City Council had no meeting this week, but it was still a packed week of important meetings and happenings. Read on for quick recaps at the EDA (Economic Development Authority) meeting, a commercial development industry event where Falls Church was the featured topic, a community meeting on Mt. Daniel, and […]
What a week it’s been! The big news of course was the FY17 budget vote, my first and a tough one (are there ever any easy budgets?) Reasonable people can disagree, and I am grateful for not only the kind words and support I’ve received, but also the healthy and constructive discussions before and […]
Exactly a year ago, some of you may remember that I was on the other side of the dais, as a mom speaking and writing to City Council – like many of you tonight – to fully fund the school budget in order to pay for teacher raises and lobbied friends and neighbors to do […]
My weekly update is a day early this week as I’ll be on my 1st grader’s field trip tomorrow. We are in the final stretch of budget season, with the budget adoption by City Council 4 days away. This week’s City Council meeting was heavily focused on the final “mark up” of the budget, where […]
Last night’s budget recap: City Council wrapped up our last budget work session, ahead of the final vote next Monday. There was a majority of us who had stated that we wanted to see more fiscal prudence in both general government and school budgets (myself included) in the face of staggering tax increases that will […]
It was indeed a full City Council meeting and week, as we had GMHS/MEH, budget, City Hall, and the long-discussed West Broad Area Plan and W&OD Plan on the agenda. We are heading into the home stretch of the budget season, with our final work sessions next week ahead of the […]
Next week’s City Council meeting agenda includes a number of important votes, so today’s update will focus on those key topics. With votes planned for the GMHS/MEH project, City Hall, West Broad Area Plan, W&OD Master Plan, and public comments on the budget – next Monday appears to be one of the busiest and most […]
Last Monday night, the community a “planted” a pinwheel Garden at the entrance of Cherry Hill Park in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month. We had a great turnout – thank you to everyone for showing support for this important community dedication, and especially to City Staff in spearheading this effort and being so receptive to […]
No April Fools jokes here, folks. We have a lot of work ahead of us in the next 3 weeks until the budget is adopted on April 25th. This week’s update will be light on the Council meeting and instead I’ll cover more details on the budget (including why I voted for […]
Hope everyone is enjoying the start of spring. This week’s update is heavy on policy and budget items, so I hope you’ll set aside some time to read my thoughts on the latest development proposal that came to us, the City Hall renovation project, and the rest of the Capital […]
Falls Church, it’s budget season! Our marathon meeting of 5 1/2 hours on Monday night included our first look at the City Manager’s proposed budget for FY17. Between now and April 25, when the budget is adopted, my weekly updates will change slightly. We have an ambitious schedule of meetings ahead to keep City […]
Happy Spring! The TL;DR version of my weekly update, with details below: We had a packed agenda for this week’s City Council work session on Monday night; I also attended the Housing Commission meeting and a staff meeting on the City Hall renovation project later in the week. I had a number […]