Alexandria Times Vol. 17, No.25 Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper. JUNE 24, 2021 City discusses ARPA funds City Residents provide trillion American Rescue According to a news release, moving certain projects up manager input on priorities for Plan Act, which established the city plans to spend the a tier on the city’s plan. $59.4 million in feder- the Coronavirus State and money on “improving life In order to collect pub- al funding Local Fiscal Recovery Act in Alexandria, for both the lic input on how the mon- announces BY KATHERINE HAPGOOD Fund. About $360 billion community’s immediate re- ey should be used, the city of the fund will go directly covery needs and as a long- released a survey and held retirement During the public hear- to states and jurisdictions term investment.” two public engagement ses- ing on Saturday, residents across the country, which The public hearing held sions between April 30 and had the opportunity to can be spent to address is- on Saturday was the first May 13. The city received voice their thoughts on sues exacerbated by the opportunity that Alexan- more than 1,300 responses. where some of the $59.4 pandemic. drians had to provide input In those responses, res- million awarded to the city Alexandria received regarding the initial allo- idents expressed concerns through the American Res- $59.4 million from this act, cation of money from the about a variety of issues. cue Plan Act should go. which will be distributed federal government. The However, the majority of In March 2021, President in two equal allotments in majority of the ARPA dis- Joe Biden signed the $1.9 May 2021 and May 2022. cussion revolved around SEE ARPA | 10 Council Welcome to Alexandria COURTESY PHOTO Mark Jinks will leave at rezones the end of 2021, after City High School 23 years of service For the first time, the Alexandria City High School name was BY OLIVIA ANDERSON INOVA placed on the marquee in front of what is, until July 1, known Seminary Hill, Arlandria as T.C. Williams High School. Current students, teachers and After 23 years of service to residents voice concerns administrators attended the event unveiling the school’s new logo. the city, City Manager Mark over future of hospital site Jinks announced at City Coun- BY KATHERINE HAPGOOD cil’s Tuesday legislative meet- ing that he will be retiring at City Council unanimously the end of the year. passed Inova Alexandria Hospi- “I want to thank the cur- tal’s request to change the land rent and former mayors and use designation of the property members of City Council. from Institutional to Residen- SEE JINKS |4 tial Medium during Saturday’s public hearing. This request is INSIDE due to Inova moving its Alexan- dria location, currently located Sports on Seminary Road, to Land- City’s collegiate mark Mall, which is planned for baseball team kicks off first completion in 2028. post-pandemic season. The request passed by coun- Page 14 cil aimed to change the land use designation of the current Inova site from Institutional to Close to Home Residential and rezoning the Architect walks down memory property to the RB zone, which lane as she prepares to sell childhood home. SEE INOVA | 12 PHOTO/ACPS Page 17 2 |JUNE 24, 2021 ALEXANDRIA TIMES Summer Market is heating up! As temperatures rise, the competition isn’t far behind. In a fast-paced market like this one, you need the best real estate professionals on your side. Reach out to one of our Alexandria experts for a consultation on how to best approach this ever-changing market - and check out our latest listings and sales! 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Compass is licensed as Compass Real Estate in DC and as Compass in Virginia and Maryland. 1006 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 | 703.277.2152 Source: BrightMLS BrokerMetrics 1/1/21-3/10/21, Alexandria, VA ADOPTABLE PET OF THE WEEK WWW.ALEXTIMES.COM JUNE 24, 2021 | 3 WEEKLY BRIEFING School Board renews contract with Hutchings The Alexandria School opportunity gaps and re- Board voted unanimously moving barriers to equita- to renew its contract with ble access for our students.” Superintendent Dr. Gregory Not every decision of Hutchings Ed.D. during its Hutchings’ has been popu- June 17 meeting. Hutchings, lar. His decision to restruc- ~ Special Needs ~ who has served as superin- ture the school division’s ~ Canine Health Care ~ tendent since July 2018, will senior leadershipExtra was patience crit- may be required to adopt Flash. 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