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Documents compiled within this webpage were produced by one of the following:

1. Task Force & Sub-Committees
2. Fairfax County for the Reston Master Plan Special Study and Related Projects
3. Stakeholders (citizens, community organizations, businesses, and property owners)
4. Reference Documents (includes the following subjexts: comprehensive plan, speeches, transit-oriented development, historical texts, environmental, housing, and air rights)

 

DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BY TASK FORCE & SUB-COMMITTEES

The following documents are the products of Task Force and Task Force sub-committee deliberation. Task Force and Task Force sub-committees decided upon the content of these documents by parlimentary vote or consensus agreement.

Task Force

Recommended Planning Guidance

1. 1. Reston Areawide Vision and Planning Principles (endorsed on March 15, 2011 by the Task Force)

 

Letters from the Task Force

1. 1. Letter to Supervisor Cathy Hudgins Regarding Metro Station Names (December 8, 2010)
      
   2. Letter to Chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (October 1, 2010)
      Letter addresses north-south linkages, air-rights, station design at Reston Parkway, and parking consolidation.
      

Sub-Committees

Sub-Committee Reports

1. 1. Town Center

      • Latest Report - Town Center Sub-Committee Report and Presentation (delivered at the October 12, 2010 Task Force Meeting)

      • Draft Report #1 - Town Center Sub-committee Report and Presentation (delivered at the July 27, 2010 Task Force Meeting)
        
        
   2. Wiehle Avenue

      • Latest Report - Wiehle Avenue Sub-Committee Report and Presentation (delivered at the December 14, 2010 Task Force Meeting)

      • Draft Report #1 - Wiehle Avenue Interim Sub-Committee Report and Presentation) delivered at the September 28, 2010 Task Force Meeting)
        
        
   3. Herndon-Monroe
      • Latest Report - Herndon-Monroe Sub-Commitee Report and Presentation (delivered at the September 14, 2010 Task Force Meeting)
        
        
   4. Vision
      • Latest Report - Reston Area Wide Vision and Planning Principles and Presentation (delivered at the March 15, 2011 Task Force Meeting)

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DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BY FAIRFAX COUNTY FOR THE RESTON MASTER PLAN SPECIAL STUDY AND RELATED PROJECTS

The following documents are a compilation of reports, analysis, and maps produced by Fairfax County for direct contribution to the Reston Master Plan Special Study and related Dulless Corridor studies.

1. Proposed Task Force/Staff Development Allocations for Fairfax Dept of Transportation Analysis
   1.  2030 Development Scenario (see map and density allocation tables) is a slightly modified forecast of George Mason University's 2030 forecasts with added residential (+20% above GMU 2030 forecast)
      
      
   2. “Residentially-Intensive” Scenario (see map and density allocation tables) adds significant amounts of new residential development, primarily in the areas between ¼ and ½ mile from the Reston Town Center station platform and the Reston East-Wiehle Avenue station platform

2. General Transportation Anaylsis for Corridor

   • Dulles Corridor Special Study Transportation Analysis Update and Mitigation Strategies (presented by Fairfax County Dept of Transportation/Cambridge Systematics at the July 26, 2011 Task Force Meeting)
     
     
   • Dulles Corridor Special Study Potential Mitigation Measures (presented by Fairfax County Dept of Transportation at the December 14, 2010 Task Force Meeting)
     
     
   • Dulles Corridor Special Study: Transportation Analysis of Current Comprehensive Plan (presented by Fairfax County Department of Transportation at the  October 26, 2010 Task Force Meeting)
     
     
   • Overview of Existing Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan recommendations related to Transportation (presented by Fairfax County Dept of Transportation at the  February. 23, 2010 Task Force Meeting)
     
     
   • Executive Summary of Wiehle Avenue/Reston Pkwy Station Access Management Study (2008)
     
     
   • Wiehle Avenue/Reston Pkwy Station Access Management Study (2008)
     
     
   • Reston Charrette: Transit and Development (2002)
     
     
   • Dulles Corridor Land Use Task Force Report (2001)
     
     
     
3. Complete Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan (online 2007 Edition)
   
   
4. Maps
   
   
5. Meeting Presentations (contains presentations from Fairfax County Departments)
   
   
6. Reston Corridor Special Study 2008-2009 North County Area Plans Review Deferred Nominations
   

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DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BY STAKEHOLDERS
(citizens, community organizations, business & property owners)

The following documents are a compilation of reports, letters, presentations and analysis produced by various community and business stakeholders that pertain directly to the Reston Master Plan Special Study.

1. General Planning Principles and Plan Text Concernss - Stakeholder Brainstorming
   
   
2. Stakeholder Authored Texts Directly Related to Reston Master Plan Special Study
   
   
3. Meeting Presentations (contains presentations from stakeholders)
   
   
4. Community Feedback and Map Tracings by Task Force Small Groups

• Herndon-Monroe Map Tracing and John Carter Notes on February 23rd
• Reston Parkway Exercise on April 27, 2010
• Wiehle Avenue Planning Exercise on May 25, 2010
• Herndon-Monroe Planning Exercise on June 1, 2010
  

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REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

The following documents are a compilation of reports, presentations and analysis of planning and Reston related topics produced by various subject matter experts.

Speaches

1. Summary of Alex Garvin's Speech - Robert Simon's Birthday Celebration
   

Town of Herndon

1. Memo to Herndon Planning Commission from Town of Herdon Community Development regarding Consultant's Fiscal Impact Findings (July 13, 2011)
   
   
2. Step Three Findings for Herndon Metrorail Economic Analysis: Fiscal Impacts (presented July 18, 2011)

Presentations

1. Past Task Force Meeting Presentations
   
2. March 15th Community Seminar "Metro is Coming to Reston"

• Planning at Metro Stations: Case Studies and Lessons Learned by John Carter, Montgomery County
• Street Network design Presentation by Ian Lockwood, Principal, Design and Planning, AECOM
• 40 Years of Transit Oriented Development by Robert Brosnan, Arlington
  

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and Related Comprehensive Plan Texts

1. Fairfax County Policy Plan Guidelines for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

Smart Growth

1. Polls, Demographics, and Demand for Smart Growth (presented by Joe Molinaro, July 17, 2011 for the Coalition for Smarter Growth)
2. The Transit Coefficient (presented by Shyam Kannan, July 17, 2011 for the Coalition for Smarter Growth)
3. Video Recording of the forum (Coalition for Smart Growth, July 17, 2011)

Jobs & Economics

1. GMU Forecasts for the Reston/Dulles Rail and Route 28 Corridors - 2010 to 2050 (presented at July 27, 2010 Task Force Meeting)
2. Missed Opportunity: Transit & Jobs in Metropolitan America (Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings)

Historical Texts

1. Reston Planning History Timeline
2. Milestones in the Development of Reston Timeline
3. A Brief History of Reston

Environment Studies and Related Comprehensive Plan Text

1. Sunrise Valley Wetland Easements
   
2. Fairfax Comprehensive Plan: Environmental Policy

Housing Studies and Related Comprehensive Plan Texts

1.  Fairfax Comprehensive Plan: Housing Polic

Air Rights Studies in Fairfax County

1. Report to the Dulles Corridor Committee Report, Analysis & Recommendation, Air Rights Development
   • Appendix A: Air Rights Feasibility & Appendix B: Phase 2 Metrorail Workshop, Reston Air Rights Infrastructure