September 9, 2026 PC - Sep 09, 2026
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Well good evening. Welcome to our September ninth, uh, twenty twenty six Planning Commission meeting. Uh welcome back colleagues from uh our August recess. I hope everybody uh had a restful time. We have a very full fall and winter uh starting with tonight's meeting. Uh the um Take a look at my notes here. So our meeting this evening, uh we have uh the pleasure of swearing in a new commissioner for Hunter Mill District, uh Mr. Paul Thomas. Uh once Mr Thomas is sworn in as a commissioner, we'll proceed to commission business, including action on one decision only, uh and five public hearings. So moving on then to the swearing in, we are honored to be joined by Deputy Clerk of the Fairfax County uh I'm sorry, Fairfax Circuit Court, uh Elena Uh Weinstein, who is uh uh to swear in our new colleague, Paul Thomas.
I wanted to just introduce Paul briefly. Paul has served as a member of the original master plan. origin original Reston Master Plan Special Study Task Force, the Board of Governors for the Reston Community Centre, uh Fairfax County's Human Services Council, And Fairfax County's successful children and youth policy team. He has also served on the boards for several community non profits, including the board of directors for the Reston Association. in South Lakes High School's PTSA and band boosters. Paul works as an education consultant who specialises in math and computer science curriculum. And he's taught at high school uh high school math and computer science in Fairfax County. and holds degrees in mathematics and operations research from George Mason University.
He's joined by his wife, correct? Please come down. Uh and uh and the has the they have two children, all grown up and resting who all grew up in Reston and uh graduated uh from South Lakes High School. So Paul's at the podium and Your wife is with you. Uh so uh uh please proceed. Yep. Okay, raise your right hand, repeat after me. I Paul Thomas. I
Paul Thomas.
Do solemnly swear or affirm.
Do solemnly swear and affirm.
That I will support the Constitution of the United States of America.
That I will support the Constitution of the United States of America.
And the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
And the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
And then I will faithfully and impartially discharge.
And I will faithfully and impartially discharge.
All the duties incumbent upon me.
All the duties incumbent upon me.
As Planning Commissioner, Hunter Mill District.
As Planning Commissioner, Hunter Mill District.
For the Fairfax County Planning Commission. For
the Fairfax County Planning Commission.
According to the best of my ability, so help me God.
According to the best of my ability, so help me God.
Thank you, Deputy Clerk. Come again. So uh welcome Commissioner Thomas. We have two Thomases on uh our commission now and so uh uh we'll be I'll be referring to Commissioner Paul Thomas and then Commissioner James Thomas when uh when the the need arises. Uh Commissioner Hancock, do you have a deferral?
Um I do not have a deferral. I have a mo uh
I'm sorry. I I uh uh uh decision only. I you're correct, it's decision only.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um I ask the applicant. I
did that intentionally, just to kind of confuse the money.
Uh um thank you. Yeah, it's uh um been uh a few weeks since we heard the application for um prosperity park um which is large development in the Maryfield district next to the Dunloering Metro. We had um I think one one issue that came up as part of that, it reminds my colleagues, the uh and for me, the question of whether we were meeting the stormwater in conformance with the the policy plan for the stormwater. The applicant has provided a memo. Thank you for providing that, along with um a lot of other issues um that we discussed during the Planning Commission. I think as part of that um helpful to me to clear clarity, some of it is the timing of when the application went through. We were considering the policy plan changes at the time.
This application was going through, was submitted prior to the policy plan changes.
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