Alexandria City Council Meeting Records Finding Aid MS213

Alexandria City Council Meeting Records Finding Aid MS213


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Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

717 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Business Number: 703-746-1791
lhsc@alexlibraryva.org
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Repository
Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library
Identification
MS213
Title
Alexandria City Council Meeting Records (MS213) November 1970 - November 1971
URL:
https://alexlibraryva.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/84
Quantity
1.38 Cubic Feet, 3 boxes
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[item identification], Alexandria City Council Meeting Records, MS213, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.


Content Description

Ordinances, resolutions, correspondence, and reports of the Alexandria City Council. These records cover two types of meetings, "special," which met on an as needed basis to discuss specific issues; and "regular", which met every two to three weeks. Included are Report of Charter Change Review Committee and Annual Report 1969-70, City of Alexandria. The most common topics are zoning and building. Transportation is another popular issue.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Alexandria (Va.)
  • City councils.
  • Correspondence

Container List

Text box: 1 folder: 1
Regular Meeting
November 24, 1970
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the material for the Nov. 24, 1971 city council meeting and deals with a reciprocity agreement between Alexandria and Arlington, regarding taxis. It also contains notes about discipline in schools, an express bus, a proposed acquisition of the Delaney tract, a crisis intervention hotline, and a grant funding proposal for city spending on mental health.

Text box: 1 folder: 2
Regular Meeting
November 24, 1970
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the November 24, 1970 city council meeting. Some topics include: a police mutual aid operational plan, proposed condemnation of the Cazenove Property to build Fort Williams Parkway, and John H. Duvall's request to operate a health club and Turkish bath house.

Text box: 1 folder: 3
Regular Meeting
November 24, 1970
Scope and Contents

This folder is a portion of the meeting notes from November 24, 1970 and includes topics such as: A Montessori school based out of Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church, Office buildings at 307 N. Washington Street, a children's home for teenage boys opperated by Annandale Christian Cummunity for Action at 121 Longview Drive, and a dorm for Protestant Episcopal High School.

Text box: 1 folder: 4
Regular Meeting
December 8, 1970
Scope and Contents

This folder contains the meeting notes for the city council meeting on December 8, 1970 and includes topics such as: A sewage project, funding for Barrett Elementary School, lights on the playground at Monroe Avenue between Commonwealth and Newton Avenues, discussions on bringing Metro to Alexandria, and a proposed budget for mental health services in the city.

Text box: 1 folder: 5
Regular Meeting
December 22, 1970
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the meeting notes from December 22, 1970 and includes topics such as: a child-care facility for single mothers, the Manpower employment agency, a bridge to go over Potomac Yard, the widening of Union Street at the locatioon of the old Smoot Mill and the acquisition of the land, the termination of the position of salvage archaeologist by the Division of Cultural History, and the construction of a driveway and parking lot at Chinquapin Park and Center.

Text box: 1 folder: 6
Regular Meeting
December 22, 1970
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the notes from the city council meeting on December 22, 1970 and includes topics such as: the resignation of Virginia B. Guildfrom the Alexandria Beautification Committee, a rent hike for the city attorney's office, the Manpower employment program, and mental health programs within the city.

Text box: 1 folder: 7
Regular Meeting
December 22, 1970
Scope and Contents

This folder contains portions of the notes from the December 22, 1970 city council meeting and includes topics such as: a special use permit for 307 N. Washington Street and the Manpower employment program.

Text box: 1 folder: 8
Regular Meeting
January 12, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the notes from the January 12, 1971 meeting of the city council and includes topics such as: a budget request for the Northern Virginia Recreation and Cultural Authority, a proposed daycare at the Fairlington United Methodist Church, and a proposed construction of a parking lot and driveway at the Chinquapin Park and Center.

Text box: 1 folder: 9
Regular Meeting
January 12, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the meeting notes from the January 12, 1971 city council meeting and includes topics such as: an addition for the Barrett Elementary School, city vehicle replacements, the 14th annual report of the Alexandria Sanitation Authority, the Northern Virginia Police Academy and Forensic Laboratory Board, and the lease for the Health Department offices.

Text box: 1 folder: 10
Regular Meeting
January 12, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the January 12, 1971 city council meeting and features topics such as: the rent increase of the city attorney's offices, the Alexandria jail employees, African Americans applying for the fire department, the Montroe Street bridge and the condemnation of the Klipstein property to make way for it, and a design proposal for phase II of the Gadsby project.

Text box: 1 folder: 11
Regular Meeting
January 26, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the notes from the January 26, 1971 city council meeting and includes topics such as: a judgement ordering the Alexandria school board to pay Whyte Construction for work done at Parker-Gray, the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission, city truck routes, the Montessori school at the Alexandria Free United Methodist Church, the Mothers of Arlandria for Day Care, and a sign for the Church of God at 5200 Fillmore Avenue.

Text box: 1 folder: 12
Regular Meeting
January 26, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the notes from the January 26, 1971 city council meeting and includes topics such as: a gas lamp in front of 600 S. Fairfax Street (owner, Jospeh W. Scott), a proposed parking lot for Luckett Field, Alexandria Board of Zoning Appeals, retirement benefits for city employees, an equal employment oppotrunity report for Alexandria, and funding for a new radio system.

Text box: 1 folder: 13
Regular Meeting
February 9, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains the meeting notes for the February 9, 1971 city council meeting including topics such as: a gas lamp for Joseph W. Scott and his house at 600 S. Fairfax Street, concrete swales to be installed around the city's neighborhood swimming pools, and an asphalt basketball court for the Cameron Street Recreation Center.

Text box: 1 folder: 14
Special Re-zoning Meeting
February 17, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains the notes from the February 17, 1971 special re-zoning meeting of the Alexandria City Council. Some of the re-zoning requests discussed are the change of the Lee-Fendall House and back yard to a commercial property, a mental health hospital, and cluster subdivisions.

Text box: 1 folder: 15
Regular Meeting
February 23, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the February 23, 1971 city council meeting and includes topics such as: the installation of a gas lamp at 600 S. Fairfax Street, solicitation regulations, the Land Use Plan, a child care ordinance for Fold, and the application for a license for Camp Tapawingo, a day camp for children with learning disabilities.

Text box: 1 folder: 16
Regular Meeting
February 23, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the notes from the February 23, 1971 city council meeting and includes topics such as: Helseinborg, Sweden and their status as a sister city, a proposal for Kenneth Francy to use the south side of Mill Road as an automobile stripping and junk yard facility, Wellman W. Hoff's application to use 1308 Mt. Vernon Avenue for a health club, a home for the elderly at 5101 Fillmore Avenue, the Youth Apprentice Program of 1971, and a proposed change in the Library Board, where instead of 2 city council members holding positions on the board, one would hold a position, and another position would be appointed by the city council.

Text box: 1 folder: 17
Regular Meeting
March 9, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the March 9, 1971 city council meeting and includes topics such as: a nursery school, backfilling, city truck routes, the power of the city to expend funds for the sister city program, purchasing turcks and tractors, parking for the Reality Gospel Church at 4 East Oak Street and the Baptist Temple Church at 700 Commonwealth Avenue, and funds to improve the playground at Lee School.

Text box: 1 folder: 18
Regular Meeting
March 9, 1971
Scope and Contents

Contains the Annual Reports of the City of Alexandria, for 1969-1970.

Text box: 1 folder: 19
Special Meeting
March 16, 1971
Text box: 1 folder: 20
Regular Meeting
March 23, 1971
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a portion of the notes from the March 23, 1971 city council meeting, and includes topics such as: Backfilling, foster homes, a park at Commonwealth Avenue between Oak and Chapman, a fence for public swimming pools, parking lots for Reality Gospel Church and Temple Baptist Church, and a preschool and child care center.

Text box: 1 folder: 21
Regular Meeting
March 23, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 1
Regular Meeting
April 13, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 2
Regular Meeting
April 13, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 3
Regular Meeting
April 27, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 4
Regular Meeting
April 27, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 5
Regular Meeting
April 27, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 6
Special Meeting
April 29, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 7
Special Meeting
May 4, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 8
Regular Meeting
May 11, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 9
Regular Meeting
May 11, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 10
Regular Meeting
May 11, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 11
Regular Meeting
May 25, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 12
Regular Meeting
May 25, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 13
Regular Meeting
June 8, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 14
Regular Meeting
June 8, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 15
Regular Meeting
June 8, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 16
Regular Meeting
June 22, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 17
Regular Meeting
June 22, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 18
Regular Meeting
June 22, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 19
Special Meeting
June 29, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 20
Special Meeting
July 13, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 21
Special Meeting
July 13, 1971
Text box: 2 folder: 22
Special Meeting
July 13, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 1
Special Meeting
July 13, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 2
Special Meeting
August 9, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 3
Regular Meeting
September 14, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 4
Regular Meeting (Final Report - Low Income Housing)
September 14, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 5
Regular Meeting
September 14, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 6
Regular Meeting
September 14, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 7
Special Meeting
September 27, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 8
Regular Meeting
October 12, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 9
Regular Meeting
October 12, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 10
Regular Meeting
October 12, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 11
Regular Meeting
October 26, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 12
Regular Meeting (Report of the Charter Change Review Committee)
October 26, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 13
Regular Meeting
October 26, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 14
Re-zoning Meeting
October 27, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 15
Re-zoning Meeting
October 27, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 16
Re-zoning Meeting
October 27, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 17
Re-zoning Meeting
October 27, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 18
Re-zoning Meeting
October 27, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 19
Regular Meeting
November 9, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 20
Regular Meeting
November 9, 1971
Text box: 3 folder: 21
Regular Meeting
November 9, 1971