ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA County Board Work Session Arlington POPS-Public Spaces Master Plan Update “A Plan for Our Places and Spaces” County Board Room 2100 Clarendon Boulevard – Room 307 Tuesday, February 20, 2018 3-5 p.m.

Agenda

Staff Presentation

1.	Introduction

2.	POPS Process and Timeline

3.	Public Input

4.	Draft Plan

5.	Focused Topics:

• Level of Service:  County Board re-affirmation of the approach to Level of Service

• Land Acquisition: County Board direction on the proposed approach to Land Acquisition

• Fields: Synthetic Turf and Lighting: County Board feedback on the proposed major changes to the approach to Synthetic Field Conversion and Field Lighting relative to the Preliminary POPS Draft.

• Natural Resources and Trees: County Board direction on the following proposed approach:

• As part of the POPS process:  Strengthen recommendations on natural resources and trees in the POPS document.

• After the completion of the POPS process:  Update the Urban Forest Master Plan and Natural Resource Management Plan as one joint process which will review in more details specific policies related to natural resources and trees.

• Casual Use Spaces: County Board direction on the proposed two-step approach:

• As part of the POPS document: - Acknowledge the importance of casual use spaces as an element of the public space system; Develop definition and design characteristics

• Implementation Phase (post-POPS adoption) - study access and explore development of standards

• Other Plan Elements

• Next Steps