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1. Calling the Roll. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 2. Public Discussion Period. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ OTHER 2.1 Consideration of a Resolution Affirming City Manager Declaration of Local Emergency on Thursday, September 8, 2011, in Response to Extensive Flash Flooding Resulting from Tropical Storm Lee. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR1 (3-7) Planning Commission 3. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0024 420 HUME AVENUE LEGENDS MOTORWORKS Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to expand a noncomplying general automobile repair facility; zoned CSL/Commercial Service Low. Applicant: Gregory Ramsey PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 4. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0040 311 NORTH HENRY STREET PRIME AUTO CARE Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to continue operation of a noncomplying general auto repair facility; zoned CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: Prime Auto Car, Inc., represented by Robert Byrnes PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 5. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0041 417 and 419 CLIFFORD AVENUE WHOLESALE BUSINESS Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to operate a wholesale business; zoned CSL/Commercial Service Low. Applicant: Plaza Izalco, Inc., a Virginia Corporation represented by Duncan Blair, attorney PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 6. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0045 212 WEST GLEBE ROAD (Parcel Address: 206 W. Glebe Road & 3699 Russell Road) THE BLEND Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to operate a restaurant; zoned NR/Neighborhood Retail. Applicant: Marcus Williams, represented by M. Catharine Puskar, attorney PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 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. 7. REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued) ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) Planning Commission (continued) 7. ENCROACHMENT #2011-0003 608 MONTGOMERY STREET TJ STONE'S OUTDOOR DINING Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for approval of an encroachment into the public right-of-way for outdoor dining, zoned CD-X/Commercial Downtown Zone. Applicant: TJ Stone's represented by Stephen Mann PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 END OF ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER 8. Public Hearing and Consideration of the Recommendation from the City Council Naming Committee on the Proposal to Name the Alley Behind 804 Duke Street in Honor of the Late Douglas Thurman. (#6, 9/13/2011) Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued) Planning Commission (continued) 9. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0016 605 LITTLE STREET SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to construct a single family dwelling on a substandard lot; zoned R-2-5/Single and Two Family. Applicant: Brian Thomas PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued) Planning Commission (continued) 10. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0042 834 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET GOURMET MARKET Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to expand a noncomplying automobile service station use by adding a gourmet/ethnic market; zoned CDX/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: AL & TY, Inc., represented by Mary Catherine Gibbs, attorney PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 11. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0043 682 NORTH SAINT ASAPH STREET (Parcel Address: 615 N. Washington St.) TEAISM Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to operate a restaurant and a request for a parking reduction; zoned CRMU/X/Commercial Residential Mixed Use (Old Town North). Applicant: Vitalitea, LLC represented by Linda Neumann PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0 Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 12. HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT CORRIDOR -C Public Hearing and Consideration of the first stage of implementation for High Capacity Transit Corridor - C (Van Dorn/Beauregard). Staff: Departments of Transportation and Environmental Services and Planning and Zoning PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Planning Commission reaffirmed support for transit in Corridor C on an expedited basis and believes that there should be bus rapid transit running in dedicated lanes. The Commission had insufficient information on the non-transportation planning elements to form any further judgment. 7-0 ALEXANDRIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend the City Council adopt the recommendation of the CWG for Corridor C, with two caveats: 1) The alignment be optimized to better serve the Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC), and 2) Recommend that the Transportation Commission be tasked to identify decision criteria, evaluate and monitor the transition from Alternative D (Bus Rapid Transit in dedicated lanes) to Alternative G (Streetcar in dedicated lanes), and periodically report the progress to the City Council. 7-0 Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued) Planning Commission (continued) 13. CDD CONCEPT PLAN #2011-0002 SPECIAL USE PERMIT TMP #2011-0039 CDD CONCEPT PLAN #2011-0003 DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0002 1050,1100, 1200 & 1200-A NORTH FAYETTE STREET, 1219 FIRST STREET BRADDOCK GATEWAY - PHASE I Public Hearing and Consideration of a request: to revise the phasing and implementation plan, conditions related to affordable housing contributions, parking ratios and requirements, as well as other various CDD conditions; to amend the special use permit for a transportation management plan; a development special use permit, with site plan, to construct a residential development with ground-level retail; zoned CDD#15/Coordinated Development District-15. Applicant: Jaguar Development, LLC represented by Mary Catherine Gibbs, attorney PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: CDD#2011-0002 Recommend Approval w/amendments 7-0 SUP TMP#2011-0039 Recommend Approval 7-0 CDD #2011-0003 Recommend Approval 7-0 DSUP #2011-0002 Recommend Approval 7-0 Council Action:_________________________________________________________ 14. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2008-0022 1000, 1400, 1800, 1801, 2000, 2200, 2400, AND 2500 MAIN LINE BOULEVARD POTOMAC YARD LANDBAY I & J WEST & L Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan and subdivision, to construct a residential development with more than eight townhouses on a row on a portion of the Potomac Yard Landbays I, J, & L; zoned CDD#10/Coordinated Development District. Applicant: Potomac Yard, LLC represented by Duncan Blair, attorney Council Action:_________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued) Board of Architectural Review 15. Public Hearing and Consideration of an Appeal of the Board of Architectural Review's decision approving a request for demolition/encapsulation as amended at 329 N. Saint Asaph Street, Zoned RM Residential, BAR Case 2011-0182; and an Appeal of the Board's decision approving a request for alterations as amended at 329 N. Saint Asaph Street, Zoned RM Residential, BAR Case 2011-0183. Applicant: Janice Cuny and Steve Robinson by Tom Canning. Appellant: Billie Schaeffer and John Williams on behalf of petitioners. Council Action:_________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 16. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Amend and Reordain the 1992 Master Plan (1998 ed.) of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, By Adopting and Incorporating Therein the Amendment Heretofore Approved by City Council to the Eisenhower East Small Area Plan Chapter of Such Master Plan as Master Plan Amendment No. 2011-0003 and 2011-0004 and No Other Amendments, and To Repeal All Provisions of the Said Master Plan as May Be Inconsistent With Such Amendment. (#13, 9/13/2011) [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:_________________________________________________________