Welcome to the podcast of meeting highlights for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting on December 3, 2007.
This was the last official meeting of Fairfax County's Tenth Urban County Board of Supervisors. The newly elected board will have an inauguration ceremony on December 12, 2007. Fairfax County's Eleventh Urban County Board of Supervisors will take office on January 1, 2008 and will hold their first meeting on January 7, 2008.
The Board adopted the 2008 Legislative Program for the Virginia General Assembly and approved the County's 110th Congress federal appropriations request for FY 2009.
The Board revised the guidelines for the Affordable Housing Partnership Program to incorporate a policy supporting universal and accessible design and construction of affordable housing for persons with disabilities.
The Board accepted the FY 2007 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, and copies are available for public inspection and use in the office of the clerk to the board, in the reference sections of the county's regional and community libraries as well as on the county's Web site.
The Board of Supervisors took several actions that build upon the county's award-winning environmental agenda and further support its Cool Counties initiative:
- The board approved development of management plans for the remaining watersheds at Dogue Creek, Belle Haven and Four Mile Run. The county now has water management plans and stream protection strategies underway for the all 30 watersheds.
- The board outlined Fairfax County’s commitment to the Virginia Air Quality State Implementation Plan (SIP) for Fine Particulate Matter, which will be reflected in a letter sent to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
- The board approved an amendment to a service agreement relating to the generation and sale of electricity from Covanta Fairfax’s Energy/Resource Recovery Facility (E/RRF) located at the county’s I-95 landfill complex.
The Board authorized the sale of $250 million in General Obligation Public Improvement Bonds in January 2008. Since 1978, the county has saved approximately $245.85 million on bond sales due to its Triple-A rating on new public improvement bonds. Including refunding sales, the county has saved more than $346.31 million as a result of the AAA rating, which is the highest credit rating possible for a local government.
That’s all for this podcast of meeting highlights for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, thanks for listening. For more information about the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, including full meeting minutes and documents, visit the county Web site: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/government/board. This podcast is produced by the Fairfax County, VA, government.