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    December 1994 Occoquan Watershed Coalition Newsletter

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    The newsletter provides information about the formation of the Occoquan Watershed Coalition, which aims to unite homeowners and associations in the area to address issues of importance. It announces the coalition's first meeting on December 7th and encourages residents to get involved by attending or joining. It also summarizes discussions from a recent meeting about conducting a traffic study between Fairfax and Prince William counties to address growing congestion issues. Residents are urged to support the coalition's efforts to collectively defend the rural environment.

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    The newsletter provides information about the formation of the Occoquan Watershed Coalition, which aims to unite homeowners and associations in the area to address issues of importance. It announces the coalition's first meeting on December 7th and encourages residents to get involved by attending or joining. It also summarizes discussions from a recent meeting about conducting a traffic study between Fairfax and Prince William counties to address growing congestion issues. Residents are urged to support the coalition's efforts to collectively defend the rural environment.

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    NEWSLETTER

    Issue No. 1 Occoquan Watershed Coalition December 1994

    Background Thompson (Chairman of


    Springfield District Council) have Invitation to Join
    For approximately four months we indicated they plan to attend and
    have been working to put together will address the coalition.
    If you live in the defined area and
    a coalition of homeowners and are interested in joining the
    homeowner associations in the Defined Geographic Occoquan Watershed Coalition,
    Fairfax Station and Clifton areas. come to the meeting on Dec 7 or
    The purpose of the coalition is to Area for Coalition
    mail in the attached membership
    unite owners and homeowner Membership application. Become a member!
    associations in this area, to provide Q Be better informed.
    improved communication, The region enclosed by Braddock Q Be involved as an
    dialogue and influence on issues of Rd on the north, Union Mill Rd on individual owner or as an
    importance to those in who live in the west, Route 123 on the east association.
    this environmentally sensitive rural and south to the Fairfax-Prince Q Be a part of the solution
    area. Over 90 homeowner William County line. Membership to our mutual problems
    associations representing in the coalition is open to include and issues.
    approximately 3000 land owners in everyone living in the defined area. Q Help protect and defend
    these areas have expressed interest our environment.
    in membership. There are an equal
    number of owners who are not
    members of formal homeowner
    association. We are looking for
    them to join the coalition too.

    First Meeting Date


    The initial meeting of
    homeowners and associations
    interested in joining the
    Occoquan Watershed Coalition
    will be held on Wednesday,
    December 7, 1994 at 7:30PM at
    the Town Meeting Hall next to
    the new Clifton Fire House.

    Supervisor Elaine McConnell,


    Delegate Jay O'Brien, Jim Chesley
    (Clifton Mayor), and Mike
    "it is important we have a new weigh the alternatives,
    Traffic Study Update mid-crossing between I-95 and communicate with the county
    Old Yates Ford Rd." Instead of planners on a pro-active basis, and
    Prince William and Fairfax providing guidance for the study be heard with a louder voice than
    Counties have formed a bi-county the PWC supervisors seemed to that of the individual citizen or
    subcommittee to address jump immediately to possible homes association.
    the growing traffic problem conclusions of the study.
    between their two counties. The Supervisor Mike Frey The Occoquan Watershed
    subcommittee will provide (Sulley/Fairfax) will chair the next Coalition provides us an
    guidelines for a $250,000 study of meeting on Jan 11, 1995. opportunity to unite for causes and
    a yet to be defined area for new or issues that are important to
    improved river crossings and Supervisor McConnell everyone in the region.
    roads over the Occoquan River
    This beautiful and rural
    Elaine McConnell said that the environment is unique and
    Supervisors in Prince William boundaries and scope of the study
    County are specifically asking that precious. . . it will take our
    should be broadened using I-66 to collective efforts to defend and
    a new crossing and road be the west/north, I-95/Rte 1 to the
    considered between I-95 and Old protect it.
    east and the county line to the
    Yates Ford Road. A more south. She took a firm position
    western crossing north of Liberia against reopening the Ridgefield Attend the Meeting on
    Ave and east of Manassas Park Road approach again. She Dec 7th or Join by Mail
    joining Rte 28 near Compton Rd is indicated this had been studied,
    also being considered. And ... rejected by Fairfax Board of
    there are others. Mark your calendar. Come to
    Supervisors, and deleted from the first meeting of the
    transportation plans. She indicated Occoquan Watershed Coalition.
    Supervisor Gerry Hyland (Mt that approved plans to widen Rte
    Vernon/Fairfax) proposed and the 123 and Rte 28 to 6 lanes and the
    subcommittee approved tasking Wed, Dec 7th 7:30PM
    improvements to the Rte 28/29 Town Meeting Hall next to
    the transportation departments of interchange should be expedited.
    Prince William and Fairfax County Clifton Fire House
    That we should study making
    and VDOT to develop improvements to Hooes, Furnace,
    recommendations on new feasible Be certain your association is
    and Lorton Roads. informed and will be
    crossing sites and new limited
    access roads to connect the represented at the meeting.
    parkways and major commuter Your Comments and
    routes. Support Are Needed! Feel free to make extra copies of
    this Newsletter and share it with
    your neighbors.
    Citizen Input Recent citizen efforts to amend the
    Comprehensive Plan to delete the If you can not attend the initial
    Citizen input provided at two reference to widening and meeting of the Occoquan
    public meetings was heard by some improving Henderson Rd were Watershed Coalition, take the
    of the subcommittee but evidently successful. This is living proof time now to complete and mail
    rejected by others. There was little that we can make a difference in the application for membership
    discussion regarding it at the Nov government. on the front of this newsletter.
    30 subcommittee meeting. Most
    citizens called for a broader study; Homeowner associations and For additional information or
    not wanting a band-aid solution to homeowners need to band together questions, call 764-1300.
    the problem. Supervisor Spellane now. We need to be better
    (PWC) said more than three times, informed and in a more timely
    manner. We need to discuss and

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