City Council Work Session
What was decided
- 2watch 0:25Consideration for remote participation by Councilmember Amos pursuant to Code of Virginia Sec. 2.2-3708.2
Motion approved 4-0 (Councilmember Hardy-Chandler absent). Councilmember Amos participated remotely via Teams.
Passed, unanimousUntil the next chapter, names Housing Trust Fund ×28, Home Sharing ×25, Urban Forest Master Plan ×10, Master Plan ×7, Affordable Housing Strategic Plan ×5, Beacon Landing ×4 · read the transcript
Presented
- 4aPresentation and update from the Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board (HHCAB) · Presentation given by HHCAB Chair Mark Light and Vice-Chair Susan Lacroix, with staff report by Housing Program Manager Jamie Ergas. No Council action taken.
- Home Sharingin progressA status update on the Home Sharing initiative was included in the HHCAB presentation; no Council action was taken.
- Housing Trust FundapprovedCurrent funding and future considerations for the Housing Trust Fund were discussed as part of the HHCAB presentation; no Council action was taken.
- 4bPresentation and discussion of the draft Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP) · Presentation given by Urban Forester Anna Safford. Council provided input on the draft plan. No Council action taken. Final draft expected by end of 2025; public hearing and Council action tentatively scheduled for January 27, 2026.
- Urban Forest Master Planin progresswikiThe draft UFMP — the city's first — was presented to Council for input. Phase 1 (information gathering) is complete; Phase 2 (plan development) is nearing completion. A final draft is expected by end of 2025, with a public hearing and Council action tentatively scheduled for January 27, 2026.
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.
“…when developing the implementation plan, which we'll share in a few slides. The master plan has much more benchmarking information on page 24 and the full operations review and references can be found within appendix”
“…based on several things this looked at the homeless task force recommendations the comprehensive plan the housing assessment and”
“…committee on housing report recommended housing trust fund 2023 2025 and the affordable housing strategic plan was there and the comprehensive plan each one of those”
“on a housing trust fund. You heard probably both of those at the housing strategic plan presentation that was given last month by TPMA. And we have been working on those and we'll be able to give you an update. And we need to get some feedback from you as far…”
“When we look specifically at Fairfax City, when we did the community survey, there's the results there, and you'll notice that the city did very, very well. A lot of areas, but one of the areas that had the most concern between about 45% total of either they…”
“…programs and an affordable housing development you could have 27 units based on a beacon landing example and if we looked at rent”
- Pathway Homesonce, 1m
“…We've seen individual projects, for example, the Presbyterian Church project and the Pathway Homes project that are like 10 or 15 units. That's still significant. Of course, it's perhaps a different income limit, but we're talking about I believe it's 60%…”
“…And we've seen some of those have been approved and some such as Sunrise and Courthouse Plaza that were not approved that would have led to an increase as planned in the 10-year tree canopy. So it's certainly important to project to the best of our…”