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City Council Retreat
Saturday, September 28, 1996 - - 8:30 am

AGENDA
ALEXANDRIA CITY COUNCIL RETREAT
SEPTEMBER 28, 1996
CITY COUNCIL WORKROOM


8:30 - 8:45 A.M. WELCOME AND OVERVIEW
City Manager Vola Lawson
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8:45 - 9:00 A.M. BUDGET ISSUES: REVENUE OUTLOOK
(Attachment 1)
Director Arthur Gitajn


9:00 - 10:30 A.M. EXPENDITURE CHALLENGES IN THE COMING YEAR (Attachment 2)
CITY BUDGET PROCESS
(Attachment 3)

Councilman David G. Speck

10:30 - 10:45 A.M. BREAK

10:45 - 12:00 NOON DEMOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION
(Attachment 4C)
Dr. Herbert Berg

COUNCIL DISCUSSION

SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING

A. Fair Share Issues (Attachments 5 and 6)

City Manager Vola Lawson
Office of Housing Director Mildrilyn Davis

B. Special Needs Housing Moratorium (Attachment 7)

Council Member Lonnie C. Rich

COUNCIL DISCUSSION

12:00 - 12:30 P.M. LUNCH


12:30 - 1:00 P.M. DISCUSSION OF CITY TECHNOLOGY POLICY ISSUES

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW AND INTERNET DEMONSTRATION

Financial and Information Technology Services
1:00 - 1:30 P.M. UPDATE ON PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED AT THE CITY’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
(Requested by Mayor Kerry J. Donley and Councilman William D. Euille)
(Attachments 8 and 9)
Mayor Kerry J. Donley

Updates:

1. Market the City

Mayor Kerry J. Donley

2. Reduce Impediments to Commercial
Development

Alexandria Planning Commission Chairman
William Hurd

3. Relocate the Patent and Trademark Office Relocation to Alexandria
4. Increase Substantially the Budget for Economic Development

City Manager Vola Lawson

5. Strengthen Landmark Mall

Alexandria Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer Kathy Snyder

1:30 - 2:15 P.M. WELFARE REFORM - ALEXANDRIA WORKS! UPDATE

Overview:

Alexandria Works! Co-Chairs
Vice Mayor Redella S. Pepper and
Councilman William D. Euille

Accomplishments of Alexandria Works! (Attachment 10)

Suzanne Chis, Human Services Acting Director

CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING (CET) UPDATE (Attachments 11 and 12)
(Requested by Councilman William C. Cleveland)

Joe Stevens, Regional Director, CET
Dennis McKinney, Director, CET

Welfare Reform/CET Legislative Issues
(Attachment 13)

Suzanne Chis, Human Services Acting Director

2:15 - 2:45 P.M. STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PRIORITIES
(Attachment 14)

2:45 - 3:00 P.M. BREAK

3:00 - 3:30 P.M. NUISANCE ACTIVITIES (Attachments 15 and 16)

3:30 - 4:15 P.M. MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES AND REQUESTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS

2. New West End School (Attachment 19)

3:30 - 4:15 P.M. UPDATE ON SAMUEL MADDEN HOMES

4:15 - 4:30 P.M. WRAP UP AND ADJOURNMENT
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