1. Calling the Roll. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 2. Public Discussion Period. [No more than 30 Minutes] [This period is restricted to items not listed on the docket.] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR1 (3-4) Planning Commission 3. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0088 101 NORTH UNION STREET #101 RESTAURANT Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to operate a restaurant; zoned KR/King Street Retail. Applicant: Blue Zen VA, Inc., represented by Hanh Tran PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 1Items listed under the Action Consent Calendar may be approved by the City Council as a block unless a Member of Council removes an item or a member of the public wishes to speak to the item. Such items will be heard after Docket Item No. 4. REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued) ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) 4. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0089 444 SWANN AVENUE (Parcel Address: 420 Swann Avenue) AUTOMOBILE REPAIR FACILITY Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to operate a general automobile repair facility; zoned I/Industrial. Applicant: Mehrah Noorizadeh PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 END OF ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER None. REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued) Planning Commission (continued) 5. TEXT AMENDMENT #2011-0004 Public Hearing and Consideration of an amendment to Section 6-300 of the Zoning Ordinance regarding floodplain regulations. Staff: Department of Transportation and Environmental Services PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 6. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0004 3100 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY MARINO'S RESTAURANT ADDITION Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan and modifications, for an addition to an existing building for a new restaurant; zoned CSL/Commercial Service Low. Applicant: Ather Subzwari PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 6-1 Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 7. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Establish the Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Rates for Calendar Year 2011. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 8. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Codify the Tier 1 Potomac Yard Metrorail Station Special Services District as a Separate Classification For Real Estate Tax Purposes and to Establish the Tax Rate for Calendar Year 2011. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 9. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance Authorizing the Issuance of General Obligation Bonds to Finance Various City and School Capital Improvement Projects. (#8, 3/08/11) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 10. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance authorizing the tenant of the property located at 1125 Queen Street in the City of Alexandria, Virginia to construct and maintain an encroachment for outdoor restaurant seating at that location. (#9, 3/08/11) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 11. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Amend Section 5-602 (Coordinated Development Districts Created, Consistency With Master Plan, Required Approvals) to Article IV (Mixed Use Zones) of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, in accordance with the text amendment heretofore approved by City Council as Text Amendment No. 2010-0004. (#10, 3/08/11)[ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 12. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Amend and Reordain the 1992 Master Plan (1998 ed.) of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, by adopting and incorporating therein the amendment heretofore approved by City Council to the Potomac Yard/Potomac Greens Small Area Plan Chapter of such master plan as Master Plan Amendment No. 2010-0004 and no other amendments, and to repeal all provisions of the said master plan as may be inconsistent with such amendment. (#11, 3/08/11) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) 13. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Amend Section 11-1103 (Standards for Variances) to Division C (Board of Zoning Appeals), Article XI (Development Approvals and Procedures), of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, to revise the standard for granting a variance in accordance with the text amendment heretofore approved by City Council as Text Amendment No. 2011-0001. (#12, 3/08/11) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 14. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Amend Section 2-100 (Definitions) of Article II (Definitions), Section 4-1400 (NR/Neighborhood Retail Zone (Arlandria) of Article IV (Commercial Office and Industrial Zones), and Section 6-600 (Mt. Vernon Avenue Urban Overlay Zone) of Article IV (Special and Overlay Zones), all of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, to clarify that check cashing, payday loan and pawnshop businesses are not permitted in the Neighborhood Retail (Arlandria) and the Mount Vernon Urban Overlay Zones and to add title loan companies to the list of prohibited uses in accordance with the text amendment heretofore approved by City Council as Text Amendment No. 2011-0003. (#13, 3/08/11) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued) DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR Planning Commission (continued) 15. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0087 4740 EISENHOWER AVENUE DOG DAYS OF OLD TOWN Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to operate a dog day care facility with overnight boarding and a request for a parking reduction; zoned OCM-100/Office Commercial Medium (100). Applicant: Kathryn Rollins PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred END OF DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SESSION 16. Consideration of a Closed Meeting For the Purpose of Consulting With Legal Counsel Regarding a Real Estate Acquisition. Council Action:_________________________________________________________