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 Regular Meeting Minutes of March 8, 2005; and (b) The Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of March 12, 2005. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL None. PROCLAMATIONS 4. Presentation of a Proclamation Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the French and Indian War. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 5. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing Ray Howells as the City Employee of the Month for February. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 7. Presentation of a Check to Stabler Leadbeater Apothecary. 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 Landlord-Tenant Relations Board Shawn Brunton 9. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Affordable Housing Advisory Committee 1 Builder or Developer of Residential Property (b) Alexandria Commission on Employment 1 Business Representative (c) Alexandria Commission on HIV/AIDS 1 Member From and Representing an HIV/AIDS Service Organization Which Provides Services to the Minority Community (d) Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Representative From the Lee-Fendall House (e) Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board 1 Citizen Member (f) Alexandria Transportation Safety Commission 4 Members From the Alexandria Traffic and Parking Board (Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager) 10. Consideration of Submission of a Grant Application to the Virginia Commission for the Arts for Funds for a Local Government Challenge Grant for the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities. 11. Authorization for Grant Submission to the Target Community Giving Program to Provide Violence Prevention Programming in Elementary Schools and Community Sites. 12. Receipt of Report on American Public Works Association Accreditation of the Department of Transportation and Environmental Services. 13. Consideration of the Police Department's Application for the Justice Assistance Grant Program for FY 2005. 14. Consideration of Authorization of Recommended Capital Project Allocations and Planned Expenditures. 15. Consideration of Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending February 28, 2005. 16. Receipt of the 2004 Board of Zoning Appeals Annual Report. 17. Consideration of Grant Application to the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services for Police Department Equipment. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) (Ordinances for Introduction) 18. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Establish the Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Rates for Calendar Year 2005. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS None. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION 19. Consideration of Staff Report on the Feasibility Study on the Location and Construction of an All City Sports Facility. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 20. Presentation on the Current and Future Alexandria Traffic Pattern Changes Necessitated by the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Construction Project. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 21. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to the City's Marketing Fund Application Guidelines. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 22. Consideration of Regulatory Framework for the Alexandria Taxicab Industry, Including the Draft Ordinance. 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 23. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_________________________________________________________
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