PFM Project Phase 2 Update

1. Public Facilities Manual Project
Phase 2 Update
Don Lacquement, Project Manager
Danielle Badra, Outreach Coordinator
Land Development Services

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
targeted 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
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PFM
Website
zMOD
Land Use
Attorneys zMOD
Citizen
Working
Group
ESI
BAC:
EQAC,GRB,
Tree
Commission
NAIOP
NVBIA
Zoning
Ordinance
ListServ

7. Outreach
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ESRC
Technical
Advisory
Committee
Stakeholder
Committee
Steering
Committee
DPC
BOS Land
Use
Aides
PC Land
Use
Process
Review

8. Engineering Standards Review Committee
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• Paul Johnson (NVBIA)
• Kevin Nelson
(VDOT/ESRC)
• 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)
• Robert Kohnke (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)

9. Phase 2 HighlightsStreetLights
• Align PFM with
Regulations of
VDOT, Chapter
118.
• Incorporate the
Urban Design
Guidelines in CRAs,
CRDs & Mixed-Use
areas.
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.
• Chapter 6 revisions
(In progress).
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10. Phase 2 HighlightsStreets
• Point to VDOT
Standards to
facilitate design
& review of
streets.
• Define shared-
use path.
Trails&Recreation
• Update trails
information to
reflect the
Countywide
Trails Plan.
SanitarySewer
• Pressurized
sewer.
• Elevating
Manhole tops.
• Damaged Pipe
(replaced not
repaired).
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11. Phase 2 HighlightsTreeConservation
• Clarify critical
root zone
requirement.
• Buffer
restoration
specifications
(In Progress).
Geotechnical
• Setting
residential
basement
elevation above
groundwater
table.
• Use of lime in
construction.
Geotechnical
• Exploration
requirements for
high bearing
structures.
• Exploration
requirements for
deep
foundations.
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12. Projected
Schedule
Winter P2 Package:
➢Outreach: April
through December
2019.
➢Public hearings by
April 2020.
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13. 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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14. 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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