1. Attendance:
   1. Members: Dick Frank (TAC), Chris Goodman (Poplar Tree), Lewis Grimm (Franklin Farm), Ron Koch (Planning Commissioner), Jerry Lvall (Poplar Tree), Terry Moraska (Fair Ridge), Jeff Parnes (Chantilly Highlands), Bill Ritchie (NECCA), Glenn Stroup (Franklin Farm), George Tarquiniu (Poplar Tree Woods) and Larry Tessier (Franklin Glen)

   2. Guests: Mr. John Payne, Fairfax County Housing Authority

2. Presentations:
   1. 7:30
      • Proponent: Mr. John Payne of the Fairfax County Housing Authority
      • Action: construct ball fields
      • Location: 46 acres of land near Willow Springs Elementary School

      Mr. John Payne of the Fairfax County Housing Authority presented a proposed use for 46 acres of land near Willow Springs Elementary School. The property was originally purchased by the Housing Authority for use as a treatment area for sewage, but it's no longer needed for that purpose due development of other nearby properties. The Fairfax County Park Authority wants to use the parcel instead to construct ball fields, but it must reimburse the Housing Authority for the value of the land. According to federal law the Housing Authority must receive fair market value for the property since a federal grant was used for its purchase. In this way, the original federal funds can be used for housing improvements somewhere else in the county.

      The Park Authority was willing to spend about $400,000 for the parcel, but with recent budget cuts, it can no longer afford that much. The Park and Housing authorities have developed a plan to build eight clustered lots of about 1? acres instead of the normal five-acre lots. The excess property will be donated to the Park Authority for use in constructing two minor league fields and one softball field.

      The county met with local residents and presented the plan. They made several recommendations to the county, including that fields not be lighted, and that all the parcels have access from the school's entrance road. The citizens also asked that the county present this plan to the Sully District Council for review.

      A motion was made not to oppose the plan. The motion passed unanimously . The Planning Commission will consider this on 7 December 1994, and the Board of Supervisors on 11 December.

3. George Tarquiniu, of Poplar Tree Woods Community Association, as well as Jerry Lvall and Chris Goodman of the Poplar Tree HOA, spoke in opposition to a proposed KinderCare facility to be constructed on Stringfellow Road, south of the Fairfax County property opposite Chantilly High School. Both communities oppose a requested Special Exception for the KinderCare due to traffic problems until Stringfellow Road is widened.

   • They are not necessarily opposed to the concept of KinderCare, just its planned location on a two-lane Stringfellow Road. They also indicated that the Greenbriar Civic Association was also opposed to the Special Exception. The KinderCare is willing to erect a traffic light at its access to Stringfellow Road - opposite the southern entrance to Chantilly High School.

   • Construction of left turn lanes at some of the Stringfellow Road intersections should start in spring 1995. Turn lanes are to be constructed at Poplar Tree Road, Point Pleasant Road and Melville Lane with a new light at the Melville Lane intersection. Plans for the first two intersections are currently available, but Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) hasn't finalized plans for the Melville Lane intersection due to the scope of the utility work required - there are two pipelines on either side of Stringfellow Road at that location. There are no funds for widening Stringfellow Road north of Fair Lakes to four lanes. There are also no plans for the construction of left turn lanes at the entrance to the Poplar Tree Woods community.

4. Dick Frank indicated that VDOT signed a contract to develop an Environmental Impact Statement for the western outer beltway.

5. Dick Frank then asked the committee to evaluate the Spot Improvements various Sully District organizations had nominated. Dick indicated that the Western Fairfax Federation of Citizen Associations had evaluated nominations in the Centreville area and recommended an improvement at the Route 29/28 intersection as being of highest priority. Dick had compiled a list of nominations received and broken them out into groups: Centreville area, Chantilly area, Oakton area, Fairfax Center Area, and Miscellaneous.
   1. The committee reviewed and discussed prioritization of all proposed improvements. The committee felt that simply posting signs and restriping pavement could be accomplished at little or no cost and should just be forwarded to VDOT as a normal request, and not part of the spot improvements program.

   2. Six primary improvements were identified, with two alternates:

      • Double left-turn lanes from eastbound Route 29 to northbound Route 28.

      • Add left and right-turn lanes from southbound Stringfellow Road onto Route 50.

      • Extend left-turn lane on westbound Route 50 to southbound Stringfellow Road.

      • Add left-turn lane from southbound Centreville Road to Kinross Circle (south).

      • Install traffic light at intersection of Random Hills and Waples Mill roads.

      • Add left-turn lanes from northbound Hunter Mill Road onto Hunter Valley and Wichens roads.

        Alternates

      • Extend right-turn lane from southbound Stringfellow Road onto westbound Route 29

      • Improve Franklin Farm, Centreville, and Barnsfield roads intersection by restriping and restructuring left-hand turn traffic signals for Franklin Farm and Barnsfield roads onto Centreville road.

   3. Subsequent to the committee meeting, Dick Frank meet with Mike Frey and Ron Koch to review the list based on current county and VDOT plans. Their revised list includes:

      1. Double left-turn lanes from eastbound Route 29 to northbound Route 28.

      2. Add right-turn lane from Franklin Farm Road westbound onto northbound Fairfax County Parkway and restrip for left, through and right hand-turns.

      3. Add left-turn lane from southbound Centreville Road to Kinross Circle (south).

      4. Add left-turn lane from southbound Centreville Road to Metrotech Drive.

      5. Add a center left-turn lanes from northbound Hunter Mill Road onto Wichens Road.

      6. Install traffic light at intersection of Random Hills and Waples Mill roads.

   4. Needed improvements not included because they are currently planned and have tentative funding:

      • Add left and right-turn lanes from southbound Stringfellow Road onto Route 50.

      • Extend left-turn lane on westbound Route 50 to southbound Stringfellow Road.

      • Add turning-lanes from north-bound Walney Road onto Route 50.

6. The following meetings are scheduled about the time of the committee's next meeting:

   • Dulles Corridor Transportation Study: The public is invited and encouraged to attend a series of public meetings focusing on the Dulles Corridor Transportation Study now being conducted by the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation and its consultants. The study is a key component in the development of long-range transportation plans for the Dulles Corridor in Northern Virginia. The first series of meetings will focus on the scope of the project. The alternatives selected for study and the costs of those alternatives will be discussed at future public meetings.

     Anyone interested in transportation improvements in the corridor depicted below [comprising the Dulles Greenway and the Dulles Access and Toll Road] is encouraged to attend the public participation meetings which will held 7:30 pm on 1 December, Broad Run High School, Ashburn; 5 December, George Mason High School, Falls Church; and 6 December, National Wildlife Federation, Vienna. For more information call 1-800-960-RAIL.

   • I-66 Park and Ride Lot Location Study: VDOT invites interested citizens to attend an information meeting on the proposed park and ride locations in the Stringfellow Road/I-66 area. A consultant has examined possible sites for a park and ride lot and will present findings and recommendations. The meeting will provide citizens an opportunity to review and discuss the consultant's findings before the study report is finalized. Representatives from VDOT, Fairfax County, and the engineering consultant will be on hand to discuss the study.

     The presentation will be made 7:30 pm on 6 December, Fairfax County Government Center, Conference Rooms 4 5. For more information call 934-0660.

7. The next meeting of the Sully District Council Land Use and Transportation Committee will be at 7:30 p.m., Monday, 5 December 1994, in the conference room of Sully District Supervisor’s Michael Frey’s Centreville office.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeffrey M. Parnes
Chair, Sully District Council
Land Use and Transportation Committee