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Consideration of an award of construction contract to Bright Masonry, Inc. in the amount of $7,725,650 for the redevelopment of Thaiss Park
56:26Thomas Rossyes thank you for this the presentation And I want to give a special credit to our CFO for being able to look at how we could make this project work, use additional funding so that we are not at risk of losing that funding. I think that's really important. And that's a pretty critical role. And I'm grateful to the CFO for being able to find it and being able to make this work. One question I did have, we all know how much work has gone into the master plan, the strategic plan, and the planning for Van Dyke Park, which is a very high priority, I think, for this community and certainly for me as long as I'm on council and even after I'm on council. Has the PRAB endorsed this way of proceeding?
Discussion and overview on the Urban Forest Master Plan
1:58:13Garrett Wolfeplanning or guiding document that allows strategic planning and resource allocation for urban tree management in the long term generally urban forest master plans explore tree maintenance planting needs staff capacity budget invasive species tree related policy volunteer opportunities and additional relevant topics for a community for Fairfax's urban forest master plan we'll be covering a 20-year planning horizon this this master plan will identify the community's shared vision goals priorities and address specific challenges and opportunities for the city which are revealed in part through our outreach efforts including this discussion tonight So a brief overview of the purpose purpose and goals of the urban forest master plan
Discussion and update on the Transportation Two-Year Program
2:21:15Wendy Sanfordstaffthe City Council goals it comes from our strategic plan and as I mentioned our adopted city plans and there are a number of them we have our comprehensive plan all of our small area plans our bike plan our economic development strategic plan our parks and recreation master plan and these are plans that have gone through engagement process they they've gone through public vetting they've been adopted by the City Council so what that means is that these are concepts that have already been endorsed by the City Council. So why is a two-year program important? As I mentioned, transportation projects take a long time to develop, fund, and implement. They span multiple City Councils. There are significant time, money, resources going into every single project. So it's