City Council Meeting Agendas

SUFFOLK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA March 18, 2009 7:00 p.m. City Council Chamber 1. Call to Order 2. Nonsectarian Invocation No City Council action required. 3. Approval of the Minutes Approved 8-0 4. Special Presentations No City Council action required. 5. Removal of Items from the Consent Agenda and Adoption of the Agenda A motion to amend the agenda to add a Staff Report regarding the Southeastern Public Service Authority and adopt the remainder of the Agenda in its entirety was approved by a vote of 8-0. 6. Agenda Speakers No City Council action required. 7. Consent Agenda - A resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend the East Washington Street Sewer Rehabilitation Construction Agreement Approved 8-0 8. Consent Agenda - A resolution to accept and appropriate funds from the Virginia Department of Transportation for the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Proactive Safety Project Approved 8-0 9. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit Request, C06-08, submitted by Kevin Breslin of Richmond Breslin, LLP, on behalf of CenterPoint Properties Trust, property owner, to permit a religious assembly (small) use in accordance with Sections 31-306 and 31-406 of the Unified Development Ordinance Approved 7-0-1 (Council Member Barclay abstained.) 10. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit Request C01-09, submitted by Jason R. Fulford, on behalf of Suffolk Holdings, LLC, property owner, for a tattoo parlor and body piercing salon in accordance with Sections 31-306, 31-406, and 31-721 of the Unified Development Ordinance Approved 8-0 11. Public Hearing - A public hearing to consider an ordinance granting an exemption from taxation to the Western Tidewater Free Clinic A motion to schedule a public hearing at the April 1, 2009, City Council meeting to consider an ordinance granting an exemption from taxation to the Suffolk Partnership for a Healthy Community, Incorporated was approved by a vote of 8-0. 12. Resolution - A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Memorandum of Agreement between the Hampton Roads Sanitation District and the Hampton Roads jurisdictions for the mutual cooperation in the retrofit enforcement of grease control devices Approved 8-0 13. Staff Reports Staff Report - Southeastern Public Service Authority A motion to appropriate $7,124 from the City Contingency Fund for the independent appraisal of the assets of the Southeastern Public Service Authority was approved by a vote of 8-0. 14. Motion - A motion to schedule a Work Session for April 1, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., unless canceled or called earlier by the Mayor Approved 8-0 15. Non-Agenda Speakers No City Council action required. 16. New Business A motion to nominate and appoint the following individuals to the respective boards and commissions was approved 8-0: Disabilities Services Board of South Hampton Roads – Tyrone Brown and William Freeman Library Board – Carolyn Epps White 2  A motion directing the City Manager and City Attorney to draft an ordinance establishing a civic organizations grants program in conjunction with the annual budget process to accommodate request for City funds from civic, charitable and nonprofit organizations was approved by a vote of 8-0. 17. Announcements and Comments from City Council Members No City Council action required. 18. Announcements by the Communications Director No City Council action required. 19. Adjournment Approved 8-0 3