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Office of the City Clerk
February 25, 2009

There was a Work Session at
5:30 p.m. in the City Council Work
Room with the Alexandria Redevelopment
and Housing Authority Board of
Commissioners.

There Was a Meeting With the
Alexandria Transit Company
Stockholders at 6:45 p.m., in the
City Council Work Room.


Regular Meeting
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - - 7:00 p.m.

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OPENING

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


City Council reappointed Stephen Hubbard and David Lantzy as the two citizen members to the Alexandria Board of Zoning Appeals.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

15. Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission
1 Member From Planning District II

City Council appointed Stephen Clark Mercer as the one member from Planning District II to the Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

16. Alexandria Planning Commission
City Council reappointed Donna Fossum, Jesse Jennings, and J. Lawrence Robinson as the three citizen members to the Alexandria Planning Commission.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION

17. Recommendations and Status Report on Legislation Introduced at the 2009 General Assembly Session.

City Council received the report.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

18. Presentation on the Health Visioning Process Sponsored by the Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria.

City Council heard the presentation of the Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

19. Oral Report on the Fairfax County Lake Barcroft Dam/Flood Inundation Mapping Study.

City Council heard the presentation on the study.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

20. Receipt of the Report of the Ad Hoc Motorcoach Task Force, Scheduling Certain Recommendations For Public Hearing on March 14, 2009, and Referral of Certain Recommendations to the Traffic and Parking Board.

City Council received the report, scheduled recommendations one through seven for public hearing on Saturday, March 14, and referred recommendations eight through ten to the Traffic and Parking Board for consideration and public hearing.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
None

ORAL REPORTS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

(a) Councilmember Lovain said the Transportation Planning Board exercised its power to stop a project from proceeding through the TIP and long-range plan process for the air quality conformity analysis, and that was for the widening of I-66. He said there was an agreement with Arlington and the Federal government about 30 years ago that I-66 would remain a four-lane highway inside the Beltway. In 1999, Congress changed that law so it could be widened. Last year when it came before the TPB, the TPB said it had a proviso that VDOT would need to do a multi-model study to look at other modes in that corridor, and when asked about it, VDOT said they would get around to it at some point in about four years. A vote was taken to strike the project from the approved list of projects and it was a tie vote, and in fact there were three tie votes. Fairfax County, Falls Church, City of Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria all voted with Arlington, as well as everyone from D.C. voted with Arlington. Prince William County and Loudoun County voted with VDOT and Maryland was scratching their heads and split. It then went to a weighted vote where population is taken into account and the motion to strike the project carried. He said Fairfax County Board Chair Sharon Bullova wants Fairfax representatives to change their vote. He said there was some misunderstanding about the nature of the study, as VDOT insists it has to be a four-year $15 million full blown EIS. Councilmember Lovain said the issue will come back to the board for a revote and said he was happy to hear anyone's opinion on that. He said he felt he wanted to stand in solidarity with Arlington and VDOT needed to take that order to do a multi-model study seriously and the TPB exercised some authority.

(b) Councilman Wilson said the first meeting of the new combined Human Services/Public Safety Policy Committee of the Council of Governments met and they devised their 2009 work plan that will focus on childhood obesity as well as gang prevention efforts. A new additional task is their efforts as relates to partnerships with the non-profit, faith based and volunteer organizations as relates to the safety net and trying to preserve that safety net.

(c) Councilman Krupicka said they had the City Schools meeting this week in preparation of the joint work session as well as a discussion on the progress the schools are making with the Human Services Department looking at ways to coordinate better on preschool. It also had a discussion about making better use of playing fields and sports fields.

(d) Councilman Krupicka said people in the arts community asked him if City Council would consider putting City wide sanctioned arts events on the City Council calendar. He said he personally liked to have a community calendar that people could update, and he asked staff to comment.

(e) Councilmember Lovain said they had the first meeting of the Potomac Yard Metrorail Station Feasibility Work Group, and one of the initial issues is the location site for the station. He said he was very pleased that Metro showed up in force and was interested in the subject. He said they will see movement on that in the coming months.

(f) Mayor Euille noted that last Saturday he delivered the State of the City address at the new Charles Houston Rec Center and that facility is now open to the public. He said the State of the City address is on the City's website.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORAL REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER

Planning Director Hamer and Transportation and Environmental Services Director Baier gave a presentation and update on the Cameron Station signage that was discussed at Saturday's public hearing meeting.

Planning Director Hamer gave an update on the SUP process that was brought up at Saturday's public hearing meeting and the SUP for Bright Start Learning Center and Food Matters expansions and DSUP's in Cameron Station and City-wide.

City Manager Hartmann introduced the new Assistant City Manager for Management Improvements Tom Gates.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

21. Consideration of a Resolution on the Waterfront Plan Process. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

City Council adopted the resolution on the Waterfront Plan Process. (RES. NO. 2323)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

OTHER

22. Consideration of City Council Schedule.

City Council: 1. scheduled a work session on the Matrix Study of the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities at 5:30 p.m. before the Tuesday, May 26 legislative meeting; and 2. received the revised calendar which includes: the joint budget work session with the School Board on Monday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the George Washington Middle School Library, 1005 Mount Vernon Avenue, and the annual Days of Remembrance ceremony on Tuesday, April 21 at noon on Market Square.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

EXECUTIVE SESSION

23. Consideration of Convening An Executive Session Closed to the Public For Consultation with Legal Counsel Regarding the Pending Ethanol Litigation.

At 9:43 p.m., City Council convened in Executive Session, pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A)(7) of the Code of Virginia for the purpose of consulting with legal counsel regarding the pending ethanol litigation.

At 9:56 p.m., City Council reconvened the meeting.

City Council adopted the resolution pertaining to the Executive Session. (RES. NO. 2324)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________


The meeting adjourned at 9:57 p.m.


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