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1. Calling the Roll. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Euille, and the City Clerk called the roll; all the members of City Council were present. 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 Meeting of City Council: (a) The Regular Meeting Minutes of September 26, 2006. City Council approved the regular meeting minutes of September 26, 2006. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL 4. Recognition of Students From Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology for Production of a Television Video. City Council recognized the student and teacher from Cora Kelly School for work on their videos. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ PROCLAMATIONS 5. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring October as Disability Employment Awareness Month. City Council endorsed the proclamation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and October 20 as Mammography Day. City Council endorsed the proclamation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 7. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring October as National Arts and Humanities Month. City Council endorsed the proclamation and recognized the winners of the Art in City Hall. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (8-12) (Resignations and Uncontested Appointments) 8. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria-Caen Exchange Committee 1 Citizen Member (b) Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee 1 Citizen Member (c) 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 (d) Alexandria Commission on Aging 1 Representative Of A Supportive Service Provider (e) Alexandria Commission on Employment 1 Business Representative From Among Recognized Area Businesses Including Minority-Owned and Small Businesses (f) Alexandria Community Services Board 1 Consumer (Current Or Former Direct Recipient Of Public Or Private Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Or Substance Abuse Treatment Rehabilitation Services) Or A Family Member (Immediate Family Member Or The Principal Caregiver Who Is Not Paid) of A Consumer (g) Alexandria George Washington Birthday Celebration Committee 1 Member Nominated By The American Legion 1 Citizen Member 1 Member Nominated by A Veterans Organization Other Than the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars (h) Alexandria Urban Design Advisory Committee 1 Resident Representing the Old Town North Residential Community (i) Alexandria Youth Policy Commission 1 Citizen 18 Years of Age or Younger 1 Member From School Board District B 1 Member Of A Profession Which Requires Special Training Or Knowledge In Issues Affecting Youth (Ordinances for Introduction) 9. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend the Eisenhower East Small Area Plan to Allow Height Increases in CDD No. 2 (Lane Development/ATA Site.) 10. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Authorize the Encroachment into the Public Right-of-Way at 2203 Mill Road (Lane Development/ATA Site.) 11. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Vacate a Portion of the Public Right-of-Way at 418 West Braddock Road. 12. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Conform the Cigarette Tax Regulations to the Provisions Adopted by the Northern Virginia Cigarette Tax Board. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR City Council approved the Consent Calendar. The City Manager's recommendations were as follows: 8. City Council made the following appointments: (a) reappointed Mary Ehlers as the one citizen member to the Alexandria-Caen Exchange Committee; (b) waived the residency requirement and appointed Sueko Kumagai as the one citizen member to the Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee; (c) waived the residency requirement and appointed Lynn O'Connell as the one member who has expertise in the arts, either as a practitioner of various art disciplines or as a professional administrator working in the field to the Alexandria Commission For The Arts; (d) appointed Jane King as the one representative of a supportive service provider to the Alexandria Commission on Aging; (e) reappointed Brian Holland as the one business representative from among recognized area businesses including minority-owned and small businesses to the Alexandria Commission on Employment; (f) appointed Mary Morrow-Bax as the one consumer (current or former direct recipient of public or private mental health, mental retardation, or substance abuse treatment rehabilitation services) or a family member (immediate family member or the principal caregiver who is not paid) of a consumer to the Alexandria Community Services Board; (g) waived the residency requirement and appointed William Aramony as the one member nominated by the American Legion, reappointed Michael Oliver as the one citizen member, and waived the residency requirement and appointed Kristin Himes as the one member nominated by a Veteran's organization other than the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars to the Alexandria George Washington Birthday Celebration Committee; (h) reappointed Sally Ann Greer as the one resident representing the Old Town North residential community to the Alexandria Urban Design Advisory Committee; and (i) reappointed John Artemel as the one citizen 18 years of age or younger, reappointed Michele Brandon as the one member from School Board District B and appointed Ramona Carroll as the one member of a profession which requires special training or knowledge in issues affecting youth to the Alexandria Youth Policy Commission. 9. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing for October 14, 2006. 10. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing for October 14, 2006. 11. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing for October 14, 2006. 12. This item has been deferred. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS None. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION 13. Consideration of Comments For Incorporation Into the City Report To Be Sent to the National Park Service as Council's Formal Final Position on the Jones Point Park 2006 Environmental Assessment. City Council: (1) reaffirmed its June 2005 position that the City's alternative is the City's preferred option; (2) consider incorporating additional comments as discussed into the staff report on the National Park Service 2006 Environmental Assessment of Jones Point Park; (3) requested the City Manager to send the City's written comments to the National Park Service (NPS) as the City's formal comments; and (4) requested the City Manager to seek further mitigation from the federal government to address the added impacts on Alexandria and its use of Jones Point Park resulting from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge homeland security constraints and restricted park use as recommended by the NPS in its preferred alternative in the 2006 Environmental Assessment of Jones Point Park. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES None ORAL REPORTS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL (a) Vice Mayor Macdonald said that on October 14, the Virginia Waterways will clean-up the area by Jones Point and volunteers are needed to participate in the clean-up. Volunteers are invited to help from 9 a.m. to noon and will meet at the corner of South Royal Street and Jones Point Drive to help clean-up Great Hunting Creek. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL (a) Councilwoman Pepper said it is flu shot time and there is an adequate supply this year, and the City employees can get their shots at any number of places free, and citizens can come off the street and pay $23 for a shot. Mayor Euille said there are other places that are offering flu shots for the seniors - St. Martin dePorres Senior Center from 9 a.m. to noon on October 12, and the Alfred Street Baptist Church from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on October 29. Alfred Street Baptist Church will have available an extra 100 flu shot dosages for those not members of the Church. He noted that there will be over 100 million dosages of the vaccines available, and statistically flu kills about 36,000 people a year, and it puts over 200,000 people in the hospitals every year. (b) Mayor Euille noted that an erroneous false advertisement occurred last week, in which a postcard was mailed to several homes in the Old Town area inviting people to come out to an open house last Sunday on N. Columbus Street, a home that is on the market for sale. The postcard said to stop by and meet the Honorable William D. Euille, Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia and to also see the state of their energy efficient renovations. Mayor Euille stated that he did not attend that open house, it was an error on the part of the realtor representing the owner of that property. He said he had been extended an invitation by the property owner who owns a home next door to come by and visit their new home, and he couldn't attend when they had an open house several weeks ago and said he would find time in his schedule, perhaps on Sunday, October 8, to stop by. He said the realtors took the opportunity to avail themselves of what was going to be his presence at the private home open house to use him as a marketing ploy for the house on the open market. He said there is a letter from the realtors offering them apologies for the miscommunications on the mailings that were sent to residents. He said the letter clarified that the Honorable Mayor William D. Euille does not endorse the sale of the home and the purpose of the Mayor's invitation was to showcase and encourage energy efficient innovative technologies in the City of Alexandria. Mayor Euille noted that it is not his job nor within his character to use his position to help for-profit industries. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORAL REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER City Manager Hartmann said the City is in the process of recruiting for a new Planning Director for the City, and as part of that process, they have developed a new survey instrument that will be on the website and he invited any interested party to weigh in on that survey about what kind of attributes, qualities, leadership and management experience and qualities they would like to see in the next candidate. He said it will help in developing the profile for this recruitment and in the selection. Director of Transportation and Environmental Services Baier gave an update on the kick-off of the leaf collection season and the augmentation of the Fall program with a bag program. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 14. Consideration of a Resolution Establishing the Processes to be Used to Adopt Operating Budgets and Capital Improvement Programs During the Term of This Council. (#25, 9/26/06) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] City Council adopted the resolution establishing the processes to be used to adopt operating budgets and capital improvement programs during the term of this Council, with the following amendments: item #4, to change the amount from $100,000 to $50,000, and for item #4a to replace the word "one" with "three" members of City Council. (RES. NO. 2205) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 15. Consideration of a Resolution Endorsing the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board Action on September 25, 2006 Concerning the Mirant Potomac River Generating Station. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] City Council adopted the resolution endorsing the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board Action on September 25, 2006, concerning the Mirant Potomac River Generating Station. (RES. NO. 2206) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 16. Consideration of a Resolution Regarding the Proposed Amendments to Virginia's Bill of Rights, Ballot Question #1. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] City Council adopted the resolution regarding the proposed amendment to Virginia's Bill of Rights, Ballot Question #1. (RES. NO. 2207) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 17. Consideration of Amending the Resolution Establishing the Alexandria Gang Prevention Community Task Force. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] City Council repealed resolution 2128, which authorized the establishment of a 13-member Alexandria Gang Prevention Community Task Force (AGPCTF) and adopted the resolution which increases the membership of the Task Force to 17 representatives and continues the work of the AGPCTF for a period of three years. (RES. NO. 2208) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER 18. Consideration of City Council Schedule. City Council (a) adopted the Council meeting schedule for October 2006 through June, 2007, which includes: the grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting for the Lee Center's new Therapeutic Recreation wing at 8:30 a.m., at 1108 Jefferson Street, before Council's Saturday, November 18 public hearing meeting; the Mayor's Third Annual Unity Breakfast on Wednesday, November 22 at 7:30 a.m. at the Mark Center Hilton, 5000 Seminary Road; and the Virginia Municipal League (VML) Day on Thursday, February 1, 2007, at the Richmond Marriott, 500 East Broad Street, with a joint dinner with the Arlington County Board and the legislative delegations from Alexandria and Arlington at 6:00 p.m. at the Jefferson Hotel, 101 West Franklin Street, Richmond. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 19. Consideration of Convening An Executive Session Closed to the Public To Discuss the Acquisition of Real Property for Public Purposes and to Discuss Probable Litigation. City Council authorized the City Attorney to settle the Claude Brown workers' compensation claim as discussed in the October 4, 2006 memorandum. At 8:53 p.m., City Council convened in executive session, pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia, for the purpose of discussing the acquisition of real property for public park and recreation purposes. At 9:46 p.m., City Council reconvened the meeting. City Council authorized the City Manager and City Attorney to acquire the property at 4630 Raleigh Avenue, along the lines discussed with Council. City Council adopted the resolution pertaining to the Executive Session. (RES. NO. 2209) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ * * * * * *