Sully District Council of Citizens Associations

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

Agenda for 28 May 2025 Sully District Council of Citizens Associations Meeting
by Jeff Parnes

Stop! — Is your Organization/Association a member of the Sully District Council of Citizens Association? If Not, Why Not? The dues are only $10 a year In numbers there is strength Your membership helps pay for our WebEx license and the maintenance of website We want and need your membership Join today!

1. The Sully District Council of Citizen Associations will meet will meet in person at 7:00 p.m. on 28 May 2025 at the Sully Governmental Facility and online
Online Meeting Information:
The Sully District Council requires each participant in our online meetings to identify themselves. If your screen name does not provide enough information to identify yourself, or you are a call-in participant, you will be asked to to identify yourself. If after repeated requests, you choose not to do so, you will be disconnected from the meeting.
• Meeting link: https://webmaster2020.my.webex.com/webmaster2020.my/j.php?MTID=m5d7f328d4011419b6851efcdf8173456
• Meeting number: 798 657 178
• Password: pKKWb3X3QZ2
• Join by phone: +1-408-418-9388 (Access code: 798 657 178)
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 your community made plans to join us for 2025?

3. Sully District Council is Social!
• Sully District Council Tweets! Follow us at @SullyDistrict!
• Sully District Council is on Facebook! Like us at @SullyDistrictCouncil!
• Sully District Council is on YouTube! Subscribe to our channel at Sully District Council!


4. Jim Neighbors, the Sully District Council Secretary, has recently updated the JSDLU&TC Land Use Matrix XLSX PDF.


5. The May Sully District Council of Citizens Associations Membership meeting will be held in person and on line at 7:00 p.m. 28 May 2025 at the Sully Governmental Facility.
   • Topic:
   • Report from Richmond from our Sully District Legislative Delegation
   We have invited the five delegates and two state senators that represent Sully District
   Attending:
   • Delegate Karen Keys-Gamarra, 7th District
   • Delegate Irene Shin, 8th District
   • Delegate Karrie Delaney, 9th District
   • Senator Stella G. Pekarsky, 36th District
   Regrets:
   • Senator Saddam Azlan Salim, 37th District (honeymoon)
   • Delegate David Bulova, 11th District (Sharon Bulova and husband are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary)
   Awaiting Response:
   • Delegate Dan Helmer, 10th District

7. The JSDLU&TC met in person at the Sully Governmental Facility and online on Monday, 19 May 2025.
   
   • Topics:
   1. 7:00 — Rezoning to the PDH-16 and the I-4 Districts in the southern most area within the circle formed by Park Meadow Drive and Newbrook Drive in Westfields
   • From the Joint Sully District Land Use and Transportation Committee Presentation Request
   • Proponent: Lori Greenlief, McGuireWoods LLP
   • Proposal: Rezoning to the PDH-16 and the I-4 Districts. The property is located in the southern most area within the circle formed by Park Meadow Drive and Newbrook Drive in Westfields. A portion of the property will be rezoned to the PDH-16 to allow multifamily and townhouse development and the other portion, which contains an existing office building, will remain zoned I-4 (and a portion currently zoned I-3 will be rezoned to I-4).
   • Location:
   • Exempt: Is
   • ReadStatement: Read
   • See their presentation
   • Their brief to the JSDLU&TC was informational. They will return closer to their public hearings and after working with county staff
   2. 7:45 — Royal Bazaar SE-2025-SU-00003: Special Exception to operate a small Indian grocery store in an existing building unit.
   • Proponent: Robert D. Brant, Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, P.C.
   • Proposal: Special exception application by Rewa Sadan VA Inc. to operate a grocery store, known as Royal Bazaar
   • Location: 4090 Lafayette Center Drive, Chantilly, VA
   • See their presentation
   • See their Statement of Justification
   • Their brief to the JSDLU&TC was informational. The Joint Committee had no objections to their proposal, and indicated they should return only if their were objections by county staff

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
• 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.

• The Fairfax County Department of Planning & Development held a virtual community meeting on 29 April for a presentation on the potential changes.
Here are the meeting artifacts:
• Meeting Video
• Staff Presentation
• Discovery Square Presentation
• Lincoln Park Presentation
The Joint Sully District Land Use and Transportation Committee has asked for a staff brief at an upcoming meeting
• Braddock “S” Curve and Old Lee Intersection Improvements Project
  • VDOT held a public information meeting on the project to straighten the “S” curve on Braddock Road and improve the intersection with Old Lee Road in Fairfax County. The presentation has been posted on the VDOT Project Page. VDOT has completed preliminary engineering, including updated traffic analysis for 2024 which has shown increasing rates and severity of accidents, confirming that these improvements are still appropriate.
  • However, the updated analysis and preliminary engineering work have brought forward changes in the recommended improvements. As you may recall, the study that was completed in 2021 recommended straightening the curve completely and utilizing a “jughandle” configuration at the Old Lee intersection. The new recommendation for the “S” curve would incorporate a slight curve into the hillside while reducing the grade change significantly. VDOT stated that the curved alignment would have the benefit of slowing traffic through the area for safety and reducing utility impacts while still eliminating the sharp curves currently in place.
  • Another change is that instead of the “jughandle” approach, Braddock Road would be widened at Old Lee Road to allow for a 500’ left turn lane from eastbound Braddock onto northbound Old Lee with a new traffic signal at the intersection including a protected left turn at high traffic times of day. VDOT's preferred alternatives include a 10 ft. wide shared use path on the south side of Braddock, directly accessible to and from the residential neighborhoods and connecting to an existing south-side path at Pleasant Forest Drive. A stormwater management facility will need to be constructed, likely to the west of the "S" curve.
  • In total, the project is estimated to cost $19 million with funding from Fairfax County and the State. The design phase of the project is expected to continue until 2028 with a design public hearing planned for the summer of 2026. Right of way acquisition is expected to begin in the summer of 2027 with construction planned to start in 2028 and last for 24 months. These dates may shift should they encounter delays in various phases.
  • VDOT is accepting comments on the recommended improvements through June 4, here is how you can make your voice heard:
    • Provide comments via the online comment form.
    • Email comments to meetingcomments@vdot.virginia.gov (please put “Braddock Road S-Curve Realignment and Intersection Improvements at Old Lee Road” in the subject line)
    • Mail comments to Mr. Sitaram Kodali, P.E., Virginia Department of Transportation, 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030.
9. New Business
• Unified Sanitation Districts - Transforming Residential Waste Collection
• Fairfax County is considering an option to implement a new waste collection system through Unified Sanitary Districts (USD). Virginia law requires the County to provide five-years of advance notice to private collection companies in advance of implementing the USD.
• The first step is approval by the Board of Supervisors to start the five-year waiting period clock before implementing USD.
• The Board approval of the five-year waiting period process does not mean the County will eventually implement USD.
• Once the Board of Supervisors initiates the required five-year waiting period, the County will perform more detailed analyses informed by additional input from Board of Supervisors and the community about the type of services to be provided in USD.
• Initial analysis indicates a cost savings to the average resident for comparable services provided today.
• If the USD are implemented after the five-year waiting period ends, the County would manage waste for all single-family homes, making the process easier for single-family residents.
• The Board of Supervisors will vote on moving forward with starting the required five-year waiting period for USD following a public hearing on June 24, 2025. Please see below for more information.


10. Items of General Interest:
    • Reassessment of School Boundaries
    • FCPS is conducting a comprehensive reassessment of school boundaries for the first time in 40 years.
    • Themes:
    • Boundary Stability
    • Community Engagement
    • Fixing the Problems
    • Moving 6th Grade to Middle School
    • What to Expect:
    • Limited, if any, boundary revisions for most schools.
    • Attendance islands will be eliminated.
    • Split feeders will be reduced or eliminated.
    • More children biking or walking to school.
    • Shorter bus rides.
    • Middle schools will transition to Grades 6-8
    • For more on the changes see FCPS's interactive map
    • 2025 Fairfax County Community Interest and Opinion Survey
    • The Fairfax County Park Authority wants to hear from its residents. The Fairfax County Park Authority and ETC Institute are conducting a survey to help them understand parks and recreation priorities for the community. Our feedback is essential in shaping the future of recreation in Fairfax County.
    • Your Opinion Matters! We request you participate in this 2025 Needs Assessment statistically valid survey, making your voice especially important. This is your chance to directly influence the programs and facilities that matter most to you and your neighbors. Your responses will remain confidential. The survey should only take 10-15 minutes to complete.
    • If you have any questions, please contact ETC Institute’s project manager Ryan Murray at 913-254-4598 or at ryan.murray@etcinstitute.com or the Fairfax County Park Authority’s project manager Stephanie Cornejo at 703-324-8667 or stephanie.cornejo@fairfaxcounty.gov.
    • Together, we can make our parks in Fairfax County even better—places we can all be proud of and enjoy. Don’t miss this opportunity to have your voice heard and help us meet the ever-changing recreation needs of all community members.

11. 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.
• Are you an artist, arts administrator, or arts enthusiast?
  • Join ArtsFairfax as they uncover survey results from their Fairfax Regional Artist Survey. Consultants from AMS Analytics will present what was learned about individual artists, including their artistic practices, priorities, challenges, and what they need to thrive. Prepare to engage with your neighbors at this community event and let your voice be heard by ArtsFairfax, your local arts agency at 6:00-8:00pm, Wednesday, 25 June 25 2025 at the Reston Community Center
  • Learn more and RSVP today at artsfairfax.org/artistsurvey/
12. Next Sully District meetings:
These meetings will 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 June 2025.
Topic: General impacts of Data Centers — air, water, land use, and financial
• Next month's Joint Sully Land Use and Transportation Committee is scheduled for Monday, 16 June 2025.
At this time there are no items to consider

Respectfully submitted,