City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: FEBRUARY 20, 2019
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Final Update on the 2019 General Assembly Session.
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ISSUE: Update on the 2019 General Assembly Session.
DISCUSSION: The 2019 General Assembly Session began on January 9 and plans to adjourn sine die on February 23. The Reconvened, or Veto, Session - where the General Assembly accepts or rejects the Governor's amendments and vetoes to bills - will be held April 3. Sarah Taylor, the City's Legislative Director, continues to represent the City in Richmond during the General Assembly Session.
Note that the status of legislation and budget items as presented in this memo are current only as of the date of the memo. Staff will give final updates on items at the February 26 Council Meeting.
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. The Senate budget proposal included that bond funding for the CSO project while the House's budget proposal did not include CSO funding. Because it was included in the Senate's budget proposal, the item is up for consideration during the Budget Conference process, where conferees resolve differences in the House and Senate budget proposals. As of the date of this memo, the final budget had not been released.
Funding for School Renovation and Construction - The Governor's proposed budget amendments include $80m through the Literary Fun...
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