City Council Retreat
Friday, September 9, 1994 - - 7:15 pm
09/10/94, 09/11/94
Friday, September 9, 1994
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:15 p.m. Introduction and Welcome
Mayor Patricia S. Ticer
The Information Highway -- Impact of Telecommunications on City Government and Schools
Wendell Bailey, Vice President for Science and
Technology, National Cable Television Association
Nicholas Miller, Partner,
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone
Discussion of City Management Information Systems
Arthur Gitajn, Director, Financial and
Information Services
Bill Cole, Director, Management Information Services
Discussion of Council Members' Pepper/Walker Memorandum
Saturday, September 10, 1994
9:00 a.m. I. Introduction and Overview
Mayor Patricia S. Ticer
City Manager Vola Lawson
II. Budget and Fiscal Issues
A. Revenue Outlook and Fiscal Challenges
Arthur Gitajn, Director, Financial and Information
Services
Lori Godwin, Director, Office of
Management and Budget
B. City Council Discussion and Consensus on
Priorities
III. Planning and Economic Development Issues
A. Update on Planning Issues
Sheldon Lynn, Director,
Department of Planning and
Community Development
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B. Discussion of Economic Development Issues
Richard Flaherty, Executive
Director, Alexandria Economic
Development Program
C. City Council Discussion and Consensus on
Priorities
IV. Crime/Public Safety Issues
A. Crime in Alexandria and the City's Response
Charles Samarra, Police Chief
B. Youth Probation Violations and the Impact on
City Neighborhoods
City Manager, Vola Lawson
Michele Evans, Assistant City Manager
C. Coordination and Delivery of Programs For
At-Risk Youth
Gary Cyphers, Director,
Department of Human Services
D. Discussion of Proposed Civilian Public Safety
Review Commission
City Manager Vola Lawson
Charles Samarra, Police Chief
E. City Council Discussion and Consensus
on Priorities
V. Managing the Demand for Housing, Health and Human Services
A. Trends, Fiscal Challenges and Setting of Priorities
City Manager Vola Lawson
Dr. William Claiborn, Director,
Department of Mental Health, Mental
Retardation and Substance Abuse
Gary Cyphers, Director, Department of Human Services
Mildrilyn Davis, Director,
Office of Housing
Dr. Joshua Lipsman, Director,
Alexandria Health Department
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B. Employment Training Programs
Alexandria Five-Year Employment Training Plan
Gary Cyphers, Director,
Department of Human Services
JOBS and JTPA Training Programs
Gary Cyphers, Director,
Department of Human Services
C. City Council Discussion and Consensus on
Priorities
Sunday, September 11, 1994
9:00 a.m. Wrap-Up and Adjournment
Mayor Ticer
Members of City Council, City Manager Lawson
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Final Revised Consensus
Annual Budget Report