13. Alexandria Commission for Women 4 Citizen Members City Council reappointed Diane Crawford-Batt, Charniele Herring, Susan Kellom and Susan Ross O'Brien as the four citizen members to the Alexandria Commission for Women. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION 14. Receipt of the Open Space Steering Committee Report and Setting the Report for Public Hearing. City Council: (a) received the Open Space Steering Committee's Report; (b) scheduled a public hearing (later in the meeting scheduled for June 21, 2004) on the Committee's Report, including its recommended list of open space "priority sites," the processes it recommends be used in the future in revising or otherwise adding properties to the City Council's list of priority sites, and the criteria it recommends be used in the future in revising or otherwise adding properties to the Council's list of sites. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 15. Update on the Duke Street Concourse Project. (verbal report) Council heard an update on the Duke Street Concourse Project. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 16. Consideration of a Proposal by Ashley Spencer for a Temporary Installation of Public Art in the Duke Street Concourse. City Council: (a) accepted the Commission for the Arts' recommendation in favor of Ashley Spencer's proposal for the creation of 12 panels--historic maps of Alexandria and six paintings depicting historic scenes of the Carlyle neighborhood to be placed in the 12 bays located in the Duke Street Concourse for at least a two-year period; and (b) authorized the City Manager to prepare and execute a written agreement between the City of Alexandria and the artist providing that the City will pay up to $300 per panel for materials, transportation and installation of the panels. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 17. Consideration of Short and Long Term City Strategies to Address Mirant Plant Air Pollution Issues. City Council moved to defer this item to June 9, 2004, and include in the revised memo the additional comments of the Council heard this evening, as appropriate, and to include comments of the public as well. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 18. Consideration of Recommendations of the City Manager's Transportation Commission Working Group. City Council accepted the recommendation to create the ad-hoc task force in accordance with the resolution as presented, with a change to the recommendation that the group be appointed by the City Council instead of by the Mayor, and with an amendment to the resolution in paragraph five to change the word "ensure" to "endeavor." (RES. NO. 2106) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 19. Consideration of Allocating Housing Opportunities Fund Monies to Birmingham Green Adult Care Residence, Inc., to Replace an Existing Assisted Living Facility. City Council: (a) approved a 99-year, deferred payment loan of up to $150,000 from the Housing Opportunities Fund to BGACR to aid in the development of a new affordable assisted living facility in Prince William County. The loan would be contingent upon BGACR's continued use of the facility for affordable assisted living, and upon BGACR receiving funding from other participating jurisdictions as well; and (b) authorized the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 20. Adoption of the Draft One-Year Action Plan for Housing and Community Development for FY2005. (#5, 4/17/04) City Council: (a) adopted the one-year action plan for Housing and Community Development for FY 2005, which includes the City's applications for $1,499,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2004 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) monies and $1,034,805 in FFY 2004 Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program monies; and (b) authorized the City Manager to execute all necessary documents and submit the Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD.) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 21. Receipt of Report on Taxicab Issues. City Council: (a) received the Taxi Industry Work Group Report, which includes a recommended revised framework for the regulation of the Alexandria Taxicab Industry; (b) instructed the City Manager to docket the Work Group Report and the other proposals received for public hearing on May 25, 2004, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., (c) At the May 25, 2004, meeting, consider the Work Group's proposed taxicab regulatory framework, as well as others that have been offered, endorse the specific regulatory framework it wishes staff to pursue, and instruct staff to proceed with the development of a detailed regulatory plan and incorporate it with the ordinance to be introduced at the June 9 legislative meeting, hold the public hearing on the ordinance on June 12, 2004, with second reading and final adoption of the ordinance on June 22, 2004, and Council also determined that no new proposals would be included in the analysis. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES None ORAL REPORTS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL None ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL (a) Councilman Krupicka thanked staff for the Open Space bus tour. (b) Councilman Krupicka said he observed families going through pre-adoption orientation, and he said the staff in the City who handle foster parenting does an excellent job and he commended the families who consider being foster parents. (c) Councilman Krupicka went to a project organized by Operation Hope, which was focused on youth, and to a project called "A Man Is," which was focused on young men in the community. He said the organizers did a fantastic job. (d) Vice Mayor Pepper said she attended Operation Hope and was pleased that there is more to come. (e) Vice Mayor Pepper said she attended a celebration of foster parents in D.C., and she was there to honor the Foster Mother of the Year, and there was an Alexandria family that was being honored. (f) Vice Mayor Pepper presented a certificate to the Mayor from Computer Corps for the City's support of Computer Corps. She said there was a graduation ceremony of 39 graduates. (g) Vice Mayor Pepper congratulated Chief Judge of the Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Stephen Rideout, who has been named Judge of the Year by CASA, the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association. NEW BUSINESS ITEM NO. 1: Mr. Henson, representing one of the smaller taxi cab companies, spoke about the disadvantagement of those people who followed the process and thought there was a proposal and now they are not able to put in a proposal. (h) Councilman Gaines said he participated in the Alexandria Community Policy and Management Team annual service recognition awards earlier this afternoon, for the staff who work with the disadvantaged youth and families, and he wanted to recognize the awardees. (i) Councilman Gaines said he attended an invitation only Department of Homeland Security meeting on Incident Management Simulation that brought together representatives from various jurisdictions all over the country, as well as people from NASA, FEMA and MIT. He said he represented the National League of Cities. (j) Councilman Gaines said National Public Radio Talk of the Nation is coming to T.C. Williams High School on Monday in celebration of the Brown decision. (k) Councilman Smedberg congratulated the Alexandria Commission for the Arts for their 20th Anniversary Gala on Monday. He said they reinstituted the Alex Award, and Donna Bergeheim was honored with that award. (l) Councilman Macdonald asked the City Manager to report back at a future meeting on the device called Boot Finder, which can help jurisdictions find people who are not paying their parking tickets and property taxes. (m) Councilman Macdonald said Governor Warner put $35 million in the budget to help clean up the Bay. (n) Councilman Macdonald asked the Director of Parks and Recreation to look into the letter from Marlon Lorde to Judy Noritake concerning dogs off their leashes in Chinquapin, and he said he had a number of calls for the same problem in Forrest Park, which is next to Chinquapin. Assistant City Manager Evans said that is already being worked on as a Council request. (o) Councilman Macdonald said friends from the Alexandria Seaport Foundation have taken sunset cruises two nights a week during the summer months, and it gives tourists an opportunity to see the river at sunset. He said they are struggling to cut costs and they don't have enough money for insurance or to pay their Skipper, and he asked the City to look at ways through the tourism budget to assist them during the summer months to run the program. (p) Councilwoman Woodson said she was the guest speaker a couple of weeks ago at Goodwin House for their reception honoring volunteers, and she had the occasion to meet a charming 87-year old comedian, who will be at the Council public hearing on Saturday to speak under public comments. (q) Councilwoman Woodson said the Council of Government's video on Smart Growth at the Local Level Video will be out soon, and she suggested that Council set a work session so that a member of the COG can speak about how the City might implement the tool. If not at a work session, then they should be docketed for a legislative session. (r) Councilwoman Woodson said she has a pet peeve about cell phones ringing, and no one reads the sign posted outside of the Chambers about the use of cell phones, so she recommended that at the beginning of each meeting the Mayor announce that people turn off their phones, as it is annoying to have phones ringing during the meeting. (s) Councilwoman Woodson said the folders that the Clerk's Office uses to deliver the dockets are wonderful, and she noticed that on the last delivery, they got paper envelopes, and the reason was that Council was not returning the plastic folders. She asked Council to return the folders. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ NEW ITEM NO. 2: City Attorney Pessoa introduced Joanna Frizzol, who is now working in his office. ORAL REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER City Manager Sunderland reported that: (a) the parking lot at Burke Library is now paved; (b) Transportation and Environmental Services is bringing its equipment to T.C. Williams on May 21; (c) Washington Gas is having a meeting on Park Fairfax at Charles Barrett on Thursday, May 13 at 7 p.m., on the WMATA gas pipeline; (d) the Environmental Policy Commission is sponsoring a meeting at the Lyceum on May 24 at 7 p.m. on Mirant; and (e) May 13 is the first graduation of a CERT class conducted for business people, and other graduations are May 22 and June 26. The City Manager asked Transportation and Environmental Services to speak on the Inflow and Infiltration Project. City Engineer Baker and Director of Transportation and Environmental Services Baier made a presentation on the Inflow and Infiltration Project. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 22. Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Transfer of Retired Police Canine Stryker to Retired Police Sergeant Guy Bishop. (ROLL-CALL VOTE) City Council adopted the resolution. (RES. NO. 2105) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER 23. Consideration of City Council Schedule. City Council adopted the schedule of Council's regular City Council meetings for May 2004 through June 2004, with the following additions: there will be a work session before the May 20 visioning meeting at 5:00 p.m., at the Lee Center; and the public hearing on the Open Space Plan will be June 21 at 7:00 p.m. Vice Mayor Pepper noted that July 16, 17 and 18 is Alexandria Salutes a USO Weekend, sponsored by the Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association, and there is a major event on July 18 at Market Square, and she wanted to be sure they knew there were other events scheduled that same day. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ * * * * * * The meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m. Note: The action docket is a summary of Council's meeting deliberations prepared largely for staff follow-up. Formal minutes of the meeting, when approved by Council, become the official record of the meeting and of Council decisions made at the meeting.