City Council Meeting Agendas

SUFFOLK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA September 17, 2008 7:00 p.m. City Council Chamber 1. Call to Order 2. Nonsectarian Invocation 3. Approval of the Minutes Approved 7-0 4. Special Presentation - Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (GDSNWR) No City Council action required. - Suffolk Peanut Festival No City Council action required. 5. Removal of Items from the Consent Agenda and Adoption of the Agenda Approved 7-0 6. Agenda Speakers No City Council action required. 7. Consent Agenda - A resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend the Suffolk Airport Sanitary Sewer and Water Extension Construction Agreement Approved 7-0 8. Consent Agenda - An ordinance approving revised job descriptions for positions in the Department of Public Utilities Approved 7-0 9. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit Request C12-08, submitted by K.C. Jones of Berkley Machine Works, LLC, applicant, on behalf of Coastal Holdings, LC, property owner to permit a machine shop in accordance with Sections 31-06 and 31-406 of the Unified Development Ordinance Approved 7-0 10. Public Hearing - A public hearing regarding an ordinance to authorize the conveyance of real estate owned by the City of Suffolk, Virginia, to Davis Boulevard, LLC. The property was previously utilized for the former Nansemond County Wastewater Treatment Plant A motion to continue the public hearing to the October 15, 2008, City Council meeting was approved 7-0. 11. Public Hearing - A public hearing regarding the transfer of public property located at 310 East Washington Street in the City of Suffolk A motion to direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance for consideration at the October 1, 2008, City Council meeting regarding the transfer of public property located at 310 East Washington Street was approved 7-0. 12. Public Hearing - An ordinance restricting through truck traffic on a certain section of Pittmantown Road Approved 7-0 13. Ordinances - Subdivision Variance Request V5-07, submitted by Justin W. Nelson, property owner, requesting a variance from Section 31-514(a)(2) of the Unified Development Ordinance which requires that a family transfer parcel to be held by the immediate family member who received it for a minimum of 10 years unless subject to an involuntary transfer. THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT (This item was continued from the July 16, 2008, City Council meeting.) No City Council action required. 14. Resolution - A resolution approving the proposed issuance of certain revenue bonds by the Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia, a portion of the proceeds of the bonds to be used to finance or refinance facilities located in the City Approved 7-0 15. Resolution - A resolution supporting the application for an allocation of funds through the Virginia Department of Transportation Revenue Sharing Program for the Holland Road and Kenyon Road Intersection Improvement Project Approved 7-0 16. Resolution - A resolution declaring and rescinding a local emergency Approved 7-0 17. Staff Report - 2008-09 Reassessment Appeal Process No City Council action required. 18. Motion - A motion to schedule a public hearing for the October 15, 2008, City Council meeting, regarding authorizing the issuance and sale of General Obligation Public Improvement Bonds, Series 2008, in the maximum amount of $18,000,000 by the City of Suffolk, Virginia, and establishing the terms, details and provisions for the payment thereof Approved 7-0 19. Motion - A motion to schedule a Work Session for October 1, 2008, at 4:00 p.m., unless canceled or called earlier by the Mayor Approved 7-0 20. Non-Agenda Speakers No City Council action required. 21. New Business A motion to nominate and appoint the following individuals to the respective boards and commissions was approved 7-0: Craney Island Commission - Tyrone Brown Community Policy and Management Team - Brian Stump Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads (alternate) - Tyrone Brown South Hampton Roads Disabilities Services Board - Tyrone Brown Southeastern Virginia Areawide Model Program - Elliot Drew and Joice Whitehorn Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission - James Gordon Western Tidewater Community Services Board - Melinda J. Boone and Rachel Lewis 22. Announcements and Comments from Council Members No City Council action required. 23. Announcements by the Communications Director No City Council action required. 24. Adjournment