[JYO] Two developments are being planned west and south of airport

Town Again Asks To Provide Input; County  Considers Leesburg CPAMs
_Molly Novotny_ (mailto:)  

May 16, 2006 -- More  than a year after the county board of supervisors 
initiated a joint planning  process to work with the Town of Leesburg on the 
Joint 
Land Management Area  along Leesburg's southern edge, little progress has been 
made and the board is  again considering how to proceed.  
Two developments, Creekside and Crosstrail, are being planned for the land  
west and south of the Leesburg Executive Airport. Comprehensive Plan Amendments 
 are required for both properties.  
Creeksideâs original rezoning was tabled and a new plan to build an Inova  
health center focused on medical sciences along with retail, office and nearly  
2,000 homes on 650 acres was recently introduced from Lansdowne Development  
Group. The new development has been renamed Riverside Park.  
A mix of uses, including age-restricted housing, offices and retail is  
planned for the 434 acres the Peterson Companies is planning to develop into 
the  
Crosstrail community. A public hearing before the countyâs planning 
commission  
on the rezoning request is anticipated to be scheduled for June 19, according 
to  the county.  
At its meeting Tuesday, the board was scheduled to discuss how it would  
proceed with the two Leesburg area CPAMs. In anticipation of that meeting, the  
townâs joint planning subcommittees met Monday. Councilwomen Susan Horne and  
Kelly Burk and Vice Mayor Fernando âMartyâ Martinez represent the council 
on 
the  subcommittee, while Earl Hoovler, Ted Kalriess and Kevin Wright represent 
the  planning commission.  
The board has proposed five options for proceeding with the CPAMs, some of  
which do not include input from the town. Wright, who is chairman of the  
planning commission, stressed the townâs desire to âhave a seat at the 
tableâ  
when it comes to joint planning.  
The townâs first choice is to bring the Crosstrail property into the town  
through a boundary line adjustment, a request the council made to the board in  
September. The board has not responded to this request.  
Independent of whether the county acts on that request, Wright said the town  
would like to continue the joint planning effort on reviewing the Joint Land  
Management Area boundaries, land use, utility planning and a possible new  
annexation agreement.  
The county estimates this would take six to nine months to complete.  
Another option the county is considering that the town would support would  
allow the rezoning public hearing to occur June 19 while still allowing the 
town  and county to jointly study the utility and land use issues.  
This option would allow the town to âstill have a seat at the table, although 
 we donât have a vote,â Wright said. âIf theyâre going to proceed 
anyway 
and not  answer the question about the boundary line adjustment â we need to 
be 
able to  be in as many opportunities as possible to make sure we make our case,
â Wright  said.

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