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Home My WebLink About3-12-2026 SPECIAL FORMAL SESSION IA-$EA� Cityof Virginia Beach �F =4 e a U � �� VirginiaBeach.gov oR NAt�Q� MUNICIPAL CENTER,BUILDING 1 2401 COURTHOUSE DRIVE Robert M. "Bobby" Dyer VIRGINIA BEACH,VA23456-9000 MAYOR OFFICE:(757)385-4581 CELL:(757)407-5105 BDYERO.VBGOV.COM March 10, 2026 HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL In accordance with the Virginia Beach City Code Section 2-21, and by the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Virginia Beach, I hereby call for a SPECIAL FORMAL SESSION of the VIRGINIA BEACH CITY COUNCIL: Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 3:30 P.M. City Council Conference Room —Room 2034 Building 1 —2"d Floor 2401 Courthouse Drive The purpose of this SPECIAL FORMAL SESSION is to allow the City Council to convene into a Closed Session to consider the following: • LEGAL ADVICE— Imminent Threat Curfew Ordinance At 4:00 p.m., City Council will reconvene into Open Session in the City Council Chamber to consider the following: • CERTIFY THE CLOSED SESSION • AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE A TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL CURFEW FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AND TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE RESORT AREA The Special Formal Session will be broadcast on the Cable TV, virgin iabeach.gov and Facebook Live. Sincerely, Robert M. Dyer Mayor Enclosure cc: City Manager City Attorney City Clerk Deputy City Managers FOIA Officer Communications Office �1NV' $EAc City ofVirginia Beach U Y r r "'COMMUNITY FOR A LIFETIME yoyg9� _ 0�G z S .5 �F DUR NAT�� City Council Members Mayor Robert M. "Bobby" Dyer bdver@VBgov.com 1 757-385-4581 Vice Mayor Rosemary Wilson, District 5 Cal "Cash"Jackson-Green, District 7 rcwilson@VBgov.com 1 757-422-0733 CJacksonGreen@VBgov.com 1 757-629-8792 Michael F. Berlucchi, District 3 Robert W. "Worth" Remick, District 6 mberlucc@VBgov.com 1 757-407-5105 wremick@VBgov.com 1 757-840-5855 Stacy Cummings, District 8 Dr. Amelia N. Ross-Hammond, District 4 StCummings@VBgov.com 1 757-629-8691 arosshammond@VBgov.com 1 757-840-0735 Barbara M. Henley, District 2 Jennifer Rouse, District 10 bhenlev@VBgov.com 1 757-426-7501 ivrouse@VBgov.com 1757-840-1821 David Hutcheson, District 1 Joashua F. "Joash" Schulman, District 9 dhutcheson@VBgov.com 1 757-651-7641 ischulman@VBgov.com 1 757-840-1291 Email all City Council members at CityCouncil@VBgov.com. City Council Appointees Patrick A. Duhaney City Hall, Building 1 City Manager 2401 Courthouse Drive Mark D. Stiles Virginia Beach, VA 23456 City Attorney Phone: 757-385-4303 Lyndon S. Remias City Auditor Fax: 757-385-5669 Amanda Barnes City Clerk Sue Cunningham City Real Estate Assessor VT__ . . _< City Council Special Formal Session Agenda March 12, 2026 Mayor Robert M. "Bobby" Dyer Presiding I. SPECIAL FORMAL SESSION -CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM- A. CALL TO ORDER—Mayor Rober M. "Bobby" Dyer 3:30 P.M. 1. READING OF THE MAYOR'S CALL FOR SPECIAL FORMAL SESSION II. INFORMAL SESSION - CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM- A. CALL TO ORDER 3:30 P.M. B. CITY COUNCIL ROLL CALL C. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION III. SPECIAL FORMAL SESSION -CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER- A. CALL TO ORDER -Mayor Robert M. "Bobby" Dyer 4:00 P.M. B. ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL C. CERTIFICATION OF CLOSED SESSION D. ORDINANCE 1. Ordinance to AUTHORIZE a Temporary Additional Curfew for Unaccompanied Minors and AUTHORIZE Certain Additional Actions to Assist Law Enforcement at the Resort Area E. ADJOURNMENT 1 AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE A TEMPORARY 2 ADDITIONAL CURFEW FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS 3 AND TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TO 4 ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE RESORT AREA 5 6 WHEREAS, on March 7, 2026 ("March 7"), the City experienced large crowds at 7 the Oceanfront with approximately 50% or more of such crowds being minors; 8 9 WHEREAS, on the evening of March 7, there were multiple incidents of actual or 10 threatened violent behavior, including a shooting that injured 6 persons, and several other 11 near stampedes or riots arising from actual or perceived threats of violence, all of which 12 represented an imminent threat to public health and safety; 13 14 WHEREAS, on March 7, the police department took in excess of 30 juveniles into 15 temporary custody for violating the existing city-wide curfew, some of whom were found 16 to be illegally possessing firearms; 17 18 WHEREAS, the experience of March 7 is consistent with the City's recent historical 19 experience of Oceanfront gatherings on warm evenings in the late winter and early spring; 20 21 WHEREAS, the presence of large crowds of juveniles has tended to correlate to 22 past civil commotions and violent crime occurrences, such as those that occurred on 23 March 7, before the time when the City's unaccompanied minor curfew was in effect; 24 25 WHEREAS, the City has intelligence that certain events likely to result in the 26 gathering of large groups of juveniles or young adults are being advertised for upcoming 27 weekends in March and April and the City believes that events similar to those of March 28 7 could reoccur; 29 30 WHEREAS, the perils associated with such crowds create a complex and dynamic 31 public safety problem, and unaccompanied minors are both part of this problem and 32 potential victims of criminal acts associated with this public safety problem; 33 34 WHEREAS, the City's experience combined with current intelligence gives the City 35 Council a reasonable concern of an imminent threat of a civil commotion or disturbance 36 at the Resort Area for Friday, March 13, 2026, and Saturday, March 14, 2026 and 37 subsequent weekends through April 30, 2026; 38 39 WHEREAS, the City Council finds the existing tools — including the existing city- 40 wide curfew for unaccompanied minors—are not sufficient to effectively respond to urgent 41 public safety threats, like those experienced on March 7 and believed likely to imminently 42 reoccur, and therefore, the City Council needs to implement other tools; 43 44 WHEREAS, the City's enactment of an imminent threat curfew is more limited than 45 the full possible scope authorized by Virginia Code § 15.2-925 and City Code § 23-2.1 46 because it is limited to unaccompanied minors and for only the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 47 a.m.; 48 49 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 50 OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, THAT: 51 52 (1) The City Council incorporates the findings set forth above. 53 54 (2) The City Council takes this action as a matter of its exercise of the police power 55 consistent with the general grant of such powers by Virginia Code §§ 15.2-1102, 15.2- 56 1700, and City Charter § 2.01. 57 58 (3) The City Council hereby authorizes and directs the Police Chief, upon the 59 concurrence of the City Manager and Mayor, to enact a temporary additional curfew 60 for unaccompanied minors, pursuant to Virginia Code § 15.2-925 and City Code § 61 23-2.1, for Friday, March 13, 2026, from 7:00 p.m. to 5.00 a.m. on Saturday, March 62 14, 2026; and Saturday, March 14, 2026, from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. on Sunday 63 March 15, 2026 and continuing thereafter for a similar time period each weekend 64 through April 30, 2026, The geographical area of such curfew shall be bounded to 65 the south by Rudee Park, the west by the western boundary of Pacific Avenue, the 66 north by the northern boundary of 31St Street, and the east by the Atlantic Ocean. 67 68 (4) The curfew for unaccompanied minors authorized by this ordinance shall supersede 69 any conflicting provision of the City's unaccompanied minor curfew set forth in City 70 Code § 23-2. 71 72 (5) The City Manager shall provide appropriate public information using the City's 73 website and other means of promulgating information to provide the public with 74 information regarding the curfew and limitations upon pedestrian and vehicular traffic 75 at the Resort Area. Adopted by the Council of the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, on the day of , 2026. APPRO AS TO CONTENT: APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY: .__ Police Department City Attorney's Office CA17114 R-2 March 11, 2026