OPENING 1. Calling the Roll. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 2. Invocation. By:_________________________________________________________ 3. Reading and Acting Upon the Minutes of the Following Meeting of City Council: (a) The Public Hearing Meeting of November 15, 1997. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 4. Report of the City Clerk. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 5. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing First Night Alexandria. (Mayor Donley and the Members of City Council) Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 6. Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing Peyton Robertson, former Chair of the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission. (Council Member Rich) Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ OPENING (continued) 7. Recognition of the Alexandria Police Department as a Participant in the Advanced Law Enforcement and Response Technology (ALERT) Program, a Recipient of Vice President Gore's National Performance Review Hammer Award. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CONSENT CALENDAR (8-12) (20-24) 8. Receipt of the Following Resignations From Members of Boards, Commissions and Committees: None 9. Uncontested Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees: (a) USS Alexandria Liaison Committee 1 Citizen Member (b) Alexandria Social Services Advisory Board 1 Parent Member 10. Consideration of Request to Vacate Two Positions on the Alexandria Commission for Disabled Persons. 11. Receipt of the Supplement to the Annual Committee Attendance Report for Fiscal Year 1997. 12. Receipt of the Fiscal Year 1997 Annual Report of the Alexandria Community Services Board. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) 13. Adoption of the City's Legislative Package for the 1998 General Assembly Session. (#8 11/15/97; #15 10/28/97) Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ 14. Consideration of Fixed-Step Pay Scales for General City and City Public Safety Employees. (#14 5/27/97) Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued) 15. Consideration of the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee Report on Future Debt-Related Financial Policies for the City of Alexandria. Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ 16. Receipt of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts' Request on the Need for a System to Develop, Monitor, Conserve and Maintain the City of Alexandria's Art in Public Places. (Vice Mayor Euille) Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ 17. Receipt of Alexandria Planning Commission Resolution Regarding the Five-Year Update to the City's Master Plan. (Councilwoman Pepper and Council Member Rich) Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ 18. Consideration of a Proposed Process for Obtaining Recommendations from City Boards and Commissions on Environmental/Quality of Life Issues. Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ 19. Discussion of the Call to Community Program. (Vice Mayor Euille and Council Member Rich) Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES None ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS CONSENT CALENDAR (20-24) 20. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend Section 5-406(B) of the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance to permit, pursuant to a special use permit, an alternative type of mixed-use development project in the CRMU-X zone that does not contain residential uses, that extends the retail focus requirements of Section 6-503 to the entire project area, that increases the required retail square footage by 50% of the retail focus requirements, and that regulates the project frontages. 21. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend Section 3-505(A) of the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance to clarify that 6,500 square feet of lot area is required to develop a two-family structure on a corner lot in the R-2-5/Single- and Two-Famly zone. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) 22. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the King Street/Eisenhower Avenue Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Master Plan to revise the Coordinated Development District guidelines for the Eisenhower Avenue CDD. 23. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Official Zoning Map of the City of Alexandria, adopted by Section 1-300 of the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, to provide for the rezoning of the property at 5019 Duke Street, and a portion of the property at 5005 Duke Street, from POS/Public Open Space to CG/Commercial General, with proffer limiting development plan. 24. Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of AN ORDINANCE to authorize an encroachment into the public sidewalk right-of-way at 1757 King Street for a stormwater management facility. END OF CONSENT CALENDAR Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued) 25. Consideration of Resolution Establishing Budget Guidelines for Fiscal Year 1999. (Mayor Donley) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ 26. Consideration of Resolution to Set Rate for Basic Cable Service in the City of Alexandria. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ 27. Consideration of Resolution Providing Local Governing Body Approval of ARHA Issuance of Tax-Exempt Bonds to Finance the Acquisition and Rehabilitation of Essex House Apartments in Alexandria. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ 28. Consideration of Resolution endorsing the nomination of the Potomac River Basin as an American Heritage River. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:___________________________________________________________________ OTHER 29. Consideration of City Council Schedule. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ CONTESTED APPOINTMENTS 30. Alexandria-Caen Exchange Committee 1 Representative from the Public Schools in the City of Alexandria Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 31. Alexandria Building Code Board of Appeals 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 32. Alexandria 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 2 Members Who Have Expertise in the Arts, Either As a Practitioner of An Art Discipline or As a Professional Administrator Working in the Field Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 33. Alexandria Industrial Development Authority 1 Citizen Member Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SESSION 34. Convening of an Executive Session for the Purpose of Consulting with Legal Counsel and a Briefing by Staff Members and Attorneys pertaining to Potential and Actual Litigation Involving the City, Pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.1-344(A)(7). Council Action:_______________________________________________________________