2023-07-01 Supporting the Operational Framework for Water Main Extension to the Virginia International Raceway CampusPITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION # 2023-07-01
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR A WATER MAIN
EXTENSION TO THE VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY CAMPUS
VIRGINIA: At the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' ("Board") Business Meeting on Tuesday, July
18, 2023, in the Board Meeting Room, the following Resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, the Virginia International Raceway ("VIR") and its Virginia Motorsports Technology Park is a
tremendous asset to the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Southern Virginia region with a significant economic
impact to the region including Pittsylvania County, the City of Danville, and Halifax County; and
WHEREAS, Halifax County is taking the lead role to provide consistent and sustainable water source for the
Raceway and Technology Park to ensure its long-term presence and to fully realize the potential economic growth and
job creation in the region; and
WHEREAS, the optimal solution is to extend the existing potable water main from the intersection of
Ringgold Depot Road and Shawnee Road in eastern Pittsylvania County, eastward along U.S. Highway 58 to Halifax
County and then onto the VIR campus. The City of Danville will be the water source origination; and
WHEREAS, Halifax County, with the help of others, has secured $5.0 million of the $8.9 million total
estimated project cost and, in an effort to reduce the reliance on local funds from the three (3) governmental entities,
is currently compiling an application to the U.S. Economic Development Administration for the balance of the funding;
and
WHEREAS, the application process requires an agreement between the parties as to ownership and roles for
the project. The parties declare the portions of the pipeline will be owned and operated by the respective County
entities in which the pipeline resides, and the role of the City is to provide for the availability of water under current
sales agreements; and
WHEREAS, Halifax County will be the lead applicant, fiscal agent, and project manager for this project; and
WHEREAS, Pittsylvania County believes this expansion would have a great impact on the future growth of
the southern and eastern portions of the County; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Pittsylvania County, the City of Danville, and Halifax
County fully support an application for funding to the U.S. Economic Development Administration and reaffirm each's
role and ownership in a fully funded project.
Given under my hand this 186 day of July, 2023
Darrell Dalton
hairman, Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
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Stuart J. Turille, J
Clerk, Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors