City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MAY 23, 2013
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Adoption of the Long Range Planning and Plan Implementation Work Program for FY 2014 and Beyond
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ISSUE: Adoption of the long range planning work program for FY 2014.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council approve the proposed FY2014 planning initiatives and work program as described in this memorandum. The proposed work program is consistent with the FY2014 budget in regard to staffing and other budget resources and reflects the City Council's comments at their March 23, 2013 retreat.
BACKGROUND: There is one substantive change from the proposed work program that the Council reviewed at its recent retreat. Staff had proposed to immediately start the transportation data collection as was budgeted in 2013 for the Eisenhower West Small Area Plan even though the plan itself would not start until the conclusion of the Old Town North Plan. Staff and the Council have received input from members of the public questioning the wisdom of separating the Eisenhower transportation analysis from the balance of the planning effort by as much as a year. Staff agrees there are benefits to keeping them together. However, in this case, there is an overriding need for much upfront data collection and coordination with the Federal Highway Administration and the Virginia Department of Transportation which staff would like to complete beforehand so that transportation analyses do not slow down the planning process once it starts. The proposed timetable shows this element of the transportation analysis beginning in July 2013 and concluding in January 2014.
Proposed New Interdepartmental Planning Initiatives for FY2014:
* Begin the community visioning for the update to the Old Town North Smal...
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