The Loudoun Board of Supervisors on May 15 approved completion of a sidewalk on River Creek Road to permit Potomac Station residents to walk to their community swimming pool and other amenities.
The vote was 7-2 with Suzanne Volpe (Algonkian) and Ralph Buona (Ashburn) voting no.
Lansdowne IDI Inc. is rethinking age-restricted development for its 42-acre parcel of undeveloped land on the east side of Leisure World.
The developer recently announced the sale of five acres to Retirement Unlimited Inc. of Roanoke, VA, for development of an assisted living facility. The remainder of the parcel on the east, about 37 acres, is subject to “the imminent filing” of a rezoning application. Before the overheated real estate market stalled, that acreage was planned to replicate age-restricted Leisure World’s high-rise model for gracious retirement living.
The property is currently zoned PD-AAAR: housing for people 55 and older such as apartments, condos, townhomes, or single-family. It can include amenities such as a clubhouse with meeting rooms and a theater, food store, pharmacy, library, bank, and other community services.
Lansdowne IDI, the developer of Leisure World, sold the last units in its original five buildings by Jan 1 of this year.
Leisure World rezoning ‘imminent’
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“By 2025, with or without [Dulles] Rail, not a single car comes off the road.”
– Del. James LeMunyon of Chantilly, referring to other roads such as I-66, Routes 50,28, and 7, and the Dulles Toll Road, in remarks to the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce at Belmont Country Club on Friday.
PRINCE GEORGE – The Board of Supervisors appears to be divided over a controversial proposal to purchase an 167-acre parcel for nearly three times its assessed value.
County Administrator Percy Ashcraft told The Progress-Index in March that the property’s $1.5 million price tag is the end result of seven months of negotiations with the Buren family, which owns the tract of land adjacent to Scott Park.
The parcel, which is zoned for residential or agricultural use, would accommodate growing recreational sports programs that are already testing the capacity of county facilities, Ashcraft said. It could also house a consolidated garage for local government and school division vehicles or an additional school if the need arose.
The board voted 3-2 in favor of holding a second public hearing on the matter next month after getting an earful from nearly a dozen county residents who spoke against the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Reposted from “Too Conservative” blog:
LI, your comment on april 22 at 3:12 p.m. is spot on. This went back to pre-election times. Kaufman pissed the Republican establishment off during the BOE hearing on the NCC site because he didn’t assess it lower. The FBI had been talking to him and is talking to him. There were some comments on the Loudoun Times site a while back regarding this. When NCC sale was approved and the FOIA case happened, he didn’t go along with the GOBGN and pissed them off. They began starting to work against him and it was at that time that it was proposed that he be placed under the Commissioner of Revenue so the Board of Supervisors didn’t have to politically fire him which would have been disasterous for the all Republican Board. This is really originating from the BOS and not the Commissioner of Revenue. They were looking for a way to get him out without any negative consequences for themselves. During the Purcellville Business Council debate/forum which occured back in September, the odd question was asked as to whether the County Assessor should be placed under the jursidiction of the Commissioner of the Revenue. Guess who asked the question? The one and only Bob Wertz! The candidates were surprised by the question and most just quickly dodged answering it. Later, Todd Kauffman leaked the information about the FBI investigating the School Board and the Board of Supervisors (the investigation was expanded to the BOS over the NCC sale). This is a constructive firing on the part of Todd Kauffman. He hired Jennifer Wexton as his Attorney and will probably get a great buy out deal as a result.
It is also true that a certain BOS staffer closed the door to Todd’s office and tried to jump his bones. It scared him to death and if you know the person…which you probably do, you would definitely understand why that oversized horse would scare someone so bad.
Please keep us posted on the end result.
§ 18.2-434. What deemed perjury; punishment and penalty.
If any person to whom an oath is lawfully administered on any occasion willfully swears falsely on such occasion touching any material matter or thing, or if a person falsely make oath that any other person is 18 years of age or older in order to obtain a marriage license for such other person, or if any person in any written declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury pursuant to § 8.01-4.3 willfully subscribes as true any material matter which he does not believe is true, he is guilty of perjury, punishable as a Class 5 felony. Upon the conviction of any person for perjury, such person thereby shall be adjudged forever incapable of holding any office of honor, profit or trust under the Constitution of Virginia, or of serving as a juror.
(Code 1950, §§ 18.1-273 through 18.1-275; 1960, c. 358; 1972, c. 823; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2005, c. 423.)
