Leesburg Planning Commission approves remote participation, adopts agenda; petitioner section opens for Leesburg Gateway

Leesburg — The Leesburg Planning Commission on Thursday voted to allow Commissioners Brooks Spears and Jennifer Canton to participate remotely, adopted the meeting agenda as submitted and opened the petitioner section for the Leesburg Gateway application.

The action to permit remote participation came after the commission confirmed a quorum and noted Commissioner Candace Tuck was absent. The meeting facilitator asked for a motion to allow Spears and Canton to participate online; the motion was seconded and approved with recorded verbal ‘‘aye’’ responses from the commissioners present.

The commission then moved to adopt the agenda as submitted. That motion also was seconded and approved by voice vote, with commissioners answering ‘‘aye.’’ No recorded roll-call votes or member names were given in the transcript for either motion.

After agenda adoption, the meeting facilitator read instructions about the petitioner section and noted that the Leesburg Gateway application "has already had its public hearing," and that the petitioner section was the time for anyone who had signed up to make comments on that application.

The transcript includes a short greeting from Commissioner Brooks Spears, who said, "Hello. This is Brooks." Beyond the procedural votes and the statement that the Leesburg Gateway public hearing had already occurred, no additional substantive debate, presentations, motions, or votes on the application appear in the provided transcript segment.

The commission did not record any other formal actions, amendments, or directions in the excerpt. The transcript indicates the meeting proceeded to the petitioner section for public comment on the Leesburg Gateway application but does not include any comments or final decisions about that application within the provided excerpts.