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February 09, 2016 (c) UP-16-02 UPTOWN - Request of Stephen R. Romine, on behalf of 7-Eleven, to obtain a use permit to enlarge the canopy and replace the fuel pumps at the 7-Eleven convenience store located at 1200 High Street. The property is located in the Uptown D2 Form Based Code (FBC) Zoning District and is designated on the regulating plan as Storefront Frontage and General Urban Frontage. This property is designated on the Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Plan Map as within a Mixed Use Corridor. Vision Principle: A Robust Economy for Working Men and Women. 1. Ray King, 999 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, spoke in support of this item. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Meeks, to concur with the recommendation of the Planning Commission that UP-16-02 be approved on first reading, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Wright Nays: None - City Manager’s Report - 16 40 - Adoption of an ordinance to appropriate the sum of $137,363 in the Instruction Classification of the overall and Third Quarter FY 2015-16 Grant Fund budget for the Portsmouth Public Schools. Vision Principles: Quality of Life and . Lifelong Learning Community Background:  §22.1-91 of the Code of Virginia 1950 states, “No school board shall expend or contract to expend, in any fiscal year, any sum of money in excess of the funds available for school purposes for that fiscal year without consent of the governing body or bodies appropriating funds to the school board.” For FY2015-2016, the City appropriated the Grant Fund to the School Board on a quarterly and categorical basis. Discussion:  The School Board submitted a grant application for the 2015 Mathematics and Science Partnership Competitive Mini-Grant Program, “Sail: Scientific Argumentation and Inquiry for Learning.” This grant will be used toincrease content knowledge and sharpen classroom skills of teachers in science and mathematics. The School Board’s application was approved for funding in the amount of $28,527.  Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) Adult Basic Education (ABE) Programs consist of instruction that provides basic skills for adults who are performing below the ninth grade level in reading, writing, mathematics, and other basic skills. VDOE’s Office of Adult Education makes funds available for grants to support adult basic education and literacy workforce development activities. At the end of last year, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act funds remained unused by Virginia sub- awardees that did not encumber the funds during FY 2014-15. VDOE’s Office of Adult Education and Literacy (OAEL) redistributed those funds to approved providers in FY2015-16. The School Board received a supplemental award notice of additional FY2014-15 AEFLA funds for FY2015-16 in the amount of $11,026.  The School Board received notification from VDOE advising of a grant award, in the amount of $15,000, from the Virginia Middle School Teacher Corps grant to be used for salary differential, for the 2015-16 school year, for three middle school teachers ($5,000 each).  VDOE’s Superintendent’s Memo #302-15 advised that revisions were made to the 2014-15 Title I, Part A, and Title I, Part D, Subpart 2 Allocations Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and thus, the School Board received additional funds in FY2015-16 in the amount of $34,883.  The School Board received notification from VDOE advising of a grant award, in the amount of $11,974.79, from the 2015-16 Mentor Teachers Programs grant. This award shall be used to enhance the mentor teachers programs.