City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: FEBRUARY 12, 2018
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Update on the 2018 General Assembly Session
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ISSUE: Update on the 2018 General Assembly Session.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council approve the legislative positions included in Attachment 1 (Recommended Positions on Bills of Importance to the City), as recommended by Council's Legislative Subcommittee (Mayor Silberberg and Councilman Smedberg).
DISCUSSION1: The 2018 General Assembly Session began on January 10 and is scheduled to adjourn on March 10. Crossover occurs February 13, 2018. The Senate will then consider only House bills, and the House only Senate bills. Any bills that do not pass out of their house of origin by the crossover deadline are now effectively dead for the year.
The House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees are scheduled to release their proposed amendments to the budget next Sunday, February 18.
While City staff is involved in numerous issues and many pieces of legislation throughout the session, effort is primarily focused on bills that support the issues and concerns expressed in the City's Legislative Package, including the following:
Combined Sewer Overflow Legislation: The City continues to focus on the planning and implementation of the work plans to meet the 2025 deadline to address the City's four CSO outfalls, as prescribed by legislation passed during last year's session. The City has worked diligently since this legislation passed to begin to develop work plans that will meet this new deadline. All CSO-related planning and work is done in coordination with AlexRenew. City staff and staff of AlexRenew continue to work to protect the bond money in the Governor's proposed budget to help Alexandria's efforts to implement the CSO project.
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