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Newport News council approves routine resolutions, grant, lease extension, ordinance transfer and a $100,000 training appropriation
Summary
Council approved consent items, a license agreement, a state grant for stream restoration, a two-year lease extension for Fire Station 11, an ordinance moving poultry permits to Parks and Recreation, and appropriated $100,000 for police training.
Newport News City Council on April 8 approved a slate of routine items and several staff-recommended actions by unanimous vote.
Consent agenda items F1 through F4 were adopted 6-0; the consent list included minutes from March 25 work sessions and regular meeting, a resolution canceling the May 27 regular meeting and a resolution accepting the donation of rooftop solar services and equipment at the Early Childhood Development Center.
Council approved a license agreement (G1) authorizing the city manager to execute a license with 5100 Chestnut Avenue LLC and Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc. for use of city-owned property at 5198 Chestnut Avenue to maintain ingress and egress to nearby properties. The resolution was approved 6-0.
The council adopted a resolution (G2) authorizing the city manager to execute a grant agreement with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for the Governor Drive stream restoration and BMP project. The project will restore approximately 885 linear feet of Flax Mill Creek between East Governor Drive and Riverview Farm Park and include a stormwater management facility to manage runoff from Riverview Farm Park. The resolution passed 6-0.
A two-year lease extension (G3) between the city and the Peninsula Airport Commission for Fire Station 11 at 1000 Bland Boulevard, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027, was approved at the same rent rate and with other original terms unchanged, by a 6-0 vote.
Council adopted an ordinance (G4) amending city code chapter 6 (Animals and Fowl), transferring responsibility for issuing poultry permits from the Department of Planning to the Department of Parks and Recreation to consolidate permitting and enforcement functions within Parks and Recreation; the ordinance was adopted 6-0.
On the appropriation docket, council approved a resolution (H1) appropriating $100,000 from the local training fund for police academy training to support the Newport News Police Department's training programs; the transcript refers to the source as the "local bridal justice training academy fund" and notes an available unappropriated balance of $129,722.25. The appropriation passed 6-0; the record states any unspent funds will carry over to the next fiscal year.
