The Manassas School Board and City Council will hold a joint meeting on Thursday, November 30. The governing bodies are expected to receive updates on several capital projects, including the planned construction of the replacement of Jennie Dean Elementary School.
Officials will receive a report from RRMM Architects, presenting new information about the site and design of the school, which is expected to cost at least $87 million and sit in the heart of Jennie Dean Park. According to public documents, the two-story school will hold about 1,000 students and feature an IT workworm, a broadcast booth, and collaborative learning areas.
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Manassas City officials want the General Assembly to end a moratorium on annexation by Virignia cities.
City spokeswoman Patty Prince says the city wants to begin talks with Prince William County to realign some of its borders. Some city limits fall in the middle of streets, prompting city leaders' desire to adjust the maps.
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Manassas City Government: "Manassas City Police Chief/Assistant City Manager Douglas Keen will serve as Interim City Manager beginning in November when the resignation of City Manager W. Patrick Pate becomes effective."
"Chief Keen was selected by City Council at their Sept. 18 meeting after Council conducted interviews for the position. Pate, who has served as City Manager for the last 10 years, has accepted the City Manager position in Winston-Salem, N.C. His resignation is effective Nov. 3."
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Patrick Pate, the Manassas City Manager who led the city government for the past 10 years, resigned.
Pate accepted a new job as the city manager of Winston-Salem, N.C., a jurisdiction nearly five times the size of Manassas. In a letter Pate submitted on August 8, 2023, the government official said he was returning to his native North Carolina to be closer to family.
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The Manassas City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. today, Monday, July 24, 2023, to decide whether or not to allow commerce airline service from the city's regional airport.
The jets would carry nearly 200 passengers and fly to destinations, including Florida, providing new options for travelers headed to and from the Washington, D.C. area. As many as 30 flights a day could operate from the airport, which is already Virginia's largest general aviation airport.
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Ongoing power outages have plagued residents over the past few months. The electrical substation at Battery Heights on Liberia Avenue, one of four in the city, is offline.
The three other substations are carrying the load. Diane Bergeron, Finance Director for the city, told the council it wouldn't be sustainable to continue to operate on only three. Meanwhile, the city found a transformer in Pennsylvania and hopes to deliver it by July 27, potentially operational by August 1.
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Winston Salem Journal: "By a 5-3 vote, the Winston-Salem [N.C.] City Council on Friday chose William Patrick “Pat” Pate of Manassas, Va., as the next city manager of the city."
"The board split reflected the desire of some city council members to elevate current Assistant City Manager Patrice Toney to the city’s top administrative job."
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The Manassas City Council deferred a decision on allowing commercial airline services at its airport during its next meeting on July 24, 2023.
The city aims to contract with Avports, LLC to bring as many as 30 commercial flights daily to the airport in jets, accommodating nearly 200 passengers.
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The Manassas City Council killed a proposal to offer affordable housing to police, firefighters, teachers, and other Manassas City Government employees.
During its Monday, June 12 meeting, the council voted to deny a request to rezone the nearly three-acre Manassas Arms apartment complex on Wesley Avenue, near Osbourn High School, to allow 28 new townhomes next to the existing 24-unit apartment complex.
