Respectfully yours in public service,

Dan Storck

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The Board received the final report of the Confederate Names Task Force. The Task Force was charged with evaluating and recommending possible alternative names to Lee Highway (Route 29) and Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway (Route 50). Following a wide-reaching outreach campaign and thousands of responses from the public, the Task Force recommended renaming both highways. They also suggested possible new names for each road.

The Board established this important Task Force to review the names of two major roadways. Any decision to change street names is one I and my Board colleagues will take seriously as we consider the report and all community input. I am proud to be part of a Board that has a strong record of focusing on racial inequities and advancing our community together. I also understand that changing street names presents many challenges and concerns. For one, taking this action may create undue financial costs and confusion for the thousands of businesses and people who work and live along those major thoroughfares. To continue to gather feedback, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) created an email inbox and survey to target those along routes 29 and 50 to ensure we have conducted substantial outreach with people in those communities. The results will be shared at a Transportation Committee meeting in June.

Fairfax County’s Channel 16 will now provide Spanish closed captioning for all public meetings and live events. While Spanish language is the start, our County team plans to review what options are available for other major languages represented in our community. In a Board Matter last year, Chairman Jeff McKay asked that the County better operationalize our language access and translation services. The Board recently received a memo outlining recommendations for this work. In general, those are as follow:

Item 4: Approved four speed humps on Woodley Drive, as part of the Residential Traffic Administration Program (RTAP). The full item can be read on pages 17 - 20 of the Board Package.

On November 17, 2021, the Fairfax County Tree Commission transmitted its 2021 Annual Report to the Board. The Commission’s 2021 Report provides an overview of what is happening with respect to tree preservation, planting and related activities across Fairfax County. This is the first consolidated annual report of the Tree Commission and is based on the reporting requirements as defined in the 2019 Tree Action Plan, Fairfax Green Initiatives Item #5A and the Tree Commission Charter. It makes specific recommendations to the Board of Supervisors, including actions to support Fairfax Green Initiative Item #5A, a Community of Practice matrix and improving the Land Development Process.

The Alexandria Crossing public hearing was deferred until February 22, due to the Planning Commission deferring their decision to February 16.

February 16: RZ/FDP-2021-MV-008, Lennar/LMC Alexandria Crossing Holdings LLC, 6324 Quander Road, Alexandria. Rezoning/Final Development Plan Fenton Property on Shields Ave. Proposal to build Multifamily residential mixed use development, 385 rental units, 75 for sale townhomes.