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Office of the City Clerk
February 9, 2000

There was a Work Session with
Congressman James P. Moran at 6:00 p.m.
in the Council Workroom.


Regular Meeting
Tuesday, February 8, 2000 - - 7:30 p.m.


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OPENING

1. Calling the Roll.

The Meeting was called to Order by Mayor Donley, and the City Clerk called the Roll; all Members of Council were present.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

The Invocation was pronounced by Councilman Cleveland.
2. Invocation. By:_________________________________________________________

3. Reading and Acting Upon the Minutes of the Following Meeting of City Council:

(a) The Public Hearing Meeting of January 22, 2000.

City Council approved the Minutes of the Public Hearing Meeting of January 22, 2000, as submitted.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

4. Report of the City Clerk.

City Council received the report of the City Clerk.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

5. Presentation of Proclamation Proclaiming the Month of February 2000 as Black History Month in the City of Alexandria.

City Council endorsed the proclamation.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

6. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing the Burial of a Time Capsule on January 7, 2000, at the Charles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library.

City Council endorsed the proclamation.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________



OPENING (continued)

7. Presentation of Proclamation Honoring the Veterans of the Korean War.

City Council endorsed the proclamation.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

New Business Item No. 1: Without Objection, Lois Van Valkenburgh announced that Alexandria's Successful Aging project will be held Saturday, October 14, 2000. The conference, "The New Age of Aging: Mind, Body Spirit," will be held at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Performing Arts Center on the campus of the Alexandria branch of the Northern Virginia Community College. The Mayor asked staff to look at changing the date of the public hearing in October and bringing this back later in the spring as part of the Council schedule.

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

CONSENT CALENDAR (8-15)(17-20)

8. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees:

(a) Alexandria Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
Ardith E. Collins

(b) Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board
Linda Blessing

(c) Alexandria Youth Services Commission
Tobie Hendricks

9. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees:

(a) Alexandria Beautification Commission
1 Citizen Member

(b) Alexandria Commission on Information Technology
1 Member Representing the Holder of the City’s Cable Television Franchise

(c) Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities
1 Citizen Member Who Has A Disability

(d) Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission
1 Member From the Field of Ecology

(e) Alexandria Juvenile Detention Commission
1 Citizen Member

(f) Alexandria Public Health Advisory Commission
1 Non-Health Professional

(g) Alexandria Sister Cities Committee
1 Citizen Member


REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued)

CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

(h) Alexandria Waterfront Committee
1 Citizen Who Resides East of Washington Street and North of
Pendleton Street

10. Consideration of Renewal Grant Application for Funding for the School Resource Officer in the George Washington Middle School.

11. Consideration of a Contract Between the City of Alexandria and The Northern Virginia Planning District Commission Related to Round Four of the Northern Virginia Single-Family Regional Loan Fund.

12. Receipt of the Youth Policy Commission’s Annual Report.

13. Receipt of the Alexandria Community Services Board FY 1999 Annual Report.

14. Receipt of the Alexandria Board of Zoning Appeals FY 1999 Annual Report.

15. Consideration of Lease between the City and the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority to Provide for the Location of the New Animal Shelter.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

City Council approved the Consent Calendar as presented. The City Manager's recommendations are as follows:

8. City Council received the following resignations with regret: (a) Ardith E. Collins from the Alexandria Affordable Housing Advisory Committee; (b) Linda Blessing from the Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board; and (c) Tobie Hendricks from the Alexandria Youth Services Commission; and requested the Executive Secretary for Boards and Commissions to send the appropriate letters of appreciation and to advertise the vacancies in the usual manner.

9. City Council appointed Walter Pickard as a Citizen Member to the Alexandria Beautification Commission; (b) reappointed Marie Schuler as a Member Representing the Holder of City's Cable Television Franchise to the Alexandria Commission on Information Technology; (c) reappointed Abbie Moore as a Citizen who has a Disability to the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities; (d) reappointed Lisa Edouard as a Member from the Field of Ecology to the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission; (e) appointed E. Lamont Crawley as a Citizen Member to the Alexandria Juvenile Detention Commission; (f) appointed Patrick Cooney as a Non-Health Professional to the Alexandria Public Health Advisory Commission; (g) appointed Tatyana Schriempf as a Citizen Member to the Alexandria Sister Cities Committee; and (h) appointed Robert Roland as a Citizen Member who resides East of Washington Street and North of Pendleton Street to the Alexandria Waterfront Committee.





REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued)

CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

10. City Council: (1) approved the grant application to the Virginia DCJS for a total of $47,597, of which $35,698 would be grant funding from the State, and $11,899 would be the local match. The grant would fund the SRO for the FY 2000-2001 school year beginning in September 2000. The City share of this grant will be funded in the Police Department's FY 2001 budget request; (2) approved the continuation of one full-time grant-funded Police Officer position, contingent upon receipt of grant funding. Continuation of this position beyond the grant year is contingent upon funding from the Virginia DCJS or other non-City sources; and (3) authorized the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.

11. City Council (1) approved the City's participation in Round 4 of the Northern Virginia Single-Family Regional Loan Fund; and (2) authorized the City Manager to execute the agreement and all other necessary documents.

12. City Council: (1) received the Youth Policy Commission's Annual Report; scheduled it for public hearing on Saturday, February 12; and thanked the Commission Members for their diligent work; introduced the ordinance listed under item no. 17 which would amend the City Code to reconstitute the Youth Services Citizen Board within the Youth Policy Commission to oversee the administration of the Virginia Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act Grant from the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice; passed the ordinance on First Reading; and scheduled it for Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on Saturday, February 12.

13. City Council received the Alexandria Community Services Board's FY 1999 Annual Report.

14. City Council received the report and thanked the Board of Zoning Appeals for its efforts on behalf of the City.

15. City Council authorized the City Manager to execute, on behalf of the City, and to deliver the Modification of Deed of Lease, in substantially the form presented to the Council with such changes as are approved by the City Manager and the City Attorney.

17. City Council introduced and passed the Ordinance on its First Reading; set it for Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on Saturday, February 12, 2000.

18. City Council introduced and passed the Ordinance on its First Reading; set it for Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on Saturday, February 12, 2000.

19. City Council introduced and passed the Ordinance on its First Reading; set it for Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on Saturday, February 12, 2000.





REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued)

CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

20. City Council introduced and passed the Ordinance on its First Reading; set it for Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on Saturday, February 12, 2000; (2) received the report on monetary and non-monetary donations to the City in FY 2000, and thanked the donors for their generosity to City programs.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued)

16. Consideration of Update Report on Items Before the 2000 General Assembly.

Legislative Director Caton provided Council with an update.

Mayor Donley requested that Mr. Caton communicate to Delegate Moran and Firefighter John Vollmer that the City has taken no position on the legislation with respect to adding types of cancer to the firefighter presumption bill.

City Council adopted the positions on legislation that have been introduced in the 2000 General Assembly as noted in Attachment 1 to the memorandum; these positions have been recommended by the City Council's legislative subcommittee (Mayor Donley and Council Member Walker.)
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

None

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

(a) Vice Mayor Euille announced that the beginning of the election process was held on February 5, for the May 2 Council and School Board elections. He encouraged those who have not registered to vote to do so. The last date to register for the May 2 General Election is April 3.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

CONSENT CALENDAR (17-20)

17. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend section 12-13-1 of the Alexandria City Code to designate a committee of the Youth Policy Commission as the city's Youth Services Citizen Board, which will be responsible for the administration of delinquency prevention and Youth Development Act grants under section 66-29 of the Virginia Code.



ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued)

CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

18. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance by making the residential use of any property located within the Office Commercial Medium/OCM (100) or Office Commercial High/OCH zone, and within 1,000 feet of Eisenhower Avenue, a “special use” that must be authorized by a special use permit.

19. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to authorize an encroachment into the public sidewalk right-of-way at 108 Franklin Street, for front building stoops, in conjunction with the development of the Backyard Boats property which is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Franklin and South Union Streets.

20. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE making provision for the support of the government of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, and for the payment of municipal expenditures by providing supplemental appropriations of the amounts required to defray certain expenditures and liabilities of the city for fiscal year 2000, which began on the first day of July 1999 and ends on the thirtieth day of June 2000.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

City Council introduced the Ordinances on their First Readings; set them for Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on Saturday, February 12, 2000.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued)

21. (a) Consideration of an Agreement between the City of Alexandria and The Alexandria Market Place, LLC, pertaining to the sale and development of the city-owned property at 1505 Powhatan Street.

(b) Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to approve and authorize the sale of the property owned by the City of Alexandria at 1505 Powhatan Street, which has previously been used as the city's traffic shop.

(a) City Council ratified the execution and delivery to Alexandria Marketplace of the Agreement, by the City Manager, on behalf of the City, and authorized the City Manager, on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver to Alexandria Marketplace such further amendments to the Agreement as are approved by the City Manager and the City Attorney.

(b) City Council introduced and passed the Ordinance on its First Reading; set it for Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on Saturday, February 12, 2000.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________


ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued)

22. (a) Consideration of the Ford's Landing Home Owners' Association Parking Regulations.

(b) Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the map, referenced in section 5-8-71A(a) of the Alexandria City Code, that describes the city's residential parking permit districts, by deleting from parking permit district number 1 the Ford's Landing development, which is located east of the intersection of Franklin and South Union Streets.

City Council introduced and passed the Ordinance on its First Reading; set it for Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on Saturday, February 12, 2000.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

23. Consideration of Submission of a Grant Application and Resolution to The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation for FY’01 Funding for the Continuation of The Alexandria Rideshare Program. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

City Council adopted the resolution and authorized the City Manager to: (1) submit a grant application and resolution to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation for funding, in the amount of $136,000, for the continuation of the City's ridesharing services, ALEXANDRIA RIDESHARE; (2) approved the continuation of two full-time grant-funded positions (Transit Specialist I and Transit Services Assistant I) to administer the ongoing ALEXANDRIA RIDESHARE program (these positions were originally established with the Office of Transit Services and Programs' first ALEXANDRIA RIDESHARE grant in the early 1980's.) Continuation of these positions is contingent upon continuation of funding from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation or other non-City sources. These grant-funded positions would terminate upon the expiration of the grant, and the individuals filling these positions will be notified of this condition of employment and sign an agreement of understanding with regard to this condition; and (3) execute all necessary documents that may be required under this program.
RES. NO. 1947
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

OTHER

24. Consideration of City Council Schedule.

City Council: (1) scheduled a work session to discuss the Workforce Investment Act and receive an update on JobLink at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25 before Council's Regular Meeting; (2) added to the Council Calendar on Tuesday, March 14, a reception for the Technology Award finalists in Room 2000 at 6:45 p.m., and (3) changed the 6:00 p.m. Work Session with VDOT on the King Street Project to during the lunch break at the Saturday March 18, 2000 public hearing meeting.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________




CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS

25. Alexandria Archaeological Commission
1 Citizen Member

Councilwoman Pepper noted that S. Kathleen Pepper is no relation to her; therefore, she felt qualified to vote on this item.

City Council appointed S. Kathleen Pepper as a Citizen Member to the Alexandria Archaeological Commission.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

26. Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities
1 Representative of the Business Community

City Council waived the residency requirement and appointed Patricia Selby as a Representative of the Business Community to the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

27. Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission
1 Member From Planning District III

City Council reappointed Kenneth Foran as a Member from Planning District III to the Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

New Business Item No. 2: At 8:50 p.m., City Council convened an executive session at this time for the purpose of discussing and considering prospective candidates for employment as the new city manager, including the compensation to be paid the new manager, all pursuant to Virginia Code § 2.1-344(A)(1).

At 10:30 p.m., City Council reconvened the meeting.

City Council adopted the resolution pertaining to the executive session.
RES. NO. 1948

The Meeting was adjourned at 10:32 p.m.

This docket is subject to change.

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Public Notice

Members of City Council will be attending the annual General Assembly Legislative Day sponsored by the Virginia Municipal League and the Virginia Association of Counties on Thursday, February 10, 2000, at the Richmond Marriott Hotel, 500 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia.

The day includes a legislative update beginning at 2:00 p.m., followed by a reception starting at 5:30 p.m., and dinner with the legislative delegation at 6:15 p.m. at the Marriott.

It is anticipated that more than two members of Council will be attending.
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