1. Calling the Roll. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Euille, and the City Clerk called the roll; all the members of Council were present, with the exception of Councilman Gaines, who was absent. 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 February 10, 2009. City Council approved the regular meeting minutes of February 10, 2009. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL None. PROCLAMATIONS 4. Presentation of a Proclamation for City Star for February to Terilee Edwards-Hewitt From the Office of Historic Alexandria. City Council endorsed the proclamation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 5. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing March 7, 2009 as St. Patrick's Day Parade Day and March as Irish-American Heritage Month. City Council endorsed the proclamation. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (6-13) (Resignations and Uncontested Appointments) 6. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Commission for Women Charniele Herring (b) Alexandria Community Services Board Mary Morrow-Bax (c) Northern Virginia Health Center Commission (Birmingham Green) Board of Directors Leticia Lacomba (d) Alexandria Youth Policy Commission Charniele Herring 7. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) Alexandria Archaeological Commission 1 Member From The Alexandria Association (b) Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission 1 Member From the Field of Urban Planning (c) Alexandria Landlord-Tenant Relations Board 1 Resident Member Who Is Not A Landlord or A Tenant (Homeowner) 1 Tenant Member (Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager) 8. Transfer of Responsibility For a Regional Clinical Response Team From the Northern Virginia Training Center to the Alexandria Community Services Board. 9. Consideration of Authorization of Recommended Capital Project Allocations and Planned Expenditures. 10. Consideration of Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending January 31, 2009. 11. Consideration of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Budget Transfers. 12. Submission of Grant Application to the Virginia Commission for the Arts for the Services to the Field Grant for the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities Office of the Arts. 13. Appointment of Members to the Board of the Firefighters and Police Officers Pension Plan, and to the Board of the Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) Trust. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR City Council approved the consent calendar, with the removal of item #8, which was considered under separate motion. The City Manager's recommendations were as follows: 6. City Council accepted the following resignations with regret: (a) Charniele Herring, Alexandria Commission for Women; (b) Mary Morrow-Bax, Alexandria Community Services Board; (c) Leticia Lacomba, Northern Virginia Health Center Commission (Birmingham Green) Board of Directors; and (d) Charniele Herring, Alexandria Youth Policy Commission. 7. City Council made the following appointments: (a) appointed Ralph Thomas Fulton as the one member from the Alexandria Association to the Alexandria Archaeological Commission; (b) appointed Jessica Bayliss Brown as the one member from the field of urban planning to the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission; and (c) reappointed Lynn Pendlebury Colby as the one resident member who is not a landlord or a tenant (homeowner) and Richard Sforza as the one tenant member to the Alexandria Landlord-Tenant Relations Board. 8. City Council: 1. approved the transfer of responsibility for a regional Clinical Response Team (CRT) program from the Northern Virginia Training Center (NVTC) to the Alexandria CSB; 2. authorized an increase of 1.0 FTE Therapist III to be fully-supported by the Northern Virginia Regional Projects Office; 3. accepted $139,856 in Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services funding that has been allocated to this program by the Regional Management Group; and 4. affirmed that because of severe City budget constraints no City funds will be available to fund this program in FY 2009 or future years. (separate motion) 9. City Council authorized the capital project allocations and planned expenditures for the capital projects as detailed in the Capital Improvement Expenditure Summary. 10. City Council received the Monthly Financial Report for the period ending January 31, 2009. 11. City Council approved the transfers of CDBG monies as follows: From Program: To Program: Amount Home Rehabilitation Homeownership Assistance $369,000 Loan Program (HRLP) Program (HAP) 12. City Council authorized the City Manager to: 1. submit a grant application, in the amount of $15,000, to the Virginia Commission for the Arts' Services to the field grant program; 2. executed all necessary documents that may be required; and 3. due to severe City budget constraints, note that no additional City funds will be requested to fund this program in FY 2010 or future years. 13. City Council: 1. ratified the appointment of Bruce Johnson as a City representative and Morgan Routt as the City alternate representative to the Firefighters and Police Officers Pension Board; and 2. ratified the appointment of Bruce Johnson to the Post-Employment Benefits Trust Board. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS 14. Alexandria Board of Zoning Appeals