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INSTRUCTIONS FOR IN-PERSON BOARD MEETINGS

If Northern Virginia has entered and is in Phase 3 of the Governor’s Reopening Plan by the date of the meeting, meetings will be open to in-person testimony. Please check out the Board Meeting schedule for more information on how the Board may be meeting and the agenda/package for each meeting.

While individuals may appear and be heard at the meeting, individuals who wish to testify in-person are encouraged to sign up in advance of the meeting to be added to the Speakers List. Individuals can do so by filling out and submitting their information below or by calling the Department of Clerk Services at 703-324-3151, TTY 711. Individuals must sign up by 12 p.m. on the day of the hearing to be added to the Speakers List.

Individuals are strongly encouraged to testify virtually, if possible. More information on the virtual methods (written, via phone, or via video) to testify can be read here.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL ELECTRONIC BOARD MEETINGS

The Board of Supervisors may be meeting electronically due to the State of Emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Please check out the Board Meeting schedule for more information on how the Board may be meeting and the agenda/package for each meeting. As required by law, copies of the full text of proposed ordinances, plans and amendments, as applicable, as well as other documents relating to the Board of Supervisors meetings, are online, but are also on file and available for review with the Department of Clerk Services. To make arrangements to view the documents, please contact the Department of Clerk Services at 703-324-3151, TTY 711.

When meetings are held electronically, no in-person testimony will be heard, but there are several alternative ways that you can testify on any of the Public Hearing items scheduled:

• Submit Written Testimony: e-mail ClerktotheBOS@fairfaxcounty.gov or mail your testimony to the Department of Clerk Services at 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 552, Fairfax, VA  22035.
• By Phone: register to speak below; the Department of Clerk Services will give you a call after registering to confirm your preferred method of testifying; or
• By Video: register to speak below and then submit a YouTube Video here. 

Those wishing to testify via phone or video must register by signing up online below or by calling the Department of Clerk Services at 703-324-3151, TTY 711. Speakers to testify via phone must sign up to testify no later than 12:00 p.m. the day of the hearing to be placed on the Speakers List. Speakers testifying via video must sign up and submit their video no later than 9 a.m. on the day prior to the hearing. For both phone and video testimony, you are given three minutes to speak as an individual; if you are the spokesperson for a group, you are given five minutes. More information on the three ways to testify can be found here.

All meetings will be televised on Channel 16 (closed captioning available), streamed live online and available to view on demand following the meeting. Live audio of the meeting may also be accessed by dialing 703-324-5300.

Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities and supports the Americans with Disabilities Act by making reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. For other accommodations, please call the Department of Clerk Services at 703-324-3151, TTY: 711 as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the public hearing.

Please fill out each question fully below; incomplete forms will not be accepted by the system.

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Date of public hearing: 

Application number or subject: (e.g., annual budget, RZ 2002-SU-019, code amendment, etc.)


Time of hearing (optional):

First & Last Name:

Name of group or association you are representing:  (e.g., President, Foxchase Citizens Association; Representative, Lake Run Homeowners Association). If you are not representing a group or association, type INDIVIDUAL.


Address:
 

Home phone:

Work phone: 

Cell phone (optional):
(We will only contact you by phone if we have questions regarding the information entered above or to inform you that the public hearing has been deferred or canceled.)

 

E-mail:
(We will contact you by the next business day to confirm your registration.)

ADA Accommodations:

For special accommodations in accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, contact the Clerk's Office at 703-324-3151, TTY 711.

 

Special Requests:

If you have special requests for audio visual equipment such as PowerPoint presentations, or videotape playback (VHS), or DVD, contact the Department of Cable and Consumer Services at 703-324-5930, TTY 711.