City Council Work Session

22 Lincoln Street

Hampton, VA 23669

www.hampton.gov

City of Hampton

Council Approved Minutes - Final

City Council Work Session

Mayor Donnie R. Tuck

Vice Mayor Jimmy Gray

Councilmember Chris L. Bowman

Councilmember Steven L. Brown

Councilmember Hope L. Harper

Councilmember Billy Hobbs

Councilmember Martha Mugler

STAFF: Mary Bunting, City Manager

Steven D. Bond, Interim City Attorney

Katherine K. Glass, CMC, Clerk of Council

1:00 PM Council ChambersWednesday, May 24, 2023

CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Tuck called the meeting to order at 1 p.m. All members of

the City Council were present.

Councilmember Chris L. Bowman, Councilmember Steven

L. Brown, Vice Mayor Jimmy Gray, Councilmember Hope

L. Harper, Councilmember Billy Hobbs, Councilmember

Martha Mugler, and Mayor Donnie R. Tuck

Present 7 -

DONNIE R. TUCK PRESIDED

AGENDA

1. 23-0149 Housing Repair Programs Update

PresentationAttachments:

City Manager Mary Bunting introduced today's deep dive session on home housing

repair programs. The City, in cooperation with the Hampton Redevelopment and

Housing Authority (HRHA), has had homeowner rehabilitation programs for quite

some time. Having recently received federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)

funds, the City decided to expand the breadth and reach of the program to try to

deal with more people who had been on the waiting list for some time. Because of

the limited dollars the City has previously received from the federal government,

there have been challenges including the limited availability of contractors, and

federal bureaucracy associated with the programs that will be shared. Staff will also

be sharing some of their ideas for how to improve the programs moving forward,

particularly with the use of local dollars, to try to help people more rapidly, as