City Council Meeting

Becky Ragerpublic commentgood evening i'm becky rager i've lived for 31 years at 4141 evergreen drive in the city I'm one of your members at large on the Fairfax Village in the City advisory board also. I'm here to express my support of the Willard Sherwood Health and Community Center. First let me say I understand your concerns. There's a tax impact. A major driver of the real estate tax increase is the Willard Sherwood Center and that affects me directly. Will overspending on this project affect other major projects, including the property yard redevelopment and the fire station three? Is this project an overreach? Is Fairfax City taking on a big city debt for a small city footprint? Do we have that problem? In spite

Kia Chilkapublic commentand Fairfax County that found that our built infrastructure, like our roads and buildings, trap heat and turn Fairfax into a major urban heat island. You probably all know this, but the county's risk assessment looked at areas of high urban heat island exposure, which is nine degrees or hotter than the surrounding countryside, and found that 100% of our hospitals, police stations, fire stations, transit, 98% of health and human service facilities are in the high heat zone, as well as 73% of households. So the extreme heat, it's not just uncomfortable, it's a severe public health hazard. Nationally, heat causes more deaths than any other severe weather event. The extreme heat can cause heat stroke and dehydration.