Public Facilities Manual Project NVBIA/NAIOP Phase 2 Update - Nov. 21, 2019

1. Public Facilities Manual Project
NVBIA/NAIOP
Phase 2 Update
Don Lacquement, Project Manager
Danielle Badra, Outreach Coordinator
Land Development Services
November 21, 2019

2. Today’s Presentation
•Background
•Phase 2 Objectives
•Actions to Date
•Outreach
•Phase 2 Highlights
•Projected Schedule
•Easy Ways to Be Involved
•Contact Information
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3. Background
December 4, 2018
BOS approved “Phase 1”
revisions to achieve
flexibility & clarity in the
land development
review process.
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4. Phase 2
Objectives
• Resolve Complex Phase 1
Issues/Vet
• Bring PFM into Alignment
with Codes
• Remove Replication
• Incorporate LTIs
• Add New and Updated
Guidelines
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5. Actions to Date
• Developed a Phase 2
PFM Website.
• Completed: Spring P2
Package - July 16, 2019.
• In Progress: Winter P2
Package.
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6. Outreach to County Staff
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PFM
Project
Team
Steering
Committee
Technical
Advisory
Committee
DPC
OCA
BOS Land
Use
Aides
PC Land
Use
Process
Review

7. Outreach to Citizens
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PFM
Project
Website
Zoning
Ordinance
ListServ
zMOD
Citizens
Working
Group
EQAC
Tree
Commission
GRB
ESRC
Citizens-
At-Large

8. Outreach to
Land Development Industry
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PFM
Project
Website
Stakeholder
Committee
zMOD
Land Use
Attorneys
ESI
NVBIA
NAIOP
ESRC
Industry
Reps

9. Engineering Standards Review Committee
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• Paul Johnson (NVBIA)
• Kevin Nelson (VDOT)
• Mark Liberati (Virginia
Association of Surveyors)
• Keith Sinclair (ESI)
• Theodore Britt (VSPE)
• James Clark (Heavy
Construction Contractors
Association)
• Howard Guba (Citizen-at-
Large)
• Michael Kitchen (NAIOP)
• Asad Rouhi (NVSWCD)
• Bryan Layman (Associated
Builders and Contractors)
• Kevin Pullen (League of
Women Voters)
• Dr. Robert Norwood
(Citizen-at-Large)
• Paul Norsi (Citizen-at-Large)
• Ned Poffenberger (Fairfax
County Federation of
Citizens Associations)
• Robert Scheller (WACEL)
• Bruce Titus (Fairfax Bar
Association)
• Saundra O’Connell (DPD)
• Don Lacquement (LDS)
• Chad Crawford (DPWES)

10. Phase 2 HighlightsStreetLights
• Align PFM with
Regulations of VDOT,
Chapter 118.
• Incorporate Urban
Design Guidelines in
CRAs, CRDs & Mixed-
Use Areas.
• Legislative Amendment
to Decommission Solar
Facilities.
GeneralInformation
Modernize Street
Lights to Light
Emitting Diode
(LED) Fixtures.
StormDrainage
Provide Alternative
Pipe Material for
Storm Sewer.
Require Dam Breach
Inundation Zone
Maps with As-Builts.
• Minor Chapter 6
Updates In-Progress.
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11. Phase 2 HighlightsStreets
• Point to relevant
VDOT Standards
& Specifications
to Facilitate
Design & Review
of Streets.
• Clarify VDOT’s
Shared-Use Path.
Trails&Recreation
• Update Trails
Information to
Reflect the
Countywide
Trails Plan.
SanitarySewer
• Elevate Manhole
Covers to Prevent
Inflow.
• Remove Outdated
Provisions such as
Concrete Pipe.
• Verify Pipe Types, DIP
Liners, & Easement
Width Requirements
for Deep Sewers.
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12. Phase 2 HighlightsTreeConservation
• Clarify Critical
Root Zone
Requirement.
• Update RPA
Planting Density
Specifications
(Potential P2
Item).
Geotechnical
• Set Residential
Basement
Elevation Above
Groundwater
Table.
• Incorporate
Standards for the
Use of Lime
Stabilization.
Geotechnical
• Add Exploration
Requirements for
Deep
Foundations.
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13. Projected
Schedule
Winter P2 Package:
Outreach: April through
December 2019.
Public hearings start
April 2020.
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14. Easy Ways to Be Involved
Check out the PFM Project website.
Review the chapter edits - routinely.
Use the online feedback form or email.
Attend the public hearings.
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15. Questions?
For more information:
PFM Project Phase 2 Website
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/landdevelopment/p
ublic-facilities-manual-flexibility-project
Contact:
Danielle.Badra@fairfaxcounty.gov
Don.Lacquement@fairfaxcounty.gov
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