Hunting Creek Stakeholders Group

The Hunting Creek Stakeholders Group was established at the request of the Alexandria City Council to provide feedback and input on development plans and affordable housing options for the Hunting Terrace and Hunting Towers projects. A broad range of interests were represented by the stakeholder group membership, and over the course of the year during which the group met, members shared information with the groups they represented in order to ensure residents multiple opportunities to provide input to the Planning Commission and City Council. The Group completed its work and held its last meeting on July 31, 2007.

On December 6, 2007, the Stakeholders Group received a briefing from the Office of Housing on the draft IDI proposal for affordable housing at Hunting Towers. The presentation provided at this briefing is available for downloading from the list of documents below.

Staff has prepared a summary of the issues, ideas and options identified by the stakeholders group members at their meetings and in review of the IDI draft Affordable Housing Plan for the project: Stakeholder Group Issues, Ideas and Options Summary.

• Hunting Creek Area Plan, October 2005

Meeting Materials

• December 6, 2007
  • Meeting notes from question and answer session following presentations
  • Meeting Presentation (Office of Housing)
  • IDI Presentation on Hunting Creek Plaza Project
     
• July 31, 2007
  • Meeting Presentation
  • Funding Sources with Potential Applicability to Affordable Housing at Hunting Towers
  • Summary of Sources and Uses of Dedicated 1 cent Real Estate Tax for Affordable Housing
  • Photos Illustrating Development Concept (more detailed visualization of the project is provided in IDI's presentation on Dec. 6, 2007).
  • Meeting Notes
     
• May 31, 2007
  • Hunting Towers Residents Presentation on History of Hunting Towers
  • Meeting Notes
     
• March 12, 2007
  • Meeting Notes
  • Staff Presentation - Hunting Towers Site
  • IDI Group Presentation - Hunting Terrace Project
     
• Jan. 18, 2007
  • Meeting Notes
  • IDI Group Presentation - Proposed Proffer for Hunting Terrace and Towers
     
• Dec. 6, 2006
  • Meeting Notes 
     
• Nov. 16, 2006
  • IDI Group Presentation
  • Staff Presentation on Site Planning & Development Issues
  • Meeting Notes 
     
• Oct. 30, 2006
  • Historic Context, Guidelines, and Standards
  • National Park Service Hunting Creek Presentation
  • Meeting Notes 
     
• Oct. 18, 2006
  • Staff Presentation and Affordable Housing
  • Meeting Notes
     
• Aug. 24, 2006
  • Staff Presentation
  • IDI Group Presentation
  • Meeting Notes
  • Agenda

Hunting Creek Area Plan Documents of Interest

• Hunting Creek Area Plan - October 2005

• May 16, 2007 - BAR Worksession on the Hunting Terrace Project
• Sep. 8, 2005 - Presentation to Planning Commission

Documents Provided by Stakeholder Group Members or Posted at Member Request:

• Community Benefit Agreements Information
  posted at the request of Boyd Walker
   
• City Council Discussion of Affordable Housing Issues on Adoption of Hunting Creek Area Plan
  Posted in response to question by Maurice Barboza 
   
• Planning Commission Discussion of Affordable Housing Issues on Adoption of Hunting Creek Area Plan
  Posted in response to question by Maurice Barboza

Stakeholder Group Background Materials:

• Staff Memo on Noncomplying Structures, Hunting Towers
• Aerial photo with topography, easements and RPAs 
• Hunting Terrace Original Developer Concept Plan
  (For revised concept plan, refer to IDI presentation Nov. 16, 2006)
• Hunting Terrace Original Developer Concept Sections
  (For revised concept section, refer to IDI presentation Nov. 16, 2006)

Hunting Towers and Hunting Terrace Developments

On October 7, 2008, the Planning Commission recommended denial of a request to rezone the Hunting Terrace site for development of the Hunting Creek Plaza project outlined in the December 6, 2007 meeting materials. The denial was upheld by the City Council on October 18, 2008.