Please take notice that there will be a Special Public Hearing Meeting (Proposed Budget) of City Council held on Tuesday March 31, 1998, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia, for the purpose of considering the following items. ______________________________ Vola Lawson, City Manager OPENING 1. Calling the Roll. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 2. Public Hearing on The Proposed Annual Operating Budget for FY 1998-99 (including Schools) and The Proposed Capital Improvements Program for FY 1999-2004 (including the Schools CIP). (#2 3/17/98) Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 3. Public Hearing on AN ORDINANCE to amend the City Code by increasing the transient lodging tax from five percent to five and one-half percent. (#22 3/24/98) Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 4. Public Hearing on AN ORDINANCE to amend the City Code by establishing an admission tax on the price paid to gain entrance to places of amusement or entertainment and sporting events. (#23 3/24/98) Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 5. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to establish the Real and Personal Property Tax Rates for Calendar Year 1998. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________