City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: FEBRUARY 13, 2017
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL /s/
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER
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Consideration of an Update on the 2017 General Assembly Session.
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ISSUE: Update on the 2017 General Assembly Session.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
(1) approve the legislative positions included in Attachment 2 (Recommended Positions on Bills of Importance to the City), as recommended by Council's Legislative Subcommittee; and
(2) support Senate budget amendments that would (a) increase State funding for Project Discovery (and oppose a House amendment that would reduce such funding), and (b) increase State payments for teacher salaries by 2 percent in FY 18.
DISCUSSION: The 2017 General Assembly Session began on January 11 and is scheduled to adjourn on February 25. Crossover occurred last week. The Senate is now considering only House bills, and the House only Senate bills.
Combined Sewer Overflow Legislation. Of 5 bills originally introduced to set legislative requirements on how the City should deal with its CSO outfalls, two survive. As noted in the last Update, bills introduced by Senator Ebbin and Senator Surovell had been defeated or withdrawn. Since then, a bill from Delegate Albo was withdrawn.
Senator Stuart's SB 898 has passed the Senate and is now awaiting action by the House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, and its Chesapeake Subcommittee. Both the Subcommittee and the Committee are scheduled to meet Wednesday morning, February 15. In its current version, SB 898 would require all corrections to the City's 4 CSO outfalls to be completed by July 1, 2025.
HB 2383, introduced by Delegate Scott Lingamfelter, has passed the House and is now awaiting action by the Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources Committee, which meets on Fe...
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