City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 17, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of the FY 2016 Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program.
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ISSUE: What planning work priorities should be established for FY 2016?
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the proposed Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program for FY 2016.
BACKGROUND: The Planning Commission on January 6, 2015 and the City Council on January 27, 2015 and February 24, 2015 provided preliminary input on the Draft FY 2016 Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program. Based on this input, staff revised the work program to accelerate the Old Town North Small Area Plan so that the public process would begin in September 2015 rather than December 2015.
The staff memorandum on the Long Range Planning Work Program stated that the availability of outside (landowner or developer) provided funding for this planning effort would likely be a major factor in making the decision to take on this planning effort in FY 2016. The outcome of staff's discussions with landowners/developers follows.
Additionally, staff agreed to work with the Environmental Policy Commission to develop a work program with the goal of accelerating work on some key issues. In addition, there was enthusiasm for having the Old Town North Small Area Plan explore pilot environmental initiatives, particularly related to energy, since NRG had previously indicated a strong interest in that regard.
DISCUSSION:
The two outstanding issues from February are the work programs for Old Town North and the Green Building Policy.
Old Town North
The main issues for the Old Town North plan are: the extent of the participation of NRG and how to coordinate the several development proposals that are in various stages ...
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