Reverse chronological order.
The Board of Supervisors voted to adopt
the 2023 Work Program on April 11, 2023.
The Rose Hill Plaza nomination was accepted as a Tier 3 (deferred) amendment to the Comprehensive Plan.
8/3/23: Franconia District Supervisor Rodney Lusk submits a statement to the community on the status of the nomination. PDF | Text
4/11/23: The Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted YES to move forward with the nomination as part of the 2023 Work Plan. It will now proceed to the “Work Plan Stage“, but as a deferred nomination.
Video of April 11 Board of Supervisors’ meeting can be viewed at https://video.fairfaxcounty.gov/player/clip/2817. See Action Item 9.
4/6/23: As of April 6, Franconia District Supervisor Lusk has agreed to defer the nomination and ask Combined Properties to “further engage” with the community. The full scope of a deferral and a definition of “further engage” has not been outlined.
3/29/23: The Planning Commission “voted 11-0 (Commissioner Lagana was absent from the meeting) to recommend to the Board of Supervisors the adoption of the 2023 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Work Program…” The final recommendation from the Planning Commission is that the nomination be added to the Work Program, but as a deferred item. This means that staff would not begin working on it until the nominator has conducted further community outreach.” Again, this is the recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. (See SSPA Process for details)
Video of March 29 Planning Commission regular meeting can be viewed at http://video.fairfaxcounty.gov/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=10
Final “Recommendations” are available at https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/planningcommission/sites/planningcommission/files/assets/documents/pdf/2022%20action%20items/pcaction032923finalrecommendationon2023comprehensiveplanamendmentworkprogramandsspanomination%20screening.pdf
3/9/23: Planning Commission Workshop where Combined Properties made a formal presentation and the public provided comments or “testimony” in person or by written statement (email or mail), telephone, or pre-recorded YouTube video.
https://video.fairfaxcounty.gov/player/clip/2782
1/23/23: Fairfax County Planning and Development Dept staff held a Community Engagement Meeting (part of the “Screening Phase”) on the Rose Hill Plaza and three other nominations. Approximately 200 attended, the majority to oppose the Rose Hill redevelopment.
Video of Jan 23 Community Engagement Meeting (~2 hrs)
https://vimeo.com/792697229/c10d18916a
- Intro and review of SSPA process (at 2 min)
- Grovedale Childcare Nomination (at 16 mins)
- Beulah/Grovedale Residential Nomination (at 32 mins)
- Additional comments on Nomination Process (at 51 mins)
- Sheridonna Lane (Telegraph Rd) Residential Nomination (at 53 mins)
- Rose Hill Plaza Residential Nomination (at 1 hr 12 mins)
NOTE: The transcript for the video is automatically generated by Vimeo and is not edited, therefore, it does not always accurately represent the audio.
1/17/23: Franconia District Supervisor Lusk posts on his Facebook page an announcement for the Jan 23 community engagement meeting.
1/12/23, Franconia District Supervisor Lusk Hears Residents’ Concerns About the Rose Hill Plaza Nomination at the Brookland-Bush Hill Civic Association community meeting. More than 70 residents attended.
https://bbhca.net/
1/9/23: Fairfax County Planning and Development Dept posts announcement on their Facebook page about the SSPA land-use changes (aka nominations).
12/6/22: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted to allow the Site-Specific Plan Amendment (SSPA) application by Combined Properties Inc. to proceed through the SSPA review process. That review process included a public meeting on January 23, 2023. The Site-Specific Plan Amendment (SSPA) “allows anyone to propose a land use change to the Comprehensive Plan.”
Audio of the meeting also is available by calling 703-324-7700.
12/4-31/22: More than 80 residents emailed County representatives to oppose the nomination. Rose Hill Civic Assn, Virginia Hill Civic Assn, and Gunnell Estates also formally opposed the CP Nomination.
11/15/22: Rose Hill Coalition is created and website published by Franconia District resident S. Gilkey.
10/25/22: Combined Properties submitted their SSPA Application (Nomination CPN22-LE-001). The application and supporting document is available at https://ffxocr.virginiainteractive.org/sites/default/files/Assets/documents/PDFs/LE-001-web.pdf
March/May/October 2022: Combined Properties made presentations on their initial proposed plan to the community (March and May) and submitted a revised plan (October). See Zoning Information > Community Presentations
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