Chesapeake City Council on July 14 approved the consent agenda and several funding and development actions, including community development grant appropriations and economic incentives for LS Greenlink USA, Inc., by unanimous 9‑0 votes.

Council approved housing and community development items requested by the planning department, including the city’s FY2025–26 Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Program action plan and appropriations. The council approved an appropriation of $8,309 to the FY2026 HOME grant, accepted an additional $3,007 to the FY2022 HOME ARP grant for the For Kids Virginia Eviction Reduction Program, and appropriated $111,776 of HOME program income to the HOME program. Council also approved a $64,013 appropriation from the Chesapeake Housing Trust Fund to the planning department’s FY2026 operating budget for the Chesapeake Home program. All motions passed 9‑0.

The council acted on economic development items tied to LS Greenlink USA, Inc. Item 6A authorized execution of a Commonwealth's Development Opportunity Fund (COF) performance agreement, approved an EDIP (economic development investment) grant to the company and authorized transferring proceeds from the COF grant and appropriated EDIP funds to the Economic Development Authority. Item 6B authorized a development agreement among the city, the Economic Development Authority of the City of Chesapeake and LS Greenlink for public infrastructure at the Chesapeake Deepwater Terminal site. Council voted 9‑0 to approve the resolutions. At council request, staff substituted a revised first page of the development agreement to explicitly reference signage and lighting as infrastructure items covered by the $3,000,000 fund; staff described the change as clarifying language and said the exhibits already showed the items.

Earlier consent items included a mutual‑aid agreement with Surry County for emergency communications radio system use, the acceptance of a $14,370 Commonwealth grant for Chesapeake Bay restoration via Parks, Recreation and Tourism, and the acceptance of various grant funds and resignations as listed in the consent agenda; the consent agenda passed 9‑0.

Council discussion on grant items included a request from Council member Ritter for updated 2024 budget actuals for federal grant programs (staff said numbers will be updated when available). Council members thanked planning and parks staff for the grant summaries and for managing federal funding streams.

All recorded motions in this set passed by unanimous votes; the transcript does not record individual roll‑call vote names for each item. Several speakers during public comment asked for additional detail on matching funds and the local share required for state and federal grants; council directed staff to provide more detailed accounting where requested.