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The intersection of Union and King streets flooded over the weekend and remained under inches of water on Monday and Tuesday during high tide. Businesses have prepared for the possibility of more inclement weather by stacking sandbags

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Saturday marks the start of a momentous season for the Alexan-dria Symphony Orchestra. Not only is the organization celebrating its 75th anniversary – it’s introducing the Symphony’s first new music di-rector in almost 30 years.

James Ross was selected as the new maestro after a two-year-long search process. He replaces for-mer conductor Kim Kluge, who an-

nounced he was stepping down after 28 years with the orchestra in 2016.

Ross was among four final can-didates selected from a pool of 170 applicants to audition as mu-sic director by conducting one of the ASO’s concerts last season. He was named the new director af-ter the close of the season in May.

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Access planned for those impacted by southern entrance removalBY ALEXA EPITROPOULOS

WMATA and the City of Alexandria have named Po-tomac Yard Constructors, a dual venture from Halmar

International and Schiavone Construction Co., as the con-tractor in the long-in-the-works and often fraught Po-tomac Yard Metro project.

The contract totals $213.7 million and puts into mo-tion the construction of the

Contractor named for Potomac Yard Metro

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PHOTO/MISSY SCHROTTJames Ross atop the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, one of the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra's main performance venues.

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The City Council Naming Committee met on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the nam-ing process for the park at the foot of King Street.

The meeting follows the city’s decision to temporarily change the name from Fitz-gerald Square to King Street Park at the Waterfront, accord-ing to the project’s page on the city website. King Street Park at the Waterfront is a place-holder name, according to city spokesman Craig Fifer.

The name change has drawn opposition from Alex-andria’s Ballyshaners, a group

that works to preserve and promote the city’s Irish heri-tage. Ballyshaners Chair Kim Moore said the name change was unannounced and oc-curred on March 17, 2018.

Lt. Col. John Fitzgerald was an Irish immigrant and aide-de-camp to George Washing-ton in the Revolutionary War. He also served on Alexandria’s city council in 1784, according to the Fred. W. Smith National Library for the study of George Washington at Mount Vernon.

Moore said the naming was a significant issue, as the Ballyshaners’ late founder Pat

Troy had advocated for years to name the park for Fitzger-ald. The group thought they had been victorious when the name was applied to the Wa-terfront Plan.

The committee also dis-cussed a proposal to name the park at 3550 Commonwealth Ave. “Unity Park,” and the establishment of a memorial plaque at Windmill Hill Park for Ryan Wojtanowski, the longtime captain of the Nina’s Dandy boat.

The meeting took place af-ter press time Wednesday af-ternoon.

Joanna Anderson named acting city attorney

City Manager Mark Jinks appointed Joanna C. Ander-son, chief deputy city attorney since 2016, as acting city at-torney on Sept. 11. Anderson’s appointment is effective im-mediately and follows James Banks’ resignation on Sept. 7.

As chief deputy city at-torney, and, before, as assis-

tant city attorney, Anderson has provided legal counsel on major citywide initia-tives, including infrastruc-ture projects, interpretation of the zoning ordinance and small area planning.

Anderson graduated from the University of New Hamp-shire and began working in

the city attorney’s office as a law clerk in 2001. She re-ceived a law degree from the George Mason University School of Law in 2003.

Anderson will serve as acting city attorney until a permanent city attorney is appointed.

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Naming committee discusses controversial waterfront park name

Metro station after delays and controversy. Deputy City Manager Emily Baker said that, though the Potomac Yard Constructors’ bid was $106.3 million less than the increased $320 million bud-get approved by council in April, it was still necessary to eliminate the southern entrance because of other expenses the city will incur during the process.

“We increased the bud-get by about $50 million in the spring because there are other costs to delivering the Metro station,” Baker said. “… There’s a lot of expense

that goes into just the man-agement of the contract on the WMATA side. The construction cost is not the full cost.”

Some of those expenses include acquiring right of way, easements and environ-mental mitiga-tion for the land exchange, Baker said.

“We needed to reduce the scope and increase the bud-get in order to pay construc-tion costs and other costs associated with the project,” she said.

Despite the southern entrance being eliminat-

ed, Baker said language in the contract with Potomac Yard Constructors in-cludes an access point for resi-dents that live to the south, perhaps in the form of a ramp that connects to the northern en-

trance. The new access point would, hopefully, extend ac-cess to residents of Potomac Greens, Old Town Greens

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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of brother

A 24-year-old Alexan-dria resident has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his brother.

Brian Cruz-Segovia pleaded guilty to involun-tary manslaughter, a felony, in the death of Nelson Ro-berto Cruz on March 25, Al-exandria Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter an-nounced Sept. 6 in a news release.

Cruz and Cruz-Segov-ia were drinking alcohol and eating dinner on the evening of March 25 inside their apartment on North Beauregard Street when an argument broke out be-tween the two. During the argument, Cruz-Segovia punched Cruz, resulting in him falling to the ground. The blow led the victim to suffer head trauma that led to his death.

The evidence established that Cruz-Segovia meant to punch the victim, but

showed no evidence that he intended to kill Cruz, ac-cording to the release.

Cruz-Segovia was sen-tenced to serve 10 years of in-c a r c e r a t i o n , with all but three years of his sentence suspended if he shows uniform good behavior for 10 years af-ter his release from the peni-tentiary, com-plies with five years of supervised proba-tion after his release and pays $5,000 in restitution for expenses related to Cruz’ funeral.

“The defendant’s un-thinking resort to violence has ruined two lives; not only is his brother dead, but he must live with the consequences of his ac-tions for the rest of his life.

I hope the circumstances of this case stand a warn-ing to other citizens: do not let verbal altercations turn

physical, be-cause there are often grave con-sequences when people resort to violence,” Porter said in a statement. “I pray that the Cruz family can now begin the healing process caused by this tragedy.”

Porter also said the sen-tence was “above the high end of applicable Virginia Sentencing Guidelines.”

Cruz-Segovia is being held in the Truesdale Adult Detention Center and will be transferred to the De-partment of Corrections to serve out his sentence.

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A 31-year-old Alexandria resident has been charged in the murder of his grand-father, Com-m o n w e a l t h ’ s Attorney Bry-an Porter an-nounced Mon-day.

Dallas Smith, 31, of no fixed address, was indicted by a grand jury on five charges related to the shooting death of 82-year-old Jerry Scott. The homi-cide took place in July at

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prison. The firearms charges have a minimum sentence of 13 years in prison.

Smith is being held at the William G. Truesdale Alexandria Adult Detention Center, where he has been since the Alexandria Police Department charged him with obstruction, a felony charge, on July 25. A date for his trial has not been set at this time.

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City, businesses brace for flooding, extreme wind BY ALEXA EPITROPOULOS

As Hurricane Florence continues on a collision course for the South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia coasts, businesses in already flooded Old Town are preparing for the worst.

Old Town began to flood over the weekend after sever-al inches of rain elevated the Potomac River. The water has continued to rise on the wa-terfront each day since, par-ticularly at high tide, at times blocking access to businesses on the waterfront, The Strand and Union Street.

As Florence’s path to the Carolina and Virginia coast-lines became more certain, the City of Alexandria began distributing about 2,500 sand-bags on Monday between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. The city didn’t hand out additional sandbags on Tuesday and a city spokes-woman said Transportation & Environmental Services

would continue to monitor the weather to determine if more were needed.

Meanwhile, most events slated to happen this week-end, including the King Street Art Festival, the Art League’s Ice Cream Bowl fundraiser and others, have been rescheduled due to the impending weather.

Businesses on the water-front, including Chadwicks on The Strand, are dealing with the worst of Old Town’s flood-ing. Chadwicks owner Trae Lamond said his restaurant is taking all possible preventa-tive measures, including seal-ing the doors and windows and moving furniture and bottles of liquor upstairs.

“When Hurricane Isabel came and it swept through the bar, an [inspector] with the Health Department of Virginia said ‘Any bottle that touched the water, even if they’re sealed, you have to trash them.’ And we have $20,000 worth of liquor here at all times, so we’re putting that upstairs so we don’t have to deal with that,” Lamond said.

Lamond said on Monday that the water was about a foot and a half shy of the restau-rant’s windows and he worried that the water could come in-side with Tuesday’s high tide. As of Tuesday, though, that hadn't happened.

If the water reaches the interior of the restaurant, it could mean significant dam-age.

“It depends on how much water. Anything drywall would have to be ripped [out]

and replaced. We’re going to put as much furniture upstairs as we can. There’s coolers that can [be] damaged, refrigera-tors that can be damaged that aren’t going to be lifted up a flight of stairs for this,” La-mond said.

Lamond said he’s planning to keep Chadwicks open as long as he can.

“We can only do what we can do. I’m not going to pre-vent a hurricane or flood by talking about it, so we’re going to block the doors, windows, get everything up on the sec-ond floor we can and hope for the best,” he said.

Corey Smedley, the city’s

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to address all that a storm might bring. Communication is also a large part of the city’s plan, whether that’s through the city’s email eNews system, wireless emergency alerts, ra-dio, TV, robo-calls or, in the worst case scenario, using ve-hicles with PA systems to get the word out. He said the city

also has volunteers that can communicate with residents if electronic methods are deemed inadequate.

If the city determines that some areas have to be evacu-ated, Smedley anticipates the call will be made within 48 hours of Hurricane Florence’s anticipated strike in the area.

“Right now it’s predict-ed it will hit land in Virginia

around early morning Friday, which gives us about 72 to 96 hours [as of Tuesday]. Subject matter experts would tell you if you need to do an evacua-tion, you need 48 hours. We have a few days to look at the data and we will make a deci-sion based on if it’s reasonable that we will be hit, as well as giving the citizenry time,” Smedley said on Tuesday.

Smedley said residents can expect the same level of ser-vice from first responders and from city employees at this time. He said residents should, however, anticipate some de-lays when inclement weather hits due to a higher than aver-age volume of calls.

“If it gets to a certain point that it’s not safe to put people in harm’s way, several steps have to occur to do that. We don’t believe that’s going to be the case in this part of North-ern Virginia,” Smedley said. “With that said, what you can expect to receive is the re-sources you can always expect to see, whether that’s first re-sponders, public services like transportation, parks, code personnel, our 911 system, our health department … with the understanding that the delay time would be much longer than it would normally be.”

Smedley said the city is continuing to monitor the weather and to prepare staff as well as they can ahead of time.

“The worst case scenario is if we get all of the aspects of what a hurricane can bring – if we get significant wind gusts, if we get storm surges, if we get significant flooding, we may have to shelter more peo-ple than we would like to. We may have to call for some form of evacuation,” Smedley said.

Smedley said residents should have batteries, food and water for three days and be prepared to help neighbors who aren’t able to get supplies. He said the best thing resi-dents can do is to act on infor-mation from local agencies.

“The biggest point is once we give you that information, whoever you are – business or resident – act on it because we’re out there doing our best to make sure we’re minimiz-ing the impact and, if you don’t listen and create yourself to be a victim, that exacerbates the issue and no one wants that to occur,” Smedley said.

As of Tuesday morning, most King Street businesses east of South Lee Street were

prepared with sandbags, ei-ther sealing their doors and windows or keeping them within reach on the sidewalk.

Scott Shaw, principal of Al-exandria Restaurant Partners, which owns Vola’s Dockside Grill and Mia’s Italian Kitch-en and manages Virtue Feed & Grain, all within a block of the riverfront, said the restau-rants are preparing as well as they can.

Shaw, who has owned two restaurants in Miami, is well acquainted with what hurri-canes can mean for a business.

“There’s not a lot you can do. You can’t move a restau-rant, so what can you do? If we have reason to believe there will be above average wind or flooding, we’ll try to move furniture or equipment to higher ground. We’re not ex-pecting that right now,” Shaw said on Monday. “We’re going to be really closely monitoring the forecast. … The question is if the weather is going to push water up the Potomac that’s really significant. That could go into the restaurant.”

Shaw said the waterfront has experienced more inci-dents of flooding this year. He anticipates it’s happened five or six times so far.

“I think the bigger ques-tion is people are probably asking ‘OK, can you remind us what the [city’s] flood mit-igation plan is going to be and when it goes into effect?’” Shaw said. “It’s probably the fifth or sixth time [this year]. Maybe it’s three or four, but that’s still a lot.”

Shaw said, no matter what the outcome is, he expects his restaurants will outlast the storms.

“On the walls of Vola’s, there’s a picture of the inter-section of Union and King from 1901, flooded worse than it is today, so this is not new and this is not Global Warming. The Potomac River floods,” he said. “If you open a waterfront restaurant, it comes with the territory.”- [email protected]

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The City of Alexandria commemorated Sept. 11, 2001 with its annual remembrance ceremony at Market Square on Tuesday. The event honored those who were killed, paid tribute to first responders and included a “Return to Quarters” bell-ringing ceremony. Later in the day, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services administered a citizenship ceremony where approximately 35 candidates for citizenship took the Oath of Allegiance. The ceremony also recognized “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day” to commemorate the adoption of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. Photos by Missy Schrott.

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Candi-dates for United States citizen-ship put their hands on their hearts for the singing of the National Anthem at the city’s annual Citizen-ship Day celebra-tion.

Left: Representatives from the Alexandria Police Department, Alexandria Fire Department and Alexandria Sheriff’s Office during the 9/11 commemoration ceremony. Top Right: A “Return to Quarters” bell-ringing ceremony takes place during a moment of silence. Bottom Right: Alexandria’s color guard marches to the front of the stage for the singing of the National Anthem.

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Council to consider overcrowding at T.C. Williams, ethics reform and land-use projects BY DUNCAN AGNEW

City council is back in ses-sion after the summer recess with a full slate of issues and a number of council members planning to tackle significant docket items before a new council is inaugurated in Jan-uary.

Mayor Allison Silberberg, who is entering the last four months of her term after los-ing to Vice Mayor Justin Wil-son in the Democratic Prima-ry in June, said she remains focused on passing legislation and doing what she can to ful-fill her promises to city resi-dents.

The city is also primed to elect an almost entirely new city council in November, with incumbents Paul Smedberg and Willie Bailey losing their seats to newcomers in the pri-mary and fellow incumbent Tim Lovain retiring. Despite the impending turnover, Sil-berberg and Wilson said a busy council schedule is ahead.

One of the key issues Sil-berberg hopes to address be-fore leaving office is ethics reform, one of the first issues she pursued as mayor in early 2016.

“We will have a docket item on ethics set for the fall,” Sil-berberg said. “While the Com-monwealth of Virginia has its own fairly lax standards re-garding ethics, I continue to believe that we should set our own high bar and continue to reach and push forward.”

Wilson is more focused on redevelopment efforts and land-use measures that will come before council in coming months. He said he anticipates working alongside the Howard Hughes Corporation as the city begins its Landmark Mall re-planning project. On top

of that, he said council is pre-paring to address contentious land-use matters, including a decision on whether lights should be added to T.C. Wil-liams’ Parker-Gray Stadium.

“We also have some very controversial land-use items coming forward — the po-tential of improvement of the athletic stadium at T.C. Wil-liams and the discussion of whether lights are going to be part of that revision of that stadium, so that’ll be part of the conversation this fall,” Wilson said.

Silberberg said transpar-ency and respect should be top priorities for all city officials. She said in a climate where in-civility has grown rampant on the national level, council has an opportunity to set a higher standard for Alexandria.

Silberberg also said she’s excited to discuss other im-portant items such as over-crowding at T.C. Williams and construction of the Potomac Yard Metro. The removal of the southern entrance at the planned Metro station sparked fireworks in the midst of the primary in May.

“I have been pushing for us to reinstate the southern en-trance, and I will continue to speak out for that,” Silberberg said.

She also emphasized her focus on advocating for the desires of existing commu-nities and neighbors when it comes to development in Al-exandria.

“We need to ensure that we take into account the im-pact on the quality of life of the neighbors,” Silberberg said. “We have to think about the quality of life for others as developers create these proj-ects.”

When reflecting on her time as mayor so far, Silber-berg said she wants to leave behind a legacy of hard work, proactivity and a willingness

to both hear and act on the concerns of local citizens.

“I’ve really pushed for res-idents to come forward and speak out and to be more en-gaged, and I think they have been, and that’s exciting,” Sil-berberg said. “… This has been a term where we got things done. We got so much done that was just either neglected or allowed to fester, and we’ve been very proactive.”

On the other hand, as Wil-

son looks ahead to what he hopes to accomplish as mayor, he said his long-term goals re-volve around the three pillars of his campaign — economic growth, working to combat the achievement gap in Al-exandria schools to provide every child the means to be successful, and improving the city’s basic infrastructure.

“Those will be areas that I’ll certainly be talking about over the next three years and

working with my colleagues on the next council to make some significant progress,” Wilson said.

Members of council will be pursuing their own agendas during the remainder of 2018. Lovain, for instance, said one of his major focuses would be searching for ways to fund the city’s increased spending. As the city faces increasing ex-penditures relating to educa-tion and affordable housing, Lovain said council must have significant discussions about how to pay for such changes.

“If we’re going to be talking about spending increases, we should be talking about how to pay for them and not just slewing that off to staff, which sometimes council members try to do,” Lovain said.

As he thought back on his time serving Alexandria, Lovain said he’s proud to have fought for pertinent issues like education, smart growth

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As Hurricane Florence approaches, councilors also briefed on hurri-cane preparationBY DUNCAN AGNEW

City council members dis-cussed concerns surround-ing Hurricane Florence, approved salary increases for Alexandria public safety workers and debated adding a summer public hearing to next year’s calendar at the first legislative meeting of the season on Tuesday night.

Deputy Fire Chief of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Co-rey Smedley spoke to coun-cil about city preparations for the potential impact that Hurricane Florence could have on Alexandria in the coming days. While the most severe wind and rain should steer clear of the D.C. area, Smedley emphasized that the

city is particularly vulnera-ble due to the unprecedented amount of rain and flooding that Alexandria has experi-enced in recent weeks.

“We’ve been saturated for several days now,” Smedley said. “Based on the saturated ground, we have the poten-tial for trees falling, so our agencies are looking at that.”

Mayor Allison Silberberg and Councilor Paul Smedberg also stressed the importance of residents making proper preparations by gathering essential supplies like medi-cine, food and water.

“If you or a loved one needs medicine, now is the time to ensure that you have enough medicine for a num-ber of days going forward from now,” Silberberg said.

With the uncertainty surrounding Hurricane Flor-ence, council encouraged all residents to be prepared for

anything. In case of severe after effects, City Manager Mark Jinks signed an emer-gency declara-tion Tuesday af-ternoon, which will make Alex-andria eligible for FEMA reim-bursement of costs associated with clean-up and recovery.

“The goal here is to plan for the worst and hope for the best, and so rest assured that’s what’s taking place,” Smedley said.

Later in the meeting, council unanimously ap-proved a number of pay raises for Alexandria public safety officers after a presentation from Chief Human Resourc-es Officer Shawnda Howard. The pay increases come after

an uproar from the Alexan-dria Police Department and Alexandria Fire Department

ahead of the FY2019 budget being passed in May. The city has for years lagged behind the stan-dard public safe-ty salary for the region.

“In De-cember 2017, a public safe-ty compensa-tion benchmark

study was conducted, and results show that the pay for firefighters, medics, police officers and deputy sheriffs lagged regional market pay,” Howard said.

On average, pay for fire-fighters and medics in the city is 4.6 percent below the industry standard, while compensation for police of-

ficers lags by nine percent. Howard said that the in-creased salaries will increase employee retention and en-gagement.

Ultimately, these changes will raise police officer pay by 6.2 percent and firefight-er and medic compensation by 5 percent. Additionally, salaries for four job classifi-cations in the sheriff’s office will increase by a single pay grade, or close to five per-cent.

“Collectively, these near-term pay solutions will help to improve the city’s re-gional competitiveness and positively impact employee engagement,” Howard said. “We recognize the value and skill of public safety employ-ees, and the competition for talent will be ongoing and require us to remain vigilant

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Council approved with-out further discussion the proposed increases, which are scheduled for official implementation later this month.

Despite some concern over expenditures from Smedberg and Councilor Willie Bailey, council also unanimously passed reso-lutions to provide addition-al loans to the Alexandria Housing Development Cor-poration for The Bloom/Carpenter’s Shelter and the Gateway at King and Be-auregard projects.

At the end of the meeting, Vice Mayor Justin Wilson proposed an amendment to the calendar that would es-tablish a mid-summer public

hearing. Council goes on a two-month recess during July and August as per the guide-lines of the current schedule, but Wilson and Councilor John Chapman noted the long holding periods that business owners applying for permits may experience as a result of the break.

Councilor Del Pepper, who has long opposed sum-mer meetings, expressed more of a willingness to sup-port this proposal.

“If you’re talking about just one public hearing — no legislative meetings — then I might be more interested in that,” Pepper said. “… If you’re saying it’s just a public hearing and no more, and if it’s not too disruptive of the planning commission sched-ule, then I would withdraw my opposition.”

Silberberg was hesitant to support the change with-

out first gathering thoughts from the public. She voiced concern that because so many residents travel during the summer, some interested community members might not be able to participate in a meeting.

However, Smedberg not-ed that residents have to miss out on public hearings throughout the year for a va-riety of reasons.

“I just don’t see a down-side to [a summer public hearing] at all,” Smedberg said. “People in this commu-nity travel all year round.”

In order to add a summer public hearing, council would have to make a calendar revi-sion that would be voted on at some point in the coming months, Wilson said.

Council will meet again on Saturday for its Septem-ber public hearing.

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and other neighborhoods on the east side of the station, according to Baker.

What an access point would look like would be de-cided at a later date, though.

“We have some ideas, and there was a specific descrip-tion, but we want to make sure we have some dialogue before we finalize,” Baker said. “… The language in the contract talked about a ramp connection to part of the north entrance, and we want to make sure we get input from the community that the ramp is the best way to pro-vide that access.”

The project has drawn ire throughout the process, which came to a head in May when City Manager Mark Jinks announced that the station’s southern entrance would be eliminated from the plan.

After Jinks made the an-nouncement in a memo, it was revealed that the city manag-er and city officials, as well as

at least some members of city council, had known about plans to eliminate the south-ern entrance since mid-2017. Jinks said city employees were bound to secrecy about the potential elimination by a WMATA non-disclosure agreement, but emails re-leased as part of a FOIA re-quest filed by Potomac Yard residents indicate that there was no need to keep the elim-ination secret.

Baker continued to main-tain it was WMATA’s pro-curement process that pre-vented earlier engagement with the community. Baker said, though, that the city’s planned public engagement process with the community this fall is a departure from how it was handled during that process.

“This is how we like to do business: engage the commu-nity. We recognize that many members were frustrated that while we were in [WMATA’s] procurement process that we weren’t able to talk,” Baker said. “We’re very much in-

terested in engaging with the community, as we would with any DSUP.”

The first community en-gagement effort of the fall is a meeting of the expanded Potomac Yard Metrorail Im-plementation Work Group scheduled for Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Charles Houston Recreation Center. Baker said other community meetings will follow, and the planning commission and city council are expected to consider the redesigned Metro station in December.

The Potomac Yard Metro, as of now, doesn’t have a proj-ect manager. Former Project Manager Jason Kacamburas left the position to return to a company he formerly worked for, Baker said. Kacamburas left the position after Jinks’ memo was released in May.

Construction is expected to begin on the Metro station in spring 2019 and comple-tion is scheduled for late 2021 or early 2022.

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Since then, he’s been busy at work preparing to celebrate the orchestra’s three-quar-ter-century anniversary.

“There’s like an exhil-aration, an excitement, a nervousness around it,” Ross said, “because all of our first experiences to-gether as an organization and a conductor will be hap-pening while they’re trying to have this big [75th an-niversary] celebration, but that should create a kind of synergy.”

At 58 years old, Ross has built an impressive ca-reer directing orchestras throughout his adult life, but like most maestros, his knack for conducting grew out of an early passion for music.

“Both my mom and dad are great music lovers,” he said. “There was just natu-ral encouragement for all of the five kids in my family to play instruments and have music be part of our lives as a family.”

Ross began playing the piano when he was in first grade, but it wasn’t until he entered sixth grade that he discovered his natural tal-ent for the horn.

“As soon as I picked up the horn, there was some-thing like, ‘Oh, this feels like my voice, like I can sing who I am through this in-strument,’” he said. “And that just stuck with me. It wasn’t really a question of being forced to practice. I just sort of felt like when I was playing the horn, I was who I was.”

Ross said the horn came naturally and described himself at that time as “a little bit of a prodigy.” Playing the horn also had a personal attachment for Ross. His family always had an emotional connection to the instrument after his un-cle, who was a horn player, died tragically in a car acci-dent.

As a young musician, Ross smoothly ascended the ranks to become one of the most accomplished adolescent horn players in the world. He performed with renowned orchestras, including the Boston Sym-phony, the Boston Pops, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Leipzig Radio Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewand-

As soon as I picked up the horn, there was something like, ‘Oh, this feels like my voice, like I can sing who I am through this instrument,’” he said. “And that just stuck with me. It wasn’t really a question of being forced to practice. I just sort of felt like when I was playing the horn, I was who I was.”

– James Ross,music director, Alexandria Symphony Orchestra

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COURTESY PHOTOJames Ross was named the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra’s new music director in May.


haus. He was also awarded third prize in the Munich International Horn Com-petition in 1978, becoming the first American and one of the youngest competitors to do so.

“I felt quite early on that I was meant to be a musi-cian. I was going to do that with my life, and I always assumed that meant playing the horn,” he said.

As a junior at Harvard University, however, Ross was introduced to conduct-ing when he was invited to audition for director of the Bach Society, the college’s premier student-led cham-ber orchestra.

He got the position and, after that first taste, fell in love with conducting. He said he was especially fasci-nated by the translation of

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that I could like feel like how I accented — boom! — I would then hear in the ac-tion of the orchestra,” he said, waving an imaginary baton. “It was translated from movement into sound for me, and I was sort of ad-dicted to that.”

After graduating, Ross decided to pursue a career in conducting. He’s led a diverse collection of or-chestras throughout his career, including the Utah Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. Ross also found a passion for teaching and has served on the facul-ty at several prominent mu-sic institutes, including the Juilliard School, Yale Uni-versity and the Curtis Insti-tute of Music. He recently finished a 16-year tenure at the University of Maryland.

Greg Sandow, one of Ross’s colleagues at Juil-liard, said Ross’ aptitude for conducting is something that can’t be taught.

“What he does is he just sort of breathes mu-sic,” Sandow said. “I mean, technically, he’s fine. He indicates what needs to be indicated in a very clear and expressive way, all that stuff, but the thing that I noticed about him that re-ally distinguishes him is music just flows with him. It’s far from being just tech-nique.”

Around the same time that Ross stepped down from his position at the University of Maryland, his friend Tim Foley, retired di-rector of the United States Marine Band, learned about the opening at ASO.

“I just thought that Jim would make the perfect per-son to take over as music director of that orchestra, having already been estab-lished in the D.C area and

with this absolutely phe-nomenal background,” Fo-ley said. “I can’t emphasize that strongly enough, that Jim’s musical foundation is so awesome. Unlike so many orchestral conductors, Jim is really what I would call an insider in the best sense

of the word.”When Foley told Ross

about the position, Ross wasn’t looking for a new job. He was already serving as the orchestra director of the National Youth Or-chestra, as well as being a faculty member at the Juil-liard School and conductor of the Orquestra Simfòni-ca del Vallès in Barcelona, Spain – positions he plans to continue while directing the ASO.

Despite his already full workload, he decided to ap-ply for the opportunity.

“It was like I stumbled into it, in a certain way,” he said, “and very often, the best things in my life hap-pen when it just seems to be happening around me, rath-er than I decide I’m going to make something happen.”

Claudia Chudacoff, ASO’s concertmaster and a member of the search com-mittee, said because there was such an accomplished group of applicants, the committee considered a variety of qualifications, including musicianship,

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What he does is he just sort of breathes music. ... He indicates what needs to be indicated in a very clear and expressive way, but the thing that I noticed about him that really distinguishes him is music just flows with him. It's far from being just technique”

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COURTESY PHOTOA young James Ross studying with his teacher, Leonard Bernstein, the iconic American composer and conductor.


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Once the committee narrowed it down to the fi-nal four, it also surveyed the orchestra and audiences to gauge their reactions to each contender’s trial con-cert.

“Jim did incredibly well in every area across the board,” she said. “He was liked by the audience, he was liked by the musicians, he was liked by the committee and he was liked by the board.”

Chudacoff said Ross also stood out to her because of his creative, collaborative approach.

“It’s not the traditional model that you find in the Bugs Bunny cartoons where it’s the maestro who hands down the law,” she said. “It’s more really looking for a synthesis that’s naturally arrived at, sort of that he and the musicians togeth-er present something. He’s very organic and collabora-tive.”

Ross collaborated with the board and orchestra

members to create this sea-son’s program. The orches-tra will perform a combina-tion of celebratory pieces, pieces connected to Alex-andria and pieces that relate to the anniversary, such as scores written in 1943, the year the orchestra was es-tablished.

“One thing I’m happy about is we’re doing the Mendelsohn Symphony No. 3 – it’s called the Scot-tish symphony – because I learned about the Scottish Walk. I was like, ‘Does the orchestra do anything with the Scottish Walk in Alex-andria?’ And they said, ‘No, but we can create a program that’s around that.’ So we might have bagpipes … and who knows, we may serve a 75th anniversary cock-tail that involves scotch. Whatever we can do to sort of make that come to life,” Ross said.

Board member Melynda Wilcox said she hopes the local angle will draw Alex-andrians to more ASO con-certs.

“Our first concert fea-tures a violin soloist who grew up in Alexandria and

went to T.C. Williams High School,” she said. “The second concert features a world premiere of the cello concerto that’s written by a local female composer. … I think it’s really cool that our 75th anniversary year, we’re really sort of tapping into things that are local.”

Ross said he is working with the board of the or-chestra to ensure that this season sets the stage for the orchestra’s future.

“All I want is the first season to be a pointer to-ward the general direction that we are going, which is featuring a little bit more diversity of musical voic-es in the composers we choose, including women composers, and varieties of music on any one program that are a little interesting or startling and that might tell a certain kind of story,” he said.

ASO kicks off its 75th season with an anniversary celebration concert this Sat-urday at the Virginia Theo-logical Seminary. Tickets are available at www.alex-sym.org.

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COURTESY PHOTOJames Ross conducts the Orquestra Simfónica del Vallès in 2017.


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Team USA gold med-alist, former WNBA player to lead teamBY MISSY SCHROTT

Lisa Willis, a Team USA gold medalist in the 2005 World University Games and first round draft pick for the Women’s National Basketball Association, has been named T.C. Williams High School girls’ basketball team head coach, Alexandria City Public Schools announced Friday.

Willis joins the Titans with more than 20 years of competitive bas-ketball experience. Her expansive ca-reer includes play-ing for teams in the United States

including the New York Lib-erty, the Los Angeles Sparks and the Sacramento Mon-archs, and internationally in Latvia, Turkey, Greece and Russia.

Since retiring from com-petitive basketball, Willis has coached at the high school and college levels, and has implemented programs in middle schools, high schools and universities that em-

power players and develop leadership skills, according to the press release.

She also found-ed Willis Hoops, an organization that provides bas-ketball clinics and programs for in-ner-city youth, and has served as presi-

dent of Mindful Development Hoops, a basketball training program in the D.C. region.

New ACPS Director of Athletics and Student Activ-ities James Parker said hiring

Willis fits in with his overall

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As 179 students returned to school for the 2018-2019 academic year, Immanuel Lutheran School celebrated the completion of a near-ly two-year-long building and renovation project with a dedication ceremony on Sept. 2, attended by school families and members of Im-manuel Lutheran Church.

Immanuel Lutheran School has a long history in Alexan-dria, first opening its doors

to students in 1870 at a loca-tion in Old Town, and then moving to the current build-ing located on Russell Road in 1945. Work began in the spring of 2016 to update and add five additional classroom spaces to the existing build-ing. All classes were able to occupy their new spaces in the spring of 2018, and this school year marks the first full year all classes will be held in the new space.

Immanuel Lutheran School begins first year in newly renovated building

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As most area students were walking into class-rooms for the first day of school, Alexandria Country Day School’s sixth, seventh and eighth graders headed out of town for overnight trips. At Camp Shoresh and

Assateague State Park and in Lewisburg, West Virgin-ia, students participated in activities tied to the school’s science curriculum, includ-ing seining to see what crit-ters are in the bay and going on a marsh walk to explore

the different plants and ani-mals that exist and how even a few inches of elevation can make a difference. They also tackled a high ropes course, went white water rafting and participated in other activities designed to build

leadership and interperson-al skills.

Starting the school year with these outdoor, over-night trips allows students time to develop positive and long-lasting relationships.

“We find that the shared experience of these trips is a key ingredient in building

a positive and supportive classroom community for the year,” said Ryan Woods, Head of Middle School.

Students who are new to ACDS also find the trips to be a great way to get to know their classmates and quickly become integral members of the group.

ACDS middle schoolers start the year outdoors

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Bishop Ireton welcomes many new faces to Cam-bridge Road. New adminis-trative staff includes Bryce Bevill as the director of athletics, Nichole Mahon as the director of admissions, John Lilly as the director of communications and Chris Gilliland as the director of advancement (previously

director of constituent rela-tions).

Thirteen new teachers will also don the Cardinal red this year, including Mary Briody (Computer Science), Chunrong Linda Cai (Chem-istry & Mandarin Chinese), Angeline Cancio-Bello (Spanish), Jackelyn Gitlin (History), Alexander Grif-

fiths (English), Dr. Timothy Guy (Math), Amanda Hinton (PE), Christopher Marulli, (PE), Lauren McCarthy (PE/Health), Kaitlyn McNutt (English and Assistant Stu-dent Activities Coordinator), Dr. Daniel Murphy (English), Michelle Reed (Algebra 1 & Geometry) and Tania Slaton (Physics & Engineering).

Bishop Ireton welcomes new faculty, teachers

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Some of Metropolitan School of the Arts 2018 acad-emy and studio graduates will be moving on to elite performing arts college pro-grams. Out of the 21 gradu-ates, almost half are pursuing degrees at some of the top performing arts schools in the United States, with many earning scholarships.

Metropolitan School of the Arts college-bound graduates include:

Naomi Hill, Chapman Uni-versity for dance

Kelsey Kaufman, Pace University for dance

Katie Kotila, Roosevelt University for musical theatre

Lauren Michaels, Point

Park University for danceJackson Miller, Millikan

University for musical theatreShannon O’Shaughnessy,

Elon University for drama/theater with a minor in dance

Hannah Weilminster, Em-erson College for theatre

Zoe Winter, James Madi-son University for theatre

Maddy Alves, Syracuse University

Carmie Basnight, George Mason University Honors program on a full tuition merit scholarship

Lila Borden, University of Richmond

Laetitia Darbeau, Old Do-minion University

Noelle de la Garrigue, Mc-Daniel College

Alexa Megan, Virginia Tech

Lauren Odom, Virginia Commonwealth University

Olivia Parker, Texas A&MHelen Poe, Georgetown

UniversityAshley Shugart, Washing-

ton and Lee University

The Academy at Metro-politan School of the Arts is a college preparatory perform-ing arts program for emerg-ing young artists, grades 7 to 12, who are dedicated to high-caliber academics and pre-professional performing arts education.

“The demands of school and performing arts training is never easy, but these grad-uates have excelled at both, and are taking their discipline onto college now,” said Melis-sa Dobbs, executive director and founder of Metropolitan School of the Arts.

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Sydney Snow and Kiki Nebolsine, seventh graders at George Washington Middle School, distribute postcards in Del Ray for the upcoming Walk to Bust Cancer, which will be held Oct. 14 at Fort Hunt Park. Snow and Nebolsine volunteered to help spread the word about the walk, which benefits the National Breast Center Foundation and helps women in Alexandria and the region who are battling breast cancer.

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CALENDARSeptember eventsAttend a regatta, participate in a historic homes tour, experience a car show and more | Page 32

TimesLivingRECIPES, TRENDS and TIPS

Fresh Fruit TartIngredientsCrust1 cup flour¼ cup powdered sugar½ cup butter

Fruit1 to 2 yellow or white peaches1 to 2 yellow or white nectarines1 to 2 plums½ pint red raspberries¼ pint blackberries

Glaze2 tablespoon granulated sugar2 tablespoon corn starch¼ tsp. mace2/3 cup orange juice (plus 1 to 2 tablespoon)½ cup red or black currant jelly

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BY ELIZABETH M. HOLM

When I was growing up in Pennsyl-vania, we had about 10 raspberry bushes in our backyard. I loved the job of pick-ing them because I could eat as I picked. Fresh raspberries from the bushes tasted like candy. It was particularly exciting when, just as summer was ending, there was an entire second crop of delicious raspberries to pick and eat.

I was back home visiting last week-end, and my brother announced that the fall raspberries were almost in, bringing back all of those memories. Even though it is September, we still get to enjoy na-ture’s gift of sweetness. Fresh peaches, nectarines and plums can still be found for the next couple of weeks at our lo-cal farmer’s markets. You may still find some blackberries, but it’s those delec-table raspberries that we find available throughout the fall. Thus, it is not too late to make a beautiful fresh fruit tart.

The health benefits of eating fruit are often overlooked. Meta-analysis of dozens of large studies has found that a greater intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with a decrease in overall mortality during the length of the stud-ies. In essence, people who eat more fruits and vegetables live longer. In a large study of Australians, the associa-tion was stronger for fruit consumption compared to vegetable intake. This is no surprise, since individual fruits have a variety of phytochemicals, antioxidants and vitamins that help prevent heart disease and cancer.

Directions1. Combine the flour and sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour/sugar until evenly distributed. Press into a 10-inch tart or springform pan that has been greased or covered with parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

2. Skin the peaches by placing in boiling water for approximately 30 seconds. Rinse in cold water and the skin will slide off. Slice the peaches, nectarines and plums into thin slices.

3. Combine the granulated sugar, corn starch, mace, 2/3 cup orange juice and currant jelly in a sauce pan. Stir over medium heat until thick, cooking approximately 2 minutes.

4. Spread half of the glaze over the crust.

5. Arrange the fruit by overlapping the peach, nectarine and plum slices, starting from the outside edge and ending in the mid-dle. Spread the raspberries and blackberries on top.

6. Reheat the remaining glaze and add 1 to 2 tablespoon orange juice to thin. Drizzle over the top of the fruit.

7. Chill for 4 to 6 hours. Remove the outer ring of the tart or springform pan. You can leave the tart on the bottom of the pan or slide it off onto a plate to serve.

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Plant bulbs in time for them to blossom next yearBY MARTY ROSS

It’s never too soon to think about spring. On bright fall days, let the clear sky and golden colors of the harvest season inspire you to plan ahead for a glorious spring. All you need to pull it off is a few dozen flower bulbs.

Daffodils, tulips, crocus and other bulbs that bloom in spring should be planted in the fall. Finding places for them in the garden is easy, and planting them is not a chore. It’s a pleasant season to be out in the garden after the heat of summer abates. Working by yourself – or, even better, with a friend – you can plant hundreds of bulbs in less than an hour. An investment in bulbs this fall is a fail-safe bet for a col-orful spring.

Start your bulb invest-ment with a few handfuls of crocus bulbs. They’re about the size of a pearl onion, and you can plant a dozen of them in a hole only 4 inches deep and 2 or 3 inches across.

Toss the bulbs in the hole, cover them with soil, and tamp the soil back down with your foot. If you suspect mis-chievous squirrels might dig up the bulbs, place a brick or two on top of the soil – just remember to remove it after a couple of weeks, so the bulbs can come up in the spring.

Crocus and other tiny but delightful bulbs look pretty along a path, where you’re sure to see them when they bloom. You can tuck a few of these little charmers in near a garden bench or plant them around the edge of a patio, where they will tempt you out into the garden in early spring. These small flowers make a surprising-ly bright and cheerful dis-play, even from the street. The earliest spring bulbs are followed by the magnificent daffodils, bold and hardy flowers unafraid of the lin-gering chill in the air. Daffo-dils grow from crinkly bulbs about as big as your fist. Most varieties produce just one showy flower per bulb, but jonquilla types, which are often fragrant, produce up to six smaller blooms from ev-

ery bulb.If you’re familiar only

with yellow daffodils, now is the time to experiment with something new. The well-known golden trumpets are just the beginning. Snow-white daffodils are sleek and stylish; flowers with bright orange cups and yellow pet-als seem to positively glow. Double daffodils, which have frilly centers instead of tra-ditional trumpets, will put you in mind of roses or ca-mellias. There are hundreds of choices on the glossy pag-es and stunning websites of mail-order bulb specialists. Garden shops will have bins of daffodil bulbs stacked in the aisles beginning around Labor Day.

Daffodil bulbs are larger and should be planted deep-er than the little bulbs at 6 to 8 inches deep. It is easier to plant them with a spade than with a trowel, and it’s more fun to plant them with a friend. One person lifts the soil with the spade, and the other shoves the bulbs in the ground. If you’re planting

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Many cell phone own-ers have had their cracked cell phone screen replaced by Tech Doc or their phone revived after water damage. Repairs to iPhone screens and batteries usually take less than 20 minutes. Motherboards on computers sometimes be-come damaged, causing the computer to appear to be fail-ing. Tech Doc can often bring a seemingly ruined computer back to life by replacing com-ponents on the motherboard or remedying water damage.

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by yourself, you can use the same method – it will just be a little more time well spent.

Plant daffodils under trees (they will bloom before the trees leaf out) or among shrubs and perennials in a mixed flower bed. They make a good impression in a mail-box garden out by the curb, and they’re friendly and in-viting along a path or a front walk. Daffodils will come back year after year, and with more blooms, if they are planted in a spot that does not receive much summer watering.

Just before the daffodils finish blooming, the tulip season begins. These flashy flowers, each elegant bloom about the size of a teacup, stand tall on graceful stems. Tulips may look like precious jewels, but they’re decid-edly affordable: for $30 or $40, you can buy 100 bulbs, which, when they come into bloom, is enough to knock your wooly socks off. It’s hard to go wrong with tu-lips. Look for colors you like, or buy a mixture and plant them together. Most bulb specialists offer pre-selected mixes of tulips designed to bloom together all at once

for a glorious display, or over a period of weeks in a show that develops over time.

Tulips are at their best in clusters of five or more bulbs. A display of 100 planted to-gether in one area, such as near the front door or at the end of the front walk, will stop traffic. On the other hand, single bulbs planted here and there throughout a flower bed have the charm of wildflow-ers. They’re also gorgeous in groups in flowerpots. If you live in a mild-winter climate, where a pot can spend the winter outdoors without frost damage, try planting 25 tulip bulbs in a big pot. In colder

climates, tulip bulbs in a pot can be buried in a pile of au-tumn leaves all winter and then brought into the light in spring.

From the first tiny crocus blooms to the last gorgeous tulips, the spring flower bulb season lasts for months. It only takes one morning in the garden in the fall to set yourself up for an unforget-table show of spring blooms. You won’t see the results of your work immediately, but an autumn morning in the garden is its own reward.

Then, when spring comes, you can give yourself plenty of credit for thinking ahead.

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PHOTO/COLORBLENDS.COMA small cluster of crocus bulbs planted this fall will spread gracefully over the years to make a truly impressive display.


CALENDARSEPTEMBER 15

ASO’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONCERT Join the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra as it is celebrates its 75th Anniversary with a special concert featuring its new music director, James Ross. Held at the chapel of the Virginia Theological Seminary, patrons will enjoy a family-friendly program with selections from the Sound of Music, Swan Lake, Americana favorites and light classical music. General admission seating is $40 for adults and $5 for kids, and VIP tickets are also available.Time: 4 to 6 p.m.Location: Virginia Theological Seminary, 3737 Seminary RoadInformation: www.alexsym.org

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AT BRANDYWINE Join Brandywine Living on Sept. 15 for a 1920s-themed cocktail party. The event is part of the organization’s National Assisted Living Week celebrations and will feature food, drinks, live entertainment and a silent auction that will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.Time: 6 to 8 p.m.Location: Brandywine Living, 5550 Cardinal PlaceInformation: Please RSVP by Sept. 8 to the concierge at 703-940-3300.

HEALTHY COOKING DEMONSTRATION The Virginia Cooperative Extension provides samples of quick and healthy foods that you can prepare at home from ingredients available right at the market. Join them on the stage from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., rain or shine. Take home recipe cards will be

available. Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.Location: Market Square, 301 King St.Information: [email protected]

CIVIL WAR SHELTER DAY Can you tell a Sibley tent from a dog tent? This interpretive program will explore a variety of tents and shelter for Civil War soldiers. Examples of some major types of tents will be set up and explained by Union military interpreters, and the furnished officers’ hut will be open to the public. The program is weather dependent.Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Location: Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site, 4301 W. Braddock RoadInformation: 703-746-4848*Events may be weather dependent

SEPTEMBER 19

DEL RAY PSYCH & WELLNESS GRAND OPENING Join Del Ray Psych & Wellness for their official grand opening party at 1900 Mount Vernon Ave. on Sept. 19. The Del Ray Psych team, the Vital Body, and other wellness tenants will greet you with food, spirits and a good time.Time: 5 to 7 p.m.Location: Del Ray Psych & Wellness, 1900 Mt. Vernon Ave.Information: www.delraypsych.com

SEPTEMBER 20 - 23

OLD TOWN BOUTIQUE DISTRICT 2018 SHOP & STROLL Attend the Old Town Boutique District 2018 Shop & Stroll for a weekend of shopping and the chance to win exclusive prizes. This year, there are two ways to play: for entry level play, download and print the Shop & Stroll passport to collect stamps at participating boutiques for a chance to win a grand prize package that includes a $1,000 shopping spree and a night’s stay at The Kimpton Lorien Hotel & Spa or a second prize of a $500 shopping spree. Or, you can register for VIP play for $25 to receive a VIP bag with a printed passport, collect free swag at each stop, double your chances to win the grand prizes, receive discounts at all participating boutiques and to attend a VIP kick off party on Thursday. Time: Business hours varyLocation: Old Town Boutique DistrictInformation: oldtownstroll.com

SEPTEMBER 21

ALEXANDRIA MOVIES UNDER THE STARS The City of Alexandria, in partnership with the Goodhart Group, invites you to a screening of Black Panther in front of City Hall on a three-story tall inflatable screen. Admission is free. Participants are encouraged to bring water. There is some bench seating around

the fountain area, but guests are encouraged to bring chairs as the benches will fill quickly. Arrive early to choose your seat and feel free to bring a picnic dinner and popcorn.Time: 7:30 to 10 p.m.Location: Market Square, 301 King St.Information: 703-746-5592

SEPTEMBER 22

OLD DOMINION BOAT CLUB REGATTA The Old Dominion Boat Club’s regatta will return for the third consecutive year on Sept. 22, with up to seven teams competing for the trophy. The regatta is a series of sailboat races with a course that will run along the Potomac River, from in front of the new ODBC building to the turning mark north of the City of Alexandria’s docks in front of the Torpedo Factory. A cannon will be fired to kick off the first race at 10 a.m. after the sailors partake in a champagne toast. Expect four to five races to take place throughout the day.Time: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Location: Potomac RiverInformation: www.olddominionboatclub.com

THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ANNUAL GALA Join the American Horticultural Society for an unforgettable evening under the stars at AHS River Farm headquarters for their 25th annual gala. This year’s “25 Years of Color in the Garden” Gala offers a number of charitable support opportunities for businesses and individuals alike: auction item donation, advertisement, sponsorship, underwriting and in-kind services, and tickets for individuals or tables of 10. Proceeds raised at the Gala will provide vital funds for an array of key programs-most notably the stewardship of the historic headquarters at River Farm and the society’s education and outreach programs. Time: 6 p.m.Location: River Farm, 7931 E. Boulevard DriveInformation: ahsgardening.org/gala

CLASSIC CAR SHOW Co-sponsored by Packards Virginia and the Alexandria History Museum at The Lyceum, the show will feature a variety of Packards ranging from the 1930s to the 1950s, as well as other “orphan” vehicles that are invited to register as well. Orphan cars are any marque of vehicle built by an out-of-business manufacturer. Packards Virginia, chartered in 1976, is part of The Packard Club, which was founded in 1952. The Packard Club is dedicated to the advancement of the maintenance, preservation, authentic restoration and use of Packard motor vehicles. Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Location: The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St.Information: www.packardsva.org

OLD TOWN WATERFRONT FIT-NESS + WELLNESS FESTIVAL The Old Town Waterfront Fitness + Wellness Festival gives attendees the opportunity to experience first-hand some of the best local fitness studios and wellness companies. Waterfront Park will be overflowing with a wide range of local fitness studios and wellness businesses. The fitness studios will be featuring 8- to 10-minute workouts every 20 minutes. When participants are not sweating it out, they will have the opportunity to experience some of the best wellness companies in the area. From healthy food and drinks to mindful yoga and meditation to chiropractic treatments and mas-sages, it will be wellness overload. The first 400 participants will be given a swag bag filled with free classes, discounts, branded prod-ucts and samples from some of the top fitness and wellness companies in the area.Time: Noon to 4 p.m.Location: Waterfront Park, 1A Prince St.Information: www.discoverthedistrictevents.com

77TH ANNUAL HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA HOMES TOUR The Twig’s 77th Historic Alexandria Homes Tour provides the opportunity to tour 18th- and early 19th-century homes in Old Town and learn about their historic pasts. This year’s homes are located in the heart of Old Town, in easy walking distance, and underscore the area’s continuing evolution as a vibrant, livable community. Behind historic facades are a diverse mix of decorating styles. Tour a home whose interior is reminiscent of New Orleans, enjoy a light-filled treasure trove of African American art and visit a contemporary open-air guest house overlooking a fabulous outdoor space.Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Location: Old TownInformation: www.thetwig.org/homes-tour

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS AND HALFWAY TO ST. PATRICK’S DAY Murphy’s Irish Pub is celebrating 40 years of serving Alexandria with a kick off party on everyone’s second favorite holiday – halfway to St. Patrick’s Day. Doors open at 11 a.m. and live music begins at 1 p.m. Enjoy entertainment all day and night long from Pat Carroll, Both Sides, Pat Garvey, Brendan Sheridan, Siobhan O’Brien, Diplomatic Immunity and Sanford Markley. There will also be Irish dancing from the Boyle School of Irish Dance throughout the day, souvenir 40-year anniversary t-shirts on sale and Guinness and Jameson promotions. Get there early and plan on staying late – this is a celebration you won’t want to miss.Time: 11 a.m.Location: Murphy’s Irish Pub, 713 King St.Information: www.murphyspub.com

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and efficient transporta-tion in the city. However, he pointed out the challenge the incoming council will have of finding new members to address transportation con-cerns. Lovain and Smedberg, who will both be leaving city council at the end of the year, fill all but one of the council positions on local transporta-tion boards.

“One of the challenges for this new council will be which member or members will step up and take a lead-ing role on transportation,” Lovain said.

Perhaps Councilor John Chapman, who tallied the second most votes in June’s primary behind first-time candidate Elizabeth Ben-nett-Parker, will embrace that leading role. Chapman said questions regarding how to decrease congestion on the roads while maintaining af-fordable, efficient transpor-tation alternatives will be es-sential problems to solve both now and over the next several years.

“One of the issues we’ve been discussing is how do we take care of and really get traffic moving on our main corridors?” Chapman said “…

It’s something I want to tack-le with this group and hope-fully tackle with the next council.”

Chapman also identified high school capacity, city ser-vices for youth and families and business development as crucial items for council to ad-dress moving forward.

Ultimately, even as a large

transition looms on council, outgoing members are more committed to finishing the job than ever before.

“I’ve certainly been in-credibly honored to serve as mayor, and I will serve right until the end of the year,” Sil-berberg said. “And I will run right through the tape.”

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experience both on and off the court that will help us to grow not only outstand-ing basketball players, but women who are also strong leaders and assets to our community.”

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Our View Opinion“Where the press is free and every man is able to read, all is safe.”

- Thomas Jefferson

Your Views

To the editor:On Sept. 4, the Alexandria Planning

Commission voted 6-0 to endorse the City of Alexandria Department of Planning and Zoning’s proposed “Route 1 South Housing Affordability Strategy” in the city’s Southwest Quadrant. The planning commission expressed appreciation for the city taking proactive steps to preserve the affordability of 215 units for The Her-itage of Old Town and Olde Towne West III commercial properties. Subsidized contracts for the two properties expire in 2019. The strategy’s plan for saving those 215 units is a commendable effort by the city given the nationwide afford-able housing crisis.

The strategy proposes constructing 674 market-rate units over a 15-year time-frame to retain the affordability of the 215 housing units. However, a total of 889 erected units would undoubtedly include families, additional vehicles on the road and parking demands. After several infor-mation sessions hosted by the city since January 2018, SWQ residents still have significant reservations with the strategy.

First, the strategy estimates only 23

net new students generated over 15 years. Second, the strategy defers analysis on increased traffic patterns to commercial developers. Lastly, SWQ residents are con-cerned over the lack of transparency, and the implications of the Alfred Street Bap-tist Church’s parallel, but separate, hous-ing development project on the strategy.

Mark Twain’s quote that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes” applies to each instance of the city’s pri-or development projects, including the Waterfront Implementation Plan, the Po-tomac Yard Development and Karig Es-tates; residents raised concerns, but were marginalized in favor of developers. City council will hear the strategy at its public hearing on Sept. 15.

SWQ residents do not oppose devel-opment improvements and affordable housing, but residents do share concerns with how this strategy overlooks strategic gaps, and its potential rhyming with the city’s development history.

-Stafford A. Ward, C.A. Cran-dall, Lisa Kempe, Janice Kupiec,

Amy Morton, Brian Scholl,Alexandria

The disconcerting rhymes of history

Hurricane Florence’s menacing approach toward the coast in South and North Carolina is a reminder that we are never as in con-trol as we would like to be – or think we are.

Try as we might to effectively organize our time, to schedule fam-ily routines, to fit in a balance of work, service and fun, we are, ulti-mately, at the mercy of forces we can’t control. Our best-laid plans can be torn asunder by a devastating illness, job loss or derailed rela-tionship – or a catastrophic natural disaster. In the end, all we can do is prepare for the worst, hope for the best and live our lives.

Periodic floods are a fact of life for a locale with the nickname “Port City.” Flood mitigation efforts have been tried periodically through the years, and another attempt is planned. While a better floodwall and updated sewer lines would certainly help, the threat of flooding will always be with us in Alexandria.

The city seems to be doing all it can to prepare for Florence: sand-bags have been handed out to businesses near the waterfront, Mayor Allison Silberberg and other city officials have sent out missives on preparedness and planning for a potential waterfront evacuation is underway.

Planning of a different kind is also underway at city hall, as Alex-andria’s city council fall term kicked off Tuesday night with its first legislative meeting. While unforeseen issues could crop up to over-shadow everything else, three topics seem destined to dominate our local politics in the coming months: the Potomac Yard Metro Station, litigation over lights at T.C. Williams High School’s Parker-Gray Sta-dium and the long-overdue public hearing on ethics reform.

There seems to be considerable uncertainty surrounding the planned Metro station, despite the city’s announcement this week that the project will be built by Halmar International and Schiavone Construction Co. Final environmental sign-off by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is apparently lacking, and a group of 50 residents have signed a letter to USACE urging denial of a permit to fill in up to five acres of wetlands along the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

An updated station design is to be unveiled and discussed at a public hearing later this fall. Given that council has approved the project, the south entrance was eliminated without public input and the contract has already been awarded, we are undoubtedly not alone in viewing a public hearing at this point as not much more than window dressing. Repeated Freedom of Information Act requests for documents by a group of nearby residents continue to shed light on who-knew-what-when during this flawed process.

The second contentious and ongoing issue before the city is that of whether to break a verbal pledge widely believed to have been made to neighbors back in the early 1960s by city officials to never place lights at the T.C. Williams High School football stadium. The no-lights pro-vision was later included in development special use permits when the school was rebuilt in the 2000s and again when tennis courts in front of the school were lighted. While this issue is slated for consid-eration at the October public hearing, the lawsuit filed by a group of neighbors to block lights is likely to at least delay the effort.

Finally, a public hearing on ethics reform must, by mandate, be held by the end of this year. While we remain appalled that this con-versation with the public did not take place in early 2016 when coun-cil considered and passed a weak ethics reform plan, this hearing will belatedly provide a public forum to discuss the topic.

These are our projected highlights of what promises to be a busy council session. But stay tuned, because you never know what addi-tional storms may be brewing over the horizon.

September storms in Alexandria


To the editor:In his Sept. 6 letter to the

Times, “City officials created Cha-tham quagmire,” Dan Hazlewood said, “The idea some have that less parking will encourage public transit is a myth that is disproven daily by our still-growing car cul-ture.“

This is not in fact the case. Numerous studies show parking minimums in cities lead to more car ownership and more car us-age than would otherwise be the case. That is why more and more cities and some suburban counties are relaxing their parking mini-mums, and even eliminating them in selected locations.

That allows developers to in-clude off street parking only when there is a real market demand for it. And yes, people do look to see if it is available — when my wife and I moved we looked at the park-ing situations for all our options, we did not presume access to free parking. Comparing checking on

that to an unreasonable software usage agreement is silly.

The real problem here is not allowing developers to choose the amount of parking they want to provide on their own property — it is that on-street parking is provid-ed free, or for a nominal charge via a parking permit. Like most things provided cheap or free, it becomes scarce.

If parking were priced at what economists call “a market clearing price,” there would be no need for battles like this, because the right to buy a parking permit would not be such a desirable benefit. If some complain that this would be unfair to those who long ago bought in an area assuming cheap parking per-mits, we could “grandfather” them in at existing prices, and allow them to sell their permits to new residents. Economists call this ar-rangement “a white market,” so no one is worse off.

-Ken Notis, Alexandria

To the editor:I am writing in response to a

letter in the Aug. 23 Alexandria Times, “Press has unique role in exposing wrongdoing,” primari-ly its insinuation that the recent voter registration drive at T.C. Williams was part of a nefari-ous scheme to convince elected officials to install lights at the school’s stadium.

As a younger person who lives — and votes — in Alexandria, it saddened me to read Dino Drudi’s suggestion that this voter regis-tration drive was not to encour-age more of his fellow residents to get involved in shaping their city, but instead some kind of scheme to undermine promises made to neighbors of the school about lights.

Whatever your opinion of

the potential lights at T.C. Wil-liams, surely reasonable people can agree that younger gener-ations should be more civically involved. Young voters are un-der-represented in the electorate, which contributes to the trend of our elected officials being over-whelmingly older than, and less engaged with, the people they purport to represent.

Voter registration drives in high schools should be encour-aged, not belittled. They are about showing students that they can make their voices heard by voting, and by becoming more civically engaged. We should not dismiss their efforts as some kind of government-led plot to defraud the public.

-Chris Teale,Alexandria

T.C. voter drive about engagement, not fraud

City should charge ‘market price’ for parking

Filling in the Blanks with Dr. Gregory Hutchings, Ed.D.

Sixty days can either seem like a long time or like no time at all. In some ways, my first sixty days have gone by incred-ibly fast. But in other ways, they have already given me real insight into the refinement needed to take our school division to the next level in order for every student to be successful in school and in life. This is an opportunity to make ACPS the best it has ever been.

First, we must continue to embrace our diversity. The fact that ACPS has students from 118 different countries who speak 120 different lan-guages is a true gift and one that gives our students the invaluable experience of being part of a global community within their own school division. This firsthand experience with cultural, so-cioeconomic and racial diversity will well equip our graduates to be culturally competent and prepared to assimilate into our global society. Our students continue to come back time and time again after they graduate and tell us how well their experiences at T.C. Wil-liams High School prepared them for the world.

Our diversity is also a reminder that success does not look the same for ev-ery student, and that what one student may take for granted is a huge success for another. We must not allow for any student’s current life, family or financial circumstance determine his or her fu-ture. Whether a child needs additional support for academics, socio-economics or social and emotional needs, in ACPS we must meet the child where they are and assist them with receiving what they need to become globally minded citi-zens. Our young people are counting on us to strive for excellence and give 100 percent each day to meet their needs.

At the first of three meetings with my superintendent’s transition team – the group of staff and community mem-bers who are helping to guide me during my first 100 days in my new role as su-perintendent of schools — discussion focused on employee retention, metrics, collaboration, effective communication

and prioritization of goals. But all of the topics kept coming back to one thing – ensuring student success.

In order for students to succeed, we need to ensure consistency with the in-

structional practices in our classrooms through our ACPS curriculum. Through our school improvement planning process, our central office ad-ministration will work collab-oratively with our schools to remove barriers that may be preventing ACPS from maxi-mizing our students’ success, as well as provide the neces-sary supports to attain our

ACPS 2020 goals. Furthermore, we must maintain continuity with teacher and leadership roles throughout the school division, including the role of superin-tendent of schools.

One recurring theme is the need and desire to increase collaboration with the city. We know that attracting families and businesses is key to the city’s eco-nomic success, and that good schools help ensure that a city thrives. The re-cent opening of the Ferdinand T. Day School is an exemplar of what a suc-cessful and innovative collaboration can look like when done well. Since day one, I have been working closely with the city manager to ensure lines of communica-tion between the city and ACPS will al-ways continue to be open. By establish-ing strong relationships through which the city and ACPS share our success and opportunities, we can work together to-ward success for all students.

As we move forward, we’ll continue to share our ACPS story and the sto-ry of our students’ success, especially with the broader community. While our community is made up of many people who do not have school-aged children or children in ACPS, it’s important that we show our entire community why your support for public education in Alexan-dria will be the key to our city’s success.

We are an ambitious school division that has set attainable goals through our ACPS 2020 Strategic Plan, which outlines

The way forward

DR. GREGORY HUTCHINGS

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A recent “Out of the Attic” column noted that the famous and influential Hutchinson family never performed at Ly-ceum Hall (now The Lyceum, Alexandria’s History Muse-um). An Alexandria Gazette reader even lamented in 1844 that there were too many min-strel shows and wished to no avail that the Hutchinson fam-ily would perform instead.

It turns out, however, that the Hutchinsons actually did sing at Lyceum Hall, and also at the Southern Meth-odist Church, now Washing-ton Street Methodist Church, though they performed more than a decade after their hey-day and with only one original member.

John, Asa, Jesse and Judson Hutchinson – four of 16 sib-lings – formed the Hutchinson Family Singers in 1840 in the midst of a popular tour by the Rainer family of Austria. The Rainer family wore lederhosen, yodeled and performed tradi-tional alpine songs in four-part harmony. They also published

their songs – making the music more accessible to American audiences than those of previ-ous European touring groups.

The Hutchinsons began by performing mostly European songs by the Rainers and pop-ular songwriters such as Henry Russell. The Rainer Family and Henry Russell also performed at Lyceum Hall over the years.

Soon, however, the Hutchinsons began perform-ing original material. Jesse stopped performing to write songs and manage the group as they toured New England and Great Britain. Sister Abby replaced Jesse and took over the high tenor in the four-part harmony singing. The Hutchinsons became the first truly American popular sing-ing group. They popularized harmony singing, and they in-fluenced several other family bands that sprang up in their wake.

The Hutchinsons set them-selves apart from other acts, however, by also becoming America’s first protest singers.

They sang songs promoting worker’s rights, temperance, women’s rights and better treatment of the mentally ill. And they were abolitionists. Early on they garnered both support and controversy with their anti-slavery song “Get Off the Track!” that they set to the tune of the popular min-strel song “Old Dan Tucker.”

The Hutchinsons were enormously popular through the 1840s. Abby left the group at the end of the decade, and while the brothers continued performing, they were not as popular as before. Judson committed suicide in 1859, and by the time the Civil War began, John and Asa each led two different “tribes” of the family singers. During the war, John’s branch of the family singers – John, his children, and bass-singing friend Frank Martin – came to the Wash-ington D.C. area to entertain troops and boost morale. Abra-ham Lincoln was a fan, and the Hutchinsons performed at The White House during this trip.

In January 1862, they were given a pass to cross over into occupied portions of Virginia to perform, and there they ran into some controversy at the Fairfax Seminary.

While performing for a regiment from New Jersey, they sang a musical rendition of John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “We Wait Beneath the Furnace Blast” – an anti-slav-ery song that contains the lyrics “Let Slavery die! And union find a freedom!” The song drew boos from some of the New Jersey troops, and the performance of the song ulti-mately led General McClellan, who opposed federal interven-tion into slavery, to ban the Hutchinsons from singing. John Hutchinson, in his 1896 memoir, noted that “Of course, we were aware that the army of the Union did not entirely con-sist of Abolitionists.”

President Lincoln wanted the troops to hear such songs, however, and a week later the

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Hutchinsons were given per-mission to sing for the troops in Alexandria. They sang at the

Southern Methodist Church, and John later noted, “We sang our ‘prohibited’ song, it being loudly called for, and also many other radical songs, among

them ‘John Brown’s Body.’” The Local News advertised that they also performed at Lyceum Hall on Thursday, Jan. 23.

The Hutchinson Family

thus weathered the controver-sy and did, indeed, perform in Alexandria. After the war, both branches of the family contin-ued singing even as musical

trends and tastes changed.

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COUNCILOCTOBER 2018

The items described below will be heard by the Planning Commis-sion and the City Council on the dates and times listed below. NOTICE: Some of the items listed below may be placed on a consent calendar. A consent item will be approved at the beginning of the meeting without discussion unless someone asks that it be taken off the consent calendar and considered separately. The Planning Commission reserves the right to recess and continue the public hearing to a future date. For further information, call the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-746-4666 or visit www.alexandriava.gov/planning.

ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSIONTUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 20187:00 PM, CITY HALLCITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS301 KING STREETALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

ALEXANDRIA CITY COUNCIL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 20189:30 AM, CITY HALLCITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS301 KING STREETALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

Environmental Action Plan Phase 1 UpdatePublic hearing and consideration of the Phase 1 updates to the Green Building and Land Use and Open Space chapters of the City’s Environmental Action Plan.Staff: City of Alexandria, De-partments of Planning & Zoning, Transportation & Environmental Services, General Services, and Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Activities

Special Use Permit #2018-0055700 North Patrick Street – Old Town Salon and Spa Public hear-ing and consideration of a request for a Special Use Permit exten-sion for a non-conforming hair salon use; zoned: RB/Townhouse. Applicant: Sophea Nuth

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Public hearing and consider-ation of a request to permit an encroachment into the public right-of-way on Prince Street for the installation of bollards; zoned OCH/Office Commercial HighApplicant: Carr 1620 Prince Street, LLC, represented by M. Catherine Gibbs, attorney

Rezoning #2017-0003 1, 11, 44, 66 and 99 Canal Center Plaza – Canal Center RezoningPublic hearing and consideration of a request for an amendment to the official zoning map to change the zone at 1, 11, 44, 66 and 99 Canal Center Plaza from W-1 to CRMU-H with proffers.Applicant: Canal Center LL, LLC, represented by, Kenneth W. Wire, attorney

Text Amendment #2018-0007Lighting for Congregate Recre-ational Facilities (A) Initiation of a text amend-ment and (B) Public Hearing and Consideration of a Text Amend-ment to the Zoning Ordinance to: add new section 2-129.1 defining congregate recreational facilities; amend section 6-105 to delete the definition of congregate recreational facilities in the POS/Public open space and commu-nity recreation zone; add a new subsection 6-105(K) to replace special uses in the POS/Public open space and community rec-reation zone not included in the proposed congregate recreational facilities definition; and add a new subsection 6-403(F) to add lighting for congregate recre-ational facilities as a special use in height districts.Staff: City of Alexandria Depart-ment of Planning & Zoning

Development Special Use Per-mit #2017-00163330 King Street – Parker-Gray Stadium Modernization at T.C. Williams High SchoolPublic hearing and consideration of requests for: (A) a development special use permit amendment and site plan to demolish existing accessory buildings and con-struct new accessory buildings including restrooms, concessions, press box and ticket vending and construct associated site improvements including pedes-trian access, track improvements, sound system upgrades, athletic field lighting and site lighting; (B) if Text Amendment #2018-0007 is approved, a special use permit to increase the height of

athletic field light poles to 80 feet pursuant to proposed Zoning Ordinance Section 6-403(F) or if Text Amendment #2018-0007 is not approved, a special use permit to increase the height of athletic field light poles to 60 feet pursuant to Zoning Ordinance Section 7-2100; zoned R 20/Single family residential. Applicant: Alexandria City Pub-lic Schools (ACPS)

Master Plan Amendment #2018-00005Text Amendment #2018-00006Coordinated Development Dis-trict Concept Plan Amendment #2018-00004Development Special Use Per-mit #2017-00019Transportation Management Plan Special Use Permit #2018-00065Special Use Permit #2018-000822000 North Beauregard Street – Monday PropertiesPublic hearing and consideration of requests for: (A) an amend-ment to the Beauregard Small Area Plan chapter of the Master Plan to amend the use to include residen-tial uses at the site and to increase the height;(B) initiation of and an amendment to the Beauregard Small Area Plan chapter of the Master Plan to amend the frame-work streets to remove the paral-lel road in the Adams Neighbor-hood; (C) initiation of and a text amendment to the Zoning Ordi-nance to amend the provisions of Section 5-602(A) for CDD #21 to change the height reference from the Beauregard Urban Design Standards and Guidelines to the Beauregard Small Area Plan; (D) an amendment to a previously approved (CDD #2012-0003) CDD #21 Concept Plan to amend the Adams Neighborhood Development Summary, Interim Transitway Plan and Proposed Transportation Improvements to reflect conversion of office to residential uses, revised street alignments and the removal of the parallel road in the Adams Neighborhood; (E) a development special use permit and site plan with modifications to construct a multi-family residential building, including a special use permit request for more than one me-chanical penthouse (F) a special use permit for a transportation

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management plan for Tier 2 (multi-family building); and (G) a special use permit for a coordi-nated sign program; zoned: CDD #21/Coordinated Development District #21.Applicants: City of Alexandria (Text Amendment, Master Plan amendment for framework streets only). Monday Properties, represented by Jona-than Rak, attorney

Development Special Use Per-mit #2018-0003 (Hotel Devel-opment)Special Use Permit #2018-0064 (Hotel, Restaurant, and Addi-tional Mechanical Penthouse) Special Use Permit #2018-0063 (Restaurant) Special Use Permit #2018-0040 (Parking Reduction and Valet Parking) Transportation Management Plan Special Use Permit #2018-0041Encroachment #2018-0005 114 South Washington Street & 699 Prince Street Public hearing and consideration of requests for: (A) a Develop-ment Special Use Permit and site plan with modifications to con-struct a hotel with increased floor area ratio from 1.5 to 2.5 in the CD zone and a parking reduction to reduce the number of required loading spaces (114 S. Wash-ington Street); (B) Special Use Permits for a hotel with ground level and rooftop restaurant and to allow an additional mechanical penthouse (699 Prince Street); (C) a Special Use Permit for a restau-rant (114 S. Washington Street); (D) Special Use Permits for a parking reduction to provide required parking spaces off site and for valet parking (699 Prince Street and 114 S. Washington Street); (E) a Special Use Permit for a Transportation Manage-ment Plan (114 S. Washington Street); and (F) an Encroachment into the public right of way for a marquee sign on 699 Prince Street; zoned: CD/Commercial Downtown.Applicant: J. River 699 Prince Street, LLC, represented by M. Catharine Puskar, attorney

Development Special Use Per-mit #2018-0011409 North Pitt Street (blocks bounded by North Pitt Street, North Royal Street, Princess Street, and Pendleton Street) –

Chatham SquarePublic hearing and consideration of a request for a Development Special Use Permit to amend DSUP #2002-0029 to delete con-ditions prohibiting residents from obtaining residential parking permits; zoned CRMU/X/Com-mercial Residential Mixed Use. Applicant: Chatham Square Homeowners Association

Alexandria Board of Architectural ReviewParker Gray District

LEGAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

A public hearing will be held by the Alexandria Board of Architectural Review on WEDNESDAY, September 26, 2018 beginning at 7:30 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, on the second floor of City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia on the following applications:

BAR #2018-00380Request for alterations at 428 North Henry StreetApplicant: Alexandria Flatts, LLC



BAR #2018-00383Request for partial demolition/capsulation at 410 North Fayette StreetApplicant: Michael D. Dosland & Stacy A. Balk

BAR #2018-00384Request for addition at 410 North Fayette StreetApplicant: Michael D. Dosland & Stacy A. Balk

BAR #2018-00408Request for partial demolition/capsulation at 439 Earl StreetApplicants: Bryan & Lorin Petit

BAR #2018-00409Request for addition at 439 Earl StreetApplicants: Bryan & Lorin Petit

Update on Consolidation of the Boards of Architectural Review

Information about the above item(s) may be obtained from the Department of Planning

and Zoning, City Hall, 301 King Street Room 2100, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, or at www.alex-andriava.gov/dockets. .

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