20011113 r-01-36RESOLUTION NO. R-01-36
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE 2002 SESSION OF THE VIRGINIA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ENACT AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 1,
SECTION 1.2 OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA,
CONCERNING THE CITY BOUNDARIES.
WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the City Council held on November 13, 2001,
after due and proper publication of the notice of public heating pursuant to Section 15.2-202,
Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, which notice contained inter alia, an informative
summary of the proposed amendment to the City Charter of the City of Fairfax, a public
heating with respect to such proposed amendment was held before the City Council in which
all citizens so desiring were afforded the opportunity to be heard to determine if the citizens
of the City desire that the City request the General Assembly to amend its existing Charter in
the form and manner hereinafter referred to and as provided in the aforesaid notice; and
WHEREAS, upon conclusion of such public heating and upon consideration of the
proposed amendment to such Charter, the City Council is of the opinion that the 2002 General
Assembly of Virginia should be requested to amend the City Charter as hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax,
that the General Assembly of Virginia is hereby requested during its 2002 Session to amend
the City Charter of the City of Fairfax, Virginia (the "City Charter") as follows:
Amend Chapter 1, Section 1.2 of the City Charter to read as follows:
Sec. 1.2. Boundaries.
The corporate limits of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, as heretofore established, are
hereby reestablished and the said corporate limits shall be as set forth in the final order
entered on August 7, 1958, by the circuit court of Fairfax County, sitting as a duly constituted
annexation court, in Town of Fairfax v. County of Fairfax, At Law 7597, circuit court of
Fairfax County, the order entered on December 15, 1980, by the circuit court of Fairfax
County, pursuant to Code of Virginia § 15.1-1031.1 et seq. [now Code of Virginia, § 15.2-
3106 et seq.], in City of Fairfax, Virginia, and County of Fairfax, Virginia, Co-Petitioners, At
Law 51496, circuit court of Fairfax County, the order entered on October 18, 1991, by the
circuit court of Fairfax County, pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.1-1031.1 et seq. [now
Code of Virginia, § 15.2-3106 et seq.], in the City of Fairfax, Virginia, and county of Fairfax,
Virginia, Co-Petitioners, At Law 108937, circuit court of Fairfax County, the order entered on
October 22, 1993, by the circuit court of Fairfax County, pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.1-
1031.1 et seq. [now Code of Virginia, § 15.2-3106 et seq.], in the City of Fairfax, Virginia,
and County of Fairfax, Virginia, Co-Petitioners, At Law 127258, circuit court of Fairfax
County, and the order entered on March 16, 2001, by the circuit court of Fairfax County,
pursuant to Code of Virginia § 15.2-3106 et seq., in the City of Fairfax, Virginia, and the
County of Fairfax, Virginia, Co-Petitioners, At Law 194160, circuit court of Fairfax County,
and as thereafter lawfully changed.
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ADOPTED this 13th day of November, 2001.
ATTEST:
The vote on the motion to adopt the resolution was recorded as follows:
Vote
Councilman Coughlan
Councilman Greenfield
Councilman Lederer
Councilman Petersen
Councilman Rasmussen
Councilman Silverthome
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye