City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Resolution to Extend the Term of the Ad Hoc Fort Ward Park and Museum Area Stakeholder Advisory Group. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: Request that City Council extend the term of the Ad Hoc Fort Ward Park and Museum Area Stakeholder Advisory Group.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council adopt the resolution to approve an extension of the two-year term of the Ad Hoc Fort Ward Park and Museum Area Stakeholder Advisory Group adopted in Resolution No. 2460 (attached) for one additional year through the completion of the Fort Ward Management Plan.
BACKGROUND: On June 28, 2011 City Council passed Resolution No. 2460, re-establishing an Ad Hoc Fort Ward Park and Museum Area Stakeholder Advisory Group in response to a 2011 recommendation of the previous Stakeholder Advisory Group to establish a successor committee. The re-established group meets monthly and is currently working with the recently hired consultant teams of Lardner/Klein and URS toward the completion of a management plan and a stormwater master plan for Fort Ward Park.
The charge of work for this group is as follows:
a. Provide staff of RPCA, OHA, and T&ES with recommendations on balancing park uses, implementing education and outreach opportunities and implementation of recommendations made in the 2011 Stakeholder Advisory Group report.
b. Bring community values, knowledge, and ideas into the process of creating a management plan for Ft. Ward Park and Museum Area in ways that provide lasting benefit to the local community and the City as a whole.
c. Act as liaisons for neighborhoods and other interested parties in the development process of a management plan for Ft. Ward Park and Museum Area.
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