City Council Work Session

Presented

• 4a
  Joint discussion with the Environmental Sustainability Committee and Program Update · Discussed. Sustainability Program Manager Stefanie Kupka gave a staff report and ESC Chair Rusty Russell gave a presentation. No Council action was taken.

  • Environmental Sustainability Committee Program UpdateThe ESC presented its areas of focus and near-term recommendations for protecting air, water, land, urban forest, and human health; no Council action was taken.
• 4b
  Solid Waste Management Plan Update · Discussed. Environmental Sustainability Specialist Melissa McDonald gave a staff report and Helen Lee of RRS Consultants gave a presentation. No Council action was taken.

  • Solid Waste Management Plan Updatein progresswikiThe city is developing its five-year update to the SWMP covering a twenty-year planning horizon; upon adoption by City Council, it will be submitted to VDEQ for review and approval. No Council action was taken at this meeting.
  • Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ)Upon City Council adoption, the updated Solid Waste Management Plan will be submitted to VDEQ for review and approval per state requirements.
• 4c
  Discussion on revising the fee for the use of the public city-owned electric vehicle charging stations · Council reached consensus to adopt the new EV charging pricing structure as part of the rates and levies in the city budget. No formal vote recorded.

  • EV Charging Station Fee RevisionCouncil reached consensus to adopt a new two-part fee structure ($0.22/kWh energy fee plus a $3.00/hour dwell-time fee after full charge with a $25.00 cap) and a four-hour maximum parking limit at EV charging station locations, to be incorporated into the city budget's rates and levies.
  • City HallCity Hall is one of the two locations hosting publicly accessible EV charging stations subject to the revised fee structure.
  • Old Town Hallin progressOld Town Hall is one of the two locations hosting publicly accessible EV charging stations; the existing two-hour parking limit between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. will remain in effect alongside the new four-hour maximum charging limit.
• 4d
  Update on FY 2026 2nd Quarter Financial Review · Discussed. Budget Director Gwen Riddle gave the staff report presenting the FY26 forecast based on information available as of January 14, 2026. No Council action was taken.

  • FY 2026 2nd Quarter Financial ReviewThe quarterly financial review was presented to Council; no action was taken.
• 4e
  Future Meeting Topics · Council reached consensus to approve staff adjustments to the February 10 and February 17 Council meeting agendas, including scheduling interviews for two Planning Commission applicants on February 17.

  • Planning Commission Applicant InterviewsCouncil reached consensus to schedule interviews for two Planning CommissionPlanning CommissionThe appointed body that reviews land-use applications and plans first and sends a recommendation to City Council, which makes the final decision. applicants at the February 17, 2026 special meeting.

Named in discussion

Tracked topics the transcript names that no agenda item is filed under. Their own pages and wikis do not yet record this meeting; the passages below are the only trace.

• City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Planapproved9 passages, 8m

  “…What I've done here is to point out alignment in multiple places with the city's comprehensive plan. And you'll note that what you're looking at are some very high-level outcomes. That's because if you do a search in the document for conservation of…”

  watch 5:35every passagewiki
• Green Building Policyin progress7 passages, 7m

  “…forth. And finally, we'd ask the city council to work with us on the adoption of the green building policy. It's then subsequent implementation and assessment of how well it's working with the idea that once again”

  watch 7:08every passage
• Urban Forest Master Planapproved5 passages, 5m

  “…for two years running, and culminating in an almost completed and soon-to-be-adopted urban forest master plan. The city can be very proud now of its designation as Tree City USA. We are working closely with the comprehensive plan as it relates to the items…”

  watch 22:14every passagewiki
• Strategic Planin progress5 passages, 5m

  “…of climate action, which is addressing the causes of climate change. And from the strategic plan, we get the adaptation component, which is addressing the effects of climate change. So building resilience for all the climate hazards and conditions,…”

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• Urban Agriculturein progress4 passages, 2m

  “…on the committee when Councilmember Peterson was chair of the committee, and that is urban agriculture.”

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• Ashby Pondonce

  “two outfall restorations at Stafford Drive, the dredging and retrofit of Ashby Pond, and the Old Robin outfall restoration. All of those are bringing down our pollutant of concern load substantially against our TMDL action plans. And this is something that I…”

  watch 16:30every passage
• Willard Sherwoodin progressonce

  “…I was curious, are there any plans to add solar panels to city buildings other than Willard Sherwood?”

  watch 93:08every passage