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<br />-'> <br /> <br />R-10-05 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION CONCERNING A PROPOSED GOVERNMENT ABC STORE TO BE <br />LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO I.C. NORCOM HIGH SCHOOL. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control ("the ABC <br />Department") has control over the sale of alcoholic beverages in Virginia, including the location <br />of state-owned ABC liquor stores, known as "Government ABC Stores," and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is incumbent on the ABC Department to select locations for Government <br />ABC Stores with due regard for the morals, welfare, and best interests of the public, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, one important responsibility of the ABC Department is to protect youth <br />from illegal use or possession of alcoholic beverages, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the ABC Department has tentatively selected a new location for a <br />Government ABC Store to serve the High Street - London Boulevard corridor, also known as the <br />"Uptown" area of Portsmouth, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, that tentative location is in the London Shops/Olde Towne Market Place <br />shopping center, sometimes known as the "Food Lion Shopping Center," at 1503 London <br />Boulevard, fronting on Peninsula Street, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said location is directly across Peninsula Street from I.C. Norcom High <br />School, and it faces the high school, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, if a Government ABC Store is constructed and operated at location, it <br />would create undue and excessive exposure of high school students to alcoholic beverages and <br />would not be a healthy or positive influence on the moral growth and development of those <br />students, <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia: <br /> <br />1. That the City of Portsmouth is hereby opposed to locating and operating a Government <br />ABC Store at this location. <br /> <br />2. The City respectfully requests the ABC Department to choose a different location for <br />the proposed new Government ABC Store. <br /> <br />3. The City further respectfully requests the ABC Department to consult with the City <br />Manager or his designee concerning this and any other relocated or new Government ABC Store <br />in Portsmouth. <br />