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City of Fairfax · City Council
City of Fairfax City Council Meeting, Tuesday, Jun 23, 2026
City of Fairfax City Council meeting · video 3h 15m
What was decided · How each member voted
- 4 Approved, 5-0, the adoption of the agenda. · 5-0 Official minutes (Granicus)
- 6.c Approved, 5-0, the consent agenda. · 5-0 Official minutes (Granicus)
- 7.a Approved, unanimously to approve the resolution to adopt the City of Fairfax Green Building Policy. · Unanimous Official minutes (Granicus)
- 7.b Approved, unanimously to approve an ordinance amending Chapter 86 (Subdivisions), to amend portions of Articles and Sections contained therein, including Administration. · Unanimous Official minutes (Granicus)
- 7.c Approved, unanimously, the City Council enact the attached ordinance amending Chapter 2 (Administration), Article II (Mayor and Council), Section 2-31, pertaining to compensation of the Mayor and the members of the City Council. · Unanimous Official minutes (Granicus)
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City Council: see the official minutes for the members present. Member-by-member votes will be listed here from the official record.
Moments worth watching
- 00:00:12
Item 3.a Presentation by Monica Backmon, Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Post
- 00:30:20
Consent agenda motion. Post
- 00:31:22
Item 7.a Public hearing and Council action on the adoption of the Green Building Policy. Post
- 00:49:56
Public comment / public hearing begins. Post
- 00:57:00
Item 7.b Public hearing and Council action on proposed amendments to the Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, Chapter 86 Post
- 01:00:55
Item 7.c Public hearing and Council action on an ordinance amending and re-enacting Chapter 2 Post
- 01:11:59
Item 11.a Discussion of potential reviews and updates to adopted Small Area Plans for Old Town, Northfax, Kamp Washington, and Fairfax Circle. Post
- 02:23:57
Item 11.b Northfax Linear Park Design Guidelines Introduction. Post
- 02:46:29
Item 13 Future Meeting Topics Post
- 03:04:53
Item 14 City Manager report out Post
- 03:14:37
Motion to enter closed session. Post
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Machine transcript (speech-to-text) produced by Coraggio Consulting. Not an official city record. Names and numbers may be misspelled; check the video at the timestamp before quoting.
On the agenda
Items as listed by the city, with staff reports. Not results.
1. Call the regular meeting to order.
2. Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Presentations and Proclamations.
4. Adoption of the agenda.
5. Initial general public comment period (A maximum of three (3) minutes per speaker for any city matters not requiring a public hearing. The speakers who have registered with the city clerk’s office (703-385-7935) prior to 5:00 p.m. the day of the meeting may speak at this time. Any remaining speak
6. Consent agenda.
- 6.aConsideration of the June 2, 2026 Work Session Minutes.
- 6.bConsideration of approval of changes to the Fairfax City Purchasing Resolution.
- 6.cConsideration of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign the standard project agreement with the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority for NVTA 70% funding for Blenheim Boulevard Multimodal Improvements (SPA 2020-48-2).
7. Public hearings.
- 7.aPublic hearing and Council action on the adoption of the Green Building Policy.
- 7.bPublic hearing and Council action on proposed amendments to the Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, Chapter 86 (Subdivisions) to amend portions of the articles and sections contained therein, including Administration.
- 7.cPublic hearing and Council action on an ordinance amending and re-enacting Chapter 2 (Administration), Article II (Mayor and Council), Section 2-31 of the Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, pertaining to the compensation of the Mayor and the members of the City Council.