19720718 r-72-18 R-72-18
RESOLUTION TO CREATE
A CENTER CITY COMMISSION
FOR FAIRFAX CITY, VIRGINIA
WHEREAS, the 340 acres that comprise the central area
of the City of Fairfax play a traditional and unique role not
only in determining the character of life in the City but also
as a professional, cultural, and governmental center for the
surrounding metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, there is an immediate need to encourage future
development of that area in Order to maintain a healthy and
harmonious blend of commercial and residential land use and to
achieve a central area that is both aesthetically pleasing and
readily accessible to the residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, there is a great need for full citizen
participation in the review and development of the alternative
plans and techniques that will be necessary and desirable in achiev-
ing an attractive and affordable central area; and
WHEREAS, this Council is pledged to moving swiftly and
surely toward the adoption of a comprehensive plan for the central
are a,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of
the City of Fairfax Virginia that there shall be created a Center
City Commission consisting of representatives from the appropriate
City governmental bodies and citizen representatives, who shall
be selected by the Council to represent the various professional,
commerical and residential interests of the City; and
THAT the purpose of this Commission shall be to make
recommendations to this Council for a comprehensive plan for the
development of the central area of Fairfax City; and
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THAT the City Council hereby requests that all citizens
who desire to serve upon this Commission should make themselves
and their qualifications known to either members of this Council
or to the City Manager before the next meeting of this Council.
Passed: July 18, 1972.
Mayor
Attest:
Citf Clerk
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