Sully District Council of Citizens Associations

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

Agenda for 10 March 2025 Sully District Council of Citizens Associations Meeting
by Jeff Parnes

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1. The Sully District Council of Citizen Associations will meet will meet in person at 7:00 p.m. on 23 April 2025 at the Sully Governmental Facility and online
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4. Jim Neighbors, the Sully District Council Secretary, has recently updated the JSDLU&TC Land Use Matrix XLSX PDF.


5. The April Sully District Council of Citizens Associations Membership meeting will be held in person and on line at 7:00 p.m. 23 April 2025 at the Sully Governmental Facility.
   • Topic:
   • Transportation in and around Sully District
   • Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
   Kim McCool, P.E., PMP
   Assistant Transportation and Land Use Director
   Kim McCool, P.E., PMP, serves as one of VDOT's Assistant Directors for Transportation and Land Use in Fairfax County. She is responsible for northern Fairfax County, including the Braddock, Sully, Providence, Hunter Mill, and Dranesville Supervisor Districts. With over 30 years of experience in the transportation industry, her VDOT roles have included serving as the NoVA District’s Loudoun County Preliminary Engineering Manager, acting Local Assistance Program Manager, and a project manager within Location and Design. Kim also brings experience from the Federal Highway Administration, the Texas Department of Transportation, Snohomish County (Washington) Public Works, and consulting roles. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia and a certified Project Management Professional. Kim holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Clemson University and a Master’s in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland.
   See the VDOT presentation PPTX PDF
   • Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT)
   Martha Elena Coello, AICP – Deputy Director for the Fairfax County Department of Transportation
   Ms. Coello has 18 years of experience in transportation planning and regional capital infrastructure improvements. Since 2019, Ms. Coello has served as the Special Projects Division Chief for the Fairfax County Department of Transportation and was recently named the agency’s Deputy Director. In her role as the Special Project Division Chief, she served as Fairfax’s Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project manager and led a team that has coordinated project issues on Transform I-66, I-495 NEXT, Transforming Rail in Virginia, and bus rapid transit projects.
   Prior to her with Special Projects, Ms. Coello handled transportation planning and land development issues for transit-oriented developments in Fairfax County. Ms. Coello received a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech. Ms. Coello is a certified planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners.
   See the FCDOT presentation PDF
   • Our council provided this list to FCDOT for their review
     • Transportation issues in and around Sully, such as the Rts 50, 29, and 28 corridors
     • Rt 28 bypass
     • Fairfax Connecter performance in our area
     • Metro ridership (has the Silver line ridership increase come from the folks who used to take the orange Line or are they new riders?
     • Does the county still fund spot improvements as it used to?
     • Pedestrian and bicycling access to the Air and Space Museum Annex, although indicated by trail signs, doesn't seem to have signage to inform motorists of possible cross traffic by these modes of transportation at any of the Rt 28 and Air and Space Museum parkway ramps.
     • Pedestrian access to the Sully Community Center from the east requires crossing the Air and Space Museum Parkway without the benefit of a crosswalk.
     • Similarly, does the county truly believe that the electronic sign will prevent pedestrians from walking straight across Stringfellow Rd between Chantilly High School and the Chantilly Library. Why not place a crosswalk there?
   • Here re some additional items to be considered:
   • Wayfaring signs for food establishments on McLearen Road. Why do they suggest taking a right on Centreville Rd when going across Centreville Rd allows direct access to the shopping center without a left turn at a signalized intersection?
   • Repaving missed a segment at the Northbound Rt28 exit for the Air & Space Museum Parkway
   • Why, if the same route from the Fairfax Parkway goes to the Fairfax County Government Center and the HOT lanes entrances, do the wayfaring signs point to different routes?

7. The JSDLU&TC met in person at the Sully Governmental Facility and online on Monday, 21 April 2025.
   
   • Topics: Two Sully SSPAs are being considered for referral to the county staff for evaluation prior to consideration by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors. Staff presented the criteria for allowing the SSPAs to proceed and helped the JSDLU&TC make their independent evaluation. Both SSPA proponents attended to support their proposals
   1. 7:00 — CPN-2025-III-SU-037: 14050 Thunderbolt Place: Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
   Amend adopted Plan to remove language regarding no free-standing retail or shopping center uses in order to construct a free-standing drive-through restaurant use.
   See their presentation PDF or PPTX
   JSDLU&TC Recommendation: CPN-2025-III-SU-03 should be considered by the county as a plan amendment
   2. 7:45 — CPN-2025-III-SU-017: Community of Faith United Methodist Church
   Option for multifamily affordable housing
   See their presentation PDF or PPTX
   JSDLU&TC Recommendation: CPN-2025-III-SU-017 should not be considered by the county as a plan amendment

8. Old Business
• The tentative Sully District Council of Citizens Associations schedule for 2025 (subject to change) (agendas may not be available until the week/day of the meeting):
• 29 January: Sate of Sully by Sully Supervisor Kathy Smith
• 26 February: Police and Public Safety
• 10 March: Jointly sponsored town-hall on FY 2026 budgets for FCPS and Fairfax County
• 23 April: FCDOT/VDOT
• 28 May: General Assembly Report by Delegates and Senators representing Sully in Richmond
• 25 June: General impacts of Data Centers — air, JLARC, water, land combined discussion with JLARC Study Presentation by one of our representatives familiar with the study
• 26 July and 23 August — No Summer meetings currently scheduled
• 24 September: Joint with the LWVFA - State legislative candidates night
• 22 October: Sully BRAC appointees report
• 19 November: Affordable Housing
• 17 December: Economic Development Authority
9. Scheduled Meetings/Events
• The 2025 Climate and Energy Leadership Awards Program is open for applications from April 22, 2025 to June 30, 2025.
• The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ (COG) Climate and Energy Leadership Awards recognize organizations that develop climate stewardship projects and programs that engage and serve the region’s underserved communities. The awards program highlights a broad range of climate solutions for their unique engagement practices as well as their results, creativity, and replicability.
• The award categories include:
• (2) GOVERNMENT AGENCY (local, state, regional, quasi-govt, utilities or authorities)
• Small Jurisdiction (population < 90k)
• Large Jurisdiction (population > 90k)
• (2) NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION (non-profit, for-profit, citizen or community-based groups)
• Non-profit
• For-profit
• EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION (K-12, public, private or higher education)
• Awardees are recognized in front of local, regional, and national officials and presented with a unique, environmentally-friendly award that is hand-crafted by a local artist. 
• To learn more about previous winners, visit the Awardees page.
• Fairfax Federation 7 pm 24 April Meeting at the Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003
• FBI Presentations On Sextortion/Online Predators and Online Fraud
The FBI will provide a presentation on "Sextortion" and Online predators. The presentation will define and explain sextortion and will offer ways to talk to children about the threat. Also cover how to protect yourself and your family online and what to do if you or a member of your family becomes a victim. Additionally, the FBI will speak about Online Scams and Fraud. If you or anyone you know believes they have been the victim of an online scam or fraud, please make a report to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov. FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center — FBI
• Discovery Square & Lincoln Park: Virtual Community Meeting
• Fairfax County is evaluating potential changes to land use recommendations for two areas in the Dulles Suburban Center, located at the intersections of McLearen Road and Centreville Road, and Centreville Road and Wall Road. The proposed changes include planning the Lincoln Park study area for residential use (townhomes or multi-family) with the potential for up to 483 residential units; and planning the Discovery Square area for a mix of retail and residential (multi-family) use with a potential for up to 108 residential units.

• Join the Fairfax County Department of Planning & Development for a virtual community meeting on April 29, 2025, at 7 pm for a presentation on the potential changes and the opportunity to ask questions and share your thoughts.
• The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority is starting their public engagement for their DRAFT Action Plan for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).
• All the materials are shared on NVTA’s BRT website This includes:
• Draft BRT System Map
• Interactive BRT System Map
• Draft Individual Route Profiles
• Draft BRT Action Plan document
• Link to the feedback form
• In order to promote the engagement opportunity, NVTA’s consultant team and staff will be holding pop-up events at different parts of the region for the next one month. The location details are provided in a calendar format on the webpage above.
  • 3-7 PM, 1 May at Tysons Corner Metro
  • 8 AM-1 PM, 3 May at Manassas farmers Market
  • 1-5 PM, 6 May at Franconia-Springfield Metro
  • 1-5 PM, 10 May at Fair Oaks Mall
• Bike to Work Day: May 15
This year's Bike to Work Day will be held on Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 6:30 - 9:30 am. Fairfax County has more than two dozen pit stops for bicyclists. Commuter Connections, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) and other local governments will host more throughout the National Capital Region. The first 16,000 who register and check into a pit stop by bike will receive a free T-shirt. Additionally, snacks, beverages and giveaways will be provided at select pit stops while supplies last. There will be a pit stop at the Sully Governmental Center. Those who telework are also encouraged to participate by biking to a pit stop and then back home to work for the day. And for longer commutes, many pit stops are located near transit hubs or park-and-ride lots, making biking a great first- and last-mile option for commuting. For more information, check Fairfax County's Bike to Work Day webpage.
• Beyond the Rack: Step Inside an ACM Datacenter, Thursday, May 15 @ 1:00 pm ET
• Ever wonder what powers your cloud workloads, protects legacy infrastructure, and keeps mission-critical systems running 24/7?
• On May 15 at 1:00pm EST, join AJ Kuftic (Field CTO) and Ed Dzurko (SVP of Data Center Engineering) for a behind the scenes tour of PIT2, one of 15 Expedient state-of-the-art data centers in the United States. This is the first time they’re pulling back the curtain on the systems and strategies behind Expedient’s rock-solid colocation infrastructure.
• The tour will be followed by a live Q&A, so bring your questions — or submit them in advance
• Register and submit your questions here
• Fairfax Federation Citizen of the Year Honors Banquet

• 2023 & 2024 Years Citizens of the Year Honorees and Banquet information
  The Fairfax County Citizens of the Year Seventy-First Annual Awards Banquet is scheduled for 11 AM on Saturday, the Seventeenth of May, 2025 at the Springfield Golf & Country Club
  Citizen of the Year: 2023 — Jay Johnston and 2024 — Corazon Sandoval Foley
  Special Gratitude Award: 2023 — Karen Corbett Sanders, John Foust, and Penny Gross and 2024 — Maude Robinson
  Lifetime Achievement Award: Gerry Connolly
  For more information click here
10. Next Sully District meetings:
These meetingsMwill be held at the Sully Government Facility Meeting Room, 4900 Stonecroft Boulevard, Chantilly, VA, 20151
• The next Sully District Council meeting will be held on Monday, 28 May 2025.
Topic: Report from Richmond by Sully District Legislative Contingent
• Next month's Joint Sully Land Use and Transportation Committee is scheduled for Monday, 19 May 2025.
At this time there are no items to consider

Respectfully submitted,