Be a part of the solution! If you have concerns, information and would like to be part of a constructive discussion in a work group, Ocean Park Civic league members are invited to volunteer for a committee to review the application for the Ocean Park Baptist Church rezoning and Conditional Use Permit. Email president@opcl.org to participate.
Why it matters: Participate in a small work group to review the current zoning, application, impacts and benefits of the rezoning/CUP application and contribute to an unbiased, thoughtful analysis. This civic league review is merely one component of a broader community advisory review process. This members’ review will evaluate several aspects including the historical importance of the church, the potential advantages and consequences of the rezoning/CUP, as well as the economic and aesthetic implications for the community.
No mind readers here! We cannot take your views into consideration or represent them if we are not aware of them!

What’s next: A quick series of meeting to form a consensus, identify topics of concern and potentially put forward further requests (proffers) before the June meeting.

The Conditional Use Permit application for rezoning from R5D to B2 is a public document. The City Planning Staff Report will be available 5 days before the Planning Commission meeting. Presentation about the project by Mr. Dubay.

Branan Roughgarten brought us some interesting info about common injuries on the beach!

• We can text 911 also if we need emergency help!
• support EMS Week proceeds at local restaurants next week go to EMS!
• Many volunteer opportunities at OPVRS: scheduling, membership data management etc!

PHP Clean Up May 25th 9:00-12:00! Meet at the Trailhead on Marlin Bay Drive!

Meeting date changes due to holidays: July Meeting will be JUNE 27. September Meeting is Sept. 12.

At the BAC meeting, Hank Morrison, Comprehensive Planning Administrator for Virginia Beach provided an update on ImagineVB 2040 Comprehensive Plan. In the coming week, residents can attend the public outreach meetings which will advance the work toward the Comprehensive Plan which will be submitted to the City Council for approval and will then serve as the bible for the Planning Commission, the Planning Department and the City Council in considering future development. It’s time for residents to give their input!

Baylines is the Newsletter from the BAC.

It took a while this year to get to signed contracts so we have a shorter time to raise the money we need. Please help! If you love the fireworks, please donate!

• If we don’t raise the money, we don’t have a show.
• No money comes from general civic league funds.
• No money comes from City of Virginia Beach.
• Average amount: $20-$100 per household.
• No amount too small!

The Virginia Beach City Council will vote on the FY 2025 Budget on May 14. Hearings are underway to discuss what the budget will include and what funding levels for programs will be. Virginia Beach City Budget Input and Information. Give your input to city council about how they are spending our money

If you love the fireworks, please donate!

• If we don’t raise the money, we don’t have a show.
• No money comes from general civic league funds.
• No money comes from City of Virginia Beach.
• Average amount: $20-$100 per household.
• No amount too small!

The Virginia Beach City Council vote on the Wycliffe Church development was a mess. The presentation that came before the City Council was materially different from what came before the Planning Commission in March and had been altered just three days before the City Council meeting giving residents and neighborhoods almost no time to review the new proposal. In the new proposal the developer will build five houses, there are no guarantees that the lake will be preserved and supposedly another church will buy the remainder of the property, though it only has 20 parking spaces, a concern raised by the Great Neck Estates Civic League President Derrick Copeland. Councilman Chris Taylor, in whose district this project is located, made a motion to deny the application and was seconded by Council Member Rouse. Before any discussion could take place-which given the substantial changes that the proposal had undergone would have made sense- a substitute motion was made by Council Member Ross-Hammond and seconded by Council member Rosemary Wilson. In making her substitute motion, Council Member Ross-Hammond could not even articulate what her motion was. Mayor Bobby Dyer called on the applicant’s attorney “Eddie, help us out” to reword her motion. The city attorney provided some more changes and her response was “what he said”. The result is that a decision was pushed through without the discussion and consideration it deserved and without the residents given the opportunity to review it. Council Members Henley, Rouse, Taylor and Wooten voted against.