Action Docket for Public Hearing Meeting (03/15/2003)

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March 17, 2003

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Public Hearing Meeting
Saturday, March 15, 2003 - - 9:30 a.m.

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OPENING

1. Calling the Roll.

The Meeting was called to Order by Vice Mayor Cleveland, and the City Clerk called the Roll; all Members of City Council were present with Mayor Donley arriving at 10:00 a.m.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

2. Public Discussion Period.

(a) Sheryl Gorsuch, 408-A East Raymond Avenue, representing Mount Vernon Community School PTA, requested City Council to mandate that the Duncan Library expansion project should include a specific plan for the public green space adjacent to that area and that a clear and visible entrance for the school be accommodated before a final footprint for the building has been chosen.

Councilwoman Pepper requested a presentation on the plans for the Duncan Library.

(b) Karen Helbrecht, 419 East Windsor Avenue, supported the library's need to expand but expressed concern about the loss of open space. She suggested consideration of using the 25-foot setback on Commonwealth Avenue in front of the school and preserving the open space for an open space garden, a gathering space, or a reading area. She noted that they have worked with landscape architect students who have come up with some really interesting and creative ideas which she has shared with the Duncan Library architects. She would like to see the various City departments come together to really start discussion on parking issues, the green space, open space and how this whole area is used. Ms. Helbrecht indicated that she is hopeful that there is an opportunity to create a truly comprehensive entrance for Mount Vernon that enhances the school and supports the library needs and those of the community.

OPENING (continued)

Councilwoman Eberwein requested that when staff does its presentation with the staff drawings, she would also like to see the drawings that Ms. Helbrecht referenced from the landscape architect students.

(c) Ellen Pickering, 103 Roberts Lane, spoke in support of the Eisenhower East Plan.

(d) Julie Crenshaw, 816 Queen Street, thanked Council for setting a public hearing on Windmill Hill Park, and expressed concern that there was no public hearing on the peace resolution for citizen input.

(e) Van Van Fleet, 26 Wolfe Street, expressed concern that there was no public hearing on the peace resolution, and he supports our troops.

(f) Jonathan Wilbor, 310 South Lee Street, thanked the Council for bringing forward the Windmill Hill Park Plan for a public hearing.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (3-8)

Planning Commission

Without Objection, City Council removed docket item no. 8 from the consent calendar and considered it under a separate motion.

3. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0117
85 S BRAGG ST

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a commercial school for nursing assistants; zoned OCM-100/Office Commercial Medium. Applicant: Gloria B. Quist.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval by unanimous consent

4. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0124
312 S WASHINGTON ST
OLD TOWN MASSAGE CENTER

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a massage establishment; zoned CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: Jette Keis Hansen, doing business as Old Town Massage Center.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval by unanimous consent

5. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0125
2417 MT VERNON AV

STUDIO BODY LOGIC

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a pilates studio (commercial school) with a parking reduction; zoned CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: Studio Body Logic, LLC, by Karen L. Garcia.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

6. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0128
706-708 MONTGOMERY ST
SCRIPTURE CHURCH

Public Hearing and Consideration of a review of a special use permit for off-street parking within 300 feet of a church; zoned CDX/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: Scripture Church, by Harry P. Hart, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

7. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2003-0003
2615 MT VERNON AV
CAPITOL PIZZA

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to change the hours of operation and ownership of an existing restaurant; zoned CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: Jose Rivera.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

8. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0050
3750 JEFFERSON DAVIS HY
ALEXANDRIA TOYOTA

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan, to add service bays and a parking structure to the existing automobile sales facility; zoned CDD-7/Coordinated Development District. Applicant: Alexandria Toyota Inc., by Harry P. Hart, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

END OF ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR

City Council approved the Action Consent Calendar as presented with the exception of docket item no 8 which was considered under a separate motion. The action of City Council follows:

3. City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation.

4. City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation.

5. City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation.

6. City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation.

7. City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation.

8. City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation. (Separate Motion)

END OF ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

9. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0118
1004 MADISON ST

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a restaurant and for an off-street parking reduction; zoned CSL/Commercial Service Low. Applicant: James Lee.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

10. SPOT BLIGHT ABATEMENT PROGRAM
SBA Case #2002-0001
408-410 E GLEBE RD / 3006 JEFFERSON DAVIS HY

Public Hearing and Consideration of designation of property as blighted and consideration of proposed work plan to abate blighted conditions. Staff: City of Alexandria, Code Enforcement, by Art D. Dahlberg, Director.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

City Council approved the recommendation of the Planning Commission, as modified by the City Attorney in his memorandum dated March 14, 2003, with respect to condition no. 4 of the staff recommendation.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

11. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0025
400 CAMERON STATION BLVD
CAMERON STATION - Phase VII (BROOKDALE)

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit extension for construction of a senior housing and assisted-living high-rise facility; zoned CDD-9/Coordinated Development District. Applicant: Cameron Associates, LLC, by Duncan W. Blair, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 4-3

Councilman Speck would like to have some discussion, prior to his departure from Council, on the issue of disclosure and try to come up with ways to keep people better informed about the history and foundation of decisions that take place during the development process.

City Council denied the development special use permit extension.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

12. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0049
1 BUZZARD'S GAP
PICKETT'S RIDGE

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan and subdivision, to construct single-family dwellings; zoned R-20/Residential. Applicant: Sutton Building Corporation, by Duncan W. Blair, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

In the future, Councilwoman Eberwein would like to see more coordination between Planning and Zoning and Parks and Recreation staffs with regard to open space and pedestrian access and that input be provided to the Planning Commission and Council. Ms. Eberwein noted that we're looking for creative ways to get open space for citizens and that open space may come in the package of private parcels.

City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation, as amended, by the addition of new condition no. 51 to read: "51. The subject site shall not be resubdivided beyond the two lots being created under this development site plan.", and the deletion of condition no. 42.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

13. MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT #2003-0002
REZONING #2003-0001
TEXT AMENDMENT #2003-0001

Public Hearing and Consideration of

amendments to the 1992 Master Plan and Zoning Ordinance

as follows:

(1) consideration of adding the Eisenhower East Small Area Plan including CDD Guidelines;

(2) consideration of an amendment to the King Street/Eisenhower Avenue Metro Station Small Area Plan chapter of the 1992 Master Plan to remove the land area from that plan now covered by the Eisenhower East Small Area Plan;

(3) consideration of adoption of amended zoning maps to reflect the Eisenhower East coordinated development district (CDD); and

(4) consideration of amendments to Section 5-602 of the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance with respect to CDD #2, and a new CDD #11.

Staff: Department of Planning and Zoning, Eileen Fogarty, Director; Kimberley Fogle, Chief, Neighborhood and Community Planning.

COMMISSION ACTION:

Recommend Approval 7-0

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

Councilman Speck asked staff to look at the question of whether there should be something procedurally in place for addressing, short of having to come back with a new special use permit application, in the event conditions prevent them from accomplishing what we want them to accomplish and what apparently they want to accomplish which is where appropriate and where possible to underground parking, and for that get the density that goes with that. He stated that over the next few months as staff is looking at the design guidelines, if staff, in conjunction with the Planning Commission, can just look at whether that is something that ought to be part of the mechanics of this plan. Tell us if you think so. If you do, we'll look at it; if you don't, we won't.

Councilwoman Eberwein asked if staff would take an additional look at the parking compared to other jurisdictions just to allay some of the concerns.

City Council closed the public hearing and approved the Planning Commission recommendation.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

14. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to convey real property located at 423 South Reynolds Street, Alexandria, Virginia, owned by the City of Alexandria to the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority for low- and moderate-income housing in connection with the redevelopment of Samuel Madden Homes (Downtown). (#18 3/11/03) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

City Council finally passed the Ordinance upon its Second Reading and Final Passage. ORD. NO. 4292
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR (15-21)

Planning Commission (continued)

15. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0123
HOLMES RUN PKY to BEATLEY BRIDGE

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to install lighting on the pedestrian path from Holmes Run Parkway to the Beatley Bridge crossing area. Applicant: City of Alexandria, Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities, by Sandra Whitmore, Director.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred by unanimous consent

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

16. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0126
4600 DUKE ST, #1410
4600 DUKE CONDOMINIUM

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a child care home; zoned RC/Residential. Applicant: Agnes A. Buabeng.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred by unanimous consent

17. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0052
201 N QUAKER LA
DARTMOUTH PLACE

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit amendment to construct a fence with a storage area within a conservation area; zoned R-20/Residential. Applicant: Dartmouth Place Homeowners Association, by Wallace Christner.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred (Improper notice)

18. STREET NAME, CASE #2003-0002
2201 JEFFERSON DAVIS HY
POTOMAC YARD - POTOMAC GREENS

Public Hearing and Consideration of approval of new public street names as “Potomac Greens Drive, Townsend Road, Caledon Lane, Dent Lane, Fowke Lane, Hunter Square, and Langhorne Lane” located within the Potomac Yard Parcel A - Potomac Greens project at 2201 Jefferson Davis Highway. Staff: City of Alexandria, Department of Planning and Zoning.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred by Staff and Applicant

19. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0026
2201 JEFFERSON DAVIS HY
POTOMAC YARD - POTOMAC GREENS

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan, for construction of residential dwellings; zoned CDD-10/Coordinated Development District. Applicant: Potomac Greens Associates, LLC, by Jonathan P. Rak, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred by Staff and Applicant

20. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0027
2601 JEFFERSON DAVIS HY
POTOMAC YARD RAIL / DOG PARK

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan, for a dog park; zoned CDD-10/Coordinated Development District. Applicant: Crescent Resources, LLC, by Duncan W. Blair, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred 7-0

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

21. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0028
901 SLATER'S LA
POTOMAC YARD - POTOMAC PLAZA

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan, for construction of retail and restaurant use buildings; zoned CDD-10/Coordinated Development District. Applicant: Potomac Greens Associates, LLC, by Jonathan P. Rak, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred by Staff and Applicant
END OF DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR

Without objection, City Council noted the deferrals.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

New Business Item No. 1: City Council was provided with copies of applications for the position of City Clerk and Clerk of Council and set potential dates to interview applicants on April 7, 8, and 11.

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The Meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.

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