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Board of Supervisors Meeting Podcast Transcript: Apr. 26, 2011

 

Welcome to the podcast of meeting highlights for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 26, 2011.

• The Board recognized:
  • The Robinson Secondary School wrestling team for winning the 2011 Virginia AAA State Championship.
  • May as Foster Care and Foster Family Recognition Month in Fairfax County.
  • May as Older Americans Month in Fairfax County.
  • May as Building Safety Month in Fairfax County.
  • May 6-12 as Nurses Week in Fairfax County.
  • May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in Fairfax County.
  • May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Fairfax County.
    
    
• The Board adopted the FY 2012 Budget Plan. The adopted budget includes a real estate tax rate of $1.07 per $100 of assessed value, a two-cent decrease from the $1.09 rate in FY 2011.
  
  
• The Board adopted a redistricting plan. The plan maintains nine supervisors districts, but it shifts seven voting precincts to different districts. Although the precinct changes are effective immediately per state law, they cannot be implemented until they are precleared by the U.S. Attorney General, as required by federal law under Section 5 of Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  
  
• The Board approved the Consolidated Plan One-Year Action Plan for FY 2012.
  
  
• The Board approved the Disease Carrying Insects Program.
  
  
• The Board approved the Virginia Railway Express Operations Board FY 2012 operating and capital budgets resolution, which amended the master agreement related to Arlington and Alexandria’s subsidies.
  
  
• The Board directed staff to cease working on an extension agreement with Covanta, the company that has operated the Lorton waste-to-energy plant with the county, and begin exploring all other options, including legal and legislative, dealing with the waste-management in the county.
  
  
• The Board made a statement on the Mark Center: Fairfax County and others have been concerned about increased traffic and the implementation of a transportation management plan related to the opening of the new the Department of Defense facility at the Mark Center in Alexandria. Those concerns were heightened and validated earlier this month when the Inspector General of the Department of Defense published a report that was critical of the environmental assessment completed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 2008. Following the release of that report by the Inspector General, it was suggested that Fairfax County should consider taking legal action to force the Army to address the traffic management issues raised by the Inspector General. Fairfax County reviewed the matter, and determined that federal law does not give the County an opportunity to challenge that environmental assessment at this time.

That’s all for this podcast of meeting highlights for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, thanks for listening.

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More information about the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, including full meeting minutes and documents, can be found on the county's Web site.

This podcast is produced by the Fairfax County, VA, government.