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City Council Retreat
Saturday, September 11, 1993 - - 8:30 am

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

Revised 9/8/93

8:30 A.M. COFFEE AND DANISH

9:00 GENERAL COMMENTS

Mayor Patricia S. Ticer
City Manager Vola Lawson

9:15 to 9:45 FISCAL ISSUES AND AREAS FOR COUNCIL GUIDANCE
IN PUTTING TOGETHER PROPOSED FY 1995 BUDGET -
MAYOR TICER AND COUNCILMAN DONLEY
(NOTEBOOK TAB II)

Vola Lawson, City Manager
Arthur Gitajn, Director of Financial and Information Services
Lori Godwin, Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget

o GENERAL OVERVIEW

o REVENUE FORECASTS:

- 5-Year Revenue Outlook For:

o Real Property Tax
o Personal Property Tax
o Other Local Taxes (e.g., local sales tax, meals
and lodging taxes, etc.)
o Non Tax Revenues

- Impact of Revenue Forecasts on City's Adopted Financial
Policies

- Implications of Level or Declining Real Property
Assessments and No Tax Rate Increase on FY 1995
Proposed Budget
o EXPENDITURE ISSUES
- Operating Budget Issues
o COLA/Salary/Benefit Issues Given Available Revenues

o Capital budget

o Review of Projects Proposed for Inclusion in January
1995 Bond Issue
o Increased Debt Service Associated with this Bond Issue
o Review of Capital Projects Not Recommended for
Inclusion in Bond Issue (Both FY 1995 and Remainder of
6-Year Capital Budget)

9:45 to 11:30 CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF FY 1995 BUDGET AND
GUIDANCE CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:

o Level Tax Rate
o City Services (Priorities, Levels of Service)
o COLA, Salary and Benefits
o Bond Issue
o CIP (Both FY 1995 and 6-year CIP)
o Procedural Rules for Budget Requests from Council
o Other

11:30 to VICE MAYOR CLEVELAND'S REQUEST FOR STATUS
12:00 P.M. REPORT AND DISCUSSION OF POTOMAC YARD/POTOMAC
GREENS (NOTEBOOK TAB II)

Vola Lawson, City Manager
Phil Sunderland, City Attorney

12:00 to 1:00 AMERICAN LEGION SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND LUNCH
(lunch will be served to City Council in the Workroom)

1:00 to 1:30 COUNCIL MEMBER RICH'S REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION
OF FAIR SHARE APPROACH TO CITY/REGIONAL
PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES
(NOTEBOOK TAB III)

1:30 to 2:00 1993 GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE CITY
COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE ON:
(NOTEBOOK TAB IV)

o Councilman Speck's Request to Amend the City Charter so that
Master Plan Amendments, Whether Acted On or Not by the
Planning Commission, Come Before City Council

Sheldon Lynn, Director, Planning and Community Development
Phil Sunderland, City Attorney

o State Funding for New Initiatives versus Existing Programs in
Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse

Bill Claiborn, Director, Mental Health, Mental Retardation and
Substance Abuse
Arthur Gitajn, Director of Financial and Information Services

o Advisory Referendum

Councilman Speck

2:00 to 2:45 UPDATE ON FEDERAL AND STATE WELFARE REFORM
INITIATIVES AND REVIEW OF CITY PROGRAMS
FOR PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION/TREATMENT
IN HUMAN SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL
RETARDATION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
(NOTEBOOK TAB V)

Gary Cyphers, Director, Human Services
William Claiborn, Director, MH/MR/SA

o Jobs Program - "Service to Alexandria" - Council Member
Rich's Proposal.

2:45 to 3:15 OTHER ISSUES
(NOTEBOOK TAB VI)

o NVPDC Statistics

Council Member Rich
Sheldon Lynn, Director, Planning and Community Development







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o Enterprise Zone for Mt. Vernon Avenue

Vice Mayor Cleveland
Councilman Speck
Richard Flaherty, Executive Director, Alexandria Economic
Development Program

o Public Education - Discussion of Agenda for Up-coming City
Council/School Board Meeting

Council Member Rich

o Voting Membership Status for the City of Alexandria on the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
Board

Councilwoman Pepper
Councilman Jackson

o Discussion of Issues Raised by The Holmes Run Committee

Councilwoman Pepper

3:15 to 3:45 GENERAL DISCUSSION BY MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF
CITY COUNCIL

3:45 to 4:00 WRAP UP AND ADJOURNMENT














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