2021-09-01 Resolution of Support of the Utilization of Industrial Access Railroad Track Funds PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION # 2021-09-01
RESOLUTION OF LOCAL SUPPORT OF THE UTILIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL
ACCESS RAILROAD TRACK FUNDS
VIRGINIA: The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors ("Board"), at its Called
Meeting on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, approve and adopted the following Resolution:
WHEREAS, Staunton River Plastics, LLC ("SRP"), has announced to the Board it will
invest $34,000,000 and create two hundred (200) jobs to locate its industrial operations in the
Southern Virginia Multimodal Park in the Town of Hurt, Virginia("Hurt"); and
WHEREAS, SRP, and its operation, will require rail access; and
WHEREAS, SRP officials have reported to the Board their intent to apply for Industrial
Access Railroad Track Funds from the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Rail and
Public Transportation("VDRPT") in the amount of$450,000; and
WHEREAS, SRP has requested the Board provide a Resolution supporting its
application for said funds which are administered by the VDRPT.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board hereby endorses and
supports SRP's application for$450,000 in Industrial Access Railroad Track Funds; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board hereby makes known its desire and
intent to support the Commonwealth Transportation Board in providing the maximum financial
assistance to SRP for the purpose of locating its industrial facility in Hurt
Given under my hand this 8th day of September, 2021.
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.` 4 y. ' Robert("Bob") W. Warren
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Clerk
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors