April 29, 2026 PC - Apr 29, 2026
meeting
Fairfax County Planning Commission
2h 5m
4 speakers
6 agenda items
transcribed 7 days ago
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What agenda items were scheduled for the April 29 2026 Planning Commission meeting?
Well, good evening, and welcome, everyone, to our April 29th, 2026 Planning Commission meeting. We have a very light agenda this evening, shockingly light, which is limited to commission business and includes a decision only on 100-mil district application and a deferral of Dranesville district application. We will subsequently reconvene in the board's conference room for a closed meeting to consult with the county's legal counsel regarding specific legal matters concerning recent land use and related bills considered and approved by the General Assembly in its 2026 session. So we'll move into commission business. Secretary Hancock's not here. Parliamentarian Bennett will have a motion, I think, regarding minutes.
Thank you, Chairman. I move to approve the meeting minutes from January 7th, 2026, January 14th, 2026, and January 28th, 2026.
Second. That has been moved by Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioners Wang and Sargent. Is there any discussion? Hearing no discussion, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed, nay. Any abstentions? That motion carries. Commissioner Bachelcausi, you have a deferral motion.
Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. So for the Pomeroy application, we're just not ready for prime time yet. They're still working on a couple of things. So because of that, I move that the Planning Commission defer the public hearing for PCA CDPA slash FDPA 2017-DR-012 to July 8, 2026. Second.
Then moved by Commissioner Batchelor-Clausey, seconded by Commissioner Bennett. Any discussion? Hearing no discussion, all those in favor signify by saying aye.
Aye.
Opposed, nay. Are there any abstentions? That motion carries. Commissioner Carter, you have a decision only. Yes. So if you remember
a few weeks ago, we had the LOFS 1 and LOFS 2 in Reston. It's been interesting for me. LOFS 1 was approved about 8 to 10 years ago. This is in a transit station area. I'm not sure we had that in our mind at the time. So there were things probably what we would do differently now. The zone, for instance, was a C30 zone, which I think is very odd for a transit station area. We always use the planned development zones now. And of course, the C30 is kind of a suburban garden apartment zone, and it's reviewed under that perspective. So in those days, you wave loading docks. You don't pay attention to John Carter's placemaking issues. Open space is sort of the skirt around the building. It's really not a place.
So some of those things are not done at the time. So now we're into loft two. So if you get a chance, go out there and see that. Streets are interesting. My favorite street lights are interesting. It's a different street light on each block. And who maintains a street light? It's the Homeowners Association.
How were the meeting minutes from January 2026 approved?
Good luck calling the Homeowners Association to turn on your street lights. But anyway, it's been interesting. So at the hearing, we had a few comments. And I thought the hearing was excellent. I thought you've got people who want to live close to Metro. They want to walk. They want to do all the things that we talk about here. So the pressure's on for us to perform. But what do you do with Lofts 1, which is already approved? Well, here's what they're going to do. So they're going to find locations for loading, both short-term, long-term. And Loft 2 is going to be the... There's a new street that divides the two. They're side by side, so there'll be an ability to do that there. There's already three existing parking spaces that are being blocked off.
They'll work for some of the smaller parking spaces. loading facilities, so that's been done. There was a concern about the streets. Now, the streets are private, and then they're supposed to be turned over to the public, and it's taken quite a while to do that. Well, as I'm learning, there's lots of things to do to get that turned over. For instance, the striping. You've got to stripe the street before they'll turn it over. You've got to figure out where the trees and are there conflicts with the VDOT about what's in the sidewalk. So there's lots of discussion back and forth.
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Agenda
6 items
1
What agenda items were scheduled for the April 29 2026 Planning Commission meeting?
0:03–3:18
2
How were the meeting minutes from January 2026 approved?
3:18–4:50
3
Why was the Dranesville district application deferred to July 8 2026?
4:50–7:08
4
What updates were presented for the Reston LOFS 1 and LOFS 2 projects?
7:08–25:23
5
What street‑lighting and street‑tree issues were raised for the transit‑station area?
25:23–1:42:49
6
Why did the Commission move into a closed session and what legal topics were discussed?
1:42:49–2:05:47
Speakers
4 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.