Newport News Planning Commission elects officers, adopts minutes and hears staff briefings

The Newport News Planning Commission on Jan. 15 re-elected Michael Taylor as chair and Philip Shook as vice chair in unanimous votes and adopted the minutes of the Dec. 18, 2024 meeting.

Lynn Spratley, the commissions attorney who served as acting chair at the start of the meeting while the commission conducted elections, opened nominations and called the roll as nominations closed. The commission recorded both officer elections as unanimous, 7-0. Commissioners then adopted the minutes from the Dec. 18 meeting without objection.

Executive Secretary McAllister delivered the executive secretary report. She told the commission that City Council approved the conditional use permit for an auto-veil car wash at 13698 Warwick Boulevard at its January meeting. McAllister said the Planning Commission will hear two cases in February: (1) a rezoning from R-4 to R-7 for a 6.2-acre property comprised of parcels 628 and 634 Old Fort Eustis Boulevard, and (2) a conditional use permit for a new car wash at an outparcel (6102 Jefferson Avenue) in the shopping center near Mercury and Jefferson where a Panda Express is located. She also noted a major rezoning for the InView property is scheduled for the March 5 meeting and asked whether commissioners wanted a prior work session; the chair agreed a work session would be scheduled. McAllister announced a ribbon cutting for Peak Child Development Center at the Old Ridley site (16th and Jefferson) set for 1 p.m. the following day.

With no further committee reports or unfinished business, Chairperson Taylor adjourned the meeting.