The February 19th, 2026 meeting of the City of Hampton's planning commission will now come to order.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Commissioner Samuels.

Present.

Commissioner Griffith.

Present.

Vice Chair Rogers.

Present.

Commissioner Brooks.

Commissioner Coleman.

Present.

Commissioner Muggler.

Present.

Commissioner DeProfio.

Present.

Our first order of business today is election of the chair.

And I'm from the over to Director Ken.

All right, thank you.

So we will now be opening the floor for nominations for chair, and just to give a little extra information.

So if you all choose to put the sitting vice chair as chair, then we will also need nominations for vice chair.

And we will open the floor now for that.

I'd like to nominate chair and vice chair.

Um vice chair Rogers now.

I would like to nominate her for chair to serve as the chair of the planning commission and hello.

Oh, he's talking somebody else.

And I'd like to nominate um Martha Mugler to serve as vice chair of the planning commission.

Second.

All right.

Do we have any more nominations?

So now we have a motion.

So there's a motion on the floor now to elect uh Commissioner Rogers as chair and uh Commissioner Mogler as vice chair.

Sorry if y'all didn't hear me.

There's now a motion on the floor to elect Commissioner Rogers as chair and Commissioner Mugler as vice chair.

All right, can we please take the roll?

Commissioner Samuels.

Aye.

Commissioner Griffith.

Aye.

Vice Chair Rogers.

Aye.

Commissioner Brooks.

Commissioner Coleman.

Aye.

Commissioner Muggler.

Aye.

Commissioner DeProfio.

Aye.

And that motion passes.

Our next order of business is approval of the minutes from the December 18th, 2025 meetings.

Move approval of minutes from the December 2025 planning commission meeting.

Second.

Commissioners, is there any discussion?

Are there any questions regarding the minutes?

We have a motion and a second to approve the minutes from December 18th, 2025.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Commissioner Samuels.

Abstain.

Commissioner Griffith.

Aye.

Commissioner Brooks.

Commissioner Coleman.

Aye.

Vice Chair Muggler.

Aye.

Commissioner DeProfio.

Aye.

Chair Rogers.

Aye.

Next on our agenda, we will have the community development director's report, and I will turn the meeting over to Director Michael.

Thank you.

For the director's report, we have one item, which is the youth planner report, and that will be presented by Henry Godfrey.

So as we have a look into 2026, how has your year been so far?

Have we conquered any new year's resolutions?

Has there been any challenges at work at home that have been conquered too?

If not, that's okay.

We have the full rest of the year.

So brace yourselves for that.

As we look at the month of January, we have some the grants hearing.

This is some of the insider info before I get more into the grants.

We have 12 grant applications for the entire year.

The total amount asked for is was 28,541 dollars and seventy-nine cents.

The amount approved was 21,002.

That is a very significant difference, but we made it happen.

The majority of grants did receive funding, and they were mainly youth-led organizations within the city of Hampton.

So with the acceptance, a lot of the grant recipients, as I've said before, have received a lot of their funds, you know, monetary resources for their events.

They got to submit their papers as well, contracts, W9s, all those things came into play for this process.

Looking at the youth master plan, we synthesize some data through surveys, reviewed some of the questions, and are currently in the process of sending the surveys out to all four high schools, as well as posting them on Instagram as well.

For the month of February, we have preparation for recruiting.

You know, we had to start this process with sending out emails to admin, setting trial dates, long process, made that work as well, and possible lists of essentials, things like food, brochures, snacks, all those other different things as well.

Looking at the youth climate action fund, this is a fund led for youth-led organizations to help with environmental issues within the city of Hampton, resources that make a difference in their community.

HYC's goals were able to align with this by creating youth-led solutions as well as fostering creative ideas and improving climate literacy.

Moving on to Teen Town Hall.

This is one of our important meetings of this year.

This focuses on the youth master plan, and we collaborate with a lot of different groups, such as Youth Advisory Group, Youth and Government, as well as alternative World Inc.

A new start with recruiting.

We were able to inform the students of what we did with our work and came up with the question we did last year, the million dollar question, which is if you could drop a million dollars on anything within your community, what would it be and why?

We had an array of answers, things like homelessness as well as public safety, and somebody said they would even buy their family a house, which I thought was pretty unique myself.

Upcoming events, we have sending surveys out to high schools, synthesizing the teen town hall data for the meeting, as well as transitioning and continuing to recruit.

This concludes my presentation.

Now open the floor to any questions we may have.

Thank you, Mr.

Godfrey.

Commissioners, do we have any questions?

Any comments?

Thank you for your report.

Um we have several public hearing items on the agenda, and I will um pass the meeting off to Director Michael for those.

All right, thank you.

I'll start by reading the public hearing protocol.

The planning commission of the city of Hampton takes pride in being fair and courteous to all parties in attendance.

It's important that all involved understand how the commission conducts its hearings and how all persons before the commission should conduct themselves.

Individuals other than the applicant or their representative who have signed up to comment on the case will have three minutes to present their comments.

All comments must be directed to the commission.

No person may address the commission until he or she is called by the chair.

Speakers must remain at the podium or microphone while addressing the commission.

Speakers who have signed up may not donate their time to other speakers.

And please note that unless otherwise stated, the actions taken by the commission today are in the form of a recommendation to the Hampton City Council.

Final decision to approve or disapprove an application will be made by the city council at a future date.

The first two public hearing items will be presented as one, but we'll need separate motions.

The first being 26-0037.

It's a rezoning application by Wada Cooper Companies LLC to rezone approximately 1.69 acres at 2601 Cunningham Drive 4002376 from General Commercial C3 District to multifamily residential MD4 district with conditions for a multifamily development.

The next being 26-0038.

This is a use permit application by Wada Cooper Companies LLC to permit multifamily dwellings at 2601 Cunningham Drive 4002376.

And again, this application is brought in conjunction with rezoning application number 26-0037.

Here to present on behalf of staff as City Planner Quinn Heinrich.

Thank you, Kim, and thank you to the Commission.

Good afternoon.

So this afternoon I'll be presenting, as Kim said, rezoning application number 26-0037 and use permit number 26-0038 for uh 2601 Cunningham Drive.

It's an application to rezone approximately 1.69 acres from general commercial C3 to multifamily residential MD4 to with a corresponding use permit that will permit multifamily dwellings on the parcel.

The parcel is located just west of I-64, as you can see by the red star, it's located within the Coliseum Central overlay.

More specifically, it is just south of Cunningham Drive and right next to the business condominiums at Build America Drive.

Um, to its directly to its west is a religious facility to the north across Cunningham Drive is some multifamily development.

And further south off of the screen is some of the development along and retail along Mercury Boulevard.

This parcel has been vacant its entire existence.

In 1983, it was rezoned from limited commercial C2 to General Commercial C3, which it is today, as part of the develop the creation of the Build America Business Condominiums.

There were five proffer conditions with that rezoning, which included the construction of a fence along the western border of 2601 Cunningham Drive.

But this particular parcel did not see any development until the latest proposal began in October of 2025 when we were contacted about this the creation of apartments on this site.

The current proposal calls for a single four-story building with 44 units.

Six of those units will be one bedroom apartments, 27 will be two bedroom, and 11 will be three bedroom units.

Seven of those will be ADA accessible.

There will also be 12 bicycle parking spaces on the site.

The parcel is also on along Cunningham Drive.

There are three different bus routes, and so we anticipate that at least some of the trips leaving this site will be done by public transportation.

The parking lot additionally will be landscaped on all sides.

There will also be a 20-foot landscape buffer between the wet along the western border alongside both the parking lot and the apartment complex.

The proposal will have building amenities in the form of a community room, a picnic area, playground, an outdoor playground, a grill, and the dumpster will be enclosed.

Additionally, they will have several resiliency elements, which includes building materials built to withstand 115 mile per hour wind load.

The building will be Energy Star certified and meet the Energy Star multifamily new construction guidelines.

They will also provide two level two electric vehicle charging stations.

This is a visual of the proposal.

This is their concept plan.

Cunningham Drive is on the left hand side of this image.

These are some of the building elevations.

These are the east and north elevations, and these are the south and west elevations.

The parcels, this is the zoning map of the area as stated previously.

This is currently zoned C3.

The area directly to the south, which is currently a hotel, is zone C2.

The religious facility to the west is zone one family residential R15.

And the apartments to the north are zone multiple residential RM.

All of the area to the south of Cunningham Drive are community plans, future land use map recommends as mixed use.

The area to the north is recommended as high density residential.

Here are some of the land use policies that we thought were relevant to the site for public policy.

There's also some relevant housing and neighborhood policies and a couple of economic development policies.

Additionally, this parcel falls within the Coliseum Central Master Plan area.

And this plan has does not have a specific use for this exact parcel, but it does recommend residential development throughout the Coliseum Central Master Plan area at dense scales to support neighboring businesses.

It strongly encourages pedestrian-friendly and transit-friendly development, which this would accomplish.

And it also west along power plant parkway and west of I-64, it has prioritizes reinvestment into retail but also improved pedestrian or amenities and con and connectivity within the area.

Some staff analysis.

So the application aligns very well with the city land use policies.

It is compatible with the Coliseum Central Master Plan and our future land use map from the community plan.

It is a redevelopment of an underutilized vacant site, which is making much more efficient use of land than what is there currently.

It adds needed residential units at a time that we have significant housing or uh need for housing in the city.

It is also compatible with the immediate surrounding neighborhood through its quality design and building materials.

It is in close proximity to other apartment buildings, which means that a new apartment building would not be out of character to the area.

It has well connected pedestrian and bus infrastructure, and it is in close proximity to the shops and amenities at the Build America Business Condominiums and Peninsula Town Center.

The applicant has proffered 20 conditions, which can all be found in the package.

They are mostly several concern landscaping.

They also proffered compliance with the concept plan and elevations that they provided.

Some of the proffers also relate to building materials, fencing, lighting, community amenities, and resilience elements.

Staff is also recommending for the use permit nine conditions.

One that I'll reference here, the security condition is asking for at least one security camera along every parking factor or every parking area on the site.

This is consistent with what we recommend in other areas in Coliseum Central.

The applicant held a community meeting on January 22nd, 2026.

There were 11 community members in attendance in addition to staff and the applicant.

And some of the questions that the community members asked were about traffic and parking, making sure that there was sufficient parking and that traffic wouldn't be negatively disrupted.

There were some questions about stormwater and also about site security.

In conclusion, the applicant is here.

They have a presentation and after public hearings, staff would recommend approval of both the rezoning number 26-0037 and the use permit number 26-0038.

Is subject to all the conditions found in the package.

Thank you.

And we are available for any questions that you may have.

Commissioners, do we have any questions for staff?

I have one question.

It might be better directed toward the applicant, but I was surprised about uh 57 parking spots for 44 apartments, the majority of which are two and three bedrooms.

Is there a formula for that?

Was that something that the applicant determined, or was that in conjunction with city um suggestions?

Can you tell us a little bit about that?

So, what I will say, Coliseum Central, we in the last few years we have we've added some provisions to the overlay there where we can reduce parking requirements down to zero, provided they meet green area requirements for Coliseum Central and provide an add a an increase in the number of bicycle parking spaces.

And the applicant has met green area requirements and has also provided the sufficient number of bicycle parking.

They also have provided accessible parking spaces at the ratio they would have required otherwise.

So the so we don't have a minimum parking requirement for this on the staff level.

Um they have said that the total number of parking is 1.3 spaces per unit.

That's independent of the number of bedrooms.

Um for any more information, yeah, I will defer to the applicant.

Thank you.

Anything else for staff?

Thank you, Mr.

Heinrich.

Is the applicant available and wish to speak?

Just got some additional intercodes.

Good afternoon, Chair, Vice Chair, uh, members of the Planning Commission, and also Councilwoman Muggler.

My name is Bruce Watts.

This is Eric Wright.

I'm vice president of development and chief uh engagement officer for Walter Cooper Companies.

Um it's a pleasure and an honor to be among you today to present our special use permit application.

Um just a little bit about our company in Virginia.

We've done 13 developments in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 10 years.

Our map goes from Waynesboro, Virginia, all the way to Hampton Roads.

So we cover most of the state except for Northern Virginia.

We've been privileged to do six developments in Hampton Roads in the last past eight years.

Two of those have been in Newport News, two in Norfolk, and two in Portsmouth, and we're uh positioned to do a third one in Portsmouth this coming year.

Um our company um I'm on the development side, we have a construction division, we have a management division, so we're turnkey operation.

We don't outsource our um management portion of our company.

And um it would be a privilege if we would have the honor to um be in the city of Hampton.

We're just about in every other city in Hampton Roads, so uh this would be a very favorable place for us to be in.

So what I like to do is um introduce Eric Wright.

Uh he's gonna go through um a little bit about our company too, and then we'll go through the the site plan and and our proposal and and hopefully we'll get a favorable vote today.

So thank you.

Yeah, so I think uh Quinn gave a great overview of the project, uh, but just wanted to give a little more detail about our company since this is would be our first development in the city of Hampton.

Um we do development construction management of uh affordable workforce housing uh all across uh 18 states now, um, 370 affordable communities, more than 16,000 units and 30,000 residents that we house today.

Um what I wanted to highlight is that vertically integrated structure of our company, um in that it's it's the same company that is gonna be owning it 30 years from now, 40 years from now, 50 years from now, managing it along that timeline, um or building it, uh, and so we have all the incentives to you know invest in really quality developments, um, make the right decisions about how it's being managed so that that it maintains its value for us um in the long term and we can be a part of the community uh long term.

Um as Bruce alluded to here in Hampton Roads.

This is a little map.

Um you can see Newport News, uh, we've got two uh two-phase development there, Brennan Point 1 and 2 in Portsmouth, Holly Point, and Baines Point, and as he alluded to, we were just uh approved on a rezoning of our third development in Portsmouth uh just a few weeks ago, blunt place, uh, and then in Norfolk, where our Virginia offices, uh, the banks at Berkeley and Bell Diamond Manor, uh, a couple of our developments that are in operation today.

So a little bit about um Johnson Lofts and where the name comes from, obviously in honor of uh Catherine Johnson, uh pioneer um in the Hampton area uh as a NASA scientist.

Um and yeah, again, we're proposing 44 units of workforce housing, um, some of the amenities that uh we're including uh and I did want to address your parking question.

Um it is definitely a little on the lower side of um what we build in some of our developments, but it's it's absolutely based on our experience all across our portfolio, and um we kind of have internal guardrails where we have to present to our management team that's gonna be running the property that this is gonna be enough, and we basically got got that approval, so we're comfortable with it, and that's based on their experience managing you know hundreds of of developments, and um I think part of it is being on a bus line, um, part of it is a couple of um the units we expect to be uh filled with people uh with disabilities or seniors.

Um this is a project uh that is gonna have an elevator, um, so that uh is a is a big amenity for those communities.

Um about 30% of our portfolio in Virginia is seniors.

I think that's in large part due to providing accessible units and units uh with elevators.

Um so we'll have a large number of ADA uh units at the site, and 100% of units will be uh universal design, so that's able to be visited by someone you know in a wheelchair with mobility um impairments.

And this is just a colored rendering, you have it in front of you as well.

Um but this is not wasn't included with our initial proffers because the colors and stuff may be subject to change, but this is what we're proposing.

So happy to take any other questions.

Yeah, if I could make a couple more comments about um Miss Johnson, Miss Catherine Johnson.

Um of the things that we do and we take very much pride in is branding our developments.

We call our developments communities because we do build low density.

We don't build high density, so our neighbors, our apartment neighbors, they know each other.

Uh, when you build 44 apartments, the people that live there are gonna know each other.

And in most cases, they're gonna take responsibility to look after each other.

Uh as um Eric alluded to, 30% of our residents are seniors, and I love seniors because seniors will definitely look after their investment.

And so um that's a very important point that I want to make.

The other one was um when we looked at Ms.

Johnson, um, and I looked at a lot of different names, but the the movie hidden figures really pointed out to me the significance of what she did for America.

And um along with um Dorothy Vaughn and uh Mary Jackson, they were they were pioneers way before their time.

And so today we had a meeting um with the vice mayor, and he said, Do you know about the uh Mary uh Jackson Community Center?

And I said, No, I don't.

He said you should go by there.

And we went by there before the commission meeting today, and I was in awe.

And if I get the opportunity to do uh this development, Johnson's loft.

We're gonna do our best to do something very similar to what the community center uh has done as far as the mural, the history.

Um I I'm going back over there when I have more time.

But um I want to congratulate you all on that community center because that's powerful history that every child in this city at some point will probably get to see.

So thank you.

We'll open up for questions.

Commissioners, do we have any questions?

Yes, Commissioner Michael.

Thank you, uh Madam Chair.

Um just a question for clarity on the ingress and egress sites of the development.

Where will you go in and out?

See if we can go back to site plan.

Oh I don't have it here.

Um so Build America Drive is actually technically the the property, um, and it's got a so it's technically the parcel includes Build America Drive.

Um, but we'll actually have I it's tough to not reference the site plan, but we'll there'll actually be two drive entrances.

Um one that's kind of on the north side that is just serving those uh ADA parking spaces, and then the other uh is just south of that, and it'll it's a one-way parking um aisle.

So you would enter on the north and then only be able to exit on the south end of the parcel.

Does that make sense?

If I knew what the north and the south of the site was uh but um I don't know so I guess uh my question is will they will they exit on to Cunningham?

Uh from Build America you can either go on to Cunningham or on to Mercury Boulevard Okay, so they so the ingress and egress will be on Build America Drive.

That's right.

Okay, thank you.

I just couldn't tell that for sure from the renderings.

I just wanted to make sure I had my bearings straight.

Thank you.

It's pretty far back on the American should be right there.

Yeah, so yeah, Build America Drive goes either either to Cunningham or down to Mercury.

Other questions for the applicant?

Um, I have a question.

I did not see it on this building plan, but when I was looking at the building plan that came in the packet, I noticed that um on the first floor of the building there was a space that said medical exam clinic.

Are you all having some kind of medical services provided or that may have that may have been an old version um or or an error?

Um we will have uh not a medical exam clinic, it'll be a supportive services office.

Um we've partnered in the past with the organization called Stop Inc.

Um, and we intend to do so on this as well.

They basically provide um financial literacy classes, programs for youth, a number of different kind of supportive services.

So that that um place on the first floor is an office for them to be able to come meet with residents, uh have some of their files and stuff.

Um they're not gonna be there on an everyday basis, but it's for them when they are on site to to use that space.

Okay, thank you.

Anything else?

All right, thank you so much.

Thank you all.

We really appreciate this time.

This is a public hearing, so I will open the public hearing.

Do we have anyone signed up to speak?

We do, and the first speaker is a Travis Adams.

Good afternoon.

Uh Travis Adams, residents resident of Hampton, and I'm here uh in support of Hampton Roads Yimby.

We support the Johnson Loss project.

Um we have any other speakers?

We have one last speaker, and it is a Miss Sonia Crane.

Stan here.

Okay.

Thanks for having me up here.

Um I'm Sonia Crane.

I represent Payne Properties.

We have some properties across the way in the business park.

I don't have a problem with development in the area if it's done properly.

We've talked about the private road of Build America Drive.

Any improvements on that road, any infrastructure changes have to go through the road agreement committee.

The we brought this up at the community meeting in January.

And from my understanding, the committee has not been notified, talked to, contacted in any way concerning that private road.

The owners share in expenses for that private road.

When the hotel and the storage facility and Lidl were put in place, the City of Hampton asked Build America Drive to voluntarily give up some of the road for the infrastructure because the traffic changes that were going to take place with all the heavy traffic.

So that part of the road was given to the city of Hampton.

When we have problems on that road, the City of Hampton is quick to say it's a private road, storm issues, drainage issues, safety issues, trash.

We get no support.

We have been maintaining the road.

It is very expensive.

Our insurance includes that road.

So to put a residential community there would increase costs quite a bit.

None of these costs have been discussed with the road agreement committee, and it's you know, concerning.

I look at the plans, there are no sidewalks.

We talk about ADA compliance, we talk about parking, we talk about bicycles.

Right now there is nowhere to walk on Build America Drive.

It is truly a commercial road.

There are semi-trucks that come through, people that speed.

We have put in speed bumps that have been replaced because they are destroyed.

The people that do use Bold America Drive as a way to get to Lethal to get to the hotels to get to 7-Eleven, they cross through the business park because it's safer.

They cross through our parking, they cross through our thoroughfare because they want to avoid Build America Drive.

We've put up fencing, we've put up signs.

How is all this going to be addressed by the new residents?

There's going to be children playing.

They're going to be getting off the school bus.

They're going to be grocery shopping.

If they are ADA, there's going to be traffic on Build America Drive.

I don't see where any of that is addressed.

Has the City of Hampton considered taking over Build America Drive in order to allow commercial to residential.

The difference from this residential community from the ones that are surrounding are all of those communities have some sort of dedicated entrance from Cunningham Drive.

They have their own sidewalks.

They have addressed all of these issues.

That's your time.

Thank you.

Okay.

Well, hopefully I addressed everything.

Thanks for letting me talk.

Should I just go sit down or stay up here?

Yeah.

Okay, thank you.

Is there anyone else signed up to speak?

We do have this gentleman that did not sign up to speak, but I I do believe that he wants to speak on this issue.

Commissioners, are we agreeable with that?

Yes.

Okay, sir.

Will you please state your name?

Uh my name is Anthony Scarpelli.

I own uh two units adjacent adjacent to this project.

And uh my hearing's not that good, and I may be repeating what's already said, but I would I would just like to talk about I don't think this piece of property is suited for what we're trying to do here.

First of all, in one of the slides, they talked about its location and across the road was high density, um high density apartments.

Those apartments are two and three stories, they are not against the road, and they have public facilities for children.

They have playgrounds, they have a clubhouse.

So what we're building here is even more dense than what they called high density housing.

It's high density housing, it is four stories, none of those buildings are four stories.

It is right against the road where none of those store those high density apartments across the street, they're not against the road.

The the way they will come in is on a private road, which I think was already previously discussed.

But I just want to talk about the ingress and the egress of this private road.

If you go out on the Cunningham side, you could only make a right turn and go east.

If you go out on the Mercury Boulevard side, you can you could only make a right turn and go west.

If you want to go on the interstate, you have to go to the traffic light, which is a hundred yards up and make a U-turn.

To get to that traffic light, you have to cross seven lanes of traffic.

The first lane is a is a right turn lane.

The second lane is a lane that's coming off of Interstate 64, the many accidents there.

The third, fourth, and fifth lanes are Mercury Boulevard, the sixth lane is a left turn lane, and the seventh lane is a left-turn lane where you have to make the U-turn.

At rush hour, this is impossible.

But yet people try to do it.

And there's accidents there all the time.

And then I also want to talk about the parking lot.

Someone mentioned, you know, there's 55 spots.

I mean, I only count 52, and eight of them are handicapped spots.

But if you look at the way this land tapers, those spots are really tight.

They say like each spot has, and I have the map 16.6 feet to park, left and right sides.

But you know, a pickup truck is 18 feet long.

And a pickup truck is not just go right to the edge of the parking.

They're gonna they're not gonna quite get there.

It's gonna make it hard to drive in that parking lot.

It's gonna make it hard to pull in a spot, it's gonna make it hard to get out of a spot.

And the private road that they have to go on in a heavy rain, it floods right where the right where they're gonna put the the exit to leave that parking spot.

Nobody's talked about doing anything to build America Drive.

Thank you, sir.

Your time is up.

Thank you, sir.

Well, thank you very much for listening.

If there are no other speakers, I'll close the public hearing.

Um we have any questions regarding the shared piece of the road?

I think I well, that would be at the best be answered by the applicant if possible to answer those concerns.

I'm happy to speak to the road.

Um so currently the road uh is maintained by a committee of the four property owners that access it.

So we have not purchased the property yet, but if we were to purchase it and move forward with the project, we would be one of those four uh property owners responsible for uh together making decisions and funding uh maintenance of that road.

Um I will just comment, you know, 44 units is not a huge increase uh to the traffic that's on that road.

Um, not a traffic engineer, but um, you know, if you see the studies of trip generation from apartment uses, it's a lot less compared to you know commercial or anything else that could go on this site.

Uh it's on the order of 100 to 150 trips a day, additionally.

Um I guess the last comment I would address is just on those parking spaces.

Um I believe that 16.6 measurement is you know that's the width from the curb to the um drive aisle of those diagonal parking spaces, but the actual space actually since you know triangle is actually longer than that.

Um the parking spaces are totally standard in size, they're not shrunk or anything like that.

So, sir, I have a question for you.

So, when would those conversations be held with the other property owners in regard to each each property owner's responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of that shared road?

So, you know, we're not proposing major um amendments to build America Drive itself.

Our proposed improvements are on our site, which is why we haven't you know really initiated those discussions.

I imagine that as we work through um you know the site plan review and um work towards getting building permits and have more engineered drawings, we'll start to have those conversations about you know improvements that need to be made to curves and gutters and uh stormwater, etc.

Um, but uh those conversations obviously will be ongoing through the life of us owning the property and uh you know keeping up maintenance.

Um more question.

Do you have other properties where you have a shared use private road?

Or is this a unique situation?

Let's see.

Um we have hundreds of properties, so I I can't think of one that I've worked on where we do, but I I'm certain that we we must.

It's not that uncommon.

Um I can think of several instances where we have uh an access easement through somebody else's property.

Uh it works similarly.

Any other questions?

I have one, Madam Chair.

Um, in regards to Build America Drive, um accessing the multimodal transportation that we mentioned earlier, the um the bus route, um getting people with bikes onto the main thoroughfares.

Is there an ADA accessibility?

Is there a way for all these folks living in the apartment complex to make sure that we we get them up or down America, uh Build America Drive to those main road facilities and bike lanes and things like that?

Yeah, so I will say um we're currently not proposing on that site plan a sidewalk along Build America Drive, um, but we are proposing sidewalks connecting directly from you know our building, uh our bike storage, our playground, uh, will all be connected by sidewalks to Cunningham Drive.

I'm tracking, thank you.

All right, we have a um rezoning application before us.

Is there a motion?

Madam Chair.

Uh I move that the planning commission recommend approval of the rezoning application 26-0037 for Water Cooper companies with 20 proffered conditions as found in the agenda package.

Second we have a motion and second for rezoning application number 26-0037 with 20 profit agreements.

Is there any additional discussion or questions from the commissioners?

Madam Chair.

Um just to speak to the Build America Drive issues that have been raised today.

I'm not sure whether the speakers uh did attend your um public meeting that you had um earlier before this hearing.

Um, but I would you know like to believe that there will be some uh deep conversations, and um because I do drive on build America Drive pretty regularly because it um there's you get to Lidl, the grocery store from there, uh, or you can leave, and they have really delicious barbecue potato chips that I like to get.

Um, and so I do know and acknowledge that there are improvements that need to be made on Build America Drive in order for this to be a successful project.

Um, and so I know that what you are uh proposing here is a very high-quality um proposal and project, and I I would very much like to see it be successful.

Um, but I do think that that component of this project is very important to its success.

I just like to say that um thank you so much for the presentation.

Um I have similar concerns about Build America Drive, and also you noted in your presentation that this would accommodate seniors or those who may have ADA concerns.

Um so it is concerning to me that you know if you have someone that is utilizing public transportation, the distance from public transportation to their residence and not having a sidewalk to be able to walk for safety reasons.

I am just envisalizing all types of liability issues that could potentially come about.

Um that would be my concern and the parking spaces also.

Um I know that you've done your research as to um you know what it should be, um, but I do think that 44 was it, 52.

How many spaces was it?

52 54 50 something spaces, 57 spaces for 44 units.

So if everyone had a vehicle, um we know that might not be the case.

That's very you know unreasonable for those who live there.

Um but those those were my concerns to Build America as Commissioner Muggler.

I use Build America Drive.

It is not in the best condition at all.

Um, but I use it to go to Lidl.

And so um I just think that those things really need to be taken into consideration as we move forward.

And of course, we want this to be a successful venture that the city embarks upon with your organization, but those are serious concerns.

Could I address a couple of those?

Madam Chair, customarily the applicant gets three minutes to rebut any opposing comments.

Yes, sir.

Commissioners, uh, as far as uh Bill America Drive, you know, that's gonna be a partnership.

And we wouldn't build a 20 million dollar building unless we had proper ingress and egress.

So we will work with the property owners because we're gonna be one of them, and we we're gonna own a portion of Bill America Drive.

So we'll we'll do it right.

We don't we're not gonna do this.

We're not gonna invest 20 million dollars and not do it right.

So I appreciate those comments.

Uh as far as parking is concerned, um based on our history, we have seniors, we have people that don't have public transportation.

Um we have people that young people that ride a butt.

That's why we put 12 bike racks there.

So um everyone doesn't have a car anymore.

And and you know, we have to realize that when we when we look at developments and we looked at how we live today, because younger kids, young young adults, a lot of them use public transportation.

A lot of them use these electrical bikes.

Um so I think we've got a good mix with parking with 57 spaces, and uh based on our history, uh is it's adequate.

Excuse me, sir.

I have a question.

Will each unit have an assigned space or is it just first come, first served?

No, we'll we have parking permit stickers.

Yeah.

So you have to you have to live there, and if you come to visit, you gotta get a parking pass.

Okay.

But each unit will have one space at least.

Um basically it's one point three based on the code we've got there, but yes.

Somebody has point three of a car.

So I just want to make sure if I got an apartment theoretically in that building, I am guaranteed a parking stick.

Oh, yes, no question about it.

Yeah.

Okay.

Every unit is is is aside a parking sticker.

And um we we enforce um you know people that shouldn't be parking there.

You know, if you're gonna park there, you can either gotta have a sticker or you gotta have a temporary sticker if you're visiting someone there.

And uh so we we're pretty much uh strict on that.

Question follow-up.

Sorry, I know his time is up.

Um so you have someone available 24 hours to do the temporary stickers.

We we have a management team, um, a management uh property manager.

She's there um doing the normal working hours, and we have a a um service tech that's there doing those uh hours also, and then we have a 24-hour service that you can call.

For parking.

Okay, thank you.

I'd just like to make a comment that that the city has addressed the minimum parking issues, and and a lot of that's related to resiliency.

Um for those of us who've been sort of following our resiliency department, um, excessive parking lots has is a big problem in Hampton.

And and the city, from my understanding, um decided that it was reasonable to allow developers to determine what are the parking spaces they need for their development.

Um you know, I want to trust that that this company has done the research.

They have a lot of properties.

So uh, you know, uh I I will trust that they know that business maybe better than we do.

Um I am a little concerned about the the shared use of the road and how much traffic is there.

But we also have been talking a lot on this commission about affordable housing, and as long as I've been a sitting commissioner, I think this is the very first apartment complex that has come before us that has that element of being at or below 80 percent of the market value.

And and so we have to weigh some of the pros and cons about that.

Um when it's time to take the vote for that reason, I will be supporting this development.

Uh Madam Chair, can I add?

Um I know you've the developer, I know you met the minimum threshold the city's put out for uh bike racks or bike spaces at 12.

Um I don't think there's any net negative to adding more bike racks uh is this is a highly uh mixed use area with walkability, bikeability, and so if you added that uh to accommodate citizens who wanted to have access to uh parking their bike, as you stated, not everyone's going to have a uh a vehicle to park.

And so if you added that amenity, I don't I don't think that it would be there would be any negative impact to adding more bike racks to that space.

And uh also would encourage you to connect people to um the bike lanes that we have in that area to connect them to these other places that they could go to in the Coliseum Central area.

Um thank you.

parking their bike as you stated not everyone's going to have a uh a vehicle to park and so if you added that amenity I don't I don't think that it would be there would be any negative impact to adding more bike racks to that space and uh also would encourage you to connect people to um the bike lanes that we have in that area to connect them to these other places that they could go to in the Coliseum Central area um thank you uh the only thing the only comment I have is uh you know I would encourage you to to work with the other property owners and and start that dialogue really as soon as possible because they're out they obviously have concerns about um the impacts on build Build America drive and I think the earlier those conversations start um the better better everyone will be thank you if there's no additional discussion we have a motion and a second on the floor madam clerk will you call for the vote Commissioner Samuels aye Commissioner Griffith aye Commissioner Brooks Commissioner Coleman aye Vice Chair Muggler aye Commissioner DeProfio Hi Chair Rogers aye the motion passes and then we have the related motion as well there is there a public hearing that goes with this I'm afraid so madam chair well I'll open the public hearing is there anyone signed up to speak I I don't believe we've received the sheet for that already and I don't believe anyone is signed up okay then we will close the public hearing on item 26-0038 is there a motion move approval of use permit number 26-0038 subject to nine conditions second there's a motion on the floor for use permit application 26-0038 commissioners is there any additional discussion or questions regarding this item hearing none will you please call for the vote commissioner Samuels aye commissioner Griffith aye commissioner Brooks Commissioner Coleman aye vice chair muggler aye commissioner deprofio aye chair rogers aye that motion passes the next public hearing item is 26-0039 this is a use permit application by Southern Comfort Restaurant and Lounge LLC to amend the existing restaurant three use permit to modify the security requirements and extend the operational hours of the restaurant at 2163 and 2165 Cunningham Drive LRSN 7001532 here to present on behalf of staff is Chief City Planner Donald Whipple Thank you Chairwoman Rogers and members of the commission as just read this is useful permit application number 26-0039 uh by the Southern Comfort Restaurant and lounge located at 2163 and 2165 Cunningham Drive the specific uh of this application is to amend the hours and security requirements of our previously approved restaurant three use permit which is uh located within the limited commercial C2 and Cosne Central Overlay districts as indicated by the red star this is the location within Coliseum Central and Central to the city and zooming in the properties located at the corner of Cunningham Drive and Infield Drive and the two suites uh the location of the restaurant and lounge is uh highlighted in yellow so a little bit of history the owner to uh took over uh this property opened the current uh Southern Cover restaurant and lounge in 2020 and at that time acquired uh a zoning administrator permit for a restaurant with alcohol retail alcoholic beverage license and you see uh some of the the standard conditions there at that time the hours of uh operation were limited to 6 a.m to 10 p.m.

And then in September uh of 2025 uh the owner uh received an updated uh zoning uh administrator permit for a restaurant two uh which expanded the hours of operation from 5 a.m to 12 a.m and uh just a few months later in December of 2025 uh the owner received a use permit to operate a restaurant three uh which further extended the hours of operation that you see there um which was uh daily uh sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m to 12 a.m and Friday and Saturday 11 a.m to 2 a.m and those same hours uh would also apply to some specific holidays the nature of uh I mentioned that the applicant is now looking to amend this uh use permit by further expanding uh the hours of operation and what's being proposed um is Monday through Sunday that would be seven days a week 11 a.m to 2 a.m and you see the existing approved hours that I just went over uh below that in addition the applicant is also looking to amend uh the conditions with respect to the security uh that's offered uh that is required uh for the facility uh currently

That would be seven days a week, 11 a.m.

to 2 a.m.

And you see the existing approved hours that I just went over below that.

In addition, the applicant is also looking to amend the conditions with respect to the security that's offered that is required for the facility.

Currently the security is the number is based on one security personnel per 100 patrons, but that's based on the uh entire uh establishment, the restaurant lounge and restaurant.

The what the applicant is proposing is that the restaurant and lounge space uh be segmented from the event space that it that happens there, and I'll go ahead and switch to the next slide.

Uh so the shaded area is the event space, and so and the rest of this area that I'm outlining, it's kind of like an L shape is the restaurant and lounge, and the remaining part is uh the prep and kitchen area.

So, what the applicant is uh suggesting now with respect to security, if just the restaurant and lounge, which again is this L shape, reverse L shape, uh, is then the security would only apply to that section uh that's being operated.

Likewise, if it's just the event space that's being operated, then the the security personnel that would be required would be only for that space, and just uh consequently uh the amount of uh space that's um the patrons that are the maximum patrons uh within the restaurant lounge is 198, and it's 319 within the event space.

Uh the zoning of the the subject site is uh as mentioned before is general commercial C2, limited commercial, excuse me, uh C2 with the Coliseum Central Overlay.

And the future uh proposed uh land use map calls for mixed use in this area.

And uh just some public policy uh to of note from our community plan uh speaks to supporting our small uh businesses uh and expanding opportunities for entertainment and cultural opportunities within the city.

So the analysis uh the applicant has requested the maximum number of hours of operation uh compared to other approved restaurant uses either in this district or with throughout the city.

And in this uh and staff believes that the staff recommended uh conditions uh for the hours of operation as currently uh approved with the December uh use permit would be in better balance of the business operation with our public safety concerns, and it also would be uh consistent again.

The appro the already approved hours would be more consistent with what other restaurant threes that have been recently approved throughout the city.

So this is staff's recommended conditions with our which are the current conditions that apply to the site currently as approved by council in December.

Uh we're recommending that the hours of operation remain 11 a.m.

to 12 a.m.

Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m.

to 2 a.m.

on Friday and Saturday, as well as special holidays that are uh listed in full in the in the actual uh conditions.

And with respect to the security conditions, staff is also recommending that the current uh conditions uh remain in effect, that they would be based on the number of security guards uh located or required interior would be based on one per 100 patrons uh that are in the establishment, and there would be um two additional guards that would be required uh external uh and then uh the requirement for the security guards, the extra security guards would be uh again only at uh after hours, which would be 10:30 um p.m.

to 30 minutes after closing.

Again, whether that's 30 minutes after closing during the week, that would be midnight and 30 minutes after closing on Friday, Saturdays, and the special holidays that would be after 2 a.m.

Excuse me.

There was a community meeting that was held uh Monday of this week on February uh 16.

And in conclusion, uh after the applicant is here and has the opportunity to uh to speak um and the public hearing is held, staff is recommending denial of amending use permit application or the amended application, which is application 26039, and by doing so, by doing so that would uphold the approved use permit application 250285 with the 14 conditions.

That concludes my presentation and be happy to answer any questions you have of me at this time.

Thank you, Mr.

Whipple.

What questions do commissioners have for staff Ms.

Muggler?

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um Mr.

Whipple Chief.

Um you mentioned there was a public meeting.

Were there um members of the public in attendance?

Yeah, I believe there was about eight uh total people that showed up.

Um for the most part there was just um understanding um asking questions, understanding the proposal.

Um they seem generally just um supportive of the business in general, wanting the business to succeed.

Um there really weren't any you know negative comments that were brought up at that meeting.

Okay, great.

Thank you.

Mr.

Whipple, we also have uh representative from the Hampton Police Division here.

Officer Roush is here.

Yes.

Do you have any specific questions of him?

Yes, yes, I do.

Good evening, Chairwoman Rogers and Commissioners.

Um Officer Roush, we we are aware of this, but for for the benefit of the public, um the city of Hampton has had some issues with other late-night establishments that serve alcohol, um, and and to be clear, not with this particular establishment.

And um my understanding is that the security um conditions for restaurant threes have been um beefed up in an effort to get control over not only disturbances but violence that has resulted in fatalities at um late-night establishments with alcohol.

Um and I think that's where our concern lies.

I I do believe that we support our small business people that we we are eager to have unique um businesses and we want to support that, but the city also has a responsibility to keep our our residents and our patrons safe.

Um so to that point, um, I'd be interested to know about calls for service for Southern Comfort, um, if there have been calls for service regarding disturbances or um unruly or violent behavior, and how that compares to similar late-night establishments in that Coliseum Central area that also serve alcohol.

So if I ran data for the last eight months and went back to June of 2025 for for SOCO, there were only 15 calls of service.

None of them were for acts of violence.

There were a few like larceny calls and things of that nature, a couple vehicle stops, and some were even keep checks just done by officers, self-initiated calls, say, hey, I'm hanging out in this area to monitor.

Um there were no calls for disorderly or fights or anything of that nature during that time period.

Um there have been other locations in the cities you mentioned where we've had um acts of violence that have resulted in the death of of individuals.

Um and our major concern is obviously just to make sure that the citizens when they go out can have a good time and everyone go home safely.

Um to that end um working with staff, that's the the parameters we came up with as far as the security and stuff like that, and that's where we feel is a is a safe number for us to be at to ensure that everyone can come have a good time and then get home safely.

And can you um give us some information or explain to us about the challenge of um of enforcement with the suggestions that the applicant has that the areas almost be considered two separate entities?

If there's sufficient security for the restaurant and lounge, if it were a standalone business, and if what he's suggesting for the event space is sufficient if it were standalone business, what if if if that's sufficient, what makes it challenging for law enforcement if they're basically operating them as two separate entities in order to make sure that we are keeping people safe?

Uh I'm a personal opinion.

If it were in fact two separate entities, if they were two split businesses, they would still be under the same obligation of one per hundred.

So if that space was open at all, they would be required to have coordinate occupancy capacity, that many security guards for that space in the other space.

The issue comes in for us is if it is not completely closed off or it is not a separate business and not necessarily here at this location, but in the future, when other businesses go, hey, well, we've got some extra space here, and people just start filtering in there, then how do we control that when they say, oh, it is it open, oh, it's not open.

Um, and if you have two separate rooms within a business, you have security for this space, they can't keep eyes on people in another another area of the the establishment without having actual access or eyes over there.

So if it's if there's access to it from inside the one side, it it just might as well be the entire floor plan or capacity.

And so part of the concern also is setting a precedent going forward.

Yes, ma'am.

Um to create it across the board, this is what we'd like to see for everyone moving forward.

So it's fair and equal across the board, regardless of establishment or anything like that.

Thank you.

Are there any other questions for Officer Rush?

Thank you, sir.

Yes, ma'am.

And is the applicant present and wish to speak?

Madam Chair, if I can jump in just briefly, I hate to interrupt.

Um I just wanted to clarify that that uh when in uh Mr.

Whipple's presentation, uh the uh security requirements are based on one hundred per 100 of max occupancy, not actual occupancy.

I don't know if that was expressed.

Yes.

Afternoon, everyone.

Good afternoon, everyone.

Um I'm back again, of course.

Um I was proposing to the city that um I would only be using one space of the business for uh the late-night entertainment and on special events that other side will be used, but um to his point that um I take full responsibility of the other side not being used.

It's not accessible by patrons.

I have locks on the door, they stay locked.

They um I'm sure when I went past code to fire department of fire doors, they got all the safety regulations, so people can't just come in and out of those doors.

So those doors, of course, would be locked at all times.

Me and myself would only have a key along with security just in case of emergency reasons that they needed to go through that door or people needed to go through that door, whatever the case may be, it would be um possible.

Um also I want to talk to the point of the capacity being one of one security guard for every hundred patrons.

And if I'm using only one side, one specific part of the building, um, the capacity isn't that high to match the number of security guards given to me.

And again, it just puts a big strain on trying to run the operation um quite frankly, just be profitable.

Um again, I stand here before the commission.

Um, you know, just trying to push the points to um to the commission that no, again, I have very very low problems, very minimum.

Um I kind of know how to know this is easier said than done, but uh I I definitely know how to prevent problems.

Again, I'm very well in tune with the community, what's going on in the community, um, how frequent things are going on in the community, and again, I always make adjustments to when and to apply the adjustments to be made to keep the community safe, and of course, my establishment is safe for the patrons that patronize it.

Um I don't especially in this climate, I don't even want to have as many people in my building right now as it's legally let me hold.

I think it's like 500 or something people.

I don't see that happening anytime soon right now with what's going on in the city of climate.

It's another reason why I try to explain to the city that I just want to use that one area on the blueprint of the establishment, you know, because I don't want any problems at all.

Um try to strive for that for the past five years.

So I think just minimizing my use, my space use until you know, made aware by the city that I might have an event coming up to where, you know, it's a little bigger than normal, then of course I would advise the city and the police department as I always done have as I always have done.

And um, you know, we always take the correct measures to make it safe, and like the officer said, make sure everyone's get home safe without incident.

Thank you, Mr.

Gomez.

Is are there questions from the commissioner for the applicant?

Um can you share with us what your strategy is in terms of maintaining that peaceful but yet fun atmosphere inside your building so that at 2 a.m.

when you close the doors and your patrons are filing out that they are coming out in a peaceful and safe manner and getting in their vehicles and going home.

Um I can give you some insight, but as far as the actual strategy, my security runs that, but I do know that um when it's time to exit the building, they leave a certain amount of security inside to make sure people exit it and they send the rest of security outside to assist the security that's already outside along with the police officer.

So it's basically um basically the whole staff is basically outside controlling the parking lot, making sure everybody gets in their cars and and leaves immediately.

Um and it's been ran like that, honestly, for a couple years.

And I think everybody understands that.

And quite frankly, I think most people don't like that, that I'm kind of strict on my rules because it it kind of shows in the numbers of the tenants in my building.

I don't get the you know, the big large crowds again, unless I'm having an event.

And I do have events, so that I'm not saying that I don't or I won't have events, but on a basic regular night, my crowds are not that large to where because they have other places to go where I guess they might feel more comfortable or you know, I don't really I can't really answer that question, but my crowds are again, they're not that large unless I'm having a big event or something, which again I always make the city no always make the city aware and the police department aware of what I have going on.

But for the majority of it, um everybody knows we runs a tight ship.

Everybody knows their ideas ran through that scanner.

They all know that we have cameras through the building, they know they could be easily identified if anything ever happened as previously.

They know that because it happens before already.

Um, and I think they just quite frankly know that, you know, Southern Comfort is is not the place to do that at.

Um, you know, I I think I played a big part of that myself coming up being a um, you know, actual party goer and visit frequent lounges.

I kind of know I feel like I'm a veteran in the steps of handling, you know, and preventing things from happening and also being prepared for things that you're not prepared for.

So it would be like kind of always be prepared, and I think I've been doing a great job of that.

Um I hope the city feels the same.

Um I do understand we have a climate right now.

Again, that's why I'm not even proposing to use that my whole entire building.

But if I did, because I can't say I'm not again, because that I that would be a lie.

But if I did, of course, I would take the measurements along with letting the city know and routing with the police department, and we always come up with a plan.

There's even times when I've called four officers, and you know they call me back, like Eddie.

I think we need to add two more officers.

Fine, let's add two more officers.

Like it's like never been a misunderstanding or or any kind of pushback from either my side or their side when it comes time to communicate and making sure everything is safe in the establishment.

And I have one more question, just just for clarity for me.

So from the beginning of your business in 2020 up until the time that you got the the extended hours till midnight, you were open until 10 p.m.

Is that correct?

I was not.

Um that's kind of the reason why we're here.

I was I was open until 2 a.m.

So uh uh again this is all my fault.

I originally um don't ask me why, but I originally thought I was able to stay open till 2 a.m.

And I was doing that you know unconsciously, you know, it wasn't hidden.

I we know I had flyers marketed and things like that.

I never tried to hide the fact, but unfortunately, when I signed my paperwork, I put the wrong hours on the paperwork because we was during COVID at that time.

And again, the city was shut down, so my inexperience of filling out that type of application had me to put the wrong hours up there.

So unfortunately, I was operating until 2 a.m.

on I think about four days a week, three to four days a week.

And um I didn't know that I was you know operating wrongly until they presented it to me, and then I immediately changed it.

But yes, up until um last summer time, um last summer, sorry, I was operating until 2 a.m.

with with um no problems at all, no ma'am.

Thank you.

Welcome.

Any other questions?

Okay, thank you, Mr.

Gomez.

You're welcome.

This is a public hearing, so I will open the public hearing.

Is anyone signed up to speak?

Yes, we have a Mr.

Bruce Watts signed up to speak.

Okay.

Then we have no one else signed up.

Then I will close the public hearing.

And we have before us use permit 26-0039.

Is there a motion?

Uh Madam Chair, I'm I uh move that the planning commission recommend denial of use permit application 26-0039 for Southern Comfort Restaurant and Lounge to amend existing use permit 25-0285.

Second we have a motion and a second for use permit application 26-0039 to deny.

Um, just for clarity, so a positive vote is to deny the application.

Is there any additional uh clarification or questions?

No, I I just wanted to say if if you pass this motion, you would deny the requested changes and uh the applicant would be left with the current use permit, and they'd be operating as they currently are yes, go ahead.

Question um legal the hundred versus seventy-five, is that in effect now as the compromise, or is that that was that just a conversation?

It it it it was uh in the current use permit that was granted in December, it's per 100 of occupants of max occupancy, excuse me.

Does that answer your question, or was there okay?

It was 75, yeah.

That's right.

Um and I believe it was 75 when we voted all heard it.

Uh yeah, that's what I was trying to clarify.

Yeah, yeah.

Was what we approved amended based on conversations that were had.

Yes, yes.

So um when when this matter was before city council, um those those issues were discussed and council eventually passed um the requirements per 100 of act occupancy.

Okay, so if we vote to deny the application, what are we voting specifically to deny?

You're denying his requested change changes, which would be to uh treat the two different parts of the restaurant as separate for the purpose of the number of security officers, and also to change the operating hours to two p.m.

or two a.m.

each night.

If there's no additional discussion, then we're yes, go ahead, please.

I just want to make sure for clarification purposes.

The compromise, there was a compromise made in December for the 100 and okay.

All right.

Yeah, that is correct.

And just to say on the record, our original recommendation for security was to be a ratio of one to 75 of the total max occupancy.

And also we had originally recommended that the security requirements start at 8 p.m.

until 30 minutes after closing, and after some discussions and compromise with the applicant in December at the city council meeting, we landed on relaxing our initial recommendations, and so we landed on the 10 30 p.m.

would be would start the security requirements, and then additionally the ratio of one per 100 of total occupancy for the security.

So it was accommodation that was made, but when it was made, it was made based on a total capacity of the venue, which again, I don't I don't have no plans on using regularly.

Well, I haven't used it in the past eight months, but when or if like these hours I was trying to get back, I could utilize that space to make more revenue coming to the building, but I haven't used that side in the past eight months.

And again, I don't plan on using that side unless an event comes that's big enough to take that place.

So I actually came back to try to amend that to let the city know that I'm only going to be using one separate space that holds uh totally approximately maybe 300 people, and I and I felt like the recommendations was a little you know too strenuous for the business to operate profitably.

And you know, that's what brought me back here, you know, to see if something could be done because the recommendations that I have now is kind of unbearable, but I just gotta go through the steps to try to see if the city could try to see things in a different light when it comes to me using the building, knowing kind of have some trust in me as an owner of the establishment, you know, just basically run like I've been running and causing the city no harm.

So I'm pretty sure the pro city's probably never even heard of my establishment until I've came here.

So I plan on continuing to operate like that, regardless of whatever the um recommendations should be.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Madam Clerk, I think we're ready to call for the vote.

Madam Chair, I just want to be super clear that we're all understand what we're voting on.

So the motion on the floor is to deny Mr.

Gomez's requested changes to treat the two halves of the restaurant separately for the purpose of security and to extend the operating hours to two p.m.

each night.

So an affirmative vote would deny those requests.

Commissioner Samuels opposed Commissioner Griffith.

All right, Commissioner Brooks, Commissioner Coleman.

I just want to say um, yeah, Mr.

Gomez is customers are not younger, they're more seasoned adults, and so I think that denying this is a mistake, so I'm gonna say nay vice chair Mogler.

Aye, Commissioner De Profio.

Aye.

Chair Rogers.

Aye.

That motion carries.

We're going to move on to items by the public.

Is there anyone signed up to speak?

There are none.

All right.

Matters by the commission.

I just have one thing, Commissioners, and I meant to say this at the outset of the meeting, but was a little nervous and forgot.

But I I want to um thank you for your vote of confidence in me by electing me to be chair.

Um, I'm grateful that I had Michael Harris as uh role model, and I um gonna do my best to run addition professional meetings as he would.

Um give me a little nudge if you uh see some things where I can improve, but I thank you for your support.

And if there's nothing else, then this meeting is adjourned.

I'm your host, Asia Scott, and today we have with us Maurice Leary with the economic development department.

How are you doing today, Maurice?

I am well.

How about you, DeC?

I am doing fantastic.

Thank you for having me.

I am so glad to have you on the show today because you are one of our newer employees for the city of Hampton.

And what is your title again?

I'm a business development manager.

All right, well, business development manager, so we definitely need that in our city as we start to build more and bring more businesses into the city.

So let's get into it.

You ready?

Sounds good.

All right.

So what attracted you to the role that you have now?

Uh, simply put, civic pride, um, the ability to do meaningful and challenging work and to have the opportunity to have a visual, a visible reminder of the work that I'm doing.

I can tangibly see all of the good things that are happening in the great city of Hampton.

I love that.

I love that.

So many times we don't actually meet the people behind what brings businesses here and why they're here.

And so to get into why it's important to make sure that the businesses that come to Hampton are selected in such a way.

Can you give us a little bit um of the behind the scenes selection process or the or how that how business selection happens in Hampton?

So it happens for a number of reasons.

Primarily, um, we market and promote the great assets that we have here.

We happen to be blessed to be in a coastal community.

Uh we have great military installations here.

We have a wonderful uh academic uh institution here.

So with all of those great things and coupled with the fact that there's quality and affordable housing, that makes something uh to be a very good appetite for businesses that are looking to choose Hampton and for those that are currently uh in the city of Hampton.

Wonderful.

So can you explain business attraction, retention, expansion in a way that would resonate to residents?

Yeah, to to kind of demystify what we call BRE in the industry, uh business retention and expansion.

Simply put, my job is to create and protect those jobs and services and tax dollars that we already enjoy.

And in doing so, that allows for a good quality comfort of life for our current residents.

So that's it in a nutshell.

It's all about protecting what we already have in place and of course promoting those great things that will allow other businesses to look for a great place to start their services.

That's amazing.

I mean, I think Hampton has a all the strengths and all the things.

But what do you find that Hampton's greatest strengths are when promoting to businesses?

Well, well, first and foremost, as I stated before the the location, because we have access to the one of the deepest and widest ports in all of the world, it allows those that are interested in manufacturing and logistics and distribute distribution to have a great place to call home.

Um where we're located in less than a day's drive, we can reach more than 75% of uh the contiguous United States.

So that makes us very very attractive.

Exactly.

So how does the education pipeline play into the business retention and attraction model?

Well, so when businesses choose to make a place home, they obviously have employees that are gonna make up that organization and those employees uh have kids.

And you know, it's all about making sure that their kids have a great place uh to call home and to be cultivated and developed.

And because we have the wonderful academies of Hampton uh in place, there are pathways, there are ways in which that we can allow that fruition to take place, and in addition to that, uh on a post-secondary level, we have a prestigious research institution in the name of Hampton University that's here that that bodes well for us.

All right.

So looking ahead, what are you most optimistic about when it comes to the future business aspirations for Hampton?

Well, I'm I'm very optimistic about what's on the horizon.

Um we have wonderful assets.

We have the Phoenix Commercial Center, we have a Hampton Logistics Center.

Uh that's almost uh virtually two million square footage of uh inventory that are there.

Uh we've recently inked uh the e-logistics uh USA outfit.

So that makes us a prime uh opportunity.

Uh and with the proliferation of a lot of the defense and energy sectors, and because we have great partners like the Hampton Roads Alliance, uh, we go about it from a collaborative and a regionalism uh kind of uh perspective, and that allows us to be not only successful, but it allows us to be very strong for the uh the future.

All right.

So here's your plug at moment.

Is there any place that people can go if they wanted to learn more about business retention, business aspects or business opportunities?

Where could they go?

Yeah, they can come right downtown.

Um located in the Rupert Sargent building, our economic development office is always interested in having those conversations.

Uh we're available.

Uh, of course, with with that being said, uh, it's about us getting out in the community and connecting with those that are already there.

So look look forward to seeing me come on on the horizon.

All right, and continue to choose Hampton.

All right, well, Reese, it has been a pleasure having a chat with you today.

I look forward to having many more in the future, and thank you for always doing allowing our residents, our businesses, and our friends to choose Hampton.

Well, I appreciate you having me.

Hello, and thank you for tuning in to another episode of Fusion Fitness.

I'm your instructor, Alexis, and today I have with me Taishana, Candace, Sedeo, and Angie.

I'm very excited for this episode because we have a featured artist, OBP.

He is absolutely amazing and phenomenal.

Every single song is from him today.

So if you want to have any of that information, please check it out under the credits.

You can download all the songs from iTunes.

Also, to get you started, I want you to get a bottle of water and a towel, and then we're gonna be right back after these messages to go ahead and have some fun.

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Everybody smile.

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Woo!

You guys are doing awesome.

You made it to the end of the workout.

There is a situation in the island driving me mad, right?

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Hey.

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School girl from Monday to Friday.

While you're practicing every Tuesday and every Thursday.

You to play it to recharge.

Every Sunday.

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Brittany girl.

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Mama can't stop crying.

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She broke out.

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Mama can't sleep at night.

Papa can't stop crying.

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Still using the Yafak and even wash her pants.

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Member when they took your virginity.

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Her dreams are broken, baby keep out, you know.

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Mama left your princess broke out.

Papa can sleep at night.

Mama can't stop crying.

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She broke out.

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Mama can't sleep at night.

Papa can't stop crying.

Pretty cool.

I love girl.

Mama look a pretty girl.

Daddy look for queen.

She never used to roam the road.

No people run the world.

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Very good.

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She broke out.

Mama look a princess broke out.

Papa can sleep at night.

Mama can't stop crying.

As a girl broke out.

She broke out.

Papa look a princess broke out.

Mama can't sleep at night.

Papa can't stop crying.

Y'all looking youth.

Wise of the sun.

Getting pregnant at twelve doesn't mean that your life is ended.

Just take it a different way.

Not the right one.

Just a different way.

Think about your future.

Think about you tomorrow.

And if anybody asks you, tell him how it beats.

Doing this a fat boy music studio.

Straight message.

Thank you so much for tuning in to this episode of Fusion Fitness.

Again, we're very excited that our future future artists was OBP and we had an awesome crew today.

We had Sadeo Taishana Candace and Angie.

We had so much fun dancing with you.

Please look at the credits if you need any information, either about the music artists or about fusion fitness.

If you have fitness questions, please feel free to submit them to me.

All the information is in the credits.

Tune in next time.

For nearly a century,