City Council Meeting Agendas

AGENDA SUFFOLK CITY COUNCIL March 17, 2004 1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Freedom of Information Act Certification 4. Special Presentations - Presentation of the Woodmen of the World Life Saver Award - Presentation regarding the Civil War Weekend in Suffolk, April 3-4 5. Consent Agenda - Approval of the minutes Approved 7-0 6. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to accept and appropriate $36,798 of federal funds received through the property seizure program for drug investigation - Second Reading Approved 7-0 7. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to appropriate $575,000 for improvements to the Obici House and the Sleepy Hole Golf Course - Second Reading Approved 7-0 8. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to accept and appropriate funds in the amount of $5,110 from the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Health for the Two-For-Life Program - First Reading Approved 7-0 9. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of $5,000 from the Violet H. Greco Foundation for the Suffolk Master Gardeners Association - First Reading Approved 7-0 10. Consent Agenda - A resolution requesting full funding for the operation and maintenance of the Great Dismal Swamp Canal Approved 7-0 11. Consent Agenda - A resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend the Carolina Road Interceptor Force Main and the Windsor Interceptor Force Main Agreements for Construction Approved 7-0 12. Consent Agenda – A resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend the Lake Speight Colony - Turlington Park Waterworks Consent Order Approved 7-0 * * * * * * * * * * * * 13. Public Hearing - A public hearing regarding an ordinance to amend Chapter 83 “Taxation”, Article X, Section 82-483 and 82-484 of the Code of the City of Suffolk - First Reading No action taken – first reading only. 14. Public Hearing - A public hearing on Subdivision Variance Request V5-03, submitted by Whitney Saunders of Saunders, Babineau and Brewbaker, LLC, on behalf of Ashdon Builders, contract purchasers, and Christine Morrison, et. Al, property owners, for a variance for Section 31-612(f)(7) of the Unified Development Ordinance to provide for the required street connectivity ratio Approved without the condition as recommended by the Planning Commission 5-2 (Mayor Dickens and Council Member Brown voted in opposition) 15. Staff Report - Briefing on the First Annual Suffolk Literary Arts Festival No action taken. 16. Staff Report - Briefing on the Neighborhood Clean-Up Program No action taken. 17. Motion - Establish a Work Session for April 7, 2004, at 4:00 p.m., unless canceled. 18. Late Appearances - (Late appearances are limited by Section 2021 of the City Code to five (5) minutes per speaker. There is no limitation on the total time period for late appearances.) 19. Announcements and Comments from Council Members 20. Adjournment