City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 6, 2018
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of the FY 2019 Long Range Interdepartmental Planning Work Program
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ISSUE: What planning work priorities should be established for FY 2019?
RECOMMENDATION: Adoption of a Long Range Interdepartmental Planning Work
Program for FY 2019.
BACKGROUND: In January 2018, the Planning Commission and the City Council provided
preliminary input on the Draft FY 2019 Long Range Interdepartmental Planning Work Program to help inform both the FY 2019 budget process and the final work program. Based on Council and Planning Commission input, staff has prepared a revised draft FY 2019 work program, provided as Attachment 1 ("Bar Chart"), for final review.
Description of all projects included in the work program as well as background on the process for developing the overall draft work program can be found in Attachments 2 and 3 respectively.
DISCUSSION: The following sections provide discussion on the main land use planning efforts scheduled for FY 2019 and beyond as well as primary changes proposed to the draft work program presented at the work sessions in January 2018.
In FY 2019 and FY 2020, land use planning will focus on updates to existing plans in areas identified as economic development areas for the City. Following completion of the Route 1 South Housing Affordability Strategy, the first of these will be the Landmark Mall site re-plan. Over the last several months, staff has been working closely with the property owner, Howard Hughes Corporation, to lay the groundwork for the planning process to begin as soon as the property owner is ready, currently anticipated to be in Fall 2018. Pre-planning work is now underway, including preparations for infrastructure studies such as transportat...
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