19970128 r-97-3RESOLUTION NO. R-97- 3
RESOLUTION FOR MORARITY PLACE/SCHOOL STREET REDEVELOPMENT AREA
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax and Fairfax County have formed a joint task force to
study the potential for redevelopment of a 19 acre site known as Morarity Place/School Sweet;
and
WHEREAS, the task force study has determined that a "signature" mixed use project
including a hotel/conference center, neighborhood convenience retail center, office building
and residential uses is both possible and desirable; and
WHEREAS, the project area consists of multiple ownership including Fairfax County
Redevelopment & Housing Authority, Fairfax County School Board, George Mason
University and nine private individuals and must be aggregated under one ownership to
promote the redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax Comprehensive Plan supports the redevelopment of
the project area as a mixed use development consistent with the task force recommendation;
and
C NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Fairfax requests that Fairfax
ounty Redevelopment & Housing Authority prepare an Existing Conditions Report on the
Morarity Place/School Street area to determine if the area is suitable for redevelopment in
accordance with Title 36 of the Code of Virginia of 1950 as amended; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Fairfax County Redevelopment & Housing
Authority participate with the city in the redevelopment of this project and in the purchase of
properties in the project area.
Adopted this 28th day of January , 1997.
Mayor
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