Created by David Nguyen The City of Alexandria, Virginia Alexandria, VA, incorpo- rated in 1779, is an inde- pendent city across the Po- tomac River from the na- tion’s capital. While main- taining our historic roots, the City continues to strive for growth, prosperity, and dedi- cation to ensure that our di- verse community enjoys a high quality of living. The City Council func- tions under the leadership of Mayor William D. Euille along with Vice Mayor Alli- son Silberberg and five other council members. The City overall maintains a stable, growing economy. This is because the City mainly serves as part of a suburban region with Wash- ington, DC as the core city. This means that a significant portion of our citizens work either directly or indirectly for the federal government. This is followed by an increas- ing growth in other pro- fessional and technical jobs that are high-paying. According to the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, some of the largest employers in the private sector include INOVA Health, ABM Ser- vices, and Grant Thornton LLP. With that in mind, the City of Alexandria works relentlessly to ensure that citizens in our community are provided with ade- quate public services These services that the City offers include education, heath, public safety, community devel- opment, recreation, trans- portation, and a few oth- ers. About Our City What’s Inside About Our City 1 How Are We Doing? 2 Our Finances 3 What’s Next? 4 A Report To Our Citizens For the Fiscal Year Ending on 6/30/2015 Demographics Information Population (2015) 150,575 Income Per Capita (2013) $81,078 Number of Households (2010) 72,376 Average Household Size (2010) 1.93 Unemployment Rate (2015) 3.5% Number of Government Workers (City of Alexandria, 2015) 4,815
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Created by David Nguyen
The City of Alexandr ia , V irg in ia
Alexandria, VA, incorpo-
rated in 1779, is an inde-
pendent city across the Po-
tomac River from the na-
tion’s capital. While main-
taining our historic roots, the
City continues to strive for
growth, prosperity, and dedi-
cation to ensure that our di-
verse community enjoys a
high quality of living.
The City Council func-
tions under the leadership of
Mayor William D. Euille
along with Vice Mayor Alli-
son Silberberg and five other
council members.
The City overall maintains
a stable, growing economy.
This is because the City
mainly serves as part of a
suburban region with Wash-
ington, DC as the core city.
This means that a significant
portion of our citizens work
either directly or indirectly for
the federal government. This
is followed by an increas-
ing growth in other pro-
fessional and technical
jobs that are high-paying.
According to the City’s
Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report, some of
the largest employers in
the private sector include
INOVA Health, ABM Ser-
vices, and Grant
Thornton LLP.
With that in mind, the
City of Alexandria works
relentlessly to ensure that
citizens in our community
are provided with ade-
quate public services
These services that
the City offers include
education, heath, public
safety, community devel-
opment, recreation, trans-
portation, and a few oth-
ers.
About Our City What’s Inside
About Our City 1
How Are We Doing? 2
Our Finances 3
What’s Next? 4
A Report To Our Citizens
For the Fiscal Year Ending on 6/30/2015
Demographics In for mat ion
Population (2015) 150,575
Income Per Capita (2013) $81,078
Number of Households (2010) 72,376
Average Household Size (2010) 1.93
Unemployment Rate (2015) 3.5%
Number of Government Workers
(City of Alexandria, 2015) 4,815
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How Are We Doing?
A L o o k A t W h a t I s H a p p e n i n g I n T h e C o m m u n i t y
A Report To Our Ci t i zens
Programs Data 2014 2015
Public Safety
Average Number of Calls for Service per Fire Emergency
1,690 1,475
Number of Fire Code Violations 2,074 2,205
Number of Part 1 Crimes* 3,318 3,237
Library Total Number of Material Circulated 1,335,000 1,339,000
Health & Welfare
Average Monthly Food Stamp Cases 4,632 4,547
Transit
Annual Ridership 4,244,588 4,275,682
Trolley/Shuttle Cost per Rider $1.06 $1.14
Miles of Service 1,550,704 1,714,388
Enrollment 14,171 14,224
Education Cost per Student $17,249 $17,041
Graduation Rate 84.3% 79.6%
Alexandria City Public Schools
*Includes theft, assault, homicide, and rape
Although the graduation rate decreased between 2014 and 2015, ACPS continues to strive in ensur-ing that all students succeed with quality education. In T.C. Williams High School, the average combined vernal and math SAT score is at 959 and 55% of students who took an AP exam received a satisfac-tory score in 2015. Meanwhile, the Alexandria City School Board is making plans on redistricting of school boundaries. More information can be found on Page 4.
Alexandria Police Department
The APD recorded a 2.4% decrease in Part 1 crimes that include theft, assault, homicide, and rape. This is great news for the community as the police strives to “engage the community in new ways and still continue to reduce criminal incidents,” as said by Chief of Police Earl L. Cook.
Lately, the website Raisonline.com had been introduced to the public to allow users to know when and where crimes have occurred in the City.
The measures reported on this page were included based on the input we received from a group of citizens from the community. What would you like to see reported on in this page? Please let us know by contacting David Nguyen at [email protected]
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A Report To Our Ci t i zens Page 3
Our Finances
H o w W e A r e S p e n d i n g O u r F u n d s
Expenses
(in millions $$$)
Programs FYE
2014
FYE
2015
Percent Change
General
Government 71.3 73.8 3.5%
Judicial
Administration 20.6 20.1 -2.4%
Public Safety 141.1 138.6 -1.8%
Public Works 68.0 63.9 -6.0%
Library 6.6 6.5 -1.5%
Health & Welfare 93.8 93.5 -0.3%
Transit 10.7 17.8 66.4%
Culture &
Recreation 29.8 30.2 1.3%
Community
Development 45.7 35.3 -22.8%
Education 189.1 197.4 4.4%
Miscellaneous* 25.8 21.8 -15.5%
Total Expenses 702.5 698.9 -0.5%
*Includes Interest on Long-Term Debt
Revenues
(in millions $$$)
Programs FYE 2014
FYE 2015
Percent Change
General Property Taxes
407.8 422.2 3.5%
Other Local Taxes 121.1 134.1 10.7%
Permits, Fees, & License
17.8 10.9 -38.8%
Fines & Forfeitures 5.2 4.9 -5.8%
Use of Money & Property
5.2 5.1 -1.9%
Charges for Services
32.9 32.1 -2.4%
Intergovernmental Revenue
126.5 111.9 -11.5%
Miscellaneous 9.9 8.8 -11.1%
Total Revenue 726.4 730.0 0.5%
An independent audit was conducted by CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, resulting in a clean audit opinion. Complete financial information can be found at
T h e P r o j e c t s T h a t A r e C o m i n g S o o n
A Report To Our Ci t i zens
ACPS Redistricting
The Alexandria City School Board will be voting how the school district boundaries will be drawn in 2016 due to the construction of a new school. As the school district continues to expand in population, a new school in the West End will be needed decrease the class size. Various forms of geographic information will be required in order to produce accurate boundaries. Such costs will be incorporated into the City budget in 2016.
I-395 Express Lanes
Expansion
On I-395, the existing HOV lanes between Turkeycock Run near Edsall Rd. and the area of Eads St. in Arlington will be converted to an eight-mile extension to the recently-constructed Express Lanes. Some improvements that will go with it include the construction of sound walls for neighborhoods nearby and having adequate funding for transit. This project will help ensure to cut down on the time required to go from one place to another.
Texting 911
The City of Alexandria will be upgrading its 911 emergency service to accept text mes-sages in addition to voice calls. This service expansion will be preferable for someone who either has a hearing/speaking disability or is in position where voice calling will put the user in danger. However, Renee Gordon, Director of Emergency Communications, rec-ommends caller to, “call if you can, text if you can’t.” The 911 texting service is also availa-ble in neighboring Fairfax County and Arling-ton County.
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