Sully District Council of Citizens Associations

P.O. Box 230042
Sully Station, VA 20120-0042

Agenda for 26 February 2020 Sully District Council Meeting
by Jeff Parnes

1. The Sully District Council of Citizen Associations will meet at 7:00 p.m. on 4 March 2020 in the Sully District Governmental Center Front Meeting Room, 4900 Stonecroft Boulevard, Chantilly, VA, 20151. The meeting will be canceled if Fairfax County Schools or after school activities are canceled due to adverse weather the day of the meeting.

2. Time to renew your association's membership in the Sully District Council. Our membership application can now be submitted on line! Please complete it, and then print a copy to enclose with your check.

   Has yours made plans to join us for 2020?

3. Sully District Council Tweets!
   • Follow us at @SullyDistrict!
   • For transportation and related issues, follow the Sully District Transportation Advisory Commissioner at @SullyTAC

4. Membership Presentation starting at 7:00:
Topic:
The Sully District Council will co-sponsor with Sully Supervisor Kathy Smith and Sully School Board Member Stella Pekarsky a Fairfax County and Public School Budget town hall meeting.
5. The Joint Sully Land Use and Transportation Committee is scheduled for Monday, 10 February 2020. This meeting will be held on the 2nd Monday of the month in lieu of the third due to the observation of the President's Day Holiday and be held at the Fair Oaks Police Station 12300 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax, VA 22033. Please park in the office building located at 3998 Fair Ridge Dr (Fifty West) and park closest to the station. There is a paved path to walk over.
1. 7:00 — Single-issue proffered condition amendment (PCA) to modify proffer for an already approved new vehicle storage site on Old Lee Road
• Proponent: David Gill, Wire Gill LLP
• Proposal: This case is a single issue PCA to modify 1 proffer for an already approved new vehicle storage site off of Old Lee Road. The proffer is to remove the requirement the storage yard use pervious paving as that does not work for vehicle storage. Instead the applicant is expanding their underground SWM facility so the result is improved stormwater management over their existing approval.
• Location: 14800 Old Lee Road. The original approval was 2016-SU-015.
• Exempt: Is
• Read Statement: Not Applicable
Because single issue PCAs are expedited, our PC is Feb 26th but my hope is it is not a controversial application. .

2. 7:35 — Airport noise contours
6. New Business
• Bill to address affordable housing by requiring Virginia counties to change single-family-only areas zoning to allow duplexes-type housing
  • Delegate Ibrahim Samirah (Herndon) introduced a bill to address affordable housing by requiring Virginia counties to change single-family-only areas zoning to allow duplexes-type housing. It was defeated in committee. There were no co-patrons, but this was the 2nd year he had introduced said legislation. Refinements could secure support next at the General Assembly session.
  • VA Democracy Forward indicates that it plans to address this at the County level and plans to work to reintroduce it at the state level next year.
  • Arlington County passed legislation similar in language from submitted bills to rebuild entire length of Lee Hwy. That information was passed onto Fairfax County Executive Bryan Hill (whose former Deputy is now Arlington County's new County Commissioner)
  • Here are two interesting articles that explain why this bill was important and the interests behind this complex issue:
  • Virginia Mercury article entitled "House panel rejects plan to boost affordable housing by allowing duplexes in all neighborhoods"
  • Vox article entitled "The telling conservative backlash to a Virginia zoning reform proposal, explained — Market economics vs. suburban identity politics."


8. Items of General Interest:
• Current events at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
• The Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations requests the pleasure of your company at the Sevenieth Annual Awards Banquet honoring 2019 Fairfax County Citizen of the Year
• Friday, the first of May at the Springfield Golf & Country Club, Springfield, Virginia, Cash bar Cocktails 5:30, Program 6:30 p.m.
• More details or to RSVP


9. Scheduled Meetings/Activities:
• Route 50 STARS Safety and Operational Improvements Study — Chantilly public information meeting will be held on 30 Jan 2020
• The public information meeting will be held Thursday, Jan. 30 from 6:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m. at Brookfield Elementary School, 4200 Lees Corner Road, Chantilly, VA 20151. A presentation will begin at 7 p.m. If cancelled due to inclement weather, the meeting will be held Thursday, March 12.
• This STARS (Strategically Targeted Affordable Roadway Solutions) study is assessing potential safety and operational improvements for nearly two miles of Route 50 (Lee Jackson Memorial Highway) between Route 28 (Sully Road) and Stringfellow Road (Route 645).
• Currently, this segment of Route 50 experiences congestion in the morning and evening peak periods and a high number of crashes. Route 50 averages 71,000 vehicles a day within the study limits.
• Potential short-term improvement options include:
• Adding reflective traffic signal backplates
• Upgrading pedestrian ramps to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards
• Replacing and adding pavement and crosswalk markings
• Providing additional signage
• Continuing the traffic signal timing optimization program
• Adding pedestrian signals in the median (two-stage crossing)
• Converting bus stops to bus shelters
• Adding a Galesbury Lane and Lees Corner Road sidewalk connection
• Potential mid-term improvement options include:
• Reconfiguring and modifying intersections
• Access management strategies for properties along the corridor
• Innovative intersection improvements
• Schedule
• Public Information Meeting — Jan. 30, 2020
• Public Information Meeting Comment Deadline — Feb. 10, 2020
• Study Completion — Summer 2020
• For more information about the study see http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/northernvirginia/rt50chantillystudy.asp
• Old Lee & Braddock Rds Safety and Operational Improvements Study public information meeting will be held on 13 Feb 2020
• Find out about a study assessing potential safety and operational improvements at the intersection of Braddock Road (Route 620) and Old Lee Road, and the S-curve on Braddock Road just west of Old Lee Road. The concepts being studied include realignment of the S-curve and intersection enhancements at Braddock Road and Old Lee Road such as turn lanes and innovative intersection improvements.
• Stop by between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to view displays and learn more about the study. A presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Study staff will be available to answer your questions.
• Review project information at the VDOT project website (www.virginiadot.org), at the information meeting, or during business hours at VDOT’s Northern Virginia District Office, 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030. Please call 703-259-2239 or TTY/TDD 711 to ensure appropriate personnel are available to answer your questions.
• Give your written comments at the meeting, or submit them by February 24, 2020 to Mr. Andrew Beacher, P.E., Virginia Department of Transportation, 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 or email meetingcomments @ VDOT.virginia.gov. Please reference "€Braddock Road and Old Lee Road Safety and Operational Improvements Study"� in the subject line.


9. Next month's meetings will start at 7 PM in the Sully District Governmental Center Front Meeting Room, 4900 Stonecroft Boulevard, Chantilly, VA, 20151, unless otherwise indicated.
   
   
   • The next Sully District Council meeting be held on Wednesday, 22 April 2020.
   Topic: Fairfax County Economic Development Authority
   • Speaker — President and CEO, Victor Hoskins
   • Next month's Joint Sully Land Use and Transportation Committee is scheduled for Monday, 20 April 2020.
   No items are on the agenda as of this date

Respectfully submitted,

Jeffrey M. Parnes
First Vice President
Sully District Council