The City of Norfolk and the Bay Oaks Park Committee have come to a resolution on the 21 acres of land located between 3rd Bay and 7th Bay Streets: Councilman Don Williams suggested that 11 acres between 3rd Bay to 5th Bay be set aside as a park and that the 10 acres between 5th … Continue reading Bay Oaks resolved
Sunday’s Virginian-Pilot contained an update on the property in East Ocean View known as Bay Oaks. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the city was to take up during its retreat what to do with the 21 acres of vacant land. Well, it seems that council plans to hold a couple of town hall … Continue reading Latest on Bay Oaks: town hall meetings
As expected, the Norfolk City Council voted last night to reverse the four zoning ordinances that would have allowed housing to be built on 21 acres of open space in East Ocean View. The Bay Oaks Park Committee moved forward Monday with requesting that the public vote on the issue be scheduled. The maneuver was … Continue reading Bay Oaks: council reverses rezoning
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the citizens of Norfolk in the Bay Oaks Park case, according to this article. The Bay Oaks Park Committee put together a petition drive on a parcel of property that the group would like to see retained as a park, asking that the vote be put … Continue reading Bay Oaks: A win for the citizens of Norfolk
The Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of the Bay Oaks Park Committee, according to attorney Andrew Sacks, who represents the group. Bay Oaks is a 21-acre parcel of land in East Ocean View that the group wants to have as a park. They gathered 5,376 signatures on a petition in an … Continue reading Va Supreme Court to hear Bay Oaks appeal
City Council will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, November 17, at 2:30pm. The council agenda is here. Included on the agenda is a public hearing on charter changes, which have to be approved by the General Assembly. You can read the proposed changes in this pdf. Of particular concern to me is the change in sections 32 … Continue reading NORFOLK ALERT: Proposed charter changes
OK, so this turned out to be a little longer than I thought đ A few thoughts on stuff that aren’t worth individual posts. Details are below the fold. Can you hear me now? Steriods in baseball? Say it ain’t so! Sunrise, sunset Legislative agenda Picking sides
The City of Norfolk is holding two public forums on what should be done with the open space formerly known as Bay Oaks Park. Sunday’s edition of the Compass (not available online) has a full page ad announcing the two meetings, which are as follows: Saturday, December 8, 9-11am, Lafayette Winona Middle School (1701 Alsace … Continue reading Norfolk forums on open space
I stopped by the Willoughby Spit Civic League Fish Fry Wednesday evening, where Barbara Saunders, former (and future?) candidate for City Council in Ward 1, is the new civic league president. Also there was 6th Senate District incumbent Nick Rerras and 87th House District challenger Hank Giffin. While I didn’t have a chance to talk … Continue reading Quick report: Willoughby Spit Fish Fry
Norfolk resident and activist Alma Kesling has launched a new site called Wake Up Hampton Roads TV.com Episode III is now up. From the press release, this episode covers: Commentary on SICKO opening Bay Oaks Park Summary from 6/26/07 Alton Robinson on taxpayer’s gift of $40,000 for soccer Local Impeachment Efforts & of course the … Continue reading Wake Up Hampton Roads TV
