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Home My WebLink AboutDECEMBER 17, 2002 MINUTESCITY COUNCIL C ty of %rg ma Beach "COMMUNITY FOR A LIFETIME" CITY COUNCIL AGENDA l IRGIN[4 BEACH l IRGINI4 23456 8005 PHONI:, (757) 4 ? .13o3 FA ~ (75D 426 5669 E M4IL Ci3cncl~bgov corn December 17, 2002 C1TY COUNCIL CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS KEMPSVILLE DISTRICT No 2 Vacant Seat - Conference Room - 1 00 PM Il REVIEW OF AGENDA ITEMS III CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS IV INFORMAL SESSION - Conference Room - $ 00 PM A CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Meyera E Oberndorf B ROLl CALL OF CITY COUNCIL C RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION V FORMAL SESSION - Council Chamber - 6 O0 PM A CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Meyera E Obemdorf B INVOCATION Reverend G Kelth Almond Community United Methodist Church C PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA D ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL E CERTIFICATION OF CLOSED SESSION F G H K L MINUTES 1 INFORMAL AND FORMAL SESSIONS December 10, 2002 AGENDA FOR FORMAL SESSION ORDINANCES Ordinances re Cigarette Tax a AMEND § 35-207 of the Ctty Code re proposed increase ofthts tax b APPROPRIATE $1,080,000 additional CIGARETTE TAX revenue to Economic Development re fire and pohce staffing as well as pubhc safety facd~t~es and equipment, and, establish 19th Street Corndor and DOME site tmprovements - Phase I APPOINTMENTS COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD Mary Almaguer - Family Member William R Brown T Roy Jarrett, llI Donna S Morris MINORITY BUSINESS COUNCIL RESORT ADVISORY COMMISSION (RAC) VOLUNTEER COUNCIL YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATING COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE APPOINTMENT KEMPSVILLE DISTRICT NO 2 SEAT OATH OF OFFICE TO KEMPSVILLE DISTRICT NO 2 COUNCIL MEMBER Presiding The Honorable J Curtis Fruit Clerk &the Virginia Beach C~rcmt Court UNFINISHED BUSINESS MINUTES VIRGINIA BEACH CITY COUNCIL V~rgEma Beach, VEr~ma l 7 December 2002 Mayor Meyera E Oberndorf called to order the CITY COUNCIL CANDIDA TE INTERVIEW Sesston for the VIRGINIA BEACH CITY COUNCIL m the Councd Chamber Cm Hall Budding on Tuesdav Decembe~ 17 2002 at l O0 PM Councd Members Present Margaret L Eure Vtce Mayor Lores R Jones Reba S McClanan Rtchard A Maddor Mayor Meyera E Obe~ndorf Jm~ Reeve Peter W Schmtdt Ron A Vdlamte*a Rosemar) Wd~on and Jatne~ L Wood Councd Members Absent None 2 CITY COUNCIL CANDIDA TE INTER VIEWS ITEM # 50590 100PM Mayor Oberndorf referenced her correspondence to Members of Crt3, Councd dated December 17 2002 At I O0 P M today we wdl begtn conducting can&date mtetwtews tn alphabettcal order The candtdatts ~,tl] be sequestered tn the Councd Confetence Room so that they cannot hear the que~ttons asked and onswers of the other candidates Each candtdate ~ll be provided an opportumrv for an opemng statement of up to three mmutes followed by questions fi om each Councd Member We ha* e allocated up to 30 mtnutes fot each intern tel* tncladmg alloll trig each t andtdate a one tnmute oppot tunttl, for closing t ommt nfs I platt to call on each Counctl Member for quesaons by DtsDtct numbe~ as follows Margaret L Eure Reba S McClanan V~ce Minor Louts R Jones James L Wood Rtchatd A Maddox Jtm Reeve At large members }* dl be called on tn alphabet*cai order and I wall follo}* up wtth conchtdmg questtont as follo~* ~ Peter W Schmtdt Ron A Vdlanueva Rosemar) l}tlson Ma. rot Me,eta E Oberndotf Folloutng compleaon of the mtervtews Counctl **tH adjourn to ClosedSesstontodlscasstheapphcants qualtficattonsandrespon~es to the tnlet'vtew questtons If th~ re ts a agreement on one ~ andtdale wdl ~ ole on the appotntment at our regular meettng at 6 O0 P M under Item d Ctty Councd C'andtdate appointment Slncetel5 s/Meyera E Obetndotf Mayor The quesaons wdl be the same at thei, answered tn the apphcatton pitts the follol, mg g/dl voar prtmary employment allow you nnhmtted ttme to sero e the ctttzens of Vtrgtma Bcach? Are you accesstble to the pubhc durmg the day? Councdman Wood advtsed he had spectfic questions based upon thetr responses Councd Lad), Wdson suggested alternatmg Councd Members t e first candidate commence wtth Coancd Lady Eure the ~econd candtdate commence wtth Coancd Lady Mt Clanan the tht~d randtdate commence wtth Vtre Ma3ot Jones December 17 2002 3 CITY COUNCIL CANDIDA TE INTER VIEWS ITEM # 50590 (Continued) The fo[lowtng Can&dates responded to Ctt~ Councd s questtons Wtlham J Dale, 733 Ptnebrook Drtve, 23462-4722, Phone 467-2076 Harry E Dtezel, 604 Rosaer Lane, 23464, Phone 420-5724 Wdham J Holloran, Jr, 750 Woodstock Road, 23464, Phone 366-9303 Mtchael R Keller, 1221 Homestead Dnve 23469, Phone 495-8948 Josephtne Urstnt Krantz, 4833 Berrywood Road 23464, Phone 495-3577 Carolyn R L~ncoln, 1200 Sotheby Court 23464, Phone 467-0401 Phthp L Russo, Jr, 5336 Reasor Court 23464, Phone 424-2657 Sandra Smtth-Jones, 705 Rock Creek Court 23462-1196, Phone 490-8167 December 17 2002 -4- ITEM # 50591 Ma) or Mevera E Oberndorf called to o~ der the INFORMAL SESSION oJ the VIRGINIA BEA CH CITY COUNCIL tn the Cttl Councd Confetence Room Crt) Hall Buddtng on Tuesday December 17 2002 at 5 12PM Councd Members Present Margaret L Eure gtce Ma¥or Louts R ,lones Reba S McClanan Rtchard A Maddox Mayor Meyera E Oberndorf dim Reeve Peler W Schmtdt Ron ,'~ Vdlanueva Rosemary Wdson and dames L Wood Councd Members Absent None December 17 2002 5 ITEM # 50592 Mayor Oberndorf entertamed a morton to permtt Crt) Counct! to conduct its CLOSED SESSION, pursuant to Section 2 1 344(,4) Code of Vtrgmta as amended fol the Jo[lowing purpose PERSONNEL MATTER3 Discussion con~lderaaon ot tnter~,lews oJ prospective candidates for employment assignment appointment promotton performance demotion salartes dtsclphntng or resignation of spectfic pubhc officer~ appointees or employees pursuant to Set uon 2 2-3711 (A) (1) To Wtt Appotntment Ctll Councd Member - Ketnpsvdle Dtstrtct No 2 Appomtments Boards and Commtsstons Commumt¥ SerYtces Board Upon morton by Vice Mayor Jones seconded b3 Councd Lad3, Wilson City Council voted to proceed into CLOSED SESSION Vottng 10-0 Councd Members Voting Aye Margaret L Eure Vtce Mayor Louis R Jones Reba S McClanan Rtchard A Maddox MayorMeyeta E Oberndorf Jtm Reeve Peter W Schmtdt Ron A Vdlanueva Rosemary W~lson and James L Wood Council Members Voting Nay None Counctl Members Absent None (512PM-645PM) December 17 2002 6 FORMAL SESSION VIRGINIA BEACH CITY COUNCIL December 17, 2002 6 47PM Mayo~ Me, era E Oberndorf called to orde~ the PORMAL SESSION of the VIRGINIA BEACH CITY COUNCIL tn the Council Chamber Crt) Hall Buddtng o. Tuesday December 17 2002 at 6 47 P M Councd Memberv Pretent Margaret L Eure Vtce Mayor Louts R Jones Reba $ McClanan RtchardA Maddox Mayor Meyera E Oberndorf dtm Reeve Peter W Schnudt Ron A Vdlamteva Rosema~7 Wdson and damea L Wood Councd Members Absent None INVOCATION D~ R Senton Wicket Chaplam USNRet PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA December 17 2002 Item V-E -7- CERTIFICATION OF CLOSED SESSION ITEM # 5O59 Upon motton by Vtce Mavor Jones seconded by Counctl Lady Eure Ct0 Counctl CERTIFIED THE CLOSED SESSION TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOTION TO RECESS Only pubhc business matters lawfully exempted from Open Meetmg requirements by Vtrgmta law were dtscussed tn Closed Se*stott to whtch tht~ cert~tcatton resolution apphe* AND Only such pubhc bnamess matters as were tdenttfied tn the motion conw. mng the Closed Se~ton ~,ere heard dtscussed or tonsutc~ed b~ Vtrgtnta Beach Cttv Counctl Voting 10 0 Council Members Voting Ave Margaret L Eure Vtce Makor louts R Jones Reba S McClanan Rtchard A Maddor Mayor Mevera E Oberndorf Jtm Reeve Peter W Schmtdt Ron A Vtllanueva Rosemark Wdson and Jame~ L Wood Counctl Members Vottng Nay None Counctl Members Absent None December 17 2002 RESOLUTION CERTIFICATION OF CLOSED SESSION VIRGINIA BEACH CITY COUNCIL WHEREAS The V~rgtnla Beach City Council convened Into CLOSED SESSION, pursuant to the affirmative vote recorded in ITEM # 50592 page 5 and m accordance with the promslons of The Virglma Freedom of Information Act, and, WHEREAS Section2 2-3711(A)oftheCodeofV~rgmmrequlresacertlficatlonbythegovemlng body that such Closed Session was conducted ~n conformity with Virginia law NOW, TItEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the Vtrg~ma Beach C~ty Council hereby certifies that, to the best of each member's knowledge, (a) only pubhc business matters lawfully exempted from Open Meeting reqmrements by Virginia law were discussed in Closed Session to which this cemficatlon resolution apphes, and (b) only such public business matters as were identified m the motion convemng this Closed Session were heard discussed or considered by Vlrg~ma Beach C~ty Councd l~h Hodges S~llth, MMC C~ty Clerk December 17 2002 Item V-F 1 -8- MINUTES ITEM# 50594 Upon motion by Councdman ~tllanueva seconded by Councdman Schmtdt Cttv Councd APPROVED the Mmute~ of the INFORMAL AND FORMAL SESSIONS of December 10, 2002 l/otmg 10-0 Councd Members Voting Aye Margaret L Eure Vtce Masor Louts R Jones Reba S McClanan Rtchard A Maddor Ma)or Mevera E Oberndorf Jim Reeve Pete~ Schmtdt Ron A Vdlanu~.va Rosemary Wdson and lame* 1 Wood Councd Members lTotmg Na) None Counctl Members Absent None December 17 2002 -9 Item V-H 1 ORDIN~4NCES ITEM # 50595 Mayor Oberndorf referenced the correspondence from the Commissioner of the Revenue relam e response to Council Lady Eure s questions of December Tenth What happens ifa wholesaler buys cigar ettes and then dehvers them to a ~ etailer who later refu *es to pay their bill Could the wholesaler get their money, back on the stamps on the packages ? How does a tax stamp dtffer from sales tax? Satd correspondence ts hereby made a part of the record The follov*tng registered tn SUPPORT ~/tlham Ballek Virginia Beach Professional FirefighterS 484l Rosec~ t~ Street Phone 288 5761 Ned H Lower) dt 1816 Ttmberwood Lane Phoue 496 9969 The following ~ egtstered tn OPPOSITION Brian Ktrwtn 304 Cripple Creek Court Terrt Boothe 528 Pinewood Dt rye Phone 491-2883 John D Moss Chair - Virginia Beach Taxpayers Alliance 4109 Rtchardaou Road Phone 363 7745 Henry R)lo 864 Old Vtrgtma Beach Road Phone 428 2763 Ben Krause Vice Chair - Vtrgmta Beach Tctrpa)ers Alhance 1436 Five Hill Trail Photo 486-3721 Reid G~eenmun Chair of Economic Development Committee V. gtma Beach - Council of Civic Otganlzattons 2621 Sandpiper Road Phone 426 5589 Mayor Oberndorf adv~sed the 19'~ Street Corridor has been ehmtnated from the Ordmanct and quoted the Budgetary Allocation of Proposed Tar btcrease The additional funding would be allocated as follows for FY 2002-03 $406 400for additional radtos fo~ public safety departments to reduce the sharing of radios among depa~ lments (EMS 28 radio t~ $89 600 Pohce 60 ra&os @ $192 000 Fire 39 radios @ $124 800 $418 600 for pubhc mfrastructure costs associated with Economic Development projerts that wdl be authorized based on Ctt~ Councd approval (new CIP project 9-038) $180 O00 fo~ addittonal fitndmg to the EDIP (£ IP project 9-141) $75 000 to target business investment tn the defense and securt0 lnduslrles Begtnmng tn FY2003 04 the additional cigarette tar revenue ts proposed to be allocated a~ follow ~ (but could be modified dependmg on fina[ FY 2003-04 budget needs) Public Safety Issues Ten (10) cents wouM ~ ema~n tn the Gene~ al Fund to fund items such as the fol[o~,mg ten addtt~onal~re fighters grant tnatch ~equtrements for t~*ent) j%e pohce officers through the Fedoal Community Pohcmg Grant pubhc safety infrastructure and equipment and police o* er-time pa), for special events Economtc Deve[opment lnfrastructure Projects Ftve (5) cents to provtde tnttial fundtngfor property acquisition project design and infrastructure improvements for City Councd authorized projects ED[P Three (3) cents to pro~tde addtttonal fimdotgfor tncenm es to help ~etatn and attract bustuess that meet the requirement of the EDIP and Council goals December l 7 2002 Item V-H 1 lO- ORDINANCES ITEM # 50595 (Contmued) Upon motton b> Counctlman VtHanu* va 3econded bv Cottnctl Ladv Wtlson Ctt~ Counctl DEFERRED TO JANUARY 7, 2003 Ordtnances re Ctgarette Tax AMEND ~ 35 207 oJ the Ctty Code re proposed increase of thts tax APPROPRIATE $1,080,000 addtttonal CIGARETTE TAX revenue to Econorntc De* elopment retire and pohce stafting as well as pubhc safety facdtttes and equtpment, and economtc development tntttattves ~ ~:;'cc: Cc. rr;dc.r and D~.E Vottng 9 1 Council Members ["ottng A3 e Margaret L Eure Iqce Maj, or Louts R dones Reba S McClanan R~chard A Maddor Mayor Meyera E Obetndorf dtm Reeve Ron A Vtllanueva Rosemary Wtlson and James L }Food Cototct[ Members Vottng Nay Peter W Schmtdt Councd Members Absent None December 17 2002 Item V-I 1 .4PPOINTMENTS ll ITEM # 50596 BY CONSENSUS C~ty Councd RESCHEDULED lhe followtng APPOINTMENTS MINORITY BUSINESS COUNCIL RESOR f ADVISORY COMMISSION (RAC) VOLUNTEER COUNCIL YOUTH SERVICES COORDIN,4 TING COUNCIL Decembe~ 17 2002 Item V-I 2 4PPOINTMENTS -12- ITEM# 50597 Upon NOM1NA TION b) Counctlman Wood Cttv Counctl APPOINTED Donna S Morrts 3 year term 01/01/03 - 12/31/05 REAPPOINTED Mary Almaguer - Famdy btember Wtlham R Brown T Roy Jarrett, II1 3 year terms 01/01/03 - 12/31/05 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD Voting 10 0 Councd Membet s Vottng Aye Margaret L Eu~e ?tce Mayor Louta R Jones Reba S McClanan Rtchard A Maddox Mayor Mo_/era ~ Oberndotf dtm Reete Peter W Schmtdt Ron A Vtllanueva Rosemary Wtlson and damev L Wood Counctl Members kotmg Nay None Counctl Membets Absent None December 17 2002 Item V-I 3 APPOINTMENTS -13 ITEM # ~0598 Upon NOMINATION by Councdman Wood C~tv Counctl selected Robert Gregory (to be appotnted 1/7/03) Wdham J Brunke (to be reappotnted 1/7/03) COMMUNITY SER VICES BOARD lin accordance wtth Vtrgtnta State Code, Sectton 37 1-195, mformatton on the above proposed appotntees ts avatlable tn the Of J'~tce of the Ctty Clerk] December 17 2002 Item V-J 1 14- CITY COUNCIL CANDIDA TE APPOINTMENT ITEM # 50599 Upon NOMINATION by Vtce Mayor Jonea City Counctl APPOINTED to Ctlv Councd Harry E Dtezel KEMPSVILLE - DISTRICT NO 2 December 17, 2002 to June 30, 2004 Votmg 10 0 Counctl Members Vottng Aye Margaret L Eure Vice Mayor louts R Jones Reba S McClanan Rtchard A Maddox Makor Meyera E Oberndorf Jim Reeve Petcr W Schmtdt Ron A Vdlanue*a Rosemary Wtlson and James £ Wood Counctl Members Vottng Na~, None Counc# Member~ Absent None December 17 2002 Item V-M 1 NE W BUSINESS ]5- ITEM # 50600 CITY CLERK TO RECORD, BY CONSENSUS, the ABSTRACT OF CIVIL CASES RESOLVED - November 2002 December 17 2002 -16- Item V-N 1 ADJOURNMENT ITEM# 50601 Ma~or Mevera E Oberndorf DECL,4RED the Cttv Counctl Meeltng ADJOURNED at 7 33 P M Chtef Deputy Ct~, Clerk Me)era E Oberndorf Mayor Ctty o.[ Vtrgmta Beach II. greta December 17 2002