At-a-glance: Reston Board approves committee rule changes, easement and several volunteer appointments

At its March 26 meeting the Reston Association board recorded several formal actions and personnel approvals.

Committee rules: The board approved a revised committees resolution as amended to make board liaisons nonvoting members of committees and to cap community membership on the Finance Committee at eight members. The board reported the vote as 5 in favor, 0 against and 2 abstentions.

Walnut Branch Road easement: The board approved a temporary easement requested by Fairfax County for sewer-repair access and asked staff to explore whether an access agreement (which would not appear on title) could be substituted; the motion passed by unanimous consent of those present.

Kiwanis lake use: By unanimous consent the board granted a lake-use request from Kiwanis to hold a winter 'polar plunge' event on Lake Anne in February 2027 with a backup date indicated in the staff packet.

Volunteer appointments: The board approved three volunteer appointments by voice vote: Eden Anderson as an associate member of the Environmental Advisory Committee, Katie Boswell as vice chair of the Elections Committee through September, and Jimmy Norcross as a board member of Friends of Reston.

Other procedural business: The board directed staff to add or adjust several agenda items for the April 15 meeting, approved the draft board agenda and set up a small working group (no more than four directors) to consolidate draft code-of-conduct materials for board review; that working-group motion passed on a recorded vote (5 in favor, 3 against).