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 Public Hearing Meeting of October 16, 1999; and (b) The Regular Meeting of October 26, 1999. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 4. Report of the City Clerk. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 5. Presentation of the Annual Report of the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria, Virginia. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation of Proclamation Proclaiming November 21-27, 1999, as National Family Week in the City of Alexandria. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (7-9) 7. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Commission on Employment Kaprice Gettemy-Chambers (b) Alexandria Commission on Information Technology R. Mark McLindon 8. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Ad Hoc Alexandria Year 2000 Census Complete Count Committee 1 Member Nominated by the Alexandria Transit Company (b) Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee 1 Citizen Member (c) Alexandria Community Criminal Justice Board 2 Citizen Members (d) Alexandria Community Services Board 1 Consumer/Family Member (e) Alexandria Early Childhood Commission 1 Representative of the Alexandria Chapter of the Northern Virginia Family Day Care Association (f) Alexandria George Washington Birthday Celebration Commission 1 Member Nominated by the Alexandria Jaycees 1 Representative of the Business Community Nominated by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce (g) Alexandria Human Rights Commission 1 Representative of the Alexandria Commission for Women (h) Alexandria Waterfront Committee 1 Representative From the Old Town Civic Association 9. Consideration of Submission of a Grant Application to the Department of Criminal Justice Services to Establish a Pretrial Services Program under the Comprehensive Community Corrections Act and Pretrial Services Act. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES None ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS CONSENT CALENDAR (10-21) 10. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the city code by revising the regulations governing the real estate tax exemptions and deferrals that are available to eligible elderly and disabled residents of the city. 11. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the city code by (a) proscribing certain conduct in city parks and city park areas where prohibited by official sign, (b) authorizing the city manager to post official signs prohibiting such conduct, (c) establishing rules for the location and adequacy of such signs and (d) providing for the imposition of criminal penalties upon persons engaging in the prohibited conduct. 12. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the city code to provide for the relocation of the absentee ballot precinct to 132 North Royal Street. 13. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the city code by changing the street name of Nottingham Drive, which is located within the Mark Center development, to Mark Center Drive. 14. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the King Street/Eisenhower Avenue Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Master Plan by changing the land use designation of the property at 1460 Duke Street, and of the vacated portions of the public rights-of-way of Hooff's Run and Jamieson Avenue accomplished by Vacations 99-0004 and 99-0005, from OCM-100/Office Commercial Medium and CDD #1-Coordinated Development District, to OCH/Office Commercial High. 15. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the city zoning ordinance to rezone the property at 1460 Duke Street, and the vacated portions of the public rights-of-way of Hooff's Run and Jamieson Avenue accomplished by Vacations 99-0004 and 99-0005, from OCM-100/Medium and CDD #1-Coordinated Development District, to OCH/Office Commercial High, with proffers. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) 16. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Braddock Road Metro Station Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Master Plan by changing the land use designation of the property at 300 North Henry Street from CL/Commercial Low to RM/Residential Medium. 17. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the city zoning ordinance to rezone the property at 300 North Henry Street from CL/Commercial Low to RB/Townhouse Zone. 18. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to authorize an encroachment into the public sidewalk right-of-way at 346 Commerce Street and 1447 Duke Street for entrance steps, a wheelchair lift and an areaway. 19. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to authorize an encroachment into the public alley right-of-way behind the property at 3100-3102 Commonwealth Avenue, for additional parking, a dumpster and a fence. 20. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to vacate a portion of the public street right-of-way between Slater's Lane and West Abingdon Drive, adjacent to the property at 1420 West Abingdon Drive. 21. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the City Code by adopting, with certain revisions, the 1999 Model Food Code, issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration/Public Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , as the Food Code for the City of Alexandria. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) 22. (a) VACATION #99-0004 -- 1460 DUKE ST -- MARRIOTT RESIDENCE INN -- Receipt of Viewer's Report for a request for vacation of a portion of the public right-of-way of Jamieson Avenue; zoned CDD-1/Coordinated Development District. Applicant: Duke-Jamieson, by Cyril D. Calley, attorney (#27 10/16/99) Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ (b) Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to vacate a portion of the public street right-of-way of Jamieson Avenue that is adjacent to the rear of the property with frontage at 1460 Duke Street. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) 23. (a) VACATION #99-0005 -- 1460 DUKE ST -- MARRIOTT RESIDENCE INN -- Receipt of Viewers' Report for a request for vacation of a portion of the public right-of-way of Hooff's Run; zoned OCM-100/Office Commercial Medium. Applicant: Duke-Jamieson, by Cyril D. Calley, attorney. (#28 10/16/99) Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ (b) Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to vacate a portion of the public right-of-way of Hooff's Run that is immediately adjacent to the property at 1460 Duke Street. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 24. Consideration of Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds by the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Alexandria for the Alexandria Country Day School. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ OTHER 25. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS 26. Alexandria Commission for Women 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 27. Alexandria Commission on Aging 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 28. Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SESSION 29. Consideration of Convening of an Executive Session to Consult with Legal Counsel Pertaining to Pending Litigation that Involves the City of Alexandria, Pursuant to Virginia Code § 2.1-344(A)(7), and to Consider and Discuss the Acquisition or Use of Real Property for Public Purpose, Pursuant to Virginia Code § 2.1-344(A)(3).. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) 30. Consideration of a Lease by the City of Property at Tavern Square. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ OPENING (continued) 31. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing City of Alexandria Employees Who Assisted in the Hurricane Floyd Cleanup in the City of Franklin and the County of Southampton, Virginia. 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