City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of an Amendment to the Water Taxi License Agreement Between the City of Alexandria and the Potomac Riverboat Company.
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ISSUE: City Council consideration of an amendment to the Water Taxi License Agreement between the City of Alexandria and the Potomac Riverboat Company.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1. Receive this report recommending an amendment to the Water Taxi License Agreement between the City of Alexandria and the Potomac Riverboat Company; and
2. Schedule a public hearing for Saturday, September 16, 2017, and after the public hearing is concluded authorize the City Manager to amend the Water Taxi License Agreement between the City of Alexandria and the Potomac Riverboat Company.
BACKGROUND: The current License Agreement between the Potomac Riverboat Company, LLC (PRC) and the City of Alexandria was authorized to allow the PRC to operate three water taxi vessels, the "Commander Jacques," "Lady Josephine," or "Miss Sophie," from the City Marina, with the permanent docking of one vessel overnight. The current agreement allows the City Manager to add additional routes through a request in writing from PRC (such as to the Nationals Park baseball stadium), but is limited to using the three vessels named above. For the PRC to add an additional vessel, the license will need an amendment (Attachment 1).
DISCUSSION: The PRC and the City of Alexandria wish to amend the current License Agreement (Attachment 2) to allow the PRC to operate one additional vessel, "Potomac Taxi", to allow for the addition of Water Taxi Service pursuant to Section 7.e. beginning October 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017 between Old Town Alexandria and The Wharf, a major new development in Wa...
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