Buckroe development plan gets mixed reviews

The Virginian-Pilot - July 4, 2009
A development plan for Hampton's historic Buckroe Beach has overwhelming support from the City Council. But some residents say opposition is so strong that they will collect enough signatures to send the issue to voters in a referendum. ...continued

Buckroe plans reviewed

Daily Press 6/30/09
HAMPTON - "There was no truly public beach in Buckroe,..." ...continued

Buckroe advocates: Developer's letter is "smoking gun" of backroom deal

June 17, 2009 HAMPTON - A Hampton developer told builders and investors that the sale of property in Buckroe was a done deal three weeks before the City Council voted on it, leading some to believe there was a backroom deal with city officials...continued

Buckroe petitioners hoping
to reverse council vote

June 16, 2009
DAILY PRESS.

A "petition for referendum" could change the course of action in Buckroe after a 6-1 City Council vote to sell land to developers. Some of the people who addressed the council on June 10 mentioned a possible referendum and have started gathering signatures. "We're working on them right now," said Eddie Deerfield, one of the petitioners. His and other petitioners' contact information is on SaveBuckroe.com.

Here's what would need to happen, according to the city's laws: Opponents of the ordinances passed by the council would need to form a committee of five people registered to vote in Hampton. They would need to gather signatures from enough registered voters to equal 25 percent of those who voted in the last council election.

The last election was in May 2008, and 25 percent of those who voted is 4,102.

A petition with signatures would need to be filed with the clerk of council within 30 days of the ordinance passing, which would be by Friday, July 10.

The clerk would then present the petition to be considered at the next council meeting. If the council doesn't reverse course within 60 days, the petitioners can ask the clerk of council to give the petition to the clerk of the Circuit Court within 20 days (that's now a total of 80 days after the petition is filed).

The clerk of Circuit Court and voter registrar would then verify that the signatures are of actual registered voters in Hampton and that there are enough to equal 25 percent of those who voted in the most recent council election.

If the signatures are legitimate, the court would set a date to hold the referendum. The ordinance would be suspended until the election.

No investigation planned for Buckroe land deal

June 25, 2009 Daily Press
HAMPTON - — Hampton's lead prosecutor said Wednesday she has no plans to launch a criminal investigation into the sale of city land in Buckroe. ...continued

Petition drive aims to preserve
waterfront land in Hampton

- June 22, 2009 HAMPTON -- Save our beach is the battle cry of the Buckroe Beach Bayfront Committee. Members are running out of time to collect 4,500 signatures to save the last city-owned bayfront properties at Buckroe Beach from development. They want to reverse the zoning, planned sale and residential development of 7.81 acres near the Chesapeake Bay. The petitions must be filed by July 10 and the group is stepping up efforts to collect signatures from registered Hampton voters. ...continued

Buckroe properties to be developed by NFL players, home builders' group

June 10, 2009 HAMPTON - Despite strong opposition, the City Council agreed to rezone and sell nearly 8 acres of park-side empty lots in Buckroe for future development by a local home-builders association and, separately, two former NFL players turned developer... ...continued

The pier is 706 feet long
Ends in a T-shape that is 70 feet wide and has two covered shelters, several fish cleaning stations, flood lights triggered to switch on at night.
Security cameras will watch over the 56 space parking area and the pier.
Two full-time parks department employees and six part-time staff members will tend the pier. .

Before exit, Army cleans ordnance from Fort Monroe

FORT MONROE
Chemistry, physics, geology, history: Cleaning up this military post encompasses those subjects and more.

The Army is due to leave the fort in 2011. Before it does, it must dig up buried explosives and fix contaminated spots. That means taking into account Fort Monroe's history as a bastion of coastal defense, then as an artillery school, before its evolution into one of the Army's premier think tanks. ...continued

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