Action taken during the April 7 meeting of the Suffolk City Council include:

Consent Agenda

Approval of the minutes

-Approved 7-0

An ordinance to accept and appropriate $5,110 from state Department of Health for the Two-For-Life Program (second reading);

-Approved 7-0

An ordinance to accept and appropriate a $5,000 grant from the Violet H. Greco Foundation for the Suffolk Master Gardeners Association (second reading);

-Approved 7-0

An ordinance granting an exemption from taxation to the Hampton Roads Youth Center Inc. (second reading);

-Approved 7-0

An ordinance to amend the city’s real estate tax relief program for the elderly and disabled (second reading);

-Approved 7-0

An ordinance to accept and appropriate a $2,412 grant from the state Department of Emergency Management 2003 Management Block Grant (EMPG) Plus-Up Program (first reading);

-Approved 7-0

An ordinance to accept and appropriate donations to the city in the amount of $4,230 (first reading);

-Approved 7-0

An ordinance approving the submission of an application for state grant-in-aid, and accepting and appropriating $187,484 (first reading);

-Approved 7-0

A resolution supporting efforts to bring major league baseball to the Hampton Roads community;

-Approved 7-0

A resolution to declare certain city property surplus;

-Approved 7-0

A resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation to include a street in the Heather Glen Townhouses, Phase 2, 3 and 4 in the state secondary road system:

-Approved 7-0

A resolution authorizing participation in the Virginia Department of Transportation Revenue Sharing Secondary Road program in the amount of $300,000 for fiscal year 2004-05;

-Approved 7-0

Staff report of the Suffolk Farmer’s Market

-No action taken

— Compiled by Allison T. Williams