City Council Meeting Agendas

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA SUFFOLK CITY COUNCIL January 19, 2005 7:00 P.M. 1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Freedom of Information Act Certification Approved 6-0 4. Special Presentations - Presentation of the National Night Out Award 2004 No action was taken on this matter. - Presentation of the “Employee and Team of the Quarter” Award This presentation was continued to a future meeting due to the inclement weather. 5. Consent Agenda – Approval of the minutes Approved 6-0 6. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to accept and appropriate Federal Funds received through the Property Seizure Program for Drug Investigation – Second Reading Approved 6-0 7. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to accept and appropriate proceeds from the ad sales for the 2004 Peanut Fest Souvenir Program – Second Reading Approved 6-0 8. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to accept and appropriate a V-STOP grant renewal award from the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the Suffolk Reduction in Domestic (RID) Violence Program and to appropriate a local cash match – Second Reading Approved 6-0 9. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to accept and appropriate funds from the developer of the Parr Funeral Home for cost participation in the Non-Residential Sanitary Sewer Extension Program - Second Reading Approved 6-0 1 10. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to accept and appropriate an Economic Development Initiative (EDI) Grant award from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the renovation and restoration of the former Suffolk High School for use as a cultural arts center – First Reading Approved 6-0 11. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to appropriate funds from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund for a review and update of the Cash Proffer Study – First Reading Approved 6-0 12. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to accept and appropriate a Challenge America: Access to the Arts Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts for the renovation and restoration of the former Suffolk High School for use as a cultural arts center - First Reading Approved 6-0 13. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to accept and appropriate donations to the City – First Reading Approved 6-0 14. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to accept and appropriate proceeds from the raffle of pedal cars used on the City of Suffolk Holiday Float – First Reading Approved 6-0 15. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to accept and appropriate funding from the State Compensation Board and to appropriate the required matching funds from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund – First Reading Approved 6-0 16. Consent Agenda – A resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation to include Obici Industrial Boulevard and Prentis Street in the Urban Transportation Municipal Assistance Payment Funding Approved 6-0 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 17. Public Hearing – Conditional Use Permit Request C22-04, submitted by Adria L. Mason on behalf of Lorraine Jo Hill Mason, property owner, to permit an adult care residence in accordance with Sections 31-306 and 31-406 of the Unified Development Ordinance. The subject property is located at 210 North Lloyd Street and is further identified as Tax Map 35F, Block LA, Parcel {T 74, Cypress Voting Borough, Nansemond Taxing District, zoned RM, Residential Medium Density District. Approved 6-0 2 18. Public Hearing – A public hearing to receive comments regarding a proposal to restrict through trucks on Bennetts Pasture Road, Shoulders Hill Road, and a certain section of Knotts Neck Road Approved 6-0 19. Public Hearing – A public hearing on a resolution declaring that a public necessity exists for the construction, operation and maintenance of a water distribution system, sanitary sewer collection system, roadway and drainage improvements, and for municipal purposes generally, in and on certain real estate owned by: William H. Sears and Murtie W. Sears; Howard Mann, Jr., and Linda E. Mann; John B. Hadder, III; James E. Harper and Ida Harper; WVEC Television, Inc. a/k/a Dallas Radio, Inc.; and WTKR TV, Inc.; and to authorize the taking of a portion of said real estates by condemnation Approved 6-0 20. Public Hearing – A resolution authorizing the City Manager, on behalf of the City, to acquire certain property owned by Keith and Susan Weaver, and to transfer certain City property to Keith and Susan Weaver Approved 6-0 21. Resolution – A resolution supporting early expenditure by the School Board for the construction of Creekside Elementary School Approved 6-0 22 Motion – A motion to schedule a Work Session for February 2, 2005, at 4:00 p.m., unless canceled. Approved 6-0 There was a motion to amend the agenda to consider the following items: An appointment to the Clean Communities Commission - Phyllis Byrum Approved 6-0 An appointment to the Clean Communities Commission - Dilly Wilson Richards Approved 6-0 An appointment to the Library Board - Elbernia Lee Approved 6-0 3  An appointment to the Western Tidewater Water Authority - Calvin Jones (voting member) An appointment to the Wetlands Board - John R. Ellison, III 23. Late Appearances – Guidelines for the Late Appearances period are outlined in the City Code Section 2-96 and permit each speaker five (5) minutes to address City Council. There is no limitation on the total time period for Late Appearances. 24. Announcements and Comments from Council Members 25. Adjournment 4