Docket for Regular Meeting (11/25/2008)

Back to FY Dockets

Office of the City Clerk
November 19, 2008

City Council Will Hold a Work Session at 5:30 p.m.
in the City Council Work Room With Members of
the City's General Assembly Delegation.

Regular Meeting
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - - 7:00 p.m.

* * * * *

OPENING

1. Calling the Roll.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

2. Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

3. Reading and Acting Upon the Minutes of the Following Meeting of City Council:

(a) The Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of November 15, 2008.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

None.

PROCLAMATIONS (15 min.)

4. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring November 27, 2008 as Turkey Trot Day.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

5. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring December 6, 2008 as the 38th Anniversary of the Campagna Center's Scottish Christmas Walk.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

6. Recognition of the Alexandria Citizens Academy Graduates.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

6.1 Presentation of Buy Alexandria, Our Dollars Count Initiative.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (five min.)

CONSENT CALENDAR (7-11)

(Resignations and Uncontested Appointments)

7. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees:

(a) Alexandria Commission on Employment

Cynthia Perry

8. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees:

(a)

Alexandria Citizen Corps Council

1 Representative of the Alexandria Commission on Persons

With Disabilities

(b) Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities

1 Citizen Member Who Has A Disability

1 Citizen Member

(d) Alexandria Landlord-Tenant Relations Board

1 Landlord or Representative of A Landlord

(e)

Alexandria Sister Cities Committee

1 Citizen Member

(Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager)

9. Receipt of Listings of Delinquent Taxes and Authorization to Advertise the Listings and Write Off Balances Less Than Twenty Dollars.

10. Consideration of the Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending October 31, 2008.

11. Consideration of Authorization of Recommended Capital Project Allocations and Planned Expenditures.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS (three min.)

12. Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
2 Citizen Members
THIS ITEM IS BEING DEFERRED TO JANUARY, 2009.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

13. Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee

1 Citizen Member

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

14. Alexandria Commission for the Arts
2 Members From the Public-at-Large Who Are Art Consumers

and Participants

Council Action:_________________________________________________________
CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS (continued)

15. Alexandria Commission on Aging

1 Citizen Member Who Is 60 Years of Age or Older

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

16. Alexandria Commission on Information Technology
1 Citizen-at-Large

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

17. Alexandria Consumer Affairs Commission

1 Citizen Member

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION (20 min.)

18. Consideration of Adoption of the City Legislative Package For the 2009 General Assembly Session. (#7, 10/28/08 and #5, 11/15/08)

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

19. Consideration of the following Charter Amendments: 1. An amendment to authorize City Council to set limits on the terms of members it appoints to City boards, committees, authorities, councils, task forces, work groups and commissions; 2. An amendment to require that applicants for land use or land development approvals before the City Council, Planning Commission, Boards of Architectural Review, and Board of Zoning Appeals disclose all investors in the proposed land use or land development approval prior to the hearing by the applicable body; 3. An amendment to require that applicants for land use or land development approvals before the City Council, Planning Commission, Boards of Architectural Review, and Board of Zoning Appeals disclose any current or previous (within 12 months) financial interest (including campaign contributions if so requested in the proposed Charter Bill) involving the applicants, agents and/or investors, with any of the individual members of the applicable body; and 4. An amendment to allow Council to prohibit current or previous (within 12 months) campaign contributions from applicants, agents and/or investors involved in land use or land development approvals before the City Council. (#6, 11/15/08)

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

20. Receipt of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2008.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

21. Update on the Work of the Motorcoach Task Force. (verbal report)

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

22. Consideration of a Report on Proposed Changes in Delinquent Tax Collection Methods.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

None

ORAL REPORTS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORAL REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (10 min.)

23. Consideration of Resolution Establishing the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Targets for the Alexandria City Government and the Alexandria Public Schools [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

24. Consideration of a Resolution Extending the Corporate Existence of the Alexandria Sanitation Authority to 2050. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

25. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading and Second Reading of an Emergency Ordinance to Establish a Pilot Program For the Administrative Approval of Temporary Signs For Businesses in the Central Business District. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

OTHER (three min.)

26. Consideration of City Council Schedule.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

EXECUTIVE SESSION

27. Consideration of Convening An Executive Session Closed to the Public For Consultation with Legal Counsel by Staff with Respect to Specific Personnel and Legal Matters.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

Public Notices:

The Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held on Friday, November 28, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. at Market Square.

The Mayor's Annual Unity Breakfast will be held on November 26, 2008 at 7:30 a.m. at the Mark Center Hilton.

The Scottish Christmas Walk Parade will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2008, at 10:30 a.m.

This docket is subject to change.

* * * * *

Full-text copies of ordinances, resolutions, and agenda items are available in the Office of the City Clerk and Clerk of the Council. Meeting materials are also available on-line at alexandriava.gov/council.

* * * * *

Individuals with disabilities who require assistance or special arrangements to participate in the City Council meeting may call the City Clerk and Clerk of Council's Office at 838-4500 (TTY/TDD 838-5056). We request that you provide a 48-hour notice so that the proper arrangements may be made.

City Council meetings are closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

* * * * *

THE CABLECAST SCHEDULE OF GOVERNMENT MEETINGS ON CHANNEL 70 FOLLOWS:

Updated 11/19/2008

NOVEMBER 2008

November 25, City Council Meeting, *7:00 p.m. *LIVE**

DECEMBER 2008

December 2, Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
December 3, Board of Architectural Review – Old & Historic District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
December 4, School Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
December 5, City Council Meeting - *Replay of 11/25 Meeting*
December 9, City Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m. *LIVE*
December 10, Board of Architectural Review – Parker Gray District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
December 11, Board of Zoning Appeals, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
December 13, City Council Public Hearing, 9:30 a.m. *LIVE*
December 17, Board of Architectural Review – Old & Historic District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
December 18, School Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
December 20, City Council Public Hearing, *Replay of 12/13 Meeting*