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Board of Supervisors Meeting Podcast Transcript: July 26, 2011

 

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

The Board made the following presentations and recognized:

• the South County Secondary School Baseball Team for its numerous accomplishments.
  
  
• the McLean High School Girls Soccer Team for winning the Virginia Group AAA state championship.
  
  
• the Langley High School Boys Lacrosse Team for winning the Virginia high School League state tournament for the third consecutive year.
  
  
• the Mount Vernon District Visioning Task Force for its service and report providing a vision of where the district should be in 25 years.
  
  
• Paola and Robert Pizzano for their contribution from the Joey Pizzano Memorial Foundation to fund a family recreation area at the Lee District Park.
  
  
• the vision, dedication, leadership and significant contributions to the Lorton Arts Foundation, Workhouse Arts Center and Fairfax County of John Harvey Ariail Jr.
  
  
• John Monsul and the crew of the Fairfax Public Access Cable Channel 10 program, "Communicating Today."
  
  
• Nancy Mercer and Jill Eglè for their years of service at The Arc of Northern Virginia for residents of Fairfax County.
  
  
• September as Direct Support Professionals Appreciation Month in Fairfax County.

During the meeting, the Board:

• approved advertisement of an increase to the FY 2012 budget appropriation level. The advertisement will encompass both the County and the Schools’ FY 2011 Carry over Reviews and the public hearing will be held on September 13, 2011 at 10:45 a.m. FY 2011 revenue came in higher than anticipated, so the carryover package includes funding of $11.30 million to meet the Board of Supervisor’s guidance to support a market rate adjustment for County staff which could not be accommodated within the FY 2012 adopted budget. More information on carryover, the potential 1.52 percent employee market rate adjustment and the other information is online.
  
  
• endorsed the major provisions of a Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Phase II scope reduction strategy as proposed by the U. S. Secretary of Transportation to reduce project cost from approximately $3.83 billion to approximately $2.805 billion. The Proposal includes shifting some project elements to Fairfax County and Loudoun County for full funding and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) agreeing to an aerial station at Dulles International Airport. The Board approved having the County Executive act as the Board’s agent in further negotiations concerning the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on these outstanding issues subject to the Board’s approval of a final MOU prior to execution.
  
  
• approved the release of $6 million dollars from the Route 28 District Project Completion Fund for the preparation of final design plans for four priority sections of Route 28 widening.
  
  
• appointed Fred Selden as director of the Department of Planning and Zoning.
  
  
• approved a special exception to allow a Brightview Assisted Living facility on the former site of Thelma’s Ice Cream in Great Falls.
  
  
• approved two ordinances that amended the Fairfax County Code relating to election precincts. These ordinances create some new precincts, rename existing precincts, adjust some precinct boundaries, abolish some existing precincts through consolidations, and move some polling places to new locations. These changes conform the precinct boundaries to the boundaries of the newly adopted election districts for the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates and for the newly adopted Supervisor Districts.
  
  
• approved a letter to be sent to Virginia’s congressional delegation and the President of the United States that comments on the potential impact of the current federal fiscal impasse on the County’s triple-A bond rating.

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

The Office of Public Affairs uses Twitter, a social media platform that allows short messages/updates. Highlights of Board of Supervisors meetings were covered live on the county's Twitter page at www.twitter.com/fairfaxcounty.

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.