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Office of the City Clerk
October 21, 2009

City Council Will Hold a Work Session
to Receive an Update on the Waterfront
Plan at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council
Work Room.


Regular Meeting
Tuesday, October 27, 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 Meeting of City Council:

(a) The Regular Meeting Minutes of October 13, 2009.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

None.

PROCLAMATIONS (10 min.)

4. Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing as the Winners of the 2009 Ben Brenman Awards: Vivienne Mitchell, Joe Reeder, Elizabeth Henry Douglas, Louis Berger Group, Inc., and Sarah Borgatti.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

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

CONSENT CALENDAR (5-8)

(Resignations and Uncontested Appointments)

5. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees:

(a) Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
1 Homeowner Representative

(b) Commission on Persons with Disabilities
1 Citizen Member (a Majority of the Citizen Members Shall Be
Persons With Physical, Visual or Hearing Disabilities)

(c) Historic Alexandria Resources Commission
1 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association Representative

(d) Real Estate Assessments Review Board
1 Citizen Member

(e) Social Services Advisory Board
2 Citizen Members

(Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager)

6. Consideration of Acceptance of a Funding Allocation from the National Capital Region (NCR), Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) to Support Regional Emergency Planning, Regional Exercises and National Incident Management Compliance.

7. Consideration of Acceptance of a Funding Allocation from the National Capital Region (NCR), Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) to Reimburse the City for the Cost of a September 2009 Regional Emergency Exercise.

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

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS (three min.)

9. Board of Zoning Appeals
1 Citizen Member

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

10. Commission for Women
1 Citizen Member

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

11. Community Criminal Justice Board
1 Citizen Member

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

12. Historic Alexandria Resources Commission
1 Representative of the George Washington
Masonic Memorial

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

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

13. Receipt of Report on Eisenhower West Alexandria Industrial Use Study.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

14. Consideration of Proposed City Legislative Package for the 2010 General Assembly Session.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

15. Consideration of Request from Arlandria Neighborhood Health Services (ANHSI) for City Guarantee of the ANHSI Loan for Acquisition of Properties on Clifford Avenue.

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 (15 min.)

PUBLIC HEARING:

16. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Further Extend the Pilot Program Established by City Council by Ordinance No. 4566 to Authorize Portable Signs in the Public Right-of-way For Businesses in the Central Business District, With Administrative Approval. (#18, 10/17/09) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

17. Consideration of a Resolution on the VDOT Hot Lanes Project. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

OTHER (three min.)

18. Consideration of City Council Schedule.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

EXECUTIVE SESSION

19. Consideration of Convening an Executive Session Closed to the Public For Discussion or Consideration of the Acquisition of Real Property for a Public Purpose.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________


Public Notices:

The Walk to Fight Breast Cancer will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. at the AMC Hoffman Theatres, Eisenhower Avenue.

City Council will hold its Council Retreat on Saturday, November 7, 2009, at 8:30 a.m., at the Transportation and Environmental Services and Recreation Department's Main Facilities Building at 2900 Business Center Drive, Alexandria.

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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Individuals with disabilities who require assistance or special arrangements to participate in the City Council meeting may call the City Clerk and Clerk of Council's Office at 703-746-4550 (TTY/TDD 838-5056). We request that you provide a 48-hour notice so that the proper arrangements may be made.

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 10/16/2009
OCTOBER 2009

October 21, Board of Architectural Review – Old & Historic District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
October 22, School Board Public Hearing Meeting, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
October 24, City Council Public Hearing, 9:30 a.m. *Replay of 10/17 Meeting*
October 27, City Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m. *LIVE*
October 28, Board of Architectural Review – Parker Gray District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
October 30, City Council Meeting, 6:00 p.m. *Replay of 10/27*
NOVEMBER 2009

November 4, Board of Architectural Review – Old & Historic District, 7:00 p.m. *LIVE*
November 5, School Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
November 5, Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m. *TAPED*
November 6, Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. *Replay of 11/5*
November 10, City Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m. *LIVE*
November 12, Board of Zoning Appeals, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
November 13, City Council Meeting, 6:00 p.m. *Replay of 11/10 Meeting*
November 16, School Board Public Hearing Meeting, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
November 18, Board of Architectural Review – Parker Gray District, 7:30 p.m. *LIVE*
November 21, City Council Public Hearing, 9:30 a.m. *LIVE*
November 24, City Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m. *LIVE*
November 30, City Council Meeting, 6:00 p.m. *Replay of 11/24*