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SHOWN LIVE ON NEWPORT NEWS TELEVISION COX CHANNEL 48 VERIZON CHANNEL 19 www.nnva.gov AGENDA NEWPORT NEWS CITY COUNCIL REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 9, 2016 City Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. A. Call to Order B. Invocation • Rev. Terry Edwards, St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America D. Presentations - None E. Public Hearings 1. Ordinance Amending City Code, Chapter 15, Elections; Article I., Voting Precincts; Section 15-47, Voting Places in Respective Voting Precincts; thereby Authorizing the Relocation of the Denbigh Voting Precinct from Olivet Christian Church to Courthouse Way Community Center and the Relocation of the Downtown Voting Precinct from Fire Station #1 to City Hall, City Council Chambers Lobby F. Consent Agenda 1. Minutes of the Work Session of January 26, 2016 2. Minutes of the Special Meeting of January 26, 2016 3. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 26, 2016 4. Resolution Canceling the Regularly Scheduled Second City Council Meetings of July, August, and December 2016 5. Ordinance Authorizing the Acceptance of Streets and Public Improvements in the Turtle Creek Subdivision, Sections 5, 6 and 7 G. Other City Council Actions H. Appropriations None I. Citizen Comments on Matters Germaine to the Business of City Council J. *New Business and Councilmembers Comments 1. City Manager 2. City Attorney 3. City Clerk 4. Coleman 5. Price 6. Scott 7. Vick 8. Woodbury 9. Bateman 10. Cherry K. Adjourn *THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL BE CONCLUDED NO LATER THAN 10:00 P.M. TO ALLOW PERSONS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL UNDER “CITIZEN COMMENTS ON MATTERS GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS OF CITY COUNCIL.” A. Call to Order B. Invocation – Rev. Terry Edwards, St. Augustine Episcopal Church C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America D. Presentations E. Public Hearings 1. Ordinance Amending City Code, Chapter 15, Elections; Article I., Voting Precincts; Section 15-47, Voting Places in Respective Voting Precincts; thereby Authorizing the Relocation of the Denbigh Voting Precinct from Olivet Christian Church to Courthouse Way Community Center and the Relocation of the Downtown Voting Precinct from Fire Station #1 to City Hall, City Council Chambers Lobby ACTION: A REQUEST TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE, CHAPTER 15, ELECTIONS; ARTICLE I., VOTING PRECINCTS; SECTION 15-47, VOTING PLACES IN RESPECTIVE VOTING PRECINCTS; THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE RELOCATION OF THE DENBIGH VOTING PRECINCT FROM OLIVET CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO COURTHOUSE WAY COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE RELOCATION OF THE DOWNTOWN VOTING PRECINCT FROM FIRE STATION #1 TO CITY HALL, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOBBY. BACKGROUND: The Denbigh Voting Precinct had been located at the Olivet Christian Church, but the church is closing its building and selling the property, hence the need to relocate this Precinct. The Newport News Electoral Board ("Board") recommends the Precinct be relocated to the Courthouse Way Community Center. The Board recognized that Fire Station #1 is too small to accommodate the citizens in the Downtown Voting Precinct and is recommending this precinct be relocated to the City Council Chambers lobby. The City Manager recommends approval. FISCAL IMPACT: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Description CM Memo re Relocating Voting Precincts sdm14020 Amending Sec. 15-47, Voting places in respective voting precincts sdm14020 ORDINANCE NO. _______________ AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN CHAPTER 15, ELECTIONS, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, ARTICLE I., VOTING PRECINCTS, SECTION 15-47, VOTING PLACES IN RESPECTIVE VOTING PRECINCTS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Newport News, Virginia: 1. That Chapter 15, Elections, of the Code of the City of Newport News, Virginia, Article I., Voting Precincts, Section 15-47, Voting places in respective voting precincts, be, and the same hereby is, amended and reordained as follows: CHAPTER 15 ELECTIONS ARTICLE I. VOTING PRECINCTS Sec. 15-47. Voting places in respective voting precincts. Voting Precinct Voting Place (1) Bland G. J. McIntosh Elementary School Richneck Road (2) Boulevard Knights of Columbus Building 12742 Nettles Drive (3) Briarfield An Achievable Dream Middle and High School 5720 Marshall Avenue (4) Carver Carver Elementary School 6160 Jefferson Avenue (5) Charles B. C. Charles Elementary School 701 Menchville Road (6) Chestnut Dochiki Club 2705 Chestnut Avenue (7) Deep Creek Moose Lodge 1711 Warwick Moose Lane (8) Deer Park Deer Park Elementary School 11541 Jefferson Avenue (9) Denbigh Olivet Christian ChurchCourthouse Way Community Center 1442514302 Old Courthouse Way (10) Downtown Fire Station #1City Council Chambers Lobby 201 33rd Street2400 Washington Avenue (11) Dunbar An Achievable Dream Academy 726 16th Street (12) Epes Horace H. Epes Elementary School 855 Lucas Creek Road (13) Greenwood Greenwood Elementary School 13460 Woodside Lane (14) Hidenwood Hidenwood Elementary School 501 Blount Point Road (15) Hilton Main Street Library 110 Main Street (16) Huntington Dorie Miller Community Center 2814 Wickham Avenue (17) Jefferson Marshall Courts Recreation Center 3301 Marshall Avenue (18) Jenkins Jenkins Elementary School 80 Menchville Road (19) Kiln Creek Kiln Creek Elementary School 1501 Kiln Creek Parkway (20) Lee Hall Lee Hall Elementary School 17346 Warwick Boulevard (21) Magruder Magruder Elementary School 17th Street and Chestnut Avenue (22) Marshall John Marshall Elementary School 743 24th Street 2 (23) McIntosh George J. McIntosh Elementary School 185 Richneck Road (24) Nelson R. O. Nelson Elementary School 826 Moyer Road (25) Newmarket American Legion Post 25 7609 Marshall Avenue (26) Newsome Park Newsome Park Elementary School 4200 Marshall Avenue (27) Oyster Point Yates Elementary School 75 Maxwell Lane (28) Palmer Lutrelle F. Palmer Elementary School 100 Palmer Lane (29) Reed Downing-Gross Cultural Center 2410 Wickham Avenue (30) Reservoir Denbigh Early Childhood Center 15638 Warwick Boulevard (31) Richneck Richneck Elementary School Tyner Drive (32) River Virginia War Museum 9285 Warwick Boulevard (33) Riverside Riverside Elementary School 1100 Country Club Road (34) Riverview Riverview Gymnastics Center 125 City Farm Road (35) Sanford Sanford Elementary School 480 Colony Road (36) Saunders Saunders Elementary School 853 Harpersville Road (37) Sedgefield Sedgefield Elementary School 804 Main Street (38) South Morrison South Morrison Adult Learning School 746 Adams Drive 3  (39) Warwick Warwick Recreation Center 51 Copeland Lane (40) Washington Huntington Middle School 3401 Orcutt Avenue (41) Watkins Watkins Early Childhood Center 21 Burns Drive (42) Wellesley The Hidenwood 50 Wellesley Drive (43) Wilson Pandora Lodge #2 239 Buxton Avenue (44) Windsor Stevens Memorial Baptist Church 224 Richneck Road (45) Yates Yates Elementary School 75 Maxwell Lane 2. That this ordinance shall be in effect on and after the date of its adoption, February 9, 2016. 4 F. Consent Agenda 1. Minutes of the Work Session of January 26, 2016 ACTION: N/A BACKGROUND: N/A FISCAL IMPACT: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Description Minutes of the Work Session of January 26, 2016 F. Consent Agenda 2. Minutes of the Special Meeting of January 26, 2016 ACTION: N/A BACKGROUND: N/A FISCAL IMPACT: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Description Minutes of the Special Meeting of January 26, 2016 F. Consent Agenda 3. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 26, 2016 ACTION: N/A BACKGROUND: N/A FISCAL IMPACT: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Description Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 26, 2016 F. Consent Agenda 4. Resolution Canceling the Regularly Scheduled Second City Council Meetings of July, August, and December 2016 ACTION: A REQUEST TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION CANCELING THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR JULY 26, 2016, AUGUST 23, 2016 AND DECEMBER 27, 2016. BACKGROUND: Cancellation of the second regularly scheduled meetings in July and August accommodates summer vacation schedules and is consistent with City Council action taken in previous years. In the same regard, cancellation of the second meeting in December accommodates holiday vacation schedules. Taking action at this time to officially cancel the three (3) meetings will allow staff sufficient time to plan and schedule agenda items, as well as comply with other requirements for certain items of business. The City Manager recommends approval. FISCAL IMPACT: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Description sdm14102 Reso Canceling the Regular Meetings of 7-26-16, 8-23-16 and 12-27-16 sdm14102 RESOLUTION NO. _______________ A RESOLUTION CANCELING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS OF JULY 26, 2016, AUGUST 23, 2016, AND DECEMBER 27, 2016. WHEREAS, Sec. 4.06 of the Newport News City Charter provides that the City Council is to provide for the time and place of regular meetings which shall not be less frequently than once per month; and WHEREAS, Sec. 2-21 of the City Code establishes the time and place of regular council meetings, but provides that changes to the schedule may be made by the council pursuant to resolution of the council; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to cancel its regular meetings of July 26, 2016, August 23, 2016 and December 27, 2016. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Newport News, Virginia, that it desires to, and hereby does, cancel its regular meetings of July 26, 2016, August 23, 2016 and December 27, 2016. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall immediately cause a notice of this meeting cancellation and rescheduling action to be published in a newspaper generally circulated in Newport New in order to inform the public of the Council’s action. F. Consent Agenda 5. Ordinance Authorizing the Acceptance of Streets and Public Improvements in the Turtle Creek Subdivision, Sections 5, 6 and 7 ACTION: A REQUEST TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE STREETS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TURTLE CREEK SUBDIVISION, SECTIONS 5, 6 AND 7. BACKGROUND: A final inspection was conducted on January 4, 2016 following the required one year warranty period of the Turtle Creek Subdivision Sections 5, 6 and 7. The inspection indicates compliance with all requirements. Once accepted, the streets which were constructed at the owner’s expense will be eligible for State Maintenance reimbursements to the City. The City Manager recommends approval. FISCAL IMPACT: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Description CM Memo re Accepting Streets in Turtle Creek Subdivision Location Map sdm14100 Street Acceptance re Turtle Creek, Sections 5, 6 and 7  Se a rt Tu ay W le 0' (50' ROW) (5 a W wm RO Ne Leonard La ) nD ) r W ' RO 50 rhe ad Dr ( Sec. 05 Logge ( ead Dr ck Cir gerh Flatba Log W 50' RO ) ) W RO 0' Sec. 06 a (5 L eo n ar d L Sec. 07 CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA Turtle Creek Subdivision Sections 5, 6, & 7 50' Right-of-Way Acceptance sdm14100 ORDINANCE NO. ____________ AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT SEA TURTLE WAY, LOGGERHEAD DRIVE AND LEONARD LANE, TURTLE CREEK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 5; LEONARD LANE, TURTLE CREEK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 6; AND LOGGERHEAD DRIVE AND LEONARD LANE, TURTLE CREEK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 7; AND THE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN AND THEREON INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTEM. WHEREAS, ROBINSON TERRACE ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, owner of a certain subdivision in the City of Newport News, as shown on a certain plat entitled, "Section 5 Turtle Creek", dated December 5, 2012, made by C. E. Newbaker Surveying and Planning, Inc., which was recorded on January 16, 2013, in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for the City of Newport News, Virginia, as Instrument Number 130001010, has requested the City of Newport News to accept into the City System of Streets for public maintenance that certain streets named Sea Turtle Way, Loggerhead Drive and Leonard Lane, and the physical improvements which were required and constructed pursuant to the various ordinances of the City of Newport News and which have been approved by the City for acceptance; and WHEREAS, ROBINSON TERRACE ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, owner of a certain subdivision in the City of Newport News, as shown on a certain plat entitled, "Section 6 Turtle Creek", dated January 10, 2013, made by C. E. Newbaker Surveying and Planning, Inc., which was recorded on January 17, 2013, in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for the City of Newport News, Virginia, as Instrument Number 130001142, has requested the City of Newport News to accept into the City System of Streets for public maintenance that certain street named Leonard Lane, and the physical improvements which were required and constructed pursuant to the various ordinances of the City of Newport News and which have been approved by the City for acceptance; and WHEREAS, ROBINSON TERRACE ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, owner of a certain subdivision in the City of Newport News, as shown on a certain plat entitled, "Section 7 Turtle Creek", dated October 10, 2013, made by C. E. Newbaker Surveying and Planning, Inc., which was recorded on October 25, 2013, in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for the City of Newport News, Virginia, as Instrument Number 130019473, has requested the City of Newport News to accept into the City System of Streets for public maintenance that certain streets named Loggerhead Drive and Leonard Lane, and the physical improvements which were required and constructed pursuant to the various ordinances of the City of Newport News and which have been approved by the City for acceptance; and  WHEREAS, the said streets and improvements have been constructed to City standards; and WHEREAS, a public need exists for the said streets and the physical improvements contained therein and thereon. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Newport News: That it hereby accepts those certain streets and physical improvements contained therein and thereon into the City System of Streets, the said streets named and known as: Section 5 Sea Turtle Way (50' right-of-way) - Beginning at the northerly property line of Lot 128 extending in a southerly direction for approximately 109.36 feet to the north side of the intersection of Loggerhead Drive. Beginning again on the south side of the intersection of Loggerhead Drive and extending approximately 131.29 feet to its end. Loggerhead Drive (50' right-of-way) - Beginning at its intersection with Leonard Lane extending in a westerly direction for approximately 528.04 feet to the westerly property line of Lot 126. Leonard Lane (50' right-of-way) - Beginning at the northerly property line of Lot 49 extending in a southerly direction for approximately 292.84 feet to the southerly property Line of Lot 53 as shown on that certain plat entitled, "Section 5 Turtle Creek", dated December 5, 2012, made by C. E. Newbaker Surveying and Planning, Inc., which was recorded on January 16, 2013 in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for the City of Newport News, Virginia, as Instrument Number 130001010. Section 6 Leonard Lane (50' right-of-way) - Beginning at the northerly property line of Lot 95 extending in a southerly direction for approximately 611.41 feet to the southerly property line of Lot 87 as shown on that certain plat entitled, "Section 6 Turtle Creek", dated January 10, 2013, made by C. E. Newbaker Surveying and Planning, Inc., which was recorded on January 17, 2013 in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for the City of Newport News, Virginia, as Instrument Number 130001142. Section 7 Loggerhead Drive (50' right-of-way) - Beginning at its intersection with Leonard Lane extending in a northerly direction for approximately 110 feet to the northerly property line of Lot 82. Leonard Lane (50' right-of-way) - Beginning at the northeasterly property line of Lot 64 extending in a westerly direction for approximately 641.92 feet to its end as shown on that certain plat entitled, "Section 7 Turtle Creek", dated October 10, 2013, made by C. E. Newbaker Surveying and Planning, Inc., which was recorded on October 25, 2013, in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for the City of Newport News, Virginia, as Instrument Number 130019473. H. Appropriations ACTION: A REQUEST FOR A MOTION OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE AS A BLOCK THE FOLLOWING APPROPRIATIONS. 1. None *I. Citizen Comments on Matters Germane to the Business of City Council J. New Business and Councilmember Comments City Manager City Attorney City Clerk Coleman Price Scott Vick Woodbury Bateman Cherry K. Adjourn *THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL BE CONCLUDED NO LATER THAN 10:00 P.M. TO ALLOW PERSONS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL UNDER “CITIZEN COMMENTS ON MATTERS GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS OF CITY COUNCIL.”