The meeting was called to order by Council Vice President Jeffrey Parnes at 7:00 PM. This town hall budget meeting, jointly sponsored by the SDC and Sully Supervisor Michael Frey and Sully School Board Member Cathy Smith was held in the Rocky Run Intermediate School, 4400 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly, VA 20151
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- Topic: Fairfax County and Fairfax Public School Budgets:
Sully Supervisor Michael Frey welcomes attendees to the annual Sully Budget Town hall meeting, to his right are Susan Datta, Director Fairfax County Department of Management and Budget, and Sully School Board Member Kathy Smith
Management and Budget Director Susan Datta giving her presentation next to School Board Member Kathy Smith
The financial Susans - Susan Datta, Director of Fairfax County Department of Management and Budget and Fairfax County Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Susan Quinn
The presenters and the close to 30 attendees- Susan Datta, Director, Department of Management and Budget, Fairfax County, discussed the County Executive's Presentation of the FY 2016 Advertised Budget Plan to the Board of Supervisors (February 17, 2015)
- Susan Quinn, Chief Operating Officer, Fairfax County Public Schools, discussed the Community Budget Dialogue 16 March presentation of the FCPS FY 2016 Advertised Budget
- Overall, the county is underperforming the national economy with no significant revenue improvement in the near term. Residential assessments are growing at half the rate as last while commercial assessments are decreasing at a rate greater than last year. As a result, the county cannot fund all the priorities and investments. The balanced budget has no recommended real estate tax rate increase and staff had to identify reductions to meet current needs. Critical investments had to be deferred. The FY 2016 revenue growth is about 2.87% assuming no change in real estate tax rate. FCPS key expenditure requirements include enrollment growth and demographic adjustments; compensation increases; full-day Mondays; later high school start times; and targeted elementary school class size relief. The total reductions are $55.4 million. Some of the FY 2016 unfunded identified needs are lower class size; family and early childhood education program; student technology and connectivity; innovation; preventive and major maintenance; and replacement equipment, buses, and vehicles. After the formal presentations, many of the questions focused on programmatic effectiveness and residential land-use changes.
- Under the heading "Frey Hosts His Last Town Hall Budget Meeting - County, schools see lean times", the Connection Newsppers published an article covering the meeting PDF HTML
- Sully Planning Commissioner John Litzenberger provided this table of the latest applications on file for the Sully District revised as of 19 March 2015
SULLY DISTRICT
Application Number
Application Name
Proposal
Location
Date
Staff Coordinator
PA 2014-III-DS1
Dulles Suburban Center, Land Unit J/Akridge
4-15-15
C. Johnson
SE 2014-SU-070
Sunbeam Child Care
Home child care facility
5815 Stream Pond Court
4-29-15
M. Lynskey
PA 2015-III-DS1
Dulles Suburban Center, Land Unit J, Wegmans
6-10-15
B. Cho
PA 2015-III-DS2
Dulles Suburban Center, Land Unit D-3, Timber Ridge
6-24-15
T. Bolden
RZ/FDP 2014-SU-016
PCA 78-S-063-07
Westfields Venture, LP
Mixed Use
NW quad of Westfields and Stonecroft Blvds
6-24-15
W. O’Donnell
RZ/FDP 2015-SU-002
PCA 86-S-071-04
JLB Realty, LLC
PDC to PRM for residential
N. of Lee Hwy, S. side of Trinity Pwy
9-16-15
M. Lynskey
SE 2007-SU-004
Dennis O. Hogge
For drive-in bank
13900 Lee Highway
Dismiss?
SEA 81-C-081-02
Girl Scout Council of Nation’s Capital
Site improvements and increase in number of people on property at one time
Vale, Justin Knoll, Stuart Mill Roads
Indefinite Deferral
M. Tsai
SE 2014-SU-042
Montessori Mansion / Naima Qadir Dar
Home child care facility
14018 Rose Lodge Place
Indefinite Deferral
M. Lynskey
SE 2014-SU-054
Venus Thornes, Venus Childcare Services
Home child care facility
6004 Honnicut Drive, Centreville
Indefinite Deferral
J. Gorney
- Planning Commission Litzenberger also provided a brief from the county attorney's office on the new requirement for a nexus between an application and the development conditions. It helped him get his arms around the new law and thought it might be of interest.
- The Community Associations Institute (CAI), held its annual Conference/Expo on Sat. March 7, 2015.
- One of the highlights of the meeting was getting an update on three bills that passed the General Assembly unanimously and are expected to take effect on July 1, 2015. A more detailed summary is attached.
- H.B. 2100 Limits the ability of associations to restrict owners' rights to rent out their units and to charge rental-related fees. Owners can be required to provide evidence that tenants have received copies of the association rules and agree to follow the rules.
- H.B. 2080 Requires banks to notify an HOA of a foreclosure sale in their community.
- S.B. 1390 If the association fails to achieve an annual meeting quorum in three successive years despite good faith efforts, then a court can be petitioned to convene a meeting with a smaller quorum requirement.
- Membership Topic: Impacts of Recently Passed HOA legislation (see the CAI report above)
- Michelle L. Thompson, Consumer Specialist, Fairfax County Consumer Affairs Branch
- Land Use and Transportation Committee:
- Proponent: Lori R. Greenlief, Senior Land Use Planner, McGuireWoods LLP
- Action: Development
- Location: Westfields
Proposals for development on this site were previously considered by the Land Use and Transportation committee in May 2015.
In February the Land Use and Transportation committee considered the out-of-turn Plan Amendment that would be required for this land to be rezoned for majority residential use. The Plan Amendment needs to be approved by the PC and BOS before the rezoning requested by Abridge can be allowed to go forward. The council endorsed the plan amendment with reservations by some members. The reservations are the traffic, school, and park impacts. The primarily residential development could add over 75 new students to Cub Run Elementary School and almost 40 students to Westfield HS. The residential development would probably provide less traffic than commercial development during weekday rush hours. Finally, the council strongly recommended that the development has easy transportation access (pedestrian or cycling) to the local commercial areas. For example, pedestrian and bike signal lights added to the intersection of Stonecroft Blvd and Westfield Blvd will improve safety and connectivity to Weststone Plaza as well as the Sully Shopping Center. Finally, the development could add more residents to the local parks and Cub Run Recreation Center in Chantilly.
Since the last presentation, Akridge has now switched from apartments, office and retail to retail, apartments, condos and townhouses. The current plan for The Preserve of Westfields was shown at the February Sully Station HOA meeting.
- Proponent: Tarek S. Bolden, Department of Planning & Zoning, Planning Division, Policy & Plan Development Branch
- Action: Plan Amendment 2015-III-DS2 Timber Ridge
- Location: Dulles Suburban Center, Land Unit D-3, Timber Ridge (Tax Map Parcel 24-4 ((1)) 6B4). The Timber Ridge development project is located on the west side of Centreville Road, north of Wall Road and east of the HP campus.
At the January 27, 2015 Board of Supervisors (Board) Meeting, the Board authorized the consideration of a Comprehensive Plan amendment for Dulles Suburban Center, Land Unit D-3, Timber Ridge (Tax Map Parcel 24-4 ((1)) 6B4).
The approved development plan for the Timber Ridge site is for a mix of uses, and includes residential, office and retail components at an intensity of .70 FAR. The approved development plan includes three office buildings as part of the mixed-use development, to be located along Air and Space Museum Parkway, a new connector road completed as part of the development.
The applicant is proposing to replace the approved office use with residential uses – specifically townhomes. This will require a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to revise the recommended land use mix. The Plan amendment will also consider the inclusion of a senior center, youth sports facility, or other County facility on the site.
The Department of Planning and Zoning (DPZ) would like to meet with the Sully District Council during your April meeting to discuss this Plan amendment and gather feedback.