Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session

Paul Nabtistaffwhile needing to have flexibility and designs generally supporting the goals for walkability and alternative modes of transportation as desired in the Comprehensive Plan. For Parks and Recreation, the Planning Commission specifically supported the Tice Park redevelopment and the Van Dyke Park Master Plan implementation, both of which are specifically identified in the comprehensive plan. Related to sustainability, the Planning Commission supported the Climate Adoption and Resiliency Plan and the LED Streetlights Program. And then related to natural environment, the Planning Commission supported the establishment of the Sprout Program, stewarding, planting, restoring our urban trees. This is a new program developed by our urban forester based on grant funds received last year.

so we wanted to call those out that are in the capital improvement program. This includes the West Drive property yard acquisition, the climate adaption and resiliency plan, as we mentioned, was supported by the Planning Commission on last year's resolution. The electric vehicle readiness plan. This is one of those, as we go down and start to talk about the new goals of the newer comprehensive plan. This is a new element to the comprehensive plan, which is not in the previous comprehensive plan. the solid waste management plan, the Tice Park redevelopment, and the Van Dyke Park master plan implementation, again, both specifically mentioned, the Blenheim Boulevard multimodal project, George Snyder Trail, and the George Snyder Trail extension.

infrastructure resilience however the electric vehicle readiness plan is identified in the capital approval program so we hope that will begin soon and then the parks and recreation strategic master plan was funded in a previous CIP and I should have noted earlier on that this slide focuses on plans and future efforts and then we'll also look at projects and transportation efforts so projects these are new things that are coming forward based on completed study so one is the school's facilities condition assessment this was approved by voters for bond funding so that will be moving forward with more details to come as noted that that is not identified with the other projects in the capital improvement program we also have a completed performing arts

Also related to Fairfax City, which is the city's bicycle master plan, that study is complete. However, there are three types of recommendations where rather than prepare specific recommendations, study that includes long-term improvements which primarily focus on bicycle improvements along major roadways such as Main Street Fairfax Boulevard spot improvements where the plan identified specific intersections throughout the city where pedestrian bicycle crossings could be improved but didn't supply specific recommendations so further study will be needed and then lastly neighbor ways which are essentially neighborhood streets where bicycle improvements could be implemented through things like striping and traffic calming investments.