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Adopted Ordinance 8156-26: Carleton light-industrial rezoning

City of Newport News · City Council / PlanningDocument date: April 28, 2026

City-certified ordinance records April 28, 2026 adoption of the zoning-map change for 165 and 185 Yorktown Road with proffers. It establishes an adopted industrial rezoning, not approval of a data-center operator or a Dominion service agreement.

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Official eight-page publisher PDF linked from the City Actions and Resolutions index. Physical pages 1-2 visually reviewed October 27, 2026 for operative text and certified adoption date; the proffer attachments were not separately re-reviewed in this final edition. Source-only record. It is not the 33-page agenda packet, and no roll-call attribution is inferred from the mayor signature.

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Carleton rezoning staff report and April 1, 2026 planning discussion

City of Newport News · Planning / Economic Development AuthorityDocument date: April 28, 2026

Standalone April 28 agenda item for 165 and 185 Yorktown Road. The included April 1 minutes record planning staff saying data centers were not then allowed under the zoning ordinance. The packet identifies the Carleton parcels and an advanced-manufacturing objective.

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Official individual 33-page agenda item 26-052, CZ-2026-0001. Targeted review October 27: physical pages 1-7, 12-15 and 20-24. Data-center exchange spans physical pages 21-22; parcel IDs appear on page 12. This historical staff explanation is not a comprehensive current legal opinion. The agenda draft is distinguished from the separately published adopted Ordinance 8156-26.

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December 12, 2025 EDA/IDA minutes: SIR digital-infrastructure presentation

City of Newport News · Economic / Industrial Development AuthoritiesDocument date: December 12, 2025

Approved minutes record SIR president John Martin presenting digital-infrastructure planning. Kingston says staff engaged the consultant and acknowledges the need to inform the public. This documents a presentation and staff account, not a project approval, utility study result or campaign agreement.

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Official 14-page publisher PDF, all pages visually reviewed October 27, 2026. Relevant discussion on printed/physical pages 2-4. Approved January 9, 2026, as shown on final page. Source-only individual minutes; no local publication copy claimed. Presentation claims are attributed, not independently validated economic forecasts. The minutes do not identify the contract or work order used to pay for this advice.

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City contracts register: SIR strategic-support spending (G019711-101626; public extract)

City of Newport News · City Manager's Office / Finance / Office of PurchasingDocument date: October 21, 2026

Selected fields from two released contract rows. Contract 26-3357-00 lists $230,574.42 in cumulative Expended Total and $73,425.00 in open purchase orders; 26-3642-01 lists zero expended. The register does not allocate the amounts to data-center advice or identify a Dominion payment.

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G019711-101626, full release closed October 21, 2026. Original City_of_Newport_News_Contracts.xlsx, MUNIS Contracts, rows 19132 and 19205. ANN two-page selected-field transcription; page 2 supplies values and cell locators. Currency formatted and Excel dates converted with field labels retained. Source SHA-256 3f41cada4c6ba05b45f00da9212713d52db15e3dfb749546b7a864a646a97041 matches the retained original. Unexplained ceiling fields are not award values; purchase orders are not spending. Reviewed October 27, 2026.

File: nn_sir_contract_register_2026-10-21_public_extract.pdf

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City data-center white paper circulated to Jones September 22, 2025

City of Newport News · City Manager's Office / DevelopmentDocument date: September 22, 2025

Complete nine-page City white paper, preceded by an ANN source cover, from the combined attachment Archer sent to Jones. It proposes consultant-supported technology planning, competitive sites, infrastructure assessment, predictable governance, public engagement and marketing. Its preliminary schedule targets planning and adoption. The brief is historical staff analysis, not adopted policy, a completed feasibility study or an executed development agreement.

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Complete nine-page City white paper, preceded by an ANN source cover, from the combined attachment Archer sent to Jones. It proposes consultant-supported technology planning, competitive sites, infrastructure assessment, predictable governance, public engagement and marketing. Its preliminary schedule targets planning and adoption. The brief is historical staff analysis, not adopted policy, a completed feasibility study or an executed development agreement.

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G012027-100925, 000000094.eml (control 52), attachment Data Centers Combined Doc.pdf, original physical pages 1–9 of 117. All nine white-paper pages retained unchanged after ANN cover; public pages 2–10. Key locators: page 2, rationale; page 5, recommendations; page 6, tentative timeline. Date is documented circulation. Full original retained. Legal and other-locality claims are attributed historical analysis, not independently verified or current law. Not established as identical to the August 4 package. Reviewed October 26, 2026.

File: nn_data_center_brief_2025-09-22_public_extract.pdf

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City–Dominion data-center emails: August 13–20, 2025

City of Newport News · Development / Dominion Energy correspondenceDocument date: August 20, 2025

Selected substantive messages from City staff’s correspondence with Dominion’s data-center team. Butler reports being tasked with a rapid SWOT analysis. Dominion advises requesting a no-cost feasibility study for 165 Yorktown Road and 100 Dozier Road, usually taking four to six weeks. This documents an inquiry and advice, not a completed study, committed capacity, special campaign-related terms or a project approval.

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Selected substantive messages from City staff’s correspondence with Dominion’s data-center team. Butler reports being tasked with a rapid SWOT analysis. Dominion advises requesting a no-cost feasibility study for 165 Yorktown Road and 100 Dozier Road, usually taking four to six weeks. This documents an inquiry and advice, not a completed study, committed capacity, special campaign-related terms or a project approval.

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G012027-100925, 000000077.eml, attachment control 42. Public extract: ANN source cover and five substantive messages dated August 13, 13, 14, 18 and 20. Scheduling-only messages, signatures, contact strings, link lists and boilerplate omitted; treatment disclosed. PDF page 2: City SWOT task; page 5: utility advice; page 6: acknowledgement. Outer email date August 20. Full original retained. Address 100 Dozier is not presumed the 270/280/294 site. Reviewed October 26, 2026.

File: nn_dominion_data_center_correspondence_2025-08-13_20_public_extract.pdf

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Dozier Road development flyer circulated September 22, 2025

City of Newport News · Economic Development Authority / NN EDGEDocument date: September 22, 2025

EDA’s two-page marketing flyer identifies 19.35 acres at 270, 280 and 294 Dozier Road, potential industrial uses including energy and data processing/storage, and an RFP timeline still to be determined. It is evidence of a marketing document, not a selected developer, issued RFP, utility commitment or approved construction.

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EDA’s two-page marketing flyer identifies 19.35 acres at 270, 280 and 294 Dozier Road, potential industrial uses including energy and data processing/storage, and an RFP timeline still to be determined. It is evidence of a marketing document, not a selected developer, issued RFP, utility commitment or approved construction.

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G012027-100925, individual attachment DV-26-NN EDGE REAL ESTATE FLYER_Dozier_FINAL.pdf in 000000062.eml (control 35), September 22. Both original pages unchanged; publication filename normalized. The same flyer appears at physical pages 116–117 of the combined document sent to Jones; duplicate copies are not independent corroboration. Date identifies circulation, not authorship. Public office contact retained. Reviewed October 26, 2026.

File: nn_dozier_marketing_flyer_circulated_2025-09-22.pdf

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August 8, 2025 email asks about excluding Dozier from EDGE promotion

City of Newport News · Department of Development / NN EDGEDocument date: August 8, 2025

Butler asks Kingston and Perry for feedback on desired development, timelines and site notes, and confirmation that the properties except Dozier should be promoted with the EDGE Summit. It documents a question at that stage, not an adopted or lasting exclusion. The attached draft list is a separate record.

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G012027-100925, 000000138.eml, control 61. One-page ANN public extract of the complete initial August 8 message, with official participant names and subject. Signature and forwarded June correspondence omitted; treatment disclosed. Original message and attachment retained. Date converted from 20:53:23 UTC to 4:53:23 p.m. EDT. The question does not establish the answer or a subsequent decision. Reviewed October 26, 2026.

File: nn_edge_dozier_promotion_email_2025-08-08_public_extract.pdf

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October 2, 2025 EDGE talking-points draft: Carleton and Dozier

City of Newport News · Department of Development / NN EDGEDocument date: October 2, 2025

Selected contiguous section of Derek Perry’s draft speaking notes describes Carleton and Dozier as potential data-center candidates, while also outlining other industrial and energy uses. The email requested edits. This establishes prepared marketing language, not that every statement was delivered or a project was approved.

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Selected contiguous section of Derek Perry’s draft speaking notes describes Carleton and Dozier as potential data-center candidates, while also outlining other industrial and energy uses. The email requested edits. This establishes prepared marketing language, not that every statement was delivered or a project was approved.

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G012027-100925, DEP's Talking Points_Properties Highlights.docx attached to 000000054.eml, control 30; another attachment control has the same email filename. Sent October 2 at 03:29:59 UTC, October 1 at 11:29:59 p.m. EDT; DOCX names October 2 Summit. ANN source cover plus verbatim Lee Hall overview, Carleton and Dozier sections on public page 2. Other sections and private filesystem path omitted. Original retained. Draft, not a speech transcript; zoning statements remain attributed staff claims. Reviewed October 26, 2026.

File: nn_edge_lee_hall_talking_points_2025-10-02_public_extract.pdf

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August 8, 2025 draft EDGE property list: possible Dozier data-center use

City of Newport News · Department of Development / NN EDGEDocument date: August 8, 2025

One-page staff draft lists sites to present to developers. The Dozier row names industrial/data-center uses, an RFP method and a timeline to be determined, with consideration after site assemblage and control. These are draft recommendations; other rows and addresses are reproduced as released and have not been independently validated.

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One-page staff draft lists sites to present to developers. The Dozier row names industrial/data-center uses, an RFP method and a timeline to be determined, with consideration after site assemblage and control. These are draft recommendations; other rows and addresses are reproduced as released and have not been independently validated.

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G012027-100925, List_2025_08.08_Draft #4.pdf attached to 000000138.eml (control 61), August 8, 2025. Original single landscape page unchanged; filename normalized. Companion email asks for confirmation about excluding Dozier from EDGE promotion; the list alone does not establish the decision. RFP timing is tentative, not proof of a solicitation or award. Reviewed October 26, 2026.

File: nn_edge_properties_draft_2025-08-08.pdf

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September 22, 2025: Jones requests and acknowledges data-center materials

City of Newport News · City Manager's Office / Office of the MayorDocument date: September 22, 2025

Mayor Jones’s reply quotes Archer’s message supplying data-center documents at the mayor’s request. Archer names a City white paper, JLARC and VEDP materials, and Carleton/Dozier maps. Tiffany Conatser is copied on the parent. Jones replies that he will review the materials that week. Both messages fall on September 22 in Newport News. This establishes a requested briefing and acknowledgement, not full reading, a project decision or a campaign bargain.

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Mayor Jones’s reply quotes Archer’s message supplying data-center documents at the mayor’s request. Archer names a City white paper, JLARC and VEDP materials, and Carleton/Dozier maps. Tiffany Conatser is copied on the parent. Jones replies that he will review the materials that week. Both messages fall on September 22 in Newport News. This establishes a requested briefing and acknowledgement, not full reading, a project decision or a campaign bargain.

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G012027-100925, reply 000000144.eml (control 63), with quoted parent; original parent 000000094.eml (control 52) also retained. ANN cover plus public transcription on PDF page 2. Parent 22:21:54 UTC September 22 = 6:21:54 p.m. EDT; reply 00:15:01 UTC September 23 = 8:15:01 p.m. EDT September 22. Signatures and contact details omitted. Same correspondence family, not independent corroboration. Conatser’s copied status does not establish authorship or approval. Reviewed October 26, 2026.

File: nn_mayor_data_center_request_reply_2025-09-22_public_extract.pdf

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August 4, 2025 development work list: data-center correspondence package

City of Newport News · Department of DevelopmentDocument date: August 4, 2025

Mallory Butler’s two-page business-development work list includes a Data Center Correspondence Package with Derek under reports for executive management and the EDA/IDA. This establishes a staff task before the September contribution and easement sequence; it does not disclose the package itself, a project approval or a Dominion funding condition.

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Mallory Butler’s two-page business-development work list includes a Data Center Correspondence Package with Derek under reports for executive management and the EDA/IDA. This establishes a staff task before the September contribution and easement sequence; it does not disclose the package itself, a project approval or a Dominion funding condition.

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Reviewed October 26, 2026. Individual PDF attachment ED Mgr for Business Development_2025_08.04.pdf in 000000003.eml, Mallory Butler to Derek Perry, August 4, 2025, subject Catch-up; City public FOIA release G012027-100925. Both original pages retained unchanged, including source highlighting. The email and other attachments are not reproduced. Publication filename normalized; bytes unchanged.

File: nn_data_center_worklist_2025-08-04.pdf

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October 14, 2025 email: Dozier Road energy-site draft circulated for edits

City of Newport News · Department of DevelopmentDocument date: October 14, 2025

One-page public extract of Brittany Thompson’s message to City development staff, asking for suggested edits to the attached HR Alliance Dozier Road RFI. The companion draft identifies potential energy-production and storage land. The message establishes internal circulation for review, not final submittal, project approval or a Dominion campaign-related condition.

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One-page public extract of Brittany Thompson’s message to City development staff, asking for suggested edits to the attached HR Alliance Dozier Road RFI. The companion draft identifies potential energy-production and storage land. The message establishes internal circulation for review, not final submittal, project approval or a Dominion campaign-related condition.

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Reviewed October 26, 2026. G012154-101725 mailbox bundle kingstonfg_nnva.gov_-_Dominion_and_Dozier.zip, 000000003.eml, October 14, 2025, 19:06:29 +0000. ANN transcription of initial message, official participant names, subject and attached filename. Contact signature and forwarded October 13/October 6 thread omitted; omissions and original retention disclosed in the PDF. Companion attachment is a separate record. Email and attachment share an origin.

File: nn_dozier_draft_transmittal_2025-10-14_public_extract.pdf

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Dozier Road energy-production and storage site: October 14, 2025 draft

City of Newport News · Department of DevelopmentDocument date: October 14, 2025

Released draft RFI response identifies 270, 280 and 294 Dozier Road, 19.35 acres, as EDA-controlled land. It describes nearby Dominion lines, possible extensions or a substation, with capacity and service options requiring utility confirmation and a load assessment. This is an energy-production/storage draft, not a final commercial data-center contract, electrical-service commitment or executed easement.

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Released draft RFI response identifies 270, 280 and 294 Dozier Road, 19.35 acres, as EDA-controlled land. It describes nearby Dominion lines, possible extensions or a substation, with capacity and service options requiring utility confirmation and a load assessment. This is an energy-production/storage draft, not a final commercial data-center contract, electrical-service commitment or executed easement.

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Reviewed October 26, 2026. G012154-101725, Kingston mailbox bundle, attachment HR Alliance Dozier Road RFI.docx in October 14 email 000000003.eml. ANN source cover plus a faithful four-page PDF rendering of the unchanged released DOCX. Site and acreage: public PDF page 2; electricity discussion: page 4. Date is documented circulation, not an approval or execution date. Original DOCX hash and publication-copy hash retained separately. Distinct from the York County Waterworks easement.

File: nn_dozier_energy_site_draft_2025-10-14.pdf

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September 5, 2025 EDA/IDA minutes: Council interest in data centers

City of Newport News · Economic / Industrial Development AuthoritiesDocument date: September 5, 2025

Complete approved nine-page minutes, preceded by an ANN source cover. Florence Kingston reports Council interest in data centers and tax revenue; VEDP’s Vince Barnett discusses power, utility partnerships, zoning and fast-track permitting. The minutes also record a separate CNI parking-light utility easement. Attributed discussion is not an adopted City data-center policy or evidence of a contribution-for-action agreement.

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Complete approved nine-page minutes, preceded by an ANN source cover. Florence Kingston reports Council interest in data centers and tax revenue; VEDP’s Vince Barnett discusses power, utility partnerships, zoning and fast-track permitting. The minutes also record a separate CNI parking-light utility easement. Attributed discussion is not an adopted City data-center policy or evidence of a contribution-for-action agreement.

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Reviewed October 26, 2026. G012154-101725, 000000008_R.pdf, uploaded October 20, 2025: physical pages 35–43 extracted unchanged from the 52-page redacted packet. Meeting September 5; approved October 3. ANN cover is public PDF page 1; data-center discussion appears on public pages 4–5 (printed 3–4). The other packet sections are not reproduced. Duplicate minutes in another release are the same document, not independent corroboration.

File: nn_eda_ida_minutes_2025-09-05_public_extract.pdf

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City Digital Infrastructure Readiness Plan: published scope

City of Newport News · City of Newport NewsDocument date: Date not specified

City explanation of a separate infrastructure planning process and its stated limits.

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Reviewed October 25, 2026. Page describes strategic planning, no developer deal or commitment in that process, and hyperscale facilities as infeasible. Its scope must be distinguished from the described internal AI server room; no contradiction or connection is inferred without a project crosswalk.

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City contract list dated October 18, 2026: ePlus 20-3019-00

City of Newport News · Office of PurchasingDocument date: October 18, 2026

City purchasing list identifying ePlus as a cooperative technology reseller, vendor 16681.

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Retrieved list internally dated October 18, 2026; PDF page 3 of 18. Lists 20-3019-00, Technology Value-Added Resellers, vendor 16681, COOP, estimated start February 20, 2020, current term end January 1, 2028, estimated end December 31, 2029, administrator Simone Williams. This is the currently retrieved edition of mutable DocumentCenter ID 18339, distinct from the older September-labeled catalog entry. No AI order or amount is listed. Additional targeted review October 27, 2026: PDF page 16 also lists SIR contracts 26-3357-00 and 26-3642-01. This is the same maintained DocumentCenter edition, reused for a second subject without creating a duplicate source record.