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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: (1) That the Council of the City of Portsmouth is opposed to the development of the proposed coal exporting facility in the City of Portsmouth, Virginla. (2) That the Council of the City of Portsmouth re- quest that the General Assembly defer action on the proposed legislation pending completion of detailed feasibility and environmental impact studies that adequately address the environmental and economical concerns raised. (3) That if the General Assen%bly determines that the interest of the Commonwealth of Virginia overide the concerns of the Council of the City of Portsmouth and the interest of its citizens to the extent that a coal facility will be located within the City of Portsmouth, the Council requests that the General Assembly adopt amendments to the proposed legislation that would provide for the following: (!) That the City of Portsmouth receive as revenue full tax equivalency including, but not limited to, real property tax, personal property tax and/or machinery and tool tax, as would be applicable if said development were privately owned and operated; (2) That a plan for the orderly and satisfactory development of rail and transportation access to the subject property be developed in accordance with the traffic control requirements and environmental quality of life of the City of Portsmouth, and that the existing rail access lying within the boundaries of the City of Portsmouth not be used to serve the coal facility; and (3) That the Virginia Port Authority be limited in the amount of land, including waterfront access, to be acquired to only that acreage shown on a plat entitled, "VPA Proposal, Coal Terminalr Overlay", dated March 1981, prepared by the Office of City Planning of the City of Portsmouth, and that the facility be limited to having an annual capacity not to exceed twenty five million tons. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Council of the~City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Governor of Virginia assure the General Assembly that all other potential sites for such facil.ity in Hampton Roads have been thoroughly investigated before a decision to proceed with this facility, and that the ultimate long term requirement of construction of additional coal exporting capacity in Virginia is necessary and financially viable.