55.
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‘My Accidental Life’ Comedy Show Sunday, Feb. 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville Details: franklinparkartscenter.org From the time he was a child, Rich Fink was one of the five most accident-prone humans on earth. In this coffee house performance, he recounts true tales of stumbling and bumbling, trips and pratfalls, idiocy and unexplainable luck. Tickets are $8 at the door.
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Loudoun Lyric Opera: ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’
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Friday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., St. David’s Episcopal, 43600 Russell Branch Parkway, Ashburn and Saturday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m., Lansdowne Woods Clubhouse, 19375 Magnolia Grove Square, Lansdowne Details: loudounlyricopera.com Loudoun Lyric Opera presents Mozart’s brilliant comedy about promises made, promises kept and love winning out in the end just in time for Valentine’s Day. Performance will be in Italian with English subtitles. Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for students.
Friday, Feb. 21, 7-10 p.m. MacDowell Brew Kitchen, 202 South St. SE, Leesburg Details: macsbeach.com MacDowell’s comedy night stars top DC-area comic Jared Stern and features lawyer by day, comedian by night Gigi Modrich. Tickets are $10
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Brizendine continued from page 24 to encourage individual gardeners to plant extra rows for donation while also building relationships with local farms and orchards and making it easy for vendors at the Sunday Cascades Farmers Market to donate leftover produce. Brizendine also offered on-the-ground help for individuals and organizations who needed help getting donation gardens growing, providing everything from manure to donated seeds. The project was a labor of love for Brizendine and a small team of volunteers who made trips to the farmers market every Sunday, taking donations back to her home and then to the food pantry on Monday. Brizendine was also an evangelist, letting everyone from small time gardeners to larger farms know that food pantries needs went beyond canned foods, and the response was beyond her expectations. “I knew that if I didn’t know, other gardeners didn’t know,” Brizendine said. “Nobody who’s a gardener wants to see their hard work go to waste. … Most gardeners are happy to know that somebody’s going
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Feed Loudoun founder Julia Brizendine talks with Loudoun Hunger Relief Development Director Trish McNeal about her now-disbanded nonprofit’s efforts to feed Loudoun’s hungry with fresh produce.
to enjoy it. The response has always been very positive. It’s just been a matter of getting things from one place to another.” The logistical challenges were eased in
2010 thanks to support from the recently launched Loudoun nonprofit 100 Women Strong. The group helped Brizendine get 501(c)(3) status which then took on the Feed Loudoun name and ramped up its activities. 100 Women Strong also donated a refrigerated van to help with transporting produce, allowing Feed Loudoun to streamline its delivery process. For Loudoun Hunger Relief Executive Director Jennifer Montgomery, Brizendine was at the cutting edge of a national wave of interest in providing fresher, more nutritious fresh food to food pantries. “Julia saw that coming down the line and then took it upon herself to really make that connection and bridge that gap and bring that idea to help other people was really just so novel and innovative at the time,” Montgomery said. “She really was the one that forged those relationships with the farmers market to say, ‘Hey, instead of composting that or feeding it to your animals, let’s give it to people in need.’ And that’s not something really that food pantries were tracking on at that time. They were really about commodity food and bulk and shelf-stable [foods] and calories. … She was really ahead of her time.” As Brizendine’s organization gained steam, donating around 30,000 pounds of produce a year at its high point, Loudoun Hunger Relief was growing, adding an increased focus on nutrition to its strategic plan when Montgomery took over as director in 2014. “We started to recognize a broader
movement that people deserve to have access to more nutritious food. Just because you need assistance doesn’t mean you should have to eat junk,” Montgomery said. Loudoun Hunger Relief now has a market room where clients can select fresh produce and acts as a produce distribution hub for smaller food pantries and other organizations. In the summer when fresh vegetables are abundant, LHR provides donations to several local organizations, including the Loudoun Free Clinic’s diabetes clinic, Healthworks and the local WIC office. Last year LHR distributed 450,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables, up from around 40,000 pounds in 2014, Montgomery said. Local farms are now directly donating to Loudoun Hunger Relief, which has its own team of volunteers at farmers markets. The food pantry also gets large produce donations from big box and grocery stores. And in the past few years, nonprofit farms like JK Community Farm and The Piedmont Environmental Council’s Roundabout Meadows Community Farm and A Farm Less Ordinary have grown up, serving food insecure families in the community through Loudoun Hunger Relief. “I definitely think that Feed Loudoun was the seed that was planted a dozen years ago to really bring attention to the possibility of this…. It’s evolved into something much bigger that I don’t think anybody would have thought could have happened,” Montgomery said. And as her mission has taken on a life of its own and her own circumstances have changed, Brizendine has decided it’s time to step back. As she and her husband, now empty nesters and grandparents, contemplated downsizing and leaving Loudoun, Brizendine had to decide whether to change the mission of her organization or close up shop and opted to bring Feed Loudoun to an end. “It’s good. [Other organizations] are now ready to do it. I’m now ready to move on to something else and the timing couldn’t be any better,” Brizendine said. Brizendine and her husband plan to move to the Winchester area, but she’ll continue her landscaping work in Loudoun. “It’s kind of bittersweet. ... I’m going to be really happy on one hand not to have to think about what I’m going to do on Sundays,” she said. “It has been really rewarding, and in my way it’s been my church. I’m going to have to find a new outlet for that volunteerism. I’ll be involved in something.” n
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Thirteen Loudoun wineries will be offering special tours on Saturday, providing visitors with a taste straight from the oak aging barrels. It is the second year for the Loudoun County Winter Barrel Tasting. Last year, 250 visitors signed up. The offerings this weekend will vary, but those on the tour can expect to be introduced to 2017, 2018 and 2019 vintages as they continue aging before bottling. Participating wineries are 868 Estate Vineyards, Cana Vineyards, Doukenie Winery, Hillsbough Vineyards and Brewery, Lost Creek Winery, Maggie Malick Wine Cave, Quattro Goomba Winery, Stone Tower Winery, Sunset Hills Vine-
Reigning Loudoun County Winemaker of the Year Cory Craighill pulls a sample from the aging barrels at Sunset Hills Vineyard near Purcellville. The county’s wine cellars will be open for public tours and rare tasting opportunities on Saturday.
yard, Tarara Winery, Two Twisted Posts Winery, Walsh Family Winery, Willowcroft Winery and Zephaniah Farm Vineyard. Each will offer three barrel samples and other specials such as discounts on wine purchases. Loudoun Wineries Association Chairwoman Aimee Henkle, of Lost Creek Winery, said the event offers a special opportunity for wine enthusiasts to get a behind-the-scenes look in the county’s wine cellars and learn about the craft from Loudoun’s top winemakers. The Feb. 22 tour runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $40 in advance online and $55 at the door. For tickets and details, go to loudounwine.org/winter-barrel-tasting. Participants will be required to start their tour at a specific winery to receive their tour wristbands and each location will have a limited number of check-in slots available. n
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Friday, Feb. 28, 6-9 p.m. Cascades Overlook Event Center Details: loudounyouth.org Catch the third and final preliminary round featuring the area’s top middle and high school bands before the final battle March 27. Admission is $5.
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Saturday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m., doors open The Barns at Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Road, Hamilton Details: thebarnsathamiltonstation.com Wright is a noted songwriter whose work has charted internationally with millions streamed. Known for his storytelling and humor, his rare local shows are a great night of music and personality. Guests include Etan Mentzer, Ryan Wright and Cassidy Ford.
Live Music: Soul Asylum Saturday, Feb.22, 7 p.m. Tally Ho Theater, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg Details: tallyhotheater.com
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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, March 11, 2020 in order to consider:
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) 2020-2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).
The Loudoun County Office of Housing has prepared the CDBG Program Year 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan for submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by May 15, 2020.
PROPOSED CONVEYANCE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY FROM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO BLUE MOUNT NURSERY, INC.
HUD has designated Loudoun County as qualified for Urban County participation in the CDBG program and entitled to receive CDBG funding directly from HUD. HUD regulations require the adoption of the above referenced Plan, which outlines the County’s housing and community development needs, priorities and objectives, and proposed use of the federal funds for the ensuing CDBG program year. Components of the Annual Action Plan include, without limitation, descriptions of:
Federal and other resources expected to be available; Leveraging of resources and how match obligations will be met; The activities to be undertaken; The geographic distribution of investment; and Planned homeless and other special needs activities. Copies of the proposed Plan are available and may be examined at the Office of the County Administrator, County Government Center, 5th floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, and at the Loudoun County Office of Housing, 102 Heritage Way, N.E., Suite 103, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Plan is also available online at www.loudoun.gov/cdbg. Written comments on the Plan may be submitted to the attention of the CDBG Program Assistant Sandra Berrios at the Loudoun County Office of Housing, 102 Heritage Way, N.E., Suite 103, Leesburg, Virginia 20176 through February 24, 2020.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY (PHA) 5-YEAR AND ANNUAL PLAN FOR LOUDOUN COUNTY DEPARMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES AND LOUDOUN COUNTY OFFICE OF HOUSING
Pursuant to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations at 24 CFR Part 903, the Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice that it intends to conduct a public hearing for the purpose of considering and adopting the Public Housing Agency (PHA) 5-Year (FY21-FY25) and Annual Plan (FY21), for the Loudoun County Department of Family Services and the Loudoun County Office of Housing. The draft plan provides information on current programs and the resident population served. A copy of the full text of the above-referenced plan is available and may be examined in the Office of the County Administrator, County Government Center, 5th Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia and at the Loudoun County Department of Family Services and Loudoun County Office of Housing, 102 Heritage Way, N.E. Suite 103, P.O. Box 7400, Leesburg, Virginia from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
RDAB-2019-0004 PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF A SECTION OF OLD RYAN ROAD/ RYAN ROAD, AND CONVEYANCE OF ABANDONED RIGHT-OF-WAY Pursuant to Virginia Code §33.2-915, the Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice that it intends to consider the proposed abandonment of a section of public street right-of-way, which may be referred to as a section of Old Ryan Road or Ryan Road (the “Subject Section”). The Subject Section is not within the Secondary State Highway System, is currently not improved, and consists of approximately 31,001 square feet (0.7117 acre) of dedicated right-of-way. The Subject Section is located within the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Old Ryan Road (Route 893) and Mooreview Parkway (Route 2298), and within the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Mooreview Parkway and Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), in the Broad Run Election District. Pursuant to Virginia Code §33.2-924, the Board of Supervisors also shall consider the proposed conveyance of the abandoned right-of-way to an adjacent landowner for consideration and/or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses of Loudoun County. Copies of the plats, and any associated documents, describing the proposed abandonment and conveyance are available for review and may be examined at the Office of the County Administrator, County Government Center, 5th Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or call (703) 777-0200. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public
The Board of Supervisors shall consider conveying an approximately 0.425 acre residue parcel located adjacent to and south of Riverside Parkway, as designed, to Blue Mount Nursery, Inc., subject to all easements and right-of-way required for the construction of Riverside Parkway. The property is currently vacant and the proposed conveyance is being considered as partial consideration for Blue Mount Nursery, Inc.’s conveyance of right-of-way and other easements to the County of Loudoun for the construction of Riverside Parkway. The subject property is on the west side of Smith Circle (Route 823) and north of Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) within the Algonkian Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as being a portion of Tax Map Number /63/D/2////91/ (PIN: 057-49-5583). Copies of the plat(s) illustrating the easement proposed to be granted and associated documents are available for review and may be examined at the Office of the County Administrator, County Government Center, 5th Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or call (703) 777-0200. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).
SIDP-2019-0006 ASHBROOK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH (Sign Development Plan)
Christian Fellowship Church, of Ashburn, Virginia, has submitted an application for a Sign Development Plan to request alternative sign regulations for permitted signs in order to modify requirements for: 1) Total Aggregate Area; 2) Maximum Number of Signs; 3) Maximum Area of Any One Sign; 4) Maximum Area of Background Structure; 5) Maximum Height of Background Structure; 6) Illumination Permitted; 7) Minimum setback from right-of-way (ROW); and 8) Maximum Height from Table 5-1204(D), Sign Requirements Matrix. The subject property is being developed pursuant to ZMAP-1994-0012, Ashbrook, in the PD–IP (Planned Development–Industrial Park) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and pursuant to Section 5-1202(E) alternative sign regulations for permitted signs may be requested with the submission of a Sign Development Plan. The subject property is located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contours. The subject property is approximately 12.77 acres in size and is located on the north side of Russell Branch Parkway (Route 1061), west of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), and on the southeast side of Atwater Drive (Route 3001) at 44505 Atwater Drive, Ashburn, Virginia, in the Broad Run Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 057-27-9240. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use Place Type)), which designate this area for a mix of Residential, Commercial, Entertainment, Cultural and Recreational amenities, and Office uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) up to 1.0. Additional density (up to 1.5 FAR) may be achieved through the provision of additional project elements.
ZRTD-2019-0001, SPMI-2019-0007, SPMI-2019-0008, ZMOD-2019-0011, & SIDP-2019-0003 LOUDOUN SQUARE STORAGE
(Zoning Conversion in the Route 28 Taxing District, Minor Special Exception for a use, Minor Special Exception to modify additional regulations, Zoning Modification, and Sign Development Plan) Loudoun Square Storage, LLC, of Sterling, Virginia, has submitted applications for the following: 1) To rezone approximately 4.18 acres from the PD-IP (Planned Development – Industrial Park) zoning district under the 1972 Zoning Ordinance to the PD-IP zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to permit all principal and accessory uses permitted in the PD-IP zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, at maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 0.60 (up to 1.0 by Special Exception); 2) A Minor Special Exception to develop a storage, mini-warehouse use pursuant to Section 4-504(LL) in the PD-IP zoning district; 3) An application for a Sign Development Plan to request alternative sign regulations for permitted signs in order to modify a) Total Aggregate Sign Area; b) Maximum Number of
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PROPOSED MODIFICATION
§ 5-1403(B), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix, Table 5-1403(B).
Reduce the required setback from Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) for buildings from 200 feet to 148 feet.
§ 5-1403(B), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix Table 5-1403(B).
Reduce the required setback from Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) for parking from 125 feet to 116 feet.
§ 5-1403(E), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Specific Requirements for Gateway Corridor Buffer.
Permit the required Gateway Road Corridor Buffer plantings along Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7) to be substituted with existing vegetation, which includes a previously approved Tree Conservation Area.
§ 5-1403(B), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix, Table 5-1403(B).
Reduce the required setback from Russell Branch Parkway (Route 1061) for buildings from 75 feet to 40 feet.
§ 5-1403(B), Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix, Table 5-1403(B).
Reduce the required setback from Russell Branch Parkway (Route 1061) for parking from 35 feet to 9 feet.
§ 5-1403(D) Landscaping, Buffer Yards, Screening, and Landscape Plans, Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer Width and Plant Requirements, Table 5-1403(D).
Reduce the required buffer width along Russell Branch Parkway from 15 feet to 9 feet and reduce the required number of plant units from 60 per 100 feet to a total of 42 evergreen shrubs.
The modification of the Additional Regulations applicable to the proposed use(s) is authorized by Minor Special Exception under Section 5-600, Additional Regulations for Specific Uses, pursuant to which the Applicant requests the following modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION
§ 5-665(A), Additional Regulations for Specific Uses, Storage, Mini-Warehouse, Buffering/ Screening/Landscaping.
PROPOSED MODIFICATION Reduce the required buffer width along Russell Branch Parkway from 20 feet to 9 feet and reduce the required number of plant units from 95 per 100 feet to a total of 42 evergreen shrubs; and Permit the required buffer plantings along existing Richfield Way (Route 1060) / planned George Washington Boulevard (Route 1050) to be substituted with the existing landscaping plantings.
The subject property is approximately 4.18 acres in size and is located on the south side of Harry Byrd Highway (Route 7), on the north side of Russell Branch Parkway (Route 1061), and west of Richfield Way (Route 1060) at 45050 Russell Branch Parkway, Ashburn, Virginia, in the Broad Run Election District. The property is more particularly described as PIN: 040-47-6675. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Used Place Type)) which designate this area for a mix of residential, commercial, entertainment, cultural and recreational amenities, and office uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) up to 1.0. Additional density (up to 1.5 FAR) may be achieved through the provision of additional project elements.
SPEX-2019-0008, SPEX-2019-0009, SPEX-2019-0010, SIDP-2019-0001, & ZMOD-2019-0042 DASH IN AT GATEWAY VILLAGE (Special Exceptions, Sign Development Plan & Zoning Modification)
Dash In Food Stores, Inc., of La Plata, Maryland, has submitted applications for the following: 1) A Special Exception to permit an Automotive Service Station pursuant to Section 4-204 (B) of the Zoning Ordinance in the PD-CC(CC) (Planned Development–Commercial Center(Community Center)) zoning district; 2) A Special Exception to permit an Automobile Service Station, pursuant to Section 3-904 of the Zoning Ordinance in the CLI (Commercial Light Industry) zoning district; 3) A Special Exception to permit a carry-out Restaurant pursuant to Section 3-904 of the Zoning Ordinance in the CLI zoning district; and 4) A Sign Development Plan, pursuant to Section 5-1202(E) of the Zoning Ordinance to modify requirements for total aggregate sign area, maximum number of signs, and maximum area of any one sign for the category of Auto Service Station (including convenience store, car wash) from Table 5-1204(D), Sign Requirements Matrix. These applications are subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed uses are listed as Special Exception uses under Section 3-904 and Section 4-204(B). The Applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION §4-205(C)(3), PD-CC Planned Development – Commercial Center, Lot Requirements, Yards, Adjacent to Other Nonresidential Districts.
PROPOSED MODIFICATION To reduce the required 35-foot yard for buildings, parking, outdoor storage, and loading areas to a minimum of 12 feet.
The subject property is located within the AI (Airport Impact) Overlay District, outside of but within one mile of the Ldn 60 aircraft noise contours. The subject property is approximately 3.24 acres in size and is located on the west side of Gum Spring Road (Route 659), south of John Mosby Highway (Route 50), and north of Tall Cedars Parkway (Route 2200) at 24796 Gateway Village Place, South Riding, in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 204-19-8672 and a portion of PIN: 204-20-3829. The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use Place Type)), which designate this area for a mix of Residential, Commercial, Entertainment, Cultural and Recreational amenities, and Office uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) up to 1.0. Additional density (up to 1.5 FAR) may be achieved through the provision of additional project elements.
ZMAP-2018-0013, ZCPA-2018-0014, SPEX-2018-0036, ZMOD-2018-0032, ZMOD-2018-0042, & SIDP-2018-0008 THE SHOPS AT MOOREFIELD (Zoning Map Amendment, Zoning Concept Plan Amendment & Special Exception) (Zoning Modification & Sign Development Plan)
Atapco Moorefield Retail LLC., of Baltimore, Maryland, has submitted applications for the following: 1) To rezone approximately 3.04 acres from the R1 (Single Family Residential) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the PDTRC (Planed Development–Transit Related Center) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to incorporate abandoned right-of-way into the adjacent commercial Shopping Center; and 2) To amend the existing Proffers and Concept Development Plan (“CDP”) approved with ZMAP-2001-0003, Moorfield Station, ZCPA-2007-0004, Moorefield Station, in order to: A) incorporate abandoned right-of-way area into the shopping center; B) increase the developable square footage on the CDP to permit up to 10,000 additional square feet (SF) of retail commercial uses; C) increase the developable square footage on the CDP to permit an 8,400 SF Automobile Service Station or other permitted use; D) remove one retail commercial building; E) provide for a new right-in/right-out southern access point to Amendola Terrace; and f) establish Design Guidelines for the Shops at Moorefield commercial area; 3) A Special Exception to permit an 8,400 SF Automobile Service Station in the PDTRC (Planned Development–Transit Related Center) zoning district; and 4) A Sign Development Plan to request alternative sign regulations for permitted signs in order to modify the total aggregate sign area, maximum number of signs, maximum area of any one sign, illumination permitted, minimum setback from right-of-way, maximum height, location, and allow displays on both sides of a sign. These applications are subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the proposed Automobile Service Station use is listed as a Special Exception use under Section 41105(C). The Applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION
PROPOSED MODIFICATION
§4-1110(B), PD-TRC Planned Development–Transit Related Center, Land Use Arrangement and Use Limitations.
Eliminate the requirement for the proposed automobile service station and 10,000 square foot commercial building to be adjoining or located in close proximity to other commercial uses. The Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance provides this as a requirement to ensure a compact development pattern and a continuous urban streetscape.
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Permit the proposed automobile service station and its principal entrance be oriented toward internal parking and access.
§4-1119, PD-TRC Planned Development– Transit Related Center, Street Trees.
Reduce required density of tree planting along private streets from one tree per 25 linear feet to one tree per 50 linear feet of frontage.
§4-1121, PD-TRC Planned Development– Transit Related Center, Development Setback and Access from Major Roads. §1-205(A)(1), Interpretation of Ordinance, Limitations and Methods for Measurements of Lots, Yards and Related Terms, Lot Access Requirements. §5-1403(B), Road Corridor Buffers and Setbacks, Road Corridor Buffer and Setbacks Matrix, Table 5-1403(B), Other Arterial Roads, Parking.
Permit access to an arterial road and a collector road at locations that are not at existing or planned median breaks.
Reduce the parking setback from 75 feet to 65 feet along Loudoun County Parkway.
PROPERTY ADDRESS 22540, 22556, 22566, 22586, 22596, 22620 & 22621 Amendola Terrace
121-38-0179
ZMAP-2019-0012, ZMOD-2019-0030, ZMOD-2019-0031, ZMOD-2019-0032, ZMOD-2019-0033, ZMOD-2019-0034, & SPEX-2019-0025 CATTAIL RUN (Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception, and Zoning Modifications)
The subject property is approximately 15.97 acres in size and is located on the east side of Mooreview Parkway (Route 2298), the west side of Loudoun County Parkway (Route 607), and the north side of Ryan Road (Route 893) in the Dulles Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as: PIN
icies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Suburban Mixed Use Place Type)), which support a mix of Residential, Commercial, Entertainment, Cultural, and Recreational uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of up to 1.0.
43310 Bissell Terrace 43315 Crandall Square, Ashburn, Virginia
121-38-3405
43335 Van Geison Terrace, Ashburn, Virginia
121-38-3122
43340 Van Geison Terrace, Ashburn, Virginia
The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Urban Policy Area (Urban Mixed Use Place Type)), which designate this area for dense urban Residential development with a mix of Commercial uses at a recommended Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.5.
ZMAP-2019-0007, SPEX-2019-0014, ZMOD-2019-0013, & ZMOD-2019-0014 STERLING MEADOW (Zoning Map Amendment, Special Exception & Zoning Modifications)
Sterling Meadow, L.L.C.,, of Ashburn, Virginia, have submitted applications for the following: 1) To rezone approximately 9.985 acres from the PDCCSC (Planned Development-Commercial Center-Small Regional Center) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the R16 (Townhouse/Multifamily Residential) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to permit development of 166 stacked multi-family residences at a density of 16.6 dwelling units per acre; and 2) A Special Exception to permit modification of Section 7903(C)(2)(a) and (c) to reduce the front and rear yard requirements for multi-family structures from 25 feet to 14 feet. This application is subject to the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance, and the modification of the minimum yard requirements for affordable dwelling unit developments is authorized by Special Exception under Section 7903(C)(3), R-16 Townhouse/ Multi-family District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards. The Applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION
PROPOSED MODIFICATION
§3608(B), R16 Townhouse/Multifamily Residential, Additional Development Standards, Off Street Parking.
Eliminate the requirement that off street parking for multifamily dwellings is only permitted when off street parking is sufficiently bermed and screened so that the parking areas are not visible from the street.
§3610(A), R16 Townhouse/Multifamily Residential, Development Setback and Access From Major Roads, Private Streets.
Permit commercial uses be accessed from private streets.
The subject property is approximately 9.985 acres composed of one parcel and a portion of a larger parcel and is located on the south side of Tripleseven Road (Route 777), south of Westwick Court (Route 1660), at 4590 Regal Plaza, Sterling, Virginia, in the Algonkian Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 029-40-8452 and 029-40-8502 (portion). The area is governed by the pol-
Cattail Leesburg, L.C. of McLean, Virginia, has submitted an application to rezone approximately 95.26 acres from the JLMA-3 (Joint Land Management Area -3) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance and the RC (Rural Commercial) zoning district under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance to the PD-H3 (Planned Development – Housing 3) zoning district administered as R-8 (Residential -8) under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to develop up to 250 dwelling units, which may include between 175 and 200 single family detached dwelling units and between 50 and 75 single family attached dwelling units. A portion of the subject property is located within the FOD (Floodplain Overlay District). The applicant also requests the following Zoning Ordinance and Land Subdivision and Development Ordinance (LSDO) modification(s): ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION
PROPOSED MODIFICATION
§3-506(D), R-8 Single Family Residential, Lot Requirements, Length/Width Ratio.
Increase the maximum length/width ratio from 6:1 to 7:1.
§3-507(E) (2), R-8 Single Family Residential, Lot Requirements for Traditional Design Option for Single Family Detached, Lot Design Requirements.
Reduce the minimum required garage setback from 20 feet to 10 feet behind the front line of the unit.
§3-511(A), Development Setback and Access from Major Roads, Private Streets.
Include single family detached units in the list of uses permitted to be served by private streets.
§4-110(B), Planned Development-Housing, Site Planning – Internal Relationships.
Include single family detached units in the list of uses permitted to be served by private streets.
§5-102(C), Accessory Uses and Structures, Use Limitations.
Permit accessory uses and structures to be within the required side and rear yard setbacks.
§5-200(B)(6)(a), Permitted Structures in Required Yards and Setbacks, In any yard or setback, except the front yard or setback.
Reduce the minimum distance between structures from sixteen feet to minimum ten feet.
§5-1404(B) Buffer Yard Table.
Eliminate the requirement for the landscape buffer yard and screening along the northern limits of rezoning and along the border of ZMAP-2018-0007.
§7-803(B)(1), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Lot width, Single family detached, suburban.
Reduce the minimum lot width from 40 feet to 5 feet for pipestem lots.
LSDO SECTION
PROPOSED MODIFICATION
§1245.02.1 Development Standards, Private Access Easement Roads and Private Streets, Class III Roads.
Permit all lots to be served by private access easements or Class III Roads in the PD-H4/R-8 Zoning District.
The modification of yard requirements for affordable dwelling unit developments is authorized by Special Exception under Section 7-803, pursuant to which the Applicant requests the following Zoning Ordinance modification(s):
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§7-803(C)(1)(b), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Side.
The subject property is approximately 95.26 acres in size and is located on the east side of Battlefield Parkway, north of Fort Evans Road and south of Edwards Ferry Road in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 147-19-1857 (formerly PINs: 147-16-4251, 147-19-1857, 147-27-7012, 147-28-4907, and 147-37-7210). The area is governed by the policies of the Loudoun County 2019 General Plan (Suburban Policy Area (Leesburg JLMA Residential Neighborhood place type)) which designates this area for predominately residential uses at a density of four dwelling units per acre.
PROPOSED MODIFICATION Reduce the minimum front yard from 15 feet to 12 feet.
Unless otherwise noted in the above notices, full and complete copies of the abovereferenced amendments, applications, ordinances, and/or plans, and related documents may be examined in the Loudoun County Department of Building and Development, County Government Center, 2nd Floor, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or call 703-7770220 or electronically at www.loudoun.gov/lola. This link also provides an additional opportunity for public input on active applications. Documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically 72 hours in advance of the public hearing at: www.loudoun.gov/bosdocuments (for Public Hearing documents, follow the link for “Board of Supervisors Business Meetings, Public Hearings and Special Meetings”).
Reduce the minimum side yard from 8 feet to 5 feet for principal structures And Eliminate the minimum side yard requirement for accessory structures.
§7-803(C)(1)(c), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Rear.
Reduce the minimum rear yard from 25 feet to 5 feet for accessory structures.
§7-803(C)(2)(a), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Front.
Reduce the minimum front yard from 15 feet to 12 feet for rear load units.
§7-803(C)(2)(b), R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Side.
§7-803(C)(2)(c) R-8 Single Family Residential District, Lot and Building Requirements, Yards, Rear.
2020 TAX EXEMPTION INFORMATION Pursuant to §58.1-3604 of the Code of Virginia, the Loudoun County Commissioner of the Revenue has determined that the 2020 aggregate assessed value of all real property exempted from taxation under §§58.1-3607 and 58.1-3608, and Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Chapter 36 of Title 58.1 of the Code of Virginia is $7,464,647,340. This aggregate assessed value represents 7.7 percent of all real property assessed in the County. The total reduction in tax revenues resulting from such exemptions is $78,005,669 based on the proposed tax rate of $1.045 per $100 of assessed value. Robert S. Wertz, Jr. Commissioner of the Revenue Loudoun County Government Center Office 1 Harrison St. SE, 1st Floor, Leesburg Loudoun Tech Center Office 21641 Ridgetop Circle, Ste 100, Sterling MAILING ADDRESS: PO Box 8000, Leesburg, VA 20177-9804 Phone: 703-777-0260 E-mail: realestate@loudoun.gov Website: www.loudoun.gov/cor 02/13 & 02/20/20
All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing. For this public hearing, advanced sign-up will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on February 28, 2020, and no later than 12:00 p.m. on March 11, 2020. If you wish to sign-up in advance, call the Office of the County Administrator at (703) 777-0200. Citizens will also have the option to sign-up at the public hearing. 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. 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.
Reduce the minimum side yard from 8 feet to 5 feet for end units And
BY ORDER OF:
Eliminate the minimum side yard requirement for accessory structures.
PHYLLIS RANDALL, CHAIRMAN LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 02/20 & 02/27/20
Reduce the minimum rear yard from 15 feet to 5 feet for accessory structures.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
OFFICIAL VOTING INFORMATION
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE § 8.01-316
Case No.:
JJ021724-14-00
Loudoun Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
MARCH 3, 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY FINAL DAY TO APPLY FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
,
Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Camillia Maria Morris Loudoun County Department of Family Services /v. Camillia Maria Morris, Sheilah Marie Morris, mother, Lucera Ruben Montoya, putative father The object of this suit is to hold a 2nd permanency planning hearing and review of Foster Care Plan pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 16.1-282.1 and 16.1-281 for Camillia Maria Morris. It is ORDERED that the defendants Camillia Maria Morris, Sheilah Marie Morris, mother and Lucera Ruben Montoya, putative father appear at the above-named Court and protect their interests on or before March 18, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. 02/06, 02/13, 02/20 & 02/27/20
By Mail/Online - Tuesday, February 25, 2020, by 5 p.m. In Person – Saturday, February 29, 2020, by 5 p.m. The Voter Registration Office located at 750 Miller Drive, SE, Suite C, Leesburg, Virginia is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and will also be open on Saturday, February 29, 2020 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. for absentee voting. Anyone needing to vote an absentee ballot by mail must submit their completed Absentee Ballot Application by close of business on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Completed applications can be submitted by mail, fax, e-mail or online – www.elections.virginia.gov. NOTE: The Republicans chose to select delegates to their National Convention at a State Convention. Notice to voters using US mail service: the USPS delivery standards changed so that First Class delivery went from 1-3 days to 2-5 days and Standard delivery is now 2-9 days. Please take this into consideration if you are voting by mail. All marked ballots must be received by the Office of Elections no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted. Anyone who will be away at school, out of town on Election Day on business, personal business or vacation is eligible to apply for an absentee ballot. Anyone with a physical disability or illness or is the caregiver of someone who has a disability or illness may apply for an absentee ballot. Anyone whom will be working and commuting to and from home for 11 or more hours between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. can also vote by absentee ballot. Please feel free to give us a call at 703 777-0380 if you have any questions about absentee voting. Judith A. Brown, General Registrar 750 Miller Drive, SE, Suite C Leesburg, VA 20175-8916 703 777-0380 703 777-0622 FAX Email: vote@loudoun.gov Website: www.loudoun.gov/vote 02/20/2020
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FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Legal Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COUNTY OF LOUDOUN, VIRGINIA Proposed Budget for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021 Proposed Tax Rates for Tax Year 2020 Pursuant to Section 15.2-2506 and Section 58.1-3007 of the Code of Virginia, the County of Loudoun, Virginia (the “County”), gives notice of its proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021 (the FY 2021 Proposed Budget); and the proposed tax rates on real and personal property for Tax Year 2020, beginning January 1, 2020, and ending December 31, 2020. The budget is prepared and published for informative and fiscal planning purposes only. The inclusion in the budget of any item or items does not constitute any obligation or commitment on the part of the Board of Supervisors of the County to appropriate any funds for that item or purpose. There is no allocation or designation of any funds of the County for any purpose until there has been an appropriation for that purpose by the Board of Supervisors. The estimated local match for the school budget is $949,461,823. This is the local tax revenue proposed for the Loudoun County Public Schools to fund its Fiscal Year 2021 budget for public schools. Two public hearings on the proposed budget and the proposed tax rates will be held by the Board of Supervisors in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. An additional session of the public hearing will be held on Saturday, February 29, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. in the School Board Meeting Room, Loudoun County Public Schools’ Administration Building. Any member of the public may address the Board of Supervisors on these matters; however, each member of the public wishing to address the Board may speak at only one of the sessions. The Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room is located in the Loudoun County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, SE, Leesburg, Virginia. The Loudoun County Public Schools’ Administration Building is located at 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, Virginia. Copies of the FY 2021 Proposed Budget are available for inspection at the Department of Finance and Budget in the Loudoun County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, SE, 4th Floor, Leesburg, Virginia. The FY 2021 Proposed Budget is also available online at www.loudoun.gov/budget. Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing. To sign up in advance of the public hearing, citizens should call (703) 777-0200, beginning Thursday, February 13, 2020. Speakers may also sign up at the hearing. All speakers will be limited to two minutes and 30 seconds so that all in attendance may have the opportunity to speak. Written comments are welcomed at any time and may be sent to the Board of Supervisors, 1 Harrison Street, SE, Leesburg, Virginia 20177 or by e-mail to loudounbudget@loudoun.gov. If submitting written comments, information or materials at the hearing, 10 copies should be provided for distribution to the Board members and for the Clerk’s records. The following is a brief synopsis of the budget: Proposed Appropriations Category
FY 2021 Proposed Expenditures
FY 2021 Proposed Revenue
FY 2021 Proposed Local Tax Funding (LTF)
FY 2020 Adopted LTF
LTF Variance
OPERATING
Restricted Use Transient Occupancy Tax
4,071,700
4,071,700
0
0
0
Self-Insurance Fund
5,455,700
0
5,455,700
5,455,700
0
State and Federal Grant Fund
3,959,061
3,959,061
0
0
0
Operating Subtotal
$2,142,213,387
$763,915,398
$1,378,497,989
$1,263,644,246
$114,853,743
DEBT SERVICE County Government
$71,425,089
$13,719,439
$57,705,650
$53,675,504
$4,030,146
School System
149,545,510
8,407,731
141,137,779
134,812,087
6,325,692
Route 28 Special Improvements Fund
14,232,800
14,232,800
0
0
0
Greenlea Special Assessment District Fund
44,038
44,038
0
0
0
Tall Oaks Water and Sewer Special Revenue Fund
60,572
60,572
0
0
0
Debt Service Subtotal
$235,308,009
$36,464,580
$198,843,429
$188,487,591
$10,355,838
CAPITAL County Government Capital Projects
$248,369,928
$180,136,408
$68,233,520
$48,198,390
$20,035,130
County Asset Preservation Program
11,495,000
100,000
11,395,000
11,629,000
(234,000)
School System Capital Projects
87,275,000
62,855,000
24,420,000
14,475,000
9,945,000
24,261,000
0
24,261,000
14,277,500
9,983,500
County General Fund
$645,073,604
$224,924,757
$420,148,847
$380,601,633
$39,547,214
School Operating Fund
1,377,390,363
427,928,540
949,461,823
873,658,353
75,803,470
School Grant Fund
27,875,323
27,875,323
0
0
0
School Lease Purchase Fund
10,002,000
10,002,000
0
0
0
School System Asset Preservation
School Nutrition Fund
32,950,033
32,950,033
0
0
0
Capital Projects Financing Fund
127,148,000
127,148,000
0
0
0
Children’s Services Act Fund
9,301,500
6,116,500
3,185,000
3,685,000
(500,000)
4,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
4,000,000
(2,000,000)
Dulles Town Center CDA Fund
Major Equipment Replacement Fund
3,500,000
3,500,000
0
0
0
Public Facilities Fund
21,359,632
21,359,632
0
0
0
EMS Transport Program
5,600,000
5,600,000
0
0
0
Transportation District Fund
122,163,145
103,525,572
18,637,573
17,395,000
1,242,573
Housing Fund
5,000,000
5,000,000
0
0
0
Capital Subtotal
$646,071,705
$497,124,612
$148,947,093
$109,974,890
$38,972,203
Legal Resource Center Fund
114,210
44,980
69,229
66,170
3,059
Metro Garages Fund
2,371,707
2,371,707
0
0
0
$3,023,793,100
$1,297,504,590
$1,726,288,511
$1,562,106,727
$164,181,784
Other Special Revenue Funds
91,000
91,000
0
0
0
TOTAL PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS
Rental Assistance Fund
9,657,187
9,479,797
177,390
177,390
0
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Legal Notices SUMMARY OF PROPERTY TAX RATES Pursuant to Va. Code § 58.1-3007, the Board of Supervisors gives notice of the proposed increase in certain local property tax rates for Tax Year 2020 as indicated below: Type of Taxable Property
Adopted Tax Year 2019
Proposed Tax Year 2020
All Real Estate (including mobile homes used as residences); and Public Service Corporation Real Estate & Tangible Personal Property (except automobiles, trucks & aircraft) (Va. Code § 58.1-2606)
$1.045
$1.045
Commercial and Industrial Real Estate in Route 28 Highway Transportation Improvement District (Va. Code § 15.2-4607); and Public Service Corporation Real Estate &Tangible Personal Property in the district, except automobiles, trucks & aircraft, (in addition to the general rate applicable to all real estate in the County and the rate for any other service district where the property is located, if applicable)
$0.180
Real Estate in the Hamilton Sewer Service District (in addition to the general rate applicable to all real estate in the County and the rate for any other tax district where the real estate is located, if applicable)
$0.000
Real Estate in the Metrorail Service District; and Public Service Corporation Real Estate & Tangible Personal Property in the district, except automobiles, trucks & aircraft (in addition to the general rate applicable to all real estate in the County and the rate for any other service district where the property is located, if applicable)
$0.200
$0.180
$0.000
$0.200
Adopted Tax Year 2019
Proposed Tax Year 2020
Tangible Personal Property – Eligible Motor Vehicle of a Qualified Permanently Disabled Veteran (Va. Code § 58.1-3506(A)(19)
$0.010
$0.010
Tangible Personal Property – Aircraft and Flight Simulators (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A) (5)), including aircraft of Public Service Corporations (Va. Code § 58.1-2606 (B))
$0.010
$0.010
Tangible Personal Property – Heavy Construction Machinery (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A)(8))
$4.000
$4.000
Tangible Personal Property – Motor Vehicles specially equipped to provide transportation for physically handicapped individuals (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A)(14))
$0.010
$0.010
Tangible Personal Property – Eligible Motor Vehicles of Fire and Rescue Volunteers and Auxiliary Members and Auxiliary Deputy Sheriffs (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A)(15), (16) & (32))
$0.010
$0.010
Tangible Personal Property – Satellite Manufacturing, Testing and Operating Equipment within Route 28 Highway Transportation Improvement District (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A) (21))
$0.010
$0.010
Tangible Personal Property – Furniture, Office and Maintenance Equipment (except motor vehicles) owned and used by Homeowners Associations (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A)(24))
$0.010
$0.010
Tangible Personal Property – Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Semi-trailers of Interstate Motor Carriers (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A) (25))
$2.750
$2.750
Tangible Personal Property – Qualifying Wireless Broadband Equipment (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A)(37))
$2.100
$2.100
Tangible Personal Property – Four-wheeled, low-speed vehicles (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A)(38))
$0.010
$0.010
Tangible Personal Property – Motor Vehicles Powered Solely by Electricity (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A)(40))
$4.200
$4.200
Tangible Personal Property – Motor Vehicles of Uniformed Members of the Virginia Defense Force (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A)(44))
$0.010
$0.010
Wild or Exotic Animals kept for public exhibition and properly licensed by the federal government and/or the Commonwealth (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A)(23))
$0.010
$0.010
Type of Taxable Property
Real Estate in the Route 606-Airport Station Service District; and Public Service Corporation Real Estate & Tangible Personal Property in the district, except automobiles, trucks & aircraft (in addition to the general rate applicable to all real estate in the County and the rate for any other service district where the property is located, if applicable)
$0.000
Real Estate in the Route 772 Station Service District; and Public Service Corporation Real Estate & Tangible Personal Property in the district, except automobiles, trucks & aircraft (in addition to the general rate applicable to all real estate in the County and the rate for any other service district where the property is located, if applicable)
$0.000
Tangible Personal Property (to include all categories of tangible personal property unless the category and rate is set out separately in this notice), including automobiles and trucks of Public Service Corporations (Va. Code § 58.1-2606 (B))
$4.200
$4.200
Tangible Personal Property Used in a Research and Development Business (Va. Code § 58.1-3506 (A)(7)); and Machinery and Tools (Va. Code §§ 58.1-3507 et seq.)
$2.750
$2.750
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. 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.
Tangible Personal Property – Motor Vehicles of Eligible Elderly and Disabled (Va. Code § 58.1-3506.1; Chapter 873 of the Codified Ordinances of Loudoun County)
$2.100
$2.100
BY ORDER OF:
$0.000
$0.000
PHYLLIS RANDALL, CHAIRMAN LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 02/13 & 02/20/20
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
V I R G I N I A: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LOUDOUN COUNTY RE: ESTATE OF PHILLIP LEYVA, deceased
PROBATE FILE NO. 17965
SHOW CAUSE ORDER IT APPEARING THAT a report of the account of Jon D. Huddleston, Administrator of the Estate of Phillip Leyva (the “Estate”) and of the debts and demands against the Estate has been filed in the Clerk’s office and that six months have elapsed since the qualification, on motion of such Administrator; IT IS ORDERED that the creditors of and all others interested in the Estate do show cause, if any they can, on March 2, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., before this Court at its Courtroom against the payment and delivery of the Estate of Phillip Leyva to the beneficiaries in the amounts stated in the accounting filed with the Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court. IT IS ORDERED that this Order be published once a week for two successive weeks in Loudoun Now. ENTER on February 7, 2020. I ASK FOR THIS: Rachel K. Downs, Esq. VSB #68110 Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston, & White, P.C. 30 N. King Street Leesburg, Virginia 20176 703-777-5700 703-771-4161 (facsimile) rdowns@sshw.com Counsel for Jon Huddleston, Administrator of the Estate of Phillip Leyva 02/20/20
The LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS will hold a public hearing in the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ROOM, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, Virginia, on Thursday, February 27, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following:
VARI-2019-0006 Edwards Farm Tighe Cullinane of Ranson, West Virginia, has submitted an application for a variance to permit a reasonable deviation from the following provisions of the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance in order to permit an existing structure to be located approximately 10.5 feet from the right-of-way of Edwards Farm Lane, a private access easement: 1) Section 2-103(A)(3)(c), Lot and Building Requirements, Minimum Yards, which requires that except where a greater setback is required by Section 5-1403(B), no structure shall be located within 25 feet of any property line or within 35 feet from any other road right-of-way, private access easement, and/or prescriptive easement. The subject property is zoned AR-1 (Agricultural Rural – 1) under the Revised 1993 Zoning Ordinance. The subject property is approximately 1.0 acre in size and is located on the east side of Harpers Ferry Road (Route 671) and on the west side of Edwards Farm Lane, approximately 0.14 mile south of the intersection of Harpers Ferry Road and Branch River Road (Route 683), at 11133 Edwards Farm Lane, Purcellville, Virginia, in the Catoctin Election District. The subject property is more particularly described as PIN: 472-15-9480. Full and complete copies of the above-referenced application(s) and related documents may be examined in the Loudoun County Department of Planning and Zoning, County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 3rd Floor, Leesburg, Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or call (703) 777-0246. All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. If any member of the public requires a reasonable accommodation for any type of disability in order to participate in a public 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. Nan M. Joseph Forbes, Chairman 02/13 & 02/20/20
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Legal Notices ATTENTION LOUDOUN COUNTY BUSINESS OWNERS
MARCH 2 DEADLINE Notification of 2020 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. The annual filing deadline is March 1, but has been extended to March 2 since that date falls on a weekend. BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL DUE MARCH 2 Business owners who possess a 2019 Loudoun County Business License must obtain a 2020 license by reporting their calendar year 2019 gross receipts and paying the applicable license tax or fee at www.loudoun.gov/efile. The annual FILING and PAYMENT DEADLINE is midnight, March 2. 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 2 Owners of business equipment that was located in Loudoun County on January 1, 2020, 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 2. Resulting semi-annual tax bills for this equipment must be paid to the Treasurer by the May 5 and October 5 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. Address changes and notification of business closure should also be reported at www. loudoun.gov/efile. For information or filing assistance, please visit www.loudoun.gov/cor or contact my office at btcor@loudoun.gov or 703-777-0260. You may also stop by my offices weekdays, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Robert S. Wertz, Jr. Commissioner of the Revenue Loudoun County
Commissioner of the Revenue, Robert S. Wertz, Jr., advises that Loudoun County offers a property tax break to eligible residents who file an application and meet certain qualifying criteria. Program participants are relieved from 100% or 50% of the real estate taxes on their primary dwelling and lot up to 3 acres and may have their car taxes cut in half. Residents must be 65 years of age or older or totally and permanently disabled. The net worth and gross combined income limits of $920,000 and $72,000 for 2020 real estate tax relief are the same as last year. The net worth and income limits of $195,000 and $52,000 for personal property tax relief are the same as previous years. The Commissioner’s Office will be holding information sessions at the following locations and times to explain the county’s tax relief program and answer residents’ questions. Attendance is free and no signup is required. For additional information, please contact the Tax Exemption and Deferrals Division at 703-737-8557 or trcor@loudoun.gov.
Cascades Library
Potomac Falls
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
10:30 AM
Gum Spring Library
Stone Ridge
Thursday, February 27, 2020
10:30 AM
Purcellville Library
Purcellville
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
10:30 AM
Ashburn Library
Ashburn
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
10:30 AM
Rust Library
Leesburg
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
10:30 AM
02/13, 02/20, 02/27 & 03/05/20
V I R G I N I A: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LOUDOUN COUNTY
Government Center Office 1 Harrison St. SE, 1st Floor, Leesburg
RE: ESTATE OF KEVIN LEE KING, deceased
PROBATE FILE NO. 16213
SHOW CAUSE ORDER
Loudoun Tech Center Office 21641 Ridgetop Circle, Ste 100, Sterling
IT APPEARING THAT a report of the accounts of Amelia D. Aaron-King, Administrator of the Estate of Kevin Lee King, deceased, and of the debts and demands against his Estate has been filed in the Clerk’s Office, and that six months have elapsed since the qualification, on motion of Amelia D. Aaron-King, Administrator of the Estate of Kevin Lee King, deceased;
MAILING ADDRESS: PO Box 8000, Leesburg, VA 20177-9804 Phone: 703-777-0260 E-mail: btcor@loudoun.gov Website: www.loudoun.gov/cor
FIND OUT ABOUT THE COUNTY’S PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY OR DISABLED RESIDENTS
01/30, 02/20 & 02/27/20
IT IS ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the Estate do show cause, if any they can, at 2:00 p.m. on the 6th day of March, 2020, before this Court at its courtroom at 18 E. Market Street, 3rd floor, Leesburg, Virginia 20178, against the payment and delivery of the Estate of Kevin Lee King, deceased, to the distributee with or without refunding bonds as the Court prescribes. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order be published once a week for two successive weeks in Loudoun Now.
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. YR. MAKE
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Miscellaneous
NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND INTENT TO FORFEIT Notice is hereby given that the United States Department of the Interior is hereby commencing a forfeiture proceeding against the following items of wildlife or wildlife products, which were seized in the Eastern District of Virginia on the dates indicated because they were involved in one or more violations of any of the following laws: Endangered Species Act, Title 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1538, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 11 U.S.C. Sec. 1371-1372, the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 3372, Wild Bird Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 4901-4916, or the African Elephant Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 4221-4245. These items are subject to forfeiture to the United States under Title 16, U.S.C. Sec. 1540(e), 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1377, or 16 U.S.C. Sec. 3374 and Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 12.23. Any person with an ownership or financial interest in said items who desires to claim them must file a claim with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, 23703-C Air Freight Lane, Suite 200, Dulles, VA 20166; telephone (703) 661-8560. Such claim must be received by the above office by 05/14/2020. The claim will be transmitted to the U.S. Attorney for institution of a forfeiture action in U.S. District Court. If a proper claim is not received by the above office by such date, the items will be declared forfeited to the United States and disposed of according to law. Any person who has an interest in the items may also file with the above office a petition for remission of forfeiture in accordance with Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 12.24, which petition must be received in such office before disposition of the items. Storage costs may also be assessed.
INV #
SEIZURE DATE
VALUE
ITEMS SEIZED
2020500742
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Opinion Pushing for Results It is clear that the push is on to address critical gaps in the county’s housing stock. Loudoun’s elected and business leaders agree on the urgency of the need and share a commitment to achieve results. Still unclear, however, is how the goals of expanding housing opportunities of single income households, public employees and service industry workers can be met. The 1990s-era concepts like mandates for developers to build Affordable Dwelling Units have proven inadequate. The concept that the solution lies in opening new areas for development to drive housing prices down as supply increases has repeatedly been proven as fallacy. Is housing more affordable in the Rt. 50 corridor than in Ashburn? If the goal is to provide the opportunity for everyone to afford a quarter acre and a five-bedroom McMansion, that’s not going to happen. The days of the $150,000 rambler have long passed Loudoun by. In that area of the market, our county is Northern Virginia’s affordable housing supply. Much of the work must be directed at the existing pipeline of already-approved residential units—more than 25,000 yet to be built. A substantial number of those are multi-family residences that should be the foundation of any housing attainability plan. Work being done on the new zoning ordinance should offer innovations—and incentives— to inspire developers to take a new look at their projects, perhaps with an eye to smaller units or communal area concepts that are gaining traction among younger households. Zoning rules and county housing policies aren’t likely to reverse the trend of $800,000 townhouses, but they can provide the economic underpinnings to add more affordable versions to the inventory. While much of the focus has been on the regional impact of Amazon’s plans, county leaders should not overlook the needs of businesses and families already here and working to continue their prosperity. There is no magic wand available to address the concern. It will require creativity, a strong partnership with the development community, and a more substantial public investment than has previously been considered. But there has never been a time when such a broad base of the community has been so intently focused on the issue. Together, they can make good things happen.
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LETTERS to the Editor Disenfranchisement Editor: We’ve become used to Loudoun Democrats demonstrating disdain for the voters of Loudoun. To Wit; their frantic effort to disenfranchise Loudoun voters from exclusively deciding who heads our law enforcement in our county. Last week, House Democrats in Richmond voted to strip every Virginian of their vote, regardless of who you vote for. Instead, we should bow down and cede our votes to the whims of larger states. House Bill 177 is titled “Presidential electors’ National Popular Vote Compact,” and it works like this: No matter who, we as individuals, or we as a congressional district and Commonwealth votes for president, it would be irrelevant under this legislation. All 13 Virginia Electoral College votes would
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automatically be awarded to the winner of the national popular vote. You have no say and no recourse. States with large populations would simply nullify our votes as Virginians. Every Loudoun Democrat in the House voted to cancel out your vote for president. Every single one. Constitutionality aside, it not only strips us of our personal votes, it strips Virginia of any role in making our own unique choice. Voters in New York, California, Texas, and Florida would decide who Virginians vote for. Sound insane? That’s because it is. The goal is to negate the Electoral College–the process where every state has a say in a national election. It’s a violent backhand to the face to every Virginian. Democrats are effectively telling us, “you’re too stupid to vote for the correct person we LETTERS continues on page 43
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Parenting with Purpose
Your Child’s Love Language BY NEIL MCNERNEY
During my professional travels, I have had the privilege of talking with and learning from Gary Chapman, author of the book series “The Five Love Languages.” The book series is excellent and has stood the test of time. Initially, the concept was developed for couples, but we have found that the concepts work for many relationships, including the parent-child connection. When I work with families, I often hear that there is a mismatch in communication. It seems that one person is trying to convey a certain idea, but the other person hears something different. Even though we might be speaking the same language, something gets lost in translation. The love language concept can help parents speak the same language as their child. The premise is simple: There are five ways that humans prefer to receive love: Physical touch, words of affirmation, gift giving, quality time, and acts of service. Let me share some details of each love language and give specific advice for each type.
Physical Touch Those who love physical touch are often cuddlers. They like to stay close, often leaning on their parent. They love back rubs and often will play with their moth-
er’s hair. When my daughter was a toddler, she used to love having her arms stroked, especially by her grandmother. This is the child that will often be playful by poking or tickling. Parenting Advice for Physical Touch: Often times it is those moments that a physical touch child can be most annoying that they need touch the most. Since I often work with the whole family in the room, I see this in action. When stress increases, the physical touch child might start playfully kicking his mother’s foot. I’ll usually ask the mom to put her arm around him, which almost always decreases the annoying kicking.
Words of Affirmation Words of Affirmation kids love to be told that they are loved, admired, and important. The words are the main channel that they use to understand how people feel about them. They are often asking for feedback as a way to develop their own sense of self-esteem. Words of Affirmation kids love to hear how awesome they are. Parenting advice for Words of Affirmation: Take some time every day to remind them how much you love them and how great you think they are. Hellos and goodbyes are important for them. Don’t worry about overdoing it. Also remember that critical words will hurt this type of
person more than others. Be careful your criticism. They often don’t need it and will make things worse.
Gift Giving The love language of Gift Giving is less about the actual gift and more about the time and thought that went into the gift. A Gift Giver child is one who spends lots of time on a card, or a craft, and is very excited when it is opened. For a Gift Giver, it is definitely the thought that counts. Parenting advice for Gift Givers: Keep a list of things or activities that you notice excites your child. Then, when it is time to give a gift, review those things that you noticed and give them something on the list.
Acts of Service A child whose main love language is Acts of Service is someone who loves to take care of other people. As a young child, they love doing things along with their parents, such as cooking, yard work, etc. The love lies in the act, not in the thanks that might come after. They see a chance to make someone’s life easier and spring into action. Parenting advice for Acts of Service: It’s the little things that often count. Find simple ways to make their life a little better, especially when they are cranky or tired. For instance, I would often bring my daugh-
ter a cup of coffee to her room her senior year, especially when I knew she was super tired. It’s a small gesture, but one that was appreciated.
Quality Time The Quality Time child loves spending time together. This is the child that loves game night, wants to go to the store with you, and is often by your side. It is the companionship that they love the most. In sports, they are often drawn to team activities vs solo pursuits and often have more fun before and after the event vs. the actual event. Parenting advice for Quality Time: Take time to schedule activities. Quality Time kids love family game nights, going to the movies, or taking hikes together. Taking the time to learn your child’s love language will increase connection and security, helping your child feel important and loved. n Neil McNerney is a licensed professional counselor and author of “Homework – A Parent’s Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out!” and “The Don’t Freak Out Guide for Parenting Kids with Asperger’s.” He can be reached at neil@neilmcnerney.com.
Students Become the Teachers at the General Assembly BY CHRIS CROLL
A group of Loudoun teens recently traveled to Richmond to meet with their elected officials to teach them about dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning differences. Organized by the group Decoding Dyslexia, a parent-led grassroots movement concerned with the limited educational interventions for dyslexia within the public education system, the teens visited with several members of the General Assembly during their tour of the Virginia State Capitol. The teens say they wanted to put a face on these learning differences and to personally lobby support for several bills being considered by the General Assembly that relate to mandating early screenings and greater support for students with disabilities.
“Today they don’t really start testing you until you’re in third grade,” said Rayhan, age 14, who organized the Richmond trip and was diagnosed with dyslexia, ADHD and dysgraphia at the end of third grade. “School was an absolute nightmare for me—a dream I could never wake up from,” he says, referring to the years before his diagnosis. “They need to give the kids the tests and screens early to find out,” added Fletcher, also age 14, who has dyscalculia which, he explains means, “I work at a slower pace and I struggle with math.” Educators at Fusion Academy Loudoun, the private secondary school where Fletcher and Rayhan are middle school students, agree that the current “wait to fail” approach hurts children who could benefit from early interventions. Mandatory screenings in kindergarten and first grade
would provide parents and teachers the opportunity to help students stay on pace with their peers if their learning difficulties were uncovered during their first few years of school. The students emphasized to their representatives that having a learning difference doesn’t mean you aren’t smart. “I’m actually pretty great at math,” Rayhan says. The brains of dyslexics work differently than typical brains which, experts agree, can be an advantage for some. Kathryn Snyder, another Fusion student diagnosed with dyslexia, wrote in a recent paper, “40% of multi-millionaires and 35% of entrepreneurs are dyslexic including Steve Jobs, Leonardo Da Vinci, Tom Cruise and Walt Disney.” Students at Fusion succeed in part because the school offers a 1:1 student to
teacher ratio. “Individualized attention allows students to learn in ways that work best for them,” says Meghan Marinos, Fusion Academy Loudoun’s Head of School. The students described the trip to Richmond simply as “cool.” When asked what surprised them most, Fletcher said, “I expected their offices to be really nice with big leather couches, but they only had hard chairs to sit on and the ceilings were really low.” Rayhan was surprised that some of the Virginia delegates with whom they met were not at all familiar with dyslexia. “They didn’t even know what it was!” Rayhan said in disbelief. “And they didn’t know about the bills—one had to search them up on her computer. We were teaching them about their legislation.” The teens admitSTUDENT TEACHERS continues on page 43
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Housing costs continued from page 1 come of $121,300 can afford a house at only a fraction of that price, about $363,900. The majority of all Loudouners, almost 62 percent, are cost-burdened, or spending more than a third of their income on housing. Almost half of renters in Loudoun fall into that category, as do almost 80 percent of homeowners. That means the problem affects more than just the poorest in Loudoun—people at every rung of the income ladder are struggling to pay for their homes. It has also fueled the longstanding debate over development in Loudoun, with some arguing more development is needed to make housing more affordable—a supply-side argument for bringing housing prices down. Others, however, have argued that the evidence of the past 20 years of growth has not shown any drop in price— and that allowing rapid development will destroy much of what is special about the county, with family-friendly suburban neighborhoods and green, unspoiled lands only a short drive from the heart of the DC-area suburban sprawl. It has tested the creativity of Loudoun’s leaders, as they grapple with solving a problem locally and with limited resources
that has troubled communities across the nation. County supervisors are exploring a number of strategies, from improving and making better use of the county’s Housing Trust Fund, to exploring the possibility of building housing on top of public facilities like fire stations, something that has been tried in some cities. Some supervisors have said the pending arrival of Metro’s Silver Line in Loudoun, scheduled to open sometime later this year, provides an opportunity for a range of housing options. Supervisor Sylvia Russell Glass (D-Broad Run) told Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce members last week that “the lack of affordable housing can be a major barrier for those wishing to live and work in Loudoun,” but that Metro provides “a fantastic chance to add to our affordable workforce housing.” Supervisor Koran T. Saines (D-Sterling) also said his district, with properties ripe for revitalization and reinvestment, can also be a home to new housing. He pointed to work done by Loudoun Habitat for Humanity, which in June handed over the keys to its 50th house to a single mother of two young boys in Sterling. Habitat homes are not free; the new owner has to make a mortgage payment designed to be more affordable. “We’re looking for someone to come in and do 10, 20 30 at a time, and go in and revitalize and freshen these homes, and
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work with the pricing point to get your teacher in there, to get your firefighter, to get your sheriff ’s deputy or your new county employee who’s just starting out,” Saines said. The housing question matters to more than the people looking for a place to live—it has also come to be seen as the largest hurdle for the local economy. While Loudoun has enjoyed years of prosperous economic growth, businesses will not invest in Loudoun if they can’t find someone to hire, warn economic development and business leaders. “Workforce is probably our number one limiting factor going forward,” said Department of Economic Development Executive Director Buddy Rizer. “If we can’t unlock the workforce, then we can’t attract the companies that we believe would be a good fit here.” Loudoun’s reported 2.5 percent unemployment rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is among the lowest in the nation. But what can look like good news for jobseekers can also be bad news for businesses looking to move into a new area. And the workforce—which is closely tied to housing—has become part of every conversation, Rizer said. “I think it really came to a head during the Amazon HQ2 [discussion], when it was very clear early on that workforce was going to drive that decision,” Rizer said. A property in Loudoun was considered a top contender for Amazon’s new headquarters; instead, the company announced it would set up in Arlington and New York City. The company later pulled out of New York City, facing local opposition to the project and the billions of dollars of tax breaks and other incentives it would attract. According to U.S. Census data as of 2017, close 103,000 people living elsewhere enter Loudoun every day to work. Another 137,000 drive out of the county to work. Under 63,000 both live and work in Loudoun. In particular, Rizer said, Loudoun needs to attract people at the beginning of their careers, such as young tech professionals who today are moving closer to DC. “We don’t have a ton of those, because a lot of those are entry-level positions, and we don’t have the ability to attract a lot of that,” Rizer said. But Loudoun’s future Metro stops give it an opportunity to compete for homes for those people, too. “It’s also the opportunity to having a different kind of environment where workforce can look at it and say, ‘yeah, I could see me there,’ as opposed to, ‘I could only be in Arlington.’” According to Census data collated by the department, Loudoun homes on average have 7.4 rooms, with the majority having three or four bedrooms. In Arlington, homes have on average four rooms, and
FEBRUARY 20, 2020 most have only one or two bedrooms. And for Rizer, while Loudoun is still the place to be for many kinds of business, “if you want to continue to grow your economy … the variety of housing options is not only positive, it’s critical.” To address this, supervisors have launched the Unmet Housing Needs Strategic Plan, an offshoot of their work on the new county comprehensive plan during the last term. That plan, it is hoped, will yield solid recommendations on dealing with housing costs in Loudoun by September. Right now, said Department of Family Services Assistant Director Sarah Coyle Etro, the working group around that plan is gathering information. So far, she said, they have met with affordable housing developers, the building industry generally, and the Loudoun Human Services network, as well as hosting focus groups and putting out surveys to Loudouners and Loudoun County government staff members. The focus groups and meetings will continue, including meetings with various business sectors, and meetings with county advisory boards such as the Commission on Aging and the Disability Services Board. They are also working on the most comprehensive inventory of housing and housing programs in Loudoun yet. “We’re looking at square footage. We’re looking at value. We’re looking at conditions. We’re looking at overcrowding,” Etro said. “We’re really doing a deep dive into what our housing inventory is, and … we have eight of our current housing programs being evaluated for organization, structure, mission—are there things we should change, are there things we could improve.” That’s being done with help from consultants from the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech. It is a local plan for a national problem, acknowledged Assistant County Administrator Valmarie Turner. “It is a national crisis, so we’re not unique in having this issue, but what we’re looking at with the strategic plan is specific to Loudoun County, and what we can do in Loudoun County to increase affordable housing opportunities,” Turner said. “And there are some things that we believe that we can do, so while it is a national trend and we may be able to glean some best practices from other areas, the actual plan will be specific to Loudoun. That plan is expected to be done by September, in time to influence the county’s ongoing rewrite of its zoning ordinances. “It’s really tools, strategies, programs, things the county can do to add to the supply and also to preserve the affordable housing that we have, which is key,” Etro said. “So, the recommendation to the board that will comprise the plan will be very concrete, specific steps the county can take.” n
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Loudoun Literacy continued from page 3 Loudoun Hunger Relief, or just plain can’t afford to sign up. “We have no questions asked,” Daruwala said. “We don’t want [money] to be another barrier or another limitation.” Daruwala said the council’s efforts to teach English to those adults does more than provide them with the resources they need to communicate and survive in an English-dominated nation—it also pays dividends for their children. That’s because, Daruwala said, a child’s success depends on their parents’ literacy level. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, children whose parents have low literacy levels have a 72 percent chance of reading at the lowest levels. In addition to benefitting from their parents’ success in English classes, Loudoun children also have a chance to learn from Loudoun Literacy’s free youth classes. Now running for 22 years, those classes are all part of the council’s Family Literacy Program, which incorporates the
Student teachers continued from page 41 ted that it felt good to be able to share their struggles with elected leaders. Nancy Knor, one of Fusion Academy Loudoun’s Language Arts teachers added, “Had we had an opportunity to meet with more lawmakers, we would have had an even greater impact.” The students enjoyed the advocacy so much they want to go back down to Richmond again. Rayhan was encouraged by the warm reception they received at the state house. “I want to continue to work to change the laws to be better for people with dyslexia,” he said.
LETTERS to the Editor continued from page 40 demand, thus we’re giving your choice to better voters in other states.” D, R, I, or L, every free-thinking Virginian should be incensed. What if a candidate who is soundly defeated in Virginia wins the national vote? Our votes would go to that candidate against the clear choice of Virginians, and we’d have no say in the matter.
ALWAYS ONLINE AT LOUDOUNNOW.COM Head Start program and, more recently, the Starting Towards Excellence in Preschool Literacy program. The Head Start program is intended for Loudoun’s 100 most in-need children. They’re selected by Loudoun County Public Schools, which has found that 16 percent of the county’s economically disadvantaged families are English language learners. In the Head Start program, kids read each week, participate in family literacy nights and take one new book home each month. They also bring home a literacy pack for their parents, which provides them with tips on what they can do with their kids to help them learn English, like point out numbers while grocery shopping or colors while on a walk. “You don’t want any child to fall between the cracks,” Daruwala said. “You want every child to be kindergarten-ready.” In fiscal year 2019, 103 students received 186 hours of reading instruction. Loudoun Literacy’s STEP program is intended for the next 300 in-need children in Loudoun. Those kids are sent
home with six new books annually. Loudoun Literacy is also rolling out a new program this year—a bi-annual School Success program that will be hosted in all of Loudoun’s title one schools. Throughout the program’s 12 weeks, parents of school children will meet for two hours a week to learn from a tailored curriculum how to communicate in English with school faculty. The parents will learn how to talk with their children about their progress; how to understand school vocabulary, like comments on report cards; how to call into the absentee line and leave a message; and, among other lessons, how to prepare for parent-teacher conferences. “We’re empowering them to be able to advocate for their child and to be better informed,” Daruwala said. Moving into its fifth decade, Loudoun Literacy Council is focused on helping adults and children learn the English communication skills they need to live in Loudoun County through more than just classroom instruction, but also extracurricular interaction. Daruwala said that takes place during events like the council’s annu-
Chris Croll is a writer, community activist and former member of the Loudoun County School Board (Catoctin District). She lives in Leesburg with her husband and two children.
What are Loudoun Democrats thinking? They know they’ll fail if they used the process to amend the Constitution and eliminate the Electoral College, so they do the next best thing—sell off our votes to the highest bidder. Our Democrat delegates make perfectly clear their raw contempt for your vote to be counted. This is disenfranchisement. Over the decades, I’ve come to expect plenty of extreme cons from Virginia Democrats. Selling Virginia voters to other states was never one of them. — Chris Manthos, Leesburg
al picnic, which will be held in early May. “It’s a safe environment to grow and learn and make those mistakes and get polished and grow,” Daruwala said about the council’s various instruction venues. “We build community that way.” The council also is starting a new program in which it will provide free English classes to residents in communities that lack many public transportation options, like Sugarland Run in Sterling. Those classes will be held at the community center. More generally speaking, Daruwala said the council continues searching for ways to engage with the community and “move the needle” any way it can. “I think we’ve been very good at those collaborative efforts. We’re doing our best to meet people where they are,” she said. “That is really important to us—it is enriching.” Learn more at loudounliteracy.org. n Loudoun Now Deputy Editor Renss Greene serves on the Loudoun Literacy Council Board of Directors. Greene did not contribute to this article.
PUBLIC HEARING
Attention All Loudoun Teens Meeting with young people this past year has inspired me to launch a “Column Takeover” where I dedicate my newspaper column each month to a student who bravely, and in their own words, shares what it’s really like to be a teenager growing up in Loudoun County. Any teens who are interested in writing their story can email me at BeingATeenInLoudoun@gmail.com. n
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED REAL PROPERTY TAX INCREASE
Pursuant to Section 58.1-3321 of the Code of Virginia, the LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS will hold a public hearing in the Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room, Loudoun County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., 1st Floor, Leesburg, Virginia 20175 at 5:00 P.M. on March 17, 2020, in order to consider a proposed increase to real property tax levies. The County of Loudoun proposes to increase real property tax levies as follows: 1.
Assessment Increase: Total assessed value of real property, excluding additional assessments due to new construction or improvements to property, exceeds last year’s total assessed value of real property by 4.0 percent.
2.
Lowered Rate Necessary to Offset Increased Assessment: The tax rate which would levy the same amount of real estate tax as last year when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate with the exclusions mentioned above would be $1.010 per $100 of assessed value. This rate will be known as the “lowered tax rate.”
3.
Effective Rate Increase: The County of Loudoun proposes to adopt a tax rate not to exceed $1.045 per $100 of assessed value. The difference between the lowered tax rate and the maximum proposed rate would be $0.035 per $100, or 3.5 percent. This difference will be known as the “effective tax rate increase.” Individual property taxes may, however, increase at a percentage greater than or less than the above percentage.
4.
Proposed Total Budget Increase: Based on the proposed real property tax rate and changes in other revenues, the total budget of the County of Loudoun will exceed last year’s by 1 percent.
All members of the public will be heard as to their views pertinent to these matters. Citizens are encouraged to call in advance to sign up to speak at the public hearing. For this public hearing, advanced sign-up will be taken after 8:30 a.m. on March 13, 2020, and no later than 12:00 p.m. on March 17, 2020. If you wish to sign-up in advance, call the Office of the County Administrator at (703) 777-0200. Citizens will also have the option to sign-up at the public hearing. 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. 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, CHAIRMAN LOUDOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 02/13 & 02/20/20
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