City Council Meeting

Susan Kylerpublic commentHello. It has been suggested that the authors of the Fairfax Independent George Snyder Trail op-ed expressed opinions that are not based on facts and indeed made up their own set of facts and did not research the GSP repayment issue adequately. Tonight I am here to address those suggestions because they continue to be made. Here are the facts. We reviewed the documents and other information obtained through FOIA requests and from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority and the Virginia statutes referenced in those. A council member during a work session used a Google search of one of the statutes we reviewed to justify his position that the city must repay approximately $3.3 million in concessionary funds because the GST is in the six-year improvement program.

Wendy SanfordstaffWe have full funding for that from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. We have actually $21 million. funding to meet our 18 million dollar need in terms of the public hearing I've mentioned this already a number of times but this is a public forum to receive comments we had an open house ahead of the meeting we mailed letters to 290 residents we posted signs along the corridor there's a photo in the bottom right hand corner of one of those a frame signs the plans are available on gauge on engage and the public comment period is now open for for 10 days so there are multiple ways for residents to comment they can come this evening to for many people already in the hour preceding the city council meeting and

Melanie ZippstaffSure. The third one is a request that came from the mayor following the NVTC meeting, shared the call to action from the meeting requesting every jurisdiction include language supportive of DMV moves framework for funding LaMotta. After reviewing language from our regional jurisdictions programs, staff is recommending replacing the existing language to a simpler statement. Existing language right now says Commonwealth must fully restore the 102 million of regional funding diverted in 2018 to WMATA, back to Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, MBTA, maintain regional and local transportation funding, major transportation improvements that provide benefits beyond Northern Virginia, such as WMATA,

Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, MBTA, and other regional transportation initiatives.