The document provides the Senate calendar for the 28th Legislature of the Virgin Islands for the weeks beginning May 04, 2009 and May 11, 2009. It lists the dates, times, locations, committees and agendas for various committee meetings to consider bills, federal grants, lease agreements, and zoning applications. Public meetings are also scheduled to discuss energy programs and pandemic preparedness. The committees will address issues relating to appropriations, education, zoning, labor, and energy during this time period.

1. SENATE CALENDAR
28th Legislature of the Virgin Islands
REVISED I Week Beginning Monday, May 04, 2009
Week Beginning Monday, May 11, 2009
Date Monday, May 04, 2009
Time: 9:30 AM
Committee Appropriations and Budget
Location: Frits Lawaetz Conference Room, St. Croix
Agenda: The Committee on Appropriations and Budget will meet to consider the following
items:
1. Federal Grant Application for the Law Enforcement Planning Commission
Violence Against Women Formula Grant in the amount of $600,000
Invited Testifiers:
Ms. Debra Gottlieb
Director
Office of Management and Budget
2. Lease Agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands and Virgin
Islands Telephone d/b/a/ Innovative Telephone Corporation
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Lynn Millin-Maduro
Commissioner
Department of Property and Procurement
Mr. Dennis Chance
Vice-President
Engineering & Plant Operations
Innovative Telephone Corporations
Date Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Time: 9:30 AM
Committee: Appropriations and Budget
Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda: The Committee on Appropriations and Budget has scheduled a meeting to
consider the following items
1. Federal Grant Application for the Law Enforcement Planning Commission

2. (2009 Office on Violence Against Woman (OVW), Recovery Act Stop Violence
Against Woman (VAWA) Formula Grant) in the amount of $638,390
Invited Testifiers:
Ms. Debra Gottlieb
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Meredith Nielson
Drug Policy Advisor
Law Enforcement Planning Commission
2. Bill No. 28-0029 – An Act authorizing the Governor to borrow monies from
the Public funds of the Virgin Islands and enter into financial instruments as
necessary and proper in the event of a financial emergency to create working
Capital, pay essential vendors and meet the operating expenses of the
Government for the 2009 and 2010 fiscal years and for other purposes
Invited Testifiers:
Mr. Nathan Simmonds
Senior Policy Advisor
Office of the Governor
Ms. Debra Gottlieb
Director
Office of Management and Budget
Honorable Angel Dawson, Jr.
Commissioner
Department of Finance
Mrs. Claudette Watson-Anderson, CPA
Director
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Mr. Julito A. Francis
Director of Finance and Administration
Public Finance Authority
3. Lease Agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands and Red
Hook Marina, Inc.

3. Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Lynn Millin-Maduro, Esq.
Commissioner
Department of Property and Procurement
Ms. Karen Lange
President
Red Hook Marina, Inc.
4. Lease Agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands and Peter
Phillip d/b/a Peter Prof. Body and Fender Repair
Honorable Lynn Millin-Maduro, Esq.
Commissioner
Department of Property and Procurement
Mr. Peter Phillip
Owner
Peter Prof. Body & Fender Repair
Date Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Time: 6:00PM
Committee: Committee Of the Whole
Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda: The Twenty-Eighth will convene in Committee of the Whole Zoning Hearing to
received testimony zoning applications
Jens & Irma Pickering (Phillip Pickering, Authorized Agent) – Request for
Amendment of Official Zoning Map OLG-D9-8100-T008 to rezone Parcel No.
5-A-1, Estate Enighed, No. 1 Cruz Bay Quarter, St. John, from R-4 (Residential
– Medium Density) to B-2 (Business-Secondary)
Purpose: Utilize the property which contains an existing warehouse building for
offices (general & professional); groceries and related products, retail and
associated parking
Adrian Realty, LLC (Gershwain Sprauve, Authorized Agent) – Request for
Amendment to Official Zoning Map No. SJZ-10 to rezone Parcel No. 11K Estate
Adrian, No. 18 Cruz Bay Quarter, St. John, from R-2 (Residential – low Density,
One and Two Family) to R-4 (Residential – Medium Density)
Purpose: For the construction of two additional residential units (two-bedroom) with
associated parking
Susannaberg, LLC (Ronnie Jones) – Request for Amendment of Official
Zoning Map No. SJZ-1 to rezone Parcel No. 15 Estate Susannaberg, No. 17A

4. Cruz Bay Quarter, St. John from R-1(Residential –Low Density) to R-4
(Residential – Medium Density)
Purpose: For the construction of an eight-building development that will include
18 residential (two bedroom) units, a community center, laundry building, a pool
and associated parking
A & L Enterprises, Inc. (Almando Liburd, Authorized Agent) – Request for
Amendment of Official Zoning Map No. SJZ-3 to rezone Parcel No. 9 Estate
Fortsberg, Coral Bay St. John from R-2 (Residential –Low Density, One and
Two Family) to B-3 (Business – Scattered)
Purpose: To operate a laundry, a retail store and an internet café (office), with
associated parking
WR LLC (William R. Otto) – Request for Amendment of Official Zoning Map
No. STZ-10 to rezone Parcel No. 18A-6 Estate Smith Bay, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Red
Hook Quarter, St. Thomas, from R-2 (Residential -Low Density, One and Two
Family) to C (Commercial)
Purpose: For the construction of a 10,077 ft office with associated parking
Oceanside Village, Inc. (George H. T. Dudley, Esq., Authorized Agent) –
Request for Amendment of Official Zoning Map STZ – to rezone Parcel No. K
and J Estate Raphune, No.5B New Quarter, St. Thomas from R-1 (Residential –
Low Density) and R-2 (Residential – Medium Density, One and Two Family) to
R-4 (Residential Medium Density)
Purpose: To construct 173 units as its Raphune Hill Vista development, and to
construct 69 residential units at the proposed Green Hills development
Date Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Legislative Conference Room, St. Croix
Agenda: The virgin Islands Energy Office will hold a public meeting to help explain the
$ 31 million allocated for Energy Programs under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009

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Date Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Time: 9:00 AM
Committee: Education, Youth and Culture
Location: Frits Lawaetz Conference Room, St. Croix
Agenda: The Committee on Education, Youth and Culture has scheduled a meeting for the
purpose of discussing the following items:
Bill No. 28-0010 – An Act amending title 1 V.I.C., chapter 11, section 171
recommending laborers on Contract Day or Fireburn as a day to be revered
and remembered in the Virgin Islands
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Robert S. Mathes
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Honorable Albert Bryan, Jr.,
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Department of Labor
Mr. Myron Jackson
Director
Virgin Islands Cultural Heritage Institute
Mr. Gerard Emanuel
Assistant Director
Division of Cultural Education
Virgin Islands Department of Education
Mr. George Tyson
Virgin Islands Historian
Bill No. 28-0007 – An Act amending 17 V.I.C., to add chapter 45 establishing
The National Guard Youth Challenge Program and authorize the Program to
Award participants an Adult High School Diploma and for other purposes
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable LaVerne Terry, Ed. D.
Commissioner
Department of Education
Dr. Lauren Larsen
Deputy Commissioner
Curriculum and Instructions
Virgin Islands Department of Education

6. Honorable Vincent F. Frazer, Esq.,
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Honorable Christopher E. Finch
Commissioner
Department of Human Services
Mr. Gray Molloy Ed S.
Insular Superintendent
St. Croix District
Mrs. Jeanette Smith –Barry
Insular Superintendent
St. Thomas-St. John District
Ms. Winona Hendricks
Chairperson/President
Virgin Islands Board of Education
Renaldo Rivera
The Adjutant General
Virgin Islands National Guard
Bill No. 28-0012 – An Act amending 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 5 to
provide for the Worker Preparation Educational Program for high school seniors
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable LaVerne Terry, Ed. D.
Commissioner
Department of Education
Dr. Lauren Larsen
Deputy Commissioner
Curriculum and Instructions
Virgin Islands Department of Education
Honorable Albert Bryan, Jr.,
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Department of Labor
Honorable Angel Dawson, Jr.,
Commissioner Designee
Virgin Islands Department of Finance

7. Honorable Gizette Canegata-Thomas, Esq.,
Chairperson Designee
Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission
Mr. Eduardo Corniero
Career and Technical Education
Virgin Island Department of Education
Mr. Gray Molloy Ed S
Insular Superintendent
St. Croix District
Mrs. Jeanette Smith –Barry
Insular Superintendent
St. Thomas-St. John District
Bill No. 28-0016 – An Act amending 17 V.I.C., chapter 5, section 48 to establish
the Youth Internship Program within the Department of Education
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable LaVerne Terry, Ed. D.
Commissioner
Department of Education
Dr. Lauren Larsen
Deputy Commissioner
Curriculum and Instructions
Virgin Islands Department of Education
Mr. Eduardo Corniero
Career and Technical Education
Virgin Island Department of Education
Mr. Gray Molloy Ed S
Insular Superintendent
St. Croix District
Honorable Albert Bryan, Jr.,
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Department of Labor
Honorable Angel Dawson, Jr.,
Commissioner Designee
Virgin Islands Department of Finance

8. Mrs. Alicia Farrelly
Chairperson
St. Croix Career and Technical Center
Mr. John Willard
Principal
St. Croix Career and Technical Center
Mr. Osbert Potter
Executive Director
WTJX Channel 12
Mr. Bryant Doore
President
Human Resources
Hovensa, LLC
Ms. Rena Broadhurst
Publisher/Editor
The St. Croix Avis
Mr. Glen Dratte
News Manager
WSVITV-Channel 8
Ms. Zenzile Hodge
Vice-President
Human Resources
Innovative Communications
Date Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM
Committee: Committee Of the Whole
Location: Frits Lawaetz Conference Room, St. Croix
Agenda: The Twenty-Eighth will convene in Committee of the Whole Zoning Hearing to
received testimony zoning applications
Hazel Oliver Soto & Robert Soto – Request for Amendment to District Zoning
Map No. , to rezone Plot No. 3-B, Estate Constitution Hill, St. Croix from R-1
(Residential – Low Density) to B-3 (Business – Scattered)
Purpose: For the construction of a multi-use building, consisting of a spa, beauty
salon and a manicure/pedicure salon
Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (Clifford Graham Executive
Director – Request for Amendment to Official Zoning Map No. to rezone the

9. Remainder of Estate Bonne Esperance (South Portion), Queen Quarter, St. Croix
from P (Public) to R-2 (Residential –Low Density, One and Two Family)
Purpose: For the development of affordable housing for homeownership
In Addition the Committee of the Whole will also receive testimony on the
Virgin Islands Pandemic Preparedness Plan
Invited Testifiers:
Mr. Gregory Calliste
Chief Executive Officer
Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center
Mrs. Elizabeth Harris
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Schneider Regional Medical Center
Honorable Julia Sheen
Acting Commissioner
Virgin Islands Department of Health
Mr. Mark Walter
Director
Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency
Date Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda: The virgin Islands Energy Office will hold a public meeting to help explain the
$ 31 million allocated for Energy Programs under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
Date Thursday, May 07, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Legislative Conference Room, St. John
Agenda: The virgin Islands Energy Office will hold a public meeting to help explain the
31 million allocated for Energy Programs under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
Date Friday, May 08, 2009
Time:
Committee: No Committee Meeting Scheduled
Location:
Agenda: RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK

10. Week Beginning Monday, May 11, 2009
Date Monday, May 11, 2009
Time: 9:30AM
Committee: Appropriations and Budget
Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda: To Be Announced
Date Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Time: 10:00AM
Committee: Financial Services, Infrastructure and Consumer Affairs
Location: Frits E. Lawaetz Conference Room, St. Croix
Agenda: To Be Announced
Date Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Time: 9:00AM
Committee: Rules and Judiciary
Location: Frits E. Lawaetz Conference Room, St. Croix
Agenda: To Be Announced
Date Thursday, May 14, 2009
Time: 10:00AM
Committee: Labor and Agriculture
Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda: To Be Announced
Date Friday, May 15, 2009
Time: 10:00AM
Committee: Labor and Agriculture
Location: Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall, St. Thomas
Agenda: To Be Announced