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)