OPENING 1. Calling the Roll. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 2. Invocation -- Moment of Silence. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 3. Reading and Acting Upon the Minutes of the Following Meeting of City Council: (a) The Regular Meeting of September 10, 2002. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 4. Report of the City Clerk. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OPENING (continued) 5. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing Lawrence P. Robinson on Being Named Elk of the Year. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation of Proclamation Proclaiming the Month of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 7. Recognition of The Company of Sisters, Inc., for Historical Photographs and Oral Histories Given to the Alexandria Community. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OPENING (continued) 8. Presentation of the Alexandria Campaign on Adolescent Pregnancy's (ACAP) Get Real Magazine. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (9-19) 9. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria-Caen Exchange Committee Gregory Jones (b) Alexandria Commission for Women Lisa Webster (c) Alexandria Waterfront Committee William H. Kuehnle 10. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Commission for the Arts 1 Member Who Represents the Public-at-Large As An Arts Consumer and Participant (b) Alexandria Commission for Women 2 Citizen Members (c) Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities 1 Citizen Member (d) Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Representative From Planning District I (e) Alexandria Industrial Development Authority 1 Citizen Member (f) Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission 1 Member From Among the High School Youth of the City (g) Alexandria Youth Policy Commission 1 Member of the Alexandria Public Health Advisory Commission 1 Citizen 18 Years of Age or Younger 11. Consideration of Submission of a Grant Application to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management to Conduct a Regional Terrorism Response Exercise Involving Alexandria's Hazardous Materials (HAZ MAT) Response Team. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) 12. Consideration of Submission of a Grant Application to the Virginia Department of Fire Programs to Upgrade the Fire Department's Computer Reporting System for Reports Submitted to the State. 13. Consideration of Housing Trust Fund Budget Allocations for FY 2003. 14. Consideration of Submission of Grant Application to the Virginia Department of Health for the Office on Women's Sexual Assault Response and Awareness Program for November 1, 2002 to October 31, 2003. 15. Receipt of the Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending August 31, 2002. 16. Authorization of Recommended Capital Project Allocations and Planned Expenditures. 17. Request to Spend Revenue Maximization Grant Fund Monies in the Department of Human Services to Recruit Additional Foster and Adoptive Homes. 18. Consideration of Submission of a Grant Application to the Virginia Department of Fire Programs to Upgrade Audio Visual Training Equipment in a Classroom at the Fire Department's Training Academy at Lee Center. 19. Consideration of Authorizing the City Manager to Sign the Memorandum of Understanding to Accept the Gift of a Shipbuilder Statue. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) 20. Receipt of Report from the Citizen Committee Appointed to Review Council Compensation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 21. Consideration of Establishment of a Capital Development Office for the City of Alexandria. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES None REPORTS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 22. Consideration of Resolution Endorsing the Department of Transportation and Environmental Services Obtaining Accreditation from the American Public Works Association (APWA). [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 23. Consideration of a Resolution Endorsing the Parks and Recreational Facilities General Obligation Bond Referendum. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER 24. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_________________________________________________________
CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS
25. Alexandria Early Childhood Commission 1 Member-at-Large Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 26. Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Representative From Planning District II Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 27. Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission 1 Member From Planning District II Council Action:_________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SESSION 28. Consideration of the Convening of an Executive Session to discuss settlement of actual and probable litigation involving the City, pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A)(7) of the Code of Virginia. Council Action:_________________________________________________________