CPR Asks Supervisor Hudgins to Keep Proposed Zoning Amendment Off County Calendars as Actions Agreed Upon in Small Group Meetings with Reston Residents Move Forward

On Monday July 30, Coalition for a Planned Reston (CPR), Reston Association and Fairfax County staff completed the initial round of four small group public meetings to discuss concerns with the County’s proposal to increase the overall person per acre limitation for the Reston Planned Residential Community (PRC) from 13 to16 persons per acre. The meeting was streamed by Reston Association and may be viewed by clicking here or going to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOvxI_bnhcg.

On Wednesday, August 1, CPR sent a letter to Supervisor Cathy Hudgins identifying areas of agreement and mutually approved actions to be taken:

In numerous instances the small group discussions have yielded agreement on next steps, including:

• Clarification and correction of the Reston Master Plan (RMP),
• Identification of additional information that the County intends to share with the public, and
• Acknowledgement of areas that require further dialogue. 

For example, at the planning small group meeting, the County and citizens confirmed agreement that a population cap or target for all of Reston (“One Reston”) based on census numbers should be reintroduced into the RMP, but time did not allow for discussion of the details.

Recognizing the positive results achieved on concerns that CPR believes will eliminate the perceived need for the County’s proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance to raise the density cap, CPR asked Supervisor Hudgins to continue to support collaboration with the community:

In order to maintain the momentum achieved thus far in the small group sessions, we trust that you will continue to support suspension of any further action on a zoning amendment to increase the Reston density cap, including any efforts to schedule the proposed zoning amendment for consideration by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors. We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively to help assure that Reston remains a vibrant, welcoming, planned community for decades to come.
 
CPR will hold a community-wide meeting after Labor Day to review the results of the four small group sessions with the County and to solicit additional community recommendations.