Docket for Regular Meeting (01/13/2009)

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Office of the City Clerk
January 7, 2009

There Will Be a Reception for City Attorney
Ignacio Pessoa at 5:30 p.m. in the Sister Cities
Conference Room, Room 1101.

At 6:30 p.m., City Council Will Convene an Executive
Session Closed to the Public to Interview a Candidate
for Appointment to Boards and Commissions.

Regular Meeting
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - - 7:00 p.m.

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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 Meetings of City Council:

(a) The Regular Meeting Minutes of December 9, 2008; and

(b) The Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of December 13, 2008.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

None.

PROCLAMATIONS (five min.)

4. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Employee Darlene Cannaday as City Employee of the Month for January.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (five min.)

CONSENT CALENDAR (5-11)

(Resignations and Uncontested Appointments)

5. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees:

(a) Alexandria Affordable Housing Advisory Committee

Desiree Maxwell

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued)

CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

(b) Alexandria Building Code Board of Appeals

Russell Kopp

Carol Kelly Skrabak

Joseph Dunn

(d) Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission

David A. Evans

(e) Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission
Lindsey Swanson

(f) Alexandria Traffic and Parking Board
Randy Cole

6. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees:

(a)

Alexandria Beautification Commission

1 Citizen Member

(b) Alexandria Commission for the Arts
1 Student Member Who Resides in the City and Attends A High

School Located in the City of Alexandria

1 Member From the Alexandria Inova Hospital Department of

Pastoral Services

(d) Alexandria Emergency Medical Services Council

1 Representative of the Hospital Administration of Inova

Alexandria Hospital

(e)

Historic Alexandria Resources Commission

1 Representative From The Alexandria Association

(f) Alexandria Human Rights Commission

1 Representative From the Alexandria Commission on Persons

With Disabilities

(g) Alexandria Law Library Board

1 Citizen Member

(h) Alexandria Public Health Advisory Commission

1 Citizen Member Who Is A Health Professional At the Time of

Appointment and Derives, or Within the Previous Five Years

Derived Principal Income From Providing Health Care, Health

Services or Health Related Activities

(i)

Alexandria Sanitation Authority

2 Citizen Members

(j) Alexandria Sister Cities Committee

2 Citizen Members

(k) Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board

1 Parent Member

3 Citizen Members

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued)

CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

(l)

Alexandria Youth Policy Commission

1 Citizen 18 Years of Age or Younger

(Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager)

7. Consideration of the FY 2008 Annual Report from the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission.

8. Consideration of a Grant Application to the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS) For One-time Set-aside Funds For Prevention-specific Purchase.

9. Consideration of a Funding Application from Community Lodgings, Inc (CLI) for a Loan From the Housing Opportunities Fund.

10. Consideration of Appointment of Two City Representatives to the Police/Fire Pension Board.

(Ordinances for Introduction)

11. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend the Zoning Ordinance to Allow Public Recycling Centers in the Industrial Zone as a Permitted Use.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS (three min.)

12. Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee
1 Citizen Member

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

13. Alexandria Citizen Corps Council
1 Citizen Member

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

14. Alexandria Commission on Aging

4 Citizen Members (Two of Whom Must be 60 Years of Age or Older)

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

15. Alexandria Commission on HIV/AIDS

1 Representative From An HIV/AIDS Service Organization Which
Provides Services in the City to the Minority Community

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

16. Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission

1 Member With Experience in Federal or State Environmental Statutes,

Regulations and Procedures

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS (continued)

17. Alexandria Public Health Advisory Commission

1 Dentist Practicing in the City, Nominated by the Northern Virginia Dental Society

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

18. Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
2 Citizen Members

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION (30 min.)

19. Receipt of Draft Waterfront Planning Process Structure for Council Discussion.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

20. Receipt of the Phase I Environmental Action Plan for the Eco-City Alexandria Project.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

21. Update on City Preparations for the Presidential Inaugural (Verbal report.)

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 (ten min.)

22. Consideration of a Resolution Asking the Virginia Department of Transportation to Abandon a Piece of Unused Right-of-way in Connection With the New Alignment of Monroe Avenue and the Location of a Dominion Virginia Power Switching Station. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

23. Final Passage of an Ordinance to Establish a “do-not-deliver” List of Addresses at Which the Owner or Resident Has Elected Not to Receive Unsolicited Newspaper Deliveries; To Regulate the Delivery of Such Newspapers to Addresses on the List, and To Prohibit Delivery Contrary to the Regulations. (#25, 6/17/06 and #21, 6/13/06)

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

OTHER (three min.)

24. Consideration of City Council Schedule.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

EXECUTIVE SESSION

25. Consideration of Convening An Executive Session Closed to the Public To Discuss Personnel Matters.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

This docket is subject to change.

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Full-text copies of ordinances, resolutions, and agenda items are available in the Office of the City Clerk and Clerk of the Council. Meeting materials are also available on-line at alexandriava.gov/council.

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City Council meetings are closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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THE CABLECAST SCHEDULE OF GOVERNMENT MEETINGS ON CHANNEL 70 FOLLOWS:

Updated 1/5/2009

JANUARY 2009

January 6, Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
January 7, Board of Architectural Review – Old & Historic District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
January 8, School Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
January 8, Board of Zoning Appeals, 7:30 p.m. *TAPED*
January 9, Board of Zoning Appeals, 6:00 p.m. *BROADCAST*
January 13, City Council Meeting - 7:00 p.m. *LIVE*
January 16, City Council Meeting, 6:00 p.m.*Replay of 1/13 Meeting*
January 21, Board of Architectural Review – Old & Historic District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
January 22, School Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
January 24, City Council Public Hearing, 9:30 a.m. *LIVE*
January 27, City Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m. *LIVE*
January 28, Board of Architectural Review – Parker Gray District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
January 30, City Council Meeting, 6:00 p.m.*Replay of 1/27 Meeting*
January 31, City Council Public Hearing, 9:30 a.m.*Replay of 1/24 Meeting*

FEBRUARY 2009

February 3, Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
February 4, Board of Architectural Review – Old & Historic District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
February 5, School Board and Budget Adoption Meeting, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
February 10, City Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m. *LIVE*
February 12, Board of Zoning Appeals, 7:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.*BROADCAST*
February 13, City Council Meeting – 6:00 p.m. *Replay of 2/10 Meeting*
February 18, Board of Architectural Review – Old & Historic District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
February 19, School Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
February 21, City Council Public Hearing, 9:30 a.m. *LIVE*
February 24, City Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m. *LIVE*
February 25, Board of Architectural Review – Parker Gray District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
February 26, City Council Meeting, 6:00 p.m. *Replay of 2/24 Meeting*
February 28, City Council Public Hearing, 9:30 p.m. *Replay of 2/21 Meeting*