City Council Meeting
Agenda
- 1–3 (Special Meeting)Special Meeting: Closed Session for Boards and Commissions Interviews and Appointments
Outcome: Council convened a closed special meeting at 6:30 p.m. to conduct interviews and discuss appointments to Boards and Commissions, then adjourned.
- 4aProclamation: National Friends of the Library Week
Outcome: Mayor Read presented a proclamation acknowledging October 20–26 as National Friends of the Library Week in the City of Fairfax to the City of Fairfax Library and Friends of the Virginia Room.
Outcome: Agenda adopted with amendment to defer item 8a (ABTB Mid-Atlantic / Boulevard Marketplace) to December 10, 2024. Approved 5-0 (Councilmember Lim absent).
passedMotion to adopt the agenda with an amendment deferring item 8a to December 10, 2024.✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✓ Ross✓ Stehle· Lim- 7aConsideration of the October 8, 2024 Special Meeting Minutes
Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda (5-0, Councilmember Lim absent).
passedMotion to approve consent agenda items 7a–7f.✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✓ Ross✓ Stehle· Lim - 7bConsideration of the October 8, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes
Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda (5-0, Councilmember Lim absent).
- 7cConsideration of Boards and Commissions Appointments
Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda with amendments: John Napolitano appointed to Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board (business representative, Fairfax Circle Area, three-year term through October 22, 2026); Seth Opoku-Yeboah appointed to Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board (residential builder/developer representative, three-year term through October 22, 2026).
- 7dResolution R-24-31: Approve City's Submission to VDOT for Highway Safety Improvement Program Funding
Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda (5-0, Councilmember Lim absent).
- 7eProfessional Service Contract Awards to Multiple Contractors for Engineering and Construction Management Services
Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda (5-0, Councilmember Lim absent).
- 7fAward of Construction Contract to Sagres Construction Corporation for Ashby Pond Dredging & Retrofit
Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda (5-0, Councilmember Lim absent). Contract awarded in the amount of $1,695,000.
- 8aPublic Hearing: ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC – Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center Zoning Amendment, SUP, Special Exception, and Major COA
Outcome: Deferred to a date certain of December 10, 2024, as requested by the applicant. Deferral approved 5-0 as part of agenda adoption (Councilmember Lim absent).
- 11–12Work Session
Outcome: Council recessed into work session at 7:12 p.m. and reconvened at 9:58 p.m. Topics discussed included: Aspen Institute presentation on Children's Bill of Rights in Sports; Plan of Finance for 2025 General Government Capital Projects Bonds (Davenport & Company); FY 2024 preliminary results and FY 2025 first quarter financial review; $650,000 supplemental appropriation for FY 2025 Fall non-discretionary and Council authorized expenditures; ordinance on tax relief exemptions for elderly and disabled (Chapter 90); FY 2026 Financial Policies and Council Budget Guidelines; Police Department Reorganization Recommendations (PFM Consulting).
Outcome: Council convened a closed meeting at 10:02 p.m. under Section 2.2-3711.A.1 of the Code of Virginia to discuss personnel matters. Council reconvened at 11:06 p.m. and certified compliance with the Virginia FOIA. Both votes carried 6-0 (Councilmember Lim absent).
passedMotion to certify that only lawfully exempted public business matters identified in the convening motion were heard, discussed, or considered in the closed meeting.✓ Read✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✓ Ross✓ Stehle· LimpassedMotion to convene a closed meeting under Section 2.2-3711.A.1 of the Code of Virginia to discuss personnel matters.✓ Read✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✓ Ross✓ Stehle· Lim