Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

Published October 24, 2024 at 9:45AM

A-1 Towing truck in Rose Hill (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Those parking in certain residential lots across Fairfax County with expired registration decals or inspection stickers now have a grace period before facing the possibility of a tow.

Fairfax County supervisors moved on Tuesday (Oct. 22) to bring the county code into compliance with a new state law that requires towing operators to give vehicle owners written notice before any towing action. The vote by supervisors was unanimous and came after a public hearing that didn’t draw any community or board comment.

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Fairfax County offers tool for reporting commercial parking violations

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 23, 2024 at 9:45AM | Updated October 23, 2024 at 1:20PM

A commercial van is parked on Pimmit Drive outside the Idylwood Towers Condominiums (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new online tool will give people in Fairfax County a quick way to identify and report illegally parked commercial vehicles.

The county launched the “Parking Violation Public Report” tool yesterday (Tuesday), Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck announced during the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting.

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Fairfax County police to participate in Inauguration Day security efforts

By FFXnow.com

Published October 22, 2024 at 3:45PM

Fairfax County police logo (file photo)

Approximately 100 Fairfax County Police Department personnel will be on hand in D.C. to provide public safety support services on Inauguration Day.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a memorandum of understanding today (Tuesday) with the D.C. government and U.S. Attorney for the District, authorizing county staff to participate in Presidential Inaugural Task Force from Jan. 17-21.

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JUST IN: Union workers to rally in support of possible Tysons casino

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 18, 2024 at 1:30PM | Updated December 12, 2024 at 10:37AM

State Sen. Dave Marsden (D-35) presents his bill to make Fairfax County eligible for a casino to the Senate's gaming subcommittee on Jan. 24, 2024 with union workers in attendance (via Virginia Senate livestream)

A battle is brewing once again over the prospect of a casino in Fairfax County.

As opponents continue to organize, including under a No Fairfax Casino Coalition that mostly consists of homeowners’ and citizen associations, several labor unions have now come out in support of the casino and entertainment district envisioned in Tysons by the developer Comstock Companies.

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Tree preservation proposals likely lower priority among Fairfax County’s state legislature asks

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 18, 2024 at 8:15AM

Trees line Colvin Run Road in Great Falls (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

While the environment is generally a priority for Fairfax County, issues related to trees and invasive plants appear likely to take a backseat to other concerns when local elected officials lobby their state counterparts in the General Assembly next year.

At its legislative committee meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 15), the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors reviewed a number of proposals for promoting tree conservation and addressing invasive species from the Fairfax County Tree Commission and Environmental Quality Advisory Council (EQAC).

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Guaranteed income pilot to inform Fairfax County services, but expansion unlikely

By James Jarvis

Published October 17, 2024 at 1:15PM

Person counts dollar bills (via Sharon McCutcheon/Unsplash)

As Fairfax County’s guaranteed income pilot reaches the one-year mark, officials say they’re identifying the residents most in need, as they work to improve social services programs.

Launched in October 2023, the Economic Mobility Pilot — funded by the American Rescue Plan Act and the Fairfax County Human Services Council’s Innovation Fund — provides $750 in unrestricted monthly payments to 180 randomly selected households.

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Fairfax leaders to push state for more education, public safety funding

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 17, 2024 at 11:15AM

The Virginia State Capitol building (file photo)

As the 2025 General Assembly session approaches, Fairfax County leaders are hoping for the best while bracing for the worst when it comes to unfunded mandates and associated costs handed down from Richmond.

“We can’t continue to sustain all these state operations that are dropped in our lap,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay said at a meeting of the board’s legislative committee on Tuesday (Oct. 15).

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County plan to take McLean house for wastewater station surprises residents

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 15, 2024 at 2:30PM

Fairfax County is seeking to acquire a parcel at 1310 Scotts Run in McLean for its planned Tysons East wastewater pump station (via Fairfax County)

A project to build a wastewater pump station project for McLean and eastern Tysons got off to an inauspicious start last week when a lack of community outreach forced the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to postpone a scheduled public hearing.

The board authorized the hearing in September to get testimony on whether the county should exercise its eminent domain powers to acquire the land rights to a residential property at 1310 Scotts Run Road in McLean — the site chosen for the future pump station.

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Democratic supervisors reject Herrity request for consideration of Metro-oversight body

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 10, 2024 at 1:15PM

A 7000-series Metro train on the tracks along I-66 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A Fairfax County supervisor’s request for information about creating a financial oversight body to control Metro drew rebukes from his colleagues during a meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 8).

It also led to some testy exchanges between Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity, the lone Republican on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, and some of the board’s Democrats.

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Fairfax County plans museum-on-wheels for nation’s 250th birthday party

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 10, 2024 at 9:00AM | Updated October 10, 2024 at 10:08PM

A pinwheel with a U.S. flag design (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County’s commemoration of the nation’s 250th birthday isn’t on the move just yet, but it soon will be.

A “mobile museum” housed in a recreational vehicle is expected to be the county government’s signature educational offering during the 2025-26 celebration of America’s declaration of independence from England, members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors heard Tuesday (Oct. 8).