City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an ordinance to technically amend the Parcel 506 boundaries established for Tax Tier I Section 3-2-189 (Tier I Potomac Yard Metrorail Station Special Services District) in Division 1 (Real Estate) of Article M (Levy and Collection of Property Taxes) of Chapter 2 (Taxation) of Title 3 (FINANCE, TAXATION, AND PROCUREMENT) of the Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as amended.
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ISSUE: Updating the Tier I tax district boundary so as not to bisect the planned Parcel 506 residential building.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council pass the proposed ordinance that connects the boundary of Tier I tax district which currently bisects a planned residential building on Parcel 506 on first reading, and schedule it for second reading, public hearing and final passage on October 19, 2019.
BACKGROUND: During the preparation of the Tier II abolition ordinance last year, it was realized that in the Tier I District one development area (Parcel 506) in Landbay I (between Swann Avenue and Bluemont Avenue), which had been converted from the original commercial state to a planned condominium building plan, remained in Tier I. Further research revealed that the original boundaries of Tier I, which were created by metes and bounds (since the creation of the Tier preceded the construction of the current road network) resulted in this parcel straddling both Tier I and the former Tier II, which was abolished by City Council in December 2018. Upon adoption of this proposed amendment, Parcel 506 will no longer straddle both districts and will exist entirely outside of Tier I and will no longer be subject to the special tax associate...
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