6 Candidates Qualify to Run for 4 City Council Seats in November 2025
Six candidates are running for four open City Council seats, including three current Council members and three newcomers.
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Update: City Council Approves 50% Increase in Salaries Starting FY2027
City Council raised salaries for Council members and the Mayor in keeping with new Virginia regulations that increase the annual salary caps for these positions.
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Madison Homes Handed Setback on 12-Townhouse S Lee Project
The City’s planning staff opposed Madison Homes’ proposed rezoning of two S Lee lots from residential to transitional, dealing a setback to the developer’s townhouse project.
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EDA Decides Against Selling City Land to the Maple and Annandale Project; Staff Says Project Falls Short of Special Exception Objectives
The Maple and Annandale project hit major roadblocks in its Special Exception (SE) application when the EDA decided against selling a small City-owned parcel to the developers and the Planning staff decided that the project had not met the requirements for an SE to be granted.
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Cost and Safety Concerns Prompt New Streetscape Design Standards
The City streetscape design standards will no longer be all-brick sidewalks and crosswalks. The new standards, if approved, will apply to Founders Row II, the Quinn project, the new roundabout and other new infrastructure projects.
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CFO Kiran Bawa Leaves Falls Church After 8 Years
City Chief Financial Officer Kiran Bawa is returning to Piedmont, California, as that jurisdiction’s finance director.
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Adopted FY2026 Budget Shaves a Penny Off the Tax Rate
The adopted FY2026 budget reduces the real estate taxes from $1.21 to $1.20. Sales, meals and business taxes projections were lowered due to the economic outlook. Healthy residential real estate assessments growth supports increases in the school and general government budgets.
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Madison Homes Seeks to Build 12 New Townhomes on S Lee Street
Description and analysis of the Madison Homes’ request to rezone two single-family lots on S Lee St to transitional lots (T-1) to build 12 luxury townhomes. City Council will review the submission at their June 2 meeting.
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Land Use, Rezoning, and the City’s Plans – A Framework for Considering New Townhomes on S Lee Street
The City’s Comprehensive Plan and related documents provide guidance on land use and the rationale for rezoning for redevelopment. What happens when developers seek the same rezoning but for a different outcome than envisioned as in the case of the Madison Homes request?
