Join us at the Rescue Squad on Shore Dr. for our May 9th 7:00 pm meeting with updates on Fireworks, LBR, Movies on the Beach and the City’s Comprehensive Plan which will spell out development guidelines for the future. Come hear about how to treat common beach injuries! What to do if you are stung by a jellyfish??

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!

Council Member Joash Schulman will host a community meeting to update residents on current city projects and issues that impact District 9. Topics of discussion include the FY2024-25 budget and the importance of maintaining/enhancing the city’s tree canopy. Attendees will have an opportunity to have their questions addressed. The meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. on Monday, May 6th at the Bayside Recreation Center.

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.