OPENING 1. Calling the Roll. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Euille, and the Deputy City Clerk called the roll; all the members of City Council were present, except Councilman Macdonald, who had an excused absence. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 2. Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance. City Council observed a moment of silence and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 3. Reading and Acting Upon the Minutes of the Following Meetings of City Council: (a) The Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of March 18, 2006; and (b) The Regular Meeting Minutes of March 28, 2006. City Council approved the public hearing meeting minutes of March 18, 2006 and the regular meeting minutes of March 28, 2006. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL None. PROCLAMATIONS 4. Presentation of a Proclamation Honoring and Remembering the late Alan M. Voorhees. City Council endorsed the proclamation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 5. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring April 9, 2006 to July 21, 2006, as 104 Days of Education. City Council endorsed the proclamation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring April as Fair Housing Month. City Council endorsed the proclamation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 7. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring the Week of April 23 through 30, 2006, as Days of Remembrance Week. City Council endorsed the proclamation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 8. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring April 29, 2006, as Alexandria Earth Day and Arbor Day. City Council endorsed the proclamation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 9. Presentation of the Transportation and Environmental Services Accreditation From American Public Works Association to the Mayor and Members of City Council. City Council accepted the accreditation presentation from the American Public Works Association. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 9.1 Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing the 60th Anniversary of the Optimist Club. City Council endorsed the proclamation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (10-21) (Resignations and Uncontested Appointments) 10. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Citizen Corps Council William Dickinson (b) Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission Oliver Boehm Patrick Traylor (c) Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission Philip C. Brooks 11. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Commission on Aging 1 Representative of A Health Care Provider (b) Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities 1 Citizen Member Who Has A Disability (c) Alexandria Emergency Medical Services Council 1 Citizen Member (d) Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Business Representative Designated by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce (e) Alexandria Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee 1 Representative of the Business Community (f) Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board 1 Citizen Member (Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager) 12. Submission of a Grant Application for Fiscal Year 2007 to the Virginia Department of Social Services for the Office on Women's Domestic Violence Program. 13. Consideration of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Budget Transfers. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) 14. Consideration of Application for a $300,000 Federal Grant for Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment. 15. Consideration of a Grant Application to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Summer Food Service Program for Children. (Ordinances for Introduction) 16. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance Making Supplemental Appropriations for FY 2006. 17. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Increase the Real Estate Tax Exemption Available to Elderly or Disabled Residents. 18. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Increase the Real Estate Tax Assistance Available to Limited Income Residents. 19. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend the CDD Zone Regulations Applicable to the Realigned Monroe Avenue Bridge. 20. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend the CDD Zone Regulations to Establish the Eisenhower East Design Review Board, and Provide For Board Review of Development in CDD No. 2 and CDD No. 11, and Under the Carlyle SUP. 21. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend Article XIII, Environmental Management, of the Zoning Ordinance. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR City Council approved the Consent Calendar, with the exception of item 11(e) and considered it under separate motion. The City Manager's recommendations were as follows: 10. City Council accepted the following resignations with regret: (a) William Dickinson, Alexandria Citizen Corps Council; (b) Oliver Boehm and Patrick Traylor, Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission; and (c) Philip C. Brooks, Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission. 11. City Council made the following appointments: (a) waived the residency requirement and appointed Robert Breiner as the representative of a health care provider to the Alexandria Commission on Aging; (b) appointed Louise Harrison as the citizen member who must have a disability to the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities; (c) reappointed Francis Hoang as the citizen member to the Alexandria Emergency Medical Services Council; (d) reappointed Paul Wilson as the business representative designated by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce to the Historic Alexandria Resources Commission; (e) appointed Robert Treadway as the representative to the Business Community to the Alexandria Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee (separate motion); and (f) appointed Robert Wavra as the citizen member to the Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board. 12. City Council authorized the City Manager to: (1) submit the grant application to the Virginia Department of Social Services for funding, in the amount of $168,907 for Fiscal Year 2007; (2) approved the continued funding for the existing grant-funded, full-time Social Worker I position (1.00 FTE); approved the continued funding for the existing grant-funded full-time Outreach/Prevention Specialist position (1.00 FTE); approved the continued funding for the existing part-time Social Worker I position (.75 FTE City/.25 grant) which was increased to full-time with grant funds; and approved continued funding for the part-time (.75 FTE) Volunteer Developer. It should be noted that there are no monies available in the City budget to continue these activities once the grant funds are expended. These grant-funded positions would terminate upon the expiration of the grant and the individuals who fill these position would be notified of this condition of employment; and (3) execute all documents that may be required. 13. Council approve the following FY 2006 transfers of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) monies: from Fair Housing Testing to Applications for Federal Programs - $5,293 and from Program Administration to Applications for Federal Programs - $3,807 for a total of $9,100. 14. City Council: (1) approved the grant submission and, if awarded, accept up to $300,000 in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funds per year for three years, beginning in FY2007; (2) approved the hiring of 3.0 FTE staff, including one Therapist Supervisor and two Therapist IIs; and (3) authorized the City Manager to execute all documents that may be required. 15. City Council authorized the City Manager to: (1) submit the grant application to the United States Department of Agriculture for continued funding and an estimated reimbursement amount of $112,000 for program expenses; and (2) execute all necessary documents that may be required. 16. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on April 22, 2006. 17. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing and second reading on April 22, 2006, and final passage with the FY 2007 budget on April 24, 2006. 18. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing and second reading on April 22, 2006, and final passage with the FY 2007 budget on April 24, 2006. 19 City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on April 22, 2006. 20. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on April 22, 2006. 21. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on April 22, 2006. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS None. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION 22. Consideration of a Request to Hold a Race in Honor of Kelley Swanson in the Del Ray Area on Saturday, June 3. City Council permitted an exception to the Major Events Policy to allow the Kelley Cares 5K Run/Walk scheduled for June 3, 2006, sponsored by the Kelley Cares Committee. The Rosemont Citizens Association, the Del Ray Citizens Association and the Potomac West Business Association support this recommendation. In addition, over 200 signatures have been collected in support of the event in the Del Ray area. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 23. Consideration of Funding Application for the Acquisition of Arbelo Apartments by RPJ Housing Development Corporation. City Council approved a loan of $3.5 million (the total purchase price is $6 million) to RPJ Housing Development Corporation for the acquisition of the 34-unit Arbelo Apartments, as follows: 1) The loan will be funded with previously authorized City general obligation bonds (with debt service to be paid from the Affordable Housing Initiatives account). 2) The loan would be authorized to be financed from the expected proceeds of the planned June 2006 City general obligation bond sale, with the City making a general cash advance prior to the bond sale. 3) The loan will be an interest only loan at 2 percent interest, with the interest (and, when possible, principal) to be repaid on a residual receipts basis, beginning not later than fifteen years after permanent financing has closed. 4) The property shall remain affordable to households at 60% of median income for the length of RPJ's ownership, but in no event less than 20 years, or until the City's loan is repaid. It is understood that RPJ's goal is to achieve 100% affordability over time, through attrition. 5) In the event RPJ elects to sell the property, RPJ shall offer the right of first refusal to the City, or its designee. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES None ORAL REPORTS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL (a) Vice Mayor Pepper reported that she and Councilman Smedberg co-chair the Mirant Community Monitoring Group and the Group passed a resolution at their last meeting concerning the operations at the Mirant Plant and the introduction of Trona. Vice Mayor Pepper noted that the Group received a report that did not answer the questions about the use of Trona on public health and on April 3, 2006, the Mirant Community Monitoring Group passed a resolution urging the City Council to oppose Trona use at Mirant until valid health studies showing no adverse health affects from Trona were completed. Vice Mayor Pepper also reported that the Mirant Community Monitoring Group requested that the Mayor send a letter to the Governor concerning the matter at the Mirant Plant. (b) Councilman Smedberg noted that Trona was an experimental chemical and the use of the chemical is also experimental. Councilman Smedberg stated that Trona has a greater impact on particulate matter 2.5 pollution. City Council approved the resolution from the Mirant Community Monitoring Group and requested that the Mayor forward the letter to the Governor with a cover letter. (c) Councilman Smedberg stated the Elizabeth Chimento received information that the letter of petition submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by Ms. Chimento and Poul Hertel was not accepted for administrative reasons. Ms. Chimento explained the rejection of the petition and participated in a discussion with City Council about the petition process. City Attorney Pessoa noted that the FAA had timely received the City's letter of petition with the indication to grant reconsideration was discretionary. Mr. Pessoa would follow up with outside counsel and the FAA expert. (d) Councilman Krupicka stated the Committee on Noise and Aviation for Dulles and Reagan National Airports (CONANDA) Committee, which he chairs, would be endorsing a letter asking the FAA to review the issues of aircraft safety grounds relating to general aviation and helicopter traffic. Councilman Krupicka noted that CONANADA believes the stack height change at Mirant might impede the ability for general aviation to fly around Reagan National Airport. (e) Mayor Euille reported that he has raised the issue of safety around Mirant with the General Manager of the Washington Airport Authority at a recent meeting and sought the support of the Authority and other elected officials in fighting the FAA. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL (a) Vice Mayor Pepper introduced Elizabeth Lamb, an eighth grade student at St. Stephens/St. Agnes Middle School, attending the meeting to satisfy leadership requirements for Cadet Scouts. (b) Mayor Euille thanked Councilman Gaines and Councilman Krupicka for the successful Gang Prevention Summit sponsored by the City. (c) Mayor Euille reported that the 6th Annual Youth Summit on Race and Cultural Diversity was well attended by over 250 students. (d) Mayor Euille reported that the Inner City Walking Tour was held last Saturday, April 1 and gave Council and staff a chance to observe and interact with the community and hear about the things that needed improvement. Mayor Euille noted that there were plans to hold future Walking tours in Arlandria and/or the West End in the fall. (e) Mayor Euille thanked Director of Housing Davis and the Housing staff for having a successful Homeownership Fair for the community. (f) Mayor Euille reported that the American Basketball Association (ABA) was interested in identifying a venue in the City for playing games. Mayor Euille referred the discussion to Mr. Chesley, Deputy Director, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Activities, for an explanation and an update of the negotiations with the ABA. Mr. Chesley gave a brief presentation on the ABA proposal to hold games at George Washington Milddle School next season and responded to questions and concerns from members of Council. (g) Councilman Smedberg requested a response from Transportation and Environmental Services (T&ES) about the numerous complaints from residences about the noise from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge construction. Director of Transportation and Environmental Services Baier and Woodrow Wilson Bridge Environmental Manager Mike Baker gave a brief update on the construction at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and how the noise in the future would be managed. Mr. Baker noted that the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project plans to have all night demolition work of the Old Route 1 ramp on Thursday, April 13 and Friday, Saturday and Sunday April 21 -23 and there would be 5,000 flyers distributed to area residents to explain the work and to advise the residents about the necessity of working at night. Mr. Baier and Mr. Baker responded to questions and concerns from Council. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORAL REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER None Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 24. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First and Second Reading of an Ordinance to Adopt Supplement Number 79 of the City Code.[ROLL-CALL VOTE] City Council approved the ordinance to adopt Supplement Number 79 of the City Code. (ORD. NO. 4439) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER 25. Consideration of City Council Schedule. City Council received the revised calendar which includes the following additions: an open house for the Department of Human Services' new Child Assessment and Treatment Center for Health (CATCH) on Thursday, April 27, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at 4480 King Street (the Health Department building), and the 8th Annual Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 19 at Market Square. The reception sponsored by the Youth Policy Commission to honor youth as part of the annual National Youth Service Day observance will not be held before Council's legislative meeting on Tuesday, April 25 as planned. (The reception has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 18 at 6 p.m. in the Vola Lawson Lobby of City Hall.) Council Action:_________________________________________________________