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Calendars Bi-Weekly Senate Calendar Session Agenda × General Senators Committees Media Calendars Contact Regular Session REGULAR SESSION – OFFICIAL AGENDA – REVISED I Time: 10:00 A.M. Call to Order: Honorable Novelle E. Francis, Jr., Senate President Invocation: Rev. Charles L. Brown, Jr., Chaplain Anthems: National Anthem and Virgin Islands March Roll Call: Honorable Carla J. Joseph, Legislative Secretary Messages and/or Correspondences Committee Reports: Chairperson of Standing Committees Special Orders and Overrides: CONSIDERATION OF FLOOR AGENDA: BLOCK I – 2 Minutes CONSIDERATION OF NOMINATIONS Ariel M. Smith, Esq., Attorney General of the Virgin Islands (12 Yeas, 3 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) Judge Harold Willocks, Re-nomination, Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, District of St. Croix (12 Yeas, 3 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) Yvette D. Ross-Edwards, Esq. Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, District of St. Croix (11 Yeas, 1 Nay, 3 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) Anna Wallace Virgin Islands Territorial Park Board of Trustees (12 Yeas, 3 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) The Thirty-Fifth Legislature will step down from Legislative Session and convene in a Committee of the Whole Hearing to receive testimony on the following: Bill No. 35-0105 An Act ratifying the Governor’s approval of Minor Coastal Zone Permit CZT-12-16W issued to Emerald Beach Corporation d/b/a Emerald Beach Hotel for a term of 20 years for the installation, use, and occupancy of submerged land by three swim buoys, an Aquabana and a floating dinghy dock seaward of Parcel Nos. 70-D-1 and 70-T-1, Estate Lindbergh Bay, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Invited Testifiers: The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources Mr. Marlon Hibbert, Director, Division of Coastal Zone Management, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources Mr. Carlton Dowe, Executive Director, Virgin Islands Port Authority Mr. David Gosine, Owner and President, Calypso Water Sports, LLC The Thirty-Fifth Legislature will rise out of Committee of the Whole and reconvene into Legislative Session to consider the following: BLOCK II – 3 Minutes CONSIDERATION OF ZONINGS Bill No. 35-0079 An Act amending Official Zoning Map No. SCZ-10 for the island of St. Croix to change the zoning designation of Plot No. 71 Consolidate Estate Concordia, West End Quarter, St. Croix, Virgin Islands from R-2 (Residential-Low Density-One and Two Family) to R-3 (Residential-Medium Density) (12 Yeas, 3 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) Bill No. 35-0080 An Act amending Official Zoning Map No. SCZ-10 for the island of St. Croix to rezone Plot No. 52-B Estate Hannah’s Rest, West End Quarter, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, from C (Commercial) to B-3 (Business Scattered) (11 Yeas, 4 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) Bill No. 35-0092 An Act amending Official Zoning Map No. SCZ-11 for the island of St. Croix to rezone Plot No. 140-H Estate St. George, Prince Quarter, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, from R-2 (Residential-Low Density-One and Two Family) to B-3 Business Scattered (11 Yeas, 4 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) Bill No. 35-0105 An Act ratifying the Governor’s approval of Minor Coastal Zone Permit CZT-12-16W issued to Emerald Beach Corporation d/b/a Emerald Beach Hotel for a term of 20 years for the installation, use, and occupancy of submerged land by three swim buoys, an Aquabana and a floating dinghy dock seaward of Parcel Nos. 70-D-1 and 70-T-1, Estate Lindbergh Bay, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (11 Yeas, 4 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) BLOCK III – 2 Minutes CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS Bill No. 35-0016 A Resolution honoring and commending the Board of Elections; the Supervisor of Elections, Caroline Fawkes, and the entire Virgin Islands Election System team for their tireless service and contributions to the Virgin Islands community and on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of the Election System of the Virgin Islands (11 Yeas, 3 Absent, 1 NV – Adopted 6/14/2023) Bill No. 35-0062 A Resolution honoring and commending Gregory Hodge, b.k.a. DJ Avalanche for his outstanding contributions as a disk jockey, radio talk show host, and entertainer and presenting to him the Official Key to the Virgin Islands (12 Yeas, 3 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) BLOCK IV – 4 Minutes CONSIDERATION OF BILLS Bill No. 35-0093 An Act granting a zoning use variance from the R-2 (Residential-Low Density-One and Two Family) zoning designation for Parcel No. 14 Rem. Estate Carolina, Coral Bay Quarter, St. John (12 Yeas, 3 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) Bill No. 35-0088 An Act amending Official Zoning Map No. SCZ-10 to rezone Plot No. 34-A Estate Two Brothers and Smithfield, West End Quarter, St. Croix from R-3 (Residential- Medium Density) to B-3 (Business-Scattered) (12 Yeas, 3 Absent – Adopted 6/14/2023) Bill No. 35-0106 An Act appropriating $700,000 from the General Fund of the Virgin Islands for the purpose of hiring dialysis nurses and other staff (12 Yeas, 3 Absent – Adopted as Amended 6/14/2023) Bill No. 35-0012 An Act amending title 23 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 19, subchapter III, section 1556 relating to the retirement from the National Guard to increase the retirement pension (non-germane amendments) (11 Yeas, 4 Absent – Adopted as Amended 6/14/2023) + Add to Google Calendar + iCal / Outlook export Tags: 35-0012 , 35-0016 , 35-0062 , 35-0079 , 35-0080 , 35-0088 , 35-0092 , 35-0093 , 35-0105 , 35-0106 , Anna Wallace , Aquabana , Ariel M. Smith Esq. , Attorney General of the Virgin Islands , Board of Elections , Calypso Water Sports , Carlton Dowe , Caroline Fawkes , CZT-12-16W , David Gosine , Department of Planning and Natural Resources , dialysis nurses , DJ Avalanche , Emerald Beach Corporation , Emerald Beach Hotel , floating dinghy dock , Gregory Hodge , increase the retirement pension , Jean-Pierre L. Oriol , Judge Harold Willocks , Marlon Hibbert , National Guard , Official Key to the Virgin Islands , Parcel Nos. 70-D-1 and 70-T-1 Estate Lindbergh Bay , Plot No. 140-H Estate St. George , Plot No. 52-B Estate Hannah’s Rest , Plot No. 71 Consolidate Estate Concordia , retirement , SCZ-10 , SCZ-11 , the Supervisor of Elections , title 23 Virgin Islands Code chapter 19 subchapter III section 1556 , Virgin Islands Territorial Park Board of Trustees , Virgin. Islands. Port Authority , Yvette D. Ross-Edwards Esq. Date Jun 14 2023 Expired! Time 10:00 am Location Earle B. 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