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Office of the City Clerk
January 8, 1997



Regular Meeting
Tuesday, January 14, 1997 - - 7:30 p.m.


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OPENING

1. Calling the Roll.

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

2. Invocation. By:_________________________________________________________

3. Reading and Acting upon the Minutes of the Following Meetings of City Council:

(a) The Regular Meeting of November 26, 1996;

(b) The Regular Meeting of December 10, 1996; and

(c) The Public Hearing Meeting of December 14, 1996.

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

4. Report of the City Council.

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

5. Presentation of a Proclamation Honoring Mr. and Mrs. William Bailey for Their Donation of a Blue Spruce Tree at the Foot of King Street. (Vice Mayor Pepper)

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

6. Presentation of a Proclamation Honoring Mrs. Luella S. Smith for Her Donation of a Blue Spruce Tree at Market Square. (Vice Mayor Pepper)

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

7. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing the Beverley Hills Garden Club for Its Assistance with the Holiday Decorations for City Hall and Market Square. (Vice Mayor Pepper and City Manager Lawson)

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

8. Presentation of a Proclamation Proclaiming the Week of January 19-25, 1997, as Jaycee Week in the City of Alexandria. (Council Member Rich)

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________



REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

CONSENT CALENDAR (9-16; 20-26)

9. Receipt of the Following Resignations from Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees:

Royce L. Dickens

(b) Alexandria Archaeological Commission
Robert Goldberg
Marianne Weitz

(c) Alexandria Board of Architectural Review -
Parker-Gray District
Jeffrey Shrimpton

(d) Alexandria Cable Television Advisory Commission
Royce L. Dickens

(e) Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association
Board of Governors
William A. Hirsch

(f) Alexandria Early Childhood Commission
Ann L. Morrison

(g) Alexandria Public Records Advisory Commission
Clarence L. Henley

(h) Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Commission
Jacqueline D. Urow

10. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees:

(a) Alexandria-Caen Exchange Committee
1 Representative From the Alexandria Sister
Cities Committee

(b) Alexandria Cable Television Advisory Commission
1 Citizen Member

(c) Alexandria Commission on Employment
1 Citizen Member

(d) Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities
3 Citizen Members Who Have Disabilities

1 Representative From the Alexandria Commission
on Aging








REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

CONSENT CALENDAR

(e) Alexandria Human Rights Commission
1 Representative From the Alexandria Commission
on Persons With Disabilities

(f) Alexandria Landlord-Tenant Relations Board
1 Tenant Member

1 Minority Homeowner

(g) Alexandria Sanitation Authority
2 Citizen Members

(h) Alexandria Sister Cities Committee
4 Citizen Members

(i) Alexandria Task Force on AIDS
1 Citizen Member

(j) Alexandria Waterfront Committee
1 Representative From the Alexandria
Archaeological Commission

11. Consideration of Transfer of Funding from Contingent Reserves for the City's Local Share of Operating Costs for the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Home's Post-Dispositional Program for the Period January 1, 1997 through June 30, 1997.

12. Consideration of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's Request to Add a Line Item to the FY 1997 WMATA Rail Capital Budget for Construction of the Branch Avenue Yard and the Procurement of Rail Cars.

13. Consideration of the FY 1997 Alexandria Community Services Board Plan of Services.

14. Receipt of the 1995-1996 Annual Report from the Alexandria Waterfront Committee.

15. Receipt of the Annual Report for Fiscal Years 1995 and 1996 from the Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission.


REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued)

CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

16. Receipt of the Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1995-1996 from the Alexandria Volunteer Firefighters.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued)

17. Consideration of Report on Taxi Cabs. (#14 12/10/96)

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

18. Receipt of the Watson Wyatt Report on Comparative Pay Practices and Compensation.

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

19. Consideration of Update Report on Items Before the 1996 General Assembly.

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

None

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

CONSENT CALENDAR (20 - 26)

20. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria City Code by changing the schedule of license taxes that are paid on motor vehicles not designed for the transportation of passengers.

21. Introduction and First Reading. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria City Code by changing the regulations that prohibit certain types of conduct by persons while riding on DASH and Fairfax Connector buses and on METRO buses and trains.


ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued)

CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

22. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria City Code by incorporating certain sections of the Virginia Code that deal with the offense of driving while intoxicated, by increasing the penalty for violating the City Code's regulations governing travel in "high occupancy vehicle" lanes, and by increasing the penalty for violating the city code's regulation governing parking in spaces reserved for the handicapped.

23. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Potomac West Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Alexandria Master Plan to change the land use guidelines for development within Coordinated Development District No. 7 to allow, with a special use permit, the "automobile and trailer rental and sales" use within the portion of the CDD that is zoned OC.

24. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance by adding "automobile and trailer rental and sales" as a use that is allowed with a special use permit within the portion of Coordinated Development District No. 7 that is zoned OC.

25. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance to provide as follows: (i) that parking spaces for the occupants of or the visitors to a school or church located in a residential zone that exceed the number of required parking spaces shall require a special use permit; (ii) that parking spaces for the occupants or residents of, or the visitors to, any other principal use located in a residential or commercial zone that exceed the number of required parking spaces shall be permitted and shall not require a special use permit; (iii) that parking spaces that are not for the occupants or residents of, or the visitors to, a principal use located in a residential zone shall be prohibited; and (iv) that parking spaces that are not for the occupants or residents of, or the visitors to, a principal use located in a commercial zone shall, if 20 spaces or fewer, be allowed without a special use permit and shall, if more than 20 spaces, be allowed only with a special use permit.

26. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to authorize an encroachment into the public sidewalk right-of-way at four locations at 615 North Saint Asaph Street to allow entry canopies and bay windows to project over the sidewalk.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________


ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued)

27. (a) Consideration of the Sale of 138 Dale Street to Bessie M. McCargo.

(b) Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to authorize the sale of the city-owned property at 138 Dale Street to Bessie M. McCargo.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

28. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First and Second Readings of AN ORDINANCE to adopt Supplement 11 of the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

29. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First and Second Readings of AN ORDINANCE to adopt Supplement 12 of the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

30. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First and Second Readings of AN ORDINANCE to adopt Supplement 50 of the Alexandria City Code. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

OTHER

31. Consideration of City Council Schedule.

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS

32. Alexandria-Caen Exchange Committee
1 Representative From the Arts With Expertise in Museum Exhibition
Work

2 Citizens-at-Large

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

33. Alexandria Beautification Commission
2 Citizen Members

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

34. Alexandria Commission on Aging
1 Citizen Member

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________


CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS (continued)

35. Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission
1 Member From the Field of Urban Planning

1 Member From the Field of Intergovernmental Relations

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

EXECUTIVE SESSION

36. Convening of an Executive Session for the Purpose of Discussing the Performance of Certain Public Officials Pursuant to Virginia Section 2.1-344(A)(1).

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

OPENING (continued)

NOTE: This Item will be Considered at the Beginning of the Docket.

37. Presentation of Proclamation Proclaiming January 15, 1997, as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the City of Alexandria.

Council Action:______________________________________________________________


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