1   
Budget/ARPA Funds Use    The following wrote in support of using ARPA funds for stormwater mitigation at the Broadway (502 W. 
Broad St.): 
W. Frederick Thompson, resident of the Broadway Condominium, on behalf of the 80 residences and 4  commercial businesses at the Broadway.    Margaret G. Finarelli  Alvin Pesachowitz  Carrie Smoot  Lilly Smoot  Nancy Ingrisano  Jenny Schiffer  Ellen Salsbury  Doris Penello  Jim Kelley  Margo Kelley  Kathleen Levitz  Eleanor Joseph Cripps  Harry Risseto  Grace Rissetto  Andrew Siegel  Penny Siegel    Richard Levine  Susan Levine  John Creamer  Liza Creamer  Leslie Wilder  Tracy Wilder  Dick Nathan  Jane Nelson  David Nelson  Sara Fitzgerald  Lawrence Mason  Rosanne Kistler  Peter E Petrucci, MD  Henry J. Gordon  Henriette M. Gordon  Jerry Kamens  Nancy Kamens  Ray Vanderbilt  Barbara Vanderbilt  Kathleen O. Thompson  Barry DeMaio  Judith Katz  Sheldon Katz  Sandy Mitchell 
WRITTEN COMMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL  November 8, 2021 MEETING 
2   
Larry Hinderks  Stacy Hinderks  Martha Mahan Haines    Tina Earman wrote with questions about sue of ARPA funding for COVID testing/vaccination and PPE;  how funds might be used for stormwater improvements; and commented that parks and tennis courts  might be a lower priority as compared to other needs.    Treasurer Jody Acosta wrote to request reinstatement of employee raises and departmental budgets  that were restricted during COVID and possible bonuses for those employees working through the  pandemic.    Phil Christensen (343 James St.)  asked Council to lift the city employee salary freeze (retroactively if 
possible), review the city’s salary structure against current marketbased benchmarks, and commit to 
restoring full staffing levels at competitive salaries before allocating any budget surplus to other 
priorities (including tax cuts). 
The city’s Employee Advisory Council requested that City Council restore staff’s 3.5% increase from FY21 
using budget surplus funds, give employee bonuses using ARPA funds, and complete a citywide 
compensation study and evaluation of staffing levels. 
Plastic Bag Tax 
Christian Demeter (611 Greenwich Street) does not support a plastic bag tax. 
Public Hearing Comments 
The Human Services Advisory Council (HSAC) supports the proposed Charter amendment to remove 
citizenship requirements for city board and commission members. 
  The Historical Commission supports the proposed naming of the City Property Yard as the "Robert L.  Goff Operations Yard"    Other    Shawn Dakin provided supports cameras at every intersection.    Adrienne Varner asked for increased enforcement of traffic laws at the intersecton Broad and West  Streets. 
1
Broad Street Residents and Businesses
Submitted by W. Frederick Thompson, resident of the Broadway Condominium on behalf of the 80
residences and 4 commercial businesses at the Broadway.
November 4, 2021
The Broadway Condominium Association (502 West Broad Street) requests that the City of Falls Church
revise its investment priorities for the $18,000,000 allocated to the City by the American Rescue Plan Act
(ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) to meet critical needs for stormwater management.
The Broadway has recently completed an analysis of its stormwater challenges and has identified city
improvements that need to be made. Our Board is committed to making major investments within our
building, but these can only be fully effective if the City partners with us to make improvements in
municipal systems.
Broadway Stormwater Solutions Task Force Analysis The Broadway formed an internal task force to investigate longstanding and continuing stormwater
problems and identify possible solutions. We contracted with Pennoni Associates, a consulting
engineering firm with expertise in stormwater management to assist our investigations and design
solutions. The technical support provided to our project was led by the Pennoni Division Manager for
Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing projects. That division has successfully completed many difficult
and complex projects (see: Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Projects - Pennoni).
Pennoni produced two reports for us: 1) a May 5, 2021, 3-D Model of the stormwater systems within
the Broadway Condominium; and 2) an October 12, 2021, final report with schematic designs. Our
condominium spent over $50,000 and many hours of volunteer resident time on this effort. As the
result of this work, the Broadway has determined that all of the problems that are causing flooding in
the Broadway are either the result of inadequate municipal stormwater management systems or
inadequate building specifications approved by the City and constructed by the developer.
Problems Arising from Inadequate Municipal Stormwater Management Systems For recent development projects, the City has tried to reduce stress on its aging and inadequate municipal stormwater system. It has focused instead on ensuring that new development projects apply mitigation such as improved drainage systems and retention tanks and other stormwater management best management practices. However, the Broadway – approved in 2002 and constructed as the city’s first major mixed-use project – was not subject to this strategy and is therefore 100% dependent on municipal systems. The Broadway was built with an inadequate stormwater discharge system and has no stormwater retention or stormwater management systems within the structure. Specific problems are described below.
1. The Broadway lies at a low point in the City with properties as far west as Founders Row and as
far east as 301 West Broad Street draining down West Broad Street from opposite directions.
Additionally, a stream runs down North Lee Street and runs under our building. The Broadway
2
sump pump system is operating 24 hours per day to pump this stream water into the city system
and is pumping 20-30 gallons per minute. There is never a true “low water” day.
The October Pennoni Report states that the City of Falls Church municipal water system
“appears to be overwhelmed by the current development in the area. This is resulting in the
flooding of Structure 1 [a drain integration structure built to connect the Broadway stormwater
drain to the municipal system] …”
The picture below (taken from the Broadway looking toward the office building at 701 West
Broad Street during a heavy rainstorm) shows the city drain systems over-topped and sidewalks
under water. Note that traffic on West Broad Street is also traveling through dangerously high
water. This occurs routinely during high-intensity storms.
The City of Falls Church municipal system is inadequate to serve the Broadway and nearby
commercial and residential buildings. Dealing effectively with this deficiency will benefit the
Broadway and will accrue benefits to all residents and businesses in this area as well as all
citizens downstream in the Tripps Run floodplain who have to deal with the excessive and
untreated runoff from such flooding.
2. The October Pennoni Report also notes that “the elevation of the … stormwater piping
discharge [from the Broadway] is low in Structure 1 and is often below the water level in
moderate rainfall events.” This condition was verified this past summer by on-site inspection by
city public works employees who visited the site at our request. The picture below is inside
Structure 1 where our 12-inch diameter egress pipe is pouring water. This is the only egress for
stormwater from the Broadway. The picture demonstrates that when other pipes in the
structure are at half capacity, the Broadway outlet is flooded and cannot perform its intended
3
function. This is a common situation. Indeed, water had to be pumped out of the system on a
sunny day in order for the city to make its inspection possible and in order to take this photo.
The building’s main stormwater egress is nearly always impeded by high water in the city
system. In 2006, the Broadway built an emergency overflow system at a cost of approximately
$60,000 to handle back pressure from the municipal system. Through our investigation this past
year, we demonstrated that there is standing water in the emergency overflow system that
could only have entered through back pressure from the municipal system. In its May report on
its 3-D model, Pennoni noted 5 times that any solution or strategy that the Broadway could take
to improve its stormwater flow would be compromised and ineffective unless the egress from
the building could be free-flowing and unimpeded. In its schematic design, Pennoni further
noted that the egress pipe would continue to be inadequate even if were above the water level
in Structure 1 and the city system was functioning well. Pennoni’s schematic design notes that
the egress pipe should be 15 inches in diameter vs. the 12-inch diameter pipe that the City
approved and that was installed at the time of building construction.
3. The City allowed the Broadway Condominium to be built without any stormwater best
management practices or mitigation features such as retention tanks. It is not possible to
retrofit such structures within our building and we do not have adequate space on our property
for such a structure. The only way to the improve the control of stormwater with stormwater
best management practices would be for the City to implement them outside of our property
footprint.
Problems Arising from Inadequate Building Specifications In addition to the challenges presented by an overstressed and inadequate municipal system, we have identified problems in the construction of our building. All of these designs were approved by the City of Falls Church either before or during construction. Specific problems are described below.
1. Pennoni’s 3-D model of our building’s stormwater systems demonstrated that when rainfall
rates exceed 3.25 inches per hour, the internal piping system approved by the City is inadequate
in numerous locations within our structure and, as a result, water backs up. Rainfall rates above
this level occur every 2 to 3 years and some level of flooding (often minor) occurs in the
4
Broadway when this happens. Longtime residents note that as soon as they see the city street
drains over-top at the West Broad Steet and North Lee Street intersection they know that we
will experience some level of internal water intrusion. With higher intensity storms, the damage
is greater. City Public Works officials have informed us that current building developers are
required to engineer their buildings to handle 5-inch per hour intensity storms. Most of the
places where stormwater pipes would need to be upgraded to protect us from this level of
storm are below our second floor above commercial areas.
2. Open Site Drains (OSDs) handing residents’ HVAC and hot water heater condensation are tied
into the stormwater system and create an avenue for flooding when there are high-intensity
storms. Twelve of the 24 OSDs on the second floor have flooded at some level during the
Broadway’s history. Much of this flooding has been minor, but on one occasion there was
$30,000 in damages. There have been 4 major flooding incidents at the Broadway and two of
these have occurred in the last 3 years. Many residents live with the day-to-day fear that a high-
intensity storm (and these storms are becoming much more frequently due to climate change)
will cause significant damage to their floors and possessions. They can hear the water course
through the condensation drains below their units. Businesses below them have to wonder
after each storm whether or not they will be affected.
This linkage of OSDs to the building’s stormwater system is in violation of current international
plumbing codes. However, this does not appear to have been the case when the building was
originally designed. The City approved these connections and they were installed during initial
construction. The photo below shows some of the damage that flooding from an OSD did in a
Hollywood Video store in our building after a particularly severe storm in 2006.
5
Condominium Board Actions The Broadway Condominium Association Board is committed to successfully addressing any and all internal building inadequacies to the fullest extent possible. The Pennoni reports provided the Broadway with two broad options: roof replacement; or widespread internal building stormwater pipe upgrades and replacement. Pennoni provided a schematic design for the upgrading of internal system pipes. Using the Pennoni designs, the Board will be approaching design and construction firms to provide firm prices for these approaches. The Board will determine which option to take or whether or not some sort of blended option would be most desirable and effective. The Board has already initiated a process to build a budget to provide funds and flexibility for meeting these needs. The Condominium cannot, however, repair or replace or upgrade inadequate municipal systems. Indeed, neither Pennoni nor a plumbing firm that we engaged would inspect, enter or even photograph or run a video camera into Structure 1 since it is a utility maintained by the City. It is up to the City to address municipal shortcomings.
Use of ARPA Funds The ARPA program offers the city a unique opportunity to acquire Federal funds and invest them in improving the municipal stormwater systems that serve the community. As noted in the Interim Final Rule (31 CFR Part 35), the ARPA fund is being established in response to a “once-in-a-century crisis.” The Interim Final Rule encourages projects and activities that are one-time expenses without continuing support and new associated maintenance costs. Water and Sewer infrastructure investments are specifically highlighted as types of investments contemplated by and encouraged by the Act. Any improvements in the municipal stormwater system in the vicinity of N Lee Street and W Broad Street would not only benefit residents and businesses in the immediate area but would also benefit all residents downstream in the Tripps Run flood plain. Another reason that the ARPA funds seem appropriate for this project is that the Interim Final Rule (31
CFR Part 35, II. D. 1.) specifically authorizes local governments “to identify investments in water and
sewer infrastructure that are of the highest priority for their own communities, which may include
projects on privately owned infrastructure.” Other sources of funds would not offer this flexibility.
Prior discussions between Broadway residents and the City about stormwater problems affecting the
Broadway have been unproductive because the Broadway stormwater egress pipe and Structure 1 seem
to lie in a gray area where we are prohibited from private action and the City does not feel responsibility
for action. The ARPA clearly contemplates actions that would involve public and private infrastructure.
It seems to be an excellent fit for this need.
Opportunities and Options for City Actions There is a range of ideas and approaches that the City can consider as it partners with the Broadway to
address stormwater issues. We request that the City Council task the City Manager and the Director of
Public Works to consider these ideas and others and develop specific proposals for the City Council to
review as part of its ARPA allocation process. A general budget and schedule estimate could be
developed for the ARPA budget allocation. The city would need to assess the practicality of these ideas.
1. The City should reengineer its stormwater systems at West Broad and North Lee Streets so that
they can handle high-intensity storms without routinely overtopping drains and roadways.
2. The City should reengineer the egress of the Broadway stormwater pipe so that it is not
impeded by water routinely above the level of its entry point in Structure 1. Unless there is
6
open, full and unfettered egress of stormwater from the Broadway, no other internal building
solution can be fully effective. More water from the Broadway to an inadequate pipe may only
lead to more back pressure from the city system and more flooding within the building. Open
and unfettered discharge of Broadway stormwater could occur in a variety of ways, including:
a. Raising or re-sloping the Broadway pipe entry point so that it is higher than surrounding
structures.
b. Creating a dedicated route for Broadway stormwater by extending the pipe the length
necessary to allow it to empty across the street into Tripps Run independent of other
structures in the system.
c. Abandoning and blocking the current Broadway egress pipe on West Broad Street and
redirecting stormwater from the Broadway to drains on the Park Avenue side of the
building. There are private drains north of our property. The water in these drains
eventually moves around the building back to the West Broad Street drain structures to
put pressure on the municipal system. Redirecting some or all of our stormwater could
avoid the impediments to free flow that are currently being experienced.
3. The City should explore installing stormwater retention systems. These systems could serve
multiple properties. Two approaches that the City could assess are:
a. Build a retention structure serving the Broadway and other structures in the vicinity of
the current Broadway stormwater egress on West Broad Street. Such a structure might
be able to better manage water draining down from several blocks east on Broad Street.
b. Build retention structures on the land adjacent to the Broadway on the so-called Park
and Lee site. The owner of the properties at 120 N Lee Street and 609 Park Avenue has
made several attempts to sell these properties and develop them as part of a multi-
story mixed use development project. Based upon what we have learned about the
water table in our area and the current level of flooding on West Broad Street, it seems
unlikely that these properties could be successfully developed for such purposes. The
two properties together are valued at $2.3 million by the City of Falls Church based
upon market rate assessments. These properties could be purchased by the City (as has
been done by the Fellows property) and converted to a green leafy public pocket park to
serve the residents of the City. The City could put large retention tanks (as has been
done at the Big Chimneys Park) beneath this new park. This would reduce runoff in the
City, improve the quality of water allowed downstream into Tripps Run and meter the
creek that goes beneath these properties and the Broadway in a more managed fashion.
The Broadway’s main stormwater egress could be directed to this area and have
unimpeded access. This would achieve multiple goals: improved management of
stormwater from the creek to the north; unimpeded drainage from the Broadway; an
oasis of green and natural spaces amidst increasing levels of development; and
improved quality of life for all citizens in the Tripps Run floodplain.
Benefits of a Constructive Partnership While the Broadway is planning and budgeting for significant internal changes to our building to reduce
the risks of stormwater flooding, we urge the City to make significant investments that serve the
community by upgrading and improving municipal stormwater infrastructure and shared facilities
7
around and adjacent to our building. The Broadway residents and businesses need the City to partner
with us to improve the quality of life of our residents and businesses.
The Broadway is an important part of the City. According to the 2020 Net Annual Fiscal Impact Report
on Mixed Use Projects prepared for the Council’s Economic Development Committee on March 25,
2021, the Broadway Condominium (80 residential units and 14,593 square feet of commercial space)
delivered more return per acre than any other property in the City (factoring in property and
commercial taxes offset by school pupil education costs). Residents and businesses in the Broadway pay
over $1,000,000 in property taxes and, in addition, pay stormwater fees each year. The City will earn
direct financial benefit by investing in municipal stormwater management systems and keeping the
Broadway an attractive and in-demand property.
W. Frederick Thompson Broadway Condominium Stormwater Solutions Task Force
Why ARPA Funds are Appropriate for Stormwater Improvements to
Benefit West Broad Street Residents and Businesses
Submitted by W. Frederick Thompson, resident of the Broadway Condominium on behalf of the 80
residences and 4 commercial businesses at the Broadway.
November 8, 2021
1. City Stormwater capacity and quality management is inadequate and needs to be improved.
2. Council Members have supported greater investment.
3. The American Rescue and Recovery Act (ARPA) is an appropriate way to pay for stormwater
management improvements. These improvements should be among the highest ARPA
priorities.
4. ARPA funding rules allow the City to work cooperatively with the Broadway Condominium.
5. Collaborative work can begin immediately.
City Stormwater Capacity and Quality Management Is Inadequate and Needs to Be Improved
In a September 30, 2020, memorandum to the Mayor and Members of the City Council (“Follow up to
Council Questions on the Stormwater Capital Improvements and Rate Study”), the Interim Public Works
Director made several important points about the City’s current stormwater management capacity and
capability:
• Periodically increasing the size and capacity of stormwater infrastructure is expensive and
disruptive to neighborhoods and streets and is not a realistic alternative.
• Implementing upstream stormwater management techniques is the other alternative and it
requires an aggressive long-term commitment to stormwater management improvements. It is
also expensive; but it provides important quality-of-life benefits. It requires legal tools such as
eminent domain for property acquisition. Budget costs exceed regular incremental funding and
bond revenue approaches.
• Failure to take either of these approaches results in a “run-to-failure” mode until “critical
conditions prevail.”
We should not wait for failure or disaster when other alternatives are available. Partially funding this
need through ARPA gives the City the ability to make the kind of long-range high-cost investments that
make both alternatives feasible.
The City has not let its inadequate stormwater management structure prevent it from moving ahead on
development. This development has primarily occurred on West Broad Street and Washington Street.
The City’s approach has been to try to minimize the impact of new projects on the community by
requiring developers to engineer their buildings to support 5-inch per hour storms and employ other
mitigation techniques such as retention tanks within their structures. However, these requirements
were not in place when the City authorized and approved designs for the Broadway or some of the
other developments that have brought more water to its doors. The City cannot unmake history, but it
can commit itself to certain basic principles:
• Every citizen of Falls Church City -- whether in a residential neighborhood or in a condo or apartment complex -- should be able to sleep through a storm at night without fear that their unit or the unit of their neighbors will be damaged by preventable flooding.
• Every citizen should know that the stormwater pipe leaving their home is not blocked by an inadequate city system.
• No citizen of Falls Church City should have their sidewalks and streets overwhelmed by storms on a regular basis.
Taking action to achieve these principles should be a basic goal of city government.
Council Members Have Supported Greater Investment
In her response to the League of Women Voters candidate questionnaire request for her top priority if
she were elected in last week’s City Council election, Council Member Debbie Schantz-Hiscott stated: “If
re-elected I will work to spend these [ARPA] funds on stormwater and infrastructure projects that will
enable our community to better withstand the impact of climate change while decreasing debt financing
that we would otherwise incur to complete these projects. This savings will allow us to support other
city programs and keep our tax rate low.” We totally agree. The City has planned for stormwater
mitigation in some residential neighborhoods and the staff-recommended investment priorities include
a number of these projects. Engineering a project to address flooding around the Broadway will make
the investments in downstream projects even more effective.
The American Rescue and Recovery Act (ARPA) is an appropriate way to pay for stormwater
management improvements. These improvements should be among the highest ARPA priorities.
The stated purpose of ARPA is: “(To) provide additional relief to address the continued impact of COVID-
19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) on the economy, public health, state and local governments,
individuals, and businesses.” I think that the city “Community Input Form” which seems to give equal
weight to 18 categories of spending. The staff-recommended investment priorities document which
establishes “long-held City priorities” and “ensure structural balance” as guiding principles misses the
focus of why this bill was passed and what it is intended to do. The Act’s primary goal is to help
communities, individuals and businesses recover from the pandemic and to upgrade necessary
infrastructure to minimize the risk of future health or climate disasters. It specifically identifies eligible
uses for spending. These uses do not include paying for pre-COVID-19 priorities or achieving “structural
balance.” The Act specifically prioritizes improving infrastructure resilience to reduce the impact of
future challenges brought on by health or climate risks.
Specific Eligible uses of these identified by the Act include:
• Revenue replacement for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in
revenue due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, relative to revenues collected in the
most recent fiscal year prior to the emergency,
o The staff-recommended investment priorities PowerPoint budgets 7% of ARPA funds
(approximately $1.2 million) for this purpose. It’s difficult to see how any ARPA funds
are appropriate. My understanding is that real estate values in the city went up in 2020
and that grocery store tax revenue pretty much offset restaurant tax revenue loss. An
April 30, 2021 article in the Falls Church New Press, “F. C. Council Cuts Tax Rate by 3
cents for Fiscal Year ’22,” quotes Council member Russ Litkenhous as saying, “It is an
embarrassment of riches, a beautifully designed perfect storm…” when characterizing
how City revenue exceeded expectations and justified a tax rate cut with more to come.
How can the city cut its tax rate and then plead poverty and justify the need to draw on
ARPA funds to offset a “reduction in revenue?”
• COVID-19 expenditures or negative economic impacts of COVID-19, including assistance to small
businesses, households, and hard-hit industries, and economic recovery,
o The staff-recommended investment priorities document recommends $1.8 million in
spending for this category of expenses.
• Premium pay for essential workers,
o The staff-recommended investment priorities document recommends $500,000 in
spending for this category of expenses.
• Investments in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure.
o That leaves over $15 million in available funding for this the category. The staff-
recommended investment priorities document allocates only $8 million.
Guidance from Third Parties on Including Stormwater Improvements in ARPA Priorities
A number of federal and non-federal entities are providing guidance to state and local government on
ARPA priorities and appropriate spending categories. Examples include:
• The Interim Final Rule aligns eligible uses of the LFR funds with the types of projects that are
eligible to receive financial assistance through the EPA’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund
(CWSRF) and/or Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). However, use of LFR funds is not
limited to such projects. The Treasury specifies, “The Interim Final Rule is intended to preserve
flexibility for award recipients to direct funding to their own particular needs and priorities and
would not preclude recipients from applying their own additional project eligibility criteria.”
Projects may include…Storm water systems”
Source: New ARPA Guidance Released: Is Your Water/Sewer Project Eligible for Funding? — Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. (ruekertmielke.com)
• “Under the Clean Water SRF, eligible projects include … improve resilience of infrastructure to
severe weather events”
Source: Using American Rescue Plan Act Funds for Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure
Projects - National League of Cities (nlc.org)
• EPA specially identifies stormwater runoff from streets as a climate change risk that should be
included in approved remedial actions.
• EPA specifically states that “Eligible stormwater management projects for CWSRF funding
include: Traditional stormwater conveyance pipe, storage, and treatment systems”
Source: Funding Stormwater Management with the CWSRF (epa.gov)
The bottom line is that a project to control the stormwater at West Broad and Lee Streets to reduce and
better manage pollutants can be crafted by the City and can be appropriately funded through ARPA.
ARPA Funding Rules Allow the City to Work Cooperatively with the Broadway Condominium
As noted in my November 4, 2021, statement on behalf of the Broadway (“Request for Consideration of
Stormwater Improvements to Benefit West Broad Street Residents and Businesses”), there is no silver
bullet or single solution that will solve the stormwater problems inside the Broadway or in the
stormwater management system that it shares with the community. Both areas require improvement.
It makes most sense to develop concurrent and compatible solutions. The ARPA Interim Final Rule
specifically allows the City to create and manage projects that may occur on privately-owned
infrastructure when they meet a public goal. Other current or potential future sources of funding may
not provide this level of flexibility.
Collaborative Work Can Begin Immediately
The Broadway has done the necessary fact-finding and analysis to fully understand the stormwater
challenges that it faces. It has worked with a prominent engineering consulting firm to build a 3-D
model of its internal building stormwater structure and it had received design schematics and
recommendations for improved capabilities. It has, however, also been put on notice by this firm that
these capabilities may well be frustrated and prove ineffective because of the inadequate city system
that the Broadway relies upon. Our board is expecting to have to spend large sums and we have the
initial payments for this work planned in our 2022 budget now under review by unit owners. If the City
can work with us and collaborate with us, it can design an ARPA project that is fully compliant with ARPA
requirements. It can eliminate a flooding danger for traffic on West Broad Street. It can reduce the
impact of storms by upstream improvements that will reduce the uncontrolled and polluted runoff from
highly-traveled streets and make downstream stormwater projects on Sherrow Avenue and Hillwood
much more effective. It can also assure that the Broadway residents and families are using their money
reasonably and effectively to solve a problem that the City and the Broadway share.
We are not dealing with a static situation. High-intensity storms are becoming more common and more
intense and are lasting longer when they occur. A rainstorm like the one that hit New York City on
September1, 2021, would have been catastrophic for the City and for the Broadway. This is a real
problem that needs immediate attention. A “run-to-failure” strategy is not acceptable. We urge the
City to join us and partner with us to improve the quality of life and the safety of all of its citizens.
  Added to this Document on November 5:    Alvin Pesachowitz alvin.pesachowitz@gmail.com, Submitted 11/4/2021 
cheath
Digest of Comments received at publicinfo@fallschurchva.gov through 11/5/21
Stormwater has been a significant problem for the Broadway Condominium for several years. Recently it  has been aggravated by additional building in Falls Church and the effect of more frequent and heavier  rainfalls due to global warming. Being situated at one of the lowest points in Falls Church has  complicated the issue. My wife and I encourage the the city council to provide funds to address this  issue when ARPA funds become available.  Thank you for your consideration.    Carrie Smoot csmoot@cox.net, Submitted 11/4/2021  Dear Falls Church City Council Members:            My aunt, Lilly Smoot, and I have lived at The Broadway Condominium for seventeen years.and really  enjoy it.            I have been keeping up with the storm water issues in our building that need to be fixed.            Please fund storm water improvements so that no resident will have damage to property, flooding  in units, and so on.            Thanks for your consideration.    Sincerely,    Carrie Smoot and Lilly Smoot        Nancy Ingrisan, mingnan@juno.com, Submitted 11/4/2021  Subject:  ARPA Investment Priorities    To:  Falls Church City  <publicinfo@fallschurchva.gov>    From:  Nancy Ingrisano    502  W. Broad Street;  Unit 215    Falls Church, VA   22046    Date:  November 4, 2021      One of our residents, W. Frederick Thompson, submitted a request on behalf of our Broadway  Condominium regarding use of the ARPA and SLFRF.  I write in support of Thompson’s request which  describes our own best efforts regarding critical stormwater problems and the need for Falls Church City  to partner with us for a solution.      Without any specialized knowledge of weather or environment conditions, it is obvious to me  that we are experiencing changes in our weather.  One of the changes is that we are subject to more  frequent intense rain storms.  In 2014 I sold my detached home in McLean and moved to the Broadway.   My old home was the low spot on the block, and after more than 50 years it became subject to  basement flooding because of changes in weather and the lay of the land surrounding other homes.  So I 
became very sensitive to problems and repercussions of flooding.  Consequently, I thought all of that  was behind me, in my “senior years” when I moved to Falls Church.   
But as fate would have it, my Unit in the Broadway is on the 2nd floor – the very floor being  impacted by Falls Church stormwater backups.  Let me tell you, it is far from comforting to hear weather  forecasts of heavy rain, especially coming at night and on the weekend when building support staff is  reduced.  You never know when you might wake up to find destructive water in your own Unit. 
  In McLean my late husband and I learned to always ensure the drains we installed on our land 
remained clear of debris during heavy rains.  I can personally attest to standing out in cold and terrible  rain, repeatedly removing floating leaves from our drain grates; not pleasant work but easier and less  destructive than having standing water in the basement.  Unfortunately, that solution is not available to  me or us at the Broadway.  But as mentioned in Thompson’s request, with the financial support of  residents at the Broadway, our Condominium is investigating and committing to making building  changes as far as we are physically able in order to affect stormwater solutions. 
  But as Thompson wrote, we believe Falls Church City needs to partner with us to effectively 
solve the existing problem.  This will benefit our community as a whole, and we believe will also be  financially and physically beneficial to all in the long run.  It’s been said of other situations, and I believe  it is true in this one: “It takes a Village.” 
  We are all fortunate for the current and unusual ARPA and SLFRF benefits.  I personally join 
Thompson’s request on behalf of the Broadway Condominium, and I believe our whole neighborhood.   Please partner with us to resolve current and future stormwater flooding. 
  Please be the “Village” we need regarding stormwater problems, solutions, and use the ARPA 
and SLFRF.  Thank you for your consideration.          Jennifer Schiffer jennifer.schiffer@gmail.com, Submitted 11/4/2021  To Whom It May Concern:    I request that you use a portion the ARPA funds to address the stormwater issues affecting the residents  of the Broadway. Flooding could cause millions of dollars in damage to the Broadway . My motherin law already has spent thousands of dollars repairing damage from these stormwater issues and has  been forced to move out of her unit a few times as a result.     Please use these funds to help an existing building and its residents.    Thank you for your prompt attention!    Jenny Schiffer         
Added to this Document on November 4:    Tin Earman, joe.tina@verizon.net, Submitted on 11/1/2021  Excellent THM, thanks for posting the tape so fast. Several questions/comments:     More info about the testing/vaccinations/PPE funding slide. Wyatt said the vaccination money was for  logistic of setting up clinics..this I understand. But, sounded like testing and PPE would be for schools  and employees...not residents? Please explain.  Thought schools would receive State funding for this  purpose or are funds allocated using the funding formula (I can’t remember the acronym) where  wealthier municipalities get less State funds and less wealthy areas get more? The one where we always  get the shaft :)     I would put park improvements lower priority. It just does not seem to be of the same importance as  other needs for ARPA funds.     Business surveys: will you be asking if our businesses applied and or received prior funding under the  Paycheck protection plan or other State/Fed programs that have targeted businesses?     Stormwater: sounds like it is not clear if the ARPA funds would replace the need for bond funding for the  big projects envisioned for this funding source...clarification appreciated.    William "Fred" Thompson, wft10s@gmail.com, Submitted on 11/2/2021  Taken from a 7 page PDF….    There is a range of ideas and approaches that the City can consider as it partners with the Broadway to  address stormwater issues. We request that the City Council task the City Manager and the Director of  Public Works to consider these ideas and others and develop specific proposals for the City Council to  review as part of its ARPA allocation process. A general budget and schedule estimate could be  developed for the ARPA budget allocation. The city would need to assess the practicality of these ideas. 
1. The City should reengineer its stormwater systems at West Broad and North Lee Streets so that  they can handle highintensity storms without routinely overtopping drains and roadways. 
2. The City should reengineer the egress of the Broadway stormwater pipe so that it is not  impeded by water routinely above the level of its entry point in Structure 1. Unless there is  open, full and unfettered egress of stormwater from the Broadway, no other internal building  solution can be fully effective. More water from the Broadway to an inadequate pipe may only  lead to more back pressure from the city system and more flooding within the building. Open  and unfettered discharge of Broadway stormwater could occur in a variety of ways, including: 
a. Raising or resloping the Broadway pipe entry point so that it is higher than surrounding  structures. 
b. Creating a dedicated route for Broadway stormwater by extending the pipe the length  necessary to allow it to empty across the street into Tripps Run independent of other  structures in the system. 
c. Abandoning and blocking the current Broadway egress pipe on West Broad Street and  redirecting stormwater from the Broadway to drains on the Park Avenue side of the  building. There are private drains north of our property. The water in these drains  eventually moves around the building back to the West Broad Street drain structures to 
put pressure on the municipal system. Redirecting some or all of our stormwater could  avoid the impediments to free flow that are currently being experienced. 
3. The City should explore installing stormwater retention systems. These systems could serve  multiple properties. Two approaches that the City could assess are: 
a. Build a retention structure serving the Broadway and other structures in the vicinity of  the current Broadway stormwater egress on West Broad Street. Such a structure might  be able to better manage water draining down from several blocks east on Broad Street. 
b. Build retention structures on the land adjacent to the Broadway on the socalled Park  and Lee site. The owner of the properties at 120 N Lee Street and 609 Park Avenue has  made several attempts to sell these properties and develop them as part of a multi story mixed use development project. Based upon what we have learned about the  water table in our area and the current level of flooding on West Broad Street, it seems  unlikely that these properties could be successfully developed for such purposes. The  two properties together are valued at $2.3 million by the City of Falls Church based  upon market rate assessments. These properties could be purchased by the City (as has  been done by the Fellows property) and converted to a green leafy public pocket park to  serve the residents of the City. The City could put large retention tanks (as has been  done at the Big Chimneys Park) beneath this new park. This would reduce runoff in the  City, improve the quality of water allowed downstream into Tripps Run and meter the  creek that goes beneath these properties and the Broadway in a more managed fashion.  The Broadway’s main stormwater egress could be directed to this area and have  unimpeded access. This would achieve multiple goals: improved management of  stormwater from the creek to the north; unimpeded drainage from the Broadway; an  oasis of green and natural spaces amidst increasing levels of development; and  improved quality of life for all citizens in the Tripps Run floodplain. 
    Ellen Salsbury, ellensals@aol.com, Submitted on 11/4/2021  As a resident of the 80 unit Broadway Condominium, I strongly encourage you to include The  Broadway's storm water issues as you prioritize the list of projects to consider.  We have some very  serious issues that are detailed in a report  generated by our buildings storm water task force that I have  shared with Council.  These issues are not of our making,  and connections to the City's storm water  system have proved to be highly inadequate , causing flooding within our building.   Just as individual homes in neighborhoods are impacted , we are also and feel that our voices need to be  heard.   Please don't ignore 80 homeowners in the city.  Thank you,   Ellen Salsbury  502 W.Broad St, #504      Doris Penello, penpenel@gmail.com, Submitted on 11/3/2021  I am an owner of one of the many residential units at The Broadway condominium here in Falls Church.  We have 80 residential units and additional commercial space and pay more than $1 million in property  taxes each year. We all are here because we love the little City of Falls Church as a residence,  investment, or as a business opportunity.  I support our representative Fred Thompson’s comprehensive summary and accurate analysis  forwarded to you this week. 
Our request is to have the City join with The Broadway condominium to address the serious stormwater  problems facing us through the use of the ARPA funds.  This investment to resolve water and sewer infrastructure at the Broadway here in the City is precisely  what the ARPA funds are intended.  Because of that it is our hope that this request be approved for funding using those funds.  The combined work of the City, use of ARPA funds, and efforts of The Broadway condominium will  enable the condominium to remain an attractive and viable part of the City which future residents will  enjoy.  Thank you for all you do for our city and we remain optimist that you will support us in this important  request.  Doris Penello      Jim Kelley, jameskelley6912@cox.net submitted on 11/3/2021  My wife, Margo TullyKelley, and I are among the original owners and residents of The Broadway,  occupying unit 318 since April 2004.  We are proud of the leadership of The Broadway for its consistently professional and collaborative  approach to issues which frequently engage  The City of Falls Church, most notably and recently the stormwater issue which has impacted us.    Given the magnitude of the stormwater problem, the likely costs to mitigate the problem, and the level  of taxation owners/residents of  The Broadway are subject to, we urge the Little City to include this stormwater problem among its  priorities for ARPA funding.  We think  that the committee which Fred Thompson so ably chairs has made the case for such an investment.     Jim and Margo Kelley        Kathleen Levitz, kathleen.levitz@gmail.com submitted on 11/4/2021  I write in support of the memorandum submitted by W. Frederick Thompson on behalf of The Broadway  condominium.  In that memo, Mr. Thompson shows how the City could use funds it has received from  the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund(SLFR) created by the American Rescue Plan Act to eliminate the  flooding along parts of West Broad and North Lee Streets that accompanies the increasingly frequent  torrential rainstorms .  Aggravated by the City's overwhelmed  by inadequate stormwater management  infrastructure, this is exactly the sort of problem the SLFR funds are intended to solve.    As a fiveyear resident of The Broadway, owning an apartment on building's second floor, I have  experienced firsthand the damage, inconvenience and expense that results when the city's stormwater  management system is inadequate to prevent back flow into building unit open site drains.  I, along with  all the other owners of Broadway condominium units, will shortly incur a significant increase in monthly  condo fees to so that the condominium association can take steps necessary to ameliorate the problem.   As Mr. Thompson's memo makes abundantly clear, however, those steps are necessary, but won't be  sufficient to solve the problem unless the City of Falls Church government chooses to form the  constructive partnership with The Broadway that Mr. Thompson's memo urges.  Without the City's help,  we'll be just "pouring our money down the drain." The benefits flowing from the partnership would, 
moreover, extend not just to the residents and businesses of the Broadway, but also to the many other  residents and businesses located along West Broad Street and Lee Street.    I urge members of the City Council to create the constructive partnership contemplated by Mr.  Thompson's memo.  Please vote to allocate a portion of the City's SLFR funds to solving the stormwater  management problem arising along West Broad Street and North Lee Street.    Thank you.      Eleanor Joseph Cripps, (forwarded by William Fred Thompson), submitted on 11/4/2021  I have been an owner and resident at The Broadway, 502 W Broad Street, since 31 July 2004. An  important reason for my purchasing this condo was the excellent reputation enjoyed by the City of Falls  Church for its government and schools, thus representing protection of a considerable investment. An  important part of efficient City Government is the City Planning Department, i.e. thorough examination  and supervision of all specifications for new construction. City Planning must have been aware of The  Broadway's low location, the small stream below our building emerging across the street, as well as the  inadequate capacity of the City's existing storm water system.    Serious water problems have now been established by our consultants and are described in the report  to you by the Chairman of our Stormwater Solutions Taskforce. Some had become apparent shortly  after the building was fully occupied and have now reached a point demanding urgent solutions facing  us with high costs to repair oversights, which should have been resolved between your Planning  Department and Waterford Builders PRIOR to the City's approval of construction.    We therefore feel justified in expecting that the City of Falls Church participate in the cost of this urgent  project by using funds from the American Rescue Plan, not in the least to preserve and maintain our  Littler City's excellent reputation.    Thanking you in anticipation for your assistance.    Eleanor (Joseph) Cripps        Tina Earman, joe.tina@verizon.net,  submitted on 11/4/2021  Many thanks...nice job. I do have a bone to pick about the survey...stormwater was not given as a choice  in priorities tic boxes...I added it as “other”. Seems it should have been one of the items listed unless  stormwater was understood to be “IN” and the list was other items to be considered.  I look forward to the you tube tape of tonight’s THM....I can’t run MS Teams without adding the  program to my old computer and it’s already overburdened..  Best,  Tina   
Original Message  From: Harry Rissetto   Sent: Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:13 PM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: Broadway Stormwater    Attention: External Email – regardless if the sender is known DO NOT open any attachments or links  unless you are expecting them from the sender      In the past several years our condominium has accumulated storm water that is causing serious flooding  issues.  It is my understanding that the City pipes connecting to the building are inadequate under  current circumstances.  Climate change will exacerbate the situation and I ask that the City take  remedial action.  Grace and I have lived in the City about 50 years.      Harry and Grace Rissetto     
  Original Message  From: Penny and Andrew Siegel   Sent: Saturday, November 6, 2021 7:32 PM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)    If you have not yet sent a note to the City asking it to address stormwater issues in the neighborhood of  the Broadway, please do so!    The City Council meets on Monday, November 8 and they need to know that we care and will have a  followon meeting on this topic on November 15.      Every citizen   in a residential neighborhood or in a condo or apartment complex should be able to  sleep through a storm at night without fear that their unit or the unit of their neighbors will be flooded.      Every citizen should know that the stormwater pipe leaving from their house is not blocked by an  inadequate city system.      Every citizen should not have their sidewalks and streets overwhelmed by storms on a regular basis.      Our problems with stormwater are entirely a result of inadequacies in the design of our building that the  city approved and inadequate, aging and obsolete systems for stormwater that the city has failed to  improve while it has greatly expanded development in our area.      All we are asking for is for the city to work with us to help us manage and solve this problem.  It affects  us and surrounding neighborhoods and every resident of the city downstream from us on Tripps Run.    Andrew & Penny Siegel  Residents at  The Broadway of Falls Church a Condominium       
From: Richard Levine   Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 8:31 AM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding 
Fall Church City Council I am writing to you concerning an issue requiring urgent attention: Every citizen -- in a residential neighborhood or in a condo or apartment complex should be able to sleep through a storm at night without fear that their unit or the unit of their neighbors will be flooded. Every citizen should know that the stormwater pipe leaving from their house is not blocked by an inadequate city system. Every citizen should not have their sidewalks and streets overwhelmed by storms on a regular basis. Our problems with stormwater are entirely a result of inadequacies in the design of our building that the city approved and inadequate, aging and obsolete systems for stormwater that the city has failed to improve while it has greatly expanded development in our area. All we are asking for is for the city to work with us to help us manage and solve this problem. It affects us and surrounding neighborhoods and every resident of the city downstream from us on Tripps Run. Thank you, Richard Levine 502 W. Broad St. Falls Church, VA 22046
From: Susan Levine   Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 8:34 AM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding 
Falls Church City Council Good Morning, Please take action on this urgent request for help: Every citizen -- in a residential neighborhood or in a condo or apartment complex should be able to sleep through a storm at night without fear that their unit or the unit of their neighbors will be flooded. Every citizen should know that the stormwater pipe leaving from their house is not blocked by an inadequate city system. Every citizen should not have their sidewalks and streets overwhelmed by storms on a regular basis. Our problems with stormwater are entirely a result of inadequacies in the design of our building that the city approved and inadequate, aging and obsolete systems for stormwater that the city has failed to improve while it has greatly expanded development in our area. All we are asking for is for the city to work with us to help us manage and solve this problem. It affects us and surrounding neighborhoods and every resident of the city downstream from us on Tripps Run. Thank you, Susan Levine 502 W. Broad St. Falls Church, VA
From: Liza Creamer  Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 9:42 AM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding 
Dear members of Falls Church City Council, We are Liza and John Creamer. We live in the Broadway building located at 502 W. Broad St. Our unit is located on the second floor of the building. We are writing to urge you to use some of the funds that the City received under the American Rescue Plan Act to address the serious stormwater problems faced by the City of Falls Church as well as by the Broadway building. The residents and commercial tenants of the Broadway, who contribute over $1 million in property taxes and fees to the City each year, are committed to investing the money needed to address the flooding issues posed by the building's design and construction. However, as explained in the attached document, modifications to the Broadway building will not suffice to remedy the flooding issues unless they are accompanied by complementary improvements to the City's stormwater management system. We believe such an investment by the municipality is crucial to ensure a continued high quality of life for residents of the City of Falls Church, especially as the intensity and frequency of storms continue to increase in the future due to the impact of Global Climate Change. Delays in addressing the stormwater challenges will lead to higher costs and economic losses in the future. Thank you for your consideration of this issue. Regards, John & Liza Creamer -- John S Creamer Liza M Creamer 502 W Broad St Apt 216 Falls Church, VA 22046 United States of America
From: Leslie Wilder   Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 10:00 AM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding  Input from Owner in The Broadway Condominium,  #310 Dear Falls Church City Council, My sister (Tracy Wilder) and I own unit #310 in The Broadway at 502 W Broad St. We are sending this email to ensure our voice is heard regarding the mounting concern about the serious storm water issues that are affecting The Broadway and surrounding neighborhoods. To put it succinctly: Every citizen -- in a residential neighborhood or in a condo or apartment complex should be able to sleep through a storm at night without fear that their unit or the unit of their neighbors will be flooded. Every citizen should know that the storm water pipe leaving from their house is not blocked by an inadequate city system. Every citizen should not have their sidewalks and streets overwhelmed by storms on a regular basis. Our problems with storm water are entirely a result of inadequacies in the design of our building that the city approved and inadequate, aging and obsolete systems for storm water that the city has failed to improve while it has greatly expanded development in our area. All we are asking for is for the city to work with us to help us manage and solve this problem. It affects us and surrounding neighborhoods and every resident of the city downstream from us on Tripps Run. Sincerely, Leslie Wilder & Tracy Wilder 502 W Broad St #310 Falls Church, VA 22046
From: Dick Nathan  Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 10:19 AM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: Fw: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding  Please address the storm water issues in the neighborhood of The Broadway Condominium. Every citizen -- in a residential neighborhood or in a condo or apartment complex should be able to sleep through a storm at night without fear that their unit or the unit of their neighbors will be flooded. Every citizen should know that the stormwater pipe leaving from their house is not blocked by an inadequate city system. Every citizen should not have their sidewalks and streets overwhelmed by storms on a regular basis. Thank you. Dick Nathan CRS, ABR, SRES Associate Broker Long & Foster Realtors Licensed in Virginia Top 5% Nationwide (703)284-9318 [Desk and 24-Hr. Voice Mail]
Find me on Facebook for real estate market updates:     
 
ALERT! Long & Foster Real Estate will never send you wiring information via email or request that you send us personal financial information by email. If you receive an email message like this concerning any transaction involving Long & Foster Real Estate, do not respond to the email and immediately contact your agent via phone.
The contents of this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, dissemination, copying, distribution or other use of the contents of this message or any attachment by you is strictly prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail, and please delete this message and all attachments from your system. Warning: If you receive an email from anyone concerning a transaction involving Long & Foster Companies (“Long & Foster”) which requests that you wire funds or that you provide nonpublic personal information by unsecured return email, do not respond to the message. To protect yourself, immediately call your real estate agent or other contact at Long & Foster.
ô
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jane Nelson <janegnelson@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 10:10 AM Subject: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) To:
Every citizen -- in a residential neighborhood or in a condo or apartment complex should be able to sleep through a storm at night without fear that their unit or the unit of their neighbors will be flooded. Every citizen should know that the stormwater pipe leaving from their house is not blocked by an inadequate city system. Every citizen should not have their sidewalks and streets overwhelmed by storms on a regular basis. Our problems with stormwater are entirely a result of inadequacies in the design of our building that the city approved and inadequate, aging and obsolete systems for stormwater that the city has failed to improve while it has greatly expanded development in our area. All we are asking for is for the city to work with us to help us manage and solve this problem. It affects us and surrounding neighborhoods and every resident of the city downstream from us on Tripps Run. Jane and David Nelson 502 W. Broad St. Apt 315 Falls Church, VA 22046
 
Original Message  From: LAWRENCE MASON   Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:02 PM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: An ARPA issue for Monday’s meeting      My name is Lawrence Mason. My wife and I live in the Broadway condo here in the City. We are  hopeful that the Council will give serious consideration to the storm water drainage issue here  in our neighborhood at it’s Monday meeting.    Flooding has become a serious concern for us. The City approved design plans for this building  were less than forward looking. The increasing number of flood warnings associated with the  increasing number of seriously heavy rains coupled with the increasingly obvious impacts of  climate change all argue for us to cooperate in finding a solution and to do so with some haste.   One remedy may relate to the incapacity of the City drainage system to absorb the increased  drainage from buildings such as ours.    With the availability of ARPA funding, we should be able to cooperate in addressing the storm  water drainage issue without the more costly alternative of kicking it down the road. Working  together with the City on this problem is essential and the availability of ARPA funds makes that  a very real possibility.    Thank you for your consideration, and your service.    Lawrence Mason  502 W. Broad Street, # 404 
  Original Message  From: Rosanne Kistler   Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 2:01 PM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: ARPA    I have been a Falls Church resident since December 2006, having moved here from upstate New York.   I’ve found Falls Church to be fine place in which to spend these years, despite the existence of our gun  shop for many years, the loss of the Original Pancake House, and of course our storm water problems.    I consider The Broadway to be the best mixeduse ‘high’ rise residence in the Little City.   We are 80  units of responsible, conscientious residents.  Unfortunately, we are also the City’s first experience with  this type of construction, and are now suffering from the lack of foresight and experience of city  planners.    As you are aware, our problems are beyond our sole control and are due to engineering conditions that  tie into the City’s systems.  We know you are dealing with 6 other sites that have water problems, and  urge you to pay attention to our situation also.  If our  building plans had had the advantage of the City’s  current experience, the expenses we are facing would not be so overwhelming.    Please consider including the Broadway in your plans for corrective action and include us in the  American Rescue Plan Act funds.    Rosanne Kistler  502 W. Broad Street  Falls Church, VA. 22046
From: Peter Petrucci   Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 3:43 PM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: American Rescue Plan Act Funding    This letter is in support of the efforts of The Broadway Condominium to correct long standing  deficiencies in the water drainage system from our building into the surrounding water management  system. Our problems with stormwater are the result of an inadequate, ageing and obsolete water  management system, which the city has failed to improve, while develoment in the area has greatly  expanded.  We are asking the city to work with us to help solve this problem. This problem also affects surrounding  neighborhoods and requires a combined effort of the neighborhoods involved and the city of Falls  Church. Please give priority to our appeal, especially in view of the likely availabily of federal funds to  help correct similar deficiencies.    Peter E Petrucci, MD  JHCP Surgery @ FoxhallRetired 
From: Henriette Gordon   Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 3:51 PM  To: Public Info <PublicInfo@fallschurchva.gov>  Subject: FCC Storm Water Pipe System    November 6, 2021    RE:  American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)  Fundraising    We are residents of The Broadway condominium at 502 West Broad Street.  The building's Board would like to work together with you to solve our  water problems.   Some of our units have been financially and health wise affected by the  water that backs up into units from the failure of the street syst