Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields told the News-Press at the Falls Church City Council retreat today that real estate annual assessments due out later this month will show an average six percent rise for residential properties, while commercial properties are coming in flat. He said property owners can expect to receive their individual assessments from the City in about two weeks.

At the Saturday retreat at the Thomas Jefferson Elementary library, the Council was addressed by the City’s planning director Jim Snyder.