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Office of the City Clerk
February 7, 2011

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Public Hearing Meeting
Saturday, February 12, 2011 - - 9:30 a.m.

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OPENING

1. Calling the Roll.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

2. Public Discussion Period. [No more than 30 Minutes]
[This period is restricted to items
not listed on the docket.]

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

OTHER

3. Presentation by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and Consideration of the City Staff Report on the Proposal from the Virginia Department of Transportation to Construct a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Ramp (Alternative F) at Seminary Road and I-395.

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR1 (4-5)

Planning Commission

4. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0078
4536-4598 EISENHOWER AVENUE
CLAREMONT INVESTORS, LLC
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to extend an expiration date of an existing special use permit (SUP #2003-0118); zoned OCM (100)/Office Commercial Mixed Use (100). Applicant: Claremont Investors, LLC, represented by M. Catherine Puskar, attorney

PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 6-0

5. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0082
1012 KING STREET
RESTAURANT
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to operate a restaurant; zoned KR/King Street Retail. Applicant: Boccato, LLC, represented by Rob Shelton

PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval w/amendments 6-0

1Items listed under the Action Consent Calendar may be approved by the City Council as a block unless a Member of Council removes an item or a member of the public wishes to speak to the item. Such items will be heard after Docket Item No. 5.

END OF ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

6. Public Hearing on a Report of the City Council Naming Committee on the Proposal to Name the City Park at 3500 Jefferson Davis Highway in Honor of Ruby Tucker. (#8, 2/8/11)

Council Action:_________________________________________________________






REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

7. TEXT AMENDMENT #2011-0001
VARIANCE STANDARD
Public Hearing and Consideration of an amendment to the zoning ordinance to revise the standard for the grant of a variance, consistent with Virginia law. Staff: Planning and Zoning.

PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval w/amendments 6-0

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

8. TEXT AMENDMENT #2011-0003
PROHIBITED USES
Public Hearing and Consideration of changes to the zoning ordinance, including to the NR zone and the Mount Vernon Overlay Zone to clarify that pawn shops, check cashing and payday loan businesses are prohibited and to add title loan companies to the group of prohibited uses. Staff: Planning and Zoning.

PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 6-0

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

9. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2010-0028
SPECIAL USE PERMIT (TMP) #2011-0002
800 NORTH MADISON STREET
THE MADISON
Public Hearing and Consideration of amendments to a previously approved development special use permit, with site plan, to make a series of changes, a decrease in retail spaces; an increase in residential units; a decrease in the number of parking spaces; revisions to amenities; revisions to green building requirements; changes to the roof treatment, changes to the configuration and design of courtyards, building facades, and streetscape, and an amendment to the transportation management plan. Applicant: EQR-Madison & Henry, LLC by Duncan Blair, attorney

PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: DSUP: Recommend Approval 6-0
SUP: Recommend Approval 6-0

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

10. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Amend and Reordain Section 13-1-17 (Indecent Exposure) of Chapter 1 (General Offenses), Title 13 (Miscellaneous Offenses) of the Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as Amended to Specifically Exempt Breastfeeding from the Ordinance Regarding Indecent Exposure. (#9, 2/08/11) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR

Planning Commission (continued)

None.

END OF DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

This docket is subject to change.

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