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 March 27, 2007. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL None. PROCLAMATIONS (20 min.) 4. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring April 21, 2007, as Alexandria Earth Day and Arbor Day and Recognition of the Lyles-Crouch Elementary School Recycling Initiative. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 5. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring April as National Poetry Month and Mary McElveen as the City of Alexandria Poet Laureate. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 7. Presentation of a Proclamation in Recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ PROCLAMATIONS (continued) 8. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring April 15-22, 2007, as Days of Remembrance in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (five min.) CONSENT CALENDAR (9-14) (Resignations and Uncontested Appointments) 9. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Citizen Corps Council Richard Benet (b) Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board Robert D. Wavra 10. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Affordable Housing Advisory Committee 1 Residential Tenant in the City (b) Alexandria-Caen Exchange Committee 1 Citizen Member (c) Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee 1 Citizen Member (d) Alexandria Commission on Aging 1 Citizen Member (e) Alexandria Commission on Employment 1 Citizen-at-Large (f) Alexandria Commission on HIV/AIDS 1 Citizen-at-Large (g) Alexandria Commission on Persons With Disabilities 1 Citizen Member Who Has A Disability (h) 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 Family Member (Immediate Family Member or the Principal Caregiver Who Is not paid) of Consumer (i) Historic Alexandria Resources Commission 1 Business Representative (j) Alexandria Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee 1 Member Representing the Business Community (k) Alexandria Sister Cities Committee 1 Citizen Member REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) (l) Alexandria Urban Design Advisory Committee 1 Resident Representing the Old Town North Residential Community (m) USS Alexandria Liaison Committee 1 Citizen Member (n) Alexandria Waterfront Committee 1 Representative from the Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association Board of Governors (Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager) 11. Consideration of Submission of Funding Application to the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) for the Round 6 Sponsoring Partnerships and Revitalizing Communities (SPARC) Program. 12. Consideration of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2006. 13. Consideration of a Request to Hold a Foot Race in the Del Ray Area on Saturday, June 2, 2007 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon in Honor of Kelley Swanson (also to be held in June 2008 and June 2009.) (Ordinances for Introduction) 14. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance on Changes to the FDA Food Code, to Require Mobile Food Units To Be Clearly Identified, and To Amend the Requirements For Issuance of a Food Manager Certificate. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS (three min.) 15. Alexandria Affordable Housing Advisory Committee 1 Financial Professional with Knowledge and Experience in the Field of Finance Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION (15 min.) 16. 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 2007. The Public Hearing Is Set for April 24, 2007, and Adoption is Scheduled for May 7, 2007. 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 (five min.) 17. Consideration of a Resolution Establishing a Task Force to Study Infill Development. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER (three min.) 18. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_________________________________________________________
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