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7:00pm at City Hall

10455 Armstrong St, Fairfax, VA 22030

We find ourselves moments ahead of what may likely be the last discussion of the George Snyder Trail, before the fate of our beautiful forest and essential wetland is decided.
Please consider sending one more note, just one more ask for our Mayor and Council to preserve what we have and what we already enjoy so much. Ask them to preserve the free to no cost Storm Water Management and Carbon Capture that a mature forest provides. Ask them to preserve this essential wildlife habitat without the additional 6+ acres of disturbance.
A very recent study says that our forests are not returning. "In the D.C. area, 9 out of the 11 parks studied were categorized as in imminent or probable failure.“ Trees do not just grow back. Our forest and every tree that grows in our City are under threat.
Please ask our Mayor and Council to make preserving our mature forests a priority and not be their biggest threat.
As we develop every inch of our City, these wild spaces are critical to wildlife survival. How much more can we continue to take from that which was here long before us?
To be very clear, we are not against the GST. We are asking that the alignment be such that the requests from the actual City of Fairfax Residents, the people who live, work, spend, worship, play and vote here, be considered above and before the regional cyclist who may be passing through.
We can achieve all the necessary connections without the sacrifice of what our makes our City so incredibly special. Many of these connections already exist and with minor improvements both the City's residents and the regional cyclists can have what they are asking for.
This small forest cannot afford to lose close to 1,000 mature trees (estimated 600 for GST, and 491 for the stream restoration). This mature tree loss must be viewed collectively. The GST does not exist in a vaccuum and neither does the City of Fairfax.
We cannot claim to be concerned with the environment and continue to destroy it.
Please contact the Mayor and City Council and ask them to realign the GST to a more appropriate, less environmentally damaging location.

Catherine.Read@fairfaxva.gov,
Billy.Bates@fairfaxva.gov,
Kate.DoyleFeingold@fairfaxva.gov,
Jeff.Greenfield@fairfaxva.gov,
So.Lim@fairfaxva.gov,
Tom.Ross@fairfaxva.gov
jon.stehle@fairfaxva.gov