City Council Public Hearing

Council Chamber

Agenda — 31 items

1. 1 The July 1, 2025, Public Hearing Meeting of the Alexandria City Council is being held in the Council Chamber (301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314) and electronically. Members of City Council and staff are participating either in-person or from a remote location through video conference call on Zoom webinar. The meeting can be accessed by government channel 70, streaming on the City's website, and via Zoom by the following link: Webinar ID: 946 3082 8769 Webinar Passcode: 362003 Dial-in number: 301-715-8592 Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DuRUIN5jRHO18QhShzJ_xg If you use the Zoom webinar application, please be sure you have updated the application to the latest version for the best results. If you are unable to access the Zoom webinar, please use the Dial-In number to access the meeting. ***PLEASE LOG-IN EARLY IF POSSIBLE*** Links: Meeting Agenda and Live Webcast The meeting will be webcast live and video and audio recordings will be available a few days after the meeting. Zoom Registration Form If you wish to use Zoom to watch the meeting or to address Council, you must register first. Those wishing to address Council should also submit a Speaker's Form using the link below. Speaker's Form https://apps.alexandriava.gov/SpeakerSignup/ Submission of written statements is encouraged. Please sign up after the docket is created and posted and you are able to verify the meeting date on the City's website. If you have prepared statement or a written comments for the record you may email it to the City Clerk at CouncilComment@alexandriava.gov. Public Comment will be received at this meeting. ***** Individuals requiring translation services should contact the City Clerk and Clerk of Council at gloria.sitton@alexandriava.gov or at 703.746.4550. We request that you provide a 48-hour notice so that the proper arrangements may be made. Please specify the language for translation when you make the request. Las personas que requieran servicios de traducción deben comunicarse con el Secretario de la Ciudad y el Secretario del Consejo en gloria.sitton@alexandriava.gov o al 703.746.4550. Le solicitamos que proporcione un aviso de 48 horas para que se puedan hacer los arreglos necesarios. Por favor, especifique el idioma de traducción cuando realice la solicitud.
2. I. OPENING
3. 1. Calling the Roll.
4. 2. Approval of Electronic Participation Resolution (if needed)
5. 3. Closed Session.
6. 6 Closed executive session for Discussion or consideration of the investment of public funds where competition or bargaining is involved, where, if made public initially, the financial interest of the City would be adversely affected. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] 25-3369
7. 4. Proclamations and Recognitions (if needed).
8. 5. Public Discussion Period
9. 9 [This period is a public comment period on items not listed on the agenda. The first 15 speakers will speak at the beginning of the meeting. Any remaining speakers will be heard at the conclusion of the docketed items.]
10. II. Action Docket
11. 11 Roll-Call Consent Items (6-11)
12. 6. Development Special Use Permit 2025-10009 (Multi-Unit Residential Building) Development Special Use Permit 2025-10010 (Stacked Townhouses) 5901, 5951 & 5999 Stevenson Avenue and 2 S Whiting Street - Landmark Overlook Public Hearing and consideration of requests for an extension of previously approved Development Special Use Permits and Site Plans with modifications to construct two multi-unit residential buildings with ground floor retail and to construct stacked townhouses, including Special Use Permits for a parking reduction and tandem parking for the stacked townhouses, to treat the Landmark Overlook project area as a tract for the purpose of calculating FAR, and to increase FAR to 2.03 for the multi-unit residential building and the stacked townhouses; zoned CRMU - H/Commercial Residential Mixed Use-High. Applicant: West End Development Associates LLC & Landmark 100 LLC, represented by Kenneth Wire and Megan Rappolt, Attorneys Planning Commission Action: Recommend Approval 7-0 [ROLL-CALL VOTE] 25-3350
13. 7. Consideration of the Release of $120,510 from FY 2026 Contingent Reserves to Fund Health Department Community Support Activities. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] 25-3336
14. 8. Consideration of Authorization for the City Manager to execute the conveyance of temporary construction easements for the purpose of constructing the Alexandria Fourth Track Project between the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) or its designee, and the City of Alexandria. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] 25-3341
15. 9. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance Authorizing State Funded 1.5% Performance-Based Bonuses to Eligible Local Department of Social Services Employees. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] 25-3337
16. 10. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance authorizing the owners of the property located at 400 Carlisle Drive to construct and maintain an encroachment for a portion of a retaining wall along King Street near the intersection of Carlisle Drive (Implementation Ordinance for Encroachment No. 2025-00001 associated with 400 Carlisle Drive approved by City Council on June 14, 2025). [ROLL-CALL VOTE] 25-3326
17. 11. Consideration of a Resolution to Extend the Terms of the Subcommittee on Boards & Commissions and the Subcommittee for the Review of Standing Committees. [ROLL-CALL VOTE] 25-3364
18. III. Individual Public Hearing Items
19. 19 None.
20. IV. Other Business
21. 12. Economic Summit Update. 25-3342
22. 13. State of Health Presentation. 25-3343
23. 14. Alexandria Fire Department Update 25-3135
24. 15. Consideration of City Council Schedule. 25-3354
25. 16. DEVELOPMENT SITE PLANS ARE HEARD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND PLACED ON THE CITY COUNCIL DOCKET FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Development Site Plan #2025-00013 600 President Ford Lane - Residential Swimming Pool Public Hearing and consideration of a request for a Development Site Plan with a modification to the secondary front yard setback to construct a swimming pool, pergola, and related improvements (amending DSP #2016-00016); zoned R-20/Residential. Applicant: Thomas M. Buchanan and Theresa C. Buchanan represented by Duncan Blair, Attorney Planning Commission Action: Approved 7-0 25-3351
26. 17. NEW STREET NAME CASES ARE HEARD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND PLACED ON THE CITY COUNCIL DOCKET FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Street Name Case #2025-00003 Parcel Address: 5001 Eisenhower Avenue Public Hearing and consideration of a request for the approval of a name for a new public street perpendicular to Eisenhower Avenue within the 5001 Eisenhower Avenue redevelopment; zoned CDD #31 / Coordinated Development District #31. Applicant: 5001 Eisenhower Office Owner LLC, represented by Kenneth Wire & Megan Rappolt, Attorneys Planning Commission Action: Approved 6-0-1 25-3352
27. 18. DEVELOPMENT SITE PLANS ARE HEARD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND PLACED ON THE CITY COUNCIL DOCKET FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Development Site Plan #2025-00005 301 King Street and 108 N Fairfax Street - City Hall, Market Square Plaza and Garage Renovation Public Hearing and consideration of a request for a Development Site Plan for the demolition and reconstruction of Market Square Plaza and the below-grade parking garage, and the renovation and expansion of City Hall; zoned KR/King Street Urban Retail and CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: City of Alexandria, Department of General Services Planning Commission Action: Approved 7-0 25-3353
28. 19. Public Discussion Period (Remaining Speakers, if any).
29. 20. Closed Session (if needed).
30. 21. Adjournment.
31. 31 ******* The docket is subject to change. ******* Limited Full-text copies of ordinances, resolutions, and agenda items are available the Office of the CIty Clerk and Clerk of Council. Meeting materials are also available on-line at alexandriava.gov/council. ******* Individuals with disabilities who require assistance or special arrangements to participate in the City Council meeting may call the City Clerk and Clerk of Council's Office at 703-745-4550 (TTY/TDD 838-5056). We request that you provide a 48-hour notice to that the proper arrangements may be made. City meetings are closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. ******* If the Mayor finds and declares that weather or other conditions are such that it is hazardous for members to attend the meeting, this meeting will be continued to the following Saturday.