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 October 14, 2003. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 4. Report of the City Clerk. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL 5. Recognition of the Alexandria Volunteer Bureau Youth Service Coalition. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ PROCLAMATIONS 6. Presentation of Proclamation Declaring Saturday, November 15, 2003, as America Recycles Day in the City of Alexandria. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (7-11) 7. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Board of Zoning Appeals Linda Kung (b) Alexandria Budget and Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee Bruce Johnson (c) Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities Patrick Reilly REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) 8. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Commission on Employment 1 Representative From A Community-Based Organization 9. Consideration of the Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending September 30, 2003. 10. Consideration of Authorization of Recommended Capital Project Allocations and Planned Expenditures. 11. Consideration of Receipt of a Grant Award from the Federal Highway Administration for the Phase II East Eisenhower Multi-Use Trail. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS
12. Alexandria Board of Zoning Appeals 2 Citizen Members Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 13. Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission 1 Citizen-at-Large Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 14. Alexandria Traffic and Parking Board 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 15. Alexandria Youth Policy Commission 1 Representative of the Business Community Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) 16. Consideration of Reallocation of Capital Funds for New Voting Equipment for the City. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 17. Receipt of Proposed City Legislative Package for the 2004 General Assembly Session and Scheduling it for Public Hearing on Saturday, November 15, 2003. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 18. Consideration of City Testimony on Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) Six-Year Improvement Program (FY2005 to 2010.) (staff presentation) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) 19. Consideration of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust Related to Open Space Easements and Other Preservation Mechanisms. (staff presentation) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES None ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER Council Action:_________________________________________________________ WORK SESSION 20. Presentation by Dominion Virginia Power. 21. Work Session with the Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 22. Consideration of a Resolution on the U.S.A. Patriot Act. (ROLL-CALL VOTE) Council Action: _________________________________________________________ 23. Consideration of a Resolution Establishing the Order of Business for City Council Meetings. (ROLL-CALL VOTE) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER 24. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SESSION
25. Consideration of convening an executive session closed to the public for discussion of pending litigation, pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A)(7) of the Code of Virginia. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ Public Notices City Council will hold its Annual Retreat on Friday, November 7, 2003, at 5:00 p.m., at the Lloyd House, 220 North Washington Street, and on Saturday, November 8, 2003, at 9:00 a.m., at the G.W. Middle School Library, 1005 Mt. Vernon Avenue. There will be a Town Meeting on the Duke Street Concourse on Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at 7:30 p.m., in the Minnie Howard Auditorium, 3801 West Braddock Road. It is anticipated that more than two members of Council will be in attendance.