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Office of the City Clerk
December 9, 2009

City Council Held a Work Session
on Public Arts Policy and Special Events at
5:30 p.m. in the City Council Work Room.


Regular Meeting
Tuesday, December 8, 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.
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 Meetings of City Council:

(a) The Public Hearing Meeting Minutes of November 21, 2009; and

(b) The Regular Meeting Minutes of November 24, 2009.

City Council approved the public hearing meeting minutes of November 21, 2009 and the regular meeting minutes of November 24, 2009.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

RECOGNITION OF YOUTH BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

4. Installation of the Alexandria Youth Council Officers and Chairs.

Mayor Euille installed the Alexandria Youth Council Officers and Chairs.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

PROCLAMATIONS

5. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring December 31, 2009 as Fair Weather Day Throughout the City of Alexandria.

City Council endorsed the proclamation.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

6. Presentation of the CAPRA Crystal Award and Certificate to the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities by a Representative of the National Recreation and Park Association.

The Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities received their certificate of accreditation.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

7. Presentation of a Proclamation for the Alexandria Titans Youth Football Team.

City Council endorsed the proclamation.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

8. Presentation of the Northern Virginia Comprehensive Gang Assessment 2003 - 2008.

This item was deferred to January 2010.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

CONSENT CALENDAR (9-20)

(Resignations and Uncontested Appointments)

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

(a) Consumer Affairs Commission
Debra Monahan

(b) Archaeological Commission
Jim Clark


10. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees:

(a) Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
1 Representative Who Is Employed By or Affiliated With an
Organization That Promotes and Maintains Affordable Housing

(b) Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee
1 Citizen Member

(c) Citizen Corps Council
1 Representative of the Alexandria Commission on Persons
with Disabilities

(d) Commission for the Arts
1 Member Who Represents Arts Education or Business
Expertise Relative to Arts and Cultural Development, Including
Such Perspectives as Marketing, Finance/Funding, Tourism
Promotion and Organizational Development
1 Member Who Has Expertise in the Arts, Either as
Practitioners of Various Art Disciplines or as Professional
Administrators Working in the Field

(e) Commission on Aging
2 Citizen Members

(f) Sister Cities Committee
1 Citizen Member

(g) Waterfront Committee
1 Representative from the Old Town Civic Association
1 Representative from the Founders Park Community
Association

(h) Youth Policy Commission
1 Representative of a Community Non-Profit Agency Having
an Interest in Youth Issues

(Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager)

11. Consideration of Installation of School Zone Flashers on Cameron Station Boulevard at Tucker Elementary School.

12. Receipt of the 2009 Annual Report and Plant Survey From Comcast Communications, Inc.

13. Receipt of the 2009 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. Annual Subscriber Survey Report.

14. Receipt of the Annual Reports from Council-Appointed Boards and Commissions.

15. Consideration of Installation of Pedestrian-Actuated Traffic Signals on Yoakum Parkway, Duke Street at Telegraph Road, and Braddock Road.

(Ordinances for Introduction)

16. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend and Reordain Sections 5-8-21 (Definitions), Section 5-8-22 (Abandoned, Unattended and Immobile Vehicles To Be Removed), Section 5-8-24 (Notice That Vehicle Has Been Impounded), Section 5-8-25 (Repossession of Impounded Vehicles; Towing and Storage Charges), Section 5-8-27 (Sale of Unrepossessed Vehicles; Proceeds of Sale), Section 5-8-28 Disposition of inoperable abandoned vehicles), Section 5-8-29 (Surrender of Certificate of Title, Etc., Where Motor Vehicle Acquired For Demolition; Records To Be Kept By Demolisher) and Section 5-8-30 (Delegation of Law Enforcement Authority) All Of Article C (Disposition of Abandoned, Unattended and Immobile Motor Vehicles) of Chapter 8 (Parking and Traffic Regulations) of Title 5 (Transportation and Environmental Services) of the Alexandria City Code.

17. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend City Code Section 2-4-110 To Replace The High School Student Member of the Environmental Policy Commission With a Representative From the Alexandria Business Community.

18. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Implement the Text Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance Regarding Public Disclosure in the Zoning Approval Process, As Recommended By The Planning Commission on November 5 and Approved By City Council on November 21.

19. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Extend the Date of the 2009 Annual Review of the Taxicab Industry, As Required by City Code Section 9-12-31, From December 15, 2009 to June 15, 2010 To Allow Time For Staff To Consider Industry Input on Dispatch Requirements and the Driver Transfer Process.

20. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance Implementing a Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment For Administrative Approval of Certain Signs in the Historic Districts, as Recommended By the Planning Commission on November 5 and Approved By City Council on November 21, 2009.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

City Council adopted the consent calendar. The City Manager's recommendations were as follows:

9. City Council accepted the following resignations with regret: (a) Debra Monahan, Consumer Affairs Commission; (b) Jim Clark, Archaeological Commission; and (c) Alex Aliferis, Commission on Persons with Disabilities.

10. City Council made the following appointments: (a) appointed Patricia Arnaudo as the one representative who is employed by or affiliated with an organization that promotes and maintains affordable housing to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee; (b) reappointed Phyllis Ahlman as the one citizen member to the Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee; (c) reappointed Adam Osterman as the one representative of the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities to the Citizen Corps Council; (d) reappointed Terrell Ambrose as the one member who represents arts education or business expertise relative to arts and cultural development, including such perspectives as marketing, finance/funding, tourism promotion and organizational development and appointed Richard Fowler as the one member who has expertise in the arts, either as practitioners of various art disciplines or as professional administrators working in the field, to the Commission for the Arts; (e) reappointed Robert Eiffert and appointed Janet Macidull as the two citizen members to the Commission on Aging; (f) appointed Penny Griffith as the one citizen member to the Sister Cities Committee; (g) appointed Townsend Van Fleet as the one representative from the Old Town Civic Association and reappointed Christine Bernstein as the one representative from the Founders Park Community Association to the Waterfront Committee; and (h) reappointed Shawn Fludd as the one representative of a community non-profit agency having an interest in youth issues to the Youth Policy Commission.

11. City Council authorized installation of the school flashers on Cameron Station Boulevard, pursuant to City Code Section 10-2-7.

12. City Council received the Comcast 2009 Annual Report and Plant Survey.

13. City Council received the 2009 Annual Subscriber Survey Report from Comcast.

14. City Council: 1. received the reports and thanked the commissions for their hard work over the past year; and 2. approved the request from the Alexandria Consumer Affairs Commission to disband the Commission and requested the City Attorney to prepare the necessary ordinance.

15. City Council authorized installation of the pedestrian-actuated beacons on: the 200 block of Yoakum Parkway; Duke Street at Telegraph Road; Mount Vernon Avenue at Kennedy Street; and Braddock Road at the Braddock Road Metrorail Station, pursuant to City Code Section 10-2-7.

16. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on Saturday, December 12, 2009.

17. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on Saturday, December 12, 2009.

18. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on Saturday, December 12, 2009.

19. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on Saturday, December 12, 2009.

20. City Council passed the ordinance on first reading and scheduled it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on Saturday, December 12, 2009.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS

21. Public Health Advisory Commission
2 Citizen Members Who Shall Not Be Health Professionals

City Council reappointed Jerome Cordts and Meredith Kathryn Taylor as the two citizen members who shall not be health professionals to the Public Health Advisory Commission.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR DISCUSSION

22. Consideration of Proposed City Comments to the National Capital Planning Commission on Proposed BRAC-133 at the Mark Center Site and Building Design.

City Council authorized a member of Council to testify at the National Capital Planning Commission January hearing and authorized staff to forward a letter from the Mayor to NCPC recommending NCPC incorporate the City's design and site layout recommendations for the BRAC-133 project with the Remote Inspection Facility moved offsite.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

23. Consideration of Authorization of City Acquisition of Five Trolleys for the King Street Route Utilizing Federal Stimulus Grant Funding.

City Council, utilizing federal grant funds, authorized the procurement of four hybrid trolley vehicles to operate the King Street trolley service.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

24. Receipt of the Monthly Financial Report for the Period Ending October 31, 2009.

City Council received the Monthly Financial Report for the period ending October 31, 2009.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

25. Consideration of the Proposed Route Change of the 2010 George Washington Birthday Parade.

City Council approved the requested change to the 2010 parade route for the George Washington Birthday Parade scheduled for Monday, February 15, 2010.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

26. Consideration of Staff Report on Arlandria Chirilagua Housing Corporation (ACHC).

City Council received the information contained in the memorandum and attachments, and requested staff to report back to Council not later than Council's first April legislative meeting with the results of its final assessment, recommendations, and response from ACHC.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

None

ORAL REPORTS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

(a) Mayor Euille spoke of his trip to visit five cities in Germany and cities in Finland and Denmark, where he was one of fourteen members of a delegation hosted by Volkswagen of America through the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, and the purpose of the trip was to observe the green initiatives the cities have available and the progress made over the years.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

(a) Councilman Krupicka noted guests in the Chambers from the Alexandria Jaycees, who are visiting as a civic/education/social outing. He pointed out that the Jaycees have a tree sale at the Safeway in Old Town and the money goes to help kids. He said the Police are also supporting youth camps for kids at their tree sale at the Amtrak station. Councilman Krupicka said the Jaycees are an outstanding organization.

(b) Councilman Krupicka said there is a policy that if one moves into Alexandria and registers their car, it takes awhile to get the notice that you need to put a sticker on the car, and during that window of paperwork, people sometimes get tickets. He said if there was no objection from Council, he would ask the City Attorney to work with staff to bring forward the policy change.

(c) Councilman Krupicka said Ashlawn Energy, a City business that creates fuel cell batteries, sent a note to Council that it received a stimulus grant, and they are doing advanced battery technology and the City is fortunate to have them based in Alexandria.

(d) Councilwoman Pepper said Council received an invitation for a ribbon cutting that ARHA was showing off two buildings on Old Dominion Boulevard that had been renovated. She said the handicapped unit was interesting because of the different arrangement of furniture. Councilwoman Pepper said the building was finished before the schedule and under cost.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORAL REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER

Director of Transportation and Environmental Services Baier introduced Abraham Lerner, the new Deputy Director in charge of transportation and transit.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

27. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading and Second Reading of an Ordinance to Adopt Supplement Number 91 of the City Code. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

City Council passed the ordinance to adopt Supplement No. 91 of the City Code on first and second reading. (ORD. NO. 4636)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

28. Consideration of Resolution Establishing an Arlandria Action Plan Advisory Group. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

City Council adopted a resolution establishing an Arlandria Action Plan Advisory Group and authorized the City Manager to appoint the members of the Advisory Group. (RES. NO. 2373)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

29. Consideration of a Resolution to Provide For a One Year Extension of the City's Cable Television Franchise Agreement with Comcast of Virginia, Inc. From October 30, 2009 to December 31, 2010. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

City Council adopted a resolution to provide for a one year extension of the City's cable television franchise agreement with Comcast of Virginia, Inc. from December 31, 2009 to October 30, 2010, and that staff be instructed to wrap up negotiations by June 30, 2010, and that should be communicated to the representatives of Comcast. (RES. NO. 2374)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

30. Consideration of Resolution Establishing the Mirant Community Monitoring Group (MCMG). [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

City Council adopted a resolution establishing the Mirant Community Monitoring Group and appointed the current membership of this group for a period of three years. (RES. NO. 2375)
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

OTHER

31. Consideration of City Council Schedule.

City Council adopted the Council schedule as follows: received and approved the dates for the preliminary schedule for consideration of the proposed FY 2011 budget following the budget presentation at Council's Tuesday, February 9, 2010 legislative meeting, as follows: Wednesday, February 10, 6:30 p.m., work session on revenues; Tuesday, February 16, 6:30 p.m. work session on personnel/compensation issues; Wednesday, February 24, 6:30 p.m., work session on the CIP; Monday, March 1, 6:30 p.m., work session; Wednesday, March 3, 6:30 p.m., joint work session with the ACPS; Wednesday, March 10, 4:00 p.m., budget public hearing; Monday, March 15, 6:30 p.m., work session; Wednesday, March 24, 6:30 p.m., work session; Monday, April 5, 6:30 p.m., work session; Wednesday, April 14, 6:30 p.m., work session; Monday, April 26, 7:00 p.m., preliminary add/delete list work session; and Monday, May 3, 5:30 p.m., work session to finalize add/delete list and at 6:30 p.m., budget adopted. City Council also received the revised calendar which includes: the King Street Garden Park holiday tree lighting ceremony on Saturday, December 12 at 5:00 p.m.; the unveiling of the plaques, dedication and celebration of the Johnson-Seibert Gymnasium and the Memorial Pool at the Charles Houston Recreation Center on Saturday, February 27 from 4 to 6 p.m.; the Salute to Women awards banquet on Monday, March 22 at 6:00 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Old Town, 901 North Fairfax Street; and the Commission on Aging's annual excellence in aging awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 11 at 5:00 p.m. in the Vola Lawson Lobby.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________

32. Consideration of a License Agreement with Intellifiber Networks, Inc. to Install Fiber Optic Cable in the Public Rights-of-Way.

City Council approved the five-year license agreement with Intellifiber Networks, Inc. and authorized the City Manager to execute the license agreement and to take any other actions that are necessary to implement the agreement.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________
The meeting adjourned at 8:58 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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