City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 18, 2017
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of Designated General Services Administration (GSA) Central Business Areas.
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ISSUE: Under new national policy, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has requested that localities designate Central Business Areas (CBAs) defined as the "general areas in which Federal agencies must give first consideration to locating."
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council adopt, for the purposes of Federal agency location decision making, the proposed boundaries for a Central Business Area (CBA) in Alexandria, Virginia as depicted on Attachment 3.
BACKGROUND: In October 2015, GSA adopted ADM 1097.1, "Incorporating Principles of Sustainability, Economic Development and Efficiency into GSA Business Practices and Location Decision-Making," requiring that federal agencies consider the following when making location decisions for its facilities:
? Support local and regional planning and economic development goals;
? Support local sustainability and transportation infrastructure and plans;
? Prioritize location decisions in areas that will be well-served by new and existing infrastructure; and
? Include areas which ensure the protection of the natural environment.
This initiative, provided as Attachment 1, will expand CBAs beyond the District of Columbia, currently the region's only designated CBA. GSA has enlisted the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) to aid in the production of a composite map of CBAs of its member jurisdictions, based on the submission of each jurisdiction's locally defined CBA boundaries. It should be noted that all jurisdictions, including Alexandria, will be free to submit at anytime any future CBA amendments directly to GSA, as necessary.
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