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 Meeting of City Council: (a) The Regular Meeting Minutes of October 12, 2004. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL None. PROCLAMATIONS 4. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing the 40th Anniversary of the War on Poverty. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 5. Presentation of a Check by the Chair of the Commission for the Arts to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation by the Alexandria Electoral Board on its Voter Outreach Campaign, Election Planning and Demonstration of the City's New Voting Machines. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 7. Brief Staff Presentation on Cooperative Efforts by the City and the Alexandria Electoral Board to Prepare for the November 2 Presidential Election. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (8-13) (Resignations and Uncontested Appointments) 8. Receipt of the Following Resignations from Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees. (a) Alexandria Carr/Norfolk Southern Design Review Board Patrick McDonald (b) Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities Amber Nightingale (c) Alexandria Community Services Board Mary Anne Weber (d) Alexandria Consumer Affairs Commission Luke T. Macaulay (e) Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board Joanne Tomasello (f) Alexandria Waterfront Committee Myra B. Halpin 9. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Commission on Employment 1 Business Representative From Among Recognized Area Businesses, Including Minority-Owned and Small Businesses (b) Alexandria Community Criminal Justice Board 1 Representative of Local Education To Be Nominated by the Superintendent of Schools (c) Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission 1 Member From the Field of Environmental Sciences Such As Environmental/Sanitary Engineering, Ecology, Geology, Botany, Hydrology or Chemistry (d) Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Member-at-Large (e) Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission 1 Citizen Member (f) Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board 1 Citizen Member (Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager) 10. Receipt of the Annual Report for Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities. 11. Receipt of the Alexandria Commission on Aging FY 2004 Annual Report. 12. Consideration of a Request From the Alexandria Sister Cities Committee to Modify Its Membership Requirements. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) 13. Consideration of Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending September 30, 2004. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS 14. Alexandria Board of Architectural Review - Parker-Gray District 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION 15. Receipt of the Proposed City Legislative Package for the 2005 General Assembly Session. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 16. Receipt of the Staff Analysis of the Needs Assessment Survey for Seniors. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 17. Consideration of Authorization of Recommended Capital Project Allocations and Planned Expenditures. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 18. Consideration of Adoption of the Proposed Open Space Priority List Action Plan. (#5, 10/16/04) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 19. Consideration of City Position on (1) Proposed Amendments to the Operating Permit for the Mirant Potomac River Plant and (2) the Proposed Consent Decree that Addresses the Nox Emissions from the Potomac River Plant and Three Other Mirant Generating Facilities in the Washington D. C. Region. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM 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 None. OTHER 20. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 21. Consideration of a Five-year License Agreement With TCG Virginia, Inc., to Authorize the Installation of Fiber Optic Cable in the Public Right-of-way. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 22. Consideration of a Five-year License Agreement With Xspedius Management Co. Of Virginia, LLC d/b/a/ Xspedius Communications to Authorize the Installation of Fiber Optic Cable in the Public Right-of-way. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 23. Consideration of Convening An Executive Session Closed to the Public To Discuss the Appointment of the New City Manager, pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A)(1) of the Code of Virginia, and For Discussion of Probable Litigation, pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A)(7) of the Code of Virginia. Council Action:_________________________________________________________