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July 2, 2024 ·6:00 PM Final-revised
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  1. 1 The July 2, 2024 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: 921 2826 5213 Webinar Passcode: 476031 Dial-in number: 301-715-8592 Registration : https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TIzcBGsfTmqAYnmVfOB1GQ 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://survey.alexandriava.gov/s3/2020-VIRTUAL-City-Council-Speakers-Form 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. Public Discussion Period [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.]
  6. II. ORAL REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER
  7. 4. Introduction of the New Fire Chief Felipe Hernandez Jr.
  8. III. ACTION ITEMS
  9. 8 Please note: City Council took items out of order at this time. City Council considered the roll-call consent calendar, items under Reports and Recommendations from the City Manager, and items listed under Ordinances and Resolutions. ***** City Council convene in closed executive session at 6:15 p.m., pursuant to Virginia Code sections 2.2-3711 (A)(1) and (A)(6), to discuss the performance of the city manager, city attorney, city clerk, and the independent police auditor and to discuss or consider 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. City Council reconvened in open session at 7:02 p.m. *****
  10. 9 Planning Commission
  11. 10 Consent Calendar (5-7)
  12. 5. Vacation #2024-00004 4601 Eisenhower Avenue Public Hearing and consideration of a request to vacate 8,621 square feet of reserved right-of-way located at the southeast corner of lot 500 adjacent to the intersection of Clermont and Eisenhower Avenues; zoned OCM(100)/Office Commercial Medium. Applicant: Boundary Investments, LLC represented by Robert Brant, Attorney Planning Commission Action: Recommend Approval 5-0 24-2306
  13. 6. Development Special Use Permit #2024-10003 1604-1614 King Street, 1604 Dechantal Street Public Hearing and consideration of a request for a Development Special Use Permit and Site Plan with modifications to construct a 44-unit multi-unit building and convert five existing townhouses to 10 multi-unit dwellings, including Special Use Permit requests to increase the floor area ratio from 2.0 to 3.0 in the KR zone and for a parking reduction of 10 spaces from the Article VIII requirements; zoned KR / King Street urban retail. Applicant: Dechantal Associates, LLC Planning Commission Action: Recommended Approval 5-0 24-2308
  14. 7. Development Special Use Permit #2024-10005 201 Cambridge Road Public Hearing and consideration of a request for an amendment to a previously approved Development Special Use Permit (DSUP #2014-00029) for additions to the existing chapel at a private school; zoned R-8 / Residential zone. Applicant: Bishop Ireton High School, represented by Mary Catherine Gibbs, attorney Planning Commission Action: Recommended Approval 5-0 24-2309
  15. IV. Roll-Call Consent Calendar (8-12a)
  16. 8. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to amend and reordain Sheet No. 054.04 of the "Official Zoning Map, Alexandria, Virginia," adopted by Section 1-300 (OFFICIAL ZONING MAP AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES), of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning the properties at 709 and 711 Pendleton Street from CL/Commercial Low with proffer to CL/Commercial low in accordance with the said zoning map amendment heretofore approved by city council as Rezoning No. 2024-00001 (Implementation Ordinance for Rezoning No. 2024-00001 associated with 709 and 711 Pendleton Street approved by City Council on June 15, 2024). 24-2175
  17. 9. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to amend and reordain Section 2-188.1 (RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT USE) of Article II (DEFINITIONS); Sections 4-102 (PERMITTED USES), 4-103 (SPECIAL USES), 4-202 (PERMITTED USES), 4-203 (SPECIAL USES), 4-302 (PERMITTED USES), and 4-303 (SPECIAL USES) of Article IV; and Section 6-603 (USES) of Article VI (SPECIAL AND OVERLAY ZONES) of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, in accordance with the text amendment heretofore approved by city council as Text Amendment No. 2024-00006 (Implementation Ordinance for Text Amendment No. 2024-00006 associated with the recreation and entertainment use text amendment approved by City Council on June 15, 2024). 24-2177
  18. 10. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to amend and reordain the Master Plan of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, by adopting and incorporating therein the amendment heretofore approved by city council to the Landmark/Van Dorn Small Area Plan chapter of such master plan as Master Plan Amendment No. 2024-00001 and no other amendments, and to repeal all provisions of the said master plan as may be inconsistent with such amendment (Implementation Ordinance for Master Plan Amendment No. 2024-00001 associated with 6101 and 6125 Stevenson Avenue approved by City Council on June 15, 2024). 24-2179
  19. 11. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to amend and reordain Sheet No. 047.03 of the "Official Zoning Map, Alexandria, Virginia," adopted by Section 1-300 (OFFICIAL ZONING MAP AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES), of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, by rezoning the properties at 6101 and 6125 Stevenson Avenue from, OCM(50)/Office commercial medium (50) zone to CRMU-H/Commercial residential mixed use (high) in accordance with the said zoning map amendment heretofore approved by city council as Rezoning No. 2024-00002 (Implementation Ordinance for Rezoning No. 2024-00002 associated with 6101 and 6125 Stevenson Avenue approved by City Council on June 15, 2024). 24-2181
  20. 12. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to amend and reordain Section 5-602(A) (COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS CREATED, CONSISTENCY WITH MASTER PLAN, REQUIRED APPROVALS) of Article V (MIXED USE ZONES) of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, in accordance with the text amendment heretofore approved by city council as Text Amendment No. 2024-00007 (Implementation Ordinance for Text Amendment No. 2024-00007 associated with multiple addresses in Eisenhower East text amendment approved by City Council on June 15, 2024). 24-2185
  21. 12a. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to establish the process to solicit and grant a Franchise to use certain public property to design, install, own, operate, maintain, repair, upgrade, and remove electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) for the use and benefit of the public, including incidental design, construction, and modifications to City infrastructure to further and accommodate such use. 24-2327
  22. V. OTHER BUSINESS
  23. 22 Reports and Recommendations from the CIty Manager
  24. 23 (Please note these items are not public hearing items)
  25. 13. Consideration and Approval of Accepting a Gift of the Public Artwork Wrought, Knit, Labors, Legacies from the Artist Olalekan Jeyifous and Gifting the Artwork to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for Placement at Braddock Road Metro Station. 24-2200
  26. 14. Consideration of a Grant Application to the 2024 State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) 24-2268
  27. 15. Consideration of a Grant Application to the 2024 Rescue Squad Assistance Fund (RSAF) 24-2283
  28. 16. Consideration of a Request for a Housing Opportunities Fund Loan of $3,475,000 and a Pilot Rental Subsidy Grant of $350,000 to Community Lodgings, Inc. for the Elbert Avenue Project to Facilitate an Application for State Housing Opportunity Tax Credits 24-2217
  29. VI. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
  30. 17. Consideration of a Resolution Designating the Community Lodgings, Inc. (CLI) Elbert Avenue Project Site a “Revitalization Area” pursuant to Virginia Code Section 36-55.30:2.A. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]. 24-2258
  31. 18. Consideration of Resolution Approving RIDE24 LLC to Provide Private Medical Transports in the City of Alexandria. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]. 24-2269
  32. VII. Public Hearing Matters
  33. 32 Planning Commission (continued)
  34. 19. CASE BAR#2024-00160 OHAD Public Hearing and consideration of an Appeal of the May 15, 2024 Board of Architectural Review (BAR) Decision to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness for new construction at 301 N. Fairfax Street. Applicant: 301 N. Fairfax Project Owner LLC Appellant: Scott Corzine on behalf of petitioners The Appeal hearing is only related to the Certificate of Appropriateness. The attempted Appeal of the Permit to Demolish was not filed within the timeframe required by the Zoning Ordinance. BAR#2024-00160 OHA24-2313
  35. 20. Special Use Permit #2024-00014 3950 Wheeler Avenue Public Hearing and consideration of a request for a temporary trailer; zoned I/Industrial Applicant: North Lock, LLC, represented by M. Catharine Puskar, attorney Planning Commission Action: Recommended Approval 5-0 24-2305
  36. 21. Development Special Use Permit #2024-10002 2927 & 2957 Eisenhower Avenue Public Hearing and consideration of a request for an extension of a previously approved Development Special Use Permit (DSUP2015-0001) with Site Plan to construct a new multi-unit residential building with ground-level retail/commercial; zoned CDD#3/ Coordinated Development District #3. Applicant: Rushmark Eisenhower South Tower, LLC represented by M. Catharine Puskar, attorney Planning Commission Action: Recommended Approval 5-0 24-2307
  37. 22. Special Use Permit #2024-00033 201 East Del Ray Avenue, 2207 and 2213 Mount Vernon Avenue Public Hearing and consideration of a Special Use Permit for outdoor dining over 49 seats and for recreation and entertainment (amending SUP #2022-00060); zoned CL/Commercial low Applicant: Abderrahim (Rayan) Moussaif Planning Commission Action: Recommended Approval 6-0 24-2310
  38. 23. Development Special Use Permit #2024-10004 107 and 125 North West Street - North West Street Townhomes Public Hearing and consideration of a request for a Development Special Use Permit and Site Plan, including a Special Use Permit for land without frontage, Subdivision and modifications, to construct nine (9) residential townhouses and four (4) semi-detached dwellings; zoned: CD/Commercial Downtown Applicant: 125 N. West Street LLC, represented by Duncan Blair, attorney Planning Commission Action: Recommended Approval 5-1 24-2311
  39. VIII. FOR INFORMATION ONLY
  40. 39 Planning Commission (continued)
  41. 24. Zoning Ordinance Subdivision cases are heard by the Planning Commission, placed on the City Council docket for information, and heard by City Council only upon appeal. Subdivision #2024-00005 41 East Reed Avenue Public Hearing and consideration of a request for a Subdivision to re-subdivide an existing lot into two lots; zoned RB. Applicant: Kulinski Group Architects, P.C. Planning Commission Action: Approved 5-0 24-2312
  42. IX. Closed Executive Session
  43. 25. Consideration of a Closed Executive Session 24-2289
  44. X. ADJOURN
  45. 44 ***** This docket is subject to change. ***** Limited Full-text copies of ordinances, resolutions, and agenda items are available in 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 703-746-4550 (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. *****