For Immediate Release: April 7, 2021
The Alexandria Park & Recreation Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed Armistead L. Boothe Park Field Conversion Environmental Exception at the Park and Recreation Commission meeting on Thursday, April 15, 2021. The community is encouraged to review the proposed field conversion plan and provide input via email until Wednesday, April 14, 2021 or at the public hearing. For more information, visit the Park & Recreation Commission website to view the March 18, 2021 video presentation.
The Armistead L. Boothe Park field project will convert the existing natural grass athletic field to a full synthetic turf diamond field with synthetic turf rectangular field overlay. The site has several environmental constraints, including the floodplain and two Resource Protection Areas (RPA). While the project is unable to remove all encroachments from the 100-foot buffer of the southern RPA, the proposed plan does create a 50-foot buffer from the footprint of the existing field and will remove all existing impervious surfaces out of the 100-foot buffer on the western RPA. A special exception granted by the Planning Commission will be necessary to permit the field within the RPA.
For comments or questions, please contact Bethany Znidersic, Acting Division Chief, at Bethany.Zniderzic@alexandriava.gov or call 703.746.5492. Comments will be accepted by email until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2021.
Register in advance for this public hearing at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LRyhb80CR02q-1I5TELyGg. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the public hearing.
You may also participate in the public hearing by phone:
A video recording of the public hearing will be available on the Park & Recreation Commission website following the meeting.
In response to CDC guidance related to COVID-19, there will be no in-person public meetings and all engagement will be conducted virtually through online platforms pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3708.2(A)(3), the Continuity of Government ordinance adopted by the City Council on June 20, 2020 or Sections 4-0.00(g) in HB29 and HB30 to undertake essential business until further notice.
For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jack.browand@alexandriava.gov or call 703.746.5434, Virginia Relay 711.
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This release is available at alexandriava.gov/121449
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