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Council Agenda - Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 7:30 P.M.

Council Chambers, 8th Floor, City Hall

City Council:

Randall A. Gilliland, Angela Lee Leary, Charles N. Sapp, Joseph H. Spencer, II, Rhet Tignor, Paige V. Washington, Ross A. Kearney, II, Mayor

Staff:

Jesse T. Wallace Jr., City Manager
Cynthia Hudson, City Attorney
Katherine K. Glass, Clerk of Council
Brenda J. Vaccarelli, Deputy Clerk

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
 
INVOCATION
 
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG
 
MAYOR'S COMMENTS
 
CONSENT AGENDA
    Consent Items - Other
1. 07-0498 Approval of Constitution and ByLaws Amendments for the Athletic Hall of Fame of the Lower Virginia Peninsula.
2. 07-0501 Resolution Approving the City of Hampton, Virginia’s Participation and Appropriation of the Byrne Memorial / Justice Assistance Grant Through the Bureau of Justice.
3. 07-0508 Resolution authorizing the re-appropriation of $225,679.00 from the General Fund balance to the Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s Hampton Business Incentives Corporation.
4. 07-0521 Resolution Accepting and Appropriating the Donation of Equipment Valued in Excess of $2,200.00 to the Hampton Police Division from the Coliseum Central Business Improvement District.
5. 07-0522 Resolution Re-establishing the Bethel Landfill Committee.
6. 07-0526 Amendment of Resolution Reconstituting the Peninsula Stadium Authority with the City of Hampton as the Sole Continuing Municipal Member Following the Withdrawal of the City of Newport News.
7. 07-0527 Approval of minutes from the afternoon and evening sessions of the Hampton City Council on August 15, 2007, and September 12, 2007.
8. 07-0455 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT CHAPTER 2, “ADMINISTRATION”, ARTICLE III, “OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY”, SECTION 2-108 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, ENTITLED, “CRIMINAL HISTORY INVESTIGATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR POSITION OF POLICEMAN AND FIREMAN”
9. 07-0477 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT CHAPTER 2, “ADMINISTRATION” BY ADDING THERETO ARTICLE XIII, “OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS”
10. 07-0478 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, “ADMINISTRATION”, BY ADDING THERETO ARTICLE V, ENTITLED “DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AUDIT”
11. 07-0483 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON ENTITLED "LOCAL VEHICLE LICENSE" IN ITS ENTIRETY.
12. 07-0531 Resolution of the City Council of the City of Hampton, Virginia, Approving the Creation of the Hampton Economic Development Corporation by the Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority Pursuant to Title 36-19.12 of the Code of Virginia.
 
PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, AWARDS
13. 07-0506 Resolution - In Recognition of Rhet Tignor
14. 07-0507 In Recognition of Claude F. Burge, Sr.
 
REPORTS BY CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL, STAFF, COMMITTEES
15. 07-0511 Annual Report of the Neighborhood Commission.
 
PUBLIC HEARINGS
    Other Public Hearings
16. 07-0499 PUBLIC HEARING regarding the conveyance of a parking easement for two (2) parking spaces located at the City lot on Wine Street adjacent to 34 Wine Street to Joseph J. Stellute (32 Wine Street- one space) and Business Enterprise Partners, Inc. (34 Wine Street-one space) pursuant to the authority set forth in §15.2-1800 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended.
17. 07-0504 Resolution to approve the conveyance of a parking easement for two (2) parking spaces located at the City lot on Wine Street adjacent to 34 Wine Street to Joseph J. Stellute (32 Wine Street -one space) and Business Enterprise Partners, Inc. (34 Wine Street - one space).
18. 07-0510 Public Hearing to review Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Program performance and to obtain the views of citizens on housing and community development needs in the City of Hampton.
    Rezonings - Second Reading
19. 07-0464 Rezoning Application No. 1260 by XL Development Group to amend conditions from Rezoning Application No. 1148 to include residential. The applicant is proposing to construct a live performance theater, full service hotel, retail, office space, town homes and structured parking. [LRSN #13001171]
20. 07-0467 Rezoning Application No. 1257 by Ronyag, Ltd. to rezone 1± acre at 675, 677, 681 and 691 Greenbriar Avenue from General Commercial District (C-3) to Multiple Dwelling District (MD-4) to legitimize the zoning of two existing apartment buildings and to construct one new apartment building. [LRSN #1003823, #1003824, #1003835 and #1003833].
21. 07-0472 Rezoning Application No. 1258 by David Tilghman to rezone .50± acre at 618 Beach Road from Neighborhood Commercial District (C-1) to One-Family Residence District (R-11) to legitimize the zoning of an existing single family home. [LRSN #10000312]
    Rezonings - First Readings
22. 07-0500 Zoning Ordinance Amendment to amend Chapter 2, Definitions, to incorporate definitions of “Flag Lot” and “Drive Through.”
23. 07-0515 Rezoning Application No. 1250 by the City of Hampton to rezone four properties located at 919 West Mercury Blvd [LRSN #7001175] (1.74± acres), 1932 North Armistead Ave [LRSN #7001178] (.33± acres), 1928 North Armistead Ave. [LRSN #7001177] (.80± acres), West Mercury Blvd [LRSN #7000334] (3.02± acres) (this is an unnumbered vacant property which is immediately adjacent to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church), from Limited Commercial (C-2) District to Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) District and; to rezone two parcels located at 1901 North Armistead Ave. [LRSN #7001180] (.9± acres) and North Armistead Ave [LRSN #7001185] (.08± acres) (this is an unnumbered vacant property which is between 1921 North Armistead Avenue and 1 Family Fun Place) from General Commercial (C-3) District to Limited Commercial (C-2) District and; to rezone West Mercury Blvd [LRSN #7000333] (6.56 ± acres) (this is an unnumbered vacant property which is adjacent to New Market Creek) from C-2 to One Family Residence (R-13).
24. 07-0519 Rezoning Application No.1244 by Patricia Mainor to rezone 1616 Todds Lane [LRSN #3003857] from One Family Residence District (R-11) to Multiple Dwelling Townhouse District (MD-T) to allow the application of Use Permit #1021 to change from an Adult Care Residence-2 to an Adult Care Residence-3.
    Use Permit
25. 07-0520 Use Permit Application No. 1023 by Hampton City Schools to construct a Pre-Kindergarten through Eighth Grade Public School at 1067 Big Bethel Road [LRSN #4004559].
    Community Plan Amendment
26. 07-0516 Community Plan Amendment No. 013-2007 is a request by the City of Hampton to amend the Hampton Community Plan’s land use recommendation for 3 parcels (LSRN 13001302, 7000343, 7000333), totaling 45.48± acres bounded by W. Mercury Boulevard to the north, Newmarket Creek to the east, North Armistead Avenue to the south and property known as Oxford Trail development (2 Abbott Drive) and 709 W. Mercury Blvd. to the west from Mixed-Use to Open Space.
27. 07-0517 Community Plan Amendment No. 014-2007 by the City of Hampton to adopt the Buckroe Pattern Book as an appendix to the Buckroe Master Plan (2005 as amended).
28. 07-0518 Zoning Ordinance Amendment by the City of Hampton to adopt Article XVII “Special Public Interest-Buckroe Bayfront District,” within Chapter 17.3 “Special Public Interest Districts”.
 
GENERAL ITEMS
    Resolutions
29. 07-0503 Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of General Obligation Public Improvement and Refunding Bonds of the City of Hampton in the Maximum Principal Amount of $160,000,000 to Redeem the City’s Series 2007 Bond Anticipation Notes and to Finance Certain Capital Improvement Projects and Providing for the Form, Details and Payment of Such Bonds and Authorizing the Issuance of Notes of the City in Anticipation of the Issuance of Such Bonds.
    Appointments
30. 07-0487 to consider appointments to the Peninsula Stadium Authority.
31. 07-0512 to consider appointments to the Neighborhood Commission.
 
AUDIENCES GRANTED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
 
MISCELLANEOUS NEW BUSINESS
 
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Last Published on 09/19/2007