Meeting Announcements

[Allen J. Muchnick]

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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:39:21 -0500


CONGRESSMAN TOM DAVIS TOWN HALL MEETINGS

Those who live in Congressional District 11 might wish to be reminded
that Congressman Tom Davis is holding three "Town Hall Meetings" on
Saturday, February 26, as follows:

1.  From 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Belvedere Elementary School, 6540
Columbia Pike, in Falls Church;

2.  From 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Fairfax City Hall, Room 305,
10455 Armstrong Street, in Fairfax; and

3.  From 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Prince William County McCoart
Building, 1 County Complex Court, off the Prince William Parkway north
of Dale City.

The Congressman has also scheduled Town Hall Meetings on Thursday,
March 3 and Saturday, March 5, as follows:

1.  March 3:  7:30 - 9:00 p.m. at Gunston Elementary School, 10100
Gunston Road, Lorton;

2.  March 5:
    a.  9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. at Vienna Town Hall, 127 Center Street
South, Vienna;
    b.  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Fairview Elementary School, 5815 Ox
Road, Fairfax Station; and
    c.  2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at Marstellar Middle School, 14000
Sudley Manor Drive, Bristow.

Constituents are invited to meet the Congressman and discuss issues of
importance to them.


POTOMAC YARD DEVELOPMENT MEETING March 1

Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee's Meeting Reviews Plans for
Conformance

            The City of Alexandria's Planning Commission will hold the
second of series of community meetings and work sessions on Tuesday,
March 1, at 6 pm in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 301 King St.,
second floor, to discuss development plans and gather public input on
the Potomac Yard site. The meeting will focus on the site plan for
landbay H, the area adjacent to and north of the Swann Avenue
extension. City residents and representatives from the nearby
community are invited to attend.

            The Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee will hold a
public meeting on the project at 7 pm on Thursday, March 10, at City
Hall, Room 3000, to review plans for conformance with the adopted
concept plan.

            For more information, call the City's Department of
Planning and Zoning at 703.838.4666.


FAIRFAX COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE MEETINGS March 1-14

Public Meetings on Transportation Plan

In March, Fairfax County will be holding a series of public meetings
on updating the county's transportation plan.  This is an important
opportunity to educate officials and citizens about the need for more
coordination of transportation with land use planning.

Fairfax County's current Transportation Plan states:  "One of the
options available to the County for effectuating long-term
improvements to the transportation system is to exercise its ability
to influence the pattern of land use in the County; specifically, to
establish more efficient land use patterns with respect to
transportation."  But is the county doing this?

The Sierra Club has advocated with the county for placing development
near existing infrastructure, especially transportation and transit
corridors. The alternative is development that creates yet more
pollution and traffic, devours open space, and doesn't benefit our
communities.  Such a more clustered pattern of development is served
better by transit, and we should ask that a core network of transit be
planned before adding more highway lanes.  We need to continue
emphasizing this these messages at every possible opportunity.

Please attend one of the meetings, and let VDOT Fairfax County know
that instead of a business-as-usual approach of widening roads and
building new ones, you want a more efficient system that takes
advantage of the infrastructure we already have.

Meetings are scheduled for the following times and locations:

March 1 (Tuesday)  7 p.m.  South County Center
8350 Richmond Hwy
Alexandria, VA 22309

March 3 (Thursday)  7 p.m.  Marshall High School
7731 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22043

March 8
(Tuesday)  7 p.m.  Reston Community Center at Lake Ann
1609-A Washington Plaza
Reston, VA 20109

March 9 (Wednesday)  7 p.m.  Key Middle School
6402 Franconia Road
Springfield, VA 22150

March 10 (Thursday)  7 p.m.  Rocky Run Middle School
4400 Stringfellow Road
Chantilly, VA 20151

March 12
(Saturday)  9 a.m.  Fairfax County Government Center
12000 Government Center Parkway
Fairfax, VA 22035

March 14
(Monday)  7 p.m.  County Braddock District Office
9002 Burke Lake Road
Burke, VA 22015

More information, including directions via transit, can be found at:
http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/fcdot/transplanupdate.htm