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Falls Church kicks off FY26 CIP planning; staff emphasizes realistic delivery, reinvestment, multimodal transport and housing funding
Summary
Staff presented FY26–31 Capital Improvements Program priorities and a redesigned project sheet to improve transparency. Commissioners urged faster progress on solar, better project tracking dashboards, incorporation of affordable-housing funding plans, and attention to sewer and sidewalk project delivery.
At its Nov. 20 meeting the Falls Church Planning Commission received a staff kickoff for the FY26–31 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) and an early preview of the planning division’s 2025 work program.
Caitlin Sabzi, the city’s CIP coordinator, told commissioners staff’s initial priorities for the next six-year CIP cycle are: effective and realistic project delivery, infrastructure reinvestment, multimodal transportation, and integrating long-range funding planning for affordable housing into the CIP process. Sabzi said staff has launched a redesigned project sheet that will present project benefits, schedules, budgets and alignment with the comprehensive plan and equity and sustainability…
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