Last Publish on 5/3/2007 1:46:58 PM
City Of Hampton, VA
22 Lincoln Street
Hampton, Va 23669
www.hampton.gov
City Council - Evening Session
Council Chambers, 8th Floor, City Hall
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
7:30 PM
Randall A. Gilliland, Angela Lee Leary, Charles N. Sapp, Joseph H. Spencer, II, Rhet Tignor, Paige V. Washington, Ross A. Kearney, II, Mayor
Jesse T. Wallace Jr., City Manager
Cynthia Hudson, City Attorney
Katherine K. Glass, Clerk of Council
2nd Reading Final Approval of Budget

 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
 INVOCATION - Angela Lee Leary
 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG -
 MAYOR'S COMMENTS
 CONSENT AGENDA
 Consent Items - Other
1.07-0225Resolution Supporting the Incorporation of the HAMPTON ROADS H2O – HELP TO OTHERS PROGRAM as a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation.
2.07-0256Request for Refunds of Erroneous Tax Assessments
3.07-0257Approval of Minutes from afternoon and evening sessions of Council on April 11, 2007.
4.07-0267Resolution Authorizing a Capital Budget Transfer in the Amount of $2,900,000 from FY 2007 School Construction Project to the FY 2007 School Maintenance Project.
5.07-0270A Resolution Appropriating $940,000.00 from Unappropriated Bond Interest Income for Real Property Acquisition and Related Costs for the Improvement of Access to and Preservation of Open Space at Sandy Bottom Nature Park.
6.07-0271AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT CHAPTER 32.1, SECTION 32.1-40 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA
 PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, AWARDS
7.07-0253Recognition and Awards Presentation -- Five Years of Service to Hampton's International Children's Festival
8.07-0264Proclamation Proclaiming the week of May 13-19, 2007 as Business Appreciation Week in the City of Hampton, Virginia.
9.07-0265Proclamation Recognizing Dr. M. Patrick McCormick of Hampton University, One of the State’s Outstanding Scientists of 2007.
10.07-0266Proclamation in Recognition of Freedom Fortress Celebration, 1607-2007
 REPORTS BY CITY MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL, STAFF, COMMITTEES
 PUBLIC HEARINGS
 Rezonings - First Readings
11.07-0189Rezoning Application No. 1241- by Daniel Rosinski to rezone 1.43+/- acres at 1227 Big Bethel Road from One-Family Residence District (R-11) to Neighborhood Commercial District (C-1) (LRSN: 4004316).
 Ordinances - First Readings
12.07-0258AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT CHAPTER 33.1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA ENTITLED “STORMWATER MANAGEMENT” AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 33.1-13 AND 33.1-18, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007.
13.07-0255Zoning Ordinance Amendment by the City of Hampton to amend Article X. “Special Public Interest – Chesapeake Bay Preservation District (SPI-CBPD),” of the City of Hampton Zoning Ordinance.
 Fiscal Year Budget Hearings
14.07-0227Public hearing to receive citizens’ comments relative to the Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund, Capital Improvement Fund, Solid Waste Management Fund, Storm Water Management Fund, Wastewater Management Fund, E-911 Fund, EXCEL Fund, The Hamptons, Economic Development Fund and Hampton Roads Convention Center budgets.
15.07-0228Public hearing to receive citizens’ comments relative to the proposed decrease in the Real Estate Property Tax from $1.14 per $100 of assessed value to $1.08 per $100 of assessed value.
16.07-0229Public hearing to receive citizens’ comments relative to the Fiscal Year 2008 increase in the Stormwater Management User Fees for the City of Hampton, Virginia, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
 General Items
 Ordinances
17.07-0250An ordinance to adopt a budget and appropriate monies for the general expenses of the City of Hampton, Virginia for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
18.07-0246An ordinance to adopt a budget and appropriate monies for the Capital Budget for the City of Hampton for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008.
19.07-0247An ordinance to adopt a budget and appropriate monies for the general expenses of the Solid Waste Management Fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
20.07-0244An ordinance to adopt a budget and appropriate monies for the general expenses of the Wastewater Management Fund for the City of Hampton, Virginia for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
21.07-0242An ordinance to adopt a budget and appropriate monies for the general expenses of the Stormwater Management Fund for the City of Hampton, Virginia, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
22.07-0249An ordinance to adopt a budget and appropriate monies for the general expenses of “The Hamptons Golf Course” for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
23.07-0243An ordinance to adopt a budget and appropriate monies for the general expenses of the Hampton Roads Convention Center for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
24.07-0245An ordinance to adopt a budget and appropriate monies for the general expenses of the EXCEL Fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
25.07-0248An ordinance to adopt a budget and appropriate monies for the Economic Development Fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
26.07-0241An ordinance to set the tax rate on real properties in the City of Hampton, Virginia, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
27.07-0240An ordinance to set the tax rate on tangible personal property, motor vehicles specially equipped to provide transportation for physically handicapped individuals, machinery and tools, and privately owned pleasure boats and watercraft used for recreational purposes only, and recreational vehicles in the City of Hampton, Virginia for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2008 and ending December 31, 2008.
28.07-0239An ordinance to amend the code of the City of Hampton, Virginia by amending and reenacting section 33.1-21 pertaining to "Stormwater User Fees".
29.07-0259AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT CHAPTER 41.1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA ENTITLED “WETLANDS”, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007.
 Appointments
30.07-0272to consider appointments to the Thomas Nelson Community College Board.
31.07-0273to consider an appointment to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.
32.07-0274to consider an appointment to the Virginia Peninsula Disability Services Board.
33.07-0275to consider an appointment to the Hampton Parking Authority.
 Other Items
34.07-0268Appeal of Denial of Application for Taxi Driver Permit by Raymond Andrew White.
 Audiences Granted to the General Public
 Miscellaneous New Business
 Adjournment