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2026-11-10 - City Council

Summary

Built from the posted agenda; no minutes, action results or video yet, so no outcomes are recorded. The City Clerk is Bull.

  • Work session (4:00 PM): agenda overview by City Manager Roberts; Holidays in the City presentation led by Deputy City Manager Pace with the heads of major cultural institutions; City Planning update from Director of Planning Tajan; closed session on real estate matters.
  • Public hearings PH-1 to PH-4: sales and conveyances of City parcels on Willow Wood Drive, Densmore Place, Reservoir Avenue and Joplin Street. See City Property Leases and Sales.
  • PH-5: an ordinance to simplify the admissions tax by narrowing the definition of place of amusement, ending exclusions for service fees and surcharges, reducing the rate and making clerical changes. See Admissions Tax Simplification.
  • Consent: short-term rental permits at 1024 Hillside Avenue, 8001 Simons Drive and 9555 20th Bay Street (Short-Term Rental Overlay and Permits); the Dutch Bros drive-through at 1501 E. Little Creek Road (Dutch Bros Drive-Through at 1501 East Little Creek Road); permits for The Slover and a hotel at 2630 Almeda Avenue (Restaurant, Alcohol and Entertainment Conditional Use Permits); a business personal property tax refund.
  • Regular: library donations ($5,900), a rail crossing pilot ($5,000 from Norfolk Southern), compensation plan changes, harm reduction vending machines ($23,535 from opioid settlement funds), a $633,746 HUD Shelter Plus Care appropriation, a quitclaim release for The Station Apts., and an Army agreement for the coastal storm risk study, and a resolution establishing an Interdepartmental Code Enforcement Task Force (Interdepartmental Code Enforcement Task Force).
  • Minutes of the previous meeting, 2026-10-27 - City Council, are not yet posted either.

Agenda

Work session, 4:00 PM (10th floor conference room)

  1. Agenda overview, City Manager.
  2. Holidays in the City (Deputy City Manager; presenters from the Virginia Arts Festival, Downtown Norfolk Council, Virginia Stage Company, Nauticus, Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk Festevents, The Hurrah Players, Virginia Zoo, Chrysler Museum of Art, Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Seven Venues).
  3. City Planning update, Director of Planning.
  4. Closed: real estate matters.

Formal session, 6:00 PM (Council Chamber)

  • Moment of silence and Pledge; approval of the minutes of the previous meeting; closed session certification resolution.

Public hearings

  • PH-1: sale of a City parcel on the north side of Willow Wood Drive.
  • PH-2: sale of a City parcel on the east side of Densmore Place.
  • PH-3: sale of a City parcel at 936 Reservoir Avenue, with release of the City's right of reverter on satisfaction of a condition.
  • PH-4: sale of City parcels on the north side of Joplin Street, with release of the right of reverter on satisfaction of a condition.
  • PH-5: amend City Code Sections 24-288 through 24-307 to simplify the admissions tax. See Admissions Tax Simplification.

Consent agenda

  • C-1: refund of 2026 business personal property tax to MACSONS, Incorporated for excess payment.
  • C-2: conditional use permit, short-term rental (vacation rental), 1024 Hillside Avenue.
  • C-3: conditional use permit, large-scale drive-through facility, "Dutch Bros Coffee," 1501 E. Little Creek Road.
  • C-4: conditional use permit, short-term rental (homestay) with reduced parking, 8001 Simons Drive.
  • C-5: conditional use permit, short-term rental (vacation rental), 9555 20th Bay Street.
  • C-6: conditional use permits, banquet hall with live entertainment and on-premises alcohol, "The Slover," 235 E. Plume Street.
  • C-7: conditional use permit, hotel with on-premises alcohol, "Yourspace Hotels," 2630 Almeda Avenue.

Regular agenda

  • R-1: appropriate $5,900 in donations from the Friends of the Norfolk Public Library (FY2027).
  • R-2: appropriate $5,000 from Norfolk Southern for the Rail Crossing Awareness and Emergency Response Pilot Project.
  • R-3: third amendment to the FY2027 Compensation Plan Ordinance changing plans, grades and job codes for multiple position titles.
  • R-4: appropriate $23,535 from opioid litigation settlement funds for three harm reduction vending machines. See Opioid Settlement Harm Reduction Vending Machines.
  • R-5: appropriate an additional $633,746 from HUD for the Shelter Plus Care Program with an in-kind match of $296,797. See Shelter Plus Care Grant Appropriation.
  • R-6: quitclaim deed of release between the City and The Station Apts., L.P.
  • R-7: agreement between the Department of the Army and the City for the Coastal Storm Risk Management Project General Reevaluation Study. See Coastal Storm Risk Management Study Agreement.
  • R-8: resolution establishing an Interdepartmental Code Enforcement Task Force. See Interdepartmental Code Enforcement Task Force.

Speakers register with the City Clerk by 3:00 PM the day of the meeting at (757) 664-4253.

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