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Alexandria City Council Legislative Meeting — January 28, 2014 (Action Docket)

AlexandriaJan 28, 20143 min read

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Council met in Council Chambers and conducted routine business including approval of minutes and proclamations; accepted resignations and made multiple appointments to boards and commissions; authorized interagency memoranda of agreement for regional transportation programs and funding distribution; approved transportation project submittals for NVTA funding; approved release of $10,000 from FY2014 contingent reserves for the Sheriff's child safety seat program; received and directed implementation of recommendations from the Alexandria Fund for Human Services Review Committee (with one amendment); adopted resolutions supporting a VRE project and opting into a VRS hazard duty positions alternate option; and convened and acted on a closed session concerning threatened or pending tax assessment litigation.

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Approved the Regular Meeting Minutes of January 14, 2014.
Endorsed proclamations declaring 2014 as the Year of Celebrating the Arts and February as George Washington Birthday Celebration Month.
Accepted multiple resignations from boards and commissions and made uncontested and contested appointments/reappointments (examples: appointed Alexander Martin to the Alexandria–Caen Sister City Committee; Michael Detomo to the Commission for the Arts; reappointed Karen Helbrecht to the Local Emergency Planning Committee; reappointed Christopher Bellanca to the Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee; appointed Katie Dziak to the Public Health Advisory Commission).
Approved submission of comments by the Children, Youth and Family Collaborative Commission on proposed changes to Virginia Department of Social Services child care policy.
Released $10,000 from FY2014 contingent reserves to fund operations of the Sheriff's Office Child Safety Seat Installation Program.
Authorized the City Manager to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission to support WMATA's new electronic payments program (NEPP).
Authorized the City Manager to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) to allow distribution of the 30% transportation funding to the City.
Approved the City's proposed FY2015 and FY2016 transportation project request for NVTA 70% funds and endorsed in concept a funding plan for FY2017–FY2024 NVTA funds.
Received the staff response to the Alexandria Fund for Human Services Review Committee report and directed implementation of recommendations, amending item #9 funding from $25,000 to $10,000.
Adopted a resolution supporting the Virginia Railway Express Slaters Lane Crossover and Signals Project (RES. NO. 2597).
Adopted a resolution to opt into the Hazard Duty Positions Alternate Option in the Virginia Retirement System (RES. NO. 2598).
Concluded a closed executive session regarding threatened or pending litigation related to tax assessment matters and adopted the related executive session resolution (RES. NO. 2599).

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