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 Regular Meeting Minutes of October 12, 2010. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL None. PROCLAMATIONS 4. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring October 26 as Chet and Sabra Avery Day and Honoring Chet and Sabra Avery For Their Service to Alexandria. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 5. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing as the Winners of the 2010 Ben Brenman Awards: Ellen Pickering, Judy McConville, Wesley Pippenger. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (five min.) CONSENT CALENDAR (6-11) (Resignations and Uncontested Appointments) 6. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Environmental Policy Commission Matthew Voorhees 7. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Commission on Employment 1 Business Representative From Among Recognized Area Businesses, Including Minority-Owned and Small Businesses (b) Commission on HIV/AIDS 1 Citizen-at-Large (c) Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association Member (Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager) 8. Consideration of Acceptance of a Funding Allocation from the National Capital Region (NCR) Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) for Regional Emergency Management Exercises, Volunteer Recruitment and National Incident Management Compliance. 9. Consideration of Appointment of Participant Representatives and Alternates to the City of Alexandria Firefighters and Police Officers Pension Plan Retirement Board. 10. Consideration of the Report of the City Council Naming Committee on the Proposed Naming of City Hall Room 2000 in Honor of Chet and Sabra Avery. 11. Consideration of the Report of the City Council Naming Committee on the Proposed Naming of the Alexandria Adult Detention Center in Honor of the Late Deputy Sheriff William Truesdale. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS (five min.) 12. Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Member-at-Large Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 13. Waterfront Committee 1 Old Town Business Association Representative Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION (60 min.) 14. Oral Report on Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC-133) Project at Mark Center and the Beauregard Corridor Small Area Plan Process. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 15. Receipt of Proposed City Legislative Package for the 2011 General Assembly Session and Setting the Package for Public Hearing on Saturday, November 13, 2010. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 16. Consideration of Proposed Articles of Incorporation and By-laws for the Torpedo Factory Art Center Board. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 17. Consideration of Whether or Not to Establish Interim Parking Meter Rates. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 18. Consideration of Establishing a Pilot Program for Vendor Carts on Market Square for Spring and Summer 2011. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 19. Consideration of Report on City of Alexandria Fund Balance Commitments. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION (continued) 20. Consideration of Authorization of Recommended Capital Project Allocations and Planned Expenditures. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 21. Consideration of a Cooperative Partnership with Arlington County to Participate in an Environmental Analysis in Order to Consider Implementing a Streetcar Line Within the Crystal City-Potomac Yard Corridor. 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.) 22. Consideration of a Resolution Providing For a Five-Month Extension of the City's Cable Television Franchise Agreement with Comcast of Virginia, Inc., from October 31, 2010 to March 31, 2011. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER (three min.) 23. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SESSION 24. Closed Meeting For the Purpose of Consulting With Legal Counsel and Staff Regarding Pending Legal Matters and Potential and Pending Litigation.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________