City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 8, 2016
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of Approval of the Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program.
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ISSUE: Establishing the planning work priorities for FY 2017.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the proposed Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program for FY 2017.
BACKGROUND: The Planning Commission and the City Council (in January and February 2016) provided preliminary input on the Draft FY 2017 Interdepartmental Long Range Planning Work Program to help inform both the FY 2017 budget process and the final work program. Based on Council and Commission input, as well as decisions made through the FY 2017 budget approval, staff has prepared a revised work program for approval. The key changes to the work program are listed below and are the focus of the discussion section of this memo:
* Add Eisenhower East Plan Update as a new initiative beginning in FY 2017
* Delay by five months the start of the Strategic Update to the Mount Vernon Avenue Business Area Plan and Arlandria Action Plan
* Remove the Del Ray Retail Strategy as a separate work item; incorporate relevant elements into the Mount Vernon Avenue Business Area Plan update
* Begin work on the Environmental Action Plan (EAP) in FY 2017, six months earlier than originally proposed, due to staff resources added by Council to the FY 2017 budget
* Add two new parking initiatives, due to staff added as part of the adopted FY 2017 budget
Additional background on the process for developing the overall draft work program as well as descriptions of all projects included in the work program can be found in Attachments 1 and 2 respectively. While the City Council is requested to approve a work program for FY 2017 only, the bar chart prov...
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