1. Calling the Roll. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 2. Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 3. Recognition of Town Crier William North-Rudin. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 4. Reading and Acting Upon the Minutes of the Following Meetings of City Council: (a) The Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of June 21, 2005; (b) The Special Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of June 27, 2005; and (c) The Regular Meeting Minutes of June 28, 2005. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL None. PROCLAMATIONS 5. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing Heather Buchanan as City Employee of the Month for June. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing Leroy Baker as City Employee of the Month for July. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ PROCLAMATIONS (continued) 7. Presentation of a Proclamation for the March for Awareness, Resources and Commitment in Richmond. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 8. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring September as Save a Life Month. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 9. Recognition of the 25th Anniversary of the Alexandria Volunteer Bureau. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (10-16) (Resignations and Uncontested Appointments) 10. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Commission on Aging Kathryn Edwards (b) Alexandria Commission on HIV/AIDS Cynthia Bees Jerome Vincent Guss, Jr. (c) Alexandria Community Services Board Victoria Almquist (d) Alexandria Consumer Affairs Commission Michael Carrasco (e) Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association Board of Governors Leonard Gregory Brown (f) Alexandria Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee Patrick Butler (g) Alexandria Sister Cities Committee Kenneth Hill Sanjay Murty Carlos Probus Jeffrey Swedberg 11. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Affordable Housing Advisory Committee 1 Representative of the City’s Faith Community (b) Alexandria-Caen Exchange Committee 2 Citizen Members (c) Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee 1 Citizen Member REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) (d) Alexandria Commission on HIV/AIDS 1 Member From and Representing the Alexandria Human Rights Commission 1 Citizen-at-Large (e) Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities 1 Representative From the Business Community At-Large (f) Alexandria Consumer Affairs Commission 1 Local Consumer Action Organization Member (g) Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association Board of Governors 1 Hotel Owner/Manager Representative 1 Retail Business Owner/Manager Representative 1 National or International Trade or Professional Association Executive The Hotel Association President 1 Member-at-Large (h) Health Systems Agency of Northern Virginia 1 Health Care Provider (i) Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Member-at-Large From Planning District II (j) Alexandria Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee 1 Qualified Professional Skilled in Architecture (k) Alexandria Waterfront Committee 1 Representative From the Alexandria Archaeological Commission 1 Representative From the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission (Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager) 12. Vacation #2002-0041(b) - 1514-1602 King Street and 1602 Dechantel Street. Receipt of Viewers' Report For a Request For Vacation of the Public Right-of-Way at 1514-1602 King Street and 1602 Dechantel Street, Zoned Mixed Use. Applicant DSF Long King Street I, LLC. (#11, 4/16/05.) 13. Consideration of a Grant Application to the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation for Funding to Acquire a Public Access Easement Along the Mt. Vernon Waterfront Trail on the Hunting Towers Site. 14. Consideration of Submission of a Grant Applicant to the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services for the City's Domestic Violence Intervention Project. 15. Receipt of the Annual Committee Attendance Report for Fiscal Year 2005. (Ordinances for Introduction) 16. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Grant a Full Exemption From the Residential Refuse Fee to Elderly or Disabled Taxpayers Who Have Obtained a Deferral or Exemption of Real Estate Taxes. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS 17. Alexandria Community Criminal Justice Board 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 18. Alexandria Industrial Development Authority 2 Citizen Members Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 19. Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 20. Alexandria Waterfront Committee 1 Citizen-at-Large Representative Who Resides West of Washington Street Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION 21. Verbal Report on City's Efforts to Respond to Hurricane Katrina. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 22. Receipt of Update on the Proposed King Street Business Improvement District. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 23. Consideration of Continuing the Deferral of City Action of the Acquisition of Property From the Old Dominion Boat Club. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 24. Consideration of the Fiscal Year 2007 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) and Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) Projects. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 25. Receipt of the Open Space Steering Committee Pocket Park Nominations and Setting the Report for Public Hearing on September 20, 2005. 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 26. Consideration of a Resolution to Amend the City of Alexandria Firefighters and Police Officers Pension Plan to Provide That the Current Fire Chief is Not Part of the Plan. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER 27. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ WORK SESSION (In the Council Chambers) Briefing on the City's Emergency Preparedness.