I was at the special meeting of the Loudoun BOS Monday night, July 12,  when five members of the Board – Scott York, Susan Buckley(DEM), Eugene Delgaudio, Stevens Miller (DEM), and Lori Waters – approved the Kincora application, which includes 1,400 residential units in an area planned as the County’s premier employment center.  I was deeply disappointed, as was Supervisor Jim Burton who sent an email to me that I am quoting from here. Many on the BOS  professed a commitment to stand by the County’s Comprehensive Plan and to understand the fiscal correlation between residential development and higher taxes but voted for this. The public had no opportunity to speak to the Board on the final version of the application, some items which only surfaced on MONDAY, hours before the vote!

In summary, Mr. Burton and my main concerns are:

1. The current glut of office space in the region and in the County and the failure of other local mixed-use developments to flourish do not provide great confidence that this project will succeed.  

2. The proffers, as adopted Monday night, almost force the Board to establish a Community Development Authority (CDA) to finance the necessary road improvements in a meaningful timeframe.  CDA’s are an inherently risky financial bet with implications for the County’s fiscal health.

3. The loss of tax revenue for repayment of the Route 28 Improvement bonds due to the ridiculously low buy-out requirement for residential units. Do we need more housing when there are so many units in being (many for sale) and many more on the books)?

Kelly Burk did her best along with Andrea McGimsey  and Sally Kurtz to stop this but failed.  It is not too late to get this done correctly since their other issues related to this project that will need to be resolved.  Let your Supervisor know that you want this done right and at no cost to taxpayers.

Tony F

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