Meetings will be held in Conference Room 11 of the Fairfax County Government Center unless announced otherwise.
John Carter, Chair
Chris Landgraf
Phillip Niedzielski-Eichner
Timothy Sargeant
Evelyn Spain
Jeremy Hancock (Alt)
Next Committee Meeting: TBD
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Previous Meetings:
November 20, 2025
Meeting Packet
November 30, 2023
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Handouts:
October 19, 2023
Meeting Agenda
The Committee reviewed with staff the proposed changes to the Planning Commission bylaws and discussed the most noteworthy changes, namely modifications to speaker times and the implementation of term limits for Planning Commission officers.
Meeting Handouts:
March 8, 2023
The Policy and Procedures Committee was constituted. Commissioner John Carter was elected Chairman.
October 7, 2021
Meeting Agenda
The Committee reviewed with staff the follow up on the progress of items discussed at the April 8, 2021 meeting. The Committee voted unanimously to recommend to the full Planning Commission adoption of the amended bylaws dated October 5, 2021.
Meeting Handouts:
April 8, 2021
Meeting Agenda
The Committee was constituted, where Commissioner John Carter was elected Chairman and Commissioner Daniel Lagana was elected Vice Chairman. Committee members discussed with staff changes to verbatim transcripts, speakers list and correspondence deadline, website navigation, and language access. The Committee voted unanimously to recommend to the full Planning Commission the following amendments to the bylaws:
- Eliminate verbatim transcripts;
- Move the speakers list deadline from 3pm to 1pm; and
- Establish a deadline for correspondence for matters that same evening to 1pm.
Meeting Handouts:
July 24, 2019
Meeting Agenda
The Committee was constituted and Ellen J. Hurley was elected Chairman. The Committee discussed the proposed 2020 Planning Commission calendar, an overview of the application scheduling process, and a review of speaker times.
Meeting Handouts:
November 28, 2018
Meeting Agenda
Karla Bruce, Chief Equity Officer, provided an overview of One Fairfax to the Committee.
April 4, 2018
Meeting Agenda
The Committee was constituted and Ellen J. Hurley was elected Chairman. The Committee discussed the citizen engagement in land use matters and focused on the following topics:
- Current practices;
- Office of Public Affairs support for the Department of Planning and Zoning;
- Community perceptions and expectations; and
- Current and future engagement trends and needs.
Meeting Handouts:
Fairfax County Land Use Outreach and Communication Tools
September 13, 2017
Meeting Agenda
The Committee discussed with staff the following topics:
1. Planning Commission bylaw update to reflect Site Specific Plan Amendment speaker times
2. Update on citizen engagement initiatives:
- Fairfax First Project Team 10;
- Urban Land Institute Regional Fellowship;
- Chairman Bulova's Community Council on Citizen Engagement; and
- Planning Commission speaker survey.
3. Responses to Planning Commission-related recommendations from Chairman Bulova's Community Council on Land Use Engagement:
- Communicate early in the process;
- Improve efforts to go into the community rather than holding meetings at the Government Center;
- Develop program to capture feedback from residents who attended meetings; and
- County meeting times should be more convenient.
Meeting Handouts:
Enhansing Community Engagement and Outreach in Fairfax County
Community Council on Land Use Engagement
Planning Commission Hearings ending after 12:00 a.m.
Planning Commission speaker survey
April 26, 2017
Meeting Agenda
The Committee was constituted and Ellen J. Hurley was elected Chairman. The Committee reviewed with the Zoning Administration Division staff the 2017 Zoning Ordinance Amendment Work Program.
February 1, 2017
Meeting Agenda
The Committee was given a presentation on the upgrade to the new customized hardware and programming for the purpose of introduction of iPads for use by the Planning Commission members.