Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust answers questions submitted by Patch readers.
Question: What was the public consensus of the Salona Park public meeting? Answer: Salona Park was created when the Fairfax County Park Authority entered into an agreement with the landowners to place over 40 acres of land into a conservation easement. The conservation easement is intended to preserve the land from development and to create a park which would integrate the cultural, natural and historic nature of the property with opportunities for active and passive recreation. In November 2010, the Park Authority presented a draft Master Plan for Salona Park to the community. During the meeting and in the subsequent comment period, the Park Authority received numerous suggestions and proposals for how the park could be used and …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
McLean residents can't agree how to use an undeveloped parcel off Dolley Madison Boulevard.
Some people want athletic fields. Others want a dog park. Dan DuVal, the owner of a large parcel of undeveloped land in McLean called Salona, says he'd like to keep the property untouched for "education and historical purposes." This, of course, somewhat oversimplifies what NBC Washington has dubbed the Salona Park "Turf War." In 2005, Fairfax County purchased a $16 million conservation easement from DuVal for the property - the most the county had ever spent on an easement, NBC reports. In early October, the Salona Park Task Force solicited public comment during a meeting held at the McLean Community Center. Hundreds of ideas were submitted. As yet, no consensus has been reached. Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust told Patch he …
Monday, October 22, 2012
Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust said hundreds of comments were submitted at a public meeting more than two weeks ago.
More than two weeks after the Salona Park Task Force hosted a public meeting at the McLean Community Center on the future of Salona Park, officials are still combing through hundreds of comments submitted by the public on the future use of the park. Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust said the task force will continue to read through the submitted comments before moving forward with a recommendation. "They are working diligently," Foust said. The task force is charged with making a recommendation to the Fairfax County Park Authority with a plan for the future use of Salona, a historical site in McLean. Although the land is privately owned, Fairfax County purchased a conservation easement on the property six years ago, which permits …
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