New Recreation Facility Debated, Reston Connection, February 21, 2013

Reston Community Center solicits public input on a new indoor recreation center at Baron Cameron Park.

 By Andrea Worker

Reston Community Center invited the public to bring their wish lists to an open forum meeting on Monday, Feb. 11, to discuss the potential development of a new indoor recreation center at Baron Cameron Park. In 2012, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors transferred 68 acres at the park to the Fairfax County Parks Authority, and Bill Bouie, who is both a member of the Reston Community Center Board of Governors, as well as the chairman of the parks authority Board told the assembly that the Reston Community Center is “an interested party” in the Fairfax County Parks Authority’s Master Planning Process about to begin in March. “We are looking ahead to FY 2015’s budget, and in partnership with the FCPA our hope would be to develop an indoor facility on the site,” said Bouie, to a meeting room packed with individual residents, as well as plethora of local organizations, including the Reston Association, Reston Interfaith, Sustainable Reston, Reston Accessibility Committee, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the YMCA, Reston Runners and more. “Reston continues to grow and that growth means we need to respond and expand our recreational offerings.”  . .

A representative from Reston Accessibility Committee presents remarks to crowd at Reston Community Center at the organization's meeting to discuss future needs and development. Photo by Andrea Worker.

Several attendees made pitches for additional venues for performing and cultural arts programs, whether at the Baron Cameron site or elsewhere, but the number one request was for a multi-use aquatic center to be the focal point of the potential new facility, featuring a 50 meter pool with “lots of lanes and a real diving well.”  . . .

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Comment on Possible Baron Cameron Recreation Center, Dick Rogers, February 20, 2013

   Comment on Rec Center Proposal--Dick Rogers by   Terry Maynard

Draft Reston Task Force Report, V.7, February 26, 2013

This version of the draft Task Force report includes new sections on performance standards, implementation, and density issues, among other changes.   Comments are welcome and encouraged either here on the blog, email terrmayn@yahoo.com, or call Terry Maynard (RCA's task force representative) at 703-476-5376. 

   Draft Reston Task Force Report, V. 7, February 26, 2013 by   Terry Maynard

Draft Reston Compehensive Plan Introductory and Areawide Text, Department of Planning & Zoning, February 26, 2013

   Draft Reston Comprehensive Plan Introductory and Areawide Text, Feb. 26, 2013 by   Terry Maynard

Agenda: Reston Task Force Meeting, February 26, 2013

 

The draft Comprehensive Plan text and the latest draft of the RTF report are posted separately for your review and comment. Do not have the latest "Achieving the Vision" language.  Comments welcome on all draft documents here on blog, by email to terrmayn@yahoo.com, or call Terry Maynard (RCA RTF representative) at 703-476-5376.

Riders upset Fairfax Connector may end Pentagon express service, Sprawl & Crawl, WTOP, February 22, 2013

Ari Ashe, wtop.com

RESTON, Va. - Federal workers may lose a Fairfax Connector express bus service that carries hundreds each day from Reston to the Pentagon.

"Right now, it takes 35 minutes to get to work. It's just wonderful," says Sarah Stein of Herndon, who commutes from Reston North Park and Ride to the Pentagon each weekday.
"It's easy. I've been riding the bus for eight years. I can leave my house at 7:05 and sit down at my desk at 8 a.m.," says Mary Czernowski of Herndon.

Bus routes 595 and 597, which go from Reston, Va. to the Pentagon are the busiest routes, but a proposal may eliminate them in order to enhance the Silver Line. (WTOP/Ari Ashe)

But the Fairfax Department of Transportation is exploring whether to eliminate Fairfax Connector Routes 595 and 597 to the Pentagon and Crystal City in order to enhance service when the Silver Line opens. . . .

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UPDATED: The buses are coming! The buses are coming!

UPDATE:  Hunter Mill Supervisor Cathy Hudgins will make some remarks before the presentation by the Fairfax Connector staff on Reston's planned bus route changes.  

This is a reminder that on Monday, February 25, 2013, at 7PM, the RCA Board of Directors will be hosting a presentation by the County Fairfax Connector staff on the proposed new bus routes for Reston with the coming of Metrorail to Wiehle.  The meeting will be at the Reston Community Center at Hunters Woods, Room 6.

• From 7-7:30PM, citizens and Board members will have the opportunity to discuss with the Connector staff the specific route proposals displayed on easels around the room.  

• From 7:30-8:30PM, the Connector staff will make a presentation on the proposed Reston bus route changes only as well as take questions and comments.  

RCA Reston 2020 strongly encourages everyone attend who has an interest in Reston's buses and their links to the new Silver Line at Wiehle Station.  This will be the last chance to learn about the new routes in a public forum before the comment period ends on February 28.