Minutes 02/28/2022 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

February 28, 2023  An estimated additional $221,000 will be needed to complete the project.  The Foundation has secured the additional $221,000 from other donors and now desires to provide the funding to the City.  The purpose of the proposed ordinance is to appropriate the additional $221,000 so that the project can be completed. Discussion:  The Bodyworks exhibit at the Children’s Museum focuses on health and wellness and the science of how the body works, and teaches children why physical activity is important.  The project involves the complete renovation and expansion of the original Bodyworks exhibit on the first floor of the museum.  The mission of the Children’s Museum of Virginia is to encourage imagination and a lifelong love of learning by providing fun, dynamic, interactive and educational exhibits, activities, and programs. A renovated Bodyworks exhibit will help the museum fulfill this mission. Financial Impact:  Appropriated revenues and expenditures in the FY 2023 Grants Fund will increase by $221,000. Recommended Action:  Adoption of the ordinance. Next Steps Following Council Action:  Finance staff will make the necessary budget adjustments.  City staff will provide grant management and oversight. Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Hugel, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: “ORDINANCE ACCEPTING FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $221,000 FROM THE PORTSMOUTH MUSEUMS FOUNDATION AND APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT IN THE FY 2023 GRANTS FUND FOR USE BY THE MUSEUMS DEPARTMENT FOR THE EXPANSION AND UPGRADE OF THE BODYWORKS EXHIBIT AT THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA.” Ayes: Barnes, Hugel, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Tillage, Whitaker, Glover Nays: None 23 - 69 - Adoption of a resolution authorizing the grant of a private drainage easement to Suffolk Benton, LLC encumbering approximately forty-five hundredths of an acre of property owned by the City of Portsmouth at 1227 Holland Road (Tax Parcel 34*35) in Suffolk. Background:  The City of Portsmouth owns 1227 Holland Road in Suffolk. This property consists of approximately 905 acres and serves as part of the watershed that protects the City’s reservoir lakes.  Suffolk Benton, LLC is developing a distribution center on adjacent property at 271 Benton Road  Suffolk Benton, LLC has requested that the City of Portsmouth grant a private drainage easement encumbering approximately forty-five hundredths of an acre of the City’s property at 1227 Holland Road. Discussion:  The Department of Public Utilities manages the City’s Suffolk lakes and watershed properties. Public Utilities has reviewed the easement request and determined that granting the easement would not have a negative impact on the City’s watershed.