City Council Meeting

Agenda

• 1–3 (Special Meeting)Special Meeting: Closed Session for Boards and Commissions Interviews and Appointments

  Outcome: Council convened a closed special meeting at 6:30 p.m. to conduct interviews and discuss appointments to Boards and Commissions, then adjourned.

• 4aProclamation: National Friends of the Library Week

  Outcome: Mayor Read presented a proclamation acknowledging October 20–26 as National Friends of the Library Week in the City of Fairfax to the City of Fairfax Library and Friends of the Virginia Room.

• 5Adoption of the Agenda

  Outcome: Agenda adopted with amendment to defer item 8a (ABTB Mid-Atlantic / Boulevard Marketplace) to December 10, 2024. Approved 5-0 (Councilmember Lim absent).

  passedMotion to adopt the agenda with an amendment deferring item 8a to December 10, 2024.

  Bates: yesDoyle Feingold: yesGreenfield: yesRoss: yesStehle: yesLim: absent
• 7aConsideration of the October 8, 2024 Special Meeting Minutes

  Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda (5-0, Councilmember Lim absent).

  passedMotion to approve consent agenda items 7a–7f.

  Bates: yesDoyle Feingold: yesGreenfield: yesRoss: yesStehle: yesLim: absent
• 7bConsideration of the October 8, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes

  Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda (5-0, Councilmember Lim absent).

• 7cConsideration of Boards and Commissions Appointments

  Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda with amendments: John Napolitano appointed to Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board (business representative, Fairfax Circle Area, three-year term through October 22, 2026); Seth Opoku-Yeboah appointed to Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board (residential builder/developer representative, three-year term through October 22, 2026).

• 7dResolution R-24-31: Approve City's Submission to VDOT for Highway Safety Improvement Program Funding

  Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda (5-0, Councilmember Lim absent).

• 7eProfessional Service Contract Awards to Multiple Contractors for Engineering and Construction Management Services

  Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda (5-0, Councilmember Lim absent).

• 7fAward of Construction Contract to Sagres Construction Corporation for Ashby Pond Dredging & Retrofit

  Outcome: Approved unanimously as part of consent agenda (5-0, Councilmember Lim absent). Contract awarded in the amount of $1,695,000.

• 8aPublic Hearing: ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC – Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center Zoning Amendment, SUP, Special Exception, and Major COA

  Outcome: Deferred to a date certain of December 10, 2024, as requested by the applicant. Deferral approved 5-0 as part of agenda adoption (Councilmember Lim absent).

• 11–12Work Session

  Outcome: Council recessed into work session at 7:12 p.m. and reconvened at 9:58 p.m. Topics discussed included: Aspen Institute presentation on Children's Bill of Rights in Sports; Plan of Finance for 2025 General Government Capital Projects Bonds (Davenport & Company); FY 2024 preliminary results and FY 2025 first quarter financial review; $650,000 supplemental appropriation for FY 2025 Fall non-discretionary and Council authorized expenditures; ordinance on tax relief exemptions for elderly and disabled (Chapter 90); FY 2026 Financial Policies and Council Budget Guidelines; Police Department Reorganization Recommendations (PFM Consulting).

• 16Closed Meeting to Discuss Personnel Matters

  Outcome: Council convened a closed meeting at 10:02 p.m. under Section 2.2-3711.A.1 of the Code of Virginia to discuss personnel matters. Council reconvened at 11:06 p.m. and certified compliance with the Virginia FOIA. Both votes carried 6-0 (Councilmember Lim absent).

  passedMotion to certify that only lawfully exempted public business matters identified in the convening motion were heard, discussed, or considered in the closed meeting.

  Read: yesBates: yesDoyle Feingold: yesGreenfield: yesRoss: yesStehle: yesLim: absent
  passedMotion to convene a closed meeting under Section 2.2-3711.A.1 of the Code of Virginia to discuss personnel matters.

  Read: yesBates: yesDoyle Feingold: yesGreenfield: yesRoss: yesStehle: yesLim: absent