Council Approves Affordable Living Policy With 9 Priority Goals
City Council adopted a policy requiring that 12% of all units in new developments be affordable and affirmed efforts to retain existing affordable housing, among other goals.
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Bump Outs and 15 New Speedhumps Coming to the Greenway Downs Neighborhood This Fall
Residents of Greenway Downs voted for speedhumps in 2023 – they are finally going to be installed this Fall, along with bump outs at five intersections. See where they are going to be located and the vote tally.
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Falls Church City Receives the Gordon Road Triangle Report, Considers Next Steps to Redevelop the 15 acres
The Urban Land Institute delivered their report on how the Gordon Road Triangle should be redeveloped. The report covers public-private partnership, land use, transportation, equity and regional coordination.
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Trading Inequities: Proposed Trash Fees Disproportionately Burden Owners of Lower Valued Properties
The Solid Waste Task Force discussed three structures for trash fees – all would result in lower valued properties paying proportionately more to the City than high valued properties.
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Council Seeks to Retain Planning Commission Review of Site Plans
The City Council asked planning staff to move to comply with a new law that removes the Planning Commission from approving site plans and directed Council’s Legislative Committee to advocate to exempt Falls Church from the legislation during the 2026 General Assembly.
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Council Boosts Planning Commission Salaries; First Increase Since 1990
The City Council took steps to raise Planning Commissioners salaries, which, if approved, will go into effect this fall.
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New W&OD Trail Crossings Already Need Repairs
The new W&OD trail crossings did not fare well over their first winter. Crews are repaving the crossings. The cost of the do-over is being shared by the City and the contractor.
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Solid Waste Task Force Works on a Fee-Based Trash Collection Service
We cover the past three Solid Waste Task Force meetings to draw up a fee structure for the households that use the City’s trash collection service, looking at costs to be included in the fee and adding an organics bin.
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The Greening of Lincoln Cost Estimate Balloons to $20 million
The project cost estimate came in far higher than budgeted. Public Works divided the project into phases and proposed spending the available funds on two phases in 2026.
