City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: FEBRUARY 9, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, ACTING CITY MANAGER /s/
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Update on the 2015 General Assembly Session.
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ISSUE: Update (No. 2) on the 2015 General Assembly Session.
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.
DISCUSSION: The 2015 General Assembly Session has now passed the halfway mark. Beginning Wednesday (February 11), each house may consider only legislation of the other house, except for the budget bill and resolutions that commend or memorialize people or organizations.
On February 8, the House and Senate money committees reported their proposed amendments to the biennial budget; these are reported on below. During the next three weeks, the House and Senate will seek to reach agreement on the budget and other bills that have not yet been defeated.
City Package. The following bills seek the enactment of proposals addressed in the City's legislative package. Attachment 2 is a more detailed status report on City Package bills.
* House Bill 1682 and Senate Bill 1218 are Charter bills, introduced at the City's request to "clean up" the City Charter. SB 1218 has been passed by the Senate and now goes to the House; HB 1682 has passed the House and now goes to the Senate. Since the bills are identical, final passage of each should not present any problems.
* House Bill 1867 seeks to clarify some of the Virginia Code sections dealing with mold remediation in residential rental units. It also seeks to require that tenants be made aware of, and given access to, any written documents produced by the landlord or his contractor relating to the re...
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