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Office of the City Clerk
November 26, 2008

City Council Held a Work Session at 5:30 p.m.
in the City Council Work Room With Members of
the City's General Assembly Delegation.


Regular Meeting
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - - 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 Krupicka, 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 Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of November 15, 2008.

City Council approved the public hearing meeting minutes of November 15, 2008.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

None.

PROCLAMATIONS

4. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring November 27, 2008 as Turkey Trot Day.

City Council endorsed the proclamation.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

5. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring December 6, 2008 as the 38th Anniversary of the Campagna Center's Scottish Christmas Walk.

City Council endorsed the proclamation.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

6. Recognition of the Alexandria Citizens Academy Graduates.

City Council recognized the graduates of the Citizens Academy.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

6.1 Presentation of Buy Alexandria, Our Dollars Count Initiative.

City Council heard a presentation on the Buy Alexandria campaign.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

CONSENT CALENDAR (7-11)

(Resignations and Uncontested Appointments)

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

Cynthia Perry

8. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: With Disabilities

(Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager)

9. Receipt of Listings of Delinquent Taxes and Authorization to Advertise the Listings and Write Off Balances Less Than Twenty Dollars.

10. Consideration of the Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending October 31, 2008.

11. Consideration of Authorization of Recommended Capital Project Allocations and Planned Expenditures.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

City Council approved the consent calendar, with the exception of docket items #10 and 11, which were considered under separate motions. The City Manager's recommendations were as follows:

7. City Council accepted the following resignation with regret: (a) Cynthia Perry, Alexandria Commission on Employment.

8. City Council made the following appointments: (a) appointed Adam Osterman as the one representative of the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities to the Alexandria Citizen Corps Council; (b) appointed Abdullah Rufus as the one citizen who has a disability to the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities; (c) appointed Karen Silberman as the one citizen member to the Alexandria Consumer Affairs Commission; (d) appointed Bonnie Baxley as the one landlord or representative of a landlord to the Alexandria Landlord-Tenant Relations Board; and (e) reappointed Frederica Dunn as the one citizen member to the Alexandria Sister Cities Committee.

9. City Council: 1. received the listings of delinquent local property taxes; 2. authorized that those parts of the delinquent real estate and personal property tax listings deemed advisable by the Director of Finance be published in a newspaper and on the City of Alexandria website; and 3. authorized the Director of Finance to write off uncollected tax balances amounting to less than twenty dollars each for which the Director of Finance has determined that the cost of collecting such balances would exceed the recoverable amount, provided that the Director of Finance will not include any balance for which she has reason to believe the taxpayer has intentionally paid less than the amount due and owed.

10. City Council received the Monthly Financial Report for the period ending October 31, 2008. (separate motion)

11. City Council authorized the capital project allocations and planned expenditures for the capital projects as detailed in the Capital Improvement Expenditure Summary. (separate motion)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS

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

This item was deferred to January 2009.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

13. Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee
City Council waived the residency requirement and reappointed Dean Shahinian as the one citizen member to the Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

14. Alexandria Commission for the Arts
2 Members From the Public-at-Large Who Are Art Consumers
City Council reappointed Eileen O'Brien and Margaret Wohler as the two members from the public-at-large who are art consumers and participants to the Alexandria Commission for the Arts.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

15. Alexandria Commission on Aging
City Council reappointed Klara Guyton as the one citizen member who is 60 years of age or older to the Alexandria Commission on Aging.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

16. Alexandria Commission on Information Technology
1 Citizen-at-Large

City Council appointed Phillip Acosta as the one citizen at large to the Alexandria Commission on Information Technology.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________



17. Alexandria Consumer Affairs Commission
City Council waived the residency requirement and reappointed Sonya Sacks as the one citizen member to the Alexandria Consumer Affairs Commission.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION

18. Consideration of Adoption of the City Legislative Package For the 2009 General Assembly Session. (#7, 10/28/08 and #5, 11/15/08)

City Council: 1. adopted items 1.A and 1.B, 2.A through 2.C, and 3.A through 3.C, 4.a through 4.R, and 5.A through 5.C as positions in the City's legislative package for the 2009 General Assembly Session; and 2. determined that it wished to seek City Charter amendments relating to (a) term limits for boards and commission, and (b) disclosure provisions relating to land use applications.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

19. Consideration of the following Charter Amendments: 1. An amendment to authorize City Council to set limits on the terms of members it appoints to City boards, committees, authorities, councils, task forces, work groups and commissions; 2. An amendment to require that applicants for land use or land development approvals before the City Council, Planning Commission, Boards of Architectural Review, and Board of Zoning Appeals disclose all investors in the proposed land use or land development approval prior to the hearing by the applicable body; 3. An amendment to require that applicants for land use or land development approvals before the City Council, Planning Commission, Boards of Architectural Review, and Board of Zoning Appeals disclose any current or previous (within 12 months) financial interest (including campaign contributions if so requested in the proposed Charter Bill) involving the applicants, agents and/or investors, with any of the individual members of the applicable body; and 4. An amendment to allow Council to prohibit current or previous (within 12 months) campaign contributions from applicants, agents and/or investors involved in land use or land development approvals before the City Council. (#6, 11/15/08)

(This item was modified and adopted with item #18.)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

20. Receipt of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2008.

City Council received the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

21. Update on the Work of the Motorcoach Task Force. (verbal report)

City Council received the report of the motorcoach task force.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

22. Consideration of a Report on Proposed Changes in Delinquent Tax Collection Methods.

City Council received the report and scheduled it for action on Tuesday, December 9, 2008.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

None

ORAL REPORTS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

(a) Vice Mayor Pepper said she and Councilman Gaines co-chair the Norfolk Southern Monitoring Group and very late this afternoon they received a notice that there was a judgement filing, and she asked Assistant City Attorney Spera to give a report on what it is about.

Assistant City Attorney Spera made a presentation of the schedule of the Federal Court Litigation between the City and Norfolk Southern and RSI.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

None.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORAL REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER

None.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

23. Consideration of Resolution Establishing the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Targets for the Alexandria City Government and the Alexandria Public Schools [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

City Council adopted a resolution establishing the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Targets for the Alexandria City Government and the Alexandria Public Schools. (RES. NO. 2303)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

24. Consideration of a Resolution Extending the Corporate Existence of the Alexandria Sanitation Authority to 2050. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

City Council adopted a resolution extending the corporate existence of the Alexandria Sanitation Authority to 2050. (RES. NO. 2304)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

25. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading and Second Reading of an Emergency Ordinance to Establish a Pilot Program For the Administrative Approval of Temporary Signs For Businesses in the Central Business District. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

City Council adopted the emergency ordinance to establish a pilot program for the administrative approval of temporary signs for businesses in the Central Business District. (ORD. NO. 4566)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

OTHER

26. Consideration of City Council Schedule.

City Council: 1. noted that a short presentation on the HOT Lanes project would be scheduled as part of Council's work session before it Tuesday, December 9 legislative meeting; and 2. received the revised calendar which includes: the executive session to interview applicants for the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority following Council's Saturday, December 13 public hearing meeting; a community meeting sponsored by the Department of the Army and Duke Realty to present information about the relocation of the Department of Defense's Washington Headquarters Services at the Alexandria Mark Center on Thursday, December 4, at 7:00 p.m. at the William Ramsay Elementary School, 5700 Sanger Avenue; and a work session on Potomac Yard retail and HOT Lanes presentation at 5:30 p.m. before Council's Tuesday, December 9 legislative meeting.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

EXECUTIVE SESSION

27. Consideration of Convening An Executive Session Closed to the Public For Consultation with Legal Counsel by Staff with Respect to Specific Personnel and Legal Matters.

At 9:30 p.m., City Council convened in Executive Session, pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A)(1) of the Code of Virginia for the purpose of discussing the appointment of the new city attorney, and to Section 2.2-3711(A)(7) for the purpose of discussing actual litigation involving the Robinson Terminal properties on the waterfront; and potential litigation involving the dedication of the new Monroe Avenue Bridge and the realignment of the 230 KV power line along Route 1.

At 10:26 p.m., City Council reconvened the meeting.

City Council adopted the resolution pertaining to the Executive Session. (RES. NO. 2305)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

The meeting adjourned at 10:27 p.m.


Note: The action docket is a summary of Council's meeting deliberations prepared largely for staff follow-up. Formal minutes of the meeting, when approved by Council become the official record of the meeting and of Council decisions made at the meeting.




This docket is subject to change.

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