City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 17, 2019
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Update on the 2019 General Assembly Session.
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ISSUE: Update on the 2019 General Assembly Session.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council approve the legislative positions included in Attachment 1 (Recommended Positions on Bills of Impact to the City), as recommended by Council's Legislative Subcommittee (Mayor Wilson and Vice Mayor Bennett-Parker) at their January 11, 2019 meeting.
DISCUSSION: The 2019 General Assembly Session began on January 9 and is scheduled to adjourn on February 23. This is a short legislative session with the General Assembly in session for just 45-days this year. Sarah Taylor, the City's Legislative Director, will continue to represent the City in Richmond during the General Assembly Session.
The deadline for the introduction of legislation is Friday, January 18. As of January 17, over 2,000 bills and 30 resolutions have been introduced and are in the process of being reviewed by staff, with recommended positions on 62 bills completed by staff, approved by the Legislative Subcommittee, and included in Attachment 1 (Recommended Positions on Bills of Impact to the City) for approval by the full City Council.1
Updates on City Priority Legislation: The City's 2019 Legislative Package included three priority items: securing funding for the City's CSO project, securing funding and/or financing opportunities for school construction and renovation, and protecting funding for localities.
CSO Funding - The Governor's proposed amendments to the current biennial State budget included $25 million in Virginia Public Building Authority (VPBA) bonds for the City's CSO project. We are certainly pleased to see that funding included in the Governor's budget amendments; however, the ha...
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