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<br />, <br /> <br />DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY: <br />HURRICANE IRENE <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, Virginia is facing a condition of extreme <br />peril to the lives, safety, and property of the residents of the City in connection <br />with an extreme weather condition commonly known as HURRICANE IRENE; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, as a result of this extreme peril, the declaration of a local-emergency <br />is necessary to permit the full powers of government to deal effectively with this <br />condition of peril; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS DECLARED, pursuant to the powers granted by <br />Section 2-658 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Title 44, Chapter 3.2 of the <br />Code of Virginia ("Emergency Services and Disaster Law"), and Section2.l of the <br />Portsmouth City Charter, that a LOCAL EMERGENCY exists in the City of <br />Portsmouth, effective this .~ day of August, 2011. <br /> <br />All government officials are hereby vested with such authority as may be granted <br />by law by reason oflhis declarali7~ <br /> <br /> <br />Kenneth L. Chandler, <br />City Manager and <br />Director of Emergency Management <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />