City Council Meeting
Agenda
- 2 (special)Closed meeting to discuss personnel matters
Outcome: Closed meeting convened at 6:00 p.m. per the agenda. No actions out of closed meeting were recorded in the actions report.
- 4aPresentation of a proclamation acknowledging June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in the City of Fairfax
Outcome: Mayor Read presented a proclamation acknowledging June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month to the Pride Festival Committee and the Metropolitan Community Church.
- 8aIntroduction of an ordinance amending Chapter 90 (Taxation) to add Article XIV creating the City of Fairfax Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Financing Program
Outcome: Introduced and approved as part of the consent agenda, unanimously (6-0).
passedApproval of consent agenda including introduction of the C-PACE ordinance✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson - 8bConsideration of a grant supplemental appropriation resolution in the amount of $1,047,794 for FY 2025 federal, state, and use of balance sheet funds for expenditures
Outcome: Approved as part of the consent agenda, unanimously (6-0).
passedApproval of consent agenda including the $1,047,794 grant supplemental appropriation resolution✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson - 13aWork Session: Joint discussion with the Economic Development Authority and updates by the Economic Development Department on Programs and Tourism Portfolio
Outcome: Discussion held during work session. No formal action taken.
- 13bWork Session: Update on the Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP) project and a review of the city's urban forestry operations
Outcome: Update presented and discussed during work session. No formal action taken.
- 13cWork Session: Discussion on the George Snyder Trail
Outcome: Extensive public comment was heard both before and after the work session, with the large majority of speakers opposing the trail. During Council Comments following the work session, four councilmembers reached consensus to direct staff to ask VDOT whether constructing only the western half of the trail remains an option. Councilmember Amos requested related financial information be provided via email rather than presented at the next meeting. No formal resolution was voted on at this meeting.
Outcome: Council voted 7-0 to convene a closed meeting under Section 2.2-3711.A.7 of the Code of Virginia. Council went into closed session at 12:07 a.m. and reconvened at 12:19 a.m. Council certified 7-0 that only lawfully exempted matters were discussed.
passedCertification that only lawfully exempted public business matters were heard, discussed, or considered in the closed meeting✓ Read✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ PetersonpassedMotion to convene closed meeting for consultation with legal counsel for non-litigation under Section 2.2-3711.A.7✓ Read✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson