[JYO] County PC Approves Crosstrail Development

County PC Approves Crosstrail  Development
_Molly Novotny_ (mailto:)  

Sep  12, 2006 -- The Peterson Companies received a green light  from the 
Loudoun County Planning Commission last night to build its 500-acre  mixed-use 
Crosstrail development south of Leesburg.  
The commission concurrently approved the zoning map and comprehensive plan  
amendments by a 5-2-1-1 vote. Chairman Theresa White Whitmore, Vice Chairman  
Robert Klancher and Commissioners John Elgin, Helena Syska and Suzanne Volpe  
approved the application. Commissioners Kevin Ruedisueli and Nancy Doan denied  
it; Commissioner Barbara Munsey abstained and Commissioner Nancy Hsu was 
absent.   
As part of its mixed-use development, Peterson Companies has proposed  
building 1200 homes, down from 1,300, up to 1.85 million square feet of office  
and 
industrial uses and nearly 1 million square feet of retail uses between the  
Leesburg Airport and the Dulles Greenway. The future Battlefield Parkway lies 
to  the north of the property and the extension of Crosstrail Boulevard would 
cross  the southern portion.  
In recommending its approval, the commission increased the amount of proffers 
 The Peterson Companies would contribute to road projects by $3 million. But 
even  with that increase, Loudoun planning staff said the project still did 
not  mitigate its own traffic implications.  
Kalriess said he has asked for, but not received, the traffic study that was  
done to show how the developmentâs traffic would impact local roads.  
âWithout seeing the details of [the traffic study] â I canât answer that  
question,â of whether the project mitigates its own traffic, he said.  
Two priorities were identified for the applicantâs $12 million contribution  
in off-site road improvements, Kalriess said. Paving Shreve Mill Road from the 
 Dulles Greenway west to Evergreen Mill Road to provide access to the school 
site  The Peterson Companies proffered as well as building two lanes of 
Battlefield  Parkway from the Greenway to Evergreen Mill Road is the first 
priority, 
Kalriess  said, and improving and widening the remaining sections of Sycolin 
Road that are  unfunded is the second priority, he said.  
Kalriess said he didnât know if the money would be sufficient for the  
projects.  
The commission also recommended that the Loudoun County Sanitation Authority  
provide water and sewer service to the property, which it said it could 
provide  in three to three and a half years for $28 million.  
David DâOnofrio, a spokesman for The Peterson Companies said in total, the  
company proferred $37 million in road improvements and a total of $41 million  
when civic improvements are included. The civic improvements include the land  
The Peterson Companies is dedicating for an elementary school site and a fire 
 and rescue site.  
The Board of Supervisors will take up the application next. The earliest  
meeting for which it could schedule a public hearing would be Oct. 10.

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