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 December 14, 1999; and (b) The Public Hearing Meeting of December 18, 1999. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 4. Report of the City Clerk. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 5. Presentation of a Proclamation Proclaiming January 15, 2000, as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Alexandria. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation of a Proclamation Honoring Mary Margaret Otis for Her Donation of the Blue Spruce Tree at Market Square and Honoring Laurie Hieta for Her Donation of the Blue Spruce Tree at King Street Gardens and Honoring Carol Price for Her Donation of the Blue Spruce Tree at Lower King Street. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ OPENING (continued) 7. Presentation of a Proclamation Honoring the Beverley Hills Garden Club and the Alexandria Council of Garden Clubs for Funds, and for Creating the Wreaths at City Hall. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (8-15)(17-18) 8. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Sister Cities Committee Peggie Dill (b) Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board C. Joseph Baker 9. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Affordable Housing Advisory Committee 1 Employer (b) Alexandria Beautification Commission 4 Citizen Members (c) Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities 2 Citizen Members (d) Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Representative From the Alexandria Public Records Advisory Commission (e) Alexandria Public Records Advisory Commission 1 Citizen Member (f) Alexandria Youth Policy Commission 1 Representative From the Alexandria Public Health Advisory Commission 10. City Council Consideration of the Spring 2000 Gypsy Moth Suppression Program for Two Areas of the City. 11. Consideration of Acceptance of a Donated Vehicle for Police Child Passenger Safety Programs. 12. Consideration of Submission of a Grant Application to the Institute of Museum and Library Services for Funding for Alexandria Archaeology. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) 13. Consideration of Submission of a Grant Application to the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for Funding for Alexandria Black History Resource Center Education Program. 14. Consideration of Submission of a Grant Application to the Institute of Museum Services and Library Services for Funding for the Alexandria Black History Resource Center. 15. Consideration of Community Development Block Grant Budget Transfers. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) 16. Consideration of a license agreement between the City of Alexandria and Cavalier Telephone Company authorizing Cavalier, for a five-year period, to place, construct and maintain telecommunications equipment and facilities within the public rights-of-way of the city. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES None ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS CONSENT CALENDAR (17-18) 17. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the city code by (a) prohibiting the running-at-large of exotic or poisonous animals and requiring the owner of any such animal to pay for the costs incurred by the city in capturing the animal, (b) authorizing law enforcement officers to impound dogs running-at-large in violation of city regulations, (c) authorizing the quarantine of animals, in addition to dogs, that have bitten a person, (d) providing for the issuance of dog and cat tags without identification of the animal's sex, and (e) providing for the regulation of traveling animal exhibitions. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) 18. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the city code by authorizing up to 50 parking spaces on streets adjacent to the United States Courthouse in the Carlyle project to be used, without limitation during working days, by individuals who have been called to jury duty. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) 19. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First and Second Readings of AN ORDINANCE to adopt Supplement No. 56 to the Code of the City of Alexandria, and to provide for the repeal of ordinances not included therein, except those saved from repeal by this ordinance, and for other purposes. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 20. Consideration of Resolution Authorizing the Donation of Surplus Firefighter Breathing Apparatus to the Virginia Department of Fire Programs. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 21. Consideration of a Resolution to rescind Resolution No. 442, which sets out rules governing the speaking by members of the public at city council meetings, and to adopt new rules which largely parallel but contain some revisions to the rules in the rescinded resolution. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ OTHER 22. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS 23. Alexandria-Caen Exchange Commission 1 Representative From the Alexandria Public Schools Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 24. Alexandria Commission on Aging 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS (continued) 25. Alexandria Consumer Affairs Commission 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 26. Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association, Inc. Board of Governors 1 Representative From the Alexandria Hotel Association Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 27. Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SESSION 28. Consideration of The Convening of an Executive Session to Discuss Personnel Matters Pertaining to the Hiring of A New City Manager, Pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.1-344(A)(1). Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ OPENING (continued) 29. Presentation of Proclamation Proclaiming January 16-22, 2000, as Jaycees Week in the City of Alexandria. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________