The Committee of the Whole

The 34th Legislature will convene in the Committee of the Whole on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. in the Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall to receive testimony on the following:

            BLOCK I:                                                                                                       10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.

Acia E. Brathwaite – ZAT-22-13: Request to rezone Parcel No. 173-A-66 Estate Anna’s Retreat, No.       1 New Quarter, St. Thomas from R-2 (Residential Low Density-One and Two Family) to B-2 (Business-Secondary/Neighborhood)

Invited Testifiers:

The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Acia E. Brathwaite, Applicant

Leia LaPlace-Matthew, Territorial Planner, Division of Comprehensive and Coastal Zone Planning,                                       Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Sunshine Parking, LLC – ZAT-22-14: Request that a use variance be granted to the B-2 (Business-Secondary/Neighborhood) zoned Parcel No. 18A Remainder Estate Smith Bay, Nos. 1, 2 & 3 East End Quarter, St. Thomas

Invited Testifiers:

The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Richard P. Bourne-Vanneck, Esq., Applicant

Leia LaPlace-Matthew, Territorial Planner, Division of Comprehensive and Coastal Zone Planning                            Department of Planning and Natural Resources

E&C Development, LLC – ZAT-22-9: Request to rezone Parcel No. 2 Remainder Estate Bovoni, Nos. 1 & 2 Frenchman’s Bay Quarter, St. Thomas from R-3 (Residential-Medium Density) to C (Commercial).

Invited Testifiers:

The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Kent Bernier, Applicant

Leia LaPlace-Matthew, Territorial Planner, Division of Comprehensive and Coastal Zone Planning,                                       Department of Planning and Natural Resources

BLOCK II:                                                                                                      11:45 A.M. – 1:15 P.M.

The Soraya Diase Coffelt Living Trust – ZAT-22-4: Request to rezone 19F-1 Rem & 19N Rem Smith Bay, Nos. 1, 2, & 3 East End Quarter, St. Thomas from A-1 (Agricultural) to R-3 (Residential-Medium Density) and C (Commercial)

Invited Testifiers:

The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Soraya Diase Coffelt, Applicant

Leia LaPlace-Matthew, Territorial Planner, Division of Comprehensive and Coastal Zone Planning,                                       Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Brian Turnbull, Zoning Consultant

Market Square East, Inc. – ZAT-22-11: Request to amend the Official Zoning Map No. STZ-7 from R-2 (Residential-Low Density-One and Two Family) and C (Commercial) to B-2 (Business-Secondary/Neighborhood) and R-2 (Residential-Low Density-One and Two Family) for Parcel Nos. L-1, 1-1, 1-Rem., C-1, C-Rem., D-Rem., G, H, M, N, P, S, R.O.W. Parcel Nos.1-A, C-A, D- A, Q, and R Estate Raphune, No. 5B New Quarter, St. Thomas and Parcel Nos. 1-1-1, 1-11, 1-1-Rem., 1-5-B-1, 1-5-B-2, 1-5-B-3, 1-5-F, 1-15-1, R.O.W. Parcel Nos. 1-3(Revised)-1, and 1-3(Revised)-Rem. Estate Donoe, No. 2A New Quarter, St. Thomas

Invited Testifiers:

The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Gershwain Sprauve, President and CEO, Market Square East, Inc.

Leia LaPlace-Matthew, Territorial Planner, Division of Comprehensive and Coastal Zone Planning,                                       Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Diego A. Lima, Jr. – ZAT-22-15: Request to rezone Parcel No. 3-103 Remainder Estate Bovoni, Nos. 1 & 2 Frenchman’s Bay Quarter, St. Thomas from R-3 (Residential Medium Density) to B-3 Business-Scattered).

Invited Testifiers:

The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Diego A. Lima, Jr., Applicant

Leia LaPlace-Matthew, Territorial Planner, Division of Comprehensive and Coastal Zone Planning,                                       Department of Planning and Natural Resources

BLOCK III:                                                                                                     1:30 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.

Petrus Properties, LLC – ZAT-22-12: Request to rezone Lease Area 47D-1 Kronprindsens Gade, Kronprindsens Quarter, St. Thomas from P (Public) to B-3 (Business Scattered).

Invited Testifiers:

The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Allison Petrus, Applicant

Leia LaPlace-Matthew, Territorial Planner, Division of Comprehensive and Coastal Zone Planning,                                       Department of Planning and Natural Resources

The Honorable Anthony D. Thomas, Commissioner, Department of Property and Procurement

Leslie Phipps: Grant of entrance easement, from the Government of the Virgin Islands, by and through its Department of Property and Procurement (Grantor) to Leslie Phipps (Grantee).

Invited Testifiers:

The Honorable Anthony D. Thomas, Commissioner, Department of Property and Procurement

Leslie Phipps, Grantee