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Council approves Planning Commission FY26 work plan after trimming two items
Summary
The council adopted the Planning Commission’s FY26 work plan with amendments to remove explicit work on Virginia Main Street and to subsume Western Loudoun Recreation Center monitoring under other project involvement. The motion passed by recorded roll call.
The Planning Commission presented a proposed work plan for fiscal year 2026 and the council debated two specific items: explicit involvement with the Virginia Main Street program and a separate line item for monitoring the Western Loudoun Recreation Center.
Council members argued that item 6 (Virginia Main Street) and item 8 (Western Loudoun Recreation Center listed as a separate monitoring task) should be removed or subsumed under other project involvement. After discussion, a council member moved to adopt the proposed work plan with edits removing items 6 and 8; the motion was seconded and passed with affirmative recorded votes from council members present.
Council and planning staff agreed the edits would not change the planning commission’s legal authority but would clarify the scope of monitoring versus active commission involvement. Staff agreed to return with any clarifying language if needed and to monitor projects referred to the commission.
