Board Meeting
On June 26, 2025, President Mulston called to order the meeting of the Board
of Directors (Board) of Reston Citizens Association (RCA) at 7:33 pm. This meeting was
conducted in-person at the Hartke Building and via Zoom.
Board Member attendees: Lynne Mulston, President; Joe Leighton, Treasurer; Directors Gary
Maupin and Jessie Williams.
Michele Silver, Secretary; Shawn Endsley, Vice President; Directors Dennis Hays, Rich Hoffmann,
Connie Hartke, and J Orisha were not in attendance.
President Mulston determined the meeting could proceed and referenced the agenda that was
sent via email. Given there were not enough RCA members for a quorum, it was agreed that
this would not be a “formal” meeting, adhering to the Roberts Rules of Order.
Transportation Updates
Director Maupin met with Supervisor Walter Alcorn related to the
Wiehle update – between Sunrise Valley and Sunset Hills Roads. Fairfax County (County) staff
have proposed narrowing the lanes to allow for bicycle and walking/running lanes. Too many
hurdles to go through that it’s not going to happen for a long time (on/around 2036) and will
need to be reviewed.
Director Maupin suggested that when Vice President Endsley and Director Hoffmann return,
the RCA write a letter indicating that the plan has issues and send to County staff. Bicyclists
and other representatives are vocal about their support to have specific lanes on Wiehle over
Route 267 (the toll road).
Director Maupin discussed a meeting with County staff, including Planning Commissioner John
Carter and stated that there will be a vote in September to add at least three intersections to
the list to be reviewed. He also mentioned that the County will need to get support from the
Virginia Department of Transportation on these intersections.
Golf Course Updates
Director Williams stated that the Fairfax Board of Supervisors (BoS) voted down in June the
Site-Specific Plan Amendment (SSPA) to allow development on the golf courses. The Reston
National Golf Course lawyers (Cooley) have already filed a claim that the developers have by-
right to build 88 double-stacked townhomes. President Mulston and Directors Williams and
Hartke analyzed approximately 13 boxes of documents at George Mason University, but they
did not find anything definitive. There were two folders that referenced the B-555 and one was
in disarray with pages missing.
County zoning software shows the land running down South Lakes Drive but Cooley says that it
bleeds onto the golf course. Cooley has a document from 1966 that they say shows they have
the by-right development.
Directors Williams and Hartke have been in touch with and provided documentation to Fairfax
Zoning Administration, Bill Maylin. Director Williams said Mr. Maylin said everything they
provided was not valuable. The golf course was built in 1970, and the document that Cooley is
referencing is from 1966. President Mulston said it is now up to the County attorneys and
Cooley to figure it out.
President Mulston had a 50-minute meeting with the Chairman Phil Niedzielski-Eichner of the
Fairfax County Planning Commission. She asked for history of how the substitute motion on
the SSPA came to be. The Chairman said nothing nefarious is happening and that it moved
forward because many of the new Commissioners want more affordable housing. President
Mulston told the Chairman that she hoped the Committee would give deference to
Commissioner Carter given his depth of experience, credentials, and respect from the
community.
President Mulston explained to the Chairman Niedzielski-Eichner that the concentrated
development in the TSA was acceptable while leaving the stable areas of Reston intact is well-
document in the comprehensive plan. Now that this is starting to reach saturation, the
developers will start looking at other parts of Reston, which is now happening, especially with
the golf courses.
President Mulston said the developers have failed in providing affordable housing—providing
the bare minimum. And past attempts by the County to provide affordable housing was met
with lawsuits by the developers and that the PRC is quickly approaching its cap, so the County
needs to start saying “no” because the cap is law.
President Mulston wants to talk more about this topic when more Board members are present
and if it’s time to consider consulting with an attorney
Fairfax County Unified Sanitation Districts
Vice President Endsley provided an update to the Board as he could unexpectedly not attend
the meeting.
Vice President Endsley stated that the BoS has postponed their consideration of starting the
five-year notice period to October 14, 2025, for the Unified Sanitation District proposal for the
County. Virginia law requires the County to give the impacted private trash haulers a five-year
notice period to deal with the potential elimination of their service to County residents. He has
provided a write-up to Supervisor Alcorn and asked him to meet to discuss the Unified
Sanitation District proposal. (This meeting would be as a County resident and not as an RCA
Board member.) The meeting is intended to determine Supervisor Alcorn’s position on the
Unified Sanitation District proposal.
Vice President Endsley stated that there are issues with the proposal and does not agree with
the County that there are some residents that support it. Moreover, there have only been two virtual town halls to discuss this proposal with County residents in the Dranesville and
Springfield Districts. Vice President Endsley attended the Dranesville Virtual Town Hall where
there was unanimous opposition to the proposal. The common theme was “why change what
works for an expansion of County control over the lives of residents.” Residents can visit the
County website and indicate Unified Sanitation Districts to access the sources.
South Lakes Environmental Median Improvements
Director Williams identified 12 locations in Reston. The idea is for the wider sections of South
Lakes Drive and would like to speak with Mike Reynolds at the Reston Association and have
pollinator sections where the grass is maintained to help butterflies and bees and other wildlife.
Help with storm water runoff, less mowing to contribute to better air quality and doing what
we can for the environment. The school zone is not included and would not obstruct views.
Director Maupin added that people like the appearance of the medians that have these plants.
Treasurer Leighton noted that in the past, the state would mow but it seems to now be up to
the County or RA.
President Mulston noted that there is a pollinator area on Baron Cameron and Route 7 at
Wiehle with signs. This is a good example of what RCA would do.
Given the time of the year and that not all the Board members are present, it was agreed the
vote for support would be at a future meeting. In the meantime, Director Williams will reach
out to Mike Reynolds.
CD11 Candidate Forum Update
President Mulston noted that the Board has secured the JoAnn Gallery for the candidate forum
on July 28 th . The Republican candidate has not been identified and once an Independent
candidate is identified, President Mulston will contact the Democratic candidate.
President Mulston said that RCA will have to ensure the forum does not exceed more than 100
attendees because it will break fire code and could be canceled. An alternative could be a live-
streamed event.
Other
● History of RCA: Director Williams let the Board know he was excited to learn the history
of RCA while reviewing documents at GMU. He stated that the RCA website could be
enhanced by putting some of the major points of this history on the website for the
public to see. Director Maupin supported the idea. This could be something for future
action.
Reston Library Update: Director Maupin stated the library will be the first building built
in the Reston Town Center North. The library has funding and will be approximately
44,000 square feet. RCA will need to support this effort.
Adjourn
Given this was not a “regular” meeting, there was no need to call for a motion to
adjourn.
The next meeting will be on July 22 nd at 7:30pm at the Hartke Building and on Zoom if required.
A special guest from the Department of Transportation with Fairfax County, Tim Kutz, will be in
attendance to discuss the Wiehle Connector.
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