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Board of Supervisors Meeting Podcast Transcript: Mar. 29, 2011

 

Welcome to the podcast of meeting highlights for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting on March 29, 2011.

• The Board recognized:
  • Virginia Task Force 1 which was deployed to Japan on behalf of the federal government to assist with the rescue of victims after the earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
    
    
• The Board proclaimed:
  • May 1 as Holocaust Remembrance Day in Fairfax County.
  • April 4-10 as Public Health Week in Fairfax County.
    
  • April as Childhood Immunization Awareness Month in Fairfax County.
    
  • April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Fairfax County.
  • April as Fair Housing Month in Fairfax County.
  • April as Donate Life Month in Fairfax County.
  • April 10-16 as Public Safety Telecommunications Week in Fairfax County.
    
    
• The Board approved Metrorail station names for the eight stations that will be constructed in Fairfax County as part of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail extension, and authorized the Chairman to forward the recommended station names to the WMATA Board of Directors.
  
  
• The Approved Station Names are:
  • Tysons-McLean
    
  • Tysons I&II
    
  • Tysons Central
    
  • Tysons-Spring Hill Rd
    
  • Reston-Wiehle Ave
    
  • Reston Town Center
    
  • Herndon-Reston West
  • Herndon-Dulles East
    
    
• The Board approved a public hearing on the recommended redistricting proposals on April 12, and the Board is scheduled to adopt a redistricting plan at its April 26 meeting.
  
  
• The Board approved the 2011 Forest Pest Management Plan.
  
  
• The Board requested the issuance of EDA Transportation Improvement Revenue Bonds for the Dulles Rail Metrorail Project, phase 1.
  
  
• The Board deferred the item on an independent review process for the police department and sent it to the Board’s Public Safety Committee for discussion.
  
  
• The Board voted to extend the service contract with Covanta, Inc., which will continue to own and operate the I-95 Waste-to-Energy Facility, also known as the Lorton Incinerator.
  
  
• Public hearings on the FY 2012 fiscal plan began and will continue on Wednesday and Thursday, March 30-31. You can learn more about the FY 2012 Advertised Budget Plan by accessing budget documents online. The Board of Supervisors will adopt the budget on April 26.
  

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: www.fairfaxcounty.gov .

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