Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Thank you.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Prince William County Planning Commission hearing. We had our agenda review at 6.45 this evening. And let us now, let me remind you all to please either turn off or put on silent all electronic devices. Let us now, we're moving to item two on our agenda, the Pledge of Allegiance. So can we please stand for that? to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Moving on to item three, we will now have our Madam Clerk call the roll, please.

Sher Brown.

Here. Here.

Vice Chair Justice? Here. Commissioner Carroll?

Here.

Commissioner Ross? Here. Commissioner Scheifler?

Here.

Commissioner Shaik?

Here.

We have quorum.

Thank you. Moving on to item number four on the agenda. Do we have remote participation requests for many of the members of the Planning Commission? I'm sorry? Okay, do we know who's here? Okay. Can we please make a motion to accept remote participation by Commissioner Landrum, please? So moved. Seconded. Thank you. The motion has been made by Commissioner Shaikh and properly seconded by Vice Chair Justice to accept Commissioner Landrum as a remote participant. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll?

Chair Brown?

Yes.

Vice Chair Justice? Yes. Commissioner Carroll? Yes. Commissioner Ross? Yes. Commissioner Shea? Yes. Commissioner Scheifler? Yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. Moving on to Item 6 on the expedited agenda. Mr. Venegas, do we have any items on the expedited agenda?

So, yes, we have several items for the expedited agenda. Item 10A... which is a public facility or UPFR 2026-0006, Harper Energy Center. Item 10B, comprehensive plan amendment, CPA 2026-00001, Stadler Place. Item 10C, rezoning, REZ 2026-00002, Stadler Place. Item 10D, special use permit, SUP 2026-00024, Triangle Baptist Church, SUP Amendment, Child Care and School. Item 10E, Special Use Permit, 2026-00023, Triangle Baptist Church, SUP Amendment, Cell Tower. Item 10F, Rezoning, REZ 2024-00014, Triangle Baptist Church, Rezoning. And Item 10G, Rezoning REZ 2025-00033 Preza.

Okay. Thank you. That's more than a few items. That's all the items. So we're really excited about that. Commissioner Carroll, do we have anyone signed up?

Would you want to start with, I guess, A? Yeah. Okay. A, no one signed up. Does anyone wish to speak on A?

Well, we haven't. I was going to.

Well, we do have.

We have anybody that's opposed.

Anyone opposed to A? Okay. And just to confirm, no one's online at all. Okay. So did we open all the public hearings?

Yeah, what I'll do is open up the public hearing for the expedited items. Okay. And you are on the top of the agenda for the Brentsville District for Hopper Energy Center.

Yes, so I'd like to close the public hearing.

The public hearing is now closed.

I move to approve PFR 2026-00006 Hopper Energy Center, finding it to be substantially in accord with the adopted comprehensive plan.

Second. Thank you. The motion has been properly made by Commissioner Carroll and properly seconded by Commissioner Shaik to approve public facilities review. PFR 2026-00006, Hopper Energy Center. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll?

Chair Brown?

Yes.

Vice Chair Justice? Yes. Commissioner Carroll? Yes. Commissioner Landrum?

Yes.

Commissioner Ross? Yes. Commissioner Shaik? Yes. Commissioner Sharpe?

Thank you, moving on to item B, which is a comprehensive plan amendment, CPA 2026-00001 for Stadler Place. And we can actually take items B and C together. for Stadler Place rezoning REZ 2026-0002 for Stadler Place. Moving back to Commissioner Carroll for Brentsville Magisterial District.

Thank you. And there is no one signed up. Is anyone wishing to speak in opposition for these cases? and confirm no one is online. Okay. So with that, I'd like to close the public hearing for both cases. The public hearing is now closed. I move to recommend approval of CPA 2026-00001, Stadler Place. Second.

The motion has been properly made by commissioner Carol and properly seconded by commissioner shake. Madam clerk, will you please call? Well, I'm sorry to approve the CPA 2026 0 0 0 0 1 for Statler place. Madam clerk, please call the roll.

Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. Yes.

Yes.

Motion carries.

Thank you. Moving on to rezoning 2026-00002 for Stadler Place. Commissioner Carroll.

Thank you. Just in case, I'd like to close the public hearing. Sorry, the public hearing is now closed. I move to recommend approval of REZ 2026-00002, Stadler Place, subject to the proffers dated April 23rd, 2026 with the following recommendation. Between now and BOCS hearing, continue to work on ways to ensure the portion of the development on 28 is more cohesive and connected to the development and community as a whole.

Second. Thank you. The motion has been properly made by commissioner Carol and properly seconded by commissioner shake to approve rezoning. R O R E Z 2026 dash 0 0 0 0 2 for Stadler place. Madam clerk, will you please call the role?

Sure. Brown. Yes. Justice. No. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Thank you. Moving on to item D, and we're going to take D, E, and F. So we are now open up the public hearing for those items. Special use permit SUP 2026-00024, Triangle Baptist Church for the SUP amendment. Special use permit SUP 2026-0023 for Triangle Baptist Church. Baptist Church, SUP amendment for the cell tower and rezoning REZ 2024-00014 for Triangle Baptist Church rezoning. And we will now move this over to Commissioner Scheifler.

Is anybody signed up to speak?

So no one is signed up, but is anybody wishing to speak against? Okay, one. Is there anyone else you'd like to wish to speak against? Okay, and since that's just one, we can keep it? Yes. So technically speaking, since there are three cases, you will have nine minutes to speak or 15 minutes if you're representing an organization. Just name, magisterial district or generally where you live, and then just within that time.

All right, thank you very much. My name is Kimberly Short. I live in the Potomac District, and I am the president of the Garrisonwood HOA, which is the community that's adjacent to the property that we're discussing right now. I want to put on record that I did send a note to the chair and the vice chair, as well as the Potomac commissioner, so that we don't have to necessarily go through everything. But I want to be put on record. It's not that we don't support the development, but we haven't spoken with the developer in some time. And when we read over the most recent proffer, there was some concerns that we want to make sure that will be honored in the proper. And so I will try to make this brief. I do thank you for the 15 minutes. But the HOA board has communicated with them. But as I stated, we have not talked to them in some time. Our immediate concerns are as follow and in no particular order of importance. The traffic pattern and speeding. The current traffic situation on N Street is already dangerous. and inadequate for current residents. And we addressed this with the developer. Uh, and as recent as April 2026, one of our board members spouse was in a terrible accident right there on in street. Uh, the spouse, uh, had some totaled their vehicle and caused some significant injury, pain and suffering. An additional 103 homes will likely end in fatalities unless road mitigation occurs prior to new residents signing. for any property. The parking situation, we noted that the developer said that they are given more than what's required, but what exactly is that? And the question becomes, are we providing disclosures to those residents that they have a limited number of spaces? Because another adjacent development or community, they tend to park in our neighborhood, and that causes significant problems and sometimes visibility issues. challenges so again that's a disclosure that needs to be put in the proper that those folks purchasing those residents will be notified that they have a limited number of space for parking uh... the stormwater management situation we expressed to the developer that flooding is a concern for adjacent residents within the gut garrison with homeowners association we requested that the developer ensure that they install or construct necessary mitigation to avoid creating a flooding outcome for those residents. We are concerned that the proffer state, that the new community HOA, I think is designated as POA in the proffer, will be responsible for managing the other ground water flows Now, being a member of an HOA, that's quite a heavy lift to think that residents are going to understand that unless there's some disclosure in the beginning letting them know that they will be held responsible for handling a stormwater facility. Typically, residents don't buy places knowing that they've got to manage an entire stormwater facility. Um, and so we are concerned that the potential outcome of this designation, um, will, will be detrimental to all of us. If this requirement is neglected. Um, we also agreed in exchange for property because the developer asked for. property that's owned by our homeowners association, that we would have access to some of the new community amenities, and that this will be noted in the community bylaws and rules. So with that being said, there are things in the proffer. It's just that some of those things were not made clear, and we hadn't decided and given them an approval. So we note that some of these things like The $15,000 was published as the cash amount for the speed bump. However, we've never been given what is the estimate for the cost of a speed bump. So $15,000 up against $100,000, as you all will note, that won't do much. So we need to understand what's the final cost of the speed bump. Will the roads be widened to accommodate additional traffic? We are not sure that, uh, okay. Uh, we know many waivers and have not been brief on the impact of those waivers. Uh, we also have not been brief on the health impact of the cell tower, uh, since it is in such close proximity. So again, we want to support the development. We just want the same level of support with, uh, ensuring that our, uh, requests are being fully satisfied and that, uh, the concerns we, we brought to bear will be addressed. With that being said, thank you for your time.

Thank you, and that was the only speaker. I'm sorry? That was the only speaker.

Okay. Proceeding on to Commissioner Shifler.

Okay, I wish to close the public hearing. The public hearing is now closed. I'd like to move to recommend approval of Specialist Permit SUP 2026-00024 Triangle Baptist Church SUP Amendment Child Care and School with conditions dated May 18, 2026. Second.

Go ahead, sir. May I add a friendly amendment? Sure. Let's hear it. Commissioner Scheifler.

I was going to add that to the rezoning.

You have to work with the HOA between now and the BOC.

I'll put that in the rezoning motion.

Thank you.

Okay. This is just for the SUP for the Child Care Center.

Okay. We have a motion that's been properly made by Commissioner Scheifler and properly seconded by Vice Chair Justice to approve Special Use Permit SUP 2026, Madam Clerk, may you please call the roll, please?

Chair Brown?

Yes.

Vice Chair Justice? Yes. Commissioner Carroll? Yes. Commissioner Landrum? Yes. Commissioner Ross? Yes. Commissioner Shaikh?

Thank you. Moving on to Commissioner Schreifer. Public hearing is open for SUP 2026-00023, Triangle Baptist Church, SUP amendment for the cell tower.

I'd like to close public hearing.

The public hearing is now closed.

I move to recommend approval of Special Use Permit, uh, SCP 2026-00023 Triangle Baptist Church, SCP Amendment Cell Tower with conditions dated May 18th, 2026. Second.

Thank you. The motion has been properly made by Commissioner Scheifler and properly seconded by Vice Chair Justice to approve special use permit SUP 2026-00023, Triangle Baptist Church, SUP amendment for the cell tower. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Chair Brown? Yes. Vice Chair Justice? Yes. Commissioner Carroll? Yes. Commissioner Landrum?

Yes.

Commissioner Ross? Yes.

Thank you, moving on to item F for rezoning RAZ 2024-00014, Triangle Baptist Church rezoning. The public hearing is now open. We'll move this to Commissioner Scheifler.

I'd like to close the public hearing.

The public hearing is now closed.

I'd like to move to recommend rezoning RAZ 2024-00014, Triangle Baptist Church, with the following recommendation, that the applicant work with the adjacent HOAs to...

Excuse me, what's the date of the conditions?

Oh, with proffers dated May 29, 2026.

Thank you.

with the following recommendation that the applicant work with the adjacent HOAs to resolve any open issues before the Board of Supervisors meeting.

Is there a second? Second.

Second.

Okay. Thank you. The motion has been properly made by Commissioner Scheifler and properly seconded by Commissioner Carroll to approve rezoning REZ 2024-000. Oh, I'm sorry. Commissioner Ross. I'm sorry. It's okay. Right. Sorry. It's been approved by, made by Commissioner Scheifler and properly seconded by Commissioner Ross. to approve rezoning REZ 2024-00014 for Triangle Baptist Church rezoning. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Chair Brown?

Yes.

Vice Chair Justice? Yes. Commissioner Carroll? Yes. Commissioner Landrum? Yes. Commissioner Ross?

Yes. I'd also say that The comments we heard sounded legitimate. If you don't get the satisfaction you need between now and the Board of Supervisors hearing, you can contact me and I will pass that on to Supervisor Stewart. Yes.

Commissioner Shea?

Yes.

Commissioner Scheifler? Yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. Moving on to the last item on the agenda, which is item G for rezoning REZ 2025-00033 for RZA, which is in the Woodbridge Magisterial District. We'll be moving this to Commissioner Landrum. The public hearing is now open.

Do we have anybody to speak on this item?

Yes, we do have one person signed up. Are you for or against the project? Okay, is there anyone else here who'd like to speak who's against the project? Okay, so we'll keep it on the expedited. If you're gonna head to the back, you will have three minutes to speak, five minutes if you're representing an organization, and then just name, magisterial district, or generally where you live.

Say what?

Just if you can provide your name and then your magisterial district or generally where you live.

Okay, thank you. Thanks. Hello, thanks very much. My name is Lisa Kraus and I am a longtime resident. and cheerleader, Prince William County. And my family and our partners own Occoquan Harbor Marina, as well as the buildings that house the Harbor Grill and the Harborview Events Center. All of these businesses are located at the end of Marina Way within walking distance of this development. Um, also within walking distance, I'm sorry to interrupt you.

Can you pull the microphone down so we can hear you better? All right. Thank you. Is that better? That's much better. Thank you.

Uh, also within walking distance of our business are the landing at Mason's bridge, Viridian and river gate, which are all large apartment complexes. Over the years, we have witnessed firsthand a serious and growing problem. There is simply not enough parking to serve the residents and guests of these apartment buildings. The shortage creates frustrations for the residents, of course, many of whom must pay additional fees for guaranteed parking or spend considerable time searching for available spots when they return home from work. But the impacts actually extend well beyond the apartment communities. Residents and guests frequently park illegally along Annapolis Way. They also park in nearby business parking lots, spaces that businesses depend on for customers, employees, and deliveries. At the Marina Restaurant and Event Center, we have been forced to tow vehicles belonging to apartment residents and their guests. Believe me, this is not something we want to do. It's not something that we took lightly when we started to do it. It's expensive and disruptive for the vehicle owners who have to deal with towing fees, storage charges, and transportation costs. It's also time consuming for us and our staff and can create difficult and occasionally hostile situations when people discover their vehicles are being removed. Most importantly, towing damages our community relations. I understand there's a vision for North Woodbridge as a high density walkable community with nearby employment opportunities and convenient transit options. While that may be the long term goal, it certainly is not the reality today. The fact is that most residents in North Woodbridge still depend on their vehicles every day. They drive to work, to school, to grocery stores. this item to reduce the parking of this project by 12%, where the parking ratio is already so low, it's going to do nothing but create more serious problems for our community. These consequences, of course, will fall not on the builder or developer after they leave, but on the residents that live there as well as the surrounding communities. We already have a serious parking problem in this area, and for you to approve this parking reduction is going to only make things worse in the area. I respectfully ask that the ratio not be reduced, and if a workable parking solution has not yet been identified, I urge you to defer or continue consideration of this project. Doing so will help ensure the future residents of Breeza and the existing businesses that serve this community can coexist peacefully and successfully for years to come.

Thank you.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you very much. Commissioner Landrum is back to you.

I'd like to close the public hearing.

The public hearing is now closed.

All right. One moment. And I would like to... I would like to move that the Planning Commission recommend approval of subject to the proffers dated May 5th, 2026, conditioned on the applicant working with Planning and Transportation staff to, one, rework the entrance area between the main building and Marina Way to enhance the pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure to support more use and comfort for people traversing between the property and the Greater North Woodbridge Town Center area. And two, explore all options to meet county parking requirements, including the conversion of full-size parking spaces into compact car spaces, leasing of additional space from neighboring property owners, and other alternatives.

Second.

Thank you. The motion has been properly made by Commissioner Landrum and properly seconded by Commissioner Scheifler to approve rezoning REZ 2025-00033, Brisa. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll?

Chair Brown?

Yes.

Vice Chair Justice?

No.

Commissioner Carroll?

Yes.

Commissioner Landrum?

Yes.

Commissioner Ross? Yes.

Yes.

Commissioner Shaik? Yes. Commissioner Scheifler?

Yes.

Motion carries.

Thank you. If anyone wants to exit the chambers, you may do so at this time. We're now moving on to item number 11 for Planning Commission Procedures. Any old business starting with Commissioner Carroll?

I think we're on item number 7.

I'm sorry? Oh, are we? Look at there. I'm being so excited. Thank you, Commissioner Shifer. Well, seeing that the chambers has cleared out, I would assume that there may not be anybody available for public comment, but if there's someone who would like to speak for public comment, do we have anyone online?

Nope. No one signed up in person or online.

All right. No one signed up, and certainly no one is in the chamber, so we will move on to item number eight. Do we have any deferrals or continuations? Mr. McGettigan? No, Madam Chair. We have no deferrals or continuations. Thank you. Moving on to item nine, planning director's time. Back to you, Mr. McGettigan.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just two things I wanted to alert. The Planning Commission and the Board that some of our applicants have been getting scam emails asking demanding payments of invoices for planning things and they are not legitimate we've reported that we put warnings out on our website but just to let you all know that there are things going out there that look legitimate from the planning commission or from the planning office that are not that are phishing scams trying to get information or money so uh just to uh alert you all that that is um is going on um Second, just a reminder that our next meeting is next week, and we need to have a quorum for that. So hopefully everybody can make this or let Ollie know that you will be there so we know that we have a quorum for next week.

Okay, that's it. All righty now. We've already had our, we don't have any public hearings, so now we're on item 11, planning commission procedures. Item A, moving on the old business, we will start with Commissioner Scheifler.

None.

Commissioner Ross?

I don't think we have anything on the table. None.

All right, moving down, Vice Chair Justice? None for me. Commissioner Shaik? Commissioner Carroll. Commissioner Landrum.

None.

All right. Moving on to new business. Item B. We're going to go with Commissioner Landrum.

Nothing at this time.

All right. Commissioner Carroll. Commissioner Shaik. No. Vice Chair Justice. Nope. Commissioner Ross.

No.

Commissioner Scheifler.

No.

All right, item number 12, commission members' time. Moving on back to you, Commissioner Scheifler.

Just that I'll be remote next week, and I may ask, I think Mr. Kerr will also be remote, so I may not be available, so I may, whoever's doing the motion for next week, that may fall on your lap, Commissioner Ross, just to give you a heads up. I might be on, I'm not sure yet, but I just wanted to give you the heads up.

Down the dais to Commissioner Ross.

All right.

Commission member's time.

Yeah. Even though Commissioner Schieffler just encouraged me to be absent next week, I think I will be here. And nothing other than that.

All right, moving down the dais. Commissioner, I'm sorry, Vice Chair Justice. All good. Commissioner Shaikh.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to thank the staff for all the hard work and also our colleagues on the dais also. To work together, I understand it takes a lot of hours of work to get to this level, to be able to expedite. So I appreciate everyone's time, and I know it's very valuable. So thank you.

I forgot something. Happy wedding to your daughter and your family.

Son.

Son. Oh, son and family. Thank you. You have a new daughter now also.

Yes. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right. Commissioner Carroll. Okay, well, I just want to bring something up briefly for you to think about. I was informed, and I guess I didn't realize it, because I have watched the Board of Supervisors hearings before, but just want you guys to think about, I did speak with Mr. McGettigan about it, in that when they have items on the expedited agenda, they just lump them all together, make one motion, anyone can make the motion, and they approve it. Am I, I am correct, right?

That's the board policy, that is correct, right? Yes.

So in the effort of efficiency, I think that that might be something that we should consider doing as well.

Any comments? I would just say that sometimes we make recommendations, and usually the board at that point doesn't make recommendations. You know, I think that's going to – it's final at that point. So, I mean, that's their opportunity to make recommendations.

And there are instances where they pull something off just so that they can add to that. So that's another consideration. But, yeah, that's a very valid point. Okay. Since it'll work.

Along those same lines, I was just thinking our one motion might either have to refer to the agenda or in some other way nail down the proffer dates. And that would basically, if you made any last minute changes in your proffers as an applicant, you would fall out of the group that could take advantage of what you were just describing. But otherwise, yeah, let's save some time.

Okay. Vice Chair Justice? All good. Oh, your light was on, that's why. Well, I'm getting ready to second an adjournment. Okay now, all right, we're moving on to item 13, the adjourn the meeting.

Second. All right, the meeting is adjourned. That's close.