OPENING 1. Calling the Roll. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 2. Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 3. Reading and Acting Upon the Minutes of the Following Meetings of City Council: (a) The Special Meeting of April 12, 2004. (b) The Regular Meeting of April 13, 2004. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL 4. Recognition of Youth Council. PROCLAMATIONS 5. Proclamation Declaring May 7, 2004, as Bike To Work Day. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 6. Proclamation Declaring May 9-15, 2004, as National Women's Health Week. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 7. Proclamation Declaring the week of May 3-7, 2004, as Public Service Recognition Week. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (8-18) (Resignations and Uncontested Appointments) 8. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Local Emergency Planning Committee Peter Crawford (b) USS Alexandria Liaison Committee Alexandra Crawford-Batt 9. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Economic Opportunities Commission 1 Representative Designated by Councilman Andrew H. Macdonald (b) Alexandria Human Rights Commission 2 Citizen Members (c) Alexandria Sister Cities Committee 1 Citizen Member (Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager) 10. Consideration of the Grant Application for the Summer Food Service Program for Children. 11. Submission of Assistance to Firefighters Grant Application to the Office of Domestic Preparedness to Purchase Stair Chairs and Fitness Equipment for the Fire Department. 12. Consideration of Submission of a Renewal Grant Application to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for FY 2004 Pass-through Funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the City of Alexandria Air Pollution Control Program. 13. Consideration of a Request to Add Two Positions to the Alexandria George Washington Birthday Celebration Committee. 14. Consideration of Receipt of the 2004 Annual Report of the Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee. 15. Consideration of Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending March 31, 2004. 16. Submission of a Grant Application to the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services for Funding for the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for the Victim Witness Assistance Program. 17. Consideration of Authorization of Recommended Capital Project Allocations and Planned Expenditures. 18. Receipt of the FY 2003 Annual Report of the Alexandria Commission on HIV/AIDS. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS
19. Alexandria Board of Zoning Appeals 2 Citizen Members Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 20. Alexandria Commission for the Arts 1 Member Who Has Expertise in the Arts, Either As A Practitioner of Various Art Disciplines or As A Professional Administrator Working in the Field 2 Members Who Represent Arts Education or Business Expertise Relative to Arts and Cultural Development, Including Such Perspectives As Marketing, Finance/Funding, Tourism Promotion and Organizational Development Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 21. Alexandria Traffic and Parking Board 3 Citizen Members Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION 22. Update on the Duke Street Concourse. (Staff presentation) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 23. Consideration of City Comments on the Proposed Virginia American Water Company Rate Increase. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 24. Consideration of a Request to Permit an Exception to the City's Major Events Policy to Allow the Addition of Up to Seven Venues East of Washington Street for First Night Alexandria. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES None ORAL REPORTS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORAL REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 25. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Revise the Membership of the Environmental Policy Commission. (Deferred from the April 17, 2004 meeting.) (#20, 4/13/04, #16, 4/17/04) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 26. Consideration of a Resolution Requesting State Funds for the Traffic Signal Synchronization Project. (ROLL-CALL VOTE) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 27. Consideration of a Resolution Requesting State Funds for the Duke Street Congestion Relief Project. (ROLL-CALL VOTE) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER 28. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_________________________________________________________