Residents listen to a presentation by the county Department of Planning and Zoning at the Phase II Master Plan meeting in November. Photo by Reena Singh.
The working draft for phase two of Reston’s master plan will be presented on Jan. 29.
The second phase focuses on improving residential neighborhoods and village centers.
“I think this is an opportunity to get the feedback that is needed,” said Hunter Mill Supervisor Cathy Hudgins.
Community members have been meeting with county Planning and Zoning representatives for the past several months to talk about their hopes and wishes for the village centers that once served as community gathering spaces.
“The amount of time we’re spending on it is much simpler than the first half of the master plan,” said Hudgins. “We wanted to make sure there was comfort and guidance for the neighborhoods and the village centers.”
The meeting will be at the one village center that is not a part of the master plan: Reston Community Center at Lake Anne at 7 p.m.
“We’re assuming most of the people have been to other meetings,” said Planning and Zoning representative Richard Lambert. “We’ll spend most of the time explaining the changes of the working draft.”
Questions submitted before the meeting will be addressed. There will also be a question and answer session following the presentation of the working draft.
“The previous meetings were interactive and localized in small groups,” he said.
While that method won’t be used at the Jan. 29 meeting, he is encouraging community members to continue to submit feedback until the second week in February. Because the staff report for the planning commission needs to be submitted two weeks in advance of the meeting, the community will have only two weeks to send in their feedback about the working draft.
“We hope that we’ve had enough conversations that the changes won’t be significant,” said Lambert.
Information about the working draft can be found at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/reston/documents.htm.