l. Call to Order

2. Invocation

3. Freedom of Information Act Certification

4. Special Presentations

- Sister Cities Commission: Initiative on Youth

- National Historic Preservation Month

5. Consent Agenda - Approval of the minutes

6. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to apply, accept and appropriate a supplemental State Homeland Security Program Grant award from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management – Second Reading

7. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to accept and appropriate McKinney-Vento Assistance funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and to provide a local cash match – Second Reading

8. Consent Agenda – An ordinance to accept and appropriate project income for the Fifth Judicial District Community Corrections Program – First Reading

9. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to accept and appropriate a grant award from the Virginia Fire Program Fund – First Reading

10. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to accept and appropriate a grant award from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the required matching funds from the City of Portsmouth and to provide for a local cash match for a marketing project related to the MAST Center – First Reading

11. Consent Agenda - A resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend the Lake Prince Meadows Water Transmission and Distribution System Project Engineering Services Agreement

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12. Public Hearing – Conditional Use Permit Request C22A-04, submitted by Adria L. Mason on behalf of Lorraine Jo Hill Mason, property owner, to amend Conditional Use permit C22-04 for the operation of an adult care residence to allow for an increase in the maximum occupancy from six (6) to eight (8) ambulatory adults in accordance with Sections 31-306 and 406 of the Unified Development Ordinance. The subject property is located at 210 North Lloyd Street and is further identified as Tax Map 35F, Block LA, Parcel PT 74, Cypress Voting Borough, Nansemond Taxing District, zoned RM, Residential Medium Density District.

13. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit Request C1-06, submitted by Shefco, Inc., property owner, to permit a retail use for the operation of an antique store in accordance with Sections 31-306 and 31-406 of the Unified Development Ordinance

14. Public Hearing – Conditional Use Permit Request C2-06, Carriage House, submitted by Ruth C. Bitting, property owner, to permit the operation of a bed and breakfast inn in accordance with Sections 31-306, 31-406, and 31-703 of the Unified Development Ordinance

15. Public Hearing – Subdivision Variance Request V1-05 submitted by E. Rodney Flores, applicant, on behalf of Giles Virginia Ventures, LLC, property owner, for a variance from the Unified Development Ordinance Section 31-612(f) to provide for the required street connectivity and Section 31-612(n)(10) in regard to minimum intersecting space

16. Public Hearing – Subdivision Variance Request V1-06, submitted by Scott R. Davis, P.E. of Vanessa Hangen Brustlin, Inc., applicant, on behalf of Island Properties, LLC, property owner, for a variance from the Unified Development Ordinance Section 31-612(c) in regard to the maximum cul-de-sac length and Section 31-612(f) in regard to the required street connectivity

17. Public Hearing – Ordinance Text Amendment OA2-06, Wetlands Mitigation Banks, for amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance of the Code of the City of Suffolk, Table 406-1, Principal uses Permitted in Zoning Districts, and Appendix A, Definitions, in order to permit the establishment of wetland mitigation banks in the C, Conservation, and A, Agricultural Zoning Districts, with the approval of a Conditional Use Permit

18. Ordinances - Suffolk Annual Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2006-2007 and Related Ordinances – Second Reading

- An ordinance levying real property taxes for the tax year beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007

- An ordinance to levy taxes on all tangible personal property not either exempt from taxation or otherwise taxed for the 2006 and 2007 tax years

- An ordinance approving the City Budget and appropriating funds for expenditures contemplated during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007, in the amount $375,908,879 and regulating the payment of money out of the City Treasury

- An ordinance to amend the Code of the City of Suffolk Chapter 82, Taxation, Article XV, by creating section 82-682 “Emergency Ambulance Transportation Service Fees”

- An ordinance to repeal Article XIX, of Chapter 82 of the Code of the City of Suffolk entitled “Vehicle Licenses” and adopt a new Article XIX to be entitled “Vehicle License Fees” to eliminate the requirement for City Decals for all motor vehicles and to establish a vehicle license fee

- An ordinance approving a fee schedule for the City of Suffolk

19. Motion - A motion to schedule a Work Session for June 6, 2006, at 4:00 p.m., unless canceled.

20. Late Appearances - (Late appearances are limited by Section 2-96 of the City Code to give (5) minutes per speaker. There is no limitation on the total time period for late appearances).

21. Announcements and Comments from Council Members

22. Adjournment