ACTION
OF THE COUNCIL
Prayer offered by Councilman Paul Riddick, followed by the Pledge of
Allegiance.
President
Fraim moved to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the previous
meeting.
Motion
adopted.
Yes: Burfoot, Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams,
Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
A
Resolution entitled, "A Resolution certifying a closed meeting of the
Council of the City of
The
Resolution as introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot, Hester, Riddick,
Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
CEREMONIAL MATTER
Lorraine Graves, Chair of the Commission on Arts and
Humanities, recognized various arts groups which received grants from the
Commission through funding provided by the City.
President Fraim read a
proclamation proclaiming the month of April 2007 as KOVAR Tootsie Roll
Month. The proclamation was accepted by
the Knights of Columbus.
Rasheeda Grant,
PUBLIC
HEARINGS
PH-1 PUBLIC HEARING scheduled this day under the State law, public notice having been
inserted in the local press by the City Clerk on the application of WENDELL FRANKLIN to amend the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Norfolk, 1992, to change the zoning from C-2
(Corridor Commercial) District and PCO Riverview (Riverview Pedestrian
Commercial Overlay) District to River House Planned Development (PD-R RH) and
to amend The General Plan of Norfolk, 1992 from open space to high
density residential.
Wendell Franklin,
Holley Carter,
Thereupon,
an Ordinance entitled, An Ordinance to amend the General Plan of
ACTION: The Ordinance as introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
PH-1A
An Ordinance
entitled, An
Ordinance to amend Chapter 27 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
ACTION: The Ordinance as introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
PH-1B
An Ordinance
entitled, An
Ordinance to rezone property located on the west sides of
ACTION: The Ordinance as introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
CONSENT AGENDA
C-1 Letter
from the City Manager presenting recommendation of the City Planning Commission
on the application of the CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, for a change of
zoning from HC-EF (East Freemason Historic Cultural and Conservation) to D-3 (
ACTION: City Clerk authorized to advertise for a public hearing on
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
C-2 Letter
from the City Manager presenting recommendation of the City Planning Commission
on the application of
ACTION: City Clerk authorized to
advertise for a public hearing on
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
C-3 Letter
from the City Manager presenting recommendation of the City Planning Commission
on the application of NORFOLK COLLEGIATE LOWER SCHOOL, for a change in
zoning from R-6 (One-Family) District to Conditional IN-1 (Institutional) on property
located at 1742 Willow Wood Drive and properties located west of the
western line of Tidewater Drive and extending westwardly.
ACTION: City Clerk authorized to
advertise for a public hearing on
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
REGULAR AGENDA
R-1 Letter
from the City Manager and an Ordinance entitled, An Ordinance accepting a grant
in the amount of $500,000 from Virginia Department of Transportation for the
Schooner Virginia Project; appropriating and authorizing the expenditure of the
grant funds, was introduced in writing and read by its title.
ACTION: The Ordinance as introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
R-2 Letter from the
City Manager and an Ordinance entitled, An Ordinance authorizing the
acceptance of $50,000.00 in subgrant funds from the Virginia Association of
Chiefs of Police from the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program,
appropriating and authorizing the expenditure of the subgrant funds for the
purchase of equipment, training and to pay police officers overtime to enhance
law enforcement activities, was introduced in writing and read by its title.
ACTION: The Ordinance as introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
R-3 Letter from the City
Manager and an Ordinance entitled, An Ordinance granting a Special Exception
to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption on
property located at
ACTION: The Ordinance as amended and introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: Riddick.
R-4 Letter from the City Manager and an Ordinance
entitled, An Ordinance approving a Second Right of Entry Agreement with
ACTION: The Ordinance as introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
R-5 Letter
from the City Manager and a Resolution entitled, A Resolution approving the
exercise by Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority of Powers conferred by
the Virginia Housing Authorities Law in conjunction with the financing of not
to exceed $20,000,000 in bonds for the acquisition, renovation and equipping by
NRHA Grandy Village Limited Partnership of the Grandy Village Public Housing
Apartment Complex located in the City of Norfolk, Virginia, was introduced in
writing and read by its title.
ACTION: The Resolution as introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
R-6 Letter from the City
Manager and an Ordinance entitled, An Ordinance setting the rate of tax relief
for tax year 2007 that is anticipated fully to exhaust relief funds provided to
the City by the Commonwealth of Virginia under the Personal Property Relief Act
of 1998, was introduced in writing and read by its title.
ACTION: The Ordinance as amended and introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
R-7 An Ordinance
entitled, An Ordinance to change the starting time of the regular weekly City
Council meeting scheduled for
ACTION: The Ordinance as introduced was adopted, effective
Yes: Burfoot,
Hester, Riddick, Whibley, Williams, Winn, Wright and Fraim.
No: None.
NEW
BUSINESS
Kathryn
Thro,
Bernard
Smalley,
Paul
Parker,
Dan
Montague,