15 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The City of Newport News acknowledges with gratitude the contributions of all the community organizations, individual citizens, and City government agencies that participated in the development of this report. Special thanks is owed to the citizen participants who devoted countless hours of their time and dozens of meetings to his visionary effort.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

William Corwardin, Jr., Chairman

Gary West, Planning Commission

Millard White, Planning Commission

Randy Hildebrandt, City Manager

Neil Morgan, Assistant City Manager

Allen Jones, At Large Member

Mary Oder, At Large Member

Al Riutort, Director Department of Planning

Michael King, Manager of Community Planning

Wilbert Ashe, Chairman TF I

Beth Moore, Chairman TF II

Lamont Curtis, Chairman TF III

Douglass Hertz, Chairman TF IV

Mary Cimaglio, Chairman Youth TF

PLANNING DISTRICT I TASK FORCE

Wilbert Ashe, Chairman

Imam Mohammed Asadi

Effie Ashe

Phil Bomershiem

Pamela Calver

Gregory Cherry

Dr. Saundra Cherry

George Covington

Annie Daniels

Gloria Deloatch

Inettei Edwards
Clarence Harris

Steve Hudak

Dr. McKinley Price

Ethel Hayes-Pryor

Sharon Urquhart Richardson

James Ricks, Jr.

Renee Rountree

Julian Scott

Terrence Thomas

Tina Vick

Marisa Wilson

Angela Hopkins, Senior District Planner (Staff)

PLANNING DISTRICT II TASK FORCE

Beth Moore, Chairman

John Allen, III

John Amend

William Black

Amy Condon

Kathleen Dennehey

William Ferguson, III

Susan Gaston

Ericka Hopkins

Rodney Hopkins

Carlton Hudgins

Ronnie LaBelle

John Lash, III

Ivy Mitchell

Helen Myers

Daniel Slater

Earl Snyder

Robert Thomas

Veronica Weymouth

Darlene Wilson

Jeff Wilson

Susan Kassel, Former Senior District Planner (Staff)

Saul Gleiser, Senior District Planner (Staff)

PLANNING DISTRICT III TASK FORCE

Lamont Curtis, Chairman, TF III

Raymond Barnes, Sr.

Dorothy Boniville

Kathleen Brooks

Randy Brown

Sammie Buckhanon, Jr.

Robert Coker

Corey Cook

Dr. John Dawson

Nina Franklin

Alton Glass, Sr.

Hae Jung Goldman

Britta Ayers, Former Senior District Planner (Staff)

Carl Jackson, District Planner (Staff)

Jan Gray

Mark House

Alfred Jewell

Joe Leming

Cleon Long

Howard Manning

Jim Monahan

Gabriel Morgan, Sr.

Elizabeth Smith

Don Toms

Vera Wintink

Pricilla Burnett

Elizabeth Nunnally

PLANNING DISTRICT IV TASK FORCE

Douglass Hertz, Chairman TF IV

Esther Baker

Joanne Brown

Kenneth Calloway

Valerie Clark

Lois Custer

Robert Duckett

Pierce Fitchett

Keith Jones

Steve Kadar

Korine Leonard

Richard Rinaldo

Kathy James Webb, Manager of Environmental Planning (Staff)

YOUTH TASK FORCE

Mary Cimaglio, Chairman Youth TF

Ellen Blackmon

Jacinta Callaway

Talisa Chambliss

Mitchell Finch

Stephen Gomes

Ashley Hanna

Trevor Holland

Brandon Holmes

Adrienne Jones

Kasey Kingston

Loreal Lance

Sara-Anne Leverette

Mark Lotts

MaryKate Magdycz

Nicolas Malliarakis

Sara Elizabeth Maser

Nelson McCann

Benjamin Miller

Jessica Pinn

Elizabeth Ralston

Alex Rubble

Natalia Sanders

Samir Shah

Hannah Steeves

Michael King, Manager of Community Planning (Staff)

TASK FORCE TRAINING & CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

Dr. Mike Chandler, Richmond, Va.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Theodore Figura, Manager of Marketing

Neil Morgan, Assistant City Manager

Florence Kingston, Director of Development

LAND USE & LAND USE PLAN

Al Riutort, AICP, Director of Planning

Sheila McAllister, Assistant Director of Planning

Michael King, AICP, Manager of Community Planning

Kathy James-Webb, AICP, Manager of Environmental Planning

Angela Hopkins, Senior District Planner

Susan Kassel, FormerSenior District Planner

Britta Ayers, FormerSenior District Planner

Saul Gleiser, Senior District Planner

Carl Jackson, District Planner

Eric Chen, Senior Research Planner

Mark Hargrave, GIS Supervisor

Karen Saunders, GIS Cartographic Technician

Howard Nelson, GIS Cartographic Specialist

Ben Scott, GIS Programmer Analyst

Tom Slaughter, Special Projects Engineer

John Kaoudis, Assistant Director of Engineering

TRANSPORTATION

Everett Skipper, Director of Engineering

John Kaoudis, Assistant Director of Engineering

Tom Slaughter, Special Projects Engineer

David Wilkinson, Engineer III

Dan Blackburn, Engineer II

Leo Bevon, IT Specialist

Michael Townes, Executive Director, HRT

Laura Varden, Transit Development Manager, HRT

Andy Pickard, Transportation Planner, HRPDC

Jim Smith, Former Executive Director, Peninsula Airport Commission

Mark Falin, Acting Assistant Director, Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport

Al Riutort, AICP, Director of Planning

Michael King, AICP, Manager of Community Planning

Carl Jackson, District Planner

EDUCATION

Dr. Ashby Kilgore, Superintendent, NNPS

Dr. Marcus Newsome, Former Superintendent, NNPS

Tracy Brooks, Special Assistant to the Superintendent, NNPS

Shannon Sexton, Executive Secretary, NNPS

Sheila McAllister, Assistant Director of Planning

HOUSING

Karen Wilds, Executive Director, NNRHA

Kristin L. Clark, Development Administrator-Community Development, NNRHA

Angela Hopkins, Senior District Planner

Sandy Hitchens, Planning Technician

PARKS AND RECREATION

Michael D. Poplawski, Director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism

Mike Barber, Assistant Director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism

Tammy Jordan, Administrator of Recreation Programs

Carolyn Talbert, Landscape Planner II

PUBLIC SAFETY
 
Jim Fox, Chief of Police

Dawn Barber, Assistant Chief, Administrative Services

Joseph Moore, Assistant Chief, Community Operations Bureau

Thomas Bennett, Assistant Chief, Investigations Bureau

William Sturgis, Captain, Criminal Investigations Division

David Graham, Captain, North Precinct

Larry Minkoff, Captain, Central Precinct

Lorenzo Sheppard, Captain, South Precinct

Lillian Taylor, Manager of Fiscal Services & Special Projects Division

Mark Calhoon, Manager, Planning Administrator

Sue Wills, Planning Coordinator

Lynn Brewer, Supervisor of Crime Analysis Unit

Lewis Thurston, Public Information Officer

Harold Roach, Director of Codes Compliance

Michael Nall, Assistant Director of Codes Compliance

Christine Mignogna, Zoning Administrator

Kenneth Jones, Fire Chief

Scott Fuller, Deputy Fire Chief, Operations

Scott Liebold, Deputy Fire Chief, Staff Services

David Barrick, Assistant Chief, EMS

Lee Ware, Fire Marshal

Valla Olliver III, Chief Magistrate

Jack Williamson, Emergency Management Coordinator

Creig Moore, Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator

Gabriel Morgan, Sheriff

Colonel Leroy Johnson, Jr., Chief Deputy, Sheriff

Lt. Colonel Eileen Sprinkle, Operations Bureau, Sheriff

Major Betty Thomas, Professional Standards Bureau, Sheriff

Major Cindy Porter, Services Bureau, Sheriff

John Roberts, Director of Adult Corrections

Michael Poplawski, Director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism

Al Riutort, AICP, Director of Planning

HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Michael Poplawski, Director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism

John Quarstein, FormerAdministrator of Museum & Historical Services

Johnnie Davis, Planner-Planning Services

CULTURE

Izabela Cieszynski, Director of Libraries and Information Services

Virginia Gabriele, Director of Marketing, Virginia Living Museum

Timothy Sullivan, President & CEO, Mariners' Museum

John Quarstein, FormerAdministrator of Museum & Historical Services

Susan Kassel, Former Senior District Planner

HUMAN SERVICES

Director of Peninsula Health Center

Glenn Butler, Director of Human Services

Stephen K. Hawks, Deputy Director of Human Services

Rosanne D. Walters, PH.D., Director, Office of Children, Youth and Families

Charles A. Hall, Director, Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board

Susan Kassel, Former Senior District Planner

ENVIRONMENT

Everett Skipper, Director of Engineering

Brian Lewis, Senior Engineer

David Gossett, Administrator of Office of Self-Insurance

Jay Lacy, Environmental Management Systems Specialist

Kathy James-Webb, AICP, Manager of Environmental Planning

URBAN SERVICES

Dr. Mostafa Sabbah, FormerDirector of Engineering (Retired)

Everett Skipper, Director of Engineering

John Kaoudis, Assistant Director of Engineering

Brian Lewis, Senior Engineer

Reed Fowler, Director of Public Works

Ralph Caldwell, Assistant Director of Public Works

Stephen Land, Wastewater Administrator

Timothy Shockley, Solid Waste Administrator

Eddie Crockett, Stormwater Administrator

Kenny Holloway, Administrator for Street Maintenance

Mathew Pair, Operations Superintendent for Street Maintenance

Trey Diamonstein, Customer Service Manager for the Call Center

Brian Ramaley, PE, Director of Public Utilities (Waterworks)

Eileen Leininger, Assistant Director of Public Utilities

Dave Morris, Natural Resources Manager

Ronald Harris, Chief of Water Resources

Nancy McPhail, Water Resources Planner

K.M. Blanks, Chief of Staff

Cleder Jones, Assistant to the City Manager for Communications and Community Relations

Shirley Wells, Video Production Manager (Retired)

Andy Stein, Director of Information and Technology

Greg DiGiorgio, Assistant Director/Operations Manager

Stephanie Suttle, eGov Services Manager

Danny Butler, Intranet/Internet Architect

Ted Henifin, General Manager, Hampton Roads Sanitation District

Jay Bernas, Chief of Planning and Analysis, Hampton Roads Sanitation District

Kathy James-Webb, AICP, Manager of Environmental Planning

MAPPING

Mark Hargrave, GIS Supervisor

Karen Saunders, GIS Cartographic Technician

Howard Nelson, GIS Cartographic Specialist

Ben Scott, GIS Programmer Analyst

ADMINISTRATIVE

Cathy Koch, Senior Administrative Coordinator

Dedra Richardson, Senior Administrative Assistant

PLANNING TECHNICAL SUPPORT

David Watson, AICP, Environmental Planner

Sandy Hitchens, Planning Technician

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