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 September 26, 2006. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL (five minutes) 4. Recognition of Students From Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology for Production of a Television Video. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ PROCLAMATIONS (20 minutes) 5. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring October as Disability Employment Awareness Month. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and October 20 as Mammography Day. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 7. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring October as National Arts and Humanities Month. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (8-12) (Resignations and Uncontested Appointments) (five minutes) 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.) REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) 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 Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS None. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION (15 minutes) 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. 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 (10 minutes) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORAL REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER (five minutes) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (30 minutes) 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] 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] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) 16. Consideration of a Resolution Regarding the Proposed Amendments to Virginia's Bill of Rights, Ballot Question #1. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 17. Consideration of Amending the Resolution Establishing the Alexandria Gang Prevention Community Task Force. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER (five minutes) 18. Consideration of City Council Schedule. 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. Council Action:_________________________________________________________