Sept. 15, 2026 Board of Supervisors Meeting

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What is the board remembering and addressing at the start of the meeting?

Jeffrey C. McKay 0:05

Good morning everyone and welcome to our board meeting of September fifteenth, twenty twenty six. Uh we are gonna begin our meeting as we always do in a moment, uh with a moment of silence to be followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. But before we uh rise for a moment of silence, for those who are able, I'm gonna ask my colleagues if there's anything uh that they would like to share with us or anyone or things they would like to keep in our thoughts and prayers and um I know a number of us do so let me let me just start uh with a couple. Uh first, um as the board knows, 'cause we all participated uh last Friday we marked the twenty fifth anniversary of nine one one. Um and I want to uh just make sure that uh folks keep in mind that twenty-five years is a long time.

Jeffrey C. McKay 0:46

Um and as I mentioned in my comments, we have a lot of young people, uh recruits in our public safety academy and in our public safety agencies that that weren't even alive when 9-11 happened. And I think uh for us as all a reminder uh to never forget that day, uh, but also uh as I reminded uh folks on On Friday. Uh we have a lot of programs to support our first responders and and their health in particular. And this twenty fifth anniversary I appreciated that a lot of focus was on the health effects and impacts on so many first responders who responded that day uh and uh the health effects of the day-to-day work that they do. And so we have great programs in Fairfax County, both for mental and physical health for our first responders.

Jeffrey C. McKay 1:29

Um and that's one of the reasons why uh we have such great partners in public safety. But if we could remember the victims uh from September eleventh, their families um and our first responders on this solemn uh twenty fifth anniversary. And then secondly, uh we all know in the community that we have had a number of pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle uh accidents occur over the past couple weeks in the county, and this is something Something this board has uh reflected on all too often. And despite so many of our efforts in prevention and education, uh these tragedies continue. Um I think the one that grabbed everyone's attention as it should have was our uh loss of a thirteen year old frost middle school student who was struck and killed while riding their bike.

Jeffrey C. McKay 2:14

Um and as a as a parent and father it's unimaginable uh for the family involved. Um if we, you know, can just focus all of our attention as we always do on pedestrian safety, education, bicycle safety, uh these accidents are occurring uh tragically. uh in every part of our community in urban, suburban, rural areas, um to people of all ages, uh and all of us take responsibility when we are in a vehicle. uh to do what we have been saying for years, which is to take a moment. Take a moment to be aware of the surroundings around you, take a moment to not look at your phone, but look at the road and focus on pedestrians and and uh people on bicycles. Uh we share the road. uh in Fairfax County and we all have a responsibility to do that.

Jeffrey C. McKay 3:04

But if we could keep in our thoughts and prayers, not just the immediate family of this thirteen year old, but the Frost Middle School community and all who have been affected uh by that tragic accident. And with that, I'm gonna recognize my other colleagues. I'm gonna start on this side this time, Supervisor Menez.

Andres F. Jimenez 3:20

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh I wanna take a moment to remember Can Chana hire a dedicated basin district public servant and principal Of Woodburn Elementary School, my staff and I were very devastated to hear of her recent passing. Well Miss Iyer became Woodburn Elementary School's principal in twenty twenty four. She spent over thirty years with Fairfax County Public Schools. leaving a positive impact on many schools across the county. At Woodburne she was deeply committed to creating a community where every student felt valued, supported And able to succeed. Staff members described Principal Iyer as someone whose dedication left a lasting mark on everyone she worked with and whose warm warmth brought together people to believe in what she was what was achievable, all while leading with compassion.