City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 27, 2014
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Update on the 2014 General Assembly Session (No. 2).
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ISSUE: Update on the 2014 General Assembly Session (No. 2)
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council approve the legislative positions included in Attachment 1 (Recommended Positions on Bills of Importance to the City), as recommended by City Council's Legislative Subcommittee (Mayor Euille and Councilman Smedberg).
DISCUSSION: The 2014 General Assembly is now underway, with multiple subcommittee and committee meetings throughout the day. Virtually all legislation has now been introduced, and much of the work is now in the committees considering these bills.1 As of January 25, nearly 2,400 bills and resolutions have been introduced. Many of them deal with perennial issues, such as the opening day of school, absentee voting, restoration of rights for felons who have completed their prison time and in-state tuition for undocumented persons (residents who do not have U.S. citizenship).
On January 11, the new Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General were sworn into office.
City Package. The following bills seek the enactment of proposals addressed in the City's legislative package. There has been no action taken on any of these bills. Attachment 2 is a more detailed status report on city package bills.
* House Bill 328 and Senate Bill 321 are Charter bills, introduced at the City's request to (1) allow the City Attorney to serve as counsel to the School Board with the concurrence of City Council and the School Board; and (2) "clean up" the City Code to reflect the fact that Council and School Board elections are now held in November instead of May. House Bill 328 has now been approved by the House and...
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