Please take notice that there will be a Special Meeting of City Council at 7:00 p.m., in Council Chambers at City Hall, Alexandria, Virginia, for the purpose of considering the following items. _______________________________ Philip Sunderland, City Manager * * * * * * * OPENING 1. Calling the Roll. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 2. Invocation -- Moment of Silence. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 3. Reading and Acting Upon the Minutes of the Following Meetings of City Council: (a) The Public Hearing Meeting of June 14, 2003; (b) The Regular Meeting of June 24, 2003; and (c) The Special Meeting of July 1, 2003. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 4. Report of the City Clerk. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ PROCLAMATIONS 5. Presentation of a Proclamation for the Alexandria Festival of the Arts September 13-14, 2003. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (6-11) - (23) 6. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) (a) Alexandria Woodrow Wilson Bridge Neighborhood Task Force Gerald Lipson (b) Alexandria Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Robert Freedman (c) Alexandria Commission on HIV/AIDS Peggy L. Taylor (d) Alexandria Commission on Information Technology Sigal Nissan (e) Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association Board of Governors Kathleen Callender Mary Anne Russell (f) Alexandria District Home Board Robert C. Eiffert (g) Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission Robin E. Hays (h) Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission Kenneth L. Foran (i) Alexandria Planning Commission Ludwig P. Gaines (j) Alexandria Public Health Advisory Commission Deborah Bombard (k) Alexandria Public Records Advisory Commission Richard Peuser (l) Alexandria Sister Cities Committee Candace Lightner (m) Alexandria Waterfront Committee Kenneth L. Foran (n) Alexandria Youth Policy Commission Toyasha Albert Robert Sennewald Brian C. Shearer 7. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria-Caen Exchange Committee 1 Representative From the Arts With Expertise in Music 1 Representative From the Alexandria Sister Cities Committee (b) Alexandria Budget and Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee 1 Member Designated by Councilman Rob Krupicka 1 Member Designated by Councilman Andrew Macdonald (c) Alexandria Commission on HIV/AIDS 1 Member From and Representing the Whitman-Walker Clinic REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) (d) Alexandria Community Services Board 1 Licensed Physician (e) Alexandria Economic Opportunities Commission 1 Representative Designated by Councilman Rob Krupicka (f) Alexandria Emergency Medical Services Council 1 Representative of the Alexandria Federation of Civic Associations (g) Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Representative From the George Washington Masonic Memorial (h) Alexandria Law Library 1 Citizen Member (i) Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board 1 Parent Member (j) Alexandria Urban Design Advisory Committee 1 Representative of the Old Town North Business Community (k) Alexandria Waterfront Committee 1 Citizen At-Large (l) Alexandria Youth Policy Commission 1 Member of A Board or Commission or Other Organization Having An Interest In Youth Issues 8. Consideration of the Alexandria Community Services Board's Application and Acceptance of Award of a Virginia Fatherhood Campaign Community Grant through the Virginia Department of Health. 9. Receipt of Annual Report on Board and Commission Attendance for Fiscal Year 2003. 10. Consideration of Grant Application to the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services for the Hispanic Outreach Services Project. 11. Request for Approval of Grant Award from the ECHO (Employees Caring and Helping Others) Program of AOL Time Warner and the Friends of the Alexandria Commission for Women for the Office on Women's Sexual Assault Response and Awareness (SARA) Program. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS
12. Alexandria Beautification Commission 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 13. Alexandria Commission on HIV/AIDS 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS (continued)
14. Alexandria Industrial Development Authority 2 Citizen Members Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 15. Northern Virginia Regional Commission 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) 16. Consideration of Application for an Amendment to an Existing Federal Environmental Protection Agency Grant to Provide an Additional $650,500 for the Four Mile Run Sewer Service Area Excessive Infiltration/Inflow (I/I) Remediation Project. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 17. Consideration of a Request to Permit an Exception to the Major Events Policy to Allow the Addition of Four Specific Venues East of Washington Street for First Night Alexandria. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 18. Report on the Community Partnership Fund for Human Services Recommended Priorities for the FY 2005 Competitive Grant Cycle. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 19. Consideration of a Resolution Requesting Matching Funds for the Old Town Congestion Mitigation Project. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 20. Consideration of a Resolution Requesting State Funds for the Alexandria Rideshare Program and Authorizing Matching Funds for the Rideshare Program. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 21. Consideration of a Resolution Requesting State Funds For An Employer Match Incentive to Promote Alternative Transportation Modes and Authorizing City Matching Funds. 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 22. Update on the Duke Street Concourse and Opening of the First Two Patent and Trade Office (PTO) Buildings. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS CONSENT CALENDAR (23) 23. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to authorize landscaping and decorative features to encroach into the public sidewalk rights-of-way with the Potomac Greens development. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) 24. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading and Second Reading of an Ordinance to adopt Supplement 70 to the City Code.(ROLL-CALL VOTE) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 25. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to authorize the conveyance of certain land to the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Transportation. (ROLL-CALL VOTE) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 26. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to amend the City Code to change the regular time for City Council legislative meetings, and related matters. (ROLL-CALL VOTE) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER 27. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SESSION 28. Consideration of convening an executive session closed to the public for consultation with counsel and staff regarding actual or probable litigation and other specific legal matters, pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A)(7) of the Code of Virginia, and for discussing the acquisition of real property for a public purpose, pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia. Council Action:_________________________________________________________