Loudoun County Supervisor Lori Waters (R-Broad Run) asked her fellow Board of Supervisors members on Tuesday to scrap the county’s proposed Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act ordinance but the motion failed.
Given the almost universal recognition that economic development in the Route 28 corridor has lagged behind the vision, Loudoun Supervisors' decision to examine the future of the Route 28 corridor for current and possible development options and land use policies should merit the interest of the public.
Meetings to address Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act; Kincora rezoning still being vetted; healthy lifestyle fair planned; have coffee with a county supervisor; and She Said What?
School board members agreed to feasibility studies for three possible school projects in Ashburn - an elementary school at the ISA/Farmwell site ($55,000); possible conversion of Belmont Ridge Middle School to a high school ($95,000) and construction of a middle school on the Newton Lee Elementary school site ($55,000) but declined additional request and funding ($280,000) from Loudoun supervisors to study expansion of four high schools to more than 2,000 students.
Established Loudoun County School Board policy is to build high schools with enrollments of 1,350, to 1,600 and 1,800 students, yet Loudoun Supervisors approved $280,000 in funding to study expansions of four high schools to enrollments "beyond 2,000 students."
In the name of clean water, Loudoun County leaders are wading through a slew of proposed changes to county land-use regulations that could have significant ramifications on how residents can alter their properties, to include putting in a pool or building a garage.
Collaboration and cooperation between the two boards are central goals of the Joint Committee but Loudoun Supervisors' authority to raise taxes and allocate funds is the reality. “This is the political reality, this is the political environment we live in...Those who have the gold make the rules,” said Sterling School Board member Warren Geurin.
Two important land-use applications currently coursing through the county’s approval process are up for public hearing on May 10 in front of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.